forma
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Sylle mé þín forme bearn primogenitum filiorum tuorum dabis mihi, Ex. 22, 29. Add
wacan
To wake ⬩ to come into being ⬩ be born ⬩ spring
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Ðæm feówer bearn in worold wócun, 119; B. 60. Wócon, Cd. Th. 131, 31; Gen. 2184. Þanon his eaforan wócan, bearn from brýde, 65, 5; Gen. 1061. Ǽr him sunu wóce, 70, 25; Gen. 1158
glædman
- Beo. Th. 740 ;
- B. 367 .
gladness ⬩ pleasure
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gladness, pleasure; but see 'glæd.'
birest
bearest, bears
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bearest, bears,Bt. Met. Fox 20, 551; Met. 20, 276: L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 15; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of beran
treów
a tree ⬩ a material ⬩ wood ⬩ trees ⬩ a wood ⬩ roof-tree ⬩ saddle-tree ⬩ a piece of wood ⬩ a beam ⬩ log ⬩ stake ⬩ staff ⬩ cudgel ⬩ gallows-tree ⬩ tree used of the cross
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Hé (the Phenix) sylf bicreþ in ðæt treów innan torhte frætwe; ðǽr se wilda fugel ofer heánne beám hús getimbreþ (cf. hé heánne beám on holtwuda wunaþ, 209, 15; Ph. 171), Exon.
metsung
Provision ⬩ food
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Beád ðá Swegen full gild and metsunga tó his here, 1013; Erl. 149, 3. Heom man geaf gíslas and metsunga, 1052; Erl. 184, 6
stefn
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Add: a fixed time for doing something Hí setton stefna út tó Lundene, and man beád þá folce þider út ofer ealne þisne norðende they fixed times for coming to London, and the people over all this north part were called out thither, Chr. 1052; P. 175,
ge-wunsum
Pleasant
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Pleasant Swíðe gewunsum hit biþ ðæt mon wíf hæbbe and bearn it is very pleasant to have wife and children, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 8
þeód-þreá
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Cf. þeód-bealu
ægnan
Awns (awn, with husbandmen, the spire or beard of barley or other bearded grain, Bailey), chaff, refuse, husks ⬩ paleae ⬩ chaff
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Awns (awn, with husbandmen, the spire or beard of barley or other bearded grain, Bailey), chaff, refuse, husks Aegnan paleae, Txts. 85, 1526: quisquiliae, 91, 1696
ge-swystra
sisters
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sisters Geswystrena bearn sisters' children, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 10. To mínre méder and geswystrum to my mother and sisters, Nar. 1, 12
hild
grace ⬩ safe keeping ⬩ preservation ⬩ safety
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Folc wæs on lande; hæfde wuldres beám werud gelǽded on hild Godes, Exod. 568. things Onbyhtscealcas þe on Godes húse gearwe standað, and on cafertúnum Crístes húses, úres þæs hálgan Godes, held begangað (-eð, MS.) who ore caretakers in the house of God
cymst
- Cd. 203 ;
- Th. 252, 28;
- Dan. 585: Beo. Th. 2769 ;
- 8. 1382
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2nd pres. sing. of cuman
feore
- Exon. 39 a ;
- Th. 128, 32: Beo. Th. 1161 ;
- B. 578 ;
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and inst. of feorh
a-rǽfnan
To endure ⬩ bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ sustinere ⬩ tolerare ⬩ perferre
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To endure, bear, suffer; sustinere, tolerare, perferre Ðæt he ðæt sár mihte geþyldelíce mid smylte móde aberan and arǽfnan ut patienter dolorem ac placida mente sustineret, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 27.
óþ-ferian
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to bear off Ic unsófte ðonan feorh ðþferede næs ic fǽge ðágyt not easily thence (the conflict with Grende's mother) did I bring away life, but not then had my hour come (cf. last passage under óþ*-*lǽdan), Beo. Th. 4288; B. 2141.
ge-þyldigian
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To bear with patience, tolerate, endure Wé magon ongietan mid hú micle irre Dryhten geðyldegað ðá ælmessan ðe him man of reáfláce bringþ hoc sacrificium quanta ira aspiciatur, Past. 343, 13.
ge-swingan
To scourge ⬩ beat ⬩ flagellare ⬩ verberare
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To scourge, beat; flagellare, verberare Hia geswingas iuih flagellabunt vos, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 17. God geswang Farao ðone cining mid ðám mǽstum wítum flagellavit Dominus Pharaonem regem plagis maximis, Gen. 12, 17: Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 1.
Linked entries: ge-sumgdon ge-swicte
lencten-sufel
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Food for the spring or for Lent Syster beána tó længtensufle i. sester fabe ad quadrigesimalem convictum, L. R. S. 9; Th. i. 436, 31
on-ásetedness
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A laying on, imposition Ðá ðá foryldað and forgýmeleásiað ꝥ hig nellað heora bearn tó þám fulwihte and tó þǽre onásetednysse þæs bisceopes bletsunga bringan, Nap. 85