twi-fingre
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Substitute: Two fingers thick, a term applied to fat on swine Æt twyfingrum spic, Ll. Th. i. 132, 19
spilling
Destruction ⬩ waste ⬩ confusio, deperdicio
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Destruction, waste Nán þing . . . búton folces geswinc and feós spylling and heora feónda forðbylding, Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 37
manig-brǽde
Consisting of many things
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Consisting of many things Mænibrǽde dóm satura lex (lanx?), Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 111; Wrt. Voc. 20, 49
ofer-flówedlic
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Ús oferflówedlice þing fram áwurpan, Nap. 49
Linked entries: ofer-flówendlic -flówedlic
on-unrihtlíce
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Unjustly, wrongfully Onunrihtlíce wé ne dydon on cýðnesse þíne inique non egimus in testamento tuo, Ps. Spl. 43, 20
Linked entries: unrihtlíce on-rihtlíce
swingan
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Gif þú gyrde habban wille, þonne wege þú þíne fýst swylce þú swingan wille, Tech. ii. 122, 12. Add
wítegendlic
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Hé fela þing feorran oft wiste, ǽr þan þe hit gewurde, þurh wítigendlicne gást, Hml. S. 31, 1010. Add
hed-cláþ
A thick upper garment of coarse material, like a chasuble
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A thick upper garment of coarse material, like a chasuble, Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346, 17
bán-ece
Pain in the thigh
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Pain in the thigh. Similar entries v. bán Wið bánece, Lch. i. 252, 1: ii. 68, 25: 70, 1
a-spanan
To allure from ⬩ entice ⬩ induce ⬩ urge ⬩ persuade ⬩ introduce secretly ⬩ allicere ⬩ illicere ⬩ impellere ⬩ persuadere ⬩ attrahere ⬩ subintroducere
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Hér aspón Æðelwald ðone here to unfriþe in this year Æthelwald allured the army to a violation of the peace, Chr. 905 ; Th. 180, 18, col. 1.
deópe
Deeply, profoundly, thoroughly, entirely, earnestly ⬩ prŏfunde, gravĭter, subtīlĭter, penĭtus, solemnĭter
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Se ðis líf deópe geond þenceþ who profoundly contemplates this life, Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 29; Wand. 89. Búton he ðe deóppor hit gebéte unless he amend it the more earnestly, Cod. Dipl. 773; A. D. 1044; Kmbl. iv. 87, 13.
Linked entry: diópe
fǽr-spel
A sudden message, sudden news, horrible message ⬩ imprōvīsus vel terrĭbĭlis nuncius
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Me ðes ár bodaþ frécne fǽrspell this messenger announces an impious horrible message to me, 69 b; Th. 259, 4; Jul. 277
nearulíce
narrowly ⬩ within narrow limits ⬩ briefly ⬩ oppressively ⬩ grievously ⬩ narrowly ⬩ exactly ⬩ strictly
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P. 12; Th. ii. 320, 24. narrowly, exactly, strictly Manegu díglu þing sindon nearolíce (subtiliter) tó smeáganne many secret things are to be narrowly examined, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 153, 13.
Linked entry: nearu-þanc
earm-sceapen
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Þis atule gewrixl earmsceape (-sceapene? cf. the same passage in Wlfst. 138, 30: Þá earmsceapenan men) men on worulda woruld wendað his miseris vicibus miseri volvuntur in aevum, Dóm. L. 196.
eástan
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</b> of light :--- Þis ne dagað eástan, Fin 3. marking direction of measurement, giving quarter from which measurement is made Affrica onginð eástan westwerd fram Egyptum æt þǽre ee þe man Nilus hǽt measured from the east westwards Africa starts
gyrdel
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Ðonne þú gyrdel (-er, MS. ) habban wylle, þonne sete þú þíne handa forewearde wiðneoþan þínne nafolan and stríc tó þenum twám hypum, Tech. ii. 119, 21. Hí cuwon heora girdlas, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 9. Add
godcundlic
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</b> celestial, heavenly :-- Óþre hwíle hé smeáþ ymb þis eorþlice líf, óþre hwíle ymb ꝥ godcundlice, Bt. 39, 7; F. 222, 5. Ealle godcundlice gesceafta standað on Drihtnes gewealdum, Hml.
mægen
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Add Þæt eorðlice mægn þe þú hér samnast. . . eall þis mægn wát, þe hér tó gemóte cóm, þæt bín heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 13-18. v. full-, god-, heáfod-, helle-, níd-, stíþ-mægen
ólehtung
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Gemunað þá þe eall hira líf on þisse worulde on ólehtungum lifedon ( lived in sensual pleasures), Verc. Först. 170. Eáwlá, wíf, tó hwan wenest ðú þínes líchoman hǽle mid smyringe and oftþweále and óðrum líðnessum? Of ðám cymeð unhǽlo, nales mægen.
þanc
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</b> add :-- Þis is mé on þance gratias agimus, Gr. D. 203, 9. Add Ic geann him .vi. mæran mid .vi. coltan tó þance ( in gratitude ), Shrn. 159, 29. v. æf-, of-, ymb-þanc