mund
a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund
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Gif hý him syððan ne dóþ mete ne munde if afterwards they do not feed or shelter him, L. Edm. S. l; Th. i. 248, 7. Gif mete and munde ðam ðe ðæs beþurfe, L. Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 25 : Hy. 7, 48; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 48.
Linked entry: mundian
land
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Ic þé hneáw ne wæs landes, Gen. 2824. Næbbe ic . . . welan . . landes ne locenra beága, An. 303. Þegenes lagu is ꝥ hé . . . ðreó ðinc of his lande dó, Ll. Th. i. 432, 5.
BRECAN
to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; ⬩ frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpere ⬩ to press, force, urge; ⬩ urgere ⬩ to rush into ⬩ take ⬩ by storm ⬩ in locum irrumpere, expugnare, ⬩ erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere ⬩ to break ⬩ burst forth ⬩ make a noise ⬩ crash ⬩ to sail; ⬩ navigare ⬩ To retch; ⬩ screare
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Ne brǽcon hí ná his sceancan non fregernt ejus crura, Jn. Bos. 19, 33. Swá swá fæt tigelen ðú bricst hi tanquam vas figuli confringes eos, Ps. Spl. 2, 9.
spell
a story ⬩ narrative ⬩ account ⬩ relation ⬩ a historical narrative ⬩ history ⬩ a false or foolish story ⬩ a fable ⬩ an instructive talk ⬩ discourse ⬩ a philosophical argument ⬩ a sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ a saying ⬩ remark ⬩ sentence ⬩ statement of a single point ⬩ dictum ⬩ a saying that is to be repeated to another ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ speech ⬩ language of prose ⬩ a fable, tale ⬩ fabulatio, parabola ⬩ sermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythus ⬩ a saying
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swylce nǽfre ǽr on men ne becom ne naht oft siððan the man told such a dismal story of the journey to hell as never before had come to men, and not often since, Shrn. 49, 10: Cd. Th. 66, 31; Gen. 1092.
Linked entry: spel
ge-tæl
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</b> in phrases denoting that objects have not been, or cannot be, counted :-- Ymbsealdon mé yflu þǽra nis getell (quorum non est numerus), Ps. L. 39, 13: 146, 5. God is bútan getele, for ðon ðe hé is ǽfre. Hml.
wǽpen
a weapon ⬩ membrum virile
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Ðeáh ðe hí wǽpen ne beran quamvis arma non ferant, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 3. Hé ða gástlícan wǽpnu ne mæg áberan, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 27. membrum virile Teors veretrum, teors, ðæt wǽpen vel lim calamus, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 56.
Linked entries: wǽmn wǽpen-mann wǽpn wǽpned
sígan
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Ðú gestaþoladest eorþan swíðe wundorlíce . . . nánwuht eorþlíces hí ne healt, ðæt hió ne síge, and nis hire éðre tó feallanne ofdúne ðonne up, Bt. 33, 4 ; Fox 130, 37. Ne mæg hió hider ne ðider sígan, Met. 20, 165.
a-gifan
To restore ⬩ give back ⬩ give up ⬩ leave ⬩ return ⬩ repay ⬩ render ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ reddere ⬩ restituere ⬩ tradere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ exsolvere ⬩ dare
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Ic forþ agef ða, ðe ic ne reáfude ǽr quæ non rapui, tunc exsolvebam, Ps. Th. 68, 5: L. In. 60; Th. i. 140, 10. Siððan ge eówre gafulrǽdenne agifen habbaþ after ye have paid your fare, Andr. Kmbl. 592; An. 296.
módor
A mother
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Hé mín ne rǽcþ ne ðære méder, Homl. Skt. 4, 313. Þurh þingunge his ðære eádigan méder. Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 42. Segþ his fæder and méder. Mk. Skt. 7, 11: Ps. 130, 4: Wulfst. 119, 3: Cd. 50; Th. 64, 10; Gen. 1048: Exon. 8b; Th. 3, 15; Cri. 36.
