a prep. [= on] on, at, in, to, for.
ā I. (āwa, ō) adv. always, ever, at all, continuously, for ever, Æ, AO, CP. ā on ēcnisse; ā butan ende world without end: at any time: in any degree. [ON. ei, ey]
II. f. = ǣ
ā- (unemphatic verbal prefix); I. orig. = forth, away, but as a rule only intensitive in meaning.
II. = on-
III. ym(b)-
IV. = ā (I.) in pronouns and participles, and gives a sense of indefiniteness.
V. = ǣ-
āǣlan = onǣlan
āǣðan = āīeðan
āb = ōweb
ābacan6 to bake, ÆH 2·2689.
ābǣdan to compel, restrain, ward off: exact, take toll: force out, extract.
ābæligan = ǣbylgan
ābǣran to disclose, bring to light, DD 41.
ābærnan = onbærnan
ābannan7 to summon, convoke, command: announce, proclaim. ā. ūt call out, assemble, Chr. [‘abanne’]
ābarian to lay bare, disclose.
abbud (a, o) m. ‘abbot,’ BH, Chr; Æ. [L. abbatem]
abbuddōm m. abbatial jurisdiction, BH.
abbudesse f. abbess, Chr.
abbudhād m. abbatial rank, dignity, LL.
abbudlēast f. lack of an abbot, BC 1·155´.
abbudrīce (o) n. abbey, abbacy, office or jurisdiction of an abbot (used even of a convent of nuns).
ābēatan7 to beat, strike, break to pieces, make to fall, Cr. [‘abeat’]
ābēcēdē f. ABC, alphabet.
ābedecian (eðe-) to get by begging or asking, Bo 7112.
abedisse = abbudesse
ābēgan = ābȳgan
ābelgan3 to make angry, irritate, offend, Sol; Æ, AO, CP: hurt, distress: be angry with. [‘abelgen’]
ābēodan2 to order, proclaim, bid, command, direct: summon, call out: announce, relate, declare, present, offer, AO; Æ. hǣl ā. to wish one good luck, greet, bid farewell to. [‘abede’]
ābeofian = ābifian
ābēogan = ābūgan
ābeornan3 to take fire, PPs 10516.
āberan4 to bear, carry: endure, suffer, Mt, Bo; Æ, CP: bear (a child), Æ: take away, remove: reveal: (refl.) restrain oneself: do without, NC 268.
ā-berd, -bered crafty, cunning.
āberendlic bearable.
ābernan (N) = ābeornan
āberstan3 to burst out, break out, Æ, CP: break away, escape. ūt ā. break out.
ābeðecian = ābedecian
ābicgan = ābycgan
ābīdan1 to ‘abide,’ wait, remain, delay, remain behind, AO: survive: wait for, await, Æ: expect, Mt 113.
ābiddan5 to ask for, request, require, demand, pray, pray to, pray for, Æ: get by asking, obtain, Æ, AO, CP: call out (an army).
ābifian (eo) to tremble, quake, shake.
ābiran = āberan
ābiring = ābyrging
ābisg-, ābiseg- = ābysg-
ābītan1 to bite in pieces, tear to pieces, devour, gnaw, Æ, AO: taste, partake of, consume.
ābit(e)rian to turn bitter, CP 34124: embitter.
ābitt = ābit
ābītt = ābīt
The first edition gives “ābit” as a form of ābiddan, “ābīt” as a form of ābīdan or ābītan.
āblācian to become pale, grow faint: become tarnished, CP 1352.
āblǣcan to bleach, whiten, BJPs 509.
āblǣcnes f. pallor, gloom, Lcd 1·294.
āblǣcung f. pallor, HGl 518.
āblǣst inspired, furious.
āblāwan1 to blow, blow away, breathe upon, Æ: puff up, swell, Lcd 93b. [‘ablow’]
āblāw-nes, -ung f. inflation, Lcd.
āblegned ulcerated, Lcd.
āblendan to blind, put out the eyes of, Æ, CP: dazzle, deceive, delude, Æ. [‘ablend’]
āblēred bare, uncovered, bald. [blēre]
āblīcan1 to shine, glitter.
