C
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the letter c is found as an initial, medial, and final. — As an initial letter it corresponds to the Gothic amd Icelandic k; as, — A. Sax. corn corn, Goth. karn, Icel. korn; A; Sax. ceósan to choose, Goth. kiusan, Icel. kjósa.
mód-c-wánig
Sad at heart
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Sad at heart Mengo módcwanige, Elen. Kmbl. 754; El. 377
wind-scofl
A fan
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A fan Winds(c)obl ventilabrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 66
Linked entry: windwig-scofl
sceanc-gebeorg
a greave
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A protection for the leg, a greave Bán*-*berge, scan[c]gebeorg ocreas Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 35
finger-docce
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(m. ?) A finger-muscle Fingirdoccana (-do[c]cuna, Erf. ) digitalium musculorum, Txts. 57, 687
Linked entry: -docce
wæter-bucca
An aquatic insect, a water-spider
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An aquatic insect, a water-spider Wæter-buc[c]a vel[wæter]gát tippula, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 14
horsc-líce
Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudently ⬩ naviter, strenue, agiliter
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with the accursed spirit, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373, 28; Seel. 116.
rysc-þýfel
A rush-bed, bed of rushes
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A rush-bed, bed of rushes Riscþýfel juncetum, juvencibus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 73 : 287, 261. Risc juncus; riscþýfel jungetum; riscþýfel juvencibus, ii.45, 75-77. Risc-, ry[s]c-thýfel jungetum, Txts. 68, 517. Andlang ðære díc on riscþýfel, Cod. Dip.
in-byrdling
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A slave born in a master's house Inberdling vel fóstorling verna velvernaculus, Ælfc. Gl. 86; Som. 74, 34; Wrt. Voc. 50, 17. Inbyrdlingc vernaculus, Wrt. Voc. 72, 82. Sicul inberdli[n]c, sicilisc inhyrdlincg ( = -byrdling) siculus indigena, Hpt.
Linked entries: byrd-ling im-byrdling in-berdling in-byrding
up-spring
an upspringing ⬩ rising of a heavenly body ⬩ coming of day or night ⬩ a rising of water ⬩ breaking forth ⬩ birth ⬩ what springs up
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Ná manega dagas, ac án, se nát nǽnne upspring ne náne geendunge, Homl. Th. i. 490, 18. Þurh ðæs steorran upspring, 108, 5. a rising of water, breaking forth On upspri[n]c (diluvii) inruptionem, Anglia xiii.32, 124. birth Hé gestrýnde Cainan.
Linked entry: spring
weoloc-reád
Of the red colour that is got from the weoloc, scarlet, purple
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Voc. ii. 89, 30. Wolcreáde Hpt. Gl. 524, 55 : Lchdm. i. 244, 5, note
Linked entry: wolc-reád
stán-geweorc
This might be a link to, a part of or a variant of another entry.
cwyld
A plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction ⬩ pestis, pestilcntia, clades
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Gr. 9, 27; Som. 11, 25. Cwild, m. f. or n. pestis, Wrt. Voc. 75, 54. Mid ceápes cwylde m. f. or n. with a murrain of cattle, Chr. 897; Th. 174. 22, col. 2; 175, 20.
Linked entries: cwild cwilde flód cwild-tíd cwyl-tíd
rignan
- Cf.
- Piers P. 14, 62.
to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)
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to rain, to cause rain to fall, with the agent expressed Ic ríne pluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 53. Hé rýnde ofer synfullan grin, Ps. Spl. 10, 7.
worþig
enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea
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this word, which remains in proper names in the form -worthy, has much the same meaning as worf (q. v.), and seems sometimes to exchange with it (cf. In Beniguurthia, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 70, 27, with : In loco qui dicitur Benninguuyrð, ii. 152, 19).
bæc
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Grammar bæc, bec; m. n.: bæce, bece; m.: bæc(c); f. A beck, brook. The word, which seems to occur only in lists of boundaries in charters (except in wíl-bec?), appears with varying gender and declension. bæc; m. In baka brycge; of baka brycge, C.
æf-þanc
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Sé ðe lǽrð sunu his on æfþuncan (in zelum) hé ásent feónd he that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy (Ecclus. 30, 3), Scint. 176, 12. Ðá wræc hé his æfþancas on his feóndum, Guth. 14, 4. Add