for-fæger
Very beautiful
Entry preview:
Very beautiful, surpassingly fair Hé (the Phenix) hine forbærneþ and eft forfæger ediung úp áríseþ, E. S. viii. 479, 89
Linked entry: fæger
ge-hlíta
Entry preview:
Cf. efen-hlíte, ge-hlytta
ge-þeahtian
Entry preview:
Gif tuoege from iúih efne-geðeaehtas ł biðon ymb án si duo ex vobis consenserint, Mt. L. 18, 19. Add
wiþ-teón
Entry preview:
Hwílum hé seleð hálgan wítedómes gást, hwílon hé eft wiðtýhð (subtrahit) þám módum þára wítegana, Gr. D. 146, 31. Add
á-seárian
Entry preview:
Treówa hé déð fǽrlíce blówan and eft raðe áseárian, Wlfst. 196, 2. Add
be-drúgian
To dry up
Entry preview:
To dry up Meng wið ele, smyre, and þonne ꝥ bedrúgud sý, eft þú hit geníwa, Lch. i. 336, 4
Linked entry: drugian
ge-scotfeoht
A fight with arrows or darts
Entry preview:
A fight with arrows or darts Eft gewurdon on gescotfeohta scearpe gáras ipsi sunt jacula, Ps. Th. 54, 21: 75, 3
háls
Health, salvation ⬩ health
Entry preview:
Health, salvation Ðæt hǽlubearn háls eft forgeaf that saviour-child gave salvation again, Exon. 16 a; Th. 37, 3; Cri. 587
Linked entries: háls-wurþung heáls-bóc
getæl-fæst
Measurable; ⬩ mensūrābĭlis
Entry preview:
Measurable; mensūrābĭlis Efne gemetelíce oððe getælfæste oððe ametendlíce ðú asettest dagas míne ecce mensūrābĭles pŏsŭisti dies meos, Ps. Lamb. 38, 6
agén-bewendan
To turn again ⬩ return ⬩ reverti
Entry preview:
To turn again, return; reverti And ðá he hine eft agén-bewende and then he turned himself again, Mk. Bos. 14, 40
forstig
Entry preview:
Frosty Ic wæs beswǽled for þám micelan byrne, and eft for þǽre micclan forstigan cealdnysse þæs wintres, Hml. S. 23 b, 575
un-seoflende
Entry preview:
not sighing, glad Hwædere gé bióð unsiofiende, hió gecyrreð eft eów on gefeán sed tristitia uestra conuertit in gaudium, Verc. Först. 176
well-will
Entry preview:
a spring Ǽrest on welwill; of welwyllæ . . . andlang streámes eft on wellwyll, C. D. v. 344, 29-345, 9. Cf. wille-wæter
hærn
The tide, waves, sea ⬩ a wave
Entry preview:
Hærn eft onwand back went the waves, Andr. Kmbl. 1062; An. 531
Linked entry: hraen
mýðe
The mouth of a stream
Entry preview:
The mouth of a stream Ǽrest fram mýðan in cyrstilmǽl ác ... eft in ða mýðan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 379, 20-380, 7
ge-nihtian
Entry preview:
To become night, grow dark Þá geþýstrode hit and efne fæstlíce genihtode ( tenebrae factae sunt, Mt. 27, 45) ofer eallne middangeard, Nap. 31
Linked entry: nihtian
tíþe
Entry preview:
Efne swá hé his bæd, swá hé wæs týðe (þǽrrihte hé hit beget, v.l.) ita dum peteret impetravit, Gr. D. 79, 33. Add
wæl-fyll
Abundance of slain
Entry preview:
Abundance of slain Grendel on reste genam þrítig þegna; ðanon eft gewát tó hám faran mid ðære wælfylle. Beo. Th. 250; B. 125
scip-gefére
Entry preview:
A going by ship, navigation, sailing Hé on his scipgefére hwearf eft tó Cent rediit Cantiam navigio, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 41
sweart-lást
Entry preview:
Leaving a black track Fugles wyn ( a pen) stop eft on mec (a book ), síþade sweartlást, Exon. Th. 408, 12 ; Rä. 27, 11