ge-dwimor
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<b>II c.</b> a practice that deludes :-- Gedwimere necromantia, An. Ox. 4701
hleahtor
a laugh
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Hlehter sáre byð gemincged, II. Be hlehtre and be wópe, I. Hwelce cehhettunge gé woldon þæs habban and mid hwelcre hleahtre gé woldon beón ástyred quanta moveris cachinno Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 5.
Linked entry: hleahtrian
hefig-ness
oppressiveness ⬩ burdensomeness ⬩ a trouble ⬩ dullness ⬩ disease ⬩ oppression
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, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 21. Gif hwilcum bréðer ǽnig hefines . . . beóð geþeódde si cui fratri aliqua gravia. . . injunguntur, R. Ben.
nese
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Hé cwæð be him sylfum tó þám cýpemannum: 'Syllíce is mé ánum gelumpen . . . man mid wítum ofgán willað æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde.'
níwe
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Heó forgit sóna hire níwan taman, Bt. 25; F. 88, 12. Níwe sibbe, B. 949. Caelf niówe vitulum novellum, Ps. Srt. 68, 32. <b>VI a.
a-fæstnian
To fix ⬩ fasten or make firm ⬩ to strengthen ⬩ fortify ⬩ confirm ⬩ betroth ⬩ espouse ⬩ inscribe ⬩ munire ⬩ firmare ⬩ consignare libris ⬩ infigere
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To fix, fasten or make firm, to strengthen, fortify, confirm, betroth, espouse, inscribe; munire, firmare, consignare libris, infigere Ðæt we hí móton afæstnian on ðé that we may fix them [our eyes] on thee, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132,31: Bt. Met.
Linked entry: a-festnian
a-standan
to stand up ⬩ get up ⬩ rise up ⬩ rise ⬩ exsurgere ⬩ resurgere ⬩ surgere ⬩ to insist ⬩ persist ⬩ continue ⬩ persistere ⬩ instare
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Bos. 23, 23
Linked entry: a-stód
bæcestre
A woman who bakes ⬩ pistrix ⬩ a baker ⬩ pistor
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A woman who bakes; pistrix: but because afýrde men performed that work which was originally done by females, this occupation is here denoted by a feminine termination; hence, a baker; pistor Ðá gelamp hit ðæt twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hláford
Linked entry: bæcystre
baðian
To wash ⬩ foment ⬩ cherish ⬩ lavare ⬩ fovere ⬩ To BATHE ⬩ lavari ⬩ balneare ⬩ aquis se immergere
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To BATHE; lavari, balneare, aquis se immergere Seldon heó baðian wolde she would seldom bathe, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 6. Gesihþ baðian brimfuglas he sees sea-fowls bathing, Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 12; Wand. 47.
fóre-settan
To set before ⬩ propose ⬩ shut ⬩ close in ⬩ præpōnĕre ⬩ propōnĕre ⬩ præclūdĕre
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Gemétton [MS. gemettan] we us storme fóresette invēnĭmus nos tempestāte præclūsos, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 31
Linked entries: fóran-onsettende fóre-gesettan
for-pǽran
To turn away ⬩ pervert ⬩ ruin ⬩ destroy ⬩ pervertĕre ⬩ perdĕre
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MS. 53 b, 8. Gif we us sylfe ne forpǽraþ if we do not destroy ourselves, Homl. Th. i. 216, 9: ii. 50, 5. Adam us forpǽrde þurh ánes æpples þigene Adam ruined us by the eating of an apple, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 32.
Linked entry: a-pǽran
frécednes
Danger ⬩ peril ⬩ hazard ⬩ perīcŭlum ⬩ discrīmen
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Forðam he geþristade ðæt he hine sylfne on geweald sealde swylcere frécednysse quod se ille discrīmĭni dăre præsumpsisset, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 16. Frécednysse helle gemétton me perīcŭla inferni invēnērunt me, Ps. Lamb. 114, 3.
Linked entry: frǽcednys
fyrst-mearc
Marked or appointed time ⬩ a space of time ⬩ interval ⬩ tempus constĭtūtum ⬩ tempŏris spatium ⬩ intercăpēdo
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Ymb geára fyrstmearc after a space of years; interjecio tempŏre aliquanto, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 47 : Cd. 202; Th. 251, 8; Dan. 560. Bútan fyrstmearce ǽnigre reste sĭne ulla quiētis intercăpēdĭne, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 3
Linked entry: frist-mearc
fyrþran
To further ⬩ support ⬩ advance ⬩ promote ⬩ provehere ⬩ promŏvēre
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B
Linked entry: firþriende
lybb
Medicine ⬩ drug ⬩ simple ⬩ poison
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Gl. 17 b, 13. Ðæt biþ lyb wið eágena dimnesse that is a medicine for dimness of eyes, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 30, 14. Oxna lyb green or black hellebore, Lchdm. ii. 34, 28. Ðis ðé lib be cyrneles this may be a medicine for thee for churnel, iii. 62, 21
Linked entry: lybbestre
gita
Yet ⬩ still
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Hiora nǽnig næs ðá gieta as yet none of them existed, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 24; Met. 8, 12
gladian
to be glad ⬩ exultare ⬩ to make glad
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Glada and blissa be glad and rejoice Apol. Th. 7, 2. Ne gladige on ðæt cyning let no king rejoice at that, Lchdm. iii, 442, 35. to make glad Ic gladige gratificor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 3.
geómrung
A groaning, moaning, lamentation ⬩ gĕmĭtus, lāmentum
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A groaning, moaning, lamentation; gĕmĭtus, lāmentum Brytta geómerung gĕmĭtus Brittanōrum, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 42. Fram geómrunga heortan mínre a gĕmĭtu cordis mei, Ps. Spl. 37, 8. On geómerunga mínre in gĕmĭtu meo, 6, 6: Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 14.
ge-mynegian
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Ben. 24, 6. Ðá wearþ he on swefne gemynegod then was he admonished in a dream, Homl. Th. i. 88, 22. Gemyngad admonitus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 2, 22: Mt. Bos. 14, 8. Seó gemynegode cyninges dóhter memorata regis filia, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 3
Linked entry: mynegian
súþ-dǽl
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Fram súþdǽle a meridie, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 12. Ðære Asian súþdǽl meridianam partem Asiae, Ors.1, 1; Swt. 14, 5. Ða súþdǽlas middangeardes, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 33. Ða súþdǽlas ðysses eálondes australes partes Britanniae, S. 474, 8