ge-þingan
To determine ⬩ fix ⬩ destine
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-ed] he mæg ðǽr fela freónda findan if then Hrethric determine to come to the Goths' courts he can find there many friends, Beo. Th. 3678; B. 1857.
mód-cræft
Mental power or skill
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Mental power or skill Da ðe snyttro mid eów and módcræft habben, Elen. Kmbl. 815; El. 408. Módcræfte séc þurh sefan snyttro ðæt ðú wite. Exon. 14a; Th. 28, 4; Cri. 441
méd-sceatt
payment in reward of service done ⬩ a reward ⬩ wages ⬩ fee ⬩ payment for service or favour expected ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ a bribe
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Ed. 7; Th. i. 162, 25
ríp
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Surt. 79, 13] :-- Wíngeardas (-es, MS.) rípe fulle gesihþ blisse getácnaþ if he sees vineyards full of fruit ready to gather, it betokens joy, 210, 32
Linked entry: ripa
stycce
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Hig curfon ðone ram eall tó sticceon (in frusta), Lev. 8, 20. Tó sticcon, 1, 6: Ex. 29, 17. Tó sticcum, Jud. 14, 6. Ðæt mon ðone disc tóbrǽce tó styccum, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 21. Hé feallende tóbærst on feówer sticca.
Linked entry: Sticce
swefen
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Feor áweg gewítan swefna and nihta gedwymeru procul recedant somnia et noctium fantasmata, Hymn. Surt. 11, 29. Ic swefna cyst secgan wylle, Rood Kmbl. 1; Kr. 1. Hí áféngon andsware on swefnum, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 12. On swefnum (soefnum.
Linked entry: swefn
ge-négan
To approach one with anything, to address,
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Kmbl. 769: El. 385
weall-fæsten
a walled stronghold ⬩ a fortress ⬩ a wall for defence ⬩ a bulwark
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Wyrceþ wæter wealfæsten ( erat aqua quasi murus a dextra eorum et laeva,< Ex. 14, 22; ), 195, 27; Exod. 283
fóre-beácen
A fore-token ⬩ prodigy ⬩ wonder ⬩ prodĭgium ⬩ portentum ⬩ ostentum
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Sóþlíce leáse cristas and leáse wítegan arísaþ, and wyrcþ, fórebeácna exsurgent ĕnim pseudochristi, et pseudoprophētæ, et dăbunt signa et portenta, Mk. Bos. 13, 22: Deut. 13, 1.
hettend
An enemy
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Kmbl. 35; El. 18. : —
Linked entries: hetend hettan on-hetting
græf
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Eth. 5, 12; Th. i. 308, 4: 6, 20; Th. i. 320, 4: Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 24; Seef. 97: 91 b; Th. 342, 29; Gn. Ex. 149.
wacol
Watchful ⬩ vigilant
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Ðes and ðeós wacole (-ele) hic et haec vigil, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 8; Zup. 39, 3. Ða ðe cariaþ mid wacelum móde hú hí óðra manna sáwla Gode gestrýnan, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 2. Gewinn wið ðone wacolan feónd, 560, 28. Wacele (-ole) beón on gódum weorcum, Homl.
mold-weg
A way upon earth ⬩ earth
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Kmbl. 931; El. 467
gód-dónd
One who does good, a benefactor
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Kmbl. 711; El. 359
Linked entry: dónd
þeód-land
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On Cantwara mǽgþe and eác on ðám ðeódlandum ðe ðǽrtó geþeódde wǽron ( in contiguis eidem regionibus ), Bd. pref.; S. 471, 26. Ðá férdon wé on óþer þeódlond India in alias Indie profecti regiones, Nar. 22, 2.
þrǽl
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Eth. vii. 21; Th. i. 334, 8.
ge-dígan
To endure ⬩ carry through ⬩ tolerate ⬩ overcome ⬩ escape ⬩ ĕti ⬩ perpĕti ⬩ perferre ⬩ tolerāre ⬩ superāre ⬩ evadere
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Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe some did not escape with life, Chr. 978 ; Erl. 127, 12
fíc-treów
A FIG-TREE ⬩ fīcus
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He ofslóh wíngeardas heora and fíctreów heora percussit vīneas eōrum et fīculneas eōrurn, Ps. Spl. 104, 31
fullere
A FULLER ⬩ bleacher ⬩ fullo
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Bos. 9, 3; vestīmenta ejus facta sunt splendentia et candĭda nĭmis vĕlut nix, quālia fullo non pŏtest sŭper terram candĭda făcĕre, Vulg; his clothis ben maad schynynge and white ful moche as snow, and which maner clothis a fullere, or walkere of cloth
weorþscipe
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Swelce wræccan woldon underfón ðone weorðscipe and eác ða byrðenne infirmus quisque, ut honoris (plebium ducatus) onus percipiat, anhelat Past. 7 ; Swt. 51, 23.