āblicgan = āblycgan
āblignes = ǣbylgnes
āblindan to make blind, Bl 1514.
āblindian = āblendan
āblinnan3 to cease, leave off, desist, Æ, AO, CP.
āblinnednes f. cessation, interruption, A 5·465.
āblinnendlīce indefatigably, HGl 42932.
āblinnendnes = āblinnednes
āblisian (Æ) = āblysian
āblissian to make glad, please, GD 335n.
āblongen = ābolgen, pp. of ābelgan.
āblycgan (i) to grow pale, Æ: make afraid.
āblynnan = āblinnan
āblysian to blush.
āblysung f. blushing, shame, RB 13311.
ābodian to announce, proclaim, LkR 123.
ābolgennes f. irritation, WW 23019.
āborgian to be surety for, LL: (w. æt) borrow.
āborian = ābarian
ābracian to engrave, emboss.
ābrǣdan I. to spread out, dilate: stretch out, Æ.
II. bake, Lcd 44a.
ābraslian to crash, crackle, GD 23612.
ābrēac pret. 3 sg. of ābrūcan.
ābrēat pret. 3 sg. of ābrēotan.
ābrecan4 to break, break to pieces, break down, conquer, capture, violate, destroy, Æ, AO, CP: break away from.
ābrēdan3 to move quickly, draw, unsheath, wench, pull out, Mt: withdraw, take away, draw back, free from, Æ, AO. ūp ābroden drawn up, raised up: start up, awake. [‘abraid’]
ābredwian to lay low, kill, B 2619.
ābrēgan to alarm, terrify.
ābregdan = ābrēdan
ābrēotan2 to destroy, kill.
ābrēotnes f. extermination, OET 182.
ābrēoðan2 (intr.) to fail, decay, deteriorate, perish, be destroyed, Ma; Æ. ābroðen (pp.) degenerate, reprobate, ÆGr. (tr. and wk.) destroy. [v. ‘brethe’]
ābrerd- = onbryrd-
ābroðennes f. baseness, cowardice, W.
ābrūcan3 to eat, A 11·117.
ābryrd- = onbryrd-
ābrȳtan to destroy, EPs 369.
ābūfan (= on-) adv. above, Chr 1090e.
ābūgan2 (= on-) to bow, incline, bend, submit, do reverence, B, ChrL; Æ: swerve, turn (to or from), deviate, CP: withdraw, retire: be bent or turned, turn one’s self. [‘abow’]
ābunden unimpeded.
ābūrod not inhabited, TC 16228.
ābūtan, -būten, -būton. I. prep. acc. on, about, around, on the outside, round about, CP, ChrL, Æ.
II. adv. about, nearly, ChrC. [= onbūtan; ‘about’]
ābycgan to buy, pay for, requite: redeem: perform, execute.
ābyffan to mutter, WW 44724.
ābȳgan (ē) to bend, deflect: subdue, bring low: convert.
ābȳgendlic v. un-ā.
ābylg-, ābylig- = ǣbylg-
ā-byrgan, -byrian to taste, eat.
ābyrging (-iri-) f. taste.
ābysgian to busy, occupy, employ: engage in, undertake: take up, fill, GD.
ābysgung f. occupation: trouble.
ābȳwan (ēo) to rub off, polish, cleanse, purify.
ac I. conj. but: but also, moreover, nevertheless, however: because, for (?): and (?), An 569. ac gif unless, except, Bl 151. [Goth. ak]
II. interrog. particle, why, wherefore, whether: in direct questions = L. nonne, numquid.
āc f. gds. and np. ǣc ‘oak,’ Æ, Ct, Lcd; Mdf: (‡) ship of oak: (w. nap. ācas) name of the rune for a. [OHG. eih]
ācǣgan = ācīgan
ācǣglod ‘serratus,’ Nar 2026.
ācænn- = ācenn-
ācærran = ācirran
ācalan6 to become frost-bitten, Lcd 2b.
acan6 to ‘ache,’ suffer pain, Æ.
acas, acase f. (NG) = æcs
ācbēam m. oak-tree.
accent m. accent. [L.]
