Dene-mearc
DENMARK ⬩ Dānia
Entry preview:
Weonoþland him wæs on steór-bord, and on bæc-bord him wæs Langa land, and Lǽland, and Falster, and Scon-ég; and ðás land eall hýraþ to Denemearcan Wulfstan said that he went from Haddeby.
Linked entry: Dena mearc
botl
An abode, a dwelling, mansion, house, hall ⬩ domus, ædes, domicilium, atrium
Entry preview:
An abode, a dwelling, mansion, house, hall; domus, ædes, domicilium, atrium Gif he him nán botl ne selþ if he do not give him an abode, L. In. 67; Th. i. 146, 5. Fordrífe ðý botle let him be driven from the abode, 68; Th. i. 146, 8.
Linked entry: ge-bytlu
ge-rád
Consideration, account, condition, reason, wisdom, prudence, manner ⬩ ratio, conditio
Entry preview:
On ðæt gerád ðet he gesylle ǽlce geáre on the condition that he give every year, Th. Chart. 147, 31: Chr. 945:Erl. 116, 31. To ðam geráde ðe ... on the condition that ..., Th. Chart. 168, 13. On ða ylcan gerád under the same conditions, Ps.
wódness
madness ⬩ fury ⬩ frenzy ⬩ rage ⬩ blasphemy
Entry preview:
Surt. 132, 18. blasphemy, Similar entries v. wód (1 a) Ðá sæt hé tǽlende ðone Hǽlend . . . His wódnys wearð gewrecen ðurh God, Homl. Ass. 60, 212
á-bycgan
Entry preview:
Lay. 8158, Bute ȝif he abugge þe sunne þet he wrouhte, A.
ge-leánian
Entry preview:
Him ofðyncð ðæt hé hit suá geðyldelíce forbær ðæt hé ðæt bismer ne forgeald, and ðencð ðæs tíman hwonne hé hit wyrs geleánian mæge ut . . . se non reddidisse contumelias doleat, et deteriora rependere, si occasio praebeatur, quaerat, Past. 227, 23
ge-sceádwíslíce
Entry preview:
Add: distinctly, clearly Þæt ic wille gescád-wíslecor gesecgean, þæt hit mon geornor ongietan mæge quod utrum ita sit, apertissime expedire curabo, Ors. 2, l ; S. 60, 9. discreetly, prudently, sagaciously Gif hé self wénð ðæt hé sié wís and gescádwíslíce
gleáwnes
Entry preview:
I. 59, 14. a sign, token, distinguishing mark Se eásterlica dæg wæs on þǽre ealdan ǽ tribus argumentorum indiciis preceptum, ꝥ ys mid þrým gleáwnyssum hé wæs beboden; ꝥ ys, ꝥ hé wǽre æfter þǽre eásterlican emnihte, and on þám forman mónðe, and on þǽre
leóhtlíce
Entry preview:
A. 115, 431. of sleeping Hé þá dyde swylce hé leóhtlíce slépe ille ac si leviter dormiens, Gr. D. 85, 7
strengþu
Entry preview:
Add Hé wæs þǽr áseted, þǽr hit gesewen wæs ꝥ þæs líges mægn and strengð (strencgeo, v. l.) mǽst wæs in eo loco positus est, ubi tota vis flammae videbatur incumbere, Gr.
ge-strangian
To make strong ⬩ strengthen ⬩ confirm ⬩ establish ⬩ rōbŏrāre ⬩ corrōbŏrāre ⬩ confortāre ⬩ conflrmāre
Entry preview:
To make strong, strengthen, confirm, establish; rōbŏrāre, corrōbŏrāre, confortāre, conflrmāre Ðá wolde he heora geleáfan gestrangian and getrymman then would he strengthen and confirm their belief, Homl. Th. i. 152, 34.
Linked entries: ge-strongian strangian
trog
a trough ⬩ tub ⬩ basin ⬩ vessel for containing liquids or other materials ⬩ a trough-shaped thing ⬩ a cradle ⬩ a boat ⬩ a water-pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a basin of water
Entry preview:
Hé wæs biddende ánes lytles troges, ðæt hé mehte his feorh generian exiguo contentus latere navigio, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 84, 15. a water-pipe, conduit, Similar entries v. mylentrog. a basin of water (?)
forþ-gang
a going forth of a place ⬩ a going forth to a place ⬩ a going on ⬩ course ⬩ progress ⬩ successful progress ⬩ success ⬩ an exit ⬩ a passage ⬩ a privy
Entry preview:
Gif hé on þám gástlican gefeohte forðgang habban sceall, Hml. S. 26, 856. ꝥte hé é in a local sense, an exit, a passage (of part of the body) Him eóde se innoð út æt his forðgange, Hml. S. 16, 207.
wan
wanting ⬩ absent ⬩ lacking ⬩ not possessed of ⬩ less
Entry preview:
wanting, absent Ðá getreówde hé in godcundne fultom, ðǽr se mennesca wan wæs confidens in divinum, ubi humanum deerat, auxilium, Bd. 2, 7 ; S. 509, 23. Him won (wona, MS.
burg
Entry preview:
Ðá hé þá geseah ꝥ seó burh (buruh, burg, v.ll. ) wæs tó þan fæst ꝥ hé ne mihte hié ábrecan, hé áslát þá túnas ymb þá burhg onweg, Bd. 3, 16; Sch. 265, 5-14. Tó burge and tó wealle ad arcem et ad moenia, Kent. Gl. 287.
wǽdla
poor ⬩ needy ⬩ indigent ⬩ wanting ⬩ deficient in ⬩ poor in ⬩ begging ⬩ poor ⬩ needy ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a beggar
Entry preview:
Hé wearð wǽdla coepit egere, Lk. Skt. 15, 14. Ðá hé wǽdla (mendicus) wæs, Jn. Skt. 9, 8. Se welega nát ðæt hé is wǽdla, Homl. Th. ii. 88, 27. Ðonne se mon wǽdla biþ, hé wilnaþ welan, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122, 32: Exon.
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
Entry preview:
Wæs hé tó ðæs árfæst, ðæt him wæs on weorce, ðæt hé leng from Cristes onsýne wǽre Blickl. Homl. 225, 28. Hé ðæs weorc gehleát, frécne wíte Cd. Th. 166, 10; Gen. 2745. Hé ðæs gewinnes weorc þrowade, leódbealo longsum Beo. Th. 3447; B. 1721: Apstls.
dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
Entry preview:
Hé cúðe be dǽle Lýden understanden he knew a little Latin, Ælfc. T. Grn. 22, 14. Be sumum dǽle to some extent, Past. 231, 2, 15: Wlfst. 166, 4. Be ǽnigum dǽle in any measure, 165, 2: Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 9.
lǽwede
Lay ⬩ laic ⬩ lewd
Entry preview:
Hé munuclíce leofode betwux ðam lǽwedan folce he lived as a monk among laymen, 97, 67. Sum wer wæs on lǽwedum háde fuit vir in laico habitu, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 7.
Linked entry: lǽwed
miltsian
To have or take pity upon a person ⬩ shew mercy ⬩ be merciful ⬩ pity
Entry preview:
Gif hé ús árian and miltsian wile, 51, 30. Biþ hé sóna ús efenþrowiende and hraðe miltsiende, 19, 30. Hǽlend wæs miltsigende Adame, 87, 35. Grammar miltsian, with genitive Hé þearfendra miltsude, Ps. Th. 106, 40. Miltsa mín miserere mei, 56, 1.