lange
Entry preview:
Leng swá sél (wel, MS. ), B. 1854. Hé lufade hine lenge (lengc ?) hú geornor, Gú. 109. Lenge swiðor áwa usquequaque Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 18. Á hú lenge swíður, Ps. Srt. 118, 8, 43, 51, 10. Swá leng swá má magis magisque An. Ox. 3594.
hǽþen
Entry preview:
We e]ǽðenra [bóca] indegitamentorum, An. Ox. 4442. On hǽðnum þeáwum dweligende, Bl. H. 201, 20. Hé offrode his lác þám hǽðenum godum, Hml. Th. ii. 482, 7.
DEÓRE
DEAR, beloved ⬩ cārus, dilectus, familiāris ⬩ dear of price, precious, of great value, desirable, excellent, glorious, magnificent, noble, illustrious ⬩ pretiōsus, magni æstimandus, desiderabĭlis, exĭmius, gloriōsus, magnifĭcus, nobĭlis, illustris
Entry preview:
Cot.] ðonne ǽnig wéla good fame is better and more precious than any wealth, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 24: Exon. 128 b; Th. 493, 16; Rä. 81, 31. Ða me synd golde deórran they are dearer to me than gold, Ps. Th. 118, 127.
LUFU
LOVE
Entry preview:
Ðǽr wé sib and lufu samod gemétaþ, Hy. 7, 30; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 30. Lufena tó leáne, Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 11; Hy. 4, 115. Ðeáh monn good onginne for sumes wítes ege, hit mon sceal ðeáh geendigean for sumes gódes lufum, Past. 37, 1; Swt. 265, 7.
Linked entry: lufe
niht
night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night
Entry preview:
Tacitus' Germania, c. xi : 'Instead of reckoning by days as we do, they reckon by nights') Be ánre nihtes (MS. B. nihte) þiéfþe, L. In. 73; Th. i. 148, 11.
pening
Entry preview:
Wé eác wiernaþ úrum cildum úrra peninga mid tó plegianne pueris nummos subtrahimus, Past. 50, 4; Swt. 391, 27.
Linked entry: pending
un-rím
A countless number ⬩ an incalculable number or amount
Entry preview:
Wé witon unrím monna multos scimus, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 36, 2. Hé ofslóh unrím Walana, Chr. 605; Erl. 21, 26: Cd. Th. 194, 15; Exod. 261: 220, 13; Dan. 70: Exon. Th. 270, 23; Jul. 469. Wíta unrím Cd. Th. 22, 4; Gen. 335: 48, 15; Gen. 776.
ge-wilnung
Entry preview:
Mid gewilnungum stefne wé singaþ votis voce psallimus, Hy. S. 114, 36. ¶ desire for a person, love :-- Gewilnunge (infimi, i. terreni) amoris, An.
on-cirran
to turn (trans.) make a change in position or direction ⬩ to turn (into another form) ⬩ to turn, ⬩ to go ⬩ to turn, make a person adopt a line of conduct, etc. ⬩ to turn, change ⬩ to turn from good to bad, to pervert ⬩ to turn aside, avert ⬩ to turn back, reverse (a sentence), revoke ⬩ to turn (intrans.)
Entry preview:
Ðæt wé þurh misgedwield mód oncyrren, 262, 2; Jul. 268. Hyge wæs oncyrred by a magical drink Andr. Kmbl. 72; An. 36.
sorgian
to care ⬩ be anxious ⬩ feel anxiety or care ⬩ absolute ⬩ to sorrow ⬩ grieve ⬩ be sorry ⬩ for, on ⬩ absolute ⬩ to be anxious; to sorrow
Entry preview:
Geþenceaþ ðæt gé winnaþ and á embe ðæt sorgiaþ, ðæt wé úrne líchoman gefyllan, Blickl. Homl. 99, 6. Ða ðe for his lífe lyt sorgedon, Exon. Th. 116, 19; Gú. 209. Nó ðú ymb mínes ne þearft líces feorme leng sorgian, Beo.
swelgan
To swallow. ⬩ of taking food, etc., by living creatures ⬩ of absorption or reception by inanimate things, to swallow, take in, drink, absorb ⬩ to take in to the mind, accept, imbibe (wisdom) ⬩ with the idea of violence or destruction, to devour (lit. or fig.), to consume, engulf ⬩ absorbere ⬩ glutire ⬩ to swallow.
