seomian
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Fox 509; Gn. C. 25. Hé siomian geseah segn, Beo. Th. 5527; B. 2767. Geseah deorc gesweorc semian, Cd. Th. 7, 20; Gen. 109. to remain supported, to lie so as to press, lie heavily, lie securely Se wong seomaþ eádig and onsund, Exon.
Linked entry: semian
ge-búgan
To bow ⬩ bow down oneself ⬩ bend ⬩ submit ⬩ turn ⬩ turn away ⬩ revolt ⬩ se flectĕre ⬩ inclīnāre ⬩ curvāre ⬩ declĕnāre ⬩ transfŭgĕre ⬩ To bow to ⬩ turn towards ⬩ inclīnāre ad
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Fox 25, 128; Met. 25,64. Heó on flet gebeáh she bowed to the floor, Beo. Th. 3085; B. 1540 : 5953; B. 2980. Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tosomne the worm quickly bent together, 5128; B. 2567.
be-þencan
consider
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Th. ii. 174, 25. to entrust to (for examples v. Dict.).
clǽne
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Ðǽm folce ðe on clǽnum felda ( in campo ) sige gefeohtað, 227, 24. fit for food Ic genime mé clǽne fixas tó mete, Coll. M. 23, 17.
fore-weard
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Add: fore-part of (noun in agreement). local Foreweard scip prorostris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 47. On foreweardre þisse béc principio libelli, Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 1. Mid forewearde orde stingan ex mucrone percutere, Past. 297, 11.
ge-dígan
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the Latin riddle: Si vixero, rumpere colles incipiam, vivos moriens aut alligo multos, Prehn, p. 212), Ra. 39, 6. with acc. to come successfully out of conflict On swá hwylcum gefeohte swá ðú bist [ðú bist] sigefæst, and þú ꝥ gedigest, gif þú ðone fót
hwettan
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. ¶ hwete stán a stone used for whetting (?) :-- Tó hwettan stánes wylle; of hwættan stánes wylle, C. D. iii. 430, II. to make a person keen (hwæt), incite, excite, egg on. absolute Swá þín sefa hwette, B. 490. with acc.
on-búgan
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Hé wæs ꝥ folc cwielmende tó ðon þæt hié him anbugen, Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 54, 19. Hí nellað onbúgan ðám leahtrum . . . ac winnað him tógeánes, Hml. S. 17, 62.
on-ginnan
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Onginnað nú þegenlíce, . . . and syllað eówer ágen líf for ðǽre sóðfæstan ǽ, 25, 248
sceaga
A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket ⬩ Shaws broad belts of underwood ⬩ Shaw a natural copse of wood
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Shaws broad belts of underwood, two, three, and even four rods wide, around every field, Farming words, 4 (Sussex). Shaw a natural copse of wood, Cumberland. The word occurs in the following passages of charters.
ge-þringan
To press ⬩ oppress ⬩ comprimere ⬩ contendere ⬩ opprimere
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Fox 1, 5; Met. 1, 3. Geþringdon hine comprimebant eum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 24. From ðæm here wæs geþrunged ł geþrungen a turba comprimebatur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 42.
Linked entry: folc-geþrang
a-drǽdan
To fear ⬩ timere
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To fear; timere He adréd ðæt folc timuit populum, Mt. Bos. 14, 5
Linked entry: a-dréd
Erming-strǽt
Erming-street. One of the four great Roman roads in Britain
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One of the four great Roman roads in Britain, Som. Lye
forþ-clypian
To call forth ⬩ provoke ⬩ provŏcāre
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To call forth, provoke; provŏcāre Forþclypiende us betwynan provŏcantes invĭcem, Gal. 5, 26
forþ-teón
To lead forth ⬩ make known ⬩ discover ⬩ betray ⬩ render up ⬩ prōdĕre
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To lead forth, make known, discover, betray, render up; prōdĕre, Som. Ben. Lye
hundseofontig-feald
Seventy-fold
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Seventy-fold Septuagesima is hundseofontigfeald getel, Homl. Th. ii. 84, 28: 86, 2
innemest
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A superlative form from inne Innemest intime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 13
mǽgwlitian
to form ⬩ shape
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to form, shape Oferhiuad ł [ofer] mégwlitgad transfiguratus. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 2
wist-fyllu
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Abundance of food Him álumpen wæs wistfylle wén, Beo. Th. 1472; B. 734
drync-gemet
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Measure of drink Ꝥ man ne mæge ꝥ drincgemett bringan forð, Nap. 17