force, n.
1. (énergie, vigueur) afol/abal (nt.), v.n. afl (nt.), v.h.a. aval (nt.) ♦ cræft (m. a) > a.m. craft, v.n. kraptr (m.), v.h.a. kraft (f. i) > all.m. Kraft, v.s. kraft (m. et f.), v.fr. kreft ♦ duguþ/dugoþ/dugaþ/dugeþ (f. ō), v.h.a. tugad/tugund (f. i) > all.m. Tugend, v.fr. duged (f.) ♦ eafoþ/eofoþ (nt. a) ♦ ellen (m. et nt. a), got. aljan (nt. a), v.n. eljun (f.), v.h.a. ellen/ellian (nt. an), v.s. ell(i)en (f.) ♦ ellencræft (m. a) ♦ framscipe/fromscipe/fromscype (m. i) ♦ gemet, v.h.a. mez {nt. a}, v.s. gimet ♦ gew(e)ald (m. et nt. a) ♦ innoþmægen (nt. a) ♦ mægenscipe/mægenscype (m. i) ♦ miht/m(e)aht/m(i)eht/mæht > a.m. might, got. mahts, v.h.a. maht > all.m. Macht {f. i}, v.s. maht, v.fr. macht/mecht ♦ rīc(c)eter(e) (nt.) ♦ snelnes (f. jō) ♦ strangung (f. ō) ♦ strengþ(u) > a.m. strength, v.h.a. strengida {f. ō} ♦ strengu, v.h.a. strengī {f. īn}, v.s. strengī ♦ þracu (f. ō) ♦ þrym(m)/þremm/þrim (m. i) ♦ þrȳþ(u) (f.).
avec force nȳdwræclīce ♦ stearclīce, v.n. starkliga ♦ stīþlīce ♦ stræclīce/streclīce ♦ þrȳþum ♦ ungerȳdelīce/ungerēdelīce. acquérir de la force elnian (Vf2). agir avec force strangian (Vf2), v.h.a. strangēn (Vf3). avoir la force de mōt, got. gamōt, v.h.a. muoz > all.m. müssen, v.s. mōt, v.fr. mōt {1ère sg., perf. pr.}. redonner des forces gehlēo(wa)n/gehlī(o)wan/gehlȳwan (Vf1). sans force, loc. adv. mægenlēaslīce. sans forces, loc. adj. mægenlēas ♦ mihtlēas/meahtlēas ♦ swancor/swoncor ♦ unfrom ♦ ungemiht ♦ unmeagol/unmeahl/unmægel ♦ unmihtig/unmæhtig/unme(a)htig, got. unmahteigs, v.h.a. unmahtig ♦ unstrang ♦ unstrenge ♦ wāc/wēce > a.m. weak, v.n. veikr, v.h.a. weih > all.m. weich, v.s. wēk. être sans force āseolcan/āsealcan (VF3) ♦ (ge)ādlian (Vf2). perdre ses forces tōslūpan (VF2). priver qq. de ses forces geunmihtan (Vf).
force au combat beadumægen (nt. a) ♦ herehand (f. u) ♦ hildestrengo (f. īn) ♦ wīgcræft (m. a). force à la nage merestrengu (f. īn). force céleste heofonmægen (nt. a). force d’âme strangnes (f. jō) ♦ strengþ(u) ←. force de caractère stīþnes (f. jō) ♦ strangnes (f. jō) ♦ strengþ(u) ←.
2. (puissance) force physique miht ← ♦ woruldstrengu/weoroldstrengu (f. īn). force des crocs/des défenses tōþmægen (nt. a). force des armes wǣpenþracu (f. ō). force destructrice þracu (f. ō) ♦ wōda (m. an). force du bras handmægen (nt. a), v.s. handmagan/handmegin. grande force frēamiht (f. i) ♦ hēahstrengþu (f. ō) ♦ mægenstreng(þ)u/mægenstrengo (f. ō) ♦ stīþmægen (nt. a). acquérir de la force mæg(e)nian (Vf2) ♦ swīþian (Vf2).
3. (principe d’action) force bienfaisante/productive (DIVINE) rǣdmægen (nt. a).
