ge-wǽdian
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Ben. 47, 9. a thing Gif gers God swǽ geuoedes ( vestit ), Mt.
heorcnian
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Ben I. 26, 10. Þone weig tó ðǽra heorcnigendra heortan, Hml. Th. i. 362, 11. Heorc[niendum] auscultamibus, Hpt. Gl. 472, 52. with gen. Ðá féringa oðsuígde hé, suǽ hé hwæshwegu hercnade . . .
láreów-dóm
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Ben. 133, 2. Ongunnon hí him tó befæstenne heora cild tó Godes láreówdómes ( coepere suos ei filios omnipotenti Deo nutriendos dare Gr. D. l. 2, c. 3), Hml. Th. ii. 160, 2.
weg-nest
Food for a journey
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Ben. 103, 21.
Linked entry: nest
a-bídan
ABIDE ⬩ remain ⬩ wait ⬩ wait for ⬩ await ⬩ manere ⬩ sustinere ⬩ expectare
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Ðǽr abídan sceal maga miclan dómes there the being [Grendel] shall await the great doom, Beo. Th. 1959; B. 977: Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 27 ; Kl. 53
pluccian
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M.) sum gehwǽde andgyt of ðære béc ðe Beda se snotera láreów gesette, Lchdm. iii. 232, 2
Linked entry: plyccan
werlíce
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Ðǽr wǽron getealde æt ðam gereorde fíf ðúsend wera; for ðon ðe ða menn, ðe tó ðam gástlícan gereorde belimpaþ, sceolon beón werlíce geworhte, swá swá se apostol cwæð: 'Beóð wacole, and standaþ on geleáfan, and onginnaþ werlíce ( quit you like men; viriliter
ge-sibsum
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Add: peaceable, pacific, not disposed to quarrel Ꝥ se man hæbbe ðá soóan lufe on his móde . . and beó gesibsum, geðyldig, and ðolmód, Hml. S. 17, 55. Se gesibsuma lǽfð symle yrfeweard æfter him sunt reliquiae homini pacifico, Ps. Th. 36, 36.
on-styrian
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Hié beóð anstyred (on-, v. l. ) mid hiera ierre, Past. 293, 23. Ic wæs swîðe mid hleahtre onstyred magno risu sum dissolutus, Nar. 19, 7.
hæleþ
A man, warrior, hero
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Hæleþa bearn the children of men, Cd. 35; Th. 46, 30; Gen. 752. Heleþa sceppend creator of men, Hy. Grn. 8, 34
DOCCE
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Sume seóðaþ bétan oððe doccan on geswéttum wíne some seethe beet or dock in sweetened wine, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 7: 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 11: 1, 76; Lchdm. ii. 150, 10. Seó fealwe docce the fallow dock; rumex marĭtĭma vel palustris, L.
ge-mynd
Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemoration ⬩ remembrance
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Us is mid mycelre gemynde to geþencenne we must bear well in mind, Blickl. Homl. 29, 2. Gimynd commemoratio, Rtl. 62, 21. In gemyndum to habbanne to be had in mind, Nar. 4, 9: 2, 8
Linked entries: ge-myndleás ge-mend ge-mind
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Hé cwæð ꝥ þǽm weorce nánum men ǽr ne gerise bet tó fandianne þonne þǽm wyrhtan þe hit worhte he said that for no one was it more fitting that he should be the first to try the machine (the bull of Phalaris) than for the man who made it, Ors. 1, 12; S.
hreów
fierce ⬩ sævus ⬩ mæstus
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In the compounds blód-, wæl-hreów the second syllable seems to be hreóh [or is it reów, or may hreów be a confusion of the two forms?], as the form hreóh does not occur independently in the sense of fierce.
gafol-gylda
a tribute-payer ⬩ tributary ⬩ debtor ⬩ trĭbūti reddĭtor ⬩ dēbĭtor ⬩ a rent-payer ⬩ a renter of land as opposed to the owner ⬩ qui censum annum pendit ⬩ conductor
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Beón hig ealle gesunde and þeówion ðé and beón ðíne gafolgildan cunctus pŏpŭlus salvābĭtur et serviet tĭbi sub trĭbūto, Deut. 20, 11. Twegen gafolgyldan wǽron sumum lǽnende duo dēbĭtōres ĕrant cuidam fænĕrātōri, Lk.
mearh
A horse ⬩ steed
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Se swifta mearh burhstede beáteþ, Beo. Th. 4521; B. 2264. Hwǽr cwom mearg, hwǽr cwom mago, Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 34; Wand. 92. Sum biþ meares gleáw one is skilful in the management of a steed, 79 a; Th. 297, 17; Crä. 69.
cyne-dóm
royal dominion or power, kingdom, realm ⬩ imperium, regnum, sceptrum, potestas
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He ðone cynedóm ciósan wolde he would choose the kingdom, Beo. Th. 4741; B. 2376: L. Eth. ix. 42; Th. i. 350, 3. Ðætte ryhte cynedómas þurh úre folc gefæstnode wǽron that just royal governments might be settled throughout our people, L.
Linked entry: cyning-dóm
dǽd-bót
An amends-deed, repentance, penitence ⬩ pœnitentia, maleficii compensatio
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Deóplíc dǽdbót biþ, ðæt lǽwede man swá æscære beó, ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre, ne on nægle it is a deep penitence, that a layman be so untrimmed, that scissors [iron] come not on hair, nor on nail, L. Pen, 10; Th. ii. 280, 17: 3; Th. ii. 278, 8.
mægden
A maiden ⬩ girl ⬩ virgin
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Ne nýde man náðer ne wíf ne mǽden tó ðam ðe hyre sylfre mislícige let no woman, whether she have been married before or not, be forced to a marriage which she dislikes, 75; Th. i. 416, 20: L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 2. Mǽdenu virgines, Ps.
Linked entry: mǽden
ge-beorgan
To save ⬩ protect ⬩ defend ⬩ secure ⬩ spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ servāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ tuēri ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ arcēre ⬩ parcĕre
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Ne biþ us geborgen we shall not be secure, Homl. Th. 1. 56, 18