waru
Watchful care ⬩ observance ⬩ keeping of a command ⬩ heed ⬩ care ⬩ care for the safety of others ⬩ safe-keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ keeping from injury ⬩ guard ⬩ defence ⬩ protection against attack ⬩ guard
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Scealt ðú for ware úra goda wíta ðrowian for the protection of our gods thou shall suffer punishments, Homl. Th. i. 594, 4. Cyninge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on ware and on wearde Cristes gespeliga, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 23.
Linked entry: wer-genga
stille
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Past. 41, 1 ; Swt. 299, 20. abstaining from, quit of. v. stillness, Sió hé stille his þegnungæ óð biscopes dóm, L. Wih. 6 ; Th. i. 38, 11
be-týnan
to enclose ⬩ surround ⬩ to shut in ⬩ out ⬩ shut up ⬩ to close ⬩ shut ⬩ to close ⬩ end
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Heortan betýnede mid lytelicum ládungum, Past. 245, 21. where movement to or by an object is hindered, to shut in, out, shut up: — Hié bine betýndon on þám car*-*cerne, Bl. H. 243, 3.
glitnian
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Add: of light or of that which emits light Glitenaþ hálig dæg and beorht þearle rutilat sacrata dies et splendida valde, Hy. S. 47, 6. Betwux þæs heortes hornum glitenode gelícnys þǽre hálgan róde breohtre þonne sunnan leóma, Hml. S. 30, 42.
ge-hwǽde
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Ox. 5422. Gedæf on gehwǽdum (printed -whǽdum) contentus modicis, Wülck. Gl. 257, 31. Gehwǽdeste gracillima, i. humillima ł minima (fragilitas) An. Ox. 710. the neuter used adverbially Gehwéde hneppast paululum dormitabis, Kent.
swefan
To sleep. ⬩ of natural sleep ⬩ of the sleep of death ⬩ to denote lack of watchfulness ⬩ to denote cessation of activity ⬩ to sleep
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Swefan on slǽpe, 1695; An. 851. of the sleep of death Se fǽge þegn æfter billes bite swefeþ, Beo. Th. 4127 ; B. 2060. Se wyrm ligeþ, swefeþ sáre wund, 5485 ; B. 2746. Swefaþ ða ðe beadogríman býwan sceoldon, 4505 ; B. 2256.
Linked entry: sweofot
ge-sweorcan
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Forst. 147, 18. anger Wearð gecýdd þám cyninge embe Iudan sige, and he geswearc on móde (when king Antiochius heard these things, he was full of indignation, I Mace. iii. 27), Hml.
syndrig
separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each
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Him ðá wæs syndrig ege ðǽr him ǽr wæs seó mǽste wyn, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 32.
ǽ-gewrítere
A writer or composer of laws ⬩ legum conditor
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A writer or composer of laws; legum conditor, Prov. 8
Linked entries: ǽ-wrítere ge-wrítere
Basterne
The people of Sarmatia in Europe or upper Hungary ⬩ Bastarnæ
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The people of Sarmatia in Europe or upper Hungary; Bastarnæ.Lye
ed-cenning
Regeneration ⬩ regenĕrātio
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Regeneration; regenĕrātio On edcenninge in regenĕrātiōne. Mt. Bos. 19, 28
hyl-song
timbrel
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timbrel On hylsongæ in tympano, Ps. Spl. T. 150, 4
pundern-georn
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Desirous of weighing or considering (?) Punderngeo ponderator, Kent. Gl. 545
Gild-ford
a town in Surrey, on the river Wey
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GUILDFORD, a town in Surrey, on the river Wey, Lye.
weorold-gefeoht
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An earthly fight Sigefæste on worold-gefeohtum, Shrn. 61, 29
be-hleápan
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Ic on behleápe insilio, Ælf. Gr. Z. 191, 4. Add
brér-þyrne
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A brier-bush On brérðyrnan, C. D. vi. 221, 13
ceahhe
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A daw On ceahhan mere, C. D. iii. 48, 26
cealc-crundel
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a chalk ravine On cealccrundel, C. D. iii. 419, 17
Linked entry: crundel
for-sáwend
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One who despises Forsáwendrum contemtibilibus, i. despicientibus, An. Ox. 5438
Linked entry: -sáwend