ge-weald
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Add Gif hwá forstelð hwǽte and ꝥ forstolene sǽwð, hwæt, áh ꝥ corn geweald, ꝥ hit wearp se sǽdere on moldan?, Hml.
fæger
beauty
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Hwæt fægnast þú þonne heora fægeres? hwæt belimpþ his tó þe?, Bt. 14, 2; F. 42, 32-36.
mitta
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'Ic sille eów hundteóntig þúsenda mittan hwǽtes". . . Hig worhton him áne anlícnesse þe . . . mid ðáre swíðran hand þone hwǽte hlód and mid þám winstran fét þá mittan træd, Ap. Th. 10, 1-13. Add
sum-dǽl
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Tó þon ꝥ heó mihte sumdǽl (sumne dǽl, v. l. ) hwǽtes (hwylcnehugu hwǽte, v. l.) geclǽnsian ad purgandum triticum, 97, 3. [v. N. E. D. some-deal.]
ge-hlæstan
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Hé hét his scip mid hwǽte gehlæstan, and mid micclum gewihte goldes and seolfes, and mid reáfum, Ap. Th. 6, 3. Add
tó-stincan
To distinguish by smell
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To distinguish by smell Ðurh ða nosu wé tóstincaþ, hwæt clǽne biþ, hwæt fúl, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 30
feormian
to cleanse ⬩ to furbish
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Flór feormian, Angl. ix. 262, 23. to cleanse material Lege tó þǽre wunde, ðonne yt heó and fæormað, gyf þǽr hwæt horwes on sý, Lch. i. 100, 3. Hwítlas on sǽ wacsan and feormian, Bd. 4, 31; Sch. 540, 12.
ge-nyhtsumian
To suffice, abound ⬩ abundare
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To suffice, abound; abundare Gemǽru and dene genyhtsumiaþ hwǽte convalles abundabunt frumento, Ps. Surt. 64, 14. Genyhtsumegende abundantes, Ps. Surt. 72, 12
Linked entry: nyhtsumian
bær-líc
Of barley
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[ꝥ acersǽd hwǽte . . . ꝥ (acersǽd) bærlic . . . ꝥ acersǽd áten, Chr. 1124; P. 254, 15.]
bearn
A barley-place ⬩ a BARN ⬩ honeum
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A barley-place, a BARN; honeum He gadereþ hys hwǽte on his bearn congregabit triticum suum in horreum, Mt. Kmbl. Hat. 3, 12
hridrian
To sift ⬩ winnow
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To sift, winnow Satanas gyrnde ðæt hé eów hridrude swá swá hwǽte Satanas expetivit vos ut cribraret sicut triticum, Lk. Skt. 22, 31
nemning
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Name, appellation Hé his yldrena naman nemde, hwæt þæs ánes nama wæs and hwæt þæs óþres næmnincg wæs, Hml. S. 23, 684
sceppe
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a specific quantity of grain or malt iii. sceppe mealtes and healf sceppe hwǽte . . . án sceppe malt, Nap. 55. [From Icel. skeppa. v. N. E. D. skep.]
Æ
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, hwætre, hwætra from hwæt quick.
nyllan
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Hwæt be him nellendum gewurðan. sceoldon (hwæt hí sceolan nyllan, v. l.) quid de eis nolentibus fiat, Gr. D. 61, 18. Add
hwá
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Hwæt is þeós wundrung?, Cri. 89. Hwæt is wuldor þín þe þú upp árǽrdest, þá þú goda ússa gilp gehnǽgdest ?, An. 1319. Hwæt sindon þá gimmas búton God sylfa?, Cri. 694. strengthened by ǽfre Hwæt þis ǽfre beón scyle?, Hml.
grytta
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Dele last passage, for which see hwǽte-gryttan, and add Hic furfur þás grytta, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 48, 17. Berene gryta (gritta, v. l. ), Lch. i. 354, 2
ge-wépan
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To weep over, lament Hwæt dést þú, lá flǽsc, hwæt dreógest þú nú, hwæt miht þú on þá tíd þearfe gewépan ? quid, caro, quid fades, illa quid flebilis hora?, Dóm. L. 176
lynd
Grease ⬩ fat ⬩ fatness
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Hé hí fédde mid fætre lynde hwǽte cibavit eos ex adipe frumenti, Ps. Th. 80, 15: 147, 3
un-þurhtogen
Not carried through ⬩ not performed
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Not carried through, not performed Hwæt wéne gé hwæt sió ðurhtogene unrihtwísnes geearnige, nú sió unðurtogene árfæsðnes swá micel wíte geearnaþ quid mereatur injustitia illata, si tanta percussione digna est pietas non impensa, Past. 44; Swt. 329, 14
Linked entry: þurh-teón