dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
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K. 150, 13. v. eástsúþ-, middel-, neáh-, twi-dǽl
wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Hí sint twá ðing, foreþonc and wyrd.... Ðæt ðæt wé wyrd hátaþ, ðæt biþ Godes weorc ðe hé ǽlce dæg wyrcþ, ǽgðer ge ðæs ðe wé geseóþ, ge ðæs ðe ús ungeswenlíc biþ .... Sió wyrd dǽlþ eallum gesceaftum andwlitan and stówa and tída and gemetgunga.
Linked entry: weord
ge-sellan
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Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here of Ængla lande wið friðe, Ll. Th. i. 288, 12. Hiá gesealdon hiá in lond lámwrihtæs dederunt eos in agrum figuli, Mt. L. 27, 10. Ix. sciłł. gesellan wið his feóre, Ll.
on-geagn
opposite, over against, against ⬩ towards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way of ⬩ against ⬩ against, for the reception of, to receive ⬩ in reply to ⬩ in return for, as an equivalent for ⬩ opposite, over against ⬩ against, in a direction opposite to ⬩ against, with, contrary to, in opposition to ⬩ in reply to ⬩ as an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange for ⬩ against, ready for ⬩ towards ⬩ opposite ⬩ again, back ⬩ Lat re- ⬩ in reply ⬩ towards ⬩ on the other hand ⬩ again
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Hé gesealde twá gegrynd ongén ðes mynstres mylne, Ch. Th. 231, 24: 232, 3. Ælfríc sealde ðæt land æt Hacce*-*burnan ongeán ðæt land set Deccet, 288, 12.
þes
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Mon ðissa twéga hwæðer ondrǽtt suíður ðonne óðer, Past. 27; Swt. 189, 9. Menn þisra seofona héddon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 137. where the noun is qualified by an adjective Þes ealda man, Blickl. Homl. 43, 33: Cd. Th. 7, 11; Gen. 104.
word
a word ⬩ a single part of speech ⬩ words ⬩ a written word ⬩ a word ⬩ a group of words ⬩ a saying ⬩ sentence ⬩ words ⬩ a saying ⬩ maxim ⬩ a tale ⬩ story ⬩ a report ⬩ tidings ⬩ fame ⬩ name ⬩ (good) word, ⬩ (good) report ⬩ a command ⬩ an order ⬩ ordinance ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ word ⬩ solemn statement ⬩ promise ⬩ oath ⬩ an (expressed) intention ⬩ opinion ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ words ⬩ language ⬩ style ⬩ word ⬩ word of God
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On ðám twám formum wordum in the two first sentences(of the Lord's prayer), Homl. Th. i. 262, 22. Hé rihte ǽ getácnode on týn wordum [or 6.], Andr.
þanan
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Hát mín blód þonon ádrýgan, 183, 27. (1 a) followed by a relative particle, the two words together having force of relative :-- Þider cuman, þonan þehit ǽr com, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 31. On ða rícu, þonon þe hé ǽr sended wæs, Blickl. Haml. 9, 25.
Linked entries: þanan-forþ þanon þonan þonon
ge-dǽlan
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Síð wæs gedǽled, Exod. 207. to separate two or more objects God leóht and þýstro gedǽlde divisit lucem a tenebris (Gen. I. 4), Cri. 228. Hié heápum tóhlódon hleóðrum gedǽlde, Gen. 1693. to part man and wife Hé gedǽlde wíf and wǽpned, Gen. 27, 44.
læssa
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</b> applied to the inferior or smaller of two persons or places of the same name :-- Ðæs Jacóbes leásse (lǽssa, R.) móder Jacobi minoris mater Mk. L. 15, 40. Se lǽssa middangeard michrocosmos Wrt.
wer
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Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł. . . . Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum tealdan, L. E. G. 13; Th. i. 174, 13-14, 176, 3.
