HEGE
A HEDGE ⬩ fence
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Gá geond ðás wegas and hegas exi in vias et sepes, Lk. Skt. 14, 23. Ðú tówurpe ealle hegas his destruxisti omnes sepes ejus, Ps. Spl. 88, 39. Gif hryðera hwelc síe ðe hegas brece if there be any beast that breaks hedges, L. In. 42; Th. i. 128, 12.
Linked entry: fearn-hege
med-trum
not strong in health ⬩ infirm ⬩ weak ⬩ ill ⬩ of inferior position
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not strong in health, infirm, weak, ill Hwá biþ medtrum ðæt ic ne síe for his þingum seóc quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor? Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 4. Se mettruma líchoma debile corpus, 61, 2; Swt. 455, 27.
Linked entry: trum
morgen-sprǽc
The periodical assembly of a guild held in the morning, or on the morrow after the guild-feast
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In the Promptorium morow-, morwe-, mor-speche = crastinum colloquium; cf. English Guilds, p. 30, where a meeting is held 'on morwe aftyr þe gylde day.']
óþ-standan
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to stop in one's course, to come to a standstill Ðonne óþstandeþ se blódgyte sóna, Lchdm. i. 88, 10. Sóna ðæt blód óþstænt, 180, 3. Ðæt unstille hweól óþstód, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 32.
ge-wesan
to be together ⬩ converse ⬩ discuss
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Ger. have the word 'gawisan, gi-wesan,' in the sense to remain, abide; restare
bisceop-setl
a bishop's seat or residence ⬩ sedes episcopalis ⬩ a bishopric ⬩ episcopatus
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He ðam Wine gesealde biscop-setl on Wintan ceastre Vino in civitate Venta sedem episcopalem tribuit, 3, 7; S. 530, 7, 14.
Linked entries: biscep-setl biscop-setl
ge-dihtan
to put in order ⬩ dispose ⬩ compose ⬩ arrange ⬩ conspire ⬩ disponere ⬩ componere ⬩ conspirare ⬩ to order ⬩ direct ⬩ appoint ⬩ dirigere ⬩ dictare
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to put in order, dispose, compose, arrange, conspire; disponere, componere, conspirare Nú sindon twá béc gesette on endebyrdnisse to Salomones bócum, swilce he híg gedihte now two books are set in order after Solomon's books, as if he composed them,
six-hynde
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In. 70; Th. i. 146, 14
Linked entries: -hynde twelf-hynde twi-hynde
strínd
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In strýnd twoelfa in tribus duodecim 78, 26. Doemende twoelf strýnda, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 28. Strýndum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 30
Linked entry: strýnd
þweorlíce
awry ⬩ askew ⬩ in reversed order ⬩ in a way that offers opposition ⬩ obstinately ⬩ flatly ⬩ perversely ⬩ evilly
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awry, askew, in reversed order Þwyrlíce færð æt ðam húse ðær seó wyln bið ðære hlǽfdian wissigend and seó hlæfdige bið ðære wylne underðeódd, Homl.
weste-weard
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Westward, west, western part of the noun to which the word refers Se westsúþende Európe landgemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðæm gársecge Europae in Hispania occidentalis oceanus terminus est Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 24.
Linked entry: eáste-weard
ge-dyrstig
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Saga hú þú gedyrstig þurh deóp gehygd wurde þus wígþrłst ofer eall wífa cyn, þæt þú mec gebunde, Jul. 431. in an unfavourable sense, presumptuous audacious Gif hé tó þan gedyrstig wǽre ꝥ hé þæt ábrǽce, C. D 131, 18.
ge-brítan
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Hý wǽron gebrýtte swá hrædlíce swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbryceth; in spiritu vehementi conterens naves, Ps. Th. 47, 6. Eal mín baacute;n synt gebrýtt, 6, 2
ge-trahtian
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Add: to treat a subject, discuss Huætd on weg gié getrahtade (gitrachtade, R.) quid in uia tractabatis?, Mt. L. 9, 33.Getrahtadon tractassent. Mk. p. 4, 8. to expound, explain Bisen getrahtade ðeignum parabolam exponit discipulis, Mt. p. 17, 3.
glæs-fæt
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Add: a flask, bottle Bebeád Benedictus ꝥ hí út áwurpon ꝥ ilce glæsfæt ( ampulla vitrea) in þám wæs gesewen sum dǽl eles . . . þá ꝥ útáworpene glæsfæt (vas vitreum ) cóm in þá stánas, Gr. D. 159, 20-27.
slóh
A slough, hollow place filed with mire, a pathless, miry place
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In reádan slóe 391, 31. On ðæt reáde slóh; of ðam slóh 376, 5. On ðæt fúle slóh; of ðam sló 406, 32. In ðone fúlan sló 381, 5. On horgan slóh Cod. Dip. B. ii. 394, 30. On reádan slóh 398, 38.
ge-rýman
To extend, enlarge, make room, open, manifest, expand ⬩ dīlātāre, amplĭfĭcāre, lŏcum dāre, apĕrīre, expandĕre
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On ðam rýmette ðe se cing hét gerýmen into ealdan mynstre in the space that the king ordered to cede to the old monastery, Ch. Th. 231, 26
Linked entry: rýman
cíne
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Geoniendum þám cinum se sǽ eóde inn rimis patentibus intravit mare, Gr. D. 248, 27. Cinan rimas, Germ. 399, 307. Þurh þá cinan (cynan, v. l.) þǽre dura per rimas ostiorum, Bd. 4, 7; Sch. 388, 4. a chasm, cavern Cinan crypte, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 61.
betǽcan
to entrust ⬩ guidance ⬩ to hand over ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ to assign ⬩ destine ⬩ yield to ⬩ to direct
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Betǽhte (torquendas) traduntur, 4643. to put in a place for storage Ágifen á þá ealdan and tó hrægelhúse betǽcen vetera vestimenta semper reddant reponenda in vestiario, R.
a-drincan
To be immersed ⬩ extinguished ⬩ quenched by water ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ immergi ⬩ exstingui ⬩ aquis suffocari
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Mycele má moncynnes adranc on ðam wætere many more of mankind were drowned in the water, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 36