ilca
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In bracket for ' only' substitute: ' as a rule, but for strong forms see An. Ox. 5050, Bd. Sch. 450, 15', and add: in weak declension. as adjective Se ilca wiþerwearda þe him ǽr þá synna lǽrde, Bl. H. 61, 17. Be þǽm ilican (ilcan, ylcan, v. ll. ) andgyte
dóm-bóc
DOOM-BOOK, a book of decrees or laws ⬩ lĭber judĭciālis
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DOOM-BOOK, a book of decrees or laws; lĭber judĭciālis Béte be ðam ðe seó dóm-bóc secge let him pay a fine according as the doom-book may say, L. Ath. i. 5; Th. i. 202, 7: L. Edg. i. 3; Th. i. 262, 23: i. 5; Th. i. 264, 20. Swá hit on ðære dóm-béc stande
Linked entry: bóc-tǽcing
wiþ-teón
to withdraw ⬩ draw back ⬩ to draw back ⬩ restrain ⬩ to draw away ⬩ to draw to
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Grammar wiþ-teón, with acc. to withdraw, draw back Swá micel swá seó sǽ heó mǽst wiðteóhð as far as ever the sea withdraws itself (recedes ), Chart. Th. 318, 9. Grammar wiþ-teón, with dat. to draw back, restrain Balaham wolde féran ðǽr hiene mon bæd
trimes
as a weight ⬩ a drachm ⬩ as a coin, ⬩ not in England ⬩ a coin of the value of three pence.
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gender uncertain. as a weight, a drachm Genime ánes trymeses gewǽge. Lchdm. i. 74, 21. Anre tremese (trymese,MS. H.) gewihte, 110, 9. Ánre tremesse wǽge, 72, 11. Genim áne (anne, MS. O.) trymesan gewǽge, 78, 13. Nime áne trymessan fulle, 76, 6. Twégra
leód-mǽg
tribe ⬩ people
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A kinsman as being one of the same race, tribe or people, a man of the same nation with one's self Hí fundon fíf hund leódmǽga they found five hundred of their race, Elen. Kmbl. 759: El. 380. Leódmágum feor far from my kinsmen [Abraham in Egypt], Cd.
pundar
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a plumb-line Pundar perpendiculum, modica petra de plumbo, quam ligant in filo quando aedifeant parietes, Txts. 112, 36. [Cf. punder librilla, ' librilla est baculus cum corrigia plumbata, ad librandum carnes,' Prompt. Parv. 416. Halliwell
Linked entry: wiht-mearc
ræscettan
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To crackle, make a crackling noise as fire does, to sparkle Fýren líg braslaþ, ræsct and éfesteþ, Dóm. L. l0, 152. Ðæt réðe flód ræscet fýre, 12, 165. Ræscetteþ crepitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 66. Ræscetteþ, cyrmþ, scylþ crepitat, i. resonat, 136, 73. Ræscettan
ge-settan
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Add: <b>II a.</b> to put a thing in a certain position. to put as representative, put for On hálgum gewrite bið gelómlíce heáfod gesett for þæs mannes móde, Hml. Th. L 612, 12. to put off, away Nathan ... hym of gesette þone naman Tyrus,
un-brýce
Useless ⬩ unprofitable
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Useless, unprofitable Unbrýce, unbrýce, unbrycci ineommodum, Txts. 69, 1050. Unbriéce incommodum, inutile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 76. Nyle hé ða dærstan him dón unbrýce faex ejus non est exinanita, Ps. Th. 74, 8. [But calleth hym yn the gospel ryche, As unkynde
Linked entry: un-briéce
clǽg
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Add: ¶ as a component of words denoting places with a clayey soil, Clay- in local names Of clǽgbróce . . . on clǽgbróc, C. D. vi. 52, 25, 29. Cléigate, iv. 178, 2. On clǽghyrste, C. D. B. iii. 45, 7. On clǽgweg, andlang clǽgweges, 44, 25: C. D. iii.
eolhx
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Some kind of sedge Eolxsegc papilluum, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 36. Similar entries (See other instances under secg, and v. Lch. iii. 324.) ¶ the word occurs as the name of a rune Eolxsecg eard hæfð oftust on fenne, wundað grimme beorna gehwylcne þe him ǽnigne
for-gyltan
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To make guilty (occurs as reflexive or in passive) Þá ðe on openlican synnan (mid openan heáfodgyltan) hý sylfe forgyltan, Wlfst. 104, 12: 153, 10. Ꝥ man freóge ǽlcne wítefæstne man þe on his tíman forgylt wǽre, Cht. Th. 551, 15. Þone cwide þe se apostol
ge-gafelian
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Substitute: <b>ge-gafolian;</b> p. ode To seize as tax or tribute, confiscate Wǽre gegafelod infiscaretur (ne ab Imperatoribus locuples gazarum opulentia infiscaretur, Ald. 43, 23), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 68: 46, 69. Beón gegavalad proscriberentur
ge-temian
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Add: to tame. v. tam Ylpas getemode and to wíge gewenode, Hml. S. 25, 558. [as causative to a verb corresponding to O. H. Ger. ge-zeman; p. -zam convenire decere] to cause to be fitting, to allow (?) Ð áne mihtest getemian ꝥ pound; míre andetnysse leóht-fæt
metsian
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Add Ǽghwilc hine sylfne metsode swá swá hé mihte oþþe wolde; sum him mid bær þæs líchaman genihtsumnysse, sum þǽra palmtreówa æppla, sum beána mid wætere ofgotene each provisioned himself as he could or would; one carried with him a sufficiency for the
þeódan
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Add: to join as a companion, associate with, attach oneself to a person, society, place, &c. Sege úrum bróþrum ꝥ heora nǽnig hine ne þýde tó þám seócan bréþer nullus ex fratribus se ad eum morientem jungat, Gr. D. 344, 27. Utan þýdan ús tó þám
wærcan
to pain ⬩ to suffer pain ⬩ be troubled
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(used impersonally) to pain Gif hine innan wærce, Lchdm. ii. 272, 11. Gif ða þeóh wærce, 312, 7. Ðonne monnes wambe wærce oððe rysle, 318, 20. to suffer pain (?), be troubled Ic werhte eom exercitatus sum (if werhte can be taken as the past tense of
Linked entry: werhte
ge-spreca
One who talks with another ⬩ a counsellor
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One who talks with another, a counsellor Abraham wæs Godes gespreca Abraham was one who talked with God, Homl. Th. ii. 190, 12. Ðú dé ánne genim to gesprecan symle spella and lára rǽd-hycgende always take as thy counsellor one sagacious in discourses
Linked entry: ge-speca
sincan
to sink ⬩ to act as an aperient
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to sink Ðá ingon sincan cum coepisset mergi, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 14, 30. Hwæðer sincende sǽflód wǽre. Cd. Th. 86, 27; Gen. 1437. to act as an aperient Gif ðæt sié ómihte wǽte innan, tyhte hié mon út mid líþum mettum sincendum, and ne lǽt inne gesittan on
Linked entry: be-sincan
ge-nóg
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Add: in agreement with a noun, which it generally follows Ne bið ðǽr nǽnig ealo gebrowen, ac þǽr bið medo genóh, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 19. Hond gemunde fǽhðo genóge, B. 2489. Hé cúðe sóð genóg, Gú. 266. Gefæstnodon mé feóndas genóge, Kr. 33. Ꝥ hé næbbe sǽlþa