streón
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[Crist is his sune, Noht after chesunge ac after strene; for þan he him strende, alse þe sunne streneð liht, O.E. Homl. ii 19, 24.
sleán
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(This entry is better here than at B. III, where it is given.) <b>B.
ǽg-þer
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Hét hé ǽgðer eáge út ádón, 1095; P. 231, 27. conjunction, with two clauses Ǽgðer wið Eást-Engle ge wið Norðhymbre, Chr. 906; P. 94, 22. with more than two Ǽgþer ge eargast, ge wrǽnast, ge ofer-módgast, Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 28.
Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer
GYLT
Guilt ⬩ crime ⬩ sin ⬩ offence ⬩ fault ⬩ wrong ⬩ debt ⬩ fine ⬩ forfeiture
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Eustatius hæfde gecýdd ðam cynge ðet hit sceolde beón máre gylt ðære burhwaru ðonne his Eustace had told the king that it was more the citizens' fault than his, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 9.
Linked entry: gelt
FEÓWER
FOUR ⬩ quătuor
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FOUR; quătuor Wurdon feówer cyninges þegnas ofslægene four king's thanes were slain, Chr. 896; Erl, 94, 4: Cd. 75; Th. 93, 16; Gen. 1546: Ælfc. T. 25, 19, 20. Feówer síðon four times; quāter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 67.
mǽne
mean ⬩ wicked ⬩ false ⬩ evil
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Kmbl. 1882; An. 943. the word however occurs most often in reference to oaths Se ðe his þances mǽnne áþ swerige and hé wite ðæt hé mǽne biþ æfter ðam qui sua sponte perjuraverit et postea scit quod perjurus est, L. Ecg.
Linked entry: mán
folgoþ
that which follows ⬩ A train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ A service ⬩ office ⬩ official dignity ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium ⬩ offĭcium ⬩ præpŏsĭtūra ⬩ condition of life ⬩ condĭtio vltæ
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cristendóm oððe his folgoþ; ðá wæs him leófre ðæt he forléte his folgoþ ðonne ðone cristendóm Valentinian was chief of Julian's soldiers: he [Julian] commanded him to give up christianity or his office; then it was dearer to him to give up his office than
Linked entry: folgaþ
swic-dóm
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Se cyning swíðor micle wénende wæs ðæt hié ðonon fleónde wǽren ðonne hié ǽnigne swicdóm cýþan dorsten the king thought it was far more probable that they were fleeing thence, than that they would venture to practise any ruse, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 16.
ufor
Higher ⬩ highest ⬩ at or i-s/>to a greater height ⬩ farther from a coast ⬩ from a spot ⬩ higher ⬩ at or to a more honourable place ⬩ higher ⬩ later
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Skt. i. 15, 198. where distance rather than height is marked (cf. to go up country), farther from a coast, from a spot Hér fór se here ufor on Fronclond in this year the Danes made their way further inland in France, Chr. 881; Erl. 82, 4: Beo.
hleóðor
hearing ⬩ what is heard, ⬩ sound, ⬩ noise, ⬩ voice, ⬩ speech, ⬩ song
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Biþ ðæs hleóðres swég eallum songcræftum swétra the sound of its voice is sweeter than all singing, 57 b; Th. 206, 24; Ph. 131: 52 a; Th. 181, 15; Gú. 1293. Heriaþ hine on hleóðre béman laudate eum in sono tubæ, Ps.
ranc
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So were theih daungerouse for wlaunke; And siththen bicom ful reulich, that thanne weren so ranke, Pol.
Linked entry: ranc-strǽt
Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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In the same summer, no less than twenty ships, with men and everything [of the Danes], perished on the south coast, Chr. 897; Th. 177, 5, col. 2 — 179, 3, col. 2.
lyt
Few ⬩ little
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Ne sceal hé tó lyt þancian heora ælmessan he shall not be too sparing of thanks for their alms, Blickl. Homl. 43, 13.
Linked entry: lyt-hwón
ge-andettan
to confess, acknowledge ⬩ to confess ⬩ to admit for oneself ⬩ concede, allow ⬩ to confess, declare one's belief ⬩ to confess ⬩ acknowledge as having a certain character, declare one's faith in ⬩ to make acknowledgement of a benefit ⬩ give thanks ⬩ praise
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Sel folcum crístinum ðá ðe giondetað (quae profitentur) tó ongeattanne, Rtl. 15, 15. to make acknowledgement of a benefit to a person, give thanks or praise Ðió giondetade (geonditteð, L.) Drihtne haec confitebatur Domino Lk. R. 2, 38.
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Ic eom brǽdre ðonne ðes wong gréna I am broader than this green plain, Exon. 111 a;Th. 425, 3;Rä. 41, 50: 111 b;Th, 426, 32;Rä. 41, 82.
húru
At least ⬩ at all events ⬩ at any rate ⬩ in any case ⬩ however ⬩ even ⬩ yet ⬩ only ⬩ indeed ⬩ certainly ⬩ especially
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Óðre lytle fugelas sind læssan ðonne heó sý and hwæðere hí ofsleáþ sum þing húru ðás fleógan other little birds are less than it [the dove] is, and yet they kill something, at any rate these flies, Homl. Th. ii. 46, 17.
Linked entry: híru
án-feald
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Tó tácnunge án-fealdes sáres, 7, 2; F. 18, 21. simple, without addition or amplification, no more than Se Ióannes wæs ácenned swá swá óðre menn beóð and wæs ánfeald man, mǽre and geðungen (he was simply a great and illustrious man), Hml.
niht
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H. 127, 35. as a division or period of time Ǽr þan ðe þæs dæges lenge oferstíge þá niht, Lch. iii. 256, 13.
Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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If this identification is correct the word seems to have been used of more than one road :-- Of ðære strǽte in Ebban mór. . . in ðone díc on Uppinghǽma gemǽra (Upham ? Hants ) ; andlang díces on Wætlinga strǽte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 124, 18.
Linked entry: Erming-strǽt
HEARM
HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insult ⬩ pain, grief ⬩ grief, sorrow, harm ⬩ calamitas, calumnia, contumelia, ærumna, iujuria ⬩ grief, sorrow
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Hí gefeordon máran hearm and yfel ðonne hí ǽfre wéndon ðæt heom ǽnig burhwaru gedón sceolde they got more damage and hurt than they ever expected any citizens would cause them, Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 13.
Linked entry: hearm-heort