twiccian
To twitch ⬩ pluck
Entry preview:
Sume hió twiccedan ða grasu mid heora múðe, (ants) Shrn. 41, 2. Teóh him ða loccas, wringe ða eáran and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. Twiccian carpere, arripere. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 69
Linked entry: twiccere
ge-cneord
Entry preview:
Á swá hé gecneordra swá bið hé weorðra, Angl. ix. 260, 19. Add
wine
A friend. ⬩ applied to an equal ⬩ applied to one who can help or protect ⬩ a friendly lord ⬩ a (powerful) friend ⬩ used of a husband or lover ⬩ applied to an inferior or subordinate, one to whom favour or protection may be shewn
Entry preview:
Ða gástas ðus ðone líchoman grétaþ: "Wine leófesta," Soul Kmbl. 266; Seel. 137: Andr. Kmbl. 614; An. 307: 2862; An. 1433. Dryhten wine sínne (St. Andrew) grétte, 2926; An. 1466. Wine leófestan (Guthlac's disciple), Exon. Th. 166, 1; Gú. 1036.
georran
To chatter, sound, creak ⬩ sonare, stridere, garrire
Entry preview:
Strengas gurron the ropes creaked, Andr. Kmbl. 748; An. 374
sǽ-hengest
a sea-horse ⬩ hippopotamus ⬩ a sea-steed, ship
Entry preview:
Voc. ii. 48, 30 . a sea-steed, ship Hú ðú wǽgflotan, sǽhengeste, sund wísige, Andr. Kmbl. 975; An. 488
Linked entry: sǽ-mearh
bréme
Famously, notably, gloriously; ⬩ famose, solemniter, gloriose
Entry preview:
Famously, notably, gloriously; famose, solemniter, gloriose Is his miht ofer middangeard bréme gébledsod his might is gloriously blessed throughout the earth, Andr. Kmbl. 3434; An. 1721
Linked entry: brýmuste
gúþ-plega
War-play ⬩ battle
Entry preview:
Kmbl. 43; Ap. 22: Andr. Kmbl. 2737; An. 1371
CUNNAN
to be or become acquainted with, to know ⬩ noscĕre, scire ⬩ CAN ⬩ scire, posse
Entry preview:
The pp. generally takes the weak form, in Anglo-Saxon as well as in the cognate words; but strong and weak forms are both found, in A. Sax. the strong on-cunnen, and the weak cúþ, and in M. H. Ger. the strong ver-kunnen, and the weak kunt.
lettan
hinder ⬩ impede ⬩ delay
Entry preview:
Gyf ðonne ðissa þreóra þinga ǽnig hwylcne man lette, ðæt hine tó ðam fæstene ne onhagie if any of these three things hinder any man, so that the fast be inconvenient to him, Wulfst. 285, 4.
Linked entry: ge-lettan
ge-wǽge
Entry preview:
Betonican swilce ánes peninges gewǽge, ii. 108, 4. Cnuca tó dúste ánre tremese gewihte (gewǽge, v. l. ), i. 110, 9
déma
Entry preview:
Déma praetor, An. Ox. 17, 58: preses, 45, 1. Doema arbiter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 50: judex, Ps. Srt. 7, 12: Lk. L. R. 12, 14. Déman satrapę i. iudicis, An. Ox. 4760. Déman presbiteri, i. iudices, 4245: proceres, 7, 64.
ge-heán
Entry preview:
Geuferod, gehýd þurh láréwlicum basincge fretus, i. functus magistri melote An. Ox. 1470
openian
Entry preview:
Openede declaravit, i. manifestavt (flaminem a facinoribus immunem esse ), An. Ox. 2925
un-geleáffull
Entry preview:
S. 23b, 16 (in Dict.). substantival Þone sylfan deáð fram ungeleáffullum and Crístes feóndum ( ab infdelibus et inimicis Chrísti) ic ðrowode, Bd. 2, 6; Sch. 137, 8. incredible Ungeleáfulne lehter inauditum, i. incredibile crimen, An. Ox. 2785
Boétius
Anicius Manlius Severīnus Boëthius, born in Rome between A. D. 470-475, was Consul in 510. He was so eminent for his integrity and talents that he attracted the attention and obtained the patronage of Theodoric the Great, king of the East or Ostrogoths. He was afterwards accused of treason, and cast into prison, where he wrote his celebrated work De Consolatione Philosophiæ, which king Alfred translated into Anglo-Saxon about A. D. 888. Being condemned to death, without a hearing, he was beheaded in prison about A. D. 524
Entry preview:
Hú Gotan gewunnon Rómána ríce, and hú Boétius hí wolde berǽdan, and Þeódríc ðá ðæt anfunde and hine hét on carcerne gebringan how the Goths conquered the empire of the Romans, and how Boëthius wished to deliver them, and Theodoric discovered it, and gave
Domuc
Dunwich, on the sea coast of Suffolk, the seat of the first East Anglian bishopric, which was subsequently fixed at Norwich ⬩ loci nomen in agri Suffolciensi ora maritĭma
Entry preview:
wearþ gecoren æfter him bishop Alfhun died at Sudbury, and he was buried at Dunwich, and Tidfrith was chosen after him, Chr. 798; Th. 105, 9-13, col. 3.
Linked entry: Dommoc-ceaster
mann-þwǽre
Gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ meek ⬩ not harsh ⬩ courteous
Entry preview:
Manna mildust and monþwǽrost most gentle and courteous of men, Beo. Th. 6345; B. 3182
ge-segnian
To mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless ⬩ crŭcis signo signāre, bĕnĕdīcĕre
Entry preview:
Gesunde and gesénade safe and blessed, Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 22; Cri. 1342
sicetung
A sigh ⬩ sob ⬩ heavy or short breathing ⬩ sighing
Entry preview:
Hé wearþ ðá gesícelod and siccetunga teáh of niwellícum breóste on bedde licgende he fell ill and drew sighs from the bottom of his heart, as he lay in his bed, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 65
a-ferscean
To freshen ⬩ to become fresh ⬩ salsuginem deponere
Entry preview:
To freshen, to become fresh; salsuginem deponere Swá swá of ðære sǽ cymþ ðæt wæter innon ða eorþan and ðǽr afersceaþ thus from the sea the water enters into the earth and then becomes fresh, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 18