seám-sticca
Some part of a weaver's apparatus
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Some part of a weaver's apparatus Hé sceal fela tówtóla habban . . . seámsticcan, scearra, nǽdle, Anglia ix. 263, 14
secge
Speaking ⬩ speech
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Speaking, speech Mé náwðer deág secge ne swíge neither speech nor silence will avail me, Exon. Th. 12, 23; Cri. 190
sin-freá
A perpetual lord ⬩ a husband
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A perpetual lord, a husband Nǽnig nefne sinfreá none but her wedded lord, Beo. Th. 3873; B. 1934
grǽfa
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A pit, cave, hole Grǽfe speluncam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 13. See Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxvii
wince
A winch
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A winch: Wince gigrillus (= girgillus; cf. girgillus a reel, Wülck. Gl. 586, 30), Wrt. Voc. 42, 29
byrene
A she-bear ⬩ ursa
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A she-bear; ursa, Ælfc. Gl. 21; Som. 59, 70; Wrt. Voc. 23, 29
byriga
A surety ⬩ fidejussor
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A surety; fidejussor He him byrigan gesealdne hæbbe he has given him surety, L. H. E. 10; Th. i. 30, 17
Linked entry: berigea
byrne
Running water, a stream ⬩ torrens, rivus
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Running water, a stream; torrens, rivus Ofer byrnan bðsm over the stream's bosom, Exon. 102a; Th. 386, 15; Rä. 4, 62
calla
to call ⬩ A herald
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[ Similar entries ceailian to call] A herald, found in the phrase, — hilde calla [q. v.] war's herald or a herald of war, Cd. 156; Th. 193, 26; Exod. 252
CANNE
A CAN, cup ⬩ crater
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A CAN, cup; crater Canne crater vel canna, Ælfc. Gl. 24; Som. 60, 38; Wrt. Voc. 24, 38
Carendre
A province of Germany, now the duchy of Carinthia or Kärnthen, a crown land of the Austrian empire
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lying] south to the mountains which are called the Alps, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 43.
sporu
A heel
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A heel Spuran míne calcanei mei Ps. Spl. T. 48, 5
æf
Of ⬩ from ⬩ ab ⬩ de
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Of, from: ab, de
tungol-cræftiga
An astrologer ⬩ astronomer
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An astrologer, astronomer Tungelcræftig[um? v. preceding word] caldeorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 28. Þreó tungolcræftegan cóman fram eástdǽles mǽgðum tó Criste, Shrn. 48, 17. Ðreá tungelcræftigo, Rtl. 2, 15. Ða tungulcræftega (-kræftgu, Rush.) Magi, Mt.
Linked entry: tungol-cræfta
winter-burna
A stream that is full in winter(?) ⬩ a stream that has the fullness of winter(?) ⬩ a torrent
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A stream that is full in winter(?), a stream that has the fullness of winter(?), a torrent Ofer ðæt burna ł uinter-burna trans torrentem, Jn. Skt.
tá
A toe
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Ofer hira handa þúman and ðæs swýðran fótes micclan tán super pollices manus eorum ac pedis dextri, Ex. 29, 20
planéta
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A planet (v. N. E. D.), chasuble Scrýde hine mid superhumerale and mid alban and stolan and handlíne and planétan, ꝥ is godwebben cappe, MS. Laud 482, f. 48 a
muud-bora
one who can give protection (mund) ⬩ protector ⬩ patron ⬩ guardian ⬩ advocate ⬩ a guardian
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Eást-Engla cyning and seó þeód gesóhte Ecgbryht him tó mundboran, 823; Erl. 62, 25 : 921; Erl. 108, 14. Sceal him (an ecclesiastic or a foreigner who was wronged) cyng beón oððon eorl and bisceop for mǽg and for mundboran, L. E.
mann-líca
A human form ⬩ image of a man ⬩ statue
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Hé þurh dreócræft worhte stǽnene manlícan and ǽrene, and hié hié styredan, Blickl. Homl. 173, 23.
wurma
A shell-fish from which a purple dye was obtained, ⬩ a purple dye ⬩ woad, a plant from which a dye is got
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A shell-fish from which a purple dye was obtained, a purple dye; also woad, a plant from which a dye is got Wurma murex, wurma, weoloc murice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 64, 62. Wurma, reád godwebb ostrum, 64, 10. Wyrma ostrum, i. 286, 34.