wǽpen-leás
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Þá hét se árleáse healdan þone hálgan ꝥ hé wurde wǽpnlǽs (ungewǽpnod. Hml. Th. ii. 502, 14) þám hæðenum. Hml. S. 31, 117. Add
wiglere
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Ic ǽlcne wiccecræft eáðelíce oferswíðde, and þá Chaldéiscan wigleras and þá wurmgaleras ic mihte gewyldan tó mínum willan ǽfre, Hml. S. 35, 177. Add
wracian
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to drive, press, carry on an action Þá folc him betweónum ful x. winter þá gewin wraciende wǽron, Ors. I. ii; S. 50, 21
ymb-faran
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Þá sende Theodosius fultum beforan him . . .; ac hié wurdon útan ymbfaren of þǽm muntum and ealle ofslagen, Ors. 6, 36; S. 294, 19. Add
fisc
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Add On Eásterdagum hé wolde etan fisc gif hé hæfde. Þá áxode hé þone prófost hwæðer hé fisc hæfde. Hml. S. 31, 1267-9
æfter-hǽtu
Parching by heat after wet
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Parching by heat after wet Mid ungemǽtre hærfestwǽtan and æfterhǽþan humor aestatis vel autumni divitis indigesta illecebra, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102. 7. Substitute:
búfan
Above, before ⬩ supra ⬩ supra
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Above, before; supra Be ðære búfan sǽd wæs de qua supra dictum est, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 13: Mt. Rush. Stv. 2, 9
on-symbelness
A solemn festival
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A solemn festival Mið ðý heó geségon ðone biscop mæssan (mæssena, MS. B.) onsymbelnesse mǽrsian ( celebratis missarum sollemniis ), Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 12
for-swíþe
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Þú eart án forswíðe leás man, Hml. S. 23, 687. Ic ealles forswiþe ne girnde þisses eorþlican ríces, Bt. 17; F. 58, 24. Add
feónd-scipe
Fiendship ⬩ enmity ⬩ inĭmīcĭtia ⬩ hostīlĭtas
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Fiendship, enmity; inĭmīcĭtia, hostīlĭtas Ðæt ys se feóndscipe that is the enmity, Beo. Th. 5991; B. 2999: Exon. 95 a; Th. 354, 60; Reim. 68. For feóndscipe ðæs gemynegodan cyninges propter inĭmīcĭtias mĕmŏrāti rēgis, Bd. 4, 13; S. 581, 42: Cd. 128;
and-sǽte
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Add: of that which is evil His forligr Gode and*-*sǽte wæs, Hml. Th. i. 484, 15: ii. 528, 11: Hex. 54, 19. Ǽlc híwung is antsǽte (and-, an-, v. ll. ) Gode, Hml. S. 12, 246. Cosdrue wæs andsǽte eallum his leódum, H. R. 101, 27. Andsǽte bið ꝥ treów þe
camp-dóm
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Mannes líf is campdóm ofer eorðan (militia est vita hominis super terram), for ðan þe ǽlc . . . bið on gewinne wið ðone deófol, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 26: i. 418, 9 : Hml. S. 23, 86. Campdómes militiae, An. Ox. 868: 750. Compdómes, Txts. 180, 18: Rtl. 8,
sceafan
To shave, scrape, shred, polish
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To shave, scrape, shred, polish Scaebe poleo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 63. Gif hé ðæt ómige fæt mid ungemete scæfþ dam nimis cupit eradere eruginem, R. Ben. 121, 4. Hé scóf on halig wæter of ðam hálgan treówe, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 216. Man scóf ðæra bóca leáf
wæstm-berende
Fruit-bearing, fertile, fruitful, productive,
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Fruit-bearing, fertile, fruitful, productive, referring to inanimate things Se dǽl se ðæt flód ne grétte ys gyt wæstm*-*berende on ǽlces cynnes blǽdum, Ors. 1, 3; Swt. 32, 13. Seó wæstm*-*berendeste ( fertilissima ) eorþe, Nar. 5, 20. referring to living
Bryten
BRITAIN ⬩ Britannia, Cambria
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BRITAIN; Britannia, Cambria Brytene ígland is ehta hund míla lang the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long, Chr. Th. 3, l, col. l: 3, 10, col. I. 3. Syxtigum wintrum ǽr ðam ðe Crist wære acenned, Gaius Iulius, Rómána cásere [MS. kasere], mid
ge-timbru
An edifice ⬩ a building ⬩ structure ⬩ ædĭfĭcium ⬩ structūra
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An edifice, a building, structure; ædĭfĭcium, structūra Gé geseóþ ealle ða fægernessa ðissa getimbra ... ealle ðás getimbro beóþ toworpene ye see all the beauties of these buildings ... all these buildings shall be destroyed, Blickl. Homl. 77, 34-6:
for-þencan
To despise ⬩ to despise one's self ⬩ to despair ⬩ desperate ⬩ in despair
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To despise; used reflexively, to despise one's self, to despair;desperate, in despair Þú eart fulneáh forþóht. Ac ic nolde ꝥ þú þé forþóhte ... for ðǽm sé sé ðe hine forþencð, sé bið ormód thou art wellnigh desperate. But I would not that thou shouldst
wille
A well, spring, stream, fountain
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A well, spring, stream, fountain (lit. and fig. ) An wielle weól blóde flumen sanguine effluxit Ors. 4, 7 ; Swt. 184, 21. Welle fontana Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 79. Ðǽr com upp wærtres welle, Shrn. 93, 36. Seó wylle fluvius Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29. Is sǽd ðæt
laðian
To invite ⬩ call ⬩ call upon
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To invite, call, call upon Hwílum ic rincas laðige tó wíne at times I invite men to wine, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 32; Rä. 15, 16. Ðyder ðe unc laðaþ and cégþ uncer Drihten whither our Lord invites and calls us, Blickl. Homl. 187, 26: Cd. 226; Th. 301,
segnian
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to make the sign of the cross upon anything in token of blessing or consecration, to bless, consecrate Se biscop nam hláf and sénode essent manus ad panem benedicendum missuri, Bd. 3, 6 ; S. 528, 15 note. Ðá sang hé orationem ofer hine and hine bletsode