murnan
To mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ be anxious ⬩ To mourn ⬩ lament ⬩ to care about ⬩ regard
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Grammar murnan, with prepositions for, æfter Ne mæg ná for feore murnan se ðe wrecan þenceþ freán not for life must he care that his lord will avenge. Byrht.
be-swícan
to decoy ⬩ ensnare ⬩ beguile ⬩ to betray ⬩ to defraud ⬩ supplant ⬩ to circumvent ⬩ to seduce ⬩ mislead
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Gezabel beswác Naboð tó his feóre þurh leáse gewitnysse, Hml.
Linked entry: be-swícende
wrecan
To drive ⬩ press ⬩ to drive ⬩ force to move ⬩ to drive out ⬩ expel ⬩ to drive out ⬩ to express ⬩ utter ⬩ recite ⬩ to drive in ⬩ impress ⬩ inlay ⬩ to drive ⬩ practise ⬩ carry out ⬩ on ⬩ to drive ⬩ press on ⬩ to wreak ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to take vengeance (on)
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Ýða wrǽcon árleásra feorh of flǽschoman, Cd. Th. 83, 25 ; Gen. 1385. Hwá mec on síð wrǽce, Exon. Th. 380, 39; Rä. 2, 2. Wearð ecgum sweorda blondenfexa on bíd wrecen, Beo. Th. 5917; B. 2962. Mé þurh hrycg wrecen hongaþ under án orþoncpíl. Exon.
Linked entries: wracian a-wrecan wreogan ǽrend-wreca
wíde
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. ¶ where the word occurs with words of similar meaning :-- Feor and wíde ( longe lateque ) gemǽrsode, Bd. 3, 10; S. 535, 2: 4, 27; S. 604, 2 : 5, 12; S. 628, 3. Hé férde feorr and wíde geond middangeard. Shrn. 90, 23. Síde and wíde longe laleque.
æfterra
latter ⬩ hinder, lower ⬩ latter ⬩ last ⬩ next, following ⬩ second
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Sió æfterre tá . . . sió feórðe tá, Ll. Th. i. 90, 20. Hér endað sió forme bóc and onginð sió æfterre, Ors. 1, 14; S. 58, 12: 1, 7; S. 36, 26. Ðá æðelu ðǽre æfterran ácennesse regenerationis Past. 85, 15. Ðæs æfteran sealmes capitul, Ps. Th. 2, arg.
þeówan
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Se fear arn him tógeánes and hine ðýde, ðæt hé his feorh forlét, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 73. Hí hine ufan mid ísenum geaflum ðýdon ... Hí mid heora forcum hine ðýdon, Homl.
FÁH
Guilty, criminal, proscribed, outlawed, inimical, hostile ⬩ sons, reus, proscriptus, inĭmīcus, infensus, infentus
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Ðeáh ðú from scyle freómágum feor fáh gewítan though thou, outlawed, shalt depart far from thy kindred, Cd. 50; Th. 63, 29; Gen. 1039: Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 34; Cri. 1617: Andr. Kmbl. 3406; An. 1707: Elen. Kmbl. 1535; El. 769.
and
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Ne bið ná gelíc ꝥ man wið swustor gehǽme and hit wǽre feor sibb, 404, 27. Ꝥ cild þá gýtseras lǽton efenscyldig and hit gewittig wǽre, 420, 2. Hé wæs ǽfre efenmihtig and hé gyt is, Wlfst. 16, 7.
