gild
a payment of money ⬩ a tribute ⬩ compensation ⬩ retribution ⬩ substitute ⬩ solutio ⬩ tributum ⬩ compensatio ⬩ remuneratio ⬩ retributio ⬩ GUILD ⬩ society ⬩ club, to which payments were made for mutual protection and support, more extensive than our friendly societies ⬩ societas ⬩ fraternitas ⬩ a payment to God ⬩ worship ⬩ service ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ offering ⬩ cultus ⬩ sacrificium ⬩ a heathen deity ⬩ numen ⬩ a visible object of worship ⬩ an idol ⬩ idolum
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a payment of money, a tribute, compensation, retribution, substitute; solutio, tributum, compensatio, remuneratio, retributio Beád ðá Swegen full gild then Sweyn commanded a full contribution, Chr. 1013; Th. 273, 6.
Linked entries: gield gild-scipe ed-gild gild-selenn ge-gild ge-gilda geld geold gyld hǽðen-gild
ge-bycgan
To buy ⬩ procure ⬩ purchase ⬩ redeem ⬩ emere ⬩ redimere
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Ðú blóde gebohtest bearn Israéla thou host redeemed the children of Israel with thy blood, Hy. 8, 26; Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 26. Lundenwaru him friþ gebohton the Londoners bought themselves peace, Chr. 1016; Erl. 159, 23.
ge-byrd
birth ⬩ origin ⬩ beginning ⬩ parentage ⬩ family ⬩ lineage ⬩ nativitas ⬩ origo ⬩ stirps ⬩ genus ⬩ nature ⬩ quality ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ natura ⬩ qualitas ⬩ conditio ⬩ sors ⬩ fatum
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Cennan bearn mid gebyrdum to bring forth children by birth, Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 32; Gn. Ex. 25. Wæs he líchomlícre gebyrde æðeles cynnes erat carnis origine nobilis, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 15.
stefn
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Swá him seó stefen beád, Gl. Prud. 1 a. Sió býman stefen, Exon. Th. 65, 29; Cri. 1062. Heó clypode micelre stefne, Lk. Skt. 1, 42. Hé cúþre stæfne wæs tó mé sprecende, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 43. Gif ðú sanges stæfne gehýrdest, 4, 3; S. 568, 30.
duguþ
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Hé beád ꝥ eall ꝥ folc cóme and eal seó dugoþ Rómána folces, Bl. H. 187, 13. Eóde Porrus se kyning mé on hond mid ealle his ferde and dugoþe. Nar. 19, 17. Þǽr gelífde sum ríce man mid ealre his duguðe, Chr. 627; P. 25, 24. Dugheþe senatu, An.
ge-namian
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Hit is gewunelic on hálgum gewritum þæt gehwám bið fæder genamod be his efenlǽcunge: gif hé geeuenlǽcð Gode . . . hé bið Godes bearn gecíged, Hml. Th. ii. 228, 2.
ge-efenlǽcan
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Se man þe deófle geefenlǽcð, sé bið deófles bearn, Hml. i. 260, 12. Hé geeuenlǽcð Gode, ii. 228, 3. Hí ne geefenlǽcað ná Abrahame, Hml. A. 35, 266, 269: 46, 538. Hyre geeuenlǽhton hyre cnihtas, Hml. S. 2, 101. Þínum Drihtne geefenlǽc, 21, 371.
sceáwung
a looking at, contemplation, consideration ⬩ respect,regard ⬩ reconnoitring, surveying, examination ⬩ a spectacle, show ⬩ a show, appearance, pretence
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Ðá hét Neron gewyrcean mycelne tor, and beád ðæt eall ðæt folc cóme tó ðisse sceáwunga (the spectacle of Simon flying from the tower ), Blickl.
heáp
- Cd. 215 ;
- Th. 270, 9 ;
- Sat. 87 .
