GEÁTAN
To grant ⬩ confirm ⬩ assent to ⬩ concēdĕre ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ assentīri
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Se æðeling hit him geátte the ætheling granted it to them, 1066; Th. 337, 30. Ealle hit geátton all confirmed it, 963; Th. 221, 25
húsel-hálgung
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Se húselgang ús gehálgaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 27. Úre gástlícan lác sind úre gebedu and lofsang and húselhálgung our spiritual gifts are our prayers and praise and attendance at the Eucharist, i. 54, 27
LIFER
The LIVER
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Se vultor sceolde forlǽtan ðæt hé ne slát ða lifre Tyties ðæs cyninges, Bt. 35, 6; Fox, 170, 3
mis-cweðan
to speak amiss or incorrectly ⬩ to curse ⬩ maledicere
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Solocismus, ðæt is miscweden word on endebyrdnysse ðære rǽdinge of ðam rihtan cræfte, 50, 22; Som. 51, 49. to curse; maledicere Se ðe miscweðes feder ł moeder qui maledixerit patri aut matri, Mk. Skt. Rush. 7, 10. Miscuédon him maledixerunt ei, Jn.
Norþ-Walas
The Welsh ⬩ Wales
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Se here ... hergodon ǽgðer ge on Cornwealum and on Norþ-Wealum, 997; Erl. 134, 9. Ælfgár eorl gesóhte Griffines geheald on Norþ-Wealan, 1055; Erl. 190, 3. Ecgbryht lǽdde fierd on Norþ-Walas, 828; Erl. 64, 12 : 853; Erl. 68, 10.
geond-sprengan
To sprinkle over ⬩ perspergere, perfudere
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To sprinkle over; perspergere, perfudere Se awyrgeda gást ðæs ylcan preóstes heortan and geþanc mid his searwes áttre geondsprengde [-spregde, MS.] the accursed spirit sprinkled over with the poison of his deceit the heart and mind of the same priest
Linked entry: sped-dropa
ge-mearr
A hindrance, error ⬩ a stumbling-block
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A hindrance, error Ðonne se Godes ðiów on ðæt gemearr ðære woruldsorga beféhþ when the servant of God accepts the hindrance of worldly cares, Past. 51, 7; Swt. 401, 20; Hat. MS.
scip
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.: ðæt ésceapa commisuram, Lind.) of níwum reáfe on eald reáf; elles ðæt níwe slít, and se níwa scyp (as before in MS. A. and Lind.) ne hylpþ ðam ealdan, Lk. Skt. 5, 36: Mt. Kmbl. 9, 16. Scyp (also scep, MS.
strútian
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To stand out stiffly or projectingly Se hálga wer hié ( the robbers who were trying to break into the church ) wundorlíce geband, ǽlcne, swá hé stód, strútiendne mid tóle, ðæt hiera nán ne mihte ðæt moþ gefremman . . .
syn-grin
the toil ⬩ snare which a sin constitutes
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Ðonne mæg se biscop ðæs mannes syngrina ( the toils of sin in which he is involved ) þurh Godes þafunge ðe swýðor gelíðian, Wulfst. 155, 26
þrym-setl
A throne
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Se cásere feóll of his ðrymsetle, Shrn. 76, 31. Beforan þrymsetle Cristes ante tribunal Christi, Anglia xiii. 387, 311: Blickl. Homl. l01, 29. Throni sind þrymsetl, Homl. Th. i. 342, 34.
un-brygd
A not unfair turn ⬩ fair dealing
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Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unbrýde and unforboden, and ic hit ágnian wille tó ǽgenre ǽhte so I have it, as he gave it, who had the right to give, without fraud and unforbidden, and I mean to possess it as my own property
weorold-ríca
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A man of great worldly power or wealth Gif him ǽnig heáfodman hwilces þinges forwyrnde . . . him sóna getíðode his Scyppendes árfæstnys ðæs ðe se woruldríca him forwyrnde on ǽr, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 17. Ne cyning ne woruldríca, Lchdm. iii. 442, 36.
wuldor-gesteald
glorious possessions ⬩ glorious mansions
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Ða geréno and se reáda telg and ða wuldorgesteald (the binding of a book?), Exon. Th. 408, 22; Rä. 27, 16. glorious mansions Fæder and Sunu and frófre Gást on þrinnesse wealdeþ wuldorgestealda, Andr. Kmbl. 3369; An. 1688.
bolster
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Lecggean bolster under ǽlcne hneccan . . . bið se hnecca underléd mid bolstre, Past. 143, 14-18. Bolstrum auleis, Germ. 399, 366. Add
ealdor-bisceop
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Add: a chief priest, high priest of the Jews Cwæð se ealdorbiscop dixit princeps sacerdotum (Acts, 7, 1), Hml. Th. i. 46, 6: ii. 422, 20. Ðá gýtsigendan ealdorbiscopas, i. 406, 5.
ge-hálsian
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Add: to make a solemn appeal to Þá áxode hine se ealdorbiscop and mid áðe gehálsode, þæt hé openlíce sǽde gif hé Godes sunu wǽre ( princeps sacerdotum ait: 'Adjuro te per Deum vivum, ut dicas nobis si tu es Christus filius Dei, Mt. 26, 63), Hml.
ge-þoftscipe
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Ðá hé hine geðiédde tó ðǽm geðoftscipe ðǽre incundan sibbe dum se ad foedera pacis internae constringeret, 353, 3. Geþoftsc[ipas ( or -e)] contubernia (feminarum ), Angl. 32, 510
gleáwscipe
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Add: sagacity Se abbod sceal gýman and mid eallan gleáwscípe hogian ( omni sagacitate curare ), R. Ben. 51, 9.
heáfod-bend
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D.). a crown ꝥ bið cyninga þeáw and cásera ꝥ hí oft habbað gyldenne heáfodbænd ymb heora heáfod, Nap. 15, 20. a band put round the head as punishment Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte; sé cóm tó þám hálgan and his swára heáfodbend