secgan
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Secgan spell, Bt. 13 ; Fox 36, 31 : 30, 1 ; Fox 106, 30. Andsware secgan to return answer, Elen. Kmbl. 752 ; El. 376 : 1131 ; El. 567. Sang secgan to sing a song, Cd. Th. 279, 10 ; Sat. 235. Naman sæcgean, Ps. Th. 141, 8.
Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian
ge-sceád
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Þrý eácan synd . . . for gesceáde oððe for fægernysse, 107, 4.
ge-medemian
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Th. i. 424, 15 :-- Hié cwǽdon, ' Deo gratias, for ðon wé wǽron tó dæge ealle on ánnesse gemedemode.' For ðon is se cwide gefylled, 'Ecce quam bonum habitare fratres in unum, ' Bl. H. 139, 26.
efne
Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now ⬩ plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem
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Fox 26, 129; Met. 26, 65. v. efen; adv
prica
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MS.) on brádan brede omnem terrae ambitum ad coeli spatium puncti constat obtinere rationem, Bt. 18, 1 ; Fox 62, 4. Swilce án prica (price, Cott. MS.), Fox 62, 20.
Linked entry: pric-mǽlum
scildan
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E. 23; Th. i. 374, 7. to make a defence: — Siððan hé his hyspinge gehéred hæfde ðá scylde hé ongeán swíðe ungeþyldelíce after he had heard his abuse then he made a defence in reply very impatiently, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 35
wǽt
wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisture ⬩ wet, moist, having moisture ⬩ wet, rainy
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Skt. ii. 30, 441. wet, moist, having moisture Sié lyft is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt ge wearm, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 35; Anglia viii. 299, 28. Se wǽta wong roscida tellus, Exon. Th. 417, 7; Rä. 36, 1.
hlutor
Clear, ⬩ pure, ⬩ bright, ⬩ sincere
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Fox 21, 74; Met. 21, 37. Ðone hlutrestan streám the stream most pure, 23, 5; Met. 23, 3
Linked entry: hlýttor
bóc
a BOOK ⬩ liber ⬩ a charter ⬩ charta ⬩ for the books which a priest ought to possess ⬩ for his canonical hours
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D. 872-915; 168, 10. for the books which a priest ought to possess, Similar entries v. mæsse-preóst, 2; for his canonical hours, v. 3
seóþan
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fear, hope, etc., subjects with which the mind may be occupied; cf. to feed a person with hopes Ic ðæs módceare sorhwylmum seáþ on account of your dangerous journey anxiety was the food I prepared for my mind, Beo.
Linked entry: for-seóþan
ge-cweðan
To say ⬩ speak ⬩ call ⬩ pronounce ⬩ agree ⬩ resolve ⬩ order ⬩ dīcĕre ⬩ lŏqui ⬩ profāri ⬩ pronunciāre ⬩ pangĕre ⬩ stătuĕre
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Hí ǽfre ǽlcne Deniscne cyng útlah of Engla lande gecwǽdon they pronounced every Danish king an outlaw from England for ever, Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 34.
æfnan
To perform ⬩ execute ⬩ labour ⬩ show ⬩ patrare ⬩ facere ⬩ laborare ⬩ præstare
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Æfdon unsofte for æfudon? 27 b; Th. 83, 16; Cri. 1357
Linked entry: æfdon
án-dæge
For one day ⬩ lasting a day ⬩ diurnus ⬩ unius diei
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For one day, lasting a day: diurnus, unius diei Næs ðæt ándæge níþ that was no one-day evil, Exon. 92a; Th. 345, 25; Gn. Ex. 195.
be-feolan
To commit ⬩ commend ⬩ deliver ⬩ grant ⬩ committere ⬩ commendare ⬩ tradere
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Ðú him for inwite yfel befǽle propter dolos disposuisti eis mala, Ps. Th. 72, 14. Him wæs hálig gást befolen fæste the holy spirit was fully granted to him, Elen. Kmbl. 1870; El. 937 : 391; El. 196
gafol-hwitel
A tribute-whittle or blanket ⬩ a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land ⬩ tribūtāria săga
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A tribute-whittle or blanket, a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land; tribūtāria săga Gafol-hwitel sceal beón æt híwisce vi pæninga weorþ a tribute-whittle from a hide [of land] shall be worth six pence, L.
Linked entry: hwítel
in-gemynd
Memory ⬩ mind ⬩ remembrance
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Húlíc is se organ ingemyndum tó begonganne ðam ðe his gást wile ásceádan of scyldum of what nature is the Pater Noster for use by the mind, in the case of him who will separate his spirit from guilt, Salm. Kmbl. 108 ; Sal. 53
mæst
Mast ⬩ fruit of forest trees
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Mast, fruit of forest trees e.g. oak, beech, used for feeding swine Ðrím hunde swína mæst, ond se biscop and ða hígen áhten twǽde ðæs wuda ond ðæs mæstes, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 279, 3.
simbel-geféra
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One who continually goes with another, a constant companion Nis hit nó ðæt án ðæt swá eáðe mæg wiðerweard gesceaft wesan ætgædere symbelgeféran, ac hit is sellícre ðæt hiora ǽnigne mæg bútan óðrum bión it is not only that it is so easy for opposites
Linked entries: ge-féra symbel-geféra
þurh-sécan
to make search for ⬩ seek out ⬩ to search through ⬩ examine
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to make search for, seek out Þurhsécende conquirens, Scint. 209, 3. [ to search through, examine (?), as in later English He þurhsecheð al þe soule, O. E. Homl. ii. 191, 28. Twa Goddspelless uss birrþ þurrhsekenn, Orm. 242.
Linked entry: sécan
wudian
To cut wood
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To cut wood Gelamp on Móyses dagum ðæt Móyses fór þurh ánne wudu mid his werode. Ðá gesáwan hié ǽnne ceorl, hwǽr hé stód and wudede him, Wulfst. 2 20, 11, 15.