godwræc-lic
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Sacrilegious Ꝥ hé náme æt his handa ꝥ húsl þǽre godwræclican (-wræt-, -wret-, v. ll.) gehálgunge ut ex ejus manu sacrilegae consecrationis communionem perciperet, Gr. D. 238, 12.
wín-drync
Wine
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Wine Heortan manna must and wíndrinc myclum blissaþ vinum laetificet cor hominis, Ps. Th. 103, 14. Wé þeáh rǽdaþ ðæt munecum tó wíndrince (-drynce, -drence, v. ll.) náht ne belimpe licet legamus uinum monachorum non esse, R. Ben. 64, 21
Linked entries: wín-drenc wín-gedrinc
acsian
To ask ⬩ ask for ⬩ demand ⬩ rogare ⬩ expostulate ⬩ exigere
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Hú mæg ǽnig man acsigan how can any man inquire? Bt. 35. l; Fox 156, 6
frum-gild
A first payment or compensation ⬩ the first payment or instalment of the price [wer] at which every man was valued, according to his degree, to be paid to the kindred, or guild-brethren, of a slain person, as compensation for his murder ⬩ prīma compensātio
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Gylde man ðæs weres ðæt frumgyld let the first payment of the valuation be paid, L.
full-fremedlíce
Fully ⬩ completely ⬩ perfectly ⬩ perfecte
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Fully, completely, perfectly; perfecte Nán man ne mæg fullfremedlíce secgan embe ðone sóþan God no man is able to speak perfectly about the true God, Hexam. 3; Norm. 4, 26.
Linked entry: fremedlíce
neáh-sibb
Related
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Related Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig cristen man ǽfre ne gewífie on his mǽges láfe ðe swá neáhsib (neáh sib, Th.) wǽre, L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 24.
bacan
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Þæt man breád bace, Wlfst. 296, 8. Þá oflǽtan þe gé sylfe bacen, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 35. Hláf bacan panes coquere, 160, 26. Ofen wæs gegearwod tó þon ꝥ man wolde on bacan, Gr. D. 219, 12. Add
þúma
The thumb
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Gif man þúman of áslæhþ, .xx. sciłł. Gif þúman nægl of weorðeþ, .iii. sciłł. gebéte, L. Ethb. 54; Th. i. 16, 9. Hé æthrán his swíðran þúman ( pollicem manus ejus dextrae ), Lev. 8, 23. Þúman pollices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 48: Ex. 29, 20
nídþearf-ness
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Add Gif hwilc man on micelre neádþearfnesse, biþ þín gemyndig . . . ic gefremme þæs mannes nédþearfnesse, Shrn. 77, 6-9
twǽman
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Þys táken gesetton ða ealdan wríteras on ciriclícum bócum, ðæt hig twǽmdon oððe ætýwdon ða gewitnyssa háligra gewrita, Anglia viii. 334, 11. to part what has been joined Man wite, ðæt hý þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón, ðe læs ðe man eft twǽme ðæt man
drohtnung
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Hé wæs mǽres lífes man on munuclícre drohtnunge, 26, 54. Ióhannes heóld þá clǽnnysse ... on micelre drohtnung ( living an excellent life ), Hml. A. 14, 23: 16, 64. Hlísful þurh his drohtnunga, 195, 16.
bærlíc
Barley ⬩ hordeum
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Barley; hordeum Man sælde ðæt æcer-sǽd bærlíc to six scillingas one sold the acre-seed of barley for six shillings, Chr. 1124; Th. 376, 5
dǽd-céne
Deed-bold ⬩ agendo fortis, audax
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Deed-bold; agendo fortis, audax Com ingán ealdor þegna, dǽdcéne mon the prince of thanes, the deed-bold man, came entering, Beo. Th. 3294; B. 1645
ful-gemæc
Very suitable ⬩ aptissĭmus
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Very suitable; aptissĭmus Ðá ic me fulgemæcne monnan funde when I found a man very suitable for me, Exon. 115 a; Th. 442, 25; Kl. 18
mónaþseóc-ness
Lunacy
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Lunacy Wið mónoþseócnysse, gyf man ðás wyrte ðam mónoþseócan ligcgendon ofer álegþ, sóna hé hyne sylfne hálne up áhefþ, Herb. 66, 2; Lchdm. i. 170, 4
ge-bryidan
To take ⬩ tollĕre ⬩ sūmĕre
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To take; tollĕre, sūmĕre Ðonne mon hæfþ his ǽhte gebryid when a man has taken [Th. discovered] his property, L. O. 2; Th. i. 178, 11
seofon-leáfe
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man eplafilon and óðrum naman septifolium nemneþ and eác sume men seofenleáfe. Lchdm. i. 232, 1-3
hléda
A seat ⬩ bench
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Man sceal habban . . . hlýdan, sceamelas, Angl. ix. 264, 20. Substitute:
sár-spell
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Add: a dolorous tale Se man sǽde fram helle síðfæte swylc sárspell, swylce nǽfre ǽr on men ne becÝóm, ne náht oft siððan, Shrn. 49, 10
un-gefullod
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Ðá cóm án gecrístnod man tó Martine . . . ac æfter feáwum dagum hé wearð fǽrlíce seóc, swá ꝥ hé forðférde ungefullod sóna, Hml. S. 31, 210. Add