BLEÁÞ
Gentle, timid, peaceful, inactive ⬩ timidus, imbellis, ignavus ⬩ destitute
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Gentle, timid, peaceful, inactive; timidus, imbellis, ignavus Ic eom to ðon bleáþ ðæt mec mæg gríma abrégan I am so timid that a phantom may frighten me, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 4; Rä. 41, 16. Ne wæs him bleáþ hyge his mind was not inactive, Andr.
un-sýfre
Impure ⬩ unclean ⬩ foul
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C. 5, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 14. Þurh unsýfre sprǽce per turpiloquium, 5; Th. ii. 138, 4
Linked entry: sýfre
wel
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Add Ic nát for hwý gé þá tída swelcra broca swá wel hergeað I know not why you praise so much the times of such calamities, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, 3. Þonne mæg hé witan ꝥ hé bið on sýðfæte and wel gysthúses beþearf, Ll. Th. ii. 430, 25.
of-settan
to beset, press hard, oppress
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Se ðe on wræcsít gesihþ mid micelum gyltumheom ofsett getâ cnaþ if a man dreams of being in exile, it betokens that Tie will be weighed down with great crimes, Lchdm. iii. 212, 23.
side-ful
honest ⬩ modest ⬩ virtuous ⬩ sober ⬩ sober ⬩ modest ⬩ decorous
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On ánre tíde twá mǽdencild cumaþ, and biþ ðæt án sydefull and ðæt óðer sceandlíc, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 280. Sidefulre pudicae, castae, Hpt. Gl. 428, 48. Ða heáhfæderas wǽron sidefulle on þeáwum and sýferlíce lybbende, Homl. As. 37, 327.
stípan
to raise, build high, erect ⬩ to exalt, elevate, dignify, ennoble
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Th. 101, 2; Gen. 1676. fig. to exalt, elevate, dignify, ennoble Ic ðé on tída gehwone duguðum stépe, Cd. Th. 139, 7; Gen. 2306. Hé him fremum stépeþ, Exon. Th. 434, 10; Rä. 51, 8. Ðeáh ðe hine mihtig God mægenes wynnum stépte ofer ealle men, Beo.
and-yttan
To confess ⬩ praise ⬩ thank ⬩ confiteri
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To confess, praise, thank; confiteri Ic andytte ðé ego confiteor tibi, Mt. Bos. 11, 25
iú-mann
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A man of old, of a former time Iúmonna gold, Beo. Th. 6096; B. 3052
Linked entry: geó-mann
leásian
To lie
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To lie Leásiaþ ðé fýnd ðíne mentientur tibi inimici tui, Ps. Spl. C. 65, 2
middan-sumor
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Ingang þǽre middanwintres (this seems certainly a compound) tídæ, Chr. 1016 ; P. 147, 19. Add
hand-hwyrft
A turning of the hand, the time occupied by such a turning, a moment
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A turning of the hand, the time occupied by such a turning, a moment, Lye
hindema
Last
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Last Hindeman síðe for the last time, Beo. Th. 4105; B. 2049: 5023; B. 2517
hwíl-fæc
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Cf. hwíl-stycce, hwíl-þrág, hwíl-tídum
ǽr-morgenlic
Of the early morning
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Ármorgenlicum tídum matutinis horis, 124, 15
Linked entries: ár-morgenlic ǽrnemergen-lic
Beda
Venerable Bede
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. - Mid ðý ic wæs seofon wintre, ðá wæs ic mid gýmenne mínra maga seald to fédanne and to lǽranne ðam árwurþan Abbude Benedicte, and Ceolfriþe æfter ðon and syððan ealle tíd mínes lífes on ðæs ylcan Mynstres eardunge, ic wæs dónde, and ealle geornnesse
weorþung
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On ðæm dæge ðe seó tíd bið and his ( S. Michael ) weorðung, 209, 17. Be ðisse hálgan tíde weorþunga ðe wé tó dæg mǽrsian sceolan and weorþian, 161, 4. Be ðyses dæges ( Pentecost ) weorþunga, 133 12.
eádig-ness
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Seó eádignes þæs heáhengles tíde, 197, 3. Éces eádignisse meardo aeterne beatitudinis premia, Rtl. 51, 19. Hí wilniaþ þurh ungelíce earnunga cuman tó ánre eádignesse ad unum beatitudinis finem nititur pervenire, Bt. 24, 1; F. 80, 9.
heófung
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Ox. 1345, the passage referred to, 2 Tim. 4, 7, seems to have been misunderstood. Add
ge-wyrpan
To recover ⬩ verti ⬩ recuperare
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He ðá befrán on hwilcere tíde he gewyrpte he then enquired at what hour he recovered, Homl. Th. i. 128, 12. Sóna ðæt him bet wæs, and gewyrpte fram ðære untrumnysse melius habere cœpit, et convalescens ab infirmitate, Bd. 3, 13; S. 539, 7
wífung
taking a wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ wives ⬩ matrimonia
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P. iii. 1, tit. ; Th. ii. 194, 25 : Gen. 24, 9. Ús sceamaþ tó secgenne ealle ða sceandlícan wíglunga ðe gé dwǽsmenn drífaþ on wífunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 102.