un-gesceádwísness
Unreasonableness ⬩ foolishness
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hwí geþafiaþ hí ðæt hí bióð dysige? hwí nyllaþ hí spyrigan æfter cræftum and æfter wísdóme? quid enervatius ignorantiae caecitate? an sectanda noverunt? Bt. 36, 6; Fox 180, 31, 35.
Linked entry: ge-sceádwísness
FELA
Many ⬩ much ⬩ multum ⬩ multa ⬩ many things ⬩ much ⬩ very ⬩ multa ⬩ multum ⬩ in primis ⬩ cum maxĭme ⬩ so many ... as ⬩ tot ... quot
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Hú fela how many; quam multa, Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 27; Cri. 1179. He ongan hí fela lǽran cæpit illos dŏcēre multa, Mk.
for-ildan
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H. 95, 25. Ðæt hié ne forielden ðone tíman ðe hié teola on dón mægen, Past. 281, 19
Linked entry: for-yldan
rípan
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Hí férdon ǽghweder flocmǽlum and heregodon úre earme folc, and hí rýpton (rǽpton, MS. E.) and slógon, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 26. Fram rýpendum ł bereáfiendum a diripientibus, Ps. Lamb. 34, 10
Linked entry: tó-rípan
wiþ-foran
Before
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Before Hé feaht him wiðforan, Jos. 8, 22.
wráþ
wroth ⬩ angry ⬩ incensed
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Hé gráp on wráðe, Cd. Th. 4, 30 ; Gen. 61. Grammar wráþ, of things Hú sárlíc and hú sorhful and hú geswincful and hfi teónful ðis líf is, hú tealt and hú wráð (grievous or evil ), Wulfst. 273, 7. Is him on welerum wráð sweord and scearp, Ps.
lynd
Grease ⬩ fat ⬩ fatness
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Hé hí fédde mid fætre lynde hwǽte cibavit eos ex adipe frumenti, Ps. Th. 80, 15: 147, 3
sand-pytt
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A sand-pit Hé hét lǽdan þá hálgan tó ánum <b>sandpytte,</b> and setton hí þǽron, and bewurpan mid eorþan and mid weorcstánum, Hml. S. 35, 325
wiþ-sacan
To deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ to say no ⬩ to refuse permission ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ decline ⬩ to deny ⬩ reject ⬩ refuse assent ⬩ to renounce ⬩ reject ⬩ give up ⬩ refuse ⬩ withhold ⬩ not to give ⬩ to declare hostility
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Grammar wiþ-sacan, where the clause is put negatively Ðá wiðsóc Crist, ðæt hé deofol on him næfde; ac hé ne wiðsóc, ðæt hé nǽre Samaritanisc, Homl.
ge-camp
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Hé ábád mid his gebróðrum tihtende hí tó ðám tówerdan gecampe ( the coming persecution ), Hml. S. 4, 103. Gyt mid gástlicum gecampe winnað ongeán ðone drý, Hml. Th. i. 374, 22. God sette gecamp geleáffullum sáwlum, 64, 19
torfian
to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; ⬩ to throw. ⬩ to throw at an object, ⬩ strike with a missile, ⬩ to stone a person ⬩ to throw, ⬩ cast,
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Hí námon stánas, ðæt hí hine torfodon, Homl. Th. ii. 236, 21. Hí mid stánum torfodon ðone soðfæstan Iacob, 300, 18. Hig námon stánas tó ðam ðæt hig woldon hyne torfian tulerunt lapides, ut iacerent in eum, Jn. Skt. 8, 59: ut lapidarent eum, 10, 31.
Linked entries: a-torfian ge-torfian
swíge
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Heó swigan lufode, 546, 28. Wé cweðaþ ðæt sí best æfter Gode, ðæt man gemetigian cunne ge his spréce ge his swígan, Prov.
þencan
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Th. 117, 8. where the subject of thought is given in a clause introduced by an indirect interrogative Hé þencþ hú hé hine éþelícost beswícan mæge, Blickl. Homl. 55, 21. Hé þóhte hú hé him stól geworhte, Cd.
HÚSEL
The HOUSEL ⬩ the Eucharist
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Hwí is ðæt hálige húsel gecweden Cristes líchama oððe his blód, gif hit nis sóþlíce ðæt ðæt hit geháten is?
Linked entry: húsl
weorold-wlencu
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Syððan hý hit habbaþ, hí glencgaþ heora wíf mid ðam ðe hí weofoda sceoldan, and maciaþ eall heom sylfum tó woruldwlence, 19 ; Th. ii. 328, 9.
nirwan
To constrain ⬩ repress ⬩ blame ⬩ threaten
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Hí fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon and mé nyrwdon and mé tóbeótodan ðæt hí mé mid ðám gegrípon woldon forcipibus igneis quos tenebant in manibus, minitabantur me comprehendere, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 43.
be-hweorfan
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Substitute: to attend to, see to the good condition of Gif hé wáccor hý behwyrfð, þonne ꝥ hé him tó ágenum teleð, Ll. Th. i. 272, II. Þá leóhtfatu þe hé behwearf lam-pades quas reficiebat, Gr. D. 46, 31.
wæterian
To water, supply with water, ⬩ give drink to living creatures ⬩ to water plants ⬩ to irrigate
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To water, supply with water, to water animals, give drink to living creatures Hé wæterode hig adaquavit eos, Ps. Spl. 77, 18. Hé wæterode hire heorde adaquavit gregem, Gen. 29, 10. Hí heora orf wæterodon refectis gregibus, 29, 3.
Linked entry: wætrian
wilwan
to roll ⬩ fig. ⬩ to join ⬩ compound ⬩ compose
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Hé hét wilian tó ðam scræfe micele weorcstánas praecepit: 'Volvite saxa ingentia ad os speluncae,' Jos. 10, 18. Hé hí swá nacode hét wylian on ðam fýre. Homl. Skt. i. 8, 170. fig.
ge-leornian
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Þá geleornedon his byrelas him betweónum hú bié him mehten ꝥ líf oþþringan, and him gesealdon átor drincan: þá forlét hé his líf Alexander, cum ministri insidiis venenum potasset, interiit, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 14.