HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Ic hine heardan clammum wríðan þohte I thought to bind him with hard bonds, Beo. Th. 1931; B. 963.
Linked entries: a-heardung heard-mód hnesce
ge-fón
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Hiá gefóen hæfdon feh accepta pecunia, 28, 15. to get, obtain, gain, take courage (with inst.)
ídel
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</b> devoid of something, destitute of. with gen. Hwonne se dæg cume ꝥ hé sceole þæs ealles ídel hweorfan, Bl. H. 97, 26. with inst. unpro-vided with Hǽlu byð manna gehwylces mægene ídel vana solus hominis, Ps. Th. 59, 10: 107, II.
lác
- [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
battle ⬩ struggle ⬩ an offering ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ oblation ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ service ⬩ a present ⬩ offering of words ⬩ a message ⬩ medicine
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But in the latter language the more frequent meanings are those of offering, gift, and to connect these with the preceding ones Grimm notes the association of dancing and playing with offerings and sacrifices.
ge-sécan
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Hé wolde gesécan helle goda . . . and biddan ꝥ hí him ágeáfan eft his wíf. Bt. 35, 6 ; F. 168, 13. Ic þé (God) gesóht hæbbe ad te mihi redeundum esse sentio, Solil. H. 12, 10.
ÉÐEL
property, inheritance, country, realm, land, dwelling, home ⬩ prædium ăvītum, fundus heredĭtārius, patria, terra, sēdes, domĭcĭlium, tabernācŭlum
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Ic ealne geondhwearf éðel Gotena I traversed all the country of the Goths, 86 b; Th. 325, 10; Wíd. 109. Nán wítega nis andfenge on his éðele nēmo prophēta acceptus est in patria sua, Lk. Bos. 4, 24.
Etna
Etna, the volcano of Sicily
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Etne, Ætne, es; m Se múnt, ðe nú monna bearn Etne hátaþ, on íglonde Sicilia swefle byrneþ, ðæt mon helle fýr háteþ wide, forðæm hit simle biþ sinbyrnende the mountain, which now the children of men call Etna, burns in the island of Sicily with sulphur
hwón
Little ⬩ few
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Little, few [but the word occurs for the most part only in the neuter acc. with a substantive or adverbial force = a little] Dó huniges hwón tó put a little honey to it, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 32, 15. Hwón buteran, 8; Lchdm. ii. 54, 3.
Linked entries: æt-hwón ná-teþeshwón hwéne
mynster
a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster
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Wih. 17; Th. i. 40, 13. Gif hwá gefeohte on cyninges húse síe hé scyldig ealles his ierfes . . . Gif hwá on mynstre gefeohte, hundtwelftig sciłł. gebéte, L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, 4.
nægel
the nail of a finger or toe ⬩ a nail ⬩ peg ⬩ an instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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Wið scurfedum nægle; nim gecyrnadne sticcan, sete on ðone nægl, Lchdm. ii. 150, 4 : i. 370, 9 : iii. 114, 21. Deóplíc dǽdbót biþ ...; ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre ne on nægle, L. Edg. C. 10; Th. ii. 280, 21.
weorþ-líc
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Wæs his ríce brád, wíd and weorðlíc, Exon. Th. 243, 11 ; Jul. 9. Treów in ðé weorðlícu wunade, 6, 12; Cri. 83. Ðín heáhsetl is heáh and mǽre, fæger and wurðlíc, Hy. 7, 40. Wé ðé þanciaþ ðínes weorðlícan wuldordreámes, 8, 10.
cniht
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Hé þone cniht ( Hæsten's son ) ágef and þæt wíf, Chr. 894; P. 86, 31. Ðone cniht (Alcibiades se æðeling, 19) ðurhseón, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 23. Cnihtas, geonglingas puberes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 12.
eáþe
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Þæt hé ðe iéð mehte winnan wið Brutuse, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 14. Eáður facilius, Mt. L. 19, 24: Mk. L. R. 2, 9.
frófor
- Shrn. 202, 16
consolation ⬩ the action of consoling ⬩ the state of being consoled ⬩ alleviation of distress ⬩ comfort ⬩ freedom from distress ⬩ a consolation ⬩ a particular action that consoles ⬩ a person, thing or circumstance that affords consolation or comfort ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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Ic eów mid wunige forð on frófre I will remain on with you consoling you, Cri. 489: 1361.
hám
Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria
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Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property; domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio Se hám is gefylled mid heofonlícum gástum that abode [heaven] is filled with heavenly spirits, Blickl.
þes
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Þǽs, 5, 30. (1 a) where objects are contrasted, this as opposed to that, one as contrasted with others :-- Ðonne hí eów éhtaþ on þysse (ðissær, Lind.) byrig, fleóþ on óðre, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 23.
a-rásian
To lay open ⬩ discover ⬩ explore ⬩ detect ⬩ reprove ⬩ correct ⬩ seize ⬩ detegere ⬩ invenire ⬩ explorare ⬩ corripere ⬩ reprehendere ⬩ intercipere
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Hæleþ wurdon acle arásad for ðý rǽse the men were seized with fear on account of its force, 74 a; Th. 277, 27; Jul. 587. Se ðe wilnaþ hiera unþeáwas arásian qui eorum culpas corripere studet, Past. 35, 3; Hat. MS. 45 b, 6: 35, 5; Hat. MS. 46 a, 20.
be-drífan
to drive ⬩ thrust on or upon ⬩ to compel ⬩ constrain or enforce one to do a thing ⬩ to pursue ⬩ follow ⬩ cogere ⬩ compellere ⬩ agere ⬩ adigere ⬩ to drive or beat against ⬩ to surround ⬩ obruere ⬩ obducere ⬩ circumflare
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Wiht ða húðe him bedrǽf a creature drove the spoil home, Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 5; Rä. 30, 9.
CWELLAN
To kill, slay = QUELL? ⬩ necare, trucidare, occidere, mactare
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Oft ic cwelle compwæpnum often I till with battle-weapons, Exon. 105b; Th. 401, 9; Rä. 21, 9. Ðú ramm cwelst thou shalt kill the ram, Ex. 29, 16. We cwellaþ we kill, Ex. 8, 26. Cwealde had killed, Andr. Kmbl. 3247; An. 1626.
dǽl-nimend
a taker of a part, a sharer, partaker, participator ⬩ partĭceps ⬩ A participle ⬩ particĭpium
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Se níþfulla is ðæra deófla dǽlnimend the envious is a participator with devils, i. 606, 5. Ic eom dǽlneomend ðe heom ondrǽdaþ ðé particeps ego sum omnium timentium te, Ps. Th. 118, 63.
Linked entries: dǽl-neomend dǽl-nymend -nimend