á-drífan
to drive, cause to move (with violence) ⬩ to drive off, drive away ⬩ expellere, repudiare
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Ýð út feor ádráf on Wendelsǽ wígendra scola, Met. 26, 30. Ðæt Egypti ádrifen Moyses út, Ors. 1, 5; S. 34, 16. Út ádrífende explodens, An. Ox. 17, 22. Út ádrifenum explosis, út ádrifenre explosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 14, 15
heáh-nes
Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence
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Heó biþ áfeorrod swíðe feor from ðære sóðan heánesse ab altitudine veræ celsitudinis elongatur, 41, 2; Swt. 301, 20. On ðære heofonlícan heánnesse in heaven on high, Shrn. 82, 20: Exon. 65 a; Th. 239, 34; Ph. 631: Elen. Kmbl. 2247; El. 1125.
neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place
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Ge neáh ge feor, Bd. 4, 4; S. 571, 7. Ge néh ge feor, Andr. Kmbl. 1083; An. 542. Gá hider neár accede huc, Gen. 27, 21. Mid ðý ic ðá wolde neár geseón quos cum adire vellemus vicinius, Nar. 22, 11. Swa fyr swá nýr, L. I. P. 21; Th. ii. 332, 16.
innan
In ⬩ into ⬩ within ⬩ from within
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Ne wæs mé feorh ðá gén, ealdor in innan, 103 a; Th. 391, 10; Rä. 10, 3. Innan on ðisses holtes hleó, Cd. 39; Th. 52, 7; Gen. 840. On innan ðé in te, Ps. Th. 147, 2. Geond woruld innan, Exon. 14 b ; Th. 29, 28; Cri. 469 : 95 b; Th. 355, 43 ; Pa. 4.
Linked entries: innan-bordes innane innon on-innan
furþor
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Hwá mæg ǽfre óðrum furðor freóndscipe gecýðan, þonne hé his ágen feorh gesylle and ðurh ðæt his freónd wið deáð áhredde ( majorem hac dilectionem nemo habet ut animam suam quis ponat pro amicis suis, Jn. 15, 13), Wlfst. 111, 4.
neód
Desire ⬩ eagerness ⬩ diligence ⬩ earnest endeavour
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Biþ him neód micel ðæt hé ða yldu móte wendan tó lífe feorg geong onfón it is most eager to turn old age to life, to receive youth, Exon. Th. 210, 22; Ph. 189 : 228, 3; Ph. 432. (Cf. O.
ge-wundian
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Ðæt hié mid ðǽm ísene hié selfe tó feore ne gewundigen, Past. 365, 11. <b>I a.</b> in cases of fighting or assault. physical Sé þe ofslehð man binnan ciricwágum, hé bið feorhscyldig and sé þe gewundað, sé bið handscyldig, Ll.
EÁ
indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ⬩ flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua
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Seó feorþe eá ys geháten Eufrates flŭvius quartus est Euphrātes, Gen. 2, 14: Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 34, 46. On twá healfe ðære eás on the two sides of the river, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 39, col. 1. On óðre healfe ðære eá [MS.
GÉN
Again, moreover, besides, at length, yet, hitherto ⬩ iterum, denuo, adhuc, insuper, denique
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Gén ic ðé feores unnan wille yet will I grant thee life, Exon. 68 b; Th. 254, 3; Jul, 191, Ðá gén Abrahame eówde heáhcyning again the high king appeared to Abraham, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 23; Gen. 2164.
ná-wiht
nothing ⬩ naught ⬩ a thing of no value ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ not
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Ne wæs hé nóht feor on oferhygd áhafen, 215, 32. Nóht longe ofer ðis, Exon. Th. 172, 15; Gú. 1144. Æfter nóht langre tíde, Bd. 5, 11; S. 626, 10. Ic nóht ðon ǽr ðære ærninge blon, 5, 6; S. 619, 15
þætte
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Hæbbe ic gefrugnen, ꝥte is feor heonan æþelast londa, Exon. Th. 197, 19; Ph. 1. where it is in apposition to þæt or hit standing as object in the main clause Hí þæt ne gelýfdon, ꝥte líffruma áhafen wurde, Exon.
ge-þingian
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Hiera se æþeling gehwelcum feoh and feorh gebeád, and hiera nǽnig hit geþingian (geþicgean, onfón, v. ll. ) nolde, Chr. 755; P. 294, 26