mǽnan
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his earfoða tó Rómána witum, þǽr hié æt hiera gemóte wǽron, hwý hié hiene swá unweorðne on his ylde dyden ; and ácsade hié for hwý hié nolden geþencan ealle þá brocu and þá geswinc þe hé for hira willan fela wintra dreógende wæs; and hú hé hié ádyde of
óht
Fear, terror ⬩ or hostile pursuit, persecution, active enmity
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Ger. áhta persecutio, áhtunga persecutio) Wǽron ðá gesóme ða ðe swegl búan wróht wæs ásprungen óht mid englum and orlegníð then were at peace the dwellers in heaven, discord was at an end among angels, and enmity (or fear) and war, Cd.
fóre-warde
An agreement ⬩ pactum
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An agreement; pactum Seó fórewarde ǽr wæs gewroht the agreement was formerly made, Chr. 1094; Erl. 229, 34
iú-geára
Formerly
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Formerly Breoton wæs iúgeára Albion háten Brittania cui quondam Albion nomen fuit, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 8
Lǽden-stæf
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A Latin letter Hit wæs áwriten grécisceon and lédenstafon erat scribtum græce et latine, Jn. Skt. 19, 20
ge-búnes
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Seó gifernes gebúend wæs (gisternes gebúennes) [Dr. Bradley's emendation] þæs engles angeli domicilium, Bl. H. 163, 12
þunorrád-stefn
A voice of thunder
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A voice of thunder Wæs þunurrádstefn strang on hweóle vox tonitrui tui in rota, Ps. Th. 76, 14
un-eáðelícness
Difficulty
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Difficulty Ðá wæs mycel unéþelícnes geworden be his byrignesse facta difficultate tumulandi, Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 8
un-áblinnendlíc
Unceasing ⬩ incessant
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Unceasing, incessant Ðǽr wæs unáblinnendlíc staþolfæstnys Godes herunge ǽghwylcne dæg and eác nihtes, Homl. Skt. ii. 236, 86
án-méde
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Unanimity Þú eart se man þe mé wære on ánméde tu vero, homo unanimis, Ps. Th. 54, 13
be-hón
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Seó cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum, Hml. S. 21, 431. Mǽdenheáp blóstmum behangen, Dóm. L. 289. Add
bóc-blæc
Ink
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Ink Þiós Dryhtnes ǽrendbóc ne wæs mid bóc*-*blece, ne mid nénigum eorþlicum andweorce áwriten, Wlfst. 225, 1
Linked entry: blæc
ealdhláford-cynn
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The old royal family, the rightful royal line Se cásere wæs heora ealdhláfordcynnes, Bt. 1; F. 2, 22
gecwed-stów
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An appointed place Se foresprecena wer tó þǽre gecwedstówe ( ad cerium locum ) wæs gelǽded, Gr. D. 183, 7
lǽwend
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Wiste Drihten hwÍ his lǽwend and myrðfa wæs, Hml. A. 162, 235: 154, 70. v. be-lǽwend. Add
leóþ-cræft
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Án þǽra wæs Sibylla þe áwrát on leóðcræftes wíson be Crístes ácennednesse, Hml. Th. ii. 18, 16. Add
ofer-gestandan
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to stand above Ofer his reliquias ꝥ heofonleóht wæs ofergestondonde and scínende, Bd. 3, 11 ; Sch. 235, 9
Linked entry: ge-standan
prút-swangor
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Se Hǽlend spræc tó sumum weligum men . . . hé wæs prútswongor and swǽrmód, Wlfst. 257, 12
un-wælgrim
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Not cruel, gentle Hé wæs swlíe unwælgrim (eallunga lǽs wælhreów, v.l.) minus crudelis fuit, Gr. D. 133, 6
ge-þicgan
To take
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To take Seoððan wæs méce geþiged [Th. geþinged] afterwards was the sword taken, Beo. Th. 3881; B. 1938