āccynn n. a kind of oak, WW 4306.
ācdrenc m. oak drink, drink made from acorns?, WW.
ace = ece
ācealdian to become cold, Æ, CP. [‘acold’]
ācēapian to buy off, buy out.
ācēlan to cool off, still, quiet, Met. [‘akele’]
ācelma = ǣcelma
ācen = ǣcen
ācennan to bring forth, produce, renew, Bo, WG; Æ: attribute to. [‘akenne(d)’]
ācennedlic ‘genuinus,’ native, OEG.
ācennednes (WG; Æ), -cennes (CP, NG; AO) f. birth. [‘akenn(ed)nes’]
ācennend m. parent, DR 19711.
ācennicge f. mother, DR.
ācenning f. birth, Bk 16.
ācēocian (tr.) to choke: (intr.) burn out.
ācēocung f. ‘ruminatio,’ WW 1792.
āceorfan3 to cut off, hew down, AO, CP. onweg ā. to cut away. of ā. to cut off, AO.
ācēosan2 to choose, AO, CP.
acer = æcer
ācerr- = ācirr-
ācīgan to call, summon.
ācirran (e, y) (tr.) to turn, turn away or aside: (intr.) turn oneself, go, return.
ācirrednes v. onweg-ā.
ācl = ācol
āclǣnsian to cleanse, purify, Æ.
āclēaf n. oak leaf, Lcd.
āclēofan2 to cleave, EC 35110.
ācleopian to call out, WW 3785.
+āclian † to frighten, excite. [ācol]
āclungen contracted, WW 23937. [clingan]
ācmelu n. acorn meal, Lcd.
ācmistel f. mistletoe, Lcd.
ācn- = ēacn-
ācnāwan1 to know, recognise, understand.
ācnyssan to drive out, expel, SPs 3513.
ācofrian to recover, Lcd. [‘acover’]
ācol † affrighted, dismayed.
ācōlian to grow cold, CP.
ācolitus m. acolyte, LL [L.].
ācolmōd † fearful minded, timid.
+ācolmōdian to cast down, sadden, WW 20916. [ācol]
ācordian to make terms, reconcile, Chr 1120.
ācorenlic eligible, worthy of choice, CP 40936.
ācostnian to try, test, prove, CM, WW.
ācræftan to think out, devise, AO 4629.
ācrammian to cram, WW 23610.
ācrēopian to creep, crawl, Æ.
ācrimman3 (y) to cram, stuff, WW.
ācrind f. oak bark, Lcd.
acs = æx
ācs- = āsc-
acse = asce
āctān m. oak-twig, Lcd.
āctrēo n. oak-tree, Wif 2836.
ācucian (Æ) = ācwician
ācul = ācol
ācuma (Æ) = ācumba
ācuman4 to come, come forth (from), Æ: bear, bring: endure, withstand, Æ: get to or from, reach, Gen. [‘acome’]
ācum-ba m., -be fn. ‘oakum,’ hards, tow, Lcd, OEG, WW: ashes of oakum: parings, clippings. [cemban]
ācumendlic tolerable, Æ: possible.
ācumendlīcnes f. possibility.
ācunnan (NG) = oncunnan
ācunnian to try, test, prove: experience, CP.
ācunnung f. experience, trial, GD.
ācusan to accuse, MtL 1210 [L.].
ācwacian to tremble.
ācwæncan = ācwencan
ācweccan (tr.) to move, swing, shake, vibrate, Ma; Æ: (intr.) quiver, Æ. [‘aquetch’]
ācwelan4 to die, perish, Æ, AO, CP.
ācwellan to kill, destroy, JnL; Æ, AO, CP. [‘aquell’]
ācwellednes (eæ2) f. slaughter, EPs 4322.
ācwencan to quench, extinguish, Mt; AO. [‘aquench’]
ācweorna m. squirrel, Gl. [‘aquerne’]
ācweorran3 to guzzle, gorge, ELPs 7771.
ācwern = ācweorna
ācwerren = ācworren pp. of ācweorran.
