FYRD
an army ⬩ the military array of the whole country ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ an army ⬩ agmen ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ a camp ⬩ castrum
Entry preview:
Fór fyrda mǽst the greatest of armies marched, Elen. Kmbl. 69; El. 35.
talu
a tale, talk, story, account ⬩ talk, discussion, dispute ⬩ a charge, claim ⬩ an excuse, a defence ⬩ as a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action, ⬩ a tale, list, series
Entry preview:
Se ðe nánum ne derede, him man dyde talu, and hé wæs beswungen unscyldig for ús, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 42, 27.
þrymm
a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur
Entry preview:
Mín werod fóran ymb mé úton mid þrymme ( with magnificent array ), and herebeácen and segnas beforan mé lǽddon, Nar. 7, 16. Hé fór mid ðrymme and mid prasse, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 26: Elen. Kmbl. 658; El. 329: Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 7: Met. 25, 13.
Linked entry: þrym
áscian
Entry preview:
Iówan ðæt him mon tó áscað, Past. 173, 2. to ask after, enquire for, search for Syþþan wé hit ǽscað, Ll. Th. i. 234, 16. Mann ús ofer eall sóhte and ús man georne gehwár áxode, Hml. S. 23, 451.
Linked entry: áhsian
ge-hwirfan
Entry preview:
I, 14; Sch. 39, 2. (10) to change one thing for another, exchange, with gen., to make exchange of Hí ealra þinga gehwyrfdon ge on cucan ceápe ge on óðrurn, C. D. v. 378, 20.
Linked entry: ge-hweorfan
lǽtan
Entry preview:
'Lǽt forð ðíne willas.' . . . Ðæt is ðæt mon his wætru út lǽte 'Deriventur fontes tui foras.' . . . Fontes foras derivare est, Past. 373, 12-16. to allow to have Þá bæd Eustachius ꝥ hí him fyrst léton ꝥ hí him tó Gode gebǽdon, Hml.
LǼCE
A LEECH ⬩ doctor ⬩ physician ⬩ a leech
Entry preview:
B. lǽcon] gecwéme the yellow is however most suitable for doctors, Herb. 165, 1; Lchdm. i. 294, 11. Josep beád his þeówan lǽcon Joseph præcepit servis suis medicis, Gen. 50, 1.
morþ
death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide
Entry preview:
III and morþ-dǽd) forþ of hire inclifan. Ðá nam man ðæt wíf and ádrencte hí æt Lundenebricge, Chart. Th. 230, 17. murder; as a technical term, slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed.
Linked entries: morþ-weorc morþ-wyrhta
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
Entry preview:
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.
eáþe
Entry preview:
Gif huæt eáða ( forte ) gemitte, Mk. L. R. 11, 13. ¶ Eáþe mæg, perhaps, may be Eáða mæhte ł eáðæ mæge forte, Mt. L. 11, 23. Eáðe (ǽðe, R.) mæg forsitan, Jn. L. 8, 19: alioquin, Mt. L. 6, 1. lest; ne forte Eáðe mæg ł ðý lǽs ne forte, Lk. L. 12, 58.
hyht
Hope ⬩ joyous expectation ⬩ joy
Entry preview:
Ðære hǽlo ðe hé us tó hyhte forgeaf for the salvation which he hath given us to hope for, Exon. 16 b; Th. 38, 28; Cri. 613. Hæbbe ic mé tó hyhte heofonríces weard I have the guardian of the kingdom of heaven as my hope, 68 b; Th. 255, 10; Jul. 212.
Linked entry: hiht
ge-þyld
Entry preview:
Forðám dóme his geðylde, 27, 21. Ꝥ mægn þǽre geþylde, Gr. D. 20, 16. Wundorlicre geþylde man, 283, 18. Tó ðǽre geðylde, Past. 222, 8. Ðá geðyld ðe is módur ealra mægena, 215, 19: 222, 25: 219, 13.
ge-fremian
Entry preview:
Hine God ofer ealle men forð gefremede, B. 1718. Gifremid, -fraemid provecta, Txts. 84, 759. Gefremed, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 39. to effect, accomplish, commit a crime Ic þonne gefremme þæs monnes neádþearf-nesse, Shrn. 77, 8.
ge-weorpan
Entry preview:
Ꝥ salt bið geworpen út mittatur foras, Mt. L. 5, 13. Geworpene iactari (in ardentes thermarum vapores), An. Ox. 4781. where a change of position is caused by force, to cast in or out Gewarpp ðá bibyccenda ejicit vendenles, Mt. p. 18, 17.
Galwalas
Gauls ⬩ Frenchmen ⬩ people of Gaul in a body ⬩ Gaul ⬩ France ⬩ Galli ⬩ Gallia
Entry preview:
He fór in Galwalas he went into Gaul, 380; Erl. 11, 2
earfoþnes
Difficulty, hardship, anxiety, tribulation, misfortune ⬩ diffĭcultas, lăbor, angustiæ, tribŭlātio, infortūnium
Entry preview:
B.] for the difficulties of women, Med. ex Quadr. 2, 7; Lchdm. i. 334, 18.
Linked entry: eærfoþnes
hreówsung
Sorrowing ⬩ sorrow ⬩ penitence ⬩ repentance
Entry preview:
Se apostol bebeád ðæt hí þrítig daga be hreówsunge dǽdbétende Gode geoffrodon the apostle ordered that they for thirty days with penitence should offer to God doing penance, Homl. Th. i. 68, 17.
ge-mǽrsian
To magnify, glorify, celebrate ⬩ magnĭfĭcāre, glorĭfĭcāre, celebrāre
Entry preview:
Ðú Sunnan dæg sylf hálgodest and gemǽrsodest hine manegum to helpe thou thyself didst sanctify Sunday and didst glorify it for help to many, Hy. 9, 26; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 26.
Linked entry: ge-mérsian
wynsumlíce
pleasantly ⬩ agreeably ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ graciously ⬩ gladly ⬩ joyously
Entry preview:
Sume tiliaþ wífa, for ðam ðæt hí þurh ðæt mæge mǽst bearna begitan, and eác wynsumlíce libban uxor, ac liberi, qui jucunditatis gratia petuntur, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 27. Engla werod wynsumlíce sungon, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 297.
wuldor-full
glorious ⬩ vainglorious
Entry preview:
For his wuldorfullan sige oretlofes propter ejus gloriosissimi victoriam triumphi, Anglia xiii. 400, 497. Seó wunung on ðam wuldorfullum dreáme, Homl. Ass. 43, 481. Tó ðare wuldorfullan byrig Hierusalem, H. R. 7, 4. Wuldorfulle on mægðháde, Homl.
Linked entry: wuldor