gód
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Þú mé noldest þanc witan mínra góda ( my good gifts ), Wlfst. 261, 10: Ph. 624: Cri. 1400: Gen. 546: Ps. Th. 102, 2.
here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Ðis synd þá friðmál þe Æðelréd cyng and ealle his witan wið ðone here gedón habbað ðe Anláf and Iustin and Gúðmund mid wǽron.
út
out ⬩ beyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosed ⬩ out on an expedition ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ forth ⬩ to knock out ⬩ pull out ⬩ out ⬩ away from home ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ away from land ⬩ out ⬩ outside ⬩ not within doors ⬩ not in the house ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ externally
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Hionan út wítan, Met. 24, 52. with words denoting whither motion proceeds Ic wæs út ácymen on ǽlþeódig land advena fui in terra aliena, Ex. 2, 22. Similar entries v. útácumen. Fleáh cásere út on Crécas, Met. 1, 21.
Linked entries: úte út-gársecg á-dón búta
swá
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Yrfan hí swá hí wyrðe witan let such inherit as they know to be entitled, Chart. Th. 578, 9. Ne wíte hé ús swá neóde and hǽse gehýrsumodon, Guthl. prol. ; Gdwin. 4, 5.
settan
to set ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ cause to take a certain position ⬩ to set to work ⬩ set before one a choice ⬩ set a mark, a name, one's mind ⬩ lay a charge, a curse, etc. , upon one ⬩ put one in a position ⬩ put into one's power ⬩ of travelling ⬩ to set ⬩ plant ⬩ to set ⬩ fix ⬩ implant ⬩ to set ⬩ fix ⬩ appoint a limit, time, place ⬩ to set a task, ordain ⬩ establish a law, regulation ⬩ appoint a condition ⬩ to build ⬩ erect ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ found ⬩ establish ⬩ to set ⬩ base ⬩ found ⬩ to appoint an officer or a person to an office or duty ⬩ to appoint something for a purpose ⬩ to settle a quarrel ⬩ allay animosity ⬩ compose a difference ⬩ To settle ⬩ abate ⬩ subside ⬩ to compose a book
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Kmbl. 988; El. 495. to settle a quarrel, allay animosity, compose a difference Witan scylon fǽhþe settan, L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 13. intrans. To settle, abate, subside Lege uppa þat geswollene and hyt sceal sóna settan. Lchdm. iii. 86, 19.
Linked entry: on-settan
hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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Hefigra wíta, Gú. 857. Ðeós landlagu stænt on suman lande, gehwár hit is hefigre (gravior), gehwár leóhtre (levior), Ll. Th. i. 434, 30. Helle wíte þæt him hefegore ys, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 23. Máran and hefigran frécennesse wyrðe.
Linked entry: hefe-lic
bútan
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Ealle þá witan gefeóllan of ánre upflóran, bútan se hálga Dúnstán ætstód, 978; P. 123, 2. (2 a) introducing the answer to a question, where the first clause is not expressed Ac hwonon wurde þú þus swíþe geswenced?
ge-mǽne
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Á swá hé gecneordra swá bið hé weorðra, gif hé wið witan hafoð his wísan gemǽne if he has to do with a wise man, Angl. ix. 260, 21. to have in company with, have the same as another Þis leóht wé habbaþ wií nýtenu gemǽne, ac þæt leóht wé sceolan sécan
ge-cynd
- (Bl. H. 31, 32)
- (Bl. H. 121, 30)
birth(?) ⬩ a native place or position, that to which one has a natural right ⬩ natural condition, lot to which one is born :-- ⬩ the character or quality derived from birth or native constitution, natural disposition, nature ⬩ nature in general, in the abstract, the established order of things ⬩ natural state or condition ⬩ a natural quality, property, or characteristic ⬩ gender, sex ⬩ VII a. sexual organs, ⬩ the manner or way natural or proper to any one, mode of action ⬩ character as determining the class to which a thing belongs, generic nature or quality ⬩ a race, a natural group of animals or plants having a common origin ⬩ a family, a tribe, nation ⬩ descendants, progeny :-- ⬩ a class distinguished by common attributes, genus, sort
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Ic eom nú máre ymbe ꝥ gecynd ( de naturali intentione) þonne ymbe þone willan ... þú miht witan be manegum þingum ꝥ ꝥ gecynd is swíþe micel. ...
fela
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Mid wíta fela, Cri. 1548. Feala, Ps. Th. 77, 43. Hié fela wucena sǽton, Chr. 894; P. 87, 22. Fela geára, Bd. 5, 15; Sch. 652, 15. Hé bræ-acute;d hine on feala bleóna, Bl. H. 175, 5.
