ge-settan
To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay
Entry preview:
Ic ðé gesette manegra þeóda fæder a father of many nations have I made thee, Gen. 17, 5: Homl. Th. ii. 136, 23. Ðæt tempel towearp æfter feówer hund geárum ðæs ðe hit gesett wæs he destroyed the temple four hundred years after it was built, Swt. A.
ealdor-mann
Entry preview:
Þá hí on Ealdseaxe cómon, þá eódon hí on sumes túngeréfan gestærn, and hine bǽdon ꝥ hé hí onsende tó þám ealdormen ( ad satrapam) þe ofer hine wæs . . . þá Ealdseaxan næfdon ágenne cyning; ac manige ealdormen (satrapae plurimi) wǽron heora þeóde foresette
ge-openian
Entry preview:
Fela wé habbað gesett ymbe þissum þingum, and gyt ús gelnstfullað þás þing tó geopenianne, 312, 41. to proclaim Sí þé wuldor and lof wíde geopenod geond ealle þeóda, Hy. 9, 1. <b>B.
ge-samnian
Entry preview:
Gif þeówa and þeówen hig gesamnigon ( se conjunxerint), 150, 15. Geleófe men hig móton gesamnigan ( in matrimonium ire), 152, 24. to form by union of elements, make by joining Þæt mon cúðe tóslíteð, þætte nǽfre gesomnod wæs, Ru. I. 18, <b>V a.
girnan
Entry preview:
Girne hé tó Godes þeówum þæt hý him absolutionem macigan, Wlfst. 180, 11. used absolutely, to ask from a person Gyrn fram mé and ic selle [þé] þeóda postula a me et dabo tibi gentes, Ps. Rdr. 2, 8. <b>IV a.
hold
Kind, ⬩ friendly, ⬩ pleasant, ⬩ favourable, ⬩ gracious [of a prince to his subject], ⬩ faithful, ⬩ loyal, ⬩ devoted, ⬩ liege [of a subject to his prince]
Entry preview:
Ðonne biþ se holda þeówa geset ofer manegum gódum then will the faithful servant be set over many goods, Homl. Th. ii. 552, 23. Ic wille beón N. hold and getríwe I will be faithful and true to N., L.
tíman
to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to
Entry preview:
Þeóda týmdon, Cd. Th. 75, 19; Gen. 1242. Témaþ and wexaþ, 13, 1; Gen. 196. Týmaþ and tiédraþ, 91, 14; Gen. 1512. Feoh sceal on eorðan týdran and týman, Menol. Fox 557; Gn. C. 48. Þe two tentaciuns þet temeð alle þe oðre, A. R. 220, 15.
Linked entries: teáman téman un-tímende
hús
Entry preview:
Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes, Ll. Th. i. 50, 18 : Ex. 22, 4. Hús settan and tún timbrian. Solil. H. 1, 13. Ic mé her getimbre hús, Gú. 222. Húsa sélest, B. 146. Hié eft hwyrfende wǽron tó heora húsum, Bl. H. 207, 31.
losian
Entry preview:
Gif þeóf losige þý dæge þám monnum þe hine gefóð, 148, 6. Þǽr ǽnig ne mæg losian caldan clommum, Cri. 1629: 1002: Rä. 3, with prep. Swá swá spearuwa of huntan gríne losige sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium, Ps.
settan
Entry preview:
Sete ðín hand under mín þeóh, Gen. 24, 2: 48, 18.
Linked entry: on-settan
þanc
Entry preview:
Gif hwá þeóf geméte and hine his þances áweg lǽte búton hreáme if any one come upon a thief and of his own accord let him get away without hue and cry, 29; Th. i. 392, 14.
un-cúþ
Unknown ⬩ incognitus ⬩ unknown ⬩ strange ⬩ unknown ⬩ not understood ⬩ unknown ⬩ uncertain ⬩ ungentle ⬩ unkind ⬩ hostile ⬩ harsh ⬩ unfriendly
Entry preview:
Drihten sent uncúðe þeóde ofer eów ða ðe gé ne cunnon ducet te Dominus in gentem, quam ignoras, Deut. 28, 36. Geopenigean uncúðe wyrd, hwǽr hé ðara nægla wénan þorfte, Elen. Kmbl. 2202; El. 1102. Nime man uncúþ sǽd at ælmesmannum, Lchdm. i. 400, 17.
Linked entry: un-cúþlíce
ge-habban
Entry preview:
lange swá biþ, þonne gehæfþ hit on unéþelícne wæterbollan if that is so for long, then it has a dropsy hard to cure involved in it, Lch. ii. 204, 13. to have room or capacity for, to allow, suffer Þæt heora land ne wǽre tó þæs mycel, ꝥ hí mihton twá þeóde
tó-weard
future ⬩ that is to come ⬩ about to come ⬩ coming ⬩ at hand ⬩ approaching ⬩ toward ⬩ (that is) to happen or be some time or other, ⬩ (that is) to come ⬩ about to happen ⬩ (that is) to come soon ⬩ imminent ⬩ impending ⬩ to take place ⬩ come to pass ⬩ coming towards a place ⬩ approaching ⬩ about to come ⬩ with the face towards a person, ⬩ facing
Entry preview:
Gif hé wiste on hwylcere tíde se þeóf tówerd wǽre, 24, 43. Georne wiste se Scyppend, hwæt tóweard wæs, Homl. Th. i. 112, 25. Hé nát hwæt him tóweard biþ he knows not what is to happen to him, Bt. ll, 1; Fox 32, 13.
Linked entry: tó-ward
feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
Entry preview:
Nis þéo ende feor it is not far to the end for thee, Gú. 1179: 1139. Nis nú ende feor ꝥ wé sceolon ætsomne súsel þrowian, Sat. 40
gelíce
Entry preview:
Hé ne dyde þæslíce łswá gelíce ǽlcere þeóde non fecit taliter omni nationi, 147, 20. Swá gelíce bið þám gódum and ðám yfelum, Bt. 36, 4; F. 178, 19: Chr. 1067; P. 202, 15. Swae gelíc similiter, Mt. p. 11, 1.
þæt
Entry preview:
Ǽlc man sylle ðone áð, ðæt hé nelle þeóf beón, L. C. S. 21; Th. i. 388, 7. Ic bebeóde wundor geweorðan, ðæt ðeós onlícnes eorðan séce, Andr.
ge-wunian
Entry preview:
S. 23 b, 162. with clause Gewunode án þeóf ꝥ hé stáh ofer þone hege fur consueverat per sepem ascendere, Gr. D. 23, 22: 68, 15: 69, 24. Ge-wunade se geroefæ þe hé forléte énne gebundenne consueverat praeses dimittere umim vinctum, Mt. R. 27, 15.
heard
firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ resolute ⬩ bold ⬩ resolute ⬩ obdurate ⬩ rigid ⬩ unyielding ⬩ oppressive ⬩ rigorous ⬩ strict ⬩ harsh
Entry preview:
Wíta heardost, Kr. 87. ꝥ hé onfó þæs heardestan þeów-dómes, Bl. H. 49, 5. of a time in which there is suffering Se hearda dæg (the day of doom), Cri. 1065.
Linked entries: heard-fyrde heard-lic heardlíce heardness hearh-eard
gangan
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to go ⬩ pedestrian ⬩ foot ⬩ mounted ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ animate ⬩ live ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to take place ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ to depart ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to reach, extend ⬩ to pass ⬩ become ⬩ to come ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation
Entry preview:
Þeóf sceal gangan in þýstrum wederum, Gn. C. 42. Gangan forð to advance By. 170. Gangend[e] féða an army on the march; agmen, Wrt.