fyrn-geweorc
An ancient work ⬩ priscum vel jam diu perfectum ŏpus
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Freá sceáwode fyra fyrngeweorc the lord beheld the ancient work of men, Beo. Th. 4561; B. 2286
in-gelǽdan
To lead ⬩ bring in ⬩ introduce
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Óþ ðæt ic ðé ingelǽde on mínes Fæder hús until I bring thee into my father's house, Blickl. Homl. 191, 19. Ingelǽded introducta, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 37
irfe-weardness
An inheritance
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Ðonne biþ úre seó yrfeweardnes nostra erit hereditas, Mk. Skt. 12, 7
Linked entry: irf-
íðan
To lay waste ⬩ desolate ⬩ destroy
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Ýðde ðisne eardgeard ælda scyppend the creator of men laid waste this world, Exon. 77 b ; Th. 291, 20; Wand. 85. Ýðan, 126 a; Th. 484, 13; Rä. 70, 7. Íðende depopulis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 27
leáh
Lye
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Med. Ex. Quad. 9, 14; Lchdm. i. 364, 5. Ofergeót ða ascen mide, mac swá tó léga, 378, 11. Wyrc him leáge of ellenahsan, L. M. 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 25
leóna
A lion ⬩ lioness
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A lion or lioness Zosimus tó ðam leónan cwæþ: Eálá ðú mǽsta(e) wildeór [cf. l. 15 seó leó mid hire earmum], Glostr. Frag. 110, 9. Oft hálige men wunedon on wéstene betwux wulfum and leónum, Homl. Th. i. 102, 5: 488, 4: 572, 13: ii. 192, 24.
myrten
That has died by disease
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Grécas myrten flǽsc nǽnigum men ne lýfaþ ac ða hýda ðæra myrtenra neáta hý heom dóþ tó scón Graeci carnem morticinam nulli permittunt, de pellibus tamen morticinorum animalium calceamenta sibi faciunt, Th. ii. 166, 29-31
norþ
In a northerly position
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Óþ ða norþmestan næssan on eorþan, Met. 9, 43
pǽcan
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To deceive Swylce hié mid sceare and munuces hiwe God pǽcen (pǽcean, MS. T.) as if deceiving God with the tonsure and the appearance of a monk, R. Ben. 9, 15.
gift-líc
Nuptial ⬩ belonging to a marriage ⬩ nuptialis
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Giftlíce sponsalia, Mone Gl. 354 a
Linked entry: gift-hús
gilpen
Boastful
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Boastful Ne mæg he geþyldgian ðæt he ðæt forhele ac wierþ ðonon gilpen he cannot bear to conceal it, but becomes boastful on account of it, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 216, 9: Cot. MS.
Linked entry: gilpna
ge-trýwþ
A covenant ⬩ treaty ⬩ pledge ⬩ faith ⬩ fidelity ⬩ fœdus ⬩ pignus
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Lytle getrýwþa wǽron mid mannum there has been little faith amongst men, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 104, 8: 107, 74; 111, 220
Linked entry: ge-treówþ
glenge
An ornament
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Gesih ðás glencas vide has ædificationes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 2
Linked entry: glenc
ge-cwid-rǽdden
An agreement ⬩ a contract ⬩ statute ⬩ conspiration ⬩ ratio ⬩ pactorum ⬩ conventio ⬩ conspiratio
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Gewordenre gecwydrǽdene conventione facta, Mt. Bos. 20, 1. Gecwidrædden conspiratio, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 87 : Wrt. Voc. 34, 19. Ðæt wæs seó gecwydrǽden that was the agreement, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 111, 26
ge-hwǽde
Little ⬩ moderate ⬩ scanty
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Seó gehwǽde oferflówendnys the slight superfluity, i. 332, 14 : Mt. Bos. 6, 30 : Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 1, 1; Lchdm. iii. 232, 1
Linked entry: hwǽde
ge-hýrsum
Obedient ⬩ obliging ⬩ ready to serve ⬩ obĕdiens ⬩ offĭciōsus
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Th. ii. 162, 26 : Mt. Bos. 6, 24. Éstful vel gehýrsum offĭciōsus, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 54; Wrt. Voc. 61, 32. H woldon hint beón gehýrsume they would be obedient to him, Chr. 1083 ; Erl. 217, 6
Linked entries: hýr- ge-hiérsum
ge-lecgan
To lay ⬩ pōnĕre
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Hwár he geléd wǽre ubi pōnĕrētur, Mk. Bos. 15, 47. He wæs unscyldig ðæs ðe him geléd wæs he was guiltless of that which was laid to him, Chr. 1053; Erl. 187, 21
geornes
Earnestness, diligence, industry, care, endeavour ⬩ industria, stŭdium
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Míne geornnesse mid góde ðú gefyldest thou didst satisfy my longing with good, Blickl. Homl. 89, 4
Linked entry: gyrnes
self-líce
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Selflícne secg the self-satisfied man, Met. Introd. 7
stede-leás
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Without stability, unsteady, without power to retain one's place Ðonne biþ hé ðam men gelíc, ðe árǽrþ sume heáge hlǽddre and stíhþ be ðære hlǽddre stapum, óð ðæt hé tó ðæm ænde becume, and wylle ðonne git stígan ufor; ástíhþ ðonne búton stapum, óð ðæt