Linked entry: feald
for-lǽtan
to let ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ suffer ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ grant ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ consuming ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ leave undone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ neglect ⬩ to leave out ⬩ omit ⬩ to spare ⬩ leave to ⬩ to leave ⬩ quit ⬩ to abandon ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ die ⬩ to defend ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave of ⬩ give up ⬩ to abandon ⬩ abandon ⬩ to let go ⬩ to restrain ⬩ to release ⬩ restore ⬩ to give up ⬩ relinquish ⬩ to remit ⬩ forgive ⬩ to lose ⬩ to put away ⬩ dismiss ⬩ lay aside ⬩ to send
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Forlǽt mé hý on wíta lǽdan, Wlfst. 256, 3. Forlétað (sinite), forlǽtað mé heofon geseón, Bl. H. 227, 21. Forlǽte hé heteníða gehwone sígan, Sch. 101. Hine God forlǽtan nele éþelíce lifian, Bl.
heard
firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ resolute ⬩ bold ⬩ resolute ⬩ obdurate ⬩ rigid ⬩ unyielding ⬩ oppressive ⬩ rigorous ⬩ strict ⬩ harsh
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Wíta heardost, Kr. 87. ꝥ hé onfó þæs heardestan þeów-dómes, Bl. H. 49, 5. of a time in which there is suffering Se hearda dæg (the day of doom), Cri. 1065.
Linked entries: heard-fyrde heard-lic heardlíce heardness hearh-eard
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
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Gescád witan worda and worca Beo. Th. 583; B. 289. Wordum ne worcum 2204; B. 1100. Wordum and weorcum Cd. Th. 278, 17; Sat. 223. Wercum 267, 34; Sat. 48. Mid wordum oððe mid weorcum cýðan Past. 21; Swt. 157, 21.
dón
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Gé swylc leán dydon eówrum witan, 6, 4; Bos. 105, 7. Dó him þis tó lǽcedóme, Lch. i. 350, 23. Gif him þyrste, ðú dó him drincan, Hml. S. 21, 376. Man ne sceolde ǽnigne bigleofan hire dón, 10, 282: Ll. Th. ii. 372, 30.
gif
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past with pres. or fut. sense God hæfde getiohhod . . . gif hí ðone frýdóm teala gehealdon, ꝥ hé hí wolde weorþian, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 10. where the condition does not apply directly to the principal clause, but must be inferred Gif þú ðá nýdþearfe witan
þe
any ⬩ the ⬩ that ⬩ than ⬩ whether ... or ⬩ whether ... or
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Swá þincþ ánra gehwæm sió sóðe gesǽlð þe betere and þý wynsumre, þe hé wíta má hér ádreógeþ, Met. 12, 20. Symle bið þý heardra, þe hit sǽstreámas swýðor beátaþ, Cd. Th. 80, 8; Gen. 1325. Þe læs lest, Ex. 19, 21, 24: Mk.
Linked entry: þý
teám
A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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Ðá gerǽddan witan, ðæt hit betere wǽre, ðæt man ǽure týmde ðǽr hit ǽrest befangen wǽre ... ðý læs ðe mon unmihtigne man tó feor and tó lange for his ágenan swencte, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 288, 28.
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme frum-teám
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Gescádwís geréfa sceal witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 4. the lord of a manor in legal relations: Fó se hláford (landhláford, v.l.) tó healfan, tó healfan ꝥ hundred, Ll. Th. i. 268, 20: 258, 12-13.
findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Swá witan tó rihte finden, 50, 2. Gif hít bið ðus funden, 440, 17: 220, 4. Beón þá herigeata swá fundene, 414, 4 note. to supply, provide, furnish: Gif mínra geréfena hwylc þis dón nylle, . . . ic finde óðerne þe wile, Ll. Th. i. 214, l.
wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Ðéh ðe hé wénende wǽre anwealdes Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 194, 22. with appositional clause Ðæs ne wéndon witan, ðæt hit manna ǽnig tóbrecan meahte Beo. Th. 1560; B. 778. Ne þearf ðæs nán mon wénan, ðæt hine óþer mon mæge álésan Blickl.