ācweðan5 to say, speak out, declare, utter, express, answer, Gen: reject, banish, Gen 304. [‘acweath’]
ācwician (tr.) to quicken, vivify, Ps: (intr.) revive, BH. [‘aquick’]
ācwīnan1 to dwindle away, disappear, go out (of fire), BH, LPs.
ācwincan3 to vanish, be extinguished or eclipsed.
ā-cwucian, -cwycian = ācwician
ācwudu m. an oak wood, KC 6·21819.
ācwylan = ācwelan
ācwylman to kill, slay.
ācwylmian to be tormented, W 2205.
ācwyncan = ācwencan
ācynned = ācenned pp. of ācennan.
ācyrr- = ācirr-
ācȳðan to show, proclaim, reveal, announce, confirm, prove.
ād mn. heap, funeral pile, pyre: fire, flame. [OHG. eit]
ādǣlan to divide, separate.
ādēadian to fail, decay, mortify, become torpid or callous, Æ.
ādēafian to became deaf, WW 17925.
ādēafung f. deafening, making deaf, Lcd. [v. ‘adeave’]
ādel I. = ādl.
II. = ādela
ādela m. mud, dirt, filth, filthy place, Æ. [‘addle’]
ādelfan3 to delve, dig, excavate, Æ, AO, CP.
ādeliht filthy, WW.
ādelsēað m. sewer, sink, Æ.
ādēman to judge, try, deprive of or exclude from by a legal decision: try, afflict.
ādeorcian to become dull, obscure, tarnished, CP: grow dark, W.
āderian to hurt, GD 21919.
adesa m., adese f. ‘adze,’ hatchet, BH, W.
ādexe = āðexe
ād-faru f. ds. -fære way or path to the funeral pile, B 3010.
ādfini n. limit? ash-heap of a beacon? EC 3545.
ādfȳr n. sacrificial fire, Ex 398.
+ādgian = +ēadgian
ādihtan to compose, write.
ādihtian to regulate, arrange, order, CP.
ā-dīlegian, -dīl(i)gian (ȳ) to destroy, blot out, annihilate, devastate, CP.
ādimmian to become dim or dull, to darken, obscure, CP.
ādl fn., ādle f. disease, infirmity, sickness, AO, CP.
ādlēg m. flame of the funeral pile, Ph 222.
±ādlian to be diseased or ill, languish, Æ: cause disease, DR.
ādlig sick, diseased, Æ.
ādliga m. sick person
ādliht = ādeliht
ādloma m. one crippled by fire, Gu 884. [lama?]
ādlsēoc sick of a contagious disease, ES 39·322.
ādl-ðracu ‡ f. gs. -ðræce force of disease.
ādlung f. illness, ÆH 1·12231.
ādlwērig weary from illness, Gu 981.
ādōn (for conj. v. dōn) to take away, send away: cast out, expel, destroy: (w. preps. to, on, from, etc.) put, place, take, remove, set free, AO, CP.
adosa = adesa
ādrǣdan = ondrǣdan
ādrǣfan to drive away, shut out, expel, AO, CP. [‘adreve’]
ādrǣnct = ādrenced pp. of ādrencan.
ādragan6 to draw (sword), HL 15356.
ādrēfan = ādrǣfan
adreminte f. feverfew.
ādrencan to submerge, immerse, drown, AO. [‘adrench’]
ādrēogan2 to act, perform, do, practise, Æ: bear, suffer, endure, An; CP: pass time, live, Æ. [‘adree’]
ādrēogendlic bearable.
ādrēohan = ādrēogan
ādrēopan2 to drip, drop, An.
ādrēosan2 to fall to pieces, decline, vanish, fail.
ādrīfan1 to drive, drive away, drive out, pursue, follow up, LL; Æ, AO, CP: stake out (a ford): chase (metal), Æ. [‘adrive’]
ādrīgan = ādrȳgan
ādrincan3 be drowned, extinguished, BH; AO. [‘adrink’]
ādrūgian, ādrūwian (Mt, Æ) to dry up. [‘adroughe’]
ādrȳgan (ī) to become dry, dry up, wither, CP: dry, wipe dry.
