hand
Entry preview:
D. ii. 116, 35. as an agent. Cf. III. Gestǽle on ryhtran hand gif hé mǽge, Ll.
teóðung
Entry preview:
and ða biscopas ðæt ilce dón on heora ágenum gode, and míne ealdormen and míne geréfan ðæt silfe.
Linked entry: tegðung
hreósan
To fall ⬩ fall down ⬩ ruere ⬩ corruere
Entry preview:
Gomela Scylfing hreás blác the aged Scylfing fell down pale, Beo. Th. 4969; B. 2488: 5654; B. 2831. Hie hrúron gáre wunde they fell wounded by the spear, 2153; B. 1074. Hruron him teáras tears fell from him, 3749; B. 1872.
brecan
to shatter ⬩ demolish ⬩ to subdue ⬩ tame ⬩ reflex ⬩ to struggle ⬩ strive
Entry preview:
Mid þǽm palistas hié weallas brǽcon, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 9. to break land, plough for the first time Brocen land novalis ager, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 53. to break a chain Racentan brecan, Bt. 25; F. 88, 13. to violate a law, agreement, &c.
Linked entry: bracan
ge-stillan
Entry preview:
Þæt gewinn wearð sume hwíle gestilled, Ors. 3, 5 ; S. 106, 5. to stop an agent, restrain from doing something, with acc. Menn woldon sceáwian . . . ac God hi gestilde, Hml. S. 32, 243. For þí . . . þæt he us fram middangeardes lufe gestilde, Hml.
ge-winnan
to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ contend ⬩ pugnare ⬩ bellum gerere ⬩ to obtain by fighting ⬩ to conquer ⬩ gain ⬩ win ⬩ pugna consequi ⬩ obtinere ⬩ subjugare
Entry preview:
On ágenum hwílum mid earfeþum gewunnen laboriously gained in their own time, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 55. Ðá wæs Rómána ríce gewunnen then the empire of the Romans was conquered, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 34; Met. 1, 17
þrǽl
Entry preview:
Þrǽlas ne móton habban ðæt hí ágon on ágenan hwílan mid earfeðan gewunnen, Wulfst. 158, 38. Antecristes þrǽlas, 55, 9. Ðonne beó gé ealle þrǽlas tunc eritis omnes servi, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 25
ge-dwimor
Entry preview:
Add: an illusion produced by diabolic agency, apparition Gedwimore fantasmale, An. Ox. 4059. Feor áweg gewítan swefna and nihta gedwymeru (faniasmata), Hy. S. II, 31. Tunglera gedwimeru Chaldeorum fantasmata, An.
Alríca
Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths
Entry preview:
And sóna ðæs, on ðam þriddan dæge, hí gefóran út of ðære byrig ágenum willan; swá ðǽr ne wearþ nán hús heora wyllan forbærned Alaric, the most Christian and the mildest king, sacked Rome with so little violence, that he ordered no one should be slain,
dǽlan
Entry preview:
Swá nó man scyle his gástes lufan wið Gode dǽlan not in such measure is the spirit's love to be given to God, Dan. 21. to obtain a share Nǽfre Ismael wið Isáce, wið mín ágen bearn, yrfe dǽleð, Gen. 2788. Wið Drihtne dǽlan wuldorfæstan wíc, 26.
dóm
Entry preview:
Ic hine tó heora sylfra dóme ágeaf, Bl. H. 177, 25. Þú lǽtst eal eówer færeld tó þæs windes dóme quo flatus impellerent, promovereris, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 33. Gebeád hé him hiera ágenne dóm feós and londes, Chr. 755; P. 48, 17: By. 38.
gafol
tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation
Entry preview:
'Ic wolde mín ágen ofgán mid ðám gafole.' God forbeád ... þæt nán ðǽra manna þe rihtwís beón wile ne sceal syllan his feoh tó gafole. Ðis gafol ... nis ná woruldlic, ac is gástlic, ii. 554, 8-12.
á
Entry preview:
adinuentione agere presumat, Angl. xiii. 441, 1081.
ge-hwá
Entry preview:
Þíne dómas rǽcað efne gehwám, ǽghwylcum men ágen gewyrhta, Hy. 7, 15: Rä. 12, 8. Þæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið heard, hwæt hnesce, . . . and swá gehwæt, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 33. (l a) as antecedent :-- Hý gebétton gehwæt þe tóbrocen wæs of þám, Ll.
ge-munan
Entry preview:
Ic geman mín ágen dysig, Bt. 35, 2; F. 156, 27. Hié gemunan ( -on, v. l. ) ðone tóhopan, and forgietað hira demm, Past. 345, 1. Ic ðis eall gemunde, 5, 8. Ðár þú nú gemundest dá word þe ic þé sǽde, Bt. 35, 2 ; F. 156, 21. Þá gemunde (-mýste, L.)
þurh
Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in
Entry preview:
Hyre þurh yrre ágeaf andsware fæder feóndlíce, Exon. Th. 249, 25; Jul. 117. Gif wé þurh eáþmódnesse eall áræfnaþ, Blickl. Homl. 13, 91. Hí fricgaþ þurh fyrwet, Exon.
Etna
Etna, the volcano of Sicily
Entry preview:
Though Alfred has given the impression of his age, respecting volcanoes, Orosius only speaks thus of Etna, — Ætna ipsa, quæ tunc cum excĭdio urbium atque agrōrum crebris eruptiōnibus æstuābat, nunc tantum innoxia spĕcie ad prætĕrĭtōrum fidem fūmat, Hav
híwisc
a family ⬩ house
Entry preview:
Th. i. 422, 23. a hide of land with a household settled on it, a family-holding of land [cf. the two forms given to the same regulation Gif wilisc man geþeó ꝥ hé hæbbe híwisc landes, and Gif hé beó tó þám gewelegod ꝥ hé hýred and éht áge, Ll.
freónd
A FRIEND ⬩ ămīcus
Entry preview:
Gif ðú áge freónd ǽnigne if thou have any friend, Cd. 116; Th. 150, 30; Gen. 2499: 135; Th. 170, 10; Gen. 2811: Beo. Th. 2774; B. 1385. Hwylc eówer hæfþ sumne freónd quis vestrum habēbit amīcum? Lk. Bos. 11. 5: Ps. Th. 90, 2.