weorold-lust
Entry preview:
Hwæt wille ic má cwæðan be mete, oððe be drince, oððe be baðe, oððe be welan, oððe be wyrðscype, oððe be ǽnigum worldlusta ( de cibo et potu, sive de balneis, ceteraque corporis voluptate), Solil. H. 37, 8. Cf. þá worlde lustas, 39, 4. Add
drysmian
To become dark, gloomy, to be made sad, to mourn ⬩ calīgāre, obscūrāri, mœstĭtia affĭci, lugēre
Entry preview:
To become dark, gloomy, to be made sad, to mourn; calīgāre, obscūrāri, mœstĭtia affĭci, lugēre Óþ-ðæt lyft drysmaþ until the air grows gloomy, Beo. Th. 2755, note; B. 1375
Linked entry: dryrmian
láðettan
odious ⬩ hateful ⬩ be hated ⬩ be hostile ⬩ to abominate ⬩ hate
Entry preview:
To be odious or hateful, be hated, be hostile, to abominate, hate Láðetteþ detestantur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 8. Man láðette tó swýðe ðæt man scolde lufian people hated too much what they ought to love, Wulfst. 168, 13.
hird
retinue, ⬩ court
Entry preview:
This form as it occurs in late specimens may be merely a contraction of híréd [q.v.], or it may be a form influenced by the Danish hirð. In the former case it should be written hírd
Linked entry: in-hirdmann
un-ábindendlíc
That cannot be unbound ⬩ indissoluble
Entry preview:
That cannot be unbound, indissoluble Hine gebindaþ ða wón wilnunga mid heora unábindendlícum racentum quem vitiosae libidines insolubilibus adstrictum retinent catenis, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 18: 33, 4; Fox 130, 31
Linked entries: un-onbindendlíc á-bindendlic
borh-fæst
Entry preview:
Bound by the giving of security Wolde he gedón ꝥ ic him wære borhfæst . . . and ætfæste hé mé míne efenþeówene [the marriage would be security for continued service], Hml. A. 203, 254
ge-weorhta
One working with another ⬩ accomplice
Entry preview:
One working with another, accomplice Gif mæsse-preóst þeófa gewita and geweorhta beó if a mass-priest be an accessory and accomplice of thieves, L. Eth. ix. 27; Th. i. 346, 9
on-lícness
Entry preview:
Add: likeness, that to which a thing may be compared Is leornod on bócum þæt on þysse worulde sýn fíf onlícnessa be hellegryre. Sió ǽreste onlícnes is nemned wræc, Verc.
feós
- Ors. 2, 4 ;
- Bos. 43, 15: Chr. 999 ;
- Erl. 134, 36: Bt. 14, 2 ;
- Fox 44, 22 ;
Entry preview:
of feoh
helle-gást
- Exon. 72 a; Th. 269, 28; Jul. 457 :
- 74 b; Th. 279, 17; Jul. 615 :
- Beo. Th. 2552; B. 1274.
freógan
Entry preview:
Cóm culfre and fleáh ymbe þone lýchaman and hyne freóde, Shrn. 154, 12
a-seóðan
To boil ⬩ seethe ⬩ scorch ⬩ to purify by seething ⬩ coquere
Entry preview:
Ðæt heó mid longre hire líchoman untrumnesse asodene beón that she should be purified by the long suffering of her body, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 15. Ealle we lǽtaþ to viii healf-marcum asodenes goldes we estimate all at eight half-marks of pure gold, L.
ǽn-lípig
Each ⬩ every ⬩ singular ⬩ solitary ⬩ private ⬩ singuli ⬩ solus
Entry preview:
Be ǽnlípigum mannum per singulos viros, Jos. Grn. 7, 14: C. R. Ben. 22
Linked entry: ǽn-lípie
dreám-cræft
The art of music, music ⬩ musĭca
Entry preview:
The art of music, music; musĭca Gedéþ se dreámcræft ðæt se mon biþ dreámere the art of music causes the man to be a musician, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 31
feax-fang
A taking hold by the hair ⬩ cŏmæ prehensio
Entry preview:
A taking hold by the hair; cŏmæ prehensio Gif feax-fang geweorþ if there be a taking hold of the hair, L. Ethb. 33; Th. i. 12, 3; Wilk. 5, 1
fóre-ward
Forward ⬩ fore ⬩ former ⬩ early ⬩ prōnus ⬩ antĕrior ⬩ prior
Entry preview:
Forward, fore, former, early; prōnus, antĕrior, prior On fórewardre ðyssere béc ys awriten be me in the fore part of this book it is written of me, Ps. Th. 39, 8
hafecere
A hawker
Entry preview:
A hawker Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóst ne beó hunta ne hafecere we enjoin that a priest be not a hunter, nor a hawker, L. Edg. C. 64; Th. ii. 258, 7
ge-mótian
Entry preview:
Wé habbað be pám bissextum gemótud, and be Ianuarium manega þing gehrepode, 309, 23. to attain by argument or discussion, to discuss to purpose Leóf, hwonne bið ángu spǽc geendedu, gif mon ne mæg nówðer ne mid wed ne mid áða geendigan?
Linked entry: mótian
ge-þeahtere
Entry preview:
. ¶ rendering the Latin consul :-- Hwæt wule wé cweþan be þínum twám sunum, þá sint ealdormen and geþeahteras quid dicam liberos consulares?, Bt. 10; F. 28, 31. Add
fadian
Entry preview:
Ox. 56, 326. absolute Seofon þing gedafenað rihtwísum cyninge . . . seofoðe, ꝥ hé be freóndan and be fremdan fadige gelíce on rihtlican dóme (that in the matter of just judgement his ordering be the same for friends and for strangers), Ll.