a-biddan
To ask ⬩ pray ⬩ pray to ⬩ pray for ⬩ obtain by asking or praying ⬩ petere ⬩ precari ⬩ postulare ⬩ exorare ⬩ impetrare
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Ðá sendon hý tuá heora ǽrendracan to Rómánum æfter friðe; and hit abiddan ne mihtan then they sent their ambassadors twice to Rome for peace; and could not obtain it, Ors. 4, 7; Bos. 87, 39.
FLINT
FLINT ⬩ a rock ⬩ sĭlex ⬩ petra
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Híg cómon to ðam flinte, and Moyses ætfóran him eallum slóh mid ðære girde túwa ðone flint, and fleów sóna of ðam flinte wæter they came to the rock, and Moses struck the rock twice with his rod before them all, and immediately water flowed from (he rock
K
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written with c, twice with k.
-feald
manifold
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manifold
twégen
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Tú swá lange swá ða óðru twice as long as the others, 897; Erl. 95, 12. Nymaþ twá swá micel feós pecuniam duplicem ferte, Gen. 43, 12. Selle man him twá swylc swylce man æt him nime, Lchdm. i. 400, 17.
twǽde
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Dó ðæs swefles swilcan ðara wyrta twǽde to the quantity of sulphur put twice as much of the plants, 78, 8. Se biscop and ða hígen áhten twǽde ðæs wuda and ðæs mæstes, Chart. Th. 70, 29. Se cyning áh twǽdne dǽl (twegen dǽlas, MSS. B.
Linked entry: þridda
sumer-lida
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving
ríp
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Twuga on geáre ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre tó rípe twice a-year, once at hay-time and the other at harvest, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 400, 30. His men beón gearuwe ge tó rípe ge tó huntoþe, v. 162, 28. Huíto sint tó hrippe ( ad messem ), Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 35.
Linked entry: ripa
metod
fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ death
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A word found only in poetry (the phrase se metoda drihten occurs twice in Ælfric's Homilies, but in alliterative passages).
nemnan
to name ⬩ give a name to a person or thing ⬩ to use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thing ⬩ to call upon the name of ⬩ address by name ⬩ to invoke ⬩ to mention by name ⬩ to mention ⬩ relate ⬩ to name ⬩ nominate
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Pronomen spelaþ ðone naman ðæt ðú ne þurfe tuwa hine nemnan the pronoun represents the noun so that you need not mention it (the noun) twice, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 30. Swá on ðære, ilcan láre nemned ( mentioned ) is, Blickl.
ge-mót
A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, council ⬩ conventus, congregatio, concursus ⬩ Concĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,
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geáre burh-gemót; and túwa, scir-gemót, and ðǽr beó on ðære scire bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruld-riht and let the hundred-moot be attended as it was before fixed; and thrice in the year let a city-moot be held; and twice
Linked entry: ge-mét
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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And habbe man þriwa on geára burh-gemót, and twá scír-gemót and thrice a year let there be a borough meeting, and twice a shire meeting, L. C. S. 18; Th. i. 386, 4, 5
Linked entries: aldor-mon ealdermen ealdor-mon ealdur-man eldor-man
IN
In ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ in ⬩ to ⬩ In
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'In is not found in Alfred's Metres, in the Runic poem, or in Byrhtnoþ; it occurs twice in the metrical Psalms, three times in Cædmon's Genesis; elsewhere in the poetry in and on freely interchange; but in prevails in the North, on in the South.
Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern
bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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geáre burh-gemót; and túwa scír-gemót; and ðǽr beó on ðære scíre bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruld-riht and let the hundred-moot be attended as it was before fixed; and thrice in the year let a city-moot be held; and twice
Linked entries: ealdor-biscop biscep biscop
sweord
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Th. 3120-9; B. 1558-62; and twice besides occurs the phrase 'eald sweord eotonisc,' 5225; B. 2616: 5950; B. 2979; see also 'enta ǽrgeweorc' applied to the workmanship of a sword, 3362; B. 1679.
Linked entry: swyrd
Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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. heárra] ðonne ða óðru; nǽron hí náwðær ne on Frysisc gesceapen ne on Denisc; bútan swá him sylfum þúhte ðæt hí nytwyrðe beón meahton then, A.D. 897, king Alfred commanded long ships to be built against the Danish ships [æscas] which were full nigh twice
swilc
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Mealwan seáwes þrý lytle bollan gemengde wiþ swilc tú wæteres ( twice as much water ), 214, 15. Genim wínes and eles swilc healf take some wine and of oil half as much, 180, 11.
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.