ādrysnan to extinguish, repress, NG.
adsa = adesa
adulsēað = adelsēað
ādumbian to become dumb, keep silence, Mk; Æ. [v. ‘dumb’ vb.]
a-dūn, -dūna, -dūne adv. down, downward, Æ. [= ofdūne]
adūne(ā)stīgan to descend, CPs.
adūnfeallan to fall down, EPs 14414.
adūnweard adv. downwards, ChrL. [‘a-downward’]
ādūstrigan = andūstrian
ādwǣscan (ē) to put out, quench, extinguish, blot out, destroy, AO: suppress, Æ, CP.
ā-dwelian to wander, stray.
ādwellan, pret. 3 sg. -dwealde to seduce, lead astray: hinder, Æ.
ādwēscan = ādwǣscan
ādwīnan1 to dwindle or waste away.
ādȳdan to destroy, mortify, kill, Æ. [‘adeaden’]
ādȳfan to overpower with sound.
ādylf = ādealf pret. of ādelfan.
ādȳlgian, ādȳlegian = ādīlegian
ādymman = ādimmian
ādysgian to make foolish, W 18512.
ǣ- accented verbal prefix, = (1) without; (2) ā-.
ǣ I. f. also ǣw f. (and m. or n.? in NG) law (divine or human), custom, covenant, AO, CP; WG, NG. butan ǣ outlaw: (esp. in pl.) rite, ceremony: faith, religion. unrihte ǣ false religion. Crīstes ǣ gospel: scriptures, revelation: marriage, Æ: (lawful) wife. For some comps. v. ǣw-. [‘æ’]
III. interj. oh! alas!
æal- = eal-
ǣalā interj. = ēalā
ǣar- = ēar-
āeargian to become remiss, AO 21220.
ǣbǣre (ē LL) manifest, notorious, public, open, evident, clear. [‘eber’]
āebbian to ebb away, recede, Chr.
æbbung (= ebb-) f. ‘ebbing.’ sǣ æ. gulf, bay, WW 154
ǣbebod n. injunction of the law, command, PPs 118102.
ǣbēc fp. books of the law, WW 43915.
ǣbēre = ǣbǣre
ǣbesn = ǣfesn
ǣbilg-, -bili(g)- = ǣbylg-
ǣblǣc- = āblǣc-
ǣblǣce lustreless, pale, pallid.
ǣbod m. business, Æ: statute.
ǣboda m. messenger, preacher, Gu 909.
ǣbræce = ǣwbræce
ǣbreca = ǣwbreca
ǣbrecð f. sacrilege, LPs.
ǣbrucol sacrilegious, GPH 402.
æbs f? fir-tree, Æ. [L. abies]
ǣbylg n. = ǣbylgð
ǣbylga m. anger, LPs 7749.
±ǣbylgan, -byli(g)an to make angry, offend, Æ.
ǣbylgnes f. anger, offence, Æ.
ǣbylgð, -bylgðu f. anger, AO.
ǣbylig- = ǣbylg-
ǣcambe f. = ācumbe
ǣcan = īecan
æccyrn = æcern
æce = ece
ǣce = ēce
æced = eced
æcedwīn n. wine mingled with myrrh, MkL 1523.
ǣcēlan = ācēlan
ǣcelma m. chilblain, OEG, WW.
ǣcelmehte (ecil-) having chilblains, OEG 1523.
ǣcen I. a wood of oaks.
II. oaken, WW 27014.
æcer nap. æcras m. field, sown land, cultivated land, Mt; Æ, AO, CP; Mdf: a certain quantity of land, ‘acre,’ Æ; v. LL 2·267: crop.
æcerceorl m. countryman, farmer, NC 268.
æceren = æcern
æcerhege m. hedge of a field, KC 3·332.
æcermǣlum by acres, KC 6·985.
æcermann m. farmer, WW. [‘acreman’]
æcern n. nut, mast of tree, Æ (i2): ‘acorn,’ WW.
æcernspranca m. ‘ilex,’ oak sapling? ÆGr 6915.
æcersǣd n. seed enough for an acre? Chr 1124.
æcerteoðung f. tithe of the produce of the soil, W 31024.
æcertȳning f. fencing, EC 3779.
æcerweorc n. field-work, GPH 391.
