bísen
an exemplar ⬩ a model ⬩ pattern ⬩ example ⬩ precedent ⬩ a rule ⬩ prescript ⬩ precept ⬩ parable ⬩ similitude ⬩ type
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Ðæt hié magon be ðisse bisene ongietan þe him is tó gecweden quod intelligi figuraliter potest, illis dicitur, Past. 188, 21. Ic þé mæg gereccan be sumere bisne, ꝥ þú miht ongiton ..., Bt. 27, 2; F. 98, 17.
gang
going, walking, moving on foot, step. ⬩ the sole of the foot (?) ⬩ the being habitually in a specified condition ⬩ power of walking ⬩ of moving about ⬩ mode of walking, walk, gait ⬩ a walk, journey ⬩ go, time, occasion of going ⬩ a way, road, path, passage ⬩ a track ⬩ course ⬩ a stream ⬩ a narrative ⬩ space traversed ⬩ expanse covered ⬩ an ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate. ⬩ legal process ⬩ legal procedure, process ⬩ a company of people (?), a gang. ⬩ a step, stair ⬩ a privy
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Wið fótswylum . . . haran lungen . . . neoþan tó gewriþen, wundorlíce þá gongas beóþ gehǽlede, Lch. i. 342, 19. the being habitually in a specified condition. Cf. gan; I. 5 Be sceápes gonge mid his fliése.
un-geriht
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Gif þonne ǽgber ge sé þe man swang, ge sé þe man for ylde swingan ne mæg, bégen beón ungerihte (incorrigibiles), 61, 35
Linked entry: ge-rihtan
stefn
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Th. 207, 5; Exod. 462. as a grammatical term, form to mark relation Se forma hád and se óðer hád habbaþ ǽnlípige stemna, forðan ðe hí beóþ ǽfre ætgædere and him betwýnan sprecaþ.
freomung
Profit ⬩ advantage ⬩ good ⬩ profectus
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Profit, advantage, good; profectus In ða tíd his bisceophádes swá mycel gástlíc freomung ongon beón in Angelcynnes cyricum, swá nǽfre ǽr ðon beón mihte tantum profectus spīrĭtālis tempŏre præsŭlātus illīus Anglōrum ecclēsiæ, quantum nunquam antea potuēre
Linked entry: fromung
a-biran
to bear ⬩ carry ⬩ portare
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to bear, carry; portare, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 31
geond-drencan
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Beón gynddrencede of wíne inebriari uino. Chrd. 115, 9. Add
á-brítan
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To destroy Beóþ ábrýtte exterminabuntur, Ps. Spl. C. 36, 9
Linked entry: a-brytan
ge-syntlǽcan
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to prosper Well gesymlǽcan bene prosperare. Ps. Rdr. 117, 25
Linked entry: -syntlǽcan
ge-settan
To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay
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Hiora birhto ne biþ to gesettanne wiþ ðære sunnan leóht their brightness is not to be compared with the sun's light, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 13; Met. 6, 7. Ðæt ðis ǽfre gesett sprǽc wǽre that this should be a suit finally settled, Th. Ch. 203, 4.
hrínan
To touch ⬩ reach ⬩ strike
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Ðeáh ðe him wund hrine though the wound had touched him, Beo. Th. 5945; B. 2976. Ele synfulra ǽfre ne mote heáfde mínum hrínan oleum peccatorum non impinguet caput meum, Ps. 140, 7. Nǽnig wæter him hrínan ne mihte no water might reach him, Beo.
ge-wunelic
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Ben. 32, 2. ordinary, having the characteristics of the class to which a thing belongs, common Godes wolcn wæs fýren geðúht on nihtlicere tíde, and on gewunelices wolcnes híwe on dæge, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 8.
eówde
A flock, herd ⬩ grex
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Sceal beón án eówd and án hyrde there shall be one fold and one shepherd, Homl. Th. i. 244, 1, 3. Ic hæbbe óðre scep ðe ne sind ná of ðisre eówde I have other sheep which are not of this fold. Homl. Th. i. 242, 35: 244, 6: ii. 114, 21
eall-tela
Quite well ⬩ omnīno bĕne
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Quite well; omnīno bĕne, Cd. 91; Th. 114, 17; Gen. 1905
un-gefullod
Unfulfilled
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Unfulfilled Ðære béne ungafullodre, Exon. Th. 441, 7; Rä. 60, 14
eaxle-gespan
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Add: the beam of a cross which passes behind the shoulders
gebed-stów
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Ic synful breóst míne beáte on gebedstówe, Dóm. L. 30. Add
Sadducéisc
Sadducean
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Sadducean Hé hét ða Saducéiscan stylle beón, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 34
on-druncnian
to get drunk
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to get drunk Beóþ ondruncniende inebriabuntur, Ps. Spl. T. 35, 9
tilung
striving, ⬩ endeavour, ⬩ effort, ⬩ labour ⬩ a pursuit ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ attention ⬩ treatment ⬩ cure ⬩ gain that comes from labour ⬩ acquisition ⬩ fruit got by tilling the earth
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Ben. 138, 17. Se gýtsere gýmþ grǽdelíce his teolunge, Homl. Th. i. 66, 10. Ða ðe ne sécaþ heora ágen gestreón ac smeágaþ ymbe Godes teolunge (gain to be made for God), ii. 76, 35: 558, 16.