A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, company ⬩ a troop, flock ⬩ strues, acervus
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Hwanon ferigeaþ gé heresceafta heáp whence bear ye a heap of war shafts, Beo. Th. 675; B. 335. Hengestes heáp Hengest's band, 2186; B. 1091. His ðone gecorenan heáp electos suos, Ps. Th. 104, 38: L. Ælfc. P. 21; Th. ii. 372, 3.
on-sacan
to attack, strive against ⬩ to, resist, refuse to comply with a demand ⬩ to declare that one has no knowledge of a person ⬩ to refuse a person what he wants ⬩ to refuse to acknowledge a claim, not to allow the truth of a statement, in a legal sense to deny a charge ⬩ to make excuse ⬩ to sacrifice
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Hé ne trúwode ðæt hé sǽmannum onsacan mihte, hord forstandan bearn and brýde. Beo. Th. 5901 ; B. 2954. to deny, of persons, to declare that one has no knowledge of a person Ne ðé onsæco (-sæcco, Lind.) ic non te negabo, Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 31.
wudu
wood ⬩ the substance of growing trees ⬩ a tree ⬩ (hewh) wood ⬩ the material obtained from trees ⬩ wood which forms something ⬩ something made of wood ⬩ wood ⬩ wood ⬩ the wood ⬩ woods ⬩ a wood ⬩ wild
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Similar entries Cf. beám, treów Ongan sprecan wudu sélesta : ' Ic wæs áheáwen holies on ende, ' Rood Kmbl. 54; Kr. 27. wood, forest Wudu silva, Wrt.
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Gif ceorl ácwyle be libbendum wífe and bearne, riht is ðæt ðæt bearn médder folgige, L. H. E. 6; Th. i. 30, 3 : L. In. 38; Th. i. 126, 3.
Linked entry: BRÝD
for-brecan
To break ⬩ break in two ⬩ bruise ⬩ crush ⬩ violate ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ confringĕre ⬩ conterere ⬩ commĭnuĕre ⬩ viŏlāre
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Ic sumra fét forbræc bealo-searwum I have broken the feet of some by wicked snares. Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 30; Jul. 473. He helle dúru forbræc he brake hell's door, Cd. 223; Th. 294, 8; Sat. 468: Ps. Spl. 106, 16.
here-geatu
military equipment ⬩ heriot
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A: heregeatowe, B. wægeþ it bears arms, Salm. Kmbl. 106; Sal. 52. Ða beóþ mid gyldenum hyltsweordum and mid manigfealdum heregeatwum gehyrste septos tristibus armis, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 6: Bt. Met.
æt-speornan
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Þára wóhnys ætspearn (bealh, v. l.) æt þám regole his rihtinge quorum tortitudo in norma ejus rectitudinis offendebat . Gr. D. 104, 15. Heora wóhnys on ðám regole ætspearn, Hml. Th. ii. 158, ll
denn
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Add: a den, lair of a beast Haran den lepusculi cubile, Kent. Gl. 1107. Denn lustra (ferarum ), An. Ox. 26, 47. v. þeóf-denn. a woodland pasture for swine Hí geúðen Ælfwolde ánes dennes wið his lícwyrðan scætte, ꝥ is .MCCCC. and L denarios.
brytta
A bestower, dispenser, distributor, prince, lord, God? ⬩ largitor, dispensator, administrator, princeps, dominus, Deus?
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Beága brytta a distributor of rings or bracelets, Beo. Th. 69; B. 35: 709; B. 352: 2978; B. 1487. Synna brytta the prince of sins, the devil. Elen. Kmbl. 1913; El. 958. Morðres brytta the prince of murder, the devil, Andr. Kmbl. 2342; An. 1172.
a-weccan
to awake ⬩ arouse from sleep ⬩ awake from death ⬩ e somno excitare ⬩ suscitare ⬩ resuscitare ⬩ to excite ⬩ rouse ⬩ stir up ⬩ call forth ⬩ raise up ⬩ raise up children ⬩ excitare ⬩ concitare ⬩ suscitare ⬩ resuscitare
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He mæg bearn aweccan [aweccean Mt. Bos. 3, 9] potens est suscitare filios, Lk. Bos. 3, 8. Hys bróðor sǽd awecce suscitet semen fratri suo, 20, 28
ÉCE
Eternal, perpetual, everlasting ⬩ sempĭternus, æternus
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Godes éce bearn God's eternal child, Exon. 18 b; Th. 46, 29; Cri. 744. Swá him se éca bebead as the Eternal bade him, Cd. 107; Th. 142, 28; Gen. 2368. Éces word the Eternal's word, Exon. 61 b; Th. 225, 33; Ph. 398.
Linked entry: ǽce
fiðere
A wing ⬩ āla ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ
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Bearn manna under wǽfelse oððe on gescyldnesse ðínra fiðera [Spl. fyðera] hopiaþ fīlii hŏmĭnum in tegmĭne ālārum tuārum spērābunt, Ps. Lamb. 35, 8: 56, 2: 60, 5.