BOTM
A BOTTOM ⬩ fundus
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Satan on botme [ðære helle] stód Satan stood at the bottom [of hell], Cd. 229; Th. 310, 5; Sat. 721: 18; Th. 21, 27; Gen. 330: 19; Th. 23, 18; Gen. 361. Heó to [ðæs fennes] botme com she came to the bottom [of the fen], Beo. Th. 3017; B. 1506
Linked entry: bodan
morþor-hof
A place of torment or extreme misery
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A place of torment or extreme misery (hell), Elen. Kmbl. 2603; El. 1303
morþor-hús
A house of torment
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A house of torment (hell), Exon. 31 b; Th. 99, 15; Cri. 1625
ge-fultuman
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Gl. 657. to help Gode gefultumiendum, Chr. 797; P. 57, 31. to help an object (dat. ) Wé gefultumað úrum ondgite, Past. 69, 13. to help to something, help in getting Ne gefultumað hé náwuht tó his hiéremonna niédþearfe subditorum necessitatibus minime
wíte-scræf
A den of torment
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A den of torment, hell Gewít ðú áwyrgda in ðæt wítescræf, Cd. Th. 308, 12 ; Sat. 691
on-spannan
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literally, to unfasten, unclasp Þegn wine*-*dryhten his wætere gelafede, and his helm onspeón, Beo. Th. 5440; B. 2723. metaph. to open the mind, to speak, disclose the thoughts Ongan reordigan, wordlocan onspeónn, Andr. Kmbl. 940; An. 471.
Linked entry: un-spannan
ful-lǽst
Help ⬩ aid ⬩ support ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ subsĭdium
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Ðæt we hæfdon æt ðæm fýre leóht and fulláste that we might have light and help from the fire, Nar. 13, 3
Linked entry: lǽst
sorgung
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Sorrowing, grieving, sorrow, grief Ðǽr ( in hell ) is sorgung and sárgung and á singal heóf, Wulfst. 114, 4
hreów-cearig
Troubled ⬩ anxious ⬩ sorrowful
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Hreówcearigum help help to the troubled, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 11; Cri. 367
ge-lífan
To believe ⬩ trust ⬩ crēdĕre ⬩ confīdĕre
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Se ðe him to ðam hálgan helpe gelífeþ, he ðǽr gearo findeþ he who trusteth himself to the holy one for help, he findeth it there readily, Wald. 111; Vald. 2, 27.
bi-féng
held, seized ⬩ apprehendit
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held, seized; apprehendit, Exod. 415; Grn. i. 88, 415; Similar entries p. of bi-fón
wá-líc
Woeful, miserable
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Woeful, miserable Is ðes wálíc hám ( hell ) wítes áfylled, Cd. Th. 271, 3;Sat. 100
Linked entry: weá-líc
ge-swiðrian
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Ðæt helle fýr wæs siððan geswiðrad that hell-fire was afterwards mitigated, Ors. 2, 6; Bos. 50, 20
be-sencan
To sink, immerge ⬩ mergere, demergere
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Ðæt he gesáwe Satanan besencedne on ðám grúndum helle that he saw Satan sunk in the depths of hell, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 25
býge
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Helmes býge conus galeÆ, Wrt. Voc. 36, 3
Linked entry: bíge
carited
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charity; caritas Heóld mycel carited in ðe hús held much charity in the house, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 6
mægen-fultum
A powerful help
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A powerful help Næs ðæt mǽtost mægenfultuma ( the sword lent to Beowulf by Hunferth ), Beo. Th. 2915; B. 1455
picen
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Pitchy, of pitch Picen hell piceus Tartarus, Hymn. Surt. 142, 30. On ðære picenan eá, Blickl. Homl. 43, 28
ge-þoftrǽden
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Companionship, fellowship, converse; consortium God to him genam geþoftrǽdene God held converse with him, Homl. Th. i. 90, 20
Linked entry: þoft-rǽden
niþer
Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ below
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Ðé wearþ helle seáþ niþer gedolfen beneath was the pit of hell dug for thee, Exon. Th. 267, 30; Jul. 423. Ðá hé nyþer ábeáh cum se inclinasset, Jn. Skt. 20, 5. Ic nyþer álǽte submitto, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 41. Hé nyþer áléde deposuit, Lk.
Linked entry: nieþer