Linked entries: médder móddor módor-healf
mór
a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain
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Ne munt ne mór, Salm. Kmbl. 845; Sal. 422: 681; Sal. 340. In mór héh in montem excelsum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 8: 5, 1. Swá unefne is eorþe þicce, syndon ðás móras myclum ásprotene, Ps. Th. 140, 9.
fætt
plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich
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and add: of animals or human beings, in a well-fed condition, plump Hine oxa ne teáh, ne fǽt hengest, Rä. 23, 14. Þæt þæt gé fǽt sáwon (þæt gé fǽttas gesáwon, R.
ge-þafa
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Þ á hí Agustines larum ne his bénum geþafa beón woldon cum neque precibus neque hortamentis Augustini adsensum praebere uoluissent, Bd. 2, 2 ; Sch. 113, 21
ge-treów
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Hié ne beóþ nánum men getreówe, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 17. [O. H. Ger. ge-triu.]
wé
We. ⬩ used of more than one person, ⬩ dual ⬩ plural ⬩ used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors ⬩ used of one person, ⬩ by a writer or speaker ⬩ by a prince
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E. 6; Th. i. 364, 5. used of one person, by a writer or speaker Nú hæbbe wé scortlíce gesǽd (cf. Scortlíce ic hæbbe nú gesǽd, 10, 3), Ors. 1,1; Swt. 14, 26: 22, 1: 24, 23. Swá wé ǽr cwǽdon (cf. swá ic ǽr cwæþ, 8, 14), 24, 32.
Linked entry: ús
sóþlíce
Truly, really ⬩ certainly ⬩ verily ⬩ Now ⬩ then ⬩ for ⬩ autem ⬩ ecce ⬩ enim ⬩ ergo ⬩ nam ⬩ vero
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Now, then, for; representing Latin autem, ecce, enim, ergo, nam, vero Sóðlíce losep hyre wer Joseph autem vir ejus, Mt. Kmbl. 1, 19 (and often). Sóðlíce seó fǽmne hæfþ on innoðe ecce virgo in utero habebit, 1, 23: 2, 9: 3, 17.
Linked entry: sóþ-líc
sóþ-fæst
true, without deception ⬩ true in deed ⬩ just ⬩ righteous ⬩ pious ⬩ without wickedness ⬩ true in speech ⬩ veracious
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Se ðe onfóes ðone sóðfæst (justum) in noma sóðfæstes (justi), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 41. Hí on ðín sóðfæst weorc (in justitiam tuam) ne gangan, Ps. Th. 68, 28: 70, 14, 20, 22. Ðín sóðfæst word justificationes tuas, 118, 20.
þes
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Sax. thius; f.; thit; n.: O. Frs. this, thisse; m.; thius, thisse; f.; thit, this; n.: O. H. Ger. dese; m.; desiu; f.; diz; n.: Icel. þessi ; m. f.; þetta; n.]
cwide
the expression of a thought, a sentence, period ⬩ sententia ⬩ a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will ⬩ dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum ⬩ a legal enactment, decree ⬩ edictum, deretum
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the expression of a thought, a sentence, period ; sententia We todǽlaþ ða bóc to cwydurn, and siððan ða cwydas to dǽlum, eft ða dǽlas to stæfgefégum, and siððan ða stæfgefégu to stafum; ðon beóþ ða stafas untodǽledlíce, forðonðe nán stæf ne biþ náht,
molde
mould ⬩ dust ⬩ sand ⬩ earth ⬩ ground ⬩ earth ⬩ land ⬩ earth
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Kmbl. 109; El. 55. earth (the dwelling place of men) Ne mihte ða on moldan man geríman no man on earth might number them, Ps. Th. 104, 30: 127, 5: Cd. 202; Th. 251, 21; Dan. 567: Exon. 99 a; Th. 371, 13; Seel. 75.
blǽd
a blast, blowing, breath, spirit, life, mind ⬩ flamen, flatus, inspiratio? spiritus, vita, animus ⬩ enjoyment, prosperity, abundance, success, blessedness, gift, reward, benefit, glory, honour ⬩ fruitio, prosperitas, abundantia, successus, beatitudo, donum, præmium, beneficium, gloria, dignitas ⬩ flatus
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Náh seó módor geweald bearnes blǽdes the mother hath not power over her child's life, Salm. Kmbl. 769; Sal. 384. Beorht on blǽde bright in life, Elen.