wel-dǽd
a good deed ⬩ a benefit ⬩ favour ⬩ kindness ⬩ an office ⬩ service
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Ús God mǽre weldǽda getíðaþ nobis Deus magna beneficia prestet Scint. 16, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 298, 12; 418, 23. Wé ne magon ásecgean his weldǽda on ús Basil admn. 4; Norm. 42, 3.
and-swaru
An ANSWER ⬩ responsum
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An ANSWER ; responsum Andswaru líðe a soft answer, Scint. 77. Grim andswaru a fierce answer, Beo. Th. 5713; B. 2860. Hí aféngon andsware illi acceperunt responsum, Mt. Bos. 2, 12. Andsware bídan wolde would await an answer, Beo.
los
Loss ⬩ destruction
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Loss, destruction Ða þing tó lose wurdon ðe on ðam scipe wǽron perditis his quæ in navi erant rebus, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 20. Ðonne gé tó lose [Cott. MSS. lore] weorþaþ in interitu vestro, Past. 36, 1; Swt. 249, 1.
Linked entry: lor
glǽm
Brightness ⬩ splendour ⬩ radiance
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Mín se swétesta sunnan scíma hwæt ðú glǽm hafast my sweetest sunshine ah! thou hast radiant beauty, 68 a; Th. 252, 23; Jul, 167. Ðé oftíhþ glǽmes gréne folde the green earth shall deny thee her beauty, Cd. 48; Th. 62, 22; Gen. 1018
be-limp
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On goldes belimpu in auri casus, Scint. III, 3
ge-heán
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Swá micelum swá ǽnig má woruldlices wyrðscypes wyrðnysse byð gehýd ( sublimatur ), Scint. 181, 16. Geuferod, gehýd þurh láréwlicum basincge fretus, i. functus magistri melote An. Ox. 1470
tó-sleán
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Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá þylinge tóslægene ( the plants were torn apart ), 284, 24
orige
in the following passage
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in the following passage Se ðe þeóf geféhþ hé áh .x. scitt. . . . Gif hé ðonne óþierne and orige (orrige, MS. H. ) weorðe ðonne biþ hé wítes scyldig he who catches a thief shall have ten shillings . . .
ge-eácnung
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H. 143, 24. in passive sense Sci Iohannis geeácnung, Shrn. 133, 26. what is conceived Hyre geeácnung (or l ?) is of ðám Hálgan Gáste (quod in ea natum est de Spiritu Sancto est, Mt. l, 20), Hml. As. 135, 630.
wícing
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Philippus scipa gegaderode and wícingas wurdon, and sóna án .c. and eahtatig ceápscipa geféngon Philippus, ut pecuniam praedando repararet, piraticam adgressus est.
Linked entry: scegð-mann
FARAN
A word expressing every kind of going from one place to another, hence ⬩ to go, proceed, travel, march, sail ⬩ īre, vādĕre, incēdĕre, transīre, migrāre, nāvīgāre ⬩ FARE, happen, to be in any state ⬩ versāri in ălĭqua re, se hăbēre ălĭquo mŏdo
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Fór fámig scip the foaming ship sailed, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 19; Gen. 1417. to FARE, happen, to be in any state; versāri in ălĭqua re, se hăbēre ălĭquo mŏdo, Cd. 26; Th. 34, 2; Gen. 531. Ic fare bútan bearnum I have no children [lit.
rípan
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Hú ne secge gé ðæt nú gyt synt feówur mónþas ǽr man rípan mǽge ... geseóþ ðás eardas ðæt hig synt scíre tó rípene (rýpanne, MS. A). And se ðe rípþ (hrioppaþ, Lind.) nimþ méde, Jn. Skt. 4, 35-36.
Linked entry: rýpan
wítnung
Punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ pain
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Punishment, torment, pain Mǽgmorðres wítnung parricidii actio, . . . gebohtre scíre wítnung ambitus judicium, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 10, 12. Geligra wítnung incerta (incesti ?) judicium, ii. 49, 29.
ge-teld
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Gif hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe oþþon hulc geworhtne oþþon geteld geslagen, Ll. Th. i. 286, 9. Wolde Petrus sleán ðreó geteld (cf. si vis, faciam tria tabernacula, Mt. 17, 4), Hml.
spelian
To act as the representative of another ⬩ to represent ⬩ to take, or stand in, the place of another
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Gif hé wrítan ne cunne bidde óðerne ðe cunne ðæt hine spelige si non scit literas, alter ab eo rogatus scribat, R. Ben. 100, 5.
Linked entry: speliend
þurh-wunian
to continue ⬩ last ⬩ not to come to an end ⬩ not to pass away ⬩ to continue in a place, with a person ⬩ to remain, not to leave ⬩ to continue in a condition ⬩ not to change ⬩ to persevere ⬩ persist ⬩ hold out
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Knbl. 10, 22: Scint. 90, 2: Blickl. Homl. 21, 36. Se ðe óð ende þurhwunaþ ( sustenuerit ), Mk. Skt. 13, 13. Ná ongynnendum méd ys beháten ac þurhwunigendum ( perseverantibus ) ys geseald, Scint. 91, 3, 1.
andian
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Add to be envious; in a good sense, to be zealous, jealous, absolute Sóð lufu ná andað caritas non emulatur, Scint. 75, 7. Angað invidet, Kent. Gl. 1050. Andigen liuescant, An. Ox. 5372. Andigende invidendo, Scint. 75, 19.
fóre-stihtod
predestine
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Tó hwylcum sýn ende forestihtude (predestinati), Scint. 227, 7. Forestihtode, Gr. D. 54, 17: Hml. S. 30, 134. Substitute:
onettan
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Þyder gást rǽdendes ónyt (tendit), Scint. 219, 4. Mænige tó dǽdbóte gehwyrfan ónyttað (contendant), 115, 4. Cyning forð ónette the king pressed on, Hö. 41 : Vald. 2, 10.
þǽr-tó
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Hé becwað his láford his beste scip, and ða segelgerǽda ðártó, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 351, 25. where movement, lit. or fig., is implied Ðæt hé ús gebringe tó his écan gebeórscipe, se ðe ús ðǽrtó gelaðode, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 6.