wesan
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Heó wæs mid twám werum she lived with two husbands, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 3. Ðonne wæs hé mid his ágnum cynne, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 10. Wé mid englum uppe wǽron, Cd. Th. 289, 2; Sat. 391. Ða ðe ðǽr ǽr inne wǽron, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 35.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
þreátian
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ trouble ⬩ exercise ⬩ harass ⬩ to urge a person to something ⬩ press for something ⬩ force to do something ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to threaten
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Wyrd ... for ðý cymþ tó ðæm gódan, ðæt hió óþer twéga dó, oððe hine þreátige tó ðon ðæt hé bet dó ðonne hé ǽr dyde, oððe him leánige ðæt hé ǽr tela dyde fortuna ... remunerandi exercendive bonos causa deferatur, Bt. 40, 1; Fox 236, 3.
wudu
wood ⬩ the substance of growing trees ⬩ a tree ⬩ (hewh) wood ⬩ the material obtained from trees ⬩ wood which forms something ⬩ something made of wood ⬩ wood ⬩ wood ⬩ the wood ⬩ woods ⬩ a wood ⬩ wild
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Betwyx ðám twám wudan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 218, 25. Geond wudas and feldas, Homl. Th. ii. 188, 14. Wuda silvas, Ps.
þǽr
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Homl. 113, 21. where the two forms are not separated, and may be translated by where God gefilde mid flǽsce þǽr þǽr ðæt ribb wǽs, Gen. 2, 21. Mín þén biþ þǽr þǽr (þár þár, MS. A.) ic eom ubi sum ego illic minister meus erit, Jn. Skt. 12, 26.
Linked entry: þár
healdan
to keep watch over ⬩ keep in charge ⬩ to keep ⬩ to watch over ⬩ keep ⬩ govern ⬩ rule ⬩ a king ⬩ to keep ⬩ guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ to defend ⬩ preserve ⬩ to hold ⬩ take ⬩ arrest ⬩ to have hold of ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold up ⬩ to maintain ⬩ support ⬩ uphold ⬩ manage ⬩ to hold ⬩ bear ⬩ conduct ⬩ to behave ⬩ to handle ⬩ treat ⬩ deal with ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to have possession ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ an office ⬩ a position ⬩ to hold ⬩ to remain in ⬩ to retain ⬩ detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep oneself ⬩ remain ⬩ to hold ⬩ keep together ⬩ continue ⬩ to maintain ⬩ keep ⬩ to perform ⬩ keep watch ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ to keep ⬩ to constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ stop ⬩ to restrain oneself ⬩ refrain ⬩ to entertain ⬩ to keep in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ regard ⬩ to hold as ⬩ to hold ⬩ to proceed ⬩ move on ⬩ to continue ⬩ go on with ⬩ to go on
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Healdað hine nihta gehwylce twá hund wearda, Sal. 259.
rǽdan
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Two verbs originally distinct seem to coalesce under this form, the strong rǽdan; p. reórd, réd; pp. rǽden : Goth. ga-rédan : O. Sax. rádan; p. réd, ried : O. Frs. réda; p. réd : O. H.
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Forgyfen twám werum twice married, 430, 13. Hió wæs forgifen Aldferþe, and hié be him lifgendum hié gedǽldun, Chr. 718; P. 42, 19. Forgifene nuptae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 47.
ge-setnes
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., the latter with the infin. of ge-settan; cf. ge-sealdnes, ge-selenes, ge-sellan.] position in reference to two or more objects Ic hæbbe án weorc mé tó gewissunge æfter steorrena gesetnyssum swá swá hí standað on heofonum. Hml. S. 5, 262.
ge-wunian
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To cause to remain, give a permanent position to, fix, settle. of living creatures Wǽron on þǽm ylcan ýglande twégen hrefnas gewunode there were two ravens that lived on that same island (but the Latin is: Erant in supradicta insula duo clites corvi.
ge-lǽstan
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Sceóte ǽlc gegylda ǽnne gyldsester . . . and ꝥ beó gelǽst binnan twám dagum . . . and se wudu beó gelǽst binnan ðrým dagum, Cht. Th. 606, 6-13: Ll. Th. i. 232, 7: 262, 20. <b>IV a.