ealdian
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Ðonne hé ealdað cum senuerit, Kent. Gl. 815. Þonne se sunu wyxð, þonne ealdað se fæder, Hml. Th. i. 278, 25. Ic aldade senui, Ps. Srt. 36, 25. Ðá ðá hé ealdode, and his sunu wífian sceolde, Hml. Th. ii. 234, 24.
eardian
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Add: intrans. of human beings. to live, dwell, be inhabitant of a country, city, &c. Seó mégð þe nú eardaþ on Wiht, Chr. 449; P. 13, 18.
ge-swígian
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Th. 38, 11. þá þú swá wel ge-wugodes and swá lust*-*láice gehérdest míne láre cum verba nostra tacitus attentusque rapiebas, Bt. 22, 1 ; F. 76, 23.
ge-witan
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Add: to know, have knowledge of Mið ðý gewit ðú cum scieris, Mt. p. 4, 6. 'Ðone uoeg gié uuton' . . . 'Huu mago ué ꝥ weg gewuta?' 'uiam scitis' . . . 'Quomodo possumus uiam scire?', Jn. L.
haga
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Swá se haga scýt secundum quod sepes declinat, C. D. B. ii. 386, 20. Andlang hagan oð cyninges healh . . . oð þone hagan, C. D. i. 257, 33-258, 1 ( and often ).
Linked entry: hecge
hírsum-ness
obedience ⬩ obedience ⬩ humility ⬩ service
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Se ar̃ƀ áxode hýrsumnesse mid áþswerunge at him, and hé hit forsóc, Chr. 1070; P. 206, 21. subjection of one people to another: Hé hié (the Welsh) tó eáþmódre hérsumnesse gedyde, Chr. 828; P. 62, 3.
hlæder
a ladder ⬩ flight of steps ⬩ stairs
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Þǽr wæs gewuna þǽm folce ... ꝥ hié æfter hlǽddrum úp tó ðǽm glæsenum fæte ástigon (cf. þæs folces gewuna is ... þæt hí ... stæpmǽlum tó ðám fæte ástígað, Hml. Th. i. 510, 3), Bl. H. 209, 7.
scencan
To skink
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Mé þyrste, and gé mé scencton (cf. drincan sealdon, l. 21) ... Hwænne gesáwe wé ðé þurstigne, and wé ðé scencton? Homl. Th. ii. 108, 4-11: i. 336, 3:Wulfst. 288, 15.
út-lah
Outlawed ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ calling for outlawry
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C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 11: Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 3. Sý hé útlah (-laga, MS. B.), L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 400, 18. Se ðe útlages weorc gewyrce (cf. Icel. göra útlaga verk), 13; Th. i. 382, 18. Gif hwá ámánsodne oþþe útlahne (ámánsumodne oþþe útlagene, MS.
wealh-stod
An interpreter ⬩ one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages ⬩ an interpreter of written language ⬩ a translator ⬩ an interpreter of a subject, ⬩ an expounder ⬩ a mediator ⬩ the word occurs as a proper name
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Lífes wealhstod, Cd.
Linked entry: -stod
ǽrendian
to go on an errand (acc.), act as emissary or advocate in a matter ⬩ to go on an errand to (tó) a person ⬩ to go on an errand for a person (dat.) to (tó) another, intercede ⬩ to go on a mission for an object (gen.), negotiate for
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Gif hé mé cúð ne bið, ic wille him cueðan: 'Ne mæg ic ðæt ǽrendigean (ǽrendian, Cott.
sol
Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum
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Þonon ðæt cume in ða reádan sole Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 375, 8. In reádan solo Txts. 431, 6. Ad stagnum quendam cujus vocabulum est Ceabban solo Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 388, 2. Tó Higsolon; of Higsolon 219, 3.
sparian
to spare ⬩ to show mercy to ⬩ to refrain from injuring or destroying ⬩ to spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ not to use ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ parcere, fovere ⬩ to spare
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C. 77, 55. Spær esne ðínum parce servo tuo, Rtl. 168, 19: 39, 38. to spare, preserve, not to use, to leave alone, abstain from Hé sparode ðæt góde wín óð his ágenum tócyme, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 10. Féðe ne sparode eorl, Cd. Th. 153, 6; Gen. 2534.
ge-siht
Sight ⬩ power of seeing ⬩ vision ⬩ something seen ⬩ aspect ⬩ respect ⬩ visus ⬩ acies oculorum ⬩ visio ⬩ aspectus ⬩ conspectus ⬩ respectus
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Th. 55, 7 : 137, 1 : Cd. 49; Th. 63, 20; Gen. 1035 Of heora gesihþum from their sight, Jud. 16, 3. Bútan gesyhþe ǽrfæstnesse sine respectu pietatis, Bd. 4, 12; S. 580, 41
Linked entry: ge-syhð
timber
material for constructing a house, ship, etc., ⬩ timber ⬩ material of which anything is formed ⬩ a structure, ⬩ building, ⬩ edifice ⬩ the building of a house, ship, etc.
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tiber, MS.) sceacan middangeardes, Cd. Th. 9, 2; Gen. 135. Huulig timber quales structurae, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 1. Timbra aedificiorum, Ps. Surt. 128, 6.
Linked entry: and-timber
for-spillan
to destroy ⬩ to destroy by extravagant use ⬩ consume wastefully ⬩ waste ⬩ to lose
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; see next passage but one), Cht. Th. 584, 5. Hí heortan clǽnnesse forspildun ( perdiderunt), An. Ox. 40, 9. Hé ðæt land ne mæg náðer gifan ne syllan, ne forspecan ne forspillan (forfeit. Cf. nec cogi debet rectum ejus forspeken nec forspillen, Ll.
for-stelan
To steal away ⬩ of criminal theft, to take the property of another ⬩ to obtain surreptitiously ⬩ take away without the knowledge of another
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Se fruma wæs ꝥ mon forstæl ǽnne wímman Ælfsige the beginning was that a woman was stolen from Ælfsige, Cht. Th. 206, 19.
fremming
progress ⬩ advance ⬩ a doing ⬩ accomplishing ⬩ the doing ⬩ operation ⬩ the doing
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Th. i. 196, 22 (cf. 198, 31 supra ). Ðurh geswicenysse yfeles and ðurh fremminge gódes, 332, 4. Fremmincgum effectibus (operum ), An. Ox. 1332. Tó gódum fremmingum fulfremedra dǽda. Hml. A. 48, 581
spryttan
To sprout ⬩ spring ⬩ germinate ⬩ To put forth a shoot ⬩ bring forth fruit ⬩ to incite
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Th. ii. 90, 18. to incite (cf. þurh þes (Ranulf's) macunge and tóspryttinge se eorl pis land mid unfriðe gesóhte,) (Chr. 1101; Erl. 238, 1) Sprytte instigavit, Anglia xiii. 36, 245. Ðá sprytte se deófol ðæt folc tó his (Christ's) siege, Homl.
Linked entries: tó-sprytting sprýtan
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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C. S. 16; Th. i. 384, 24. Hí dydan mycelne hearm ábútan Hámtúne . . . swá ðæt seó scír and ða óðra scíra, ðæ ðǽr neáh sindon, wurdon fela wintra ðe wyrsan, Chr. 1065; Erl. 197, 11.