fær
going ⬩ passing ⬩ a going away ⬩ a journey ⬩ course ⬩ a voyage ⬩ a march ⬩ an expedition ⬩ enterprise ⬩ a passage ⬩ thoroughfare ⬩ road ⬩ entrance ⬩ carriage ⬩ vessel ⬩ a troop ⬩ a crew ⬩ fare ⬩ proceedings
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Hwæt is þæs Hǽlendes stede, oððe hwæt is his fær?, 156, 33.
Linked entry: færbu
grǽg
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Grǽg hwǽte far, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 17; Som. 9, 52. Se grǽfa mǽw the grey mew, Andr. Kmbl. 742; An. 371. Wulf se grǽga the grey wolf, Exon. 91 b; Th. 343, 3; Gn. Ex. 151: Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 13; Ædelst. 64.
sum-dǽl
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Tó þon ꝥ heó mihte sumdǽl (sumne dǽl, v. l. ) hwǽtes (hwylcnehugu hwǽte, v. l.) geclǽnsian ad purgandum triticum, 97, 3. [v. N. E. D. some-deal.]
trahtian
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Þá hí ongunnon trahtian hwæðer hí mihton ... ꝥ unmǽte stánclif onweg áleoþian dum multituto conaretur si possit ingens saxum levare, 213, 22
sǽd-leáp
a seed-leap(Essex), seed-lip (Oxford) ⬩ seed-lop ⬩ a seed lepe ⬩ satorium, saticulum ⬩ sedlepe ⬩ saticulum
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Gl. 609, 28: semilio, 611, 11 Sǽdleáp, Anglia ix. 264, 13. [ Ðæt acersǽd hwǽte, ðæt is twegen sédlǽpes, and ðæt bærlíc, ðæt is þré sédlǽpas, and ðæt acersǽd áten, ðæt is feówer sédlǽpas,s. Chr. 1124; Erl. 252, 34-36. ]
Linked entry: leáp
á-windan
To twist ⬩ plait ⬩ weave ⬩ to slip away ⬩ to become weak (?)
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v. á-swindan), þá þe ǽr hæfdon ful hwæte fingras, Wlfst. 148, 3
mǽrlíce
Magnificently ⬩ excellently ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ with distinction
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Hwæt is ðes mihtiga ðe ðus mǽrlíce féreþ (Christ entering Jerusalem), Blickl. Homl. 71, 14. Mǽrlíce ðæt líc behwurfon mid miclum wópe celebrantes exequias planctu magno, Gen. 50, 10.
meox
Muck ⬩ dung ⬩ ordure ⬩ dirt
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Hwæt is fúlre ðonne meox? Homl. Th. ii. 408, 29-33: Lk. Skt. 13, 8. Licgaþ forsewene swá swá meox (Cott. MS. miox) under feltúne, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 11: Homl. Skt. 2, 241. Heó eall forseah on meoxes gelícnysse, 8, 38.
Linked entry: mix
mirige
Pleasant ⬩ delightful ⬩ sweet
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Hwæt ða woruldlustas myreges (myrges, MS. Cott.) brengaþ quid habeat jucunditatis, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 4. Ne geleofaþ man náht miriges ða hwíle ðe mon deáþ ondrǽt one gets no pleasure from life, while one fears death, Prov. Kmbl. 16.
Linked entry: murge
bión
to be ⬩ esse, existere, fieri
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Hwæt iów ðý bet bió oððe þince what is or appears to you the better? Bt. Met. Fox 10, 130; Met. 10, 65: Beo. Th. 5487; B. 2747: Mk. Lind. War. 10, 44. Ne mæg hira ǽnig bútan óðrum bión nor can any of them exist without the others, Bt. Met.
swangorness
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Ne slǽpþ se nó fæsðe ac hnappaþ se ðe gecnáwan mæg hwæt tǽlwierðe biþ and suáðeáh for his módes swongornesse oððe réceliéste forwandaþ ðæt hé béte his hiéremenn somnum quippe oculis dare est intentione cessante subditorum curam negligere . . .
un-clǽne
unclean ⬩ foul ⬩ filthy ⬩ unclean ⬩ not fit for food ⬩ unclean ⬩ impure
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Hwæt gif hit unclǽne ( immundi ) beóþ fixas? Ic wyrpe ða unclǽnan út, and genime mé clǽne tó mete, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 15. Ða óðre synd unclǽne ( polluta ), Lev. 11, 12.
un-gecyndelíc
unnatural ⬩ not in accordance with the nature of a thing ⬩ not natural ⬩ supernatural ⬩ unnatural ⬩ contrary to nature ⬩ monstrous
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Hwæt wǽre ungecyndlícre, gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft under his anwealde, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 28
un-bindan
To unbind ⬩ untie
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Swá hwæt swá ðú unbindst ( solveres) ofer eorðan, ðæt byð unbunden (solutum) on heofonum, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 19: 18, 18. Ðæs fæder tungan his nama unband, Homl. Th. i. 352, 31. Álésde ł unband soluit, Ps. Lamb. 104, 20. Unband dissoluit, Cant. Abac. 6.
Linked entry: on-bindan
wiþ-winnan
To strive against ⬩ resist
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Hwæt wilt ðú cweþan, gif hwá nylle wiþwinnan, 36, 6; Fox 182, 6. Ðone anwald maeg wel reccan se ðe ǽgðer ge hine habban cann ge wiðwinnan potentiam bene regit qui et tenere illam noverit et impugnare, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 21.
á-blycgan
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Hé wearð þurh ðás bodunge áblicged . . . hí cwǽdon him tó, 'Hwæs ondrǽtst ðú ðé?', Hml. Th. ii. 342, 16.
Linked entries: a-blícgan un-geblýged blycgan
ǽt
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Seó leó bringð his hwelpum hwæt tó etanne; hié gecýðað on ðǽm ǽte . . . , Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 25. Wurmum tó ǽte, Wlfst. 145, 19. Hé tó micel nimð on ǽte oððe on wǽte, Hml. S. 16, 270. Ǽt foresceáwian, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 35.
á-gitan
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</b> to find out, get to know of :-- Gyf hé hwæt be óðrum gehýre oððe sylf ágyte, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 19. Gyf wiccean innan þysan earde weorðan ágytene, Wlfst. 309, 23. v. on-gitan. to get, take away Hié eágena gesihð ágéton (-gétton?)
Linked entry: á-gytan
gedwol-mann
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Add: one who is in error, (i) a mistaken person, ne who acts under a misapprehension : — Fæder, . . . forgif ðás dǽde þisum gedwolmannum, for ðan ðe hí nyton hwæt hí nú dóð, Hml.
Linked entry: dwol-mann
hú-lic
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Hé giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne ware húlice hié wǽron, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 22. used substantively Ðá ðe geségon húlic (hwelce, R.) geworden wére, Mk. L. 5, 16. Hé ædeáude húlco ( qualia ) wéro ðrouendo hreáferas, Lk. p. 9, 3.