mana-scipe
Humanity ⬩ kindness ⬩ civility
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Humanity, kindness, civility Manscipes weldǽdum underþeódde humanitatis offitiis deditos, Cod. Dip. Birch 154, 38. Manscipe gyfan beþearfendum and ælþeódigum humanitatem peregrinis et egentibus impendere, 155, 5
mór-denu
A swampy or fenny valley
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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 384, 30. Cf. mór-fæsten
ge-defen
Fit ⬩ proper ⬩ due ⬩ dēbĭtus
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Fit, proper, due; dēbĭtus Gedefen dēbĭtus, Cot. 61 : Th. An. 101, 10. To forþspównesse gedefenre heánesse ad profectum dēbĭti culmĭnis, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 17
ge-mǽd
foolish ⬩ stultus ⬩ Troubled in mind, mad ⬩ amens
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Troubled in mind, mad; amens, Cot. 10, 169. [cf. O. Sax. ge-méd foolish : O. H. Ger. ka-meit stultus : or ge-mæd? v. Leo 29]
stán-fæt
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Com wíf hæbbende stánfæt ( alabastrum ), Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 3. Miððý gebrocen wæs ðæt, stánfæt, Lind. 14, 3
tigel-ærne
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Forð on ða mearce in on ða tigelærnan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 130, 29
Linked entry: ærne
folc-lár
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For ' Cot. . . . Lye' substitute
heáh-strǽt
High road
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High road Swá in ða heáhstrǽt so into the high road, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 167, 21. Tó ðære hǽhstrǽte to the high road, 246, 20
Linked entry: heáh-weg
on-bæc
A-back, backward, behind
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Ná gewát onbæc heorte úre non recessit retro cor nostrum, Ps. Spl. 43, 21
twi-gǽrede
Cloven
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Bufan ðam hlince æt ðæs gǽredan landes ende, (pointed, angular), Cod. Dip. B. iii. 251, 42
Linked entry: gǽrede
lícettung
Feigning ⬩ pretence ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy
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Hwǽr com seó manigfealde lícetung heora freónda what is become of the manifold flattery of their friends? Blickl. Homl. 99, 33. Innan gé synt fulle líccettunge [MSS. A. B. lícetunge] intus pleni estis hypocrisi, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 28.
ge-sprǽc
Speech ⬩ discourse ⬩ conversation ⬩ advice
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Coin for gesprǽce Finano ðæs biscopes pervenire propter conloquium Finani episcopi, 3, 22; S. 552. 41. Wæs gemyndig ðæs apostoles gesprǽces was mindful of what the apostle said, Shrn. 39, 5. Gesprǽcu, gesprécu oracula, Cot. 143, Lye
styria
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Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc byþ, styria and mereswýn, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27. Andlang strǽte út on styrian pól, vi. 9, 6. Mereswýn and stirian delphinos et sturias, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9
Linked entry: stiria
butere
BUTTER ⬩ butyrum ⬩ a cow ⬩ cheese
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Ahlyttre ða buteran purify the butter, 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 308, 28: Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 27
Linked entries: buter-stoppa buttor-fleóge
wíte-þeów
In slavery as a consequence of crime
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Ðæt is ǽrest, ðæt ic wille ðæt man gefreóge ǽlcne wíteþeówne mannan ðe on ðam biscopríce sié for hine and for his cynehláford, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 329, 17 : L. Ath. i. proem.; Th. i. 198, 9. Wéron ðǽr þreó wíteþeówe men and þreó þeówberde, Cod. Dip.
gafelian
To rent ⬩ condūcĕre
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To rent; condūcĕre Ic geann ðárto twegra hída ðe Eádríc gafelaþ I give thereto two hides which Eadric rents, Cod. Dipl. 699; A. D. 997; Kmbl. iii. 305, 6
Linked entry: gafolian
hice-máse
The blue titmouse
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Cf. col-máse
Linked entry: hice
besta
the BEST ⬩ optimus
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the BEST; optimus Scipio, se besta Rómána witena Scipio, the best of the Roman senators, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 38; Cot. MS. Tib. B. I. fol. 85 b
Linked entry: betera
ge-cafstrian
To bridle ⬩ restrain ⬩ frænare ⬩ restringere
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To bridle, restrain; frænare, restringere Swelce sió geþyld hæbbe ðæt mód gecafstrod as if patience has restrained the mind, Past. 33, 4; Swt. 218, 22; Cot. MS. 42 a
Linked entry: -cafstrian
ge-gild-heall
A guild-hall
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Cod. Dipl. iv. 277, 21
Linked entry: heall