æþelborenness
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Hláford, úre ceaster is þearfende and ne mæg þíne æðelborennesse ácuman, Ap. Th. 9, 8: 15, 22. inborn nature Æþelbornesse indolem, An. Ox. 4518. v. preceding word
daru
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S. 15, 7. loss, deprivation Þonne se mon bið blind, þeáh hé mycel áge, ꝥ him bið mycel daru, gif hé hit geseón ne mæg, Bl. H. 21, 8
erian
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Man mæg on wintra erian, Angl. ix. 261, 22. Ǽlce dæg ic (the ploughman) sceal erian fulne æcer oþþe máre, Coll. M. 19, 21. Hwylc man áþóhte ærest mid sul tó erianne? Ðæt wæs Cham, Noes sunu, Sal. K. p. 186, 28. Add
inn
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Hé tihð his fét suá hé inmest mæg, Past. 241, 12. See also verbs where in has been taken as a prefix
æf(e)stig
envious ⬩ zealous (against)
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Hwá mæg beón ungesǽlgra ðonne se æfstiga (-ega, v. 1.) Past. 231, 22. Ðæs æfestigan invidi Hy. S. 16, 3. Ne sýn wé tó æfestige (-æst-, v. 1.) Wlfst. 253, 6. Ðá æfestgan (sefstegan, v. 1.) invidi Past. 229, II. Æfestigra manna, R. Ben. 92, 12.
hálgung
Hallowing, consecration, sanctification ⬩ consecracio, dedicacio ⬩ sanctificatio
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Seðe ða hálgunge oððe ða lectionem ne mæg æfter þeáwe gefyllan qui consecrationem vel lectionem non potest rite implere, L. Ecg Q. 35; Th. ii. 160, 16. Hé ne háding ne háleging ne dó let him not ordain nor consecrate, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 28, 34
á-firran
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His strengo mæg bión áfyrred (-feorred, v. l, ), Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 31. Áfirred exorcizatum, Rtl. 113. 28. Áweg áfyrred. Lch. i. 340, 21. Áfirredum abjecta . Rtl. 38, 9. Áfyr-redne evulsam , Wrt.
wrítan
To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter
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Wrít ðam horse on ðam heáfde foran Cristes mǽl, and on leoþa gehwylcum ðe ðú ætfeolan mæge. Lchdm. ii. 290, 23. Wrít him Cristes mǽl on ǽlcum lime, 346, 6.
on-gripe
Attack, assault
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Attack, assault Ðǽra wyrma ongrype and ðæra sorhwíta mǽst, Wulfst. 187, 2.
byrþen-mete
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Substitute: <b>byrþen-mǽte;</b> adj. Burdensome Byrðenméte onerosa, Kent. Gl. 1011
-ling
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Add: v. byrd-, cýþ-, efen-, heáfod-, mæst-, rǽp-, reád-, sib-, þeów-, þeówet-, under-, wǽdl- (?), wiþer-ling
neáh-dǽ
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a neighbouring part In þám neáhdǽlum Tuscie mǽgðe in vicinis partibus Tusciae, Gr. D. 71, 30
on-dǽlend
One who imparts
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One who imparts Mægna sellend and bloedsunga ondǽlend virtutum dator et benedictionum infusor, Rtl. 103, 38
Linked entry: dǽlend
nán
not one ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ none ⬩ no man ⬩ nothing
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Grammar nán, with partitive genitive Næs ǽnig engel geworden, ne ðæs miclan mægen-þrymmes nán, Exon. Th. 22, 17; Cri. 352. Him ne mæg ealdfeónda nán átre sceþþan, 229, 2; Ph. 449. Gúþbilla nán, Beo. Th. 1610; B. 803: 1980; B. 988.
stópel
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A foot-step, mark left by the foot Man dæghwamlíce ða moldan nimeþ on ðǽm lástum . . . and nǽfre man ðære moldan tó ðæs feale ne nimeþ, ðæt mon ǽfre þurh ðæt mǽge á ðý máran dǽl on ðǽm stóplum gewercean ( make the footprints larger ) . . .
un-deóre
Cheaply ⬩ at a small cost
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Swylce mon undeórest bicgan mæge quid vilius comparari potent, 89, 17
ge-wénan
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Ox. 803. to think probable, expect Ne ꝥ gewoene ꝥ mæge styrnisse giworða that a tumult need not be expected; ne forte tumultus fieret, Mk. R. 14, 2. to hope for Þá hwíle ðe ðǽr bið gewéned ǽnig behreówsung, Hml. Th. ii. 340, 6
fóre-setnes
a thing proposed ⬩ proposition ⬩ purpose ⬩ intention ⬩ propŏsĭtio ⬩ propŏsĭtum ⬩ that which is placed before ⬩ a preposition ⬩ præpŏsĭtio
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Ic sprece fóresetnyssa fram frymþe lŏquar propŏsĭtiōnes ab inĭtio, 77, 2. that which is placed before, a preposition; præpŏsĭtio Præpŏsitio mæg beón gecweden on Englisc fóresetnyss præpŏsĭtio may be called in English a fore-setting, Ælfc.
Linked entries: fór-gesettenys fór-settednys
mǽnan
To tell of ⬩ relate ⬩ declare
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Ðý læs ðæt weras gieddum mǽndan be mé lifgendum lest men should tell of it in songs during my lifetime, 50 b; Th. 176, 9; Gú. 1206, Ic mæg singan and secgan, spell mǽnan, hú me cynegóde cystum dohten, 85 b; Th. 321, 32; Wid. 55: Beo.
ge-dígan
To endure ⬩ carry through ⬩ tolerate ⬩ overcome ⬩ escape ⬩ ĕti ⬩ perpĕti ⬩ perferre ⬩ tolerāre ⬩ superāre ⬩ evadere
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To endure, carry through, tolerate, overcome, escape; ĕti, perpĕti, perferre, tolerāre, superāre, evadere Swá mǽg unfǽge gedíganweán so an undoomed [man] may escape calamity, Beo. Th. 4572; B. 2291.