efnan
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Þæt heó his word efnan ( faciant ), 102, 17. Þá þe þíne ǽ efnan nellað contra legem agentes, 70, 3: 88, 27. Dómas efnan judicium custodire, 105, 3. Ne bið swylc cwénlic þeáw idese tó efnanne, B. 1941
eolhx
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.) ¶ the word occurs as the name of a rune Eolxsecg eard hæfð oftust on fenne, wundað grimme beorna gehwylcne þe him ǽnigne onfeng gedéð, Rún. 15. See Wimmer, Runenschrift, p. 132. Substitute:
for-hwirfan
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Hié hiera andgit forhwirfað (-hwerf-, v. l.) mid hiera wóre láre, Past. 369, 18. Forhwerfed bið vertitur, Kent. Gl. 990. Se forhwierfeda (-hwirf-, v. l.) gewuna, Past. 79, 19. Ðæs forhwirfdan (-hwirfed-, v. l.), 67, 16. Forhwierfdan, 435, 24.
for-liger
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(Perhaps the last two examples belong to previous word.) Add
Linked entry: for-liger
ge-wringan
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Ðysse wyrte wós wel gewrungen, i. 274, 18. to squeeze together, press into a shape Hé mæg ealla gesceafta on his ðǽre swíðran hand on ánes weaxæpples onlícnisse geðýn and gewringan, Sal. K. p. 150, 34
manna
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Oncnáwað þurh þás word sóðne mannan ácennedne of mǽdenlicum líchaman, i. 198, 10. Add
on-médan
(?) to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan)
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to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan) Ondsware ýwe se hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him give answer, who will take upon himself to say in words, what the name of that wood is, Exon.
Linked entry: médan
wyrm
a reptile ⬩ serpent ⬩ a creeping insect ⬩ a worm
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Kmbl. 1538; An. 770. a creeping insect, a worm Wyrm vermis, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 24. Wyrm ðe boraþ treów termes vel teredo, 24, 8. Hundes wyrm ricinus, 24, 33. Se wyrm (a book-worm) forswealg wera gied sumes, Exon. Th. 432, 8; Rä. 48, 3.
wís-líc
Wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ prudent ⬩ sagacious
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Ðú ǽghwylces canst worda wíslíc andgit. Andr. Kmbl. 1018 ; An. 509. Wera gehwylcum wíslícu word gerísaþ. Exon. Th. 343, 34 ; Gen. Ex. 166.
wrǽnsian
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to be wanton Þá beóð þǽr cwylmed in écum fýre, ðá þe hér swíðost mid wó wrǽnsiað. Nap. 71
on-cýþig
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Nú þú cunnon miht h[wæt on wo]rdum wæs werum oncýðig, Hpt. 33, 73, 12
Linked entry: cýþig
-tig
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O. H. Ger. the two forms are -zug and -zó. In O. Frs. and Icel. the same forms are used throughout. Tig is another form of the root seen in ten (tehan, g for h according to Verner's Law)
CUMAN
COME ⬩ go, happen ⬩ venire, ire, accidere, evenire
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Com weorc sceá-wigan came to view the work, 80; Th. 101, 7; Gen. 1678
Linked entry: aweg-cuman
inwit-full
Deceitful ⬩ guileful ⬩ malicious ⬩ evil
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Hé áfylleþ ða inwitfullan word of his tungan he causes deceitful words to fall away from his tongue [cf. Ps.Th. 14, 3, non egit dolum in lingua sua], Blickl. Homl. 55, 16.
tíd-líc
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Th. 144, 16. expressing relations of time, of time Hwílon hé (the word ut) getácnaþ tíde . . . on ðissere stówe hé is temporale adverbium, ðæt is tídlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Zup. 265, 19.
á-fillan
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H. 151, 16. metaph. to cause to cease, put an end to Hé áfylleþ þá inwitfullan word of his tungan he puts away deceitful words from his tongue , Bl. H. 55, 16. Áfyl praecipita , Ps. Spl. 54, 9. Áfæl, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 7.
Linked entry: a-fælan
án-daga
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Nis se man on eorðan þe wite þæne ándagan ( the appointed end of the world ) bútan Gode sylfum, Wlfst. 90, 1. Þá cende hé tém and lét þone forberstan and forbéh þone ándagan, Cht. Th. 206, 29. v. riht-ándaga, and next word. Add
tó-scǽnan
To break to pieces
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In Layamon the word is intransitive
síde
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Cf. preceding word