ge-stillan
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Add: A. intrans. To be or become still, cease from Ic gestille itel áblinne cessam, desistam, cessavero, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 4. I. of persons or things. not to be moving Eorðe cwfcede and gestilde (quievii), Ps. Srt. Vos. 75, 9. Hi náuþer ne gestillan
ge-búgan
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Add: intrans. to bow, bend the body Hé hine on cirican gebidde, and tó Godes weófedan gebúge, Ll. Th. i. 334, 30. Se wyrm gebeáh tósomne. ... Gewát gebogen scríðan, B. 2569. Ábogenre ł ge[bogenre] curva, Hpt. Gl. 436, 62. to bend one's steps, turn, go
hryre
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Add: a fall from a height. a dropping from a high position under the force of gravity Hý hófon hine hondum and him hryre burgun, Gú. 702. a descent of rain, hail, &c. Ne hægles hryre ne hrímes dryre, Ph. 16. (2 a) of a shower of stones, Hml.
wǽdl
- P. B. viii. 535
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ penury ⬩ unproductiveness ⬩ barrenness
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Poverty, want Wéðl penuria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 2. poverty, indigence, want, penury Þár þár word synd fela gelóme ys wǽdl (egestas), Scint. 78, 9: Dóm. L. 265: Wulfst. 139, 31. Seó mennisce wǽdl, ðe nǽfre gefylled ne biþ wilnaþ ǽlce dæg hwæthweg ðises
Linked entry: wéðel
gaderian
to join, unite ⬩ to bring together ⬩ to bring together ⬩ collect ⬩ accumulate, amass ⬩ to bring ⬩ garner ⬩ to gather ⬩ to gather ⬩ compile
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Add: to join, unite Ðá hwíle þe sió sáwl and se líchoma gederode beóþ, Bt. 35, 1; F. 156, 4. of matrimonial union. v. Similar entries gaderscipe Æt þám giftan mæssepreóst sceal mid Godes bletsunge heora gesomnunge gederian, Ll. Th. i. 256, 7. to bring
níwe
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Add: not existing before, now made, or brought into existence, for the first time Ealdere timbrunga bóte instructio, níwe timbrung constructio, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 59. Sele níwe, Gú. 714. Þá( at the creation of Adam) wæs fruma níwe ælda túdres . . . : fæder
treów
truth to a promise or engagement, ⬩ faith ⬩ good or bad faith ⬩ to keep faith with a person ⬩ troth ⬩ truth to a person, ⬩ fidelity ⬩ fealty ⬩ loyalty ⬩ the truth of the stronger to the weaker, ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ help ⬩ an assurance of faith or truth ⬩ word (in to give or pledge one's word) ⬩ a promise ⬩ an engagement ⬩ a covenant ⬩ league ⬩ faith in something ⬩ belief ⬩ trust ⬩ confidence
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The word is sometimes used in the plural with the force of the singular. truth to a promise or engagement, faith (as in good or bad faith, to keep faith with a person), troth: Treów, sió geond bilwitra breóst áríseþ, Exon. Th. 343, 21; Gn. Ex. 160. Hálegu
þeáh
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yet, still, however, nevertheless Ðeáh (ðéh, MS. A.) ic secge inc verumtamen dico vobis, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 22. Hé ðafode ða scylda, and ðeáh hé him gecýðde, Past. 21; Swt. 151, 23: Blickl. Homl. 55, 26. Hié hæfdon áþas geseald, and þéh ofer ða treówa fóron
under-fón
to receive ⬩ to have given ⬩ to get ⬩ to receive ⬩ submit to ⬩ a rite ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouring ⬩ to receive for safe conduct, custody ⬩ to receive as a servant or dependent ⬩ to receive, admit into a society ⬩ to receive as a master ⬩ to submit to ⬩ to receive ⬩ admit the claims of ⬩ to receive, admit the force of a person's words ⬩ accept testimony ⬩ to receive what is offered ⬩ to accept ⬩ to receive ⬩ serve as a receptacle for ⬩ to receive or accept an office, a duty, etc. ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to undertake a labour, task, etc. ⬩ to receive what is burdensome ⬩ undergo ⬩ bear ⬩ to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal
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to receive, to have given, to get Ne underfó ic náne beorhtnesse æt monnum claritatem ab hominibus non accipio, Jn. Skt. 5, 41. On ðam lande ðe ðú underféhst in the land which the Lord giveth thee (A.V.); in terra quam acceperis, Deut. 28, 8. Eálá ðæt
Linked entry: under-niman
for-dón
to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ dēlēre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ to seduce ⬩ defile ⬩ corrupt ⬩ sedūcĕre ⬩ scĕlĕrāre
