ge-niwian
To renew, make new, change ⬩ renovare, innovare
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On sumum geáre byþ se móna twelf síðon geniwod fram ðære hálgan Eáster-tíde óþ eft Eástron; and on sumum geáre he biþ þreóttyne síðon geedniwad in some years the moon is twelve times changed [renewed] from the holy Easter time till Easter again ; and
a-grýndan
To ground ⬩ to descend to the earth ⬩ ad solum descendere
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To ground, to descend to the earth; ad solum descendere Gim astíhþ on heofonas up hýhst on geáre and of tille agrýnt the gem [i. e. the sun] rises in trie heavens highest in the year and descends from its station. Menol. Fox 220; Men. 111
Linked entry: gryndan
hundred-sócn
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Of Hylle . . . hámsócne and forsteall, griðbrice . . . áþ and ordél, and iii gemót on geáre, 433, 26-32
átor
Poison ⬩ venom ⬩ venenum
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Poison, venom; venenum Átres drync the drink of poison, Andr. Kmbl. 105; An. 53. Áttre gelícost most like to poison, Cd. 216, Th. 274, 32 ; Sat. 162. Flór áttre weól the floor boiled with venom, 220; Th. 284, 8 ; Sat. 318. Áttru venena, Scint. 28. Wið
Linked entries: ǽtor-cyn ǽtter áter áter-drinca átter átter-berende átter-láðe áttor áttor-coppe áttor-láðe áttor-sceaða áttor-spere
cymþ
- Cd. 17 ;
- Th. 20, 26;
- Gen. 315: Beo. Th. 4123 ;
- B. 2058
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3rd sing. pres. of cuman
EARNIAN
EARN, merit, deserve, get, attain, labour for ⬩ mĕrēri
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EARN, merit, deserve, get, attain, labour for; mĕrēri Byþ geseald ðære þeóde ðe hys earnaþ it shall be given to the nation which deserves it, Mt. Bos. 21, 43, Hú monna gehwylc earnode éces lífes how every man merited eternal life, Exon. 23 a; Th. 65,
færst
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2nd and 3rd pres. sing. of faran
fót-swæþ
A foot-trace ⬩ foot-print ⬩ pĕdis vestīgium
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A foot-trace, foot-print; pĕdis vestīgium Ðæt ne sýn astyrode oððe awende síþstapla oððe wegas oððe fótswaðu míne ut non mŏveantur vestīgia mea, Ps. Lamb. 16, 5. Eall ðæt rýmet, ðe eówer fótswaðu on bestæpþ, ic eów forgife omnem lŏcum, quem calcāvĕrit
menigu
A many ⬩ multitude ⬩ crowd ⬩ great ⬩ number
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A many, multitude, crowd, great number Seó menigu ðara freónda, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 106, 6. Menigo, Andr. Kmbl. 898; An. 449. Menego, Cd. 214; Th. 270, 1; Sat. 83. Menigeo (MS. A. mænigeo) turba, Mk. Skt. 2, 13. Mænigeo (MS. A. mænio), Mt. Kmbl. 9, 8. Mænegeo
ge-synto
Health ⬩ welfare ⬩ safety ⬩ prosperity ⬩ success ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit ⬩ sānĭtas ⬩ sospĭtas ⬩ sălus ⬩ prospĕrĭtas
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Health, welfare, safety, prosperity, success, advantage, profit, benefit; sānĭtas, sospĭtas, sălus, prospĕrĭtas Hí ðære gefeán ðære willendan gesynto onfóþ cŭpītæ sospĭtātis gaudia redībunt, Bd. 4, 3; S. 570, 22. For heora gesynto for their health, 3
sóþ-cyning
The king of truth or justice ⬩ the Deity
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The king of truth or justice, the Deity Ic wát geare, ðæt ðam líchryre (the murder of Cain) on lást cymeþ sóðcyninges seofonfeald wracu, Cd. Th. 67, 13; Gen. 1100.
Linked entry: sóþ-fæder
EÁGE
EYE ⬩ ocŭlus ⬩ the eye of a needle ⬩ forāmen
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an EYE ; ocŭlus Gyf ðín swýðre eáge ðé ǽswície si ocŭlus tuus dexter scandalīzat te, Mt. Bos. 5, 29. Mínra eégna leóht light of my eyes, Exon. 67 a; Th. 248, 14; Jul. 95. Eágena gesihþ the sight of the eyes. Andr. Kmbl. 60; An. 30. Eágum to wynne to
Linked entry: ége
-en
people, subjects
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people, subjects. f. -en forms many feminine nouns = the Ger. -in, Dan. -inde; as, Þínen, e; f. a maid-servant [Ger. dienerin], from þén [Ger. diener]; þeówen, e; f. a female slave, from þeów: wylen; gen. wylne; f. the same, from weal a slave: mennen,
Linked entry: -ælfen
hridder
A sieve
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Benedictus genam ða sticcu ðæs tóclofenan hriddores ... hí ðæt hridder up áhéngon æt heora cyrcan geate, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 16-24
mǽd-mǽwect
the mowing of a meadow
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the mowing of a meadow Eác hé sceal hwíltídum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan tóeácan . . . mǽdmǽwecte also he shall at times be ready for labour of many kinds at his lord's pleasure, besides . . . mowing his meadows, L. R.
Linked entry: mǽwect
un-wáclíce
not weakly ⬩ resolutely ⬩ without faltering ⬩ not meanly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly
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Ic beó gearo sóna unwáclíce willan ðínes, Exon. Th. 245, 25; Jul. 50. not meanly, nobly, splendidly His aferan eád bryttedon unwáclíce, Cd. Th. 258, 12; Dan. 674
Linked entry: wáclíce
un-rím
A countless number ⬩ an incalculable number or amount
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Hé geaf him gúðgewǽda ǽghwæs unrím, Beo. Th. 5241; B. 2624
hám-stede
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Tó hemstedes geate; from hæmstedes geate, 172, 37-173, 1. xx hídas in Heomstede, iv. 177, 21. Tó múlæs hámstæde, v. 136, 9. Onbútan ðone ealdan hámstede, vi. 35, 34.
hálig-rift
A holy garment, veil
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Sca hylda wæs xxxiii geára on lǽwedum háde and xxxiii geára under háligryfte St. Hilda was for thirty-three years in the world and for thirty-three years in the cloister, Shrn. 149, 5.
sweord-hwíta
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Ic geann mínon swurdhwítan ðæs sceardan málswurdes, Chart. Th. 561, 22
Linked entry: hwíta