eáwunga
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Ben. 141, 1. Ðá synfullan sýn eáwunga (-e, v. l.) geþreáde beforan ealre geférrǽdenne peccatores coram omnibus arguantur, 129, 17. Eáwunga manifestum, Mt. L. 12, 16. Eáwunge (eówunga, R.), Mk. L. 6, 14. Éwunga (eáwunga, R.) manifeste, 1, 45.
ge-mǽte
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Ben. 89, 19. meet, suitable for a purpose, fitted, apt: — Gemǽte gewrixl apta uicissitudo, An. Ox. 4271. Lima menniscum brycum gemǽte þú sealdest mé membra humanis usibus apta dedisti, Angl. xi. 116, 15. Lima tó menniscum bricum gemǽte, '112, 18.
gebringan
To bring ⬩ lead ⬩ adduce ⬩ produce ⬩ bear ⬩ ferre ⬩ dūcĕre ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre ⬩ offerre
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Ðæt we ðone gebringen [MS. gebringan] on ádfære that we bring him on the way to the pile, Beo. Th. 6010; B. 3009: Homl. Th. i. 164, 11
styrman
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Stearcheort styrmde, stefn in becom heaðotorht hlynnan under hárne stán, Beo. Th. 5097; B. 2552. Holofernus hlóh and hlýdde, hlynede and dynede, ðæt mihten fira bearn feorran gehýran, hú se stíþmóda styrmde and gylede, Judth. Thw. 21, 19; Jud. 25.
Linked entry: storm
unriht-hǽmed
Unlawful cohabitation ⬩ illicit intercourse ⬩ adultery ⬩ fornication
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Be mónaðádles hǽmede and be óþrum unrihthǽmede ( de alio pravo coitu ), L. Ecg. C. 16, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 26: Shrn. 99, 4. Monige hié gehealdaþ wið unryhthǽmed multi scelera carnis deserunt, Past. 51; Swt. 399, 7.
Linked entry: riht-hǽmed
stæf
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Hé þám ƀ his stæf benam, 1094; P. 229, 4. Add Ðis gewrit is gewriten stæf be stæfe be þám gewrite þe Dúnstán sealde úrum hláforde, Ll. Lbmn. 214, 24. Se biscop hine hét (steafa, v. l. ) naman cweðan, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 558, 22.
on-cunnan
To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge
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Ic him mín wedd beád, ðæt ic hyra nǽfre nǽnne ne oncúðe, for ðon ðe hý on riht sprǽcon, Chart. Th. 486, 21. Mé míne ágen word sócon swýðe oncúðan verba mea excrabantur, Ps. Th. 55, 5.
Linked entries: á-cunnan on-cunness
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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The ealdormen of the several shires seem to have been appointed by the king, with the assent of the higher nobles, if not of the whole witena gemót, and to have been taken from the most trustworthy, powerful, and wealthy of the nobles of the shire.
Linked entries: aldor-mon ealdermen ealdor-mon ealdur-man eldor-man
stagan
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extended, to make strokes with the right hand across the arm as if cutting it in bits as is done with an eel, when it is to be roasted on a spit, Tech. ii. 124, 11.
Linked entry: stǽcan
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Ðú gearwodest befóran me brádne beód thou preparedst a copious table before me, Ps. Th. 22, 6. Ge onsceáwiaþ beágas and brád gold ye will behold bracelets and ample gold, Beo. Th. 6201;B. 3105.
hál
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Hwá mæg hál beon ?, Mt. R. L. 19, 25. Sé þe gelýfð and gefullod biþ, sé biþ hál, Mk. 16, 16. Hé hys folc hál gedéð fram hyra synnum, Mt. 1, 21. God wile ꝥ ealle menn hále beón, Hml.
Linked entry: tunge
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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S. 8] sí sélost and ðam þeófan sí láðost so concerning frithes-bót as may be best for the householder [patrifamilias] and worst for the thief, L. Ænh. Wilk. 122, 40; Eth. vi. 32; Th. i. 322, 27; Schmd. 232, § 32: L.
Linked entry: bonda
a-hleápan
To leap ⬩ leap up ⬩ exsilire ⬩ insilire ⬩ prosilire ⬩ desilire
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Kmbl. 1472; An. 737: 2405; An. 1204: Beo. Th. 2798; B. 1397
CEAFL
A bill, beak, snout, jaw, cheek; ⬩ rostrum, rictus, fauces, maxilla
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Dauid gewylde ðone wildan beran, and his ceaflas totær David subdued the wild bear, and tore apart his jaws, Ælfc. T. 13, 26: 14, 2
Linked entry: ceaclum
dǽd-fruma
A deed-doer, perpetrator, labourer ⬩ facinoris vel facinorum auctor, actor
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Grendel, diór dǽdfruma Grendel, the dire perpetrator, Beo. Th. 4186; B. 2090. Cain and Abel, ða dǽdfruman, dugeþa strýndon, wélan and wiste Cain and Abel, the original labourers, acquired goods, wealth and food, Cd. 46; Th. 59, 27; Gen. 970
dora
A humble-bee, dumble-DORE ⬩ bombus terrestris ⬩ attăcus = άττăκos
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A humble-bee, dumble-DORE; bombus terrestris, attăcus = άττăκos Dora atticus [ = attăcus] vel burdo [ = Fr. bourdon ], Ælfc. Gl. 22; Scm. 59, 112; Wrt. Voc. 23, 68. Doran hunig dumbledore's honey, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 28, 20.
Linked entry: feld-beó
fǽringa
Suddenly, quickly, by chance ⬩ sŭbĭto, repente, forte
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Ðú fǽringa gehogodest sæcce sécean thou suddenly resolvedst to seek conflict, Beo. Th. 3980; B. 1988: Exon. 46 b; Th. 158, 20; Gú. 911: Bt. Met. Fox 28, 82; Met. 28, 41. Ðonne he fǽringa cymþ cum vēnĕrit repente, Mk. Bos. 13, 36.
flǽsc-hama
Flesh-covering ⬩ the body ⬩ a carcase ⬩ carnis tegmen ⬩ corpus
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Bil eal þurhwód fǽgne flǽschoman the falchion passed ah through her fated carcase, Beo. Th. 3140; B. 1568: Andr. Kmbl. 307; An. 154. Lǽgon on greóte fǽgra flǽschaman the carcases of the slain lay on the sand, 2171; An. 1087
Linked entry: ge-flǽschamod
for-wrecan
To drive out ⬩ banish ⬩ expel ⬩ expellĕre ⬩ propellĕre ⬩ fŭgāre
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To drive out, banish, expel; expellĕre, propellĕre, fŭgāre Ðý-læs hit ýþa þrym forwrecan meahte lest the force of the waves might drive it out, Beo. Th. 3843; B. 1919. He hine feor forwræc he banished him far, 219; B. 109.
for-wrégan
To accuse strongly ⬩ vehementer accūsāre
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He wæs oft to ðam cyninge forwreged he had often been accused to the king, 952; Erl. 118, 27: 1068; Erl. 206, 33. Se wearþ wið hine forwreged hic diffāmātus est ăpud illum, Lk. Bos. 16, 1
Linked entry: fore-wrégan