hláfording
a prince ⬩ sovereign ⬩ a prince ⬩ noble
Entry preview:
a prince, sovereign Nis ná má hláfordinga on worulde þonne twégen, God Ælmihtig and deófol, Wlfst. 298, 7. a prince, noble, lord spiritual or temporal Hit wes gesitolad þám hláfordingan þá þǽron wéron, þæt wes Adelwold bisceof and Ælfstán bisceop and
líciend-líc
Pleasing ⬩ pleasant
Entry preview:
Pleasing, pleasant Se is Gode wel líciendlíc beneplacitum est Deo, Ps. Th. 67, 16. Teala líciendlíc, 68. 13
Linked entry: lícend-líc
-módness
Entry preview:
án-, eád- (eáþ-), glæd-, heáh-, heard-, leás-, leóht-, meagol-, ofer-, or-, rûm-, swíþ-, þole-, wác-, weá-, wiþer-módness
winter-scúr
A winter shower
Entry preview:
A winter shower Ne mæg ðǽr wearm weder ne winterscúr wihte gewyrdan, Exon. Th. 198, 31; Ph. 18
un-áwemmende
Entry preview:
Hé gesette unáwemmendne (immaculatam) weg mínne. Ps. L. 17, 33
Linked entry: á-wemman
frum-gild
A first payment or compensation ⬩ the first payment or instalment of the price [wer] at which every man was valued, according to his degree, to be paid to the kindred, or guild-brethren, of a slain person, as compensation for his murder ⬩ prīma compensātio
Entry preview:
Gylde man ðæs weres ðæt frumgyld let the first payment of the valuation be paid, L.
tela
Well. ⬩ well, rightly, aright, correctly ⬩ well, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainly ⬩ well, prosperously, happily ⬩ well, in a beneficial or pleasant manner ⬩ marking degree, very, to a great extent ⬩ as an exclamation, well, good
Entry preview:
Similar entries v. un-tela; til; and cf. wel for similar uses
for-swælan
To burn ⬩ burn up ⬩ consume ⬩ scorch ⬩ ūrĕre ⬩ exūrĕre ⬩ combūrĕre ⬩ concrĕmāre ⬩ exæstuāre
Entry preview:
Hí wurdon mid swæflenum fýre forswælede they were burnt up with sulphurous fire, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 32: Homl. Th. ii. 496, 27. We sind mid lígum forswælede we are scorched up with flames, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 20
bisenian
model
Entry preview:
Ꝥ hig mihton þám folce wel wissian tó Godes geleáfan and wel bisnian tó gódum weorcum, Ælfc. Gen.
GEÁTAS
the Jutes ⬩ Jutæ ⬩ GAUTS ⬩ Gauti in Suecia ⬩ Γαυτοί,
Entry preview:
Goth. 2, 15 We synt gumcynnes Geáta leóde we are of the race of the Gauts' nation, Beo. Th. 526; B. 260 : 730; B. 362.
ge-þrístlǽcan
Entry preview:
Hú hé dorste geþrístlǽcean (for hwon hé geþrýsstlǽhte, v. l. ) ꝥ hé héte þone Godes wer swencean, 39, 9. Sceal nán mon geþrístlǽcan ( presumat ) þát hé sprǽce, R. Ben. 16, 2
æfter-folgian
To follow after ⬩ pursue ⬩ subsequi ⬩ persequi
Entry preview:
To follow after, pursue; subsequi, persequi Him æfterfolgiende wǽron they were pursuing him, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 25
a-mang
AMONG ⬩ while ⬩ inter
Entry preview:
AMONG, while; inter Amang ðám ðe hí ridon while they were riding, inter equitandum, Chr. 1046; Th. 307, 29
feasten
A fastness ⬩ fortress ⬩ mūnīmentum
Entry preview:
A fastness, fortress; mūnīmentum Hí on ðam feastene wǽron they were in the fastness, Chr. 877; Erl. 79, 23
for-settan
To obstruct ⬩ obstruĕre
Entry preview:
To obstruct; obstruĕre Hí ðone heofonlícan weg forsetton they obstructed the heavenly way, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 4
ge-fellan
To cause to fall ⬩ fell ⬩ kill
Entry preview:
To cause to fall, fell, kill Hie gefelde wurdon fram Alexandre they were killed by Alexander, Nar. 38, 11
ge-fnésan
Entry preview:
Þis þá tylung tó þan manne þe wel gefnesan ne mæge, Lch. iii. 100, 9
Linked entry: fnésan
híred-wist
familiarity
Entry preview:
A being, as it were, of a family, familiarity Geornfullnyss híredwiste gearwað assiduitas familiaritatem parat, Scint. 203, 12. Substitute:
port-herepaþ
Entry preview:
Cf. port-weg, ceaster-herepaþ
ge-hoferod
Hump-backed ⬩ gibbĕrōsus
Entry preview:
Hump-backed; gibbĕrōsus Ðe wǽron gehoferode who were hump-backed, Homl. Th. ii. 586, 23
Linked entry: hoferian