gearo
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Ðæt hí ealneg hæbben ðá sealfe gearuwe ðe tó ðǽre wunde belimpe, Past. 453, 9. Byð his dǽdbót Gode andfengre, and Godes mildheortnes him micle þe gearwre, Wlfst. 155, 15. Gearuwre, Ll. Th. i. 372, 5. <b>IX a.
healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
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Swá swá sealt hylt ǽlcne mete wið forrotodnysse as salt preserves every meat from corruption, 536, 19. Healdeþ meotudes ǽ keeps the law of the Lord, Exon. 62 b; Th. 229, 19; Ph. 457.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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Sealfe weorcean, Lchdm. iii. 6, 31. where the agent is not a person, to be the source, or cause of, to produce Seó eá wyrcð ðæt fen, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 8, 18. Seó eá ðǽr wyrcð micelne sǽ, Swt. 12, 23. Hit wyrcð feóndscipe, Past. 11 ; Swt. 71, 24.
on-geagn
opposite, over against, against ⬩ towards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way of ⬩ against ⬩ against, for the reception of, to receive ⬩ in reply to ⬩ in return for, as an equivalent for ⬩ opposite, over against ⬩ against, in a direction opposite to ⬩ against, with, contrary to, in opposition to ⬩ in reply to ⬩ as an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange for ⬩ against, ready for ⬩ towards ⬩ opposite ⬩ again, back ⬩ Lat re- ⬩ in reply ⬩ towards ⬩ on the other hand ⬩ again
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Ælfríc sealde ðæt land æt Hacce*-*burnan ongeán ðæt land set Deccet, 288, 12. Hig of ðám lúdeum for ánum penige xxx gesealdon, ongeán ðæt ðæt ða lúdeas úrne Hǽlend mid xxx penegum gebohton, St.
ge-mynd
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Hé sealde him snyttru on sefan gehygdum, mægen-fæste gemynd, 445: El. 1248. Þurh gemynda spéd, worde and gewitte, wÍse þance, Gen. 1957.
ge-cýþan
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Mót hé gecýðan . . . ꝥ hé him nán óðer ne sealde búton ꝥ ilce, 150, 8. Ðet se biscop ond ðá hígen mósten mid áðe gecýðan ðet hit suá wǽre árǽden on Ǽðelbaldes dæge, C.
Linked entry: cýþan
gildan
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Ðæt hé him gielde gód weorc for ðǽre giefe ðe hé him ǽr sealde, Past. 339, II. the amount paid Hé ǽlce geáre gyld .i. pund tó geswutelunga, C. D. ii. 300, 8. Seó burhwaru on Lundene guldon .xi. þúsend punda. Chr. 1018 ; P. 155, 12.
án
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Nis hit ꝥ án ꝥ him ánum þǽm apostolum wǽre geofu seald, Bl. H. 137, 10. Gif gé ðá áne lufiað þe eów lufiað, Hml. Th. ii. 216, 20. ¶; Mid þínes ánes geþeahte, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 20. with a preceding noun Nán gesceaft búton se man ána, Hml.
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Fó se hláford tó þám ǽhtan and tó his lande þe hé him ǽr sealde, 420, 10. Tó healfum fó se cyng, tó healfum se geférscipe, 228, 18: 264, 3: 274, 30. Fó Críst and cyning tó fulre bóte, ii. 300, 7.
ge-healdan
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Hé sealde his sweord ombihtþegne, and gehealdan hét hildegeatwe, B. 674. Selle hé his wǽpn and his ǽhta his freóndum tó gehealdanne, Ll. Th. i. 60, 8. Tó gehealdenne recondenda (defruta apothecis ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 78.
gán
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court
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Th. i. 268, 27. of a ransom, to be accepted Hund-twelftig saltera sealma gǽð for xii mónþa festen, Lch. iii. 166, 22. of events, to have a specified issue, turn out so and so Hé him feala foresǽde swá him syððen an eóde, Shrn. 15, 10, 21 : 16, 24. where
þanc
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Me him ne yeldeþ þonkes of his guodes, Ayenb. 18, 6] to pay thanks, give from a feeling of gratitude, to reward a service :-- Him God wolde æfter þrowinga þonc gegyldan, ðæt hé martyrhád gelufade, sealde him snyttra, Exon. Th. 130, 23; Gú. 442.
weorold
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Him God sealde gumena ríce, world tó gewealde, Cd. Th. 254, 7; Dan. 608. Wéndes ðú ðæt ðú woruld áhtest, 268, 23; Sae. 59. an age Weorld seculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 50. Woruld, 52, 67.
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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Þ hé him bysceop funde and sealde episcopum dari, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 348, 20. Þ man funde ǽnne man. Ll. Th. i. 232, 13. Ðætte hió him funden londáre, C. D. i. 222, 30. Wé him sculon mete findan þá hwíle þe hý mid ús beoð, Ll. Th. i. 284, 16.
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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Gif hwá embe cynincg oþþe hláford syrwie, 408, 3. with special reference to the grant of land: Fó se hláford tó his lande þe hé him ǽr sealde, Ll. Th. i. 420, 10. Hláfordes gifu, 292, 16: 422, 2.
þeów
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The sale of slaves into heathen lands was denounced: Gif hwá cristene man on hǽðendóm sylle, se ne biþ wurðe ǽnigre reste mid cristenum folce, bútan he gebycge eft hám ongeán, ðæt hé út sealde, L. M. I. P. 43; Th. ii. 276, 20; see, too, L. Th.
hand
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Him tó honda fleág fugla cyn (cf. hé him ( birds and beasts ) andlyfene sealde of his ágenre handa, Guth. Gr. 142, 30), Gú. 888. into the possession, custody, &c., of a person Wæs se hálga stede gehwyrfed ðám cyninge tó handa, C.
niman
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L. 20, 23. intrans. of a plant, to take to that on which it grows, take hold, get rooted Wiþ feallendum feaxe . . . smyre ꝥ feax and ꝥ heáfod ; þonne nimeþ ꝥ feax tó, and seó sealf genýdeð ꝥ hyl weaxeð, Lch. i. 344, 20. with non-material agent Namm
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Ðá com sum óðer and beád máre ðonne ðe óðer ǽr sealde and se cyng hit létt ðam menn ðe him máre beád then some other man came and offered more than the other had before given, and the king let it to the man that offered more, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 10.
Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt
ge-dón
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Hé gedyde þæt Octauianus sealde his swostor Antoniuse, Ors. 5, 13; S. 244, 28. His þegnas lǽddon him tó þone eosol and gedydon ꝥ hé þǽr on gesittan mihte adduxerunt asinam . . . et eum desuper sedere fecerunt (Mt. 21, 7), Bl. H. 71, 6.