ge-þafa
Entry preview:
Add: [The word, which occurs only as predicate of the verbs beón, weorþan, seems at least generally to be an adjective; in some instances it appears indeclinable, see the last three passages, and cf. similar adjectival forms in Icelandic.] where there
tó-samne
Together ⬩ in concert, ⬩ at the same time
Entry preview:
Fóron tósomne wráðe wælherigas, Cd. Th. 119, 19; Gen. 1982. with verbs implying collecting, assembling Beóþ ealle sǽfixas gegaderod tósomne omnes pisces maris in unum congregabuntur, Num. 11, 22.
Linked entry: tó-somne
ge-híran
Entry preview:
Ne gehýrdest þú Drihten cun-þende, for þon ic eów sende, Bl. H. 237, 28. ꝥ; ǽr r with past ptcple.
hreósan
To fall ⬩ fall down ⬩ ruere ⬩ corruere
Entry preview:
Hió is má hreósende for ealddóme ðonne of ǽniges cyninges niéde magis imbecillitate propriæ senectutis quam alienis concussæ viribus contremiscunt, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 2.
lǽce-dóm
Medicine ⬩ a medicine ⬩ remedy ⬩ cure
Entry preview:
For hwylcum lǽcedóme pro aliquo remedio, L. Ecg. C. 21; Th. ii. 156, 14. Becuman tó ðam sóþan lǽcedóme pervenire ad veram medelam, L. Ecg. P. i. 4; Th. ii. 174, 4: Blickl. Homl. 107, 15. Ne hogaþ hé be ðam heofenlícan lǽcedóme, Homl.
Linked entry: lǽce-cræft
LUST
LUST ⬩ desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ voluptuousness
Entry preview:
Him wæs metes micel lust he had a craving for food, Homl. Th. i. 86, 6. Lust oððe gǽlsa luxus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 11. Hwǽr beóþ ðonne se ídla lust and seó swétnes ðæs hǽmedþinges ðe hé ǽr hátheortlíce lufode, Blickl. Homl. 59, 16.
Linked entry: lustume
rand
Entry preview:
the following passages, but umbo suits the sense : see too Worsaaé s Primeval Antiquities of Denmark, pp. 31-2 : 51-3, where instances of early shields are given Rand sceal on scylde fæst fingra gebeorh a boss must be on a shield, a sure protection for
Linked entry: rand-beáh
feld
plain ⬩ field
Entry preview:
Voc. ii. 119, 76. a place suitable for fighting, field of battle Feld scamma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 75. Feld dænnede, Chr. 937; P. 106, 20. Ðǽm folce ðe on clǽnum felda weorðlicne sige gefeohtað, Past. 227, 25.
ge-stillan
Entry preview:
For þí . . . þæt he us fram middangeardes lufe gestilde, Hml. Th. i. 608, ii. Hé nǽfre byþ gestilled fram unrihtwlsra wrace ab iniquorum ultione. non sedatur, Gf- D- 335. 15 PS ne beo gestild ne compescaris. Ps. L. 82, 2. Gestilled, Sal. 117.
ge-cnáwan
Entry preview:
Th. 429, 8. a claim, to pay by way of acknowledgement, v. ge-cnáwness Man sceal for Godes ege mǽðe on háde gecnáwan ( pay respect to the clergy ), Ll. Th. i. 362, 5.
ge-wrecan
Entry preview:
Þéh hit eallum þǽm folcum swá swíþe gewrecen ne wurde, Ors. 6, 2; S. 256, 7. where hurt is done in retribution of injury. absolute, to take vengeance Hé gewræc syððan cealdum cearsíðum, B. 2395. to take vengeance for, avenge a person Wíf hyre bearn
sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
Entry preview:
For hwon sécest ðú sceade, 54, 8; Gen. 874. shadow, protection Under scaduwe fiðera ðínra gescyld mé, Ps. Spl. 16, 10.
Linked entry: sceadu-genga
HLÁF
Bread, ⬩ food, ⬩ a loaf
Entry preview:
For hwon ne rǽcst ðú ús ðone hwítan hláf ðone ðú sealdest Saban quare non nobis porrigis panem nitidum quem Saba dabas, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 14. Cyse and drygne hláf cheese and dry bread, L. M. 2, 26; Lchdm. ii. 278, 21.
þegen
Entry preview:
Ic Leófinc bisceop gebócige sumne dǽl landes mínan holdan and getreówan þegene, ðam is Ægelríc nama, for his eádmódre gehérsumnysse, Chart. Erl. 242, 11.
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegin þén
diácon
A deacon, minister of the church, levite ⬩ diācōnus = διάκoνos a servant, waiting man = Lat. minister, levīta, levītes = λευίτηs
Entry preview:
Ðæra diácona wæs se forma Stephănus ... Hí mid gebédum and bletsungum to diáconum gehádode wurdon the apostles ordained seven deacons ... The first of the deacons was Stephen ... They were ordained deacons with prayers and blessings, Homl.
Linked entry: deácon
FEALO
FALLOW, pale yellow or red coloured as withered grass or leaves, dusky, bay? ⬩ flāvus, gilvus, fuscus
Entry preview:
Se beorg tohlád and in forlét fealewe wǽgas the hill opened and let in the dusky waves, Andr. Kmbl. 3177; An. 1591. Meahte ǽghwylc wegan fealwe linde each could bear the yellow shields, Cd. 94; Th. 123, 14; Gen. 2044.
lǽfan
to leave ⬩ to remain
Entry preview:
Se forma lǽfde his bróðer his wíf primus reliquit uxorem suam fratri suo, Mt Kmbl. 22, 25. Ða men ðe hé beæftan him lǽfde ǽr those men that before he had left behind him, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 13.
Linked entry: be-lǽfan
líc-hama
The body ⬩ the corporeal
Entry preview:
Hé wearþ ðá mann gesceapen on sáwle and on líchaman he became then man formed of soul and body, Homl. Th. i. 12, 30.
scyld
Entry preview:
Hé ða scyld forlét wið hine debitum dimisit ei, 27: 30
Linked entry: GYLT