þafung
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Ðú wéndest ðæt seó weord ðás woruld wende búton Godes geþeahte and his þafunge, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 32. Ne mæg se deófol mannum derian bútan Godes ðafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 196. Þet weas mid Earnulfes þafunge (geþafunge, MS. A.), Chr. 887; Erl. 87. 3
cassuc
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Weorc Cristes [MS. Criste] mǽl of cassuce fífo make five crosses of hassock-grass, Lchdm. iii. 56, 8
Linked entry: cassoc
ge-hleótan
To share or appoint by lot ⬩ to get ⬩ receive ⬩ sortiri ⬩ nancisci
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To share or appoint by lot, to get, receive; sortiri, nancisci He ðæs weorc gehleát he got pain for this, Cd. 131; Th. 166, 10; Gen. 2745 : Ps. Th. 105, 24. Se eádiga Matheus gehleát to Marmadonia St. Matthew was allotted to Mermedonia, Blickl.
Linked entry: ge-hloten
siwen-íge
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MSS. ) se ðe his andgit biþ tó ðon beorhte scínende ðæt hé mæge ongietan sóðfæstnesse, gif hit ðonne áþístriaþ ða flǽsclícan weorc. On ðæs siwen-ígean (-iggean, Cott. MSS. ) eágum beóþ ða æpplas hále . . . Se biþ eallinga siweníge (-igge, Cott.
un-staþolfæst
unsettled ⬩ not remaining in one place ⬩ not stationary ⬩ unsettled ⬩ desirous of change ⬩ not steadfast ⬩ unstable ⬩ not enduring ⬩ easily moved ⬩ unsettled in mind ⬩ wavering
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Th. ii. 176, 14. not steadfast, unstable, not enduring, easily moved Unstaðolfest weorc opus instabile, Kent. Gl. 369. Hí nabbaþ wyrtruman on him ac beóð unstaðolfæste non habent radicem in se sed temporales sunt, Mk. Skt. 4, 17.
Linked entry: under-staþolfæst
ge-þrýn
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Eðiluald ðis bóc úta giðrýde ... and Billfrið gismioðade ðá gihríno ðá ðe útan on sint and hit gihrínade mid golde (cf. the riddle on a book: Mec (the parchment ) wráh hæleð hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde; for þon mé glíwedon wrætlic weorc
Linked entry: ge-þrýde
ge-fadian
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S. 30, 305. (1 a) to ornament, adorn :-- Ðis weorc wæs gefadod mid deórwurðum stánum and reádum golde, Hml. Th. ii. 578, 14. to dispose of property Þú hæfst ꝥ feoh mid þé, gefada embe lóca hú þú wylle, Hml.
glædmódnes
Gladness ⬩ cheerfulness ⬩ joyfulness ⬩ kindness
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Gladness, cheerfulness, joyfulness, kindness Ac ðonne ðæt mennisce mód Godes glædmódnesse mid gódum weorcum ne geandsworaþ sed cum largientem Deum humana mens boni operis responsione non sequitur, Past. 50, 3; Swt. 391, 6
ge-rǽf
Fixed ⬩ fixus
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Fixed; fixus Gif mon folc-leásunge gewyrce and hió on hine gerǽf weorðe if a man commit folk-leasing and it be fixed upon him, L. Ælf 32; Th. i. 80, 21, note
Linked entry: -rǽf
unriht-dǽd
Evil-doing
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God wyle ðæt Sunnandæg freóls beó fram eallum unrihtdǽdum and þeówétlícum weorcum, Wulfst. 292, 7
cræft
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Hé hæfde án wurðlic weorc on mechanisc geweorc . . . Se cræft sceolde wissian be steorrum hwæt gehwilcum menn gelumpe, . . . on þám cræfte áspende mín fæder má þonne twá hund punda . . . Gif þú þisne cræft healst . . .
ge-hírsumnes
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Hwæðer hé carfull sig tó godcundum weorcum and tó gehýrsumnysse si solicitus est ad opus Dei, ad obedientiam R.
efen-wyrhta
A fellow worker ⬩ co-opĕrātor
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A fellow worker; co-opĕrātor Com he to Róme mid hys efenwyrhtan and geféran ðæs ylcan weorces Ceólferþ vēnit Rōmam cum co-opĕrātōre ac sŏcio ejusdem opĕris Ceolfrido, Bd. 4, 18; S. 586, 28
á-lísness
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redemption, release by payment or otherwise ꝥ weorð his álýsnesse (-lés-, v. l.) pretium suae redemtionis, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 461, 1. On his álýsnesse æt his feóndum, Ps. Th. 31, arg.
weá-mét
Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility
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[Cf.Heo weore god ȝif heo neore to wamed. Anan se he wes wrað wið eni he hine wolde slæn, Laym. 6368.]
gǽlsa
A glutton ⬩ one who is inordinately fond
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A glutton; fig. one who is inordinately fond of a pursuit Gif mann bið ákenned on xxvi nihta ealdne mónan, sé bið weorces gǽlsa (he will be a glutton of work), Lch. iii. 158, 15
wealg
Nauseous
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Halliwell gives wallow = flat, insipid; wallowish = nauseous) Se wearma welð on gódum cræftum, ðý læs hé sié wealg for wlæcnesse, and for ðæm weorðe út áspiwen ( ne evomatur tepidus ) Past. 58; Swt. 447, 18
fíf
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Oxan tægl bið sciłł. weorð; cuus bið fífa [peninga], Ll. Th. i. 140, 3. Weorc crístes mǽl fífo, Lch. iii. 56, 8. with pronoun or indefinite numeral adjective: Þá fífe dysige, Mt. R. 25, 3. Of ðǽm hláfum fífum, Jn. L. 6, 26.
wóh
not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair
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MSS.) weorc hé forliést ðone wlite óðerra gódra weorca, Past. II ; Swt. 71, 25. Ðæra geréfena unriht and wó dómas ( Similar entries v. wóh-dóm) and prættas, Anglia viii. 336, 40. False gewihta and wóge gemeta, L.
ge-myndig
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Memory of a person v. ge-mynd; IV a Ic wil-node . . . æfter mínum lífe þám monnum tó lǽfanne þe æfter mé wǽren mín gemyndig (gemynd, v. l. ) on gódum weorcum, Bt. 17; F. 60, 16