fore-wítegung
Foretelling ⬩ prophesying
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Forewítegunga praesagiorum, An. Ox. 431
Linked entry: wítegung
geolstrig
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Substitute: poisonous Mánfulra ǽttrig ł geolstri wyrta sæp dirorum uirulentus, i. uenenatus graminum suc(c)us, An. Ox. 1849. full of corrupt matter, purulent Geolstri purulentus, An. Ox. 2, 403. Mid geolstrigum wundum purulentis uulneribus, 5361.
ge-temprian
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Add: to temper, prepare material On þá onlícnesse geworht þe senop bið getemprod tó inwísan, Lch. ii. 184, 22. fig. to prepare, adapt Ge tó gódum ge tó yfelum getempera heortan þíne et ad bona et ad mala tempera cor tuum, 172, 15
ge-þæslǽcan
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Geþæslǽcaþ congruant, 40: congruunt, An. Ox. 5175. Hine sylfne on eallon þingan hé gehíwige and hé geþæslǽce se omnibus conformet et aptet, R. Ben. 1. 16, 6. Geþæslǽcan congruere, An. Ox. 4263. Add: —
searu-cræft
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Add Iugelera serecræftas magorum molimina .i. ingenia, An. Ox. 4090. add Hé hét geopenian þone ǽrenan searecræft (cf. hét hé gefeccan ǽnne ǽrenne oxan and þone onǽlan and þá hálgan ðǽron dón, 421), Hml. S. 30, 456. Searacræftas machinas, An.
wóh
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Sume habbað swídne langne and swíðe rihtne weg; sume habbað swíðe scortne and þeáh wóne, Solil. H. 44, 9. Wóhe hornas curua aera, An. Ox. 50, 44. I a. rugged, uneven, rough :-- Wóge sméþiende hylcas asperas conplanans anfractus, An. Ox. 1770. Add
swǽsend-dagas
The ides
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The ides; the Latin term seems to be so rendered from supposing it to be connected with the verb edere; v. next word Swǽsingdagas idus, ab edendo dicuntur Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 37. Swǽsenddagas idus, ab edendo ii. 62, 27: 48, 55
fela-meahtig
Much mighty ⬩ valde pŏtens
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Much mighty; valde pŏtens Felameahtig God the much mighty God, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 10; Gn. Ex. 76. Bletsien ðec fiscas and fuglas, felameahtigne may fishes and birds bless thee, much mighty! 55 a; Th. 194, 17; Az. 140: Th. 195, 14; Az. 156
Licetfeld
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Æt Licettfelda, Shrn. 59, 20. On Licetfelda, Chr. 716; Erl. 45, 14. Æt Licetfelda, Chart. Th. 373, 34
mannian
To supply with men ⬩ to garrison
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To supply with men, to garrison Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton every one of them went to his castle and garrisoned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16
á-ferian
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Take the last two passages under next word, and add On weg áferide, an uoeg áueridæ avehit , Txts. 43, 246. Siððon þú forð ofer þone bist áferod. Bt. 36, 3; S. 105, 14. ꝥ ne sý áfered ut non auferetur , An. Ox. II, 56
be-rǽsan
attack
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Add: to rush upon, attack Hé him on berǽsde irruit super eos, Gen. 14, 15. to rush into (extremes) Berǽst hé on ungemetlice cuéminge inordinate ad mollitiem rapitur, Past. 143, 6.
sófte
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Add God ealla g gað sída gesceafta, sófta geþwérað, Met. 29, 47
swecc
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Add Swæcc nectar (cf. nectar þone swétan smæc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 31), An. Ox. 186, 59. add: — Stýmendes swæcces ambrosiae fraglantis, An. Ox. 312. Swæcc ambrosiam (cf. ambrosiam, suavem odorem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 11), 3277.
þennan
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Add Þyder [h]is þened qua tenditur, An. Ox. 17, 53. <b>I a.</b> figurative, to extend the fame of, exalt :-- Þenaþ, tóbǽd prosequitur, i. tractat t laudat (integritatem immensis rumorum laudibus prosequitur, Ald. 26, 8), An. Ox. 1919
toll-setl
A toll-booth, ⬩ custom-house
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A toll-booth, custom-house Tolsetl teloneum, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 36. Ðá geseah hé sittan sumne mannan æt tollsetle (in teloneo; in a tolbothe, Wick. Mt. 9, 9), Homl. Th. ii. 468, 9. Matheus nǽfre æfter his gecyrrednysse æt tollsetle ne sæt, 288, 18
Linked entry: toll-sceamol
lang
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Add: of space relations. great in measurement from end to end. of a line, way, journey, &amp;c. Lang and stearc weg itiner Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 36. Rúmre racenteáge, langre línan, Sal. 294. Sume habbað swíðe langne weg, Solil. H. 44, 7 : Gen. 554.
hǽþen
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Add: — Hǽþene geneliatici. Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 53. <b>A.</b> as adj. (but sometimes where used predicatively might belong to <b>B.
Dún-stán
Dunstan ⬩ Dunstānus
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Dúnstáne, and geaf [MS. gif] him ðæt bisceopríce on Wigarceastre, and syððan ðæt bisceopríce on [MS. an] Lundene in this year [A. D. 959] Edgar sent after St.
ildan
To delay ⬩ tarry ⬩ defer ⬩ put off ⬩ postpone ⬩ procrastinate ⬩ connive at ⬩ dissimulate
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Tó hwon yldest ðú ðæt ðú raðost dó ðæt man ðás menn wítnige and cwelle why dost thou delay at once to cause these men to be punished and killed, 183, 1.