ge-hwirfness
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Th. 24, arg. conversion; in a special sense, the adoption of the monastic life Ðæt munucas áwunien in þǽre hýrsumnesse þe hié Gode gehéhton in þá tíd heora gehwyrfnesse (-hwyrfe-, v. l. conuersionis ), Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 377, 5
góma
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Add: the palate In góman, þǽr mon þone smæc tódǽleþ in palato, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 3. in pl. the jaws Góman fauces, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 52.
ofer-sewenness
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The word occurs only in legal documents.
Linked entry: ofer-gesewenness
hǽðen-styrc
A heathen stirk, calf used in heathen worship, the golden calf made by the Israelites
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adoraverunt sculptile; et mutaverunt gloriam suam in similitudinem vituli comedentis fœnum, Ps.
hors-hwæl
A walrus
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very excellent ivory in their tusks, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 36
Linked entry: hwæl
hird-ness
Guard, ⬩ keeping, ⬩ custody
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Gif hwá befæst his feoh tó hyrdnysse si quis commendaverit pecuniam in custodiam, Ex. 22, 7. Swá hí on niht hyrdnesse begangaþ sicut custodia in nocte, Ps. Th. 89, 5. On hyrdnyssa in custodias, Lk. Skt. 21, 12
Linked entries: hyrd-ness heord-ness
frum-meolc
Milk fresh from the cow ⬩ the best milk
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, the best milk Frummeoluc nectar (in the same glossary nectar is variously rendered by wín, þone swétan smæc, wín-gedrinc, hunig oððe mildeáw, and nectareus by hunígteárlic, the word, as in later times, seems to have been used vaguely in a favourable
ge-týnan
To shut up ⬩ hide ⬩ opĕrīre ⬩ inclūdĕre
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To shut up, hide; opĕrīre, inclūdĕre Se Hǽlend me in ðam engan hám oft getýnde the Saviour often shut me up in the narrow dwelling, Elen. Kmbl. 1839; El. 921. Foldan getýned hidden in earth, 1441; El. 722.
streówen
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a couch, bed In bed stréne mínre in lectum stratus mei, Ps. Surt. 131, 3. Stréne míne stratum meum, 6, 7: 40, 4: 62, 7. Ðá héht hé him streówne gegearwian (bedd gewyrcian, MS.
Linked entry: streón
sáp
Amber, resin, pomade
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Reádre deáge (in margin,sápe) rubro stibio (the word occurs in a passage treating of dressing the hair, cf. the passage in Pliny describing the use and invention of'sapo:' Gallorum hoc inventum rutilandis capillis; fit ex sebo et cinere optimus fagino
Linked entry: sápe
heaðu-sceared
blade of a sword, ⬩ war-share
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In the former case may not the word be connected with scear [q. v. share in ploughshare] used here of the blade of a sword, heaðo-scear a war-share, blade? and hearde heaðo-scearede = with hard and deadly blades.
lencten
Spring ⬩ Lent
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Gif mon in lencten hálig ryht in folce bútan leáfe álecgge gebéte mid cxx. sciłł if any one in Lent suppress holy law among the people without leave, let him make amends with cxx shillings, L. Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 13.
Linked entry: lengten
þeóstre
Dark ⬩ without light ⬩ of absence of spiritual or mental light, or of cheerfulness
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In ðære sweartan niht and in ðære þýstran, Nar. 15, 1. In ðam þýstran hám (hell), in ðam neólan scræfe, Exon. Th. 283, 21; Jul. 683. Þýstre land (hell) Cd. Th. 46, 1; Gen. 737.
be-clýsan
To close in ⬩ to shut in ⬩ to inclose ⬩ to shut ⬩ includere ⬩ concludere ⬩ claudere
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To close in, to shut in, to inclose, to shut; includere, concludere, claudere He beclýsde Iohannem on cwearterne inclusit Johannem in carcere, Lk. Bos. 3, 20: Ps. Spl. 30, 10: Jos. 10, 18. Híg hyra eágan beclýsdon oculos suos clauserunt, Mt.
Linked entry: be-clísan
ende-byrdes
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Substitute for 'for order' in order, and for the second passage
holian
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To make a hole in, dig ground Gáþ gé and ꝥ stánclif hwæthugu holiað ite et rupem in modico cavate Gr. D. 113; 5. Hé hét ðá heardnysse swíðe holian on middan ðǽre flóre his botles (cf. fodiamus in medio tuguriunculi mei. Vit. Cuth. c. xviii), Hml.
hoðma
A covering [?], cloud [?], darkness
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Rídend swefaþ hæleþ in hoðman knights and warriors sleep in the darkness [of death ], Beo. Th. 4907; B. 2458
ge-tweógan
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Suá h[w]á sé ðe cuoeðas ... and ne getuíga in his hearte ah geléfe quicumque dixerit ... et non haesitauerit in corde suo sed crediderit, Mk.
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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Brunanburh was written by Ingulf, in A.D. 1109, Brunford: Hunt. in 1148, Brumesburh, Brunesburih, Brunesburh, Bruneburh: Hovd. in 1204, Brunnanbyrg, Brumenburh; Brom. in 1330, Brunneburyh.]
æt-íwedness
A shewing ⬩ manifestation ⬩ ostensio
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A shewing, manifestation; ostensio Wæs on wéstenum óþ ðone dæg hys ætíwednessum on Israhel erat in desertis usque in diem ostensionis suæ ad Israel, Lk. Bos. 1, 80
Linked entry: íwed-ness