action, n.
1. (acte) andweardnes (f. jō) ♦ dǣd/dyd > a.m. deed, got. -dēþs, v.n. dáð, v.h.a. tāt > all.m. Tat, v.s. dād, v.fr. dēd(e) {f. i} ♦ fremming (f. ō) ♦ fylignes (f. ō) ♦ gefyllednes (f. jō) ♦ (ge)fyllnes (f. jō) ♦ gegearwung (f. ō) ♦ (ge)we(o)rc (nt. a) > a.m. work, got. gawaurki (nt. ja), v.n. verk, v.h.a. (gi)werc (nt. a) > all.m. Werk, v.s. giwerk, v.fr. werk ♦ gewyrd (f. i) ♦ gewyrhtu ♦ lǣst (f.) ♦ macung (f. ō) > a.m. making ♦ weorcdǣd/weorcdēd (f. i) ♦ wyrcing/wyrcung (f. ō) ♦ wyrcnes (f. jō). (MILITAIRE) orlegweorc (nt. a). action bénéfique à l’âme feorhrǣd (m. a). action étonnante wundordǣd (f. i). action exigeant de la force mægendǣd (f. i). action faite la nuit nihtweorc (nt. a) > a.m. nightwork. action furtive crēopung (f. ō) > a.m. creeping. action guerrière beaduweorc (nt. a) ♦ gūþ (ge)weorc (nt. a) ♦ hereweorc (nt. a). action habituelle gewuna (m. an), v.h.a. giwona (f. ō), v.s. giwuno ♦ þēaw/þāw (m. wa), v.h.a. dau, v.s. thau. action joyeuse gefēa, v.h.a. gifēho {m. an}. action louable/digne d’éloges lofdǣd (f. i). action passée ǣrdǣd (f. i) ♦ ǣrgewyrht (nt. i) ♦ ealdgewyrht (nt. i) ♦ fyrngewyrht (nt. i) ♦ gēodǣd/gūdǣd/īudǣd (f. i). action peu judicieuse gewitlēast (f. ō) ♦ ungewittignes (f. jō) ♦ unrǣden (f. ō) ♦ unrǣdsīþ (m. a). action répétée gelōmlǣcing/gelōmlǣcung (f. ō). action trompeuse lēasung, v.n. lausung {f. ō}. action vigoureuse framscipe/fromscipe/fromscype (m. i) ♦ mægendǣd (f. i) ♦ snelnes (f. jō). bonne action ellenweorc (nt. a) ♦ gōd > a.m. good, v.n. gott, v.h.a. guot > all.m. Gut {nt. a} ♦ gōddǣd (f. i) > a.m. good deed ♦ gōdnes (f. jō) > a.m. goodness ♦ gōd weorc (nt. a) ♦ mægen/mægyn (nt. a) > a.m. main, v.n. megin (nt.), v.h.a. magan (nt. a), v.s. megin. bonnes actions innombrables unrīmgōd (nt. a). mauvaise action forlēornes (f. jō) ♦ forsceap (nt.) ♦ forwyrht, got. frawaurhts {f. i} ♦ fracoþdǣd (f. i) ♦ gylting (f. ō) ♦ inwitweorc (nt. a) ♦ lāþweorc (nt. a), v.s. lēđwerk ♦ lysu (nt. wa) ♦ mān (nt. a), v.n. mein (nt.), v.h.a. mein, v.s. mēn ♦ mānforwyrht (nt.) ♦ misfeng (m. i) ♦ misweorc (nt. a) ♦ nā(w)ht/nāwiht/nā(w)uht/nō(wi)ht/niwiht > a.m. naught, v.h.a. nēowiht, v.s. niowiht/nēowiht ♦ nīþ (m. a), got. neiþ (nt. a), v.n. níð (nt.), v.h.a. nīd (m. a) > all.m. Neid, v.s. nīđ, v.fr. nīth ♦ nīþsynn (f. jō) ♦ ofergǣgednes (f. jō) ♦ oferlēornes (f. jō) ♦ scyld (f. i), scyldu/scyldo (f. indécl.), v.n. skuld (f.), v.h.a. sculd (f. i) > all.m. Schuld, v.s. skuld, v.fr. skelde/schuld/schild ♦ syngung (f. ō) ♦ synn/sinn/senn (f. jō) > a.m. sin, v.n. synd, v.h.a. sunta (f. jō et ōn) > all.m. Sünde, v.s. sundia, v.fr. sende ♦ unlǣttu (f.) ♦ unnyt/onnyt/unnet (f. jō) ♦ unrihtdǣd (f. i) ♦ unrihtweorc (nt. a) ♦ wēadǣd (f. i) ♦ wōhnes/wǣnes (f. jō).
2. (activité) begang (m. a) ♦ behogadnes (f. jō) ♦ bigeng (m. a) ♦ styrung/styring/stirung/sterung (f. ō). être en action (ge)dōn > a.m. do, v.h.a. (gi)tuon > all.m. tun {-mi}, v.s. dō(a)n/dūan, v.fr. dua ♦ (ge)drēogan (VF2) > a.m. dree, got. driugan (VF2), v.n. drýgja (Vf) ♦ (ge)faran/færan > a.m. fare, got. faran, v.n. fara, v.h.a. faran > all.m. fahren, v.s. faran, v.fr. fara {VF6}.
mettre en action gewyrcan/gewircan, got. gawaurkjan {Vf1}. (UN PLAN, etc.) cunnian (Vf2), v.h.a. kunnēn (Vf3).
3. (geste, mouvement) gebǣre (nt.), v.h.a. gibāri (nt.), v.s. gibāri.
4. (effet, efficacité) gefremming (f. ō). à action rapide (POISON) fǣrlic/fēarlic. sans action īdel/ȳdel > a.m. idle, v.h.a. ītal > all.m. eitel, v.s. īdal, v.fr. īdel.
5. (JUSTICE) action des tribunaux lagu (f. ō) > a.m. law, v.n. lagu, lǫg. action en justice māl/mǣl (nt.), v.n. mál (nt.), v.h.a. mahal ♦ sac(u) (f. ō) > a.m. sake, got. sakjō (f. ōn), v.n. sǫk, v.h.a. sahha (f. ō) > all.m. Sache, v.s. sake/seke, v.fr. saka ♦ sp(r)ǣc/sp(r)ēc > a.m. speech, v.h.a. sprāhha > all.m. Sprache {f. ō}, v.s. sprāka, v.fr. sprēke ♦ talu (f. ō et indécl.), tal > a.m. tale, v.n. tala (f.), v.h.a. zala (f. ō) > all.m. Zahl, v.s. tala, v.fr. tale ♦ woruldgeflit/weoroldgeflit (nt. a).
6. (combat) se préparer à l’action ymbgyrdan lendena (Vf).