melc
Giving milk ⬩ milch
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Wið tittia sár wífa ðe beóþ melce, Herb. 19, 4; Lchdm. i. 112, 26. Meolce breóst ubera, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 14
mistel
basil ⬩ mistletoe
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Genim ðás wyrte ðe man ocimum, and óðrum naman mistel nemneþ, Herb. 119, 1; Lchdm. i. 232, 11. Heó hafaþ leáf neáh swylce mistel, 137, 1; Lchdm. i. 254, 12. mistletoe Mistil viscus, Ep. Gl. 28 d, 21. Mistel, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 59
ge-wit-leást
Folly ⬩ madness ⬩ phrensy ⬩ stultitia
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Wið ða ádle ðe grécas frenésis nemnaþ ðæt is on úre geþeóde gewitlést ðæs módes for the disease which the Greeks call φρένησιs, that is, in our language, witlessness of the mind, Herb. 96, 4; Lchdm. i. 210, 1
hráca
Expectoration, spittle, matter brought up when clearing the throat ⬩ spittle
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Hyt gelíðigaþ ðone hrácan, Herb. 55, 2; Lchdm. i. 158, 10. Wið swíðlícne hrácan, 146, 2; Lchdm. i. 270, 2. Mycelne hrácan, 158, 1; Lchdm. i. 284, 23
Linked entry: hrǽcan
be-æftan
Behind ⬩ after ⬩ hereafter ⬩ post ⬩ pone ⬩ postea
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Ðæt ic wille hér beæftan sweotolor gereccan that I will hereafter more clearly shew, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 29
West-Wealas
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Hér cuom micel sciphere on West-Walas (Wæst-Wealas, v. l. ), 835 ; Erl. 64, 24
lyb-lǽca
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Þá lyblǽccan and þá ðe manige galdor cunnon and þá ðe gelóme galaþ . . . þá þe hér bióð þá mǽstan drýicgan and gealdorcræftigan and lyblácan ne cumað nǽfre of þǽra wyrma seáðe, Nap. 43. Lyblaecan caragios, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 24. Add: —
soc
Suck, sucking at the breast
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[Seseȝ childer of her sok A. P. 103, 391. Taken awei fro sok, or wenyd Wick. (Isaiah 11, 8)]
á-weg
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S. 25, 228. hér ys se áwege, Amauisti vel amasti, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 147, 1
Linked entry: on-weg
god-módor
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A GODMOTHER Æt ðam fulwihte hyre onféng sum godes þeów ðære noma wæs rómána ... heó slép æt ðære godmódor húse a certain servant of God, whose name was Romana, was her sponsor at baptism ... she slept at the godmother's house, Shrn. 140, 24
hád-breca
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Hér syndan . . . hádbrecan, Wlfst. 165, 31
ge-þióstrian
To obscure; ⬩ obscūrāre
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To obscure; obscūrāre Seó sunne oferlíht ealle óðre steorran, and geþióstraþ mid hire leóhte the sun outshines all other stars, and obscures [them] with her light, Bt. titl. ix; Fox xii. 2. Sunna biþ geþióstrod sol contenebrabitur, Mk. Skt.
mearu
Tender ⬩ soft ⬩ delicate
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B. mearuw) sý if the body be tender (with sores), Herb. 102, 2; Lchdm. i. 216, 24. Hwæðer sió gecynd ðæs líchoman síe heard ðe hnesce and mearwe, L. M. 1, 35; Lchdm. ii. 84, 14. Man byþ merwe gesceaft, Ps. Th. 143, 5. Myra tenellus, Kent. Gl. 62.
Linked entry: myrwa
ræfnan
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Th. 240, 24; Ph. 643. to do, perform, accomplish, carry out Ða ðe ræfnaþ hér wordum and weorcum wuldorcyninges láre, 149, 20; Gú. 764 : 139, 17; Gú. 594. Neáh is Drihten eallum ðe his willan hér wyrceaþ georne and his hyge swylce elne ræfnaþ, Ps.
Linked entry: a-rǽfnan
stæf-gefég
a combination of letters ⬩ a forming of letters in writing
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A domo fram húse; hér is se a for ánum stæfgefége; ab homine; hér is se ab án stæfgefég. Hwílon byþ ðæt stæfgefég on ánum stæfe, hwílon on twám, etc., Ælfc. Gr. 3; Zup. 7, 4-11.
forþ-snoter
Very wise ⬩ săpientissimus
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Very wise; săpientissimus Elene héht gefetian on fultum forþsnoterne Elene bade to fetch to her aid the very wise [man ], Elen. Kmbl. 2104; El. 1053. Forþsnotterne, 2320; El. 1161.
Norþ-wíc
Norwich
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Norwich Hér com Swegen tó Norþwíc ... Ðá gerǽdde Ulfkytel wið ða witan on Eást-Englum, Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 17. Ðá geaf se cyng his sunu ðone eorldóm on Norþfolc and Súþfolc; ðá lǽdde hé ðæt wíf tó Norþwíc, 1075; Erl. 213, 6
Súþ-hymbre
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Hér wæs Ósuuald ofslagen fram Pendan (and) Súþhymbrum (cf. fram ðam ylcan hǽþenan cyninge and ðære hǽþenan ðeóde Myrcna, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 11), 641; Erl. 27, 8
Linked entry: Súþan-hymbre
sǽ-flód
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Add Hér is seó endebyrdnes mónan gonges and sǽflódes. On ðreóra nihta ealdne mónan wanað se sǽflód oþ ꝥ se móna bið .xi. nihta eald. Of xi. níhta ealdum mónan weaxeð se sǽflód oþ .xviii. nihta ealdum mónan, Angl. xi. 6, § 5
tó-fillan
To cause to fall in different directions, ⬩ to demolish, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ break to pieces
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To cause to fall in different directions, to demolish, destroy, break to pieces God heáfdas feónda gescǽneþ and hé tófylleþ feaxes scádan ðe hér on scyldum swǽrum eodon Deus conquassabit capita inimicorum suorum; verticem capilli perambulantium in delictis