wel-getýd
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well-instructed, well-educated In eallum þingum hé bið welgetýd, E. S. xxxix. 354
biddan
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Hé bæd þone hálgan wer sumne dǽl eles, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 16. Add
bismerian
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He arn ... bysmrigende þæs drýes yfeldǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 26
Saracenisc
Saracen
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Saracen Hé gegaderode of ðám Saraceniscum swíðe micele fyrde, Jud. Thw. p. 162, 25
wel-dón
to satisfy ⬩ please
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to satisfy, please Hé walde ðæm folce weldón (satisfacere) Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 15
bismer
Filthiness, pollution, abomination, disgrace, infamy, mockery, reproach, contumely, blasphemy, calumny ⬩ ludibrium, pollutio, abominatio, infamia, opprobrium, contumelia, blasphemia, calumnia ⬩ opprobrium
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Dracan ðú ðysne geheowadest, héte syððan him bysmere bráde healdan draco iste, quem formasti ad illudendum ei, Ps. Th. 103, 25. Ðæt he dóþ to bysmore ðínum feóndum he makes that for a reproach to thine enemies, 8, 3.
un-æþele
not noble ⬩ ignoble ⬩ mean ⬩ infamous
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of persons, not noble, as regards birth Geðence hé simle, sié suá æðele suá unæðele, Past. 14; Swt. 85, 15.
hleahtor
Laughter
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Hé wæs heáfde becorfen for scondfulles gebeórscypes hleahtre he [John the Baptist] had his head cut off for the amusement of a shameful feast, Shrn. 123, 8. Be hleahtre ðe of milte cymþ of laughter that cometh from the spleen, L.
ge-irnan
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Náhwár hé eft his feorh gefare ne geyrne, 24
ge-stíran
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Take here ge-steoran, ge-stióran, ge-stiéran, ge-stýran in Dict., and add: I. to guide, direct a person Meaht þú Adame gestyran . . . and he þínum wordum getrýwð, Gen. 568. Higo ðín rumlíce bihalda . . .
treów
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Hé hét getimbrian cyrican of treówe, Chr. 626 ; Erl. 23, 40. Hé of treówe (treó, Bd. M. 138, 21) cyricean getimbrede, Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 26. Monige of ðam treówe (treó, Bd.
óþ-fæstan
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Heó hyre mægþhád Gode óþfæste, 40, 16. Gif hwá óþfæste his friénd feoh, L. Alf. 28; Th. i. 50, 29: L. Alf. pol. 20; Th. i. 74, 15. Gif hwá óðrnm his unmagan óþfæste, and hé hine on ðære fæstinge forferie, 17; Th. i. 72, 4.
recene
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Ðæt hé recenust tó þrowunge becóme ad martyrium ocius pervenire, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 11
Linked entry: ricene
burg-waru
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Hé þá twá burhwara, Sodomam and Gomorram, forbærnde, 246, 25. Hié þá burgware ( here? or under preceding word ?), Beneuentius and Sepontanus hátton þá twá leóde, hié þá ongunnon ánwigges biddan (cf.
ge-beórscipe
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Take here ge-bǽrscipe, ge-beárscipe in Dict., and add Singal gebiórscipe juge convivium, Kent. Gl. 521. Wearð seó þénung in geboren and æfter þám cynelíce gebeórscipe, Ap. Th. 14, 15.
gísel
A pledge ⬩ hostage ⬩ obses
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He him áðas swór and gíslas salde he swore oaths to them and gave hostages, Chr. 874; Erl. 76, 28. Ðá gyrnde he griðes and gísla then he required protection and hostages, 1048; Erl. 180, 6
Linked entry: gýsel
ster-melda
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The word occurs in the following apparently corrupt passage Gif frigman mannan forstele gif hé eft cuma stermelda secge an andweardne gecænne hine gif hé mǽge if a freeman steal a man; if he (the man who has been stolen) come back to give information
Linked entry: melda
un-tíma
a wrong time ⬩ an improper time ⬩ a bad time ⬩ an unhappy condition of things ⬩ a mishap
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Hé wilnaþ hǽlo tó late and on untíman, ðonne hé ǽr nolde hié gehealdan, ðá dá hé hí hæfde salus infructuose ad ultimum quaeritur, quae congruo concessa tempore utiliter non habetur, 36; Swt. 249, 8.
Linked entries: un-tíme un-tímness
cæppe
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Placidus cwæð þæt hé gesáwe bufon his heáfde Benedictus cæppan (kæppan melotem, Gr. D. 116, 12), and him wæs geðúht þæt seó cæppe him átuge of ðám streáme, Hml. Th. ii. 160, 18. Hé geann Eádwine mæssepreóst his kæppan (cope), Cht. Crw. 23, 17.
drohtian
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Git hé self drohtað on ðám eorðlicum tielongum si in terrenis negotiis ipse versatur, Past. 133, 4. Menn wéndon ðæt hé ǽfæsðlíce drohtode ( degere religiose ), 24. Lifde oððe drohtode degebat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 47.