ge-tácnian
to denote by a sign ⬩ signify ⬩ betoken ⬩ show ⬩ instruct ⬩ signāre ⬩ signĭfĭcāre ⬩ denŏtāre ⬩ insĭnuāre ⬩ monstrāre ⬩ instruĕre ⬩ to sign ⬩ mark ⬩ witness ⬩ seal ⬩ signāre ⬩ insignīre ⬩ obsignāre
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Him gedafenaþ ðæt hí cunnon hwæt heó gástlíce getácnige it is fitting that they know what it betokens spiritually, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 27. Mid ðý is getácnod, ðæt ... by that is signed that..., Bt. Met. Fox 31, 35; Met. 31, 18: Boutr.
hwǽr
Where ⬩ anywhere ⬩ somewhere ⬩ wheresoever ⬩ wherever
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Gif ic cweðe nescio ubi inveniam meum librum, nát ic hwǽr ic finde míne bóc, ðonne biþ se ubi infinitivum, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 61. Ic næbbe hwǽr ic mǽge ealle míne wæstmas gegaderian I have not where I may gather together all my fruits, Homl.
eald-fæder
A grandfather, ancestor ⬩ ăvus, antecessor
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Ðú forþfærst to ðínum ealdfæderum tu ībis ad patres tuos, Gen. 15, 15 : Beo. Th. 751; B. 373
ambeht
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Dele: Lat. ambitus, and add Ic þín eom scealc ombehte ego servus tuus, Ps. Th. 115, 6. In cummenum foreonfoeng dearfscipes in gesendena embichta ðeódómes is in venientibus praesumtio temeritatis, in missis obsequium servitutis est, Mt. p. 8, 2
ge-þyncan
To seem ⬩ appear
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Ðonne wǽre geþúht swilce ... then it would have seemed as if..., i. 578, 3. Is me ge-þúht it seems to me, Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 6; Gú. 989: 49 a; Th. 169, 18; Gú. 1096
ge-menged
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Sum cyn is gecweden epicena, þæt is on Léden promiscua and on Englisc gemenged hic corvus ðes hremn swá hwíeðer swá hit byð swá hé, swá heó, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 19, II
-ing
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In dealing, however, with these names, some amount of caution is necessary : it is by no means enough that a name should end in -ing, to convert it into a genuine patronymic.
herigend-
Praiseworthy ⬩ laudable
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Ða giftu beóþ herigendlíce that marriage is praiseworthy, Homl. Th. ii. 54, 10
bogen
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Bogen and redic and hwíte clǽfran, Lch. ii. 64, 3: 134, 17: 322, 21. [In 310, 17 bogenes is corrected to boþenes.] Add
clawan
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In Mid. E. p. cleu, clew is found) Clawe scalpo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 36
cot-líf
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Wo is him þat uvel wif bryngeþ to his cotlyf (cf. wif hom bryngeþ, 265) Misc. 118, 259.] in the charters of Edward the Confessor the word seems used in the sense of manor; the places to which it is applied are in the possession of individuals, and have
cyn
Akin, suitable, fit, proper ⬩ congruus, condignus
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In. 42; Th. i. 128, 11. Hit ys cyn it is proper, Ps. Th. 29, 11: 9, 34: 138, 20
Engla land
The land of the Angles or Engles
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It Ðæt mynster Æbbercurníg, ðæt is geseted on Engla lande the minster Abercorn, that is seated in the land of the Angles, or Engla land = England, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 36. extended in the time of Bede, A.
ge-segen
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Þ in þám hálgan stǽre mid gerýnelicre gesægene (-segne, v.l.) is áwriten and þus gecweden quod in sacra historia figurata narratione describitur, quae ait, Gr. D. 245, 15. Ic geleornode æt gesægene (relatione) árwyrðra witena ꝥ ꝥ ic secge, 9, 20.
un-cýððu
ignorance ⬩ a country not one's own ⬩ a strange land
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(in ignorance of the land to which it is bound ), Exon.
þeód
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and cf. þeóden; dryht, dryhten Hér is seghwylc eorl ... mandrihtne hold, þegnas syndon geþwǽre, þeód ealgearo, druncne dryhtguman B. 1230. Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250
ge-endebyrdan
to assign its proper place to an object, place in order, place ⬩ to ordain, ⬩ to appoint to a position, office ⬩ put in order, dispose ⬩ to set forth in order, narrate
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Geendbyrde digesta, i. ordinata, composita, enarrata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 23: Hml. Th. i. 554, 9
CLÁTE
CLOT-bur ⬩ burdock, goose-grass, clivers ⬩ philanthropos = φιλάνθρωπος , lappa, arctium lappa, galium aparine
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in our language men-loving, because it will readily cleave to a man: it is also named by another name clivers, this herb is called philanthropes, Herb. 174, 1; Lchdm. i. 306, 2-5: Ælfc.
for-fang
a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost property ⬩ apprehensio ⬩ the reward for rescuing such property ⬩ merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur
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In. 53; Th. i. 134, 15, note 32.
gagátes
The agate or jet ⬩ a precious stone ⬩ găgātes ⬩ γăγάτηs
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M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 11. Be ðam stáne ðe gagátes hátte, is sǽd ðæt he viii mægen hæbbe of the stone which is called agate, it is said that it hath eight virtues, 2, 66; Lchdm. iii. 296, 29