stunt-líc
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Foolish Stuntlíc ys ǽnig þing swýþor lufian ðænne God stultum est aliquid plus amare quam Deum, Scint. 17, 16. Hé nán þing stuntlíces ongeán God spræc Job charged not God foolishly (A. V.), Homl. Th. i. 472, 33
hræfn-cynn
The raven-kind
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The raven-kind: Nán þing hrefncynnes, Lev. 11. 17
wuldor
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Add Wulderes þínes glorię tuę, Ps. Rdr. 25, 8
for-wénan
To suspect ⬩ think ill of
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To suspect, think ill of Forwéned suspecta, Nap. 25
ge-weald
power ⬩ strength ⬩ might ⬩ efficacy ⬩ potestas ⬩ power over any thing ⬩ empire ⬩ rule ⬩ dominion ⬩ mastery ⬩ sway ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ government ⬩ protection ⬩ keeping ⬩ a bridle-bit ⬩ potestas ⬩ facuitas ⬩ imperium ⬩ ditio ⬩ arbitrium ⬩ jus ⬩ camas
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Ðæt is God ðe ealle þing on his gewealdum hafaþ that is God, that hath all things in its power, Salm. Kmbl. 178, 11: Blickl. Homl. 63, 3. Siððan ic ðá me hæfde ðás þing ealle be gewealdum quibus in potestatem redactis, Nar. 5, 17.
Linked entries: ge-wild ge-wald þeóh-geweald
ed-recedroc
The belching thing ⬩ rūmen
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The belching thing; rūmen, Cot. 169, Som. Ben. Lye
þrimen
a third
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a third Nim sealtes þrymen, Lchdm. ii. 124, 4
Linked entry: þrymen
ge-bǽru
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Add: [The declension and gender of this word are uncertain. In An. 1572: Ph. 125: Wrt.
tó-nemnan
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Þonne ðá fíf þing ealle gegædorade beóþ, ðonne beóþ hit eall án ðing, and ꝥ án þing biþ God; and hé biþ ánfeald un-tódǽled, þeáh hí ǽr on manig tónemned wǽre, Bt. 33, 2; F. 122, 19. Add
-e
clemman
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To press, pinch Clæm þú þíne handa tógædere, Tech. ii. 122, 21. Clæm þú þíne wynstran hand þám gemete þe þú óstran on handa hæbbe shut your left hand as if there were an oyster in it, 124, 12, 20
ge-mǽnelíce
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Ben. 69, 10. where persons are affected together Ic nú þás þing wríte tó þé gemǽnelice and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum, Nar. 3, 7. where things are done together Seó hiés and þá fulfremedan weorc gemǽnelíce (communiter) butú þá þing beóð gefyllede
Linked entries: -mǽne-líce ge-ménelíce
ciern
sapa
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Must or new wine toiled thick; sapa, Cot. 170: 184
tó-sceáden
Separate, ⬩ distinct
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Separate, distinct Ǽlc þing ðe tósceáden biþ from óþrum biþ óþer, óþer ðæt þing, ðeáh hí ætgædere sién.
Linked entries: -sceáden tó-sceádan
ge-fylnes
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Oþ þá gyfylnesse þisse worolde, Bl. H. 145, 16. Add
æt-healdan
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To withhold Þinc fram Drihtne ætheóld ( reseruauit ), Scint. 109, 18
EARNIAN
EARN, merit, deserve, get, attain, labour for ⬩ mĕrēri
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Gé ðæs earnedon ye merited this, Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 2; Cri. 1350. Uton we friþes earnian let us merit peace, 98 a; Th. 366, 17; Reb. 13. He hæfþ ðæt ðæt he earnaþ he has that which he earns, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 6
ELLEN
The elder-tree ⬩ sambūcus nigra, a small tree whose branches are filled with a light spongy pith. The fruit is a globular, purplish-black berry, of which wine is often made, called elder-berry wine. It is quite distinct from alor the alder-tree
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Genim ðas wyrte, ðe man sambūcus = σαμβύκη [MS. samsuchon = σάμψυχον] and óðrum naman ellen, háteþ take this wort, which is named sambucus, and by another name elder, Herb. 148, 1; Lchdm. i. 272, 14. Genim ellenes leaf take leaves of elder, L.
Linked entry: ellm
biblio-þéce
a library ⬩ bibliotheca ⬩ The Bible ⬩ biblia
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Iohannes awrát ða bóc, Apocalipsis geháten, and ðeós bóc ys æftemyst on ðære Biblioþécan John wrote the book called Revelation, and this book is the last in the Bible, Ælfc. T. 31, 23
drohtnung
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Hwæt wille gé mé syllan, gyf ic ámyrre þisne wéstensetlan and álecge his miclan drohtnunga?, 196, 23. Hé ástealde þá stíðan drohtnunge he founded the ascetic life, Hml. S. 16, 99