bile
Entry preview:
His breóst and his bile beorht syndon ... is se bile hwít, E. S. viii. 477, 29, 34. Bile rostro, An. Ox. 2410. Twégen hremmas his hús tǽron mid heardum bile, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 21. Fugelas on heora blódigon bilon ðǽra martyra flǽsc bǽron, Hml.
mist-hliþ
A mist-covered hill-side
Entry preview:
Ðis leóhte beorht ( the sun )cymeþ morgna gehwam ofer misthleoþu wadan ofer wǽgas, Exon. 93 a; Th. 350, 8; Sch. 60
þrýþ-swíþ
Exceedingly powerful
Entry preview:
[Cf. the proper names Æþel-swíþ, Beorht-swíþ.]
Linked entry: swíþ
wuldor-gifu
A glorious gift ⬩ a gift of heaven
Entry preview:
Dé beorht Fæder geweorðaþ wuldorgifum, cræfte and mihte, Andr. Kmbl. 1875; An. 940. Gástes mihtum, wuldorgifum, Elen. Kmbl. 2141; An. 1072
loddere
Entry preview:
Add: The word occurs in local names Lodderþorn, Loddere-lacu, Loddæræs-sæccing, Lodres-wei, Loddera-beorh, -strǽt. v. C. D. vi. (Index)
gyru
Entry preview:
Muddy, marshy On heán hangran middeweardne; ðanon on hwítan beorh. . . ðonon úp on gyran torr, C. D. iii. 412, 9. See preceding word
ofer-scínan
to cover with light, illumine
Entry preview:
Beorht wolcn hig ofersceán nubes lucida obumbravit eos, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 5. Ðonne his (the moon's) leóma ealne middaneard oferscíne, Anglia viii. 323, 7
hyll
Entry preview:
Hyl oððe beorh collis, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 43. On ðá rúgan hylle, C. D. iii. 454, 1. Dena ł hylla colles . Ps. L. 113, 4. Add
ge-bredian
To restore the flesh or body ⬩ pulpōsum reddere
Entry preview:
To restore the flesh or body; pulpōsum reddere Him folgiaþ fuglas scýne, beorhte gebredade, blissum hrémige beautiful birds follow him, brightly restored, blissfully exalting, Exon. 64 b; Th. 237, 18; Ph. 592
Linked entry: -bredian
a-býwan
To adorn ⬩ purify ⬩ clarify ⬩ exomare ⬩ purgare
Entry preview:
To adorn, purify, clarify; exomare, purgare Beóþ monna gǽstas beorhte abýwde þurh bryne fýres the souls of men are brightly adorned [clarified] through the fire's heat, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 24; Ph. 545
ge-somning
A congregation; ⬩ congrĕgātio
Entry preview:
A congregation; congrĕgātio Seó Godes circe, þurh gesomninga sóðes and ryhtes, beorhte blíceþ the church of God, through congregations of truth and right, brightly gleameth, Exon. 18 a; Th. 44, 9 Cri. 700
bléd
A shoot, branch, flower, fruit ⬩ germen, ramus, frons, flos, fructus
Entry preview:
Ne dreósaþ beorhte bléde bright fruits fall not, Exon. 56 a; Th. 200, 3; Ph. 35: 62 b; Th. 230, 2; Ph. 466. God lǽteþ hrusan syllan beorhte bléda beornum and þearfum God lets earth give delightful fruits to rich and poor, Hick. Thes. i. 135, 24
niþere
Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ below
Entry preview:
Down, beneath, below Læg mín flǽschoma in foldan bigrafen, niþre gehýded in byrgenne, ðæt ðú meahte beorhte uppe on roderum wesan, Exon. Th. 89, 34; Cri. 1467. Uppe ge niþre, 360, 3; Pa. 74
eal-gearo
All ready or prepared ⬩ omnīno promptus
Entry preview:
All ready or prepared; omnīno promptus vel părātus Beorh ealgearo wunode on wonge the mountain stood all ready on the plain, Beo. Th. 4475; B. 2241: 155; B. 77: 2465; B. 1230
Linked entry: eall-gearo
leóhte
Brightly ⬩ clearly
Entry preview:
Brightly, clearly Leóhte and beorhte scínaþ clearly and brightly they shine, Blickl. Homl. 127, 35: Exon. 116 a; Th. 446, 10; Dóm. 20: 26 a; Th. 76, 14; Cri. 1239: Elen. Kmbl. 2229; El. 1116: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 25; Met. 9, 13.
Linked entry: líhte
for-teón
to pull and hurt ⬩ to gripe ⬩ to pull in the way of ⬩ obscure ⬩ cover up ⬩ obducere ⬩ to draw away ⬩ lead astray ⬩ seducere
Entry preview:
Þá men ... fnǽstiað swíþe, beóþ fortogene, Lch. ii. 242, 7. to pull in the way of, obscure cover up; obducere Þæs líchoman hefignes mid gedwolmiste fortíhð mód foran monna gehwelces, ꝥ hit beorhte ne mót blícan, Met. 22, 34.
wæter-ham
Land surrounded by a ditch (?)
Entry preview:
Andlang burnan on wæterweg; of ðan wæterwege on waterhammes; of ðan hamman on grénan beorh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 374, 31. Cf. flódhammas, i. 289, 18
Linked entry: flód-hamm
ge-stæððig
Steadfast ⬩ firm ⬩ stăbĭlis ⬩ firmus
Entry preview:
Steadfast, firm; stăbĭlis, firmus Se án déma is gestæððig and beorht the only judge is steadfast and bright, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 20: Bt. Met. Fox 24, 84; Met. 24, 42: 29, 171; Met. 29, 87.
bonnan
To summon, call together ⬩ citare, convocare
Entry preview:
To summon, call together; citare, convocare Sió býman stefen and se beorhta segn bonnaþ sáwla gehwylce the voice of the trumpet and the bright sign shall summon every soul, Exon. 23 b; Th. 66, 6; Cri. 1067
-mǽre
Entry preview:
Hú beorht, mǽre, ǽnlic o preclara (virginitatis gratia ), 1266. Mǽre celeberrimns, i. excellentissimus (Agathae rumor), 3937. On þǽm mǽran fæstene in celeberrimo (Alexandriae) municipio, 3418. On mǽrum in summo (virginitatis proposito), 5, 21.