segn
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Wið ðone segn foran þengel rád, Cd. Th. 188, 23 ; Exod. 172. Segnas stódon standards were stationary, 214, 7 ; Exod. 565 : 197, 4 ; Exod. 302.
Linked entry: segen
níd
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ urgent requirement ⬩ a necessary business ⬩ duty ⬩ need ⬩ what one wants ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ difficulty ⬩ hardship ⬩ distress ⬩ force ⬩ compulsion
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Kmbl. 341, 8; Rún. 10 : Exon. Th. 429, 22; Rä. 43, 8 : 50, 14; Cri. 800 : 284, 28; Jul. 704 : Elen. Kmbl. 2519; El. 1261
ge-wítan
to see ⬩ behold ⬩ videre ⬩ spectare ⬩ to turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that direction ⬩ to set out towards ⬩ start ⬩ pass over ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ withdraw ⬩ go away ⬩ retreat ⬩ retire ⬩ die ⬩ transire ⬩ discedere
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[b] with other infinitives :-- Ic gewíte sécan gársecges grund I go and seek the ocean's bottom, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 24; Rä. 3, 1.
Linked entries: aweg-gewítan aweg-gewitenes
ongeagn
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R. 21, 10. Ic him módes gǽlsan ongeán bere grimra geþonca, Jul. 367. Ic eów sweord ongeán oðberan þence, Gú. 273 : El. 43. Geopena ongeán mé lífes geat, Hml. Th. i. 76, 3 : Rä. 76, 3.
þanc
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Th. 402, 7; Rä. 21, 26. Hé of stánclife burnan leódum lǽdde on leófne þanc, Ps. Th. 135, 17. on þance pleasing, agreeable, grateful, cf. thín thionost is im an thanke, Hél. 118 : O. H.
ge-hwilc
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Þæt is heálic rǽd monna gehwylcum þe gemynd hafað, 431. Secga gehwylcum þára þe on swylc starað, B. 996 : An. 1154. Þǽr is ár gelang fira gehwylcum þám þe hié findan cann, 982.
Etna
Etna, the volcano of Sicily
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Nú manna gitsung is swá byrnende, swá ðæt fýr on ðaelig;re helle, seó is on ðam múnte ðe Ætne hátte now the covetousness of men is as burning as the fire in the hell, which is in the mountain that is called Etna, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 20.
ÁN
ONE ⬩ unus ⬩ una ⬩ unum ⬩ alone ⬩ only ⬩ sole ⬩ another ⬩ solus ⬩ alius ⬩ sole ⬩ alone of its kind ⬩ singular ⬩ unique ⬩ without an equal ⬩ unicus ⬩ eximius ⬩ a certain one ⬩ some one ⬩ quidam ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ unus-quisque ⬩ una-quæque ⬩ unum-quodque ⬩ One ⬩ other
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, Grn.] gebróðra hæfdon quod alium haberetis vos fratrem, Gen. 43, 6. sole, alone of its kind, singular, unique, without an equal; unicus, eximius Án sunu, mǽre meotudes bearn the only Son, illustrious child of the Creator, Exon. 128 a; Th. 492, 7; Rä
LAND
LAND ⬩ earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ region ⬩ district ⬩ province ⬩ land ⬩ landed property ⬩ estate ⬩ cultivated land ⬩ country
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Exon. 101 b; Th. 383, 15; Rä. 4, 11.
Linked entries: land-gewyrpe landes mann
sél
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</b> marking the rank or class of a person :-- Ðone sélestan ( of the highest class ) . . . ðane óðerne . . . ðane þriddan, L.
Linked entry: sélost
strang
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Th. 426, 25; Rä. 41, 79. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on fæstum landum and on strangum, Lchdm. i. 134, 19.
steóran
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Th. 393, 3; Rä. 12, 4. to reprove, chide, rebuke Se ðe steórþ þeóda qui corripit gentes, Ps. Lamb. 93, 10. Stiórde ł stiórend wæs him comminatus est eis, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 8, 30.
gifan
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R. L. 18, 39
spéd
Speed ⬩ success ⬩ means ⬩ speed ⬩ quickness ⬩ speedily ⬩ quickly ⬩ speed ⬩ success ⬩ prosperous issue ⬩ means ⬩ substance ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ power ⬩ faculty ⬩ opportunity ⬩ means of doing anything ⬩ progeny ⬩ celeritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia
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Th. 387, 28; Rä. 5, 12. Swá wit him an spéd sprecaþ we shall speak so as to convince him, Cd. Th. 36, 21; Gen. 575. Ic on ðínre hǽlo hyldo sóhte and on ðínre sprǽce spéd sóðfæste in salutari tuo, et in eloquio justitiae tuae, Ps. Th. 118, 123.
ge-myndig
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Hé cwæð: ' Mín bearn, nelt þú beón gemyndig' adjuro te, ne me sollicitum de hac re dimittas . . . Ait: Fili mi, de hac re sollicitare noli, Guth. 165, 80. mindful of what one purposes to do, intent on. Cf. ge-mynd; IX, IX a.
ge-wǽcan
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Gif man on huntuþe rán mid fláne gewǽceþ, Lch. i. 166, 25. Ic for yldum gewǽht eom, ꝥ ic delfan ne mæg, Hml. S. 23 b, 782. Nis hǽlo on flǽsce míne. Gewǽht ( afflatus ) ic eom, Ps. Spl. 37, 8.
þeáw
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Th. 393, 11; Rä. 12, 8. Hé wæs swíþe yfel monn ealra þeáwa, búton ðæt hé wæs céne his conduct was very bad in every respect, except that he was brave, Ors. 6, 14; Swt. 268, 27.
ge-met
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R. 23, 32. VII b. in reference to speech that is regulated by measure, metre :-- Metra, ðæt is on Englisc gemetu. Ðá gemetu gebyriað tó Lédenum leóðcræfte, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 18.
lang
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Werod Waldend sende on langne síð, 68. of a material object Hafað tungan lange, Rä. 59, 8. Gyrde lange, Sal. 90. Habbað leóht speru, lange sceaftas, 120.
self
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Th. 58, 19 ; Cri. 938: 387, 25 ; Rä. 5, 10. Ic ðé sǽde ǽr on ðisse selfan béc (cf. on ðisse ilcan béc, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 25), Met. 25, 54. On ðære sylfan nihte . . . On ðam sylfan mynstre, Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 595, 33, 36.