ge-lyðen
Travelled
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Travelled Se ylca Nathan wæs swá gelyðen ðæt he hæfde gefaren fram ǽlcum lande to óðrum this Nathan was so travelled that he had gone from every land to the other, St. And. 26, 13
stefn-byrd
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Regulation, direction Sceoldon eal beran stíþe stefnbyrd swá him se steóra bibeád missenlíce gemetu all creatures had to submit to firm direction, as the guide ordered them, various modes, Exon. Th. 349, 12; Sch. 45
hǽþ
A heath, waste, desert, uncultivated land ⬩ a low barren heath or fell
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A heath, waste, desert, uncultivated land Hár hǽþ the hoar heath, Cd.148; Th. 185, 5; Exod. 118. Bera sceal on hǽþe the bear shall [live] on the heath, Menol. Fox 518; Gn. C. 29
Linked entry: for-hǽþan
á-weceness
Incitement
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Incitement Hwylc man ne áwundrað swylce wundru þára deádra þá beóð gedóne fore áwæcenesse (-wec-,v. l.) and láre þára lifigendra (quae fiunt pro exercitatione (the translator has read excitatione ?) viventium), Gr. D. 199, 7
Linked entry: -weceness
ge-sceáwian
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Næs hé goldhwæte gearwor hæfde ágendes ést ǽr gesceáwod he had never before seen more clearly the Lord's munificence, i. e. he had never had such good fortune as had befallen him in the acquisition of the dragon's hoard, B. 3075. to look on with favour
stæl-wirðe
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Þeo Þat beoð stalewurðe and warpeð mid strencðe ut of hare heorte hare unwreste wil, Jul. 44, 7. Þeo ꝥ stalewurðe beoð ant starke to ȝein me, Marh. 15, 32. Þou hart on staleworþe (hende, 1st MS.) gome, Laym. 3812.
æfter-sprecan
To claim ⬩ petere ⬩ repetere
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To claim; petere, repetere Ágnung biþ nér ðam ðe hæfþ, ðonne ðam ðe æftersprecþ possession is always nearer to him who has, than to him who claims, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 21
Bedan ford-scír
BEDFORDSHIRE ⬩ comitatus nomen
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BEDFORDSHIRE; comitatus nomen Hí hæfdon ofergán Bedan fordscíre they had subjugated Bedfordshire, Chr. 1011; Th. 266, 5, col. 2. Wende him út into Bedan fordscíre egressus est in Bedanfordsciram, 1016; Th. 278, 16, col. 1
Linked entries: Bæda-ford-scír Beada ford-scír Bede-ford-scír
blód-forlǽtan
To let blood, bleed ⬩ sanguinem emittere, phlebotomare
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To let blood, bleed; sanguinem emittere, phlebotomare Ðæt heó niwan blódforlǽten wǽre on earme that she had been lately bled in the arm; quia phlebotomata est nuper in brachio, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 4
ge-breadian
To restore the flesh or body
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To restore the flesh or body Ðonne [Fénix] þurh briddes hád gebreadad weorþeþ eft of ascan then [the Phœnix] through youth's state is restored again from ashes, Exon. 61 a; Th. 224, 8; Ph. 372
Linked entry: ge-bredian
ge-mearc
A boundary, limit ⬩ lŏcus designātus
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A boundary, limit; lŏcus designātus Gewát him se æðeling to ðæs gemearces ðe him Metod tǽhte the man departed to the limit which the Lord had shewn him, Cd. 139; Th. 174, 28; Gen. 2885
wertacen
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Ióhannis sóðum wordum wíslíce and wærlíce swá se wertacen (a later rendering of the passage has swa se wyrhte cann, 476, 66, as if the word = werhta cann), Engl. Stud. viii. 478, 75
on-worpenness
An injection; fig. of a feeling which has been inspired
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An injection; fig. of a feeling which has been inspired Ðá ic getihtode bi ðære gítsunge onworpennesse and ðá wæs ic gesprecende ðone man and sécende wæs ðæs þinges cúðnesse æt him, Shrn. 36, 19
angel
A hook ⬩ a fishing-hook ⬩ hamus
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A hook, a fishing-hook; hamus Wurp ðínne angel út mitte hamum, Mt. Bos. 17, 27. Swá swá mid angle fisc gefangen biþ as a fish is caught by a hook, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 11
éþnes
Easiness, facility, favour ⬩ facĭlĭtas
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Easiness, facility, favour; facĭlĭtas He gemunde ðara éþnessa and ðara ealdrihta ðe hí under ðám Cáserum hæfdon he remembered the favours and the ancient rights which they had under the Cæsars, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 16
fǽr-níþ
A sudden or pernicious hostility, mischief ⬩ pernĭciōsa hostīlĭtas
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A sudden or pernicious hostility, mischief; pernĭciōsa hostīlĭtas Sorh is me to secganne hwæt Grendel hafaþ fǽrníða gefremed it is sorrow for me to say what sudden mischiefs Grendel has perpetrated, Beo. Th. 956; B. 476
geár-gemearc
A year's limit or space ⬩ anni defīnītio vel spătium
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A year's limit or space; anni defīnītio vel spătium Siððan ic ongon on ðone ánseld búgan geárgemearces after I had dwelt in the hermitage for a year's space, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 24; Gú. 1215
Linked entry: búan
ge-módsumnes
commodus
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Agreement, concord; concordia He cýððe ðæt he nolde habban náne gemódsumnesse wið ða yfelan he proclaimed that he would have no concord with the wicked, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, 4; Hat. MS. 67 a, 21
folde
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Hál wes þu, folde, fira módor, Lch. i. 404, 2. Se líchama in þǽre cealdan foldan (eorðan, moldan, v. ll.) gebrosnað, Wlfst. 187, 12. Wæs Waldendes lof áfylled on foldan, Chr. 975; P. 120, 14. Add
hátlíce
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Cf. hát; 1