FORCA
A FORK ⬩ furca
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A FORK; furca Litel forca furcilla, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Wrt. Voc. 41, 37
fugles
of a bird or fowl
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of a bird or fowl, Exon. 17 a; Th. 41, 11; Cri. 654;
ge-cócnian
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To season food Gecócanade cycene condito, culine (pulmentario ) Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 28
Linked entry: cócnian
mǽr-ford
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a boundary ford In mǽrford ; of ðan forda, C. D. v. 126, 32
sǽr-níd
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dire need Drígiþ . . . sǽrnéd (særden is the original form) sorgæ, Beiblatt 16, 231. (?)
scúwa
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Cf. fore-scýwa
síþ
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The word shows a comparative form without a comparative ending, v. Sievers, § 323
reordan
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;To take food, eat; Reordendum ;cenantibus; i. ;vescentibus,; Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 72
scendele
Abuse, reproach:
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Abuse, reproach: — Fore scendla ł scending propter improbitatem, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 11,8
fregen
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The form seems to have an intensive force in the two following words
gearo
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Fore him englas stondað gearwe mid gǽsta wǽpnum, Gú. 60. ready to do (dat. infin. ). having all preparations made, having all other business accomplished Eall folc gearu wæs heom on tó fónne, Chr. 1009; P. 139, 20.
fær
going ⬩ passing ⬩ a going away ⬩ a journey ⬩ course ⬩ a voyage ⬩ a march ⬩ an expedition ⬩ enterprise ⬩ a passage ⬩ thoroughfare ⬩ road ⬩ entrance ⬩ carriage ⬩ vessel ⬩ a troop ⬩ a crew ⬩ fare ⬩ proceedings
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Hit gelamp for his langsumum fære, Hml. S. 29, 115. On fære mid þǽre scíre þe mid him fierdedon, Chr. 894; P. 86, 2. Geong ł fær iter, Lk. L. 10, 33. Manega cépað be ðám mónan heora fær (cf. on xvi.
Linked entry: færbu
ge-wis
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Of gewissum intingan(cf. for heora leahtrum oðþe for háliges lífes geearnunge, R. Ben. 115, 9-10) certis ex causis, 105, 9. used substantively in the phrase tó gewissum certainly Tó gewissan presertim, i. scilicet, An. Ox. 1882.
girnan
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To have a desire for something, long for :-- Þá gierndon æfter þǽm onwalde, Ors. 6, 28; S. 278, 10. to desire to do, or attain an object. construction uncertain Gyrneð gestit (saturare ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 44. Gernað gestiunt (incumbere ), 76, 26.
hyldu
Kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ affection ⬩ friendship ⬩ grace ⬩ fidelity ⬩ loyalty
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His hyldo is unc betere tó gewinnanne ðonne his wiðermédo his favour is better for us to gain than his hostility, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 20; Gen. 659.
Linked entry: helde
lah-slit
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B.] let him make'bot' for that according to what the deed is, either by 'wite' [if English] or by 'lahslit' [if Danish], L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 6.
muud-bora
one who can give protection (mund) ⬩ protector ⬩ patron ⬩ guardian ⬩ advocate ⬩ a guardian
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Sceal him (an ecclesiastic or a foreigner who was wronged) cyng beón oððon eorl and bisceop for mǽg and for mundboran, L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 8: L. Eth. ix. 33: Th. i. 348, 6: L. C.
be-ládian
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Hé for his wífe ne dearr hine sylfne beládian ðæt hé ne scule faran, Hex. 34, 21. to offer as excuse ꝥ nán man ne ðorfte hine beládian, ꝥ hé fæt næfde that nobody need offer as excuse that he had not a vessel, Hml.
ge-búan
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Hié ne dorston forþ bí þǽre eá siglan for unfriþe, for þǽm ðæt land wæs eall gebún on óþre healfe þǽre eás. Ne métte hé ǽr nán gebún land ... Þá Beormas hæfdon swíþe wel gebúd (-bún, v.l. ) hira land, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 22-28.
ná-wiht
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Him þá geþúhte swelc þæt mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7 ; S. 184, 15. <b>I b.