æces = æx
æcest, æceð pres. 2 and 3 sg. of acan.
ǣcilma = ǣcelma
æcirn = æcern
ǣclǣca = āglǣca
ǣclēaw = ǣglēaw
ǣcnōsle degenerate, not noble, WW.
+ǣcnōsliende degenerating, WW 21812.
ǣcræft † m. knowledge of law or ordinances, religion.
ǣcræftig learned in the law; as sb. = lawyer, scribe, Pharisee.
æcras v. æcer.
æcren = æcern
æcs f. ‘axe,’ pickaxe, hatchet, CP; Mt (æx).
æcst, æcð pres. 2 and 3 sg. of acan.
ǣcumba = ācumba
æcur = æcer
æcyrf m. (wood-)choppings, BH 22415.
æd (NG) = æt
æd- = ed-
ædderseax (WW) = ǣdreseax
ǣdre I. f. artery, vein, pulse, nerve, sinew, B; AO: pl. veins, kidneys: runlet of water, fountain, spring, stream. [‘eddre’]
II. adv. at once, directly, instantly, quickly: (†) fully, entirely. [OS. ādro]
ǣdreseax (der) n. lancet, WW 41010.
ǣdreweg m. artery, vein.
ǣdrīfan = ādrīfan
ædwist = edwist
æfæst = æfest
ǣfæst = ǣwfæst
æfdȳne m. declivity, Gl.
ǣfelle without skin, peeled, WW 19031.
æfen = efen
ǣfen (ē) nm. ‘even,’ evening, eventide, B, MkL, Gu (ēfn). tō ǣfenes till evening: eve, RB.
ǣfencollatio the ‘collatio’ read before compline, NC 268.
ǣfendrēam m. even-song, RB.
ǣfengebed n. evening service, WW 12934.
ǣfengereord n. evening meal, supper (often used in pl. of one meal).
ǣfengereordian to sup, give supper to, CM 1030.
ǣfengereordung f. supper, NC 269.
ǣfengeweorc n. evening work, Lcd 70b.
ǣfen-giefl, -gifl n. evening repast, supper, AO, CP.
ǣfen-glōm, -glōma m., -glōmung (omm-, eom-) f. gloaming, twilight.
ǣfengrom fierce at eve, B 2074.
æfenian = æfnian
ǣfenlāc n. evening sacrifice, evening prayer, PPs 1403.
ǣfenlǣcan to grow towards evening, Lk 2429.
ǣfenlēoht n. evening light, B 403.
ǣfenleoð † n. evening song.
ǣfenlic of the evening; adv. -līce.
ǣfenlof n. lauds (service), CM 1035.
ǣfenmete m. supper.
ǣfenoffrung f. evening sacrifice, NC 269.
ǣfenrǣding f. reading (during the evening meal at a monastery), ‘collatio,’ CM.
ǣfenrepsung f. nightfall, Æ.
ǣfen-rest, -ræst † f. evening rest.
ǣfensang m. ‘evensong,’ Æ, RB.
ǣfensceop m. evening singer, bard, Rd 95. [scop]
ǣfenscīma m. evening splendour, Gen 2448.
ǣfensprǣc f. evening talk, B 759.
ǣfensteorra m. the evening star, Hesperus, Bo; Æ. [‘evenstar’]
ǣfen-tīd f., -tima m. eventide, Æ.
ǣfenðēnung f. evening service: evening repast, supper.
ǣfenðēowdōm m. evening service or office, WW 12934.
ǣfenung = ǣfnung
ǣfer = ǣfre
æferðe f. name of a plant, Lcd.
æfes- = efes-
æfesa ? m., æfese (m.) f. = æfesn
æfesn, æfesen f. relish, dainty, special pasturage, pannage; the charge for special pasturage, LL.
æfest mf. envy, hatred, malice, spite, CP; El, Ps: zeal, rivalry. [‘evest’]
æfestful full of envy.
±æfestian -igian to be or become envious.
æfestig envious: zealous.
æfestlīce = ofostlīce
æfgælð f. superstition, OEG.
æfgerefa (-groefa) ‘exactor,’ LkL 1258.