ge-wringan
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Ðysse wyrte wós wel gewrungen, i. 274, 18. to squeeze together, press into a shape Hé mæg ealla gesceafta on his ðǽre swíðran hand on ánes weaxæpples onlícnisse geðýn and gewringan, Sal. K. p. 150, 34
méd-gilda
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Beó þú gemyndig þínes médgildan (mǽd-, v. l. : Lch. i. lxiii. 3) esto memor tui gallonis (i. mercennarii), Hpt. 31, 12, 262. Add
nunn-scrúd
The habit of a nun
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The habit of a nun Finde Æþelflæd án hyre nunscrúde, lóce hwæt hió betsð mǽge, Chart. Th. 538, 12
un-sceamiende
not being ashamed
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not being ashamed Ðæt hé mæge fore eágum eorðbúensdra unscomiende éðles brúcan bysmetleás, Exon. Th. 81, 17; Cri. 1325
Linked entry: sceamian
ge-fnésan
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Þis þá tylung tó þan manne þe wel gefnesan ne mæge, Lch. iii. 100, 9
Linked entry: fnésan
neb-wlitu
The form of the face ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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Ic ne mæg on his nebwlite beseón, Homl. Skt. 7, 104. Hí gesáwon his nebwlite swylce sumes engles ansýne, Homl. Th. i. 46, 5. Sege ús his nebwlite describe his face to us, 456, 15. Ne behealde gé heora nebwlite, ii. 404, 28
costnian
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Hit is áwriten þæt God áfandode Abrahames, and se apostol Jacob áwrít þæt God ne costnað nǽnne man; hú mæg beón ǽgþer sóð? . . . God ne costnað nǽnne man, for þan þe hé nele nǽnne tó synnum gebígan, Scrd. 22, 46-23, 10: Hml. Th. ii. 560, 20.
fore-steall
prevention ⬩ hindrance
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Add: prevention, hindrance to free progress Færð fýr ofer eall, ne byð þǽr nán foresteal, ne him man náne mæg miht forwyrnan ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis, Dóm. L. 146. fine for the crime of fore-steall.
fricca
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Gif se sácerd bið ungerád ðæs láreówdómes . . . hwæt mæg hé bodigean má ðonne se dumba fryccea praeconis officium suscipit quisquis ad sacerdotium accedit . . . sacerdos si praedicationis est nescius, quam clamoris vocem daturas est praeco mutus ?
fúl-lic
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Ic ne mæg for sceame þá sceandlican dǽde, þæt ǽnig man sceole etan on gange, swá fúllíce secgan swá hit fúllíc is, E. S. viii. 62, 18. Add
horsc-líce
Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudently ⬩ naviter, strenue, agiliter
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Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudently Biþ seó tunge tótogen forðon heó ne mæg horsclíce [MS. horslíce] wordum wrixlan wið ðone wergan gǽst the tongue shall be rent asunder, therefore it will not be able to converse readily
un-fáh
Not regarded as a foe
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Gif hine seó mǽgð forlǽte ... ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó mǽgð sý unfáh, bútan ðam handdǽdan, L. Edm. S. 1; Th. i. 248, 2-7
be-feolan
to bury ⬩ to bear ⬩ be pleased with ⬩ to apply oneself earnestly to something ⬩ to be urgent with a person ⬩ to press ⬩ to persist ⬩ persevere with something ⬩ to persist in ⬩ continue
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Ðára ðe spéda hæbben ðæt hié ðǽm (learning) befeólan mægen, Past. 7, 11. Ne mæg ic ðǽre stíðnysse befeólan þe þú mé tó tíhst, Hml.
sidelíce
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In a proper manner, suitably Monige scylda openlíce witene beóþ tó forberanne ðonne ðæs þinges tíma ne biþ ðæt hit mon sidelíce gebétan mǽge . . .
a-ríman
To number ⬩ count ⬩ enumerate ⬩ numerare ⬩ enumerare ⬩ dinumerare ⬩ recensere
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To number, count, enumerate; numerare, enumerare, dinumerare, recensere He aríman mæg regnas scúran dropena gehwelcne he can count every drop of the rain-shower, Cd. 213; Th. 265, 21; Sat. 11 : Ps. Th. 89, 13: 146, 5.
Linked entry: ríman
égor-streám
A water-stream, water, the sea ⬩ unda, flŭvius, măre
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A water-stream, water, the sea; unda, flŭvius, măre Ðiós eorþe mæg and égorstreám cræfta náne adwæscan ðæt ðæt him on innan sticaþ this earth and sea can by no means extinguish that which in them remains. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 236; Met. 20, 118.
Linked entry: eágor-streám
flié
A white speck ⬩ disease of the eye ⬩ albúgo
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Ǽgðer mæg adón flié of eágan either can remove the white speck from, the eye, 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 308, 26
forþ-genge
Progressive ⬩ increasing ⬩ effective ⬩ pŏtens
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Progressive, increasing, effective; pŏtens Hú mæg se leáfa beón forþgenge, gif seó lár [MS. lare] and ða láreówas ateoriaþ how can the faith be increasing if the doctrine and the teachers fail? Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 34.
for-ðý
For that ⬩ for ⬩ because ⬩ therefore ⬩ nam ⬩ quia ⬩ ĭtăque
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For that, for, because, therefore; nam, quia, ĭtăque Forðý ðam cræftegan ne mæg nǽfre his cræft losigan because to the skilful his skill can never be lost, Bt. 19; Fox 70, 2.