ofer-hragan
to come in storms ⬩ to sleet ⬩ a storm
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Wǽtum hé oferhrægeþ, gebryceþ burga geatu it (snow) comes in damp storms on cities' gates, and breaks them, Salm. Kmbl. 612; Sal. 305
Linked entry: hragan
ofer-libban
to outlive, survive
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to outlive, survive Wes ðet lond becueden his bróðar, gif hé Cyneþrýðe oferlifde, Chart. Th. 465, 19. Láf oððe oferlibbende superstes, Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 7
on-settan
to oppress, bear down
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to oppress, bear down Hé hig yfele onsette vehementer oppresserat eos, Jud. 4, 3. Ða Cristenan him mid heora wǽpnum hýndon and onsetton, Blickl. Homl. 203, 17
Linked entry: an-settan
snacc
A swift-sailing vessel ⬩ a bark
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Hé fór tó Scotlande mid xii snaccum 1066; Erl. 201, 8
ge-sprǽce
Eloquent ⬩ affable ⬩ eloquens ⬩ affabilis
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He wæs eallum gesprǽce erat affabilis omnibus, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 34
ge-stence
Fragrant ⬩ odorous
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Fragrant, odorous He hafaþ hwítne wyrtruman and swýðe gestencne [-stæncne, MS. B.] it has a white and very fragrant root, Herb. 156, 1; Lchdm. i. 282, 19
Linked entry: ge-stænce
swát-cláþ
A handkerchief, towel, napkin; ⬩ sudarium ⬩ sudarium, orarium ⬩ handkerchief ⬩ a napkin ⬩ a handkerchief
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A handkerchief, towel, napkin; sudarium Se apostol him ásende his swatcláð . . . Hé wearð álýsed swá hraðe swá se swátcláð hine hrepode, Homl. Th. ii. 414, 21-25
Linked entry: swát-lín
for-þwyrftan
to cut off ⬩ cut down ⬩ obtruncare
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Hí man forðwyrftum limum tó wæfersýne tucode, Hml. S. 28, 128
freónd-líþe
Gentle with friends or relations
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Gentle with friends or relations Gif hé bið on .xxix. nihta ealdne mónan ákenned, se bið gód and freóndlíþe, Lch. iii. 158, 19. v. E.S. 39, 340
áþ-wyrþe
Entitled to make oath
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Add: Entitled to make oath Sé þe mánáð swerige, and hit him on open wurðe, ꝥ hé nǽfre eft áðwyrðe ne sý, Ll. Th. i. 212, 19
bæc-bord
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Hé lét him þá wídsǽ on ðæt bæc-bord, Ors. 1, 1;Swt. 17, 11, 27: 19, 17, 35, 30. On bæcbord him wæs Langaland, 35. Add
for-swælan
To burn ⬩ burn up ⬩ consume ⬩ scorch ⬩ ūrĕre ⬩ exūrĕre ⬩ combūrĕre ⬩ concrĕmāre ⬩ exæstuāre
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Hí wurdon mid swæflenum fýre forswælede they were burnt up with sulphurous fire, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 32: Homl. Th. ii. 496, 27. We sind mid lígum forswælede we are scorched up with flames, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 20
be-stéman
To BESTEAM, bedew, make damp, make wet ⬩ humectare, madefacere, circumfundere
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Hú ðú wǽgflotan wǽre bestémdan sund wisige how thou directest the sailing of the wave-floater [ship] wetted with the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 974; An. 487. Dreóre bestémed wet with blood, 2949; An. 1477
ge-sellan
To give, give up, betray, sell ⬩ dare, tradere, vendere
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Ðú me ge-sealdest sweord thou gavest me a sword, 120 b; Th. 463, 18; Hö. 72. Ðe feorh gesealdon who gave up life, Andr, Kmbl. 3231; An. 1618: 865; An. 433.
Linked entry: ge-syllan
ymb-gán
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Ðá ongan heó ymbgán ða hús ðæs mynstres coepit circuire in monasterio casulas, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 32. [I umyhode, Ps. 26, 6. Umga, 58, 7. Þe laddes unbiyeden him, Havel. 1842. O. H. Ger. umbi-gán.]
Linked entries: embe-gán ymb-gangan
eaht
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Substitute: <b>eaht,</b> aht, æht, eht, es; m. council, deliberation Þonne úðweotan æht besǽton ( sat deliberating ), on sefan sóhton hú hié sunu Meotudes áhéngon, El. 473. estimation, consideration Bið ðæt æðeleste híw onhworfen, ðonne
geómor-mód
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Geómormód, . . . earg and unrót, 1407: Hy. 10, 29. Á scyle geong mon wesan geómormód, heard heortan geþoht, swylce habban sceal blíþe gebǽro if a young man must ever be sad of soul, brave heart's thought, also cheery bearing must he have, Kl. 42.
rǽcan
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L. 26, 50. to hold out a thing and give to a person, a material thing Cuidestú ðone stán ráeceð (rǽceð, R.) ł seles him ? numquid lapidem porrigit ei?, Mt. 7, 9. Rǽces, 10.
wagian
To move (intrans.). ⬩ to wag, wave, shake, move backwards and forwards ⬩ to shake, totter
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Homl. ii. 175, 19. Deor gunnen waȝeȝen (pleoye, 2nd MS.), Laym. 26941
Linked entry: wagung
wearte
A wart
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Wið weartan, genim ðysse wyrte meolc, dó tó ðære weartan, hit ða weartan gehǽleþ, Lchdm. i. 224, 6-8>: 130, 20-21. Wiþ weartum ... dó on ða weartan, ii. 148, 26: 322, 12. Wiþ weartan ... lege tó ðám weartan, hé hý fornimeþ, i. 256, 1-2.