4. (intensité, violence) (ge)þrēat/(ge)þrēot/(ge)þrēt (m. a) > a.m. threat ♦ mægenþise/mægenþyse (f. ōn) ♦ rīc(c)eter(e) (nt.) ♦ stræc/strec (nt.) ♦ strangnes (f. jō) ♦ strengþ(u) ← ♦ swīþfæstnes (f. jō) ♦ swīþnes (f. jō) ♦ þrēatung (f. ō) ♦ unmǣtnes (f. jō).
5. (contrainte, obligation) nēadhād/nīdhād (m. u et a) ♦ nēadung/nīding (f. ō) ♦ nī(e)d/nē(a)d/nēod/nȳd > a.m. need, got. nauþs, v.n. nauð(r), v.h.a. nōt > all.m. Not {f. i}, v.s. nōd, v.fr. nēd ♦ nȳdmægen/nīdmægen/nēdmægen (nt. a). de force nēad(l)unga/nīdlinga/nēadinga/nī(e)dinga/nēadunge/nīdunga ♦ nearwe ♦ nī(e)de/nēode/nēade/nȳde. par la force des choses nēadwīslīce/nīdwīslīce.
6. (recours à la force) emmener de force ālǣdan (Vf1) ♦ oferniman, v.h.a. ubarneman {VF4}. obtenir par la force ofnēadian (Vf2), v.fr. ofnēda. personne usant de la force nȳdnima/nīdnima/nēdnima (m. an) ♦ þrēatend (m. nd). qui emploie la force stræc/strec.
7. (oppression) gestynþo ♦ þrece (m.), v.n. þrek (nt.). par la force (tyranniquement) nearwe.
8. (troupe, force armée) beaduwrǣd (m.) ♦ beornþrēat (m. a) ♦ corþer/corþor (f. et nt.), v.h.a. cortar (nt. a) ♦ cyst ♦ ēored/ēorod/ēoryd (f. ou nt.) ♦ ēoredcist/ēorodc(i)est/ēorodcyst (f. i) ♦ ēoredhēap (m. a) ♦ ēoredþrēat (m. a) ♦ ēoredwered/ēoredweorod (nt. a) ♦ eorlmægen (nt. a) ♦ flocc (m. a) > a.m. flock, v.n. flokkr (m.) ♦ folc (nt. a) > a.m. folk, v.n. fólk (nt.), v.h.a. folk (nt. a) > all.m. Volk, v.s. folk/folc (nt.), v.fr. folk (nt.) ♦ fyrdcræft/firdcræft (m. a) ♦ fyrdgetrum (nt.) ♦ gārgetrum (nt.) ♦ gārhēap (m. a) ♦ gefylce (nt. ja) ♦ gesīþrǣden (f. jō) ♦ (ge)truma (m. an) ♦ gūþþrēat (m. a) ♦ here, got. harjis, v.n. herr, v.h.a. heri > all.m. Heer, v.s. heri, v.fr. hiri/here {m. ja} ♦ herecyst/herecist (f. i) ♦ herefēþa (m. an) ♦ herehlōþ (f. ō) ♦ herescipe (m. i) ♦ hereþrēat (m. a) ♦ hildecorþor (nt.) ♦ magodryht/magudryht (f.) ♦ manþrymm (m. i) ♦ mīlite ♦ scildtruma/scyldtruma (m. an) ♦ swēot (nt. a), v.n. sjǫt (nt.) ♦ þrēat/þrē(o)t (m. a) > a.m. threat ♦ wīgcræft (m. a) ♦ wīghēap (m. a) ♦ wīgtruma (m. an). force frontalière wealhfæreld (nt. a). force navale æschere (m. ja) ♦ flota (m. an), v.n. flotti (m.) ♦ liþ (nt. a), v.n. lið (nt.) ♦ scipcræft (m. a) ♦ scipfi(e)rd/scipfyrd (f. i) ♦ scipfultum (m. a) ♦ sciphere (m. ja) ♦ scipliþ (nt. a). forces armées fēþa (m. an) ♦ fultum/fultom/fultēam (m. a) ♦ fyrding/firding/fyrdung (f. ō) ♦ manfultum (m. a) ♦ þrȳþa/þrīþa (f. pl. i) ♦ wīg (m. et nt. a), v.n. víg (nt. a), v.h.a. wīg (m. et nt. a), v.s. wīg, v.fr. wīch. forces terrestres landhere (m. a).