Entry preview:
Wile se Waldend, ðæt wé wisdom á snyttrum swelgen, Exon. Th. 147, 32; Gú. 736. with the idea of violence or destruction, to devour (lit. or fig.), to consume, engulf Ic swelge wuda and wætre. Exon. Th. 499, 20; Rä. 88, 18.
Linked entry: swylfende
wiþ-standan
to withstand ⬩ resist ⬩ to stand against ⬩ succeed in opposing ⬩ be a match for ⬩ refute ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ be a hindrance ⬩ obstruct ⬩ prevent ⬩ be a preventive ⬩ to stand off ⬩ keep away, ⬩ be absent ⬩ to be hostile
Entry preview:
Gif hwylc eów wiþstondeþ (restiterit), ðonne gefultumiaþ wé eów, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 17. Him man swíðe fæstlíce wiðstód and heardlíce, Chr. 1001; Erl. 137, 8: Exon. Th. 156, 15; Gú. 875. Hé galdorcræftum wiðstód stranglíce, Andr. Kmbl. 333; An. 167.
Linked entries: wiþer-standan wiþ-licgan
feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
Entry preview:
Þes middangeard flýhð from ús, and wé him fleóndum fylgeaþ, and hine feallendne lufiaþ, Bl. H. 115, 18
hǽlend
Entry preview:
Þú (Satan) ús (the fallen angels) gelǽrdest þæt wé Hǽlende hýran ne sceoldan, 54. Herigean Hǽlynd Drihten Laudate Dominum, Ps. Th. 112, 1: 98, 10. applied to the second person Frumbearn Godes sǽde: ' Ic eów geworhte . . .
þanne
Entry preview:
</b> add :-- Hwæt wille wé lencg wrítan be Martines wundrum, þonne Sulpicius sǽde ꝥ hí synd ungeríme, Hml. S. 31, 1301, <b>C.</b> add :-- Ðónne drincð se láreów ðæt wæter of his ágnum mere, ðonne hé gehwirfð ...
L
Entry preview:
So the West Saxon forms, healdan, sealt, healf, are found in the Northumbrian Gospels as halda, salt, half, and in Gothic, O. Sax., Icel., O. H. Ger. the vowel also is a.
metod
fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ death
Entry preview:
translate metod in Wald. 1, 34; Val. 1, 19 Ðý ic ðé metod ondréd ðæt ðú tó fyrenlíce feohtan sóhtest (Stephens here takes metod as vocative with the meaning of prince); in this sense it seems to be used in its compounds, and in the Icelandic mjötuðr weird
ná-hwæðer
Neither
Entry preview:
Godes gelaþung nis búton náðrum ðæra ( the strong and the weak ), ii. 390, 29. Swá mín sáwl bád ðæt ðú swylce heó for náhwæðer nówiht hǽle sicut expectavit anima mea, pro nihilo salvos facies eos, Ps. Th. 55, 6.
bí
By, near to, at, in, upon ⬩ juxta, prope, apud, in ⬩ Of, about ⬩ de, quoad ⬩ By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with ⬩ per, secundum, pro, ex
Entry preview:
Leán cumaþ werum bí gewyrhtum retribution shall come to men according to their works, 27 b; Th. 84, 3; Cri. 1368 : 76 a; Th. 286, 8; Jul. 728.
telga
Entry preview:
Balzamum of ðæra treówa telgan ( ramis ) weól, Nar. 26, 21. Blǽda on treówes telgum, Cd. Th. 55, 10; Gen. 892: 88, 24; Gen. 1470: Exon. Th. 210, 19; Ph. 188. Beorc byþ on telgum wlitig, Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 30; Rún. 18: Ps. Th. 57, 8: 103, 16.