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to do for, destroy, kill; perdĕre, destruĕre, dēlēre, contĕrĕre, interfĭcĕre, occīdĕre Ondrǽdaþ ðone, ðe mæg sáwle and líchaman fordón on helle tĭmēte eum, qui pŏtest et ănĭmam et corpus perdĕre in gehennam, Mt. Bos. 10, 28: Mk. Bos. 3, 6: Gen. 18, 23
Linked entry: for-gedón
under-standan
to understand ⬩ have insight into ⬩ to understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know certainly ⬩ to understand in such and such a sense ⬩ to conceive of ⬩ consider ⬩ to accept as correct ⬩ to observe ⬩ notice ⬩ consider
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to understand, have insight into Ðú genóh wel understentst ðæt ic ðé tó sprece, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 1. Se godcunda foreþonc hit understent eall swiþe ryhte ... wé ne cunnon ðæt riht understandan, 39, 8; Fox 224, 19-21. Gecýðnessa ðíne ic ongeat ł understód
Linked entry: for-standan
ceaster
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Dele passage from Chron. under and add: used as a general term, or applied to foreign towns. [For the use of burh, ceaster respectively cf. the translation of Orosius, in which burh is always used in speaking of Jerusalem, Sodom, Gomorrah and Babylon
elles
otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else
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Add: with indef. or interrog. pronouns, or indeterminate numeral words Búton hit mid úrum hláforde sý, oððon elles hwylc þe máran Godes ege habbe, Wlfst. 269, 12. Gif him sylfum ælles hwæt sǽle . . . elles hwæt, C. D. i. 311, 12, 13. Mid elles hwám gerénod
etan
to devour ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy
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Add: of living creatures. to take food, take a meal Sé itt and drincð mid ðǽm synfullum, Past. 327, 3. Eatað ðearfan edent pauperes, Ps. Srt. 21, 27. Ðá þá se Godes wer æt (ætt, v. l.), se munuc stód him ætforan, Gr. D. 144, 1. Ðíne suna and ðíne dohtra
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Dele passage from Runic poem, and add: to try, test the quality or character of an object (gen.) Gáð tó smiððan, and fandiað þises goldes, Hml. Th. i. 64, 6. On ðǽm anbíde ðe hé hira fandige interveniente correptionis articulo, Past. 153, 15. God áfandað
ge-neahhe
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Add: abundantly, sufficiently Ic sylle geneahhe heora hungrium hláf tó fylle pauperes ejus saturabo panibus, Ps. Th. 131, 16. I a. in a vague sense as intensive, enough (cf. assez in French), fully, quite, very (much), with adj. or adv. Is mín feorh
ge-wuna
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Add Gewuna usus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 68. referring to living creatures. habitual action, wont, custom, habit Hí ǽghwér hergodon and bærndon swá heora gewuna wæs, Chr. 1009; P. 139, 16: 1016; P. 150, 17. Ꝥ mé þincþ wiþerweard þing ǽlces monnes gewunan,
ge-standan
to stand ⬩ stand still ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ exist ⬩ be ⬩ stāre ⬩ mănēre. existĕre ⬩ esse ⬩ to stand against any one ⬩ oppose ⬩ oppress ⬩ attack ⬩ urge ⬩ seize ⬩ insurgĕre ⬩ ingruĕre ⬩ urgĕre ⬩ corrĭpĕre
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to stand; stand still, remain, last, exist, be; stāre, mănēre. existĕre, esse Heó mihte Gode willsumra wífmonna láreów and féster-módur gestandan ipsa Deo dēvōtārum māter ac nutrix posset existĕre fēmĭnārum, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 17: Ps. Th. 118, 114. Eádig
Linked entry: ge-stondan
tó-slúpan
To slip apart or away ⬩ be relaxed ⬩ dissolved ⬩ to have the connection between several objects ⬩ that between the parts of the same object relaxed ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ destroyed ⬩ to be loosed ⬩ undone ⬩ to get relaxed, ⬩ to be relaxed, ⬩ get remiss ⬩ to get paralysed, ⬩ get powerless,
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To slip apart or away, be relaxed, dissolved Heó wæs tólésed ł tóslopen dissolvebatur, collabebatur, Hpt. Gl. 502, 7. Tóslopen remissus, Germ. 393, 137: dissipatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 31. Ábogene, tóslopene dimissa, i. humilia, 140, 31. of that which
Linked entry: tó-swífan
fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Add: firmly fixed. in a place (lit. or fig.) Álýs mé of láme þe lǽs ic weorþe fæst (ut non inhaeream), Ps. Th. 68, 14. Ancor on eorþan fæst, Bt. 10; F. 30, 6. Biþ óþer ende fæst on þǽre nafe, óþer on ðǽre felge, 39, 7; F. 222, 3: Rä. 22, 13. Wudu wyrtum