eglian
chiefly used impersonally with dat. of person. To trouble, pain, grieve, AIL ⬩ molestāre, dŏlēre
Entry preview:
Chauc. eylen, eilen to ail: Orm. eȝȝlenn: Plat, echeln, öcheln to be vexed, grieved at anything: Ger. ekeln: Goth. aglyan to molest, in us-aglyan.] DER, æt-eglan, ge-
hyð
Advantage ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit
Entry preview:
Se hýra smeáþ embe ða woruldlícan hyðða and lǽt tó gýmeleáste ðæra sceápa lyre the hireling inquires after worldly advantages, and leaves to neglect the loss of the sheep, Homl.Th. i. 240, 29
Linked entry: hyðe-líc
in-segel
A seal ⬩ signet
Entry preview:
Ðá sende se cyning his insegel tó ðam gemóte, Chart. Th. 288, 22
ge-scrífan
to judge, deem, assign, impose, appoint ⬩ judicare, assignare, imponere, designare ⬩ to shrive, impose penance, censure ⬩ pœnitentiam imponere, reprehendere
Entry preview:
to judge, deem, assign, impose, appoint; judicare, assignare, imponere, designare Se ðe him gescráf weán who to him had assigned misery, Cd. 148; Th. 186, 16; Exod. 139. Swá him wyrd gescráf so fate assigned to him, Beo. Th. 5142; B. 2574: Elen.
Linked entry: ge-scrif
brogdettan
to shake ⬩ quiver ⬩ to glitter ⬩ be splendid
Entry preview:
Brogdetende vel cleppetende campus (can the English words be epithets applied to campus ( = aequor, cf. Corp. Gl. H. A. 314, aequor, pelagus vel campus) referring to the quivering of the surface of the water?), Txts. 49, 411.
ge-dwelian
Entry preview:
Þæt mód biþ mid ymbhogum gedwelod (ge-dweald, v.l.) tó þám ꝥ hit ne mæg áredian tó Gode, Bt. 24, 4; 84, 33
ǽnig
unicus
Entry preview:
Add: substantival, absolute Ic lǽre ðæt ǽnig ne áfýle . . . hine sylfne, ne ǽnig ne healde yrre on his heortan tó lange, ne ǽnig ðurh worldhoge forsorgie tó swýðe, Wlfst. 69, 14-16. Ǽnigum cuivis, cuilibet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 66.
ge-limpan
Entry preview:
Gif gé gelýfaþ ꝥ eów ꝥ tó góde gelimpe, Bl. H. 41, 17. Tó hwylcum ende wénest þú þæt seó mettrumnys wylle gelimpan?, Guth. 80, 21. to fall in with, be suitable to Gelimpan quadrare, An. Ox. 4262.
ge-lícnes
a likeness ⬩ image ⬩ resemblance ⬩ similitudo ⬩ imago ⬩ a parable ⬩ proverb ⬩ parabola ⬩ proverbium
Entry preview:
He cwæþ, 'Uton gewyrcean mannan to úre gelícnysse.' And he worhte ðá Adam to his anlícnysse. On hwilcum dǽle hæfþ se man Godes anlícnysse on him?
unna
grant ⬩ allowance ⬩ permission ⬩ willingness to give ⬩ pleasure in doing something ⬩ a grant ⬩ what is given
Entry preview:
grant, allowance, permission Ic cýðe eów ðæt hit is mín fulla unna, ðæt heó becweðe hire land I declare to you that she has my full permission to bequeathe her land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl, iv. 200, 27: 223, 24.
Linked entry: unne
æt-sacan
Entry preview:
S. 23, 663. to deny a fact, not to admit that something has been done, with gen. Ætsóc Goda þæs feós ǽgiftes negavit sibi libras per-solutas fuisse , Cht. Th. 201, 28. Gif mon sié dumb geboren, ꝥ hé ne mæge his synna ætsacan, Ll.
ge-syngian
Entry preview:
Hié suuncon ymb ðæt hú hié meahton gesyngian, 239, 21. to sin in respect to a particular matter Hú suíðe hé on ðám gesyngað, Past. 39, 2. Ðæt hé self suiður on ðǽm ne gesyngige, 149, 23.
ge-þrowian
Entry preview:
Add: absolute, to suffer; in a special sense, to suffer martyrdom, die Ðonne forwyrð ðín bróður, for ðone Críst geðrowade ( propter quem Christus mortuus est ), Past. 451, 34; Jul. 448.
lác
Entry preview:
Sé þe mé brengð lác of earmes monnes áhtum on wóh gereáfodum, ðonne bið ðæt swelce hwá wille blótan ðǽm fæder tó ðance and tó lácum his ágen bearn ego odio habens rapinam in holocausto. ...
módigian
Entry preview:
His wuldor is wyrms and meox; nú tó dæg hé módegað, and tó-mergen hé ne bið ( his glory shall be dung and worms; to-day he shall be lifted up, and to-morrow he shall not be found, l Macc. 2, 63), Hml. S. 25, 262.
rídan
Entry preview:
Ꝥ wé rídan tó mid þám geréfan, 236, 12. Rídan þá yldestan men ealle tó . . . Gif hwá nylle rídan, 208, 29-31.
wæter-scipe
A body of water, a piece of water, water
Entry preview:
Wæs ðám gebróðrum micel frécednys tó ástígenne tó wæterscipe, and cómon tó ðam hálgan were biddende ðæt hé ða mynstra gehendor ðam wæterscipe timbrian sceolde, Homl. Th. ii. 160, 29-31.
CREÓPAN
To CREEP ⬩ crawl ⬩ repere ⬩ serpere
Entry preview:
To CREEP, crawl; repere, serpere He næfþ hjs fóta geweald and onginþ creópan he has not the use of his feet and begins to creep Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 14 Cote. MS. Him cómon to creópende fela næddran many serpents came creeping to them Homl.
ge-stígan
To mount ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend
Entry preview:
To mount, ascend, descend He me wolde on gestígan he would mount upon me [the cross], Rood Kmbl. 68; Kr. 34. In écne geard up gestígan to mount up to the eternal abode, Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 18; Gú. 763.
HRÓF
A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit
Entry preview:
Ðæt wé to ðam hýhstan hrófe gestígan that we may mount to heaven, Exon. 18 b; Th. 47, 3; Cri. 749. Ðe ðæs húses hróf staðeliaþ qui ædificant domum, Ps. Th. 126, 1.