wilde
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powerful Ac ꝥ is bedeóhlod ús hweþer þá wyldre wǽre in Stephane and þone sigor áhte sed quid in eo vicerit nos latet, Gr. D. 320, 24
spíder
a spider
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Hér com in gangan in spíder wiht, hæfde him his haman on handa, Lchdm. iii. 42, 11. The passage is the beginning of a charm
hér
here . . . there
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Similar entries (v. hér-bufan in Dict.) inne. Cf. I. Bróðor gang hider in tó ús; se ylca is hér inne ðe áhredde ðá cnihtas, Hml. Th. ii. 312. 4: Gen. 436.
West-mynster
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The place is mentioned in a (doubtful) charter of Offa of the year 785 : In loco terribili, quod dicitur æt Uuestmunstur, i. 180, 3
flóde
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Abounding in water (?) Flóde conpluviosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 67
frum-teám
The first
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The first teám ( Similar entries v. teám; II. in Dict. )
wíg-strang
Powerful in war
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Powerful in war Wígstrang bellipotens Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 45
be-beran
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In rihte beborene municipales, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 16. Add
dípan
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to dip, immerse Sé ðe dépið (ðépeð, L.) honde in þás parabside qui intingit manum in parapside, Mt. R. 26, 23. Hafa þú þíne þrí fingras swílce þú dýpan wille . . .
Linked entry: dépan
æfter-gengness
posterity ⬩ succession in an office ⬩ inferiority of position, occupation of the lowest place
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Th. ii. 206, 10. succession in an office For ðǽre gewissan æftergencgnysse (-gegencgednysse, v. 1.) ðæt is ðæt se sunu sceolde symle fón tó ðám háde æfter his fæder geendunge, Hml. S. 10, 219.
Linked entries: -gengness æfter-gegengedness
hǽmed
A lying with, sexual intercourse, marriage ⬩ coitus
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Th, i. 148, 22. Mægþhád biþ forloren on hǽmede maidenhead is lost in intercourse, ii. 10, 5 : 220, 4. Be hǽmede de coitu, L. Ecg. C; Th. ii. 128, 26. On unrihton hǽmede in adulterio, Jn. Skt. 8, 4 : Shrn. 132, 6.
Linked entry: dreám
hand-geweorc
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Th. i. 68, 25. His handgeweorc, Adames ofspring, ii. 260, 25 : Ll. Th. i. 304, 21. work done by the hands, wort in general Fram nǽnigum eorðlicum handgeweorce næs seó bóc áwriten, Wlfst. 214, 10.
neoþan-weard
Low in position
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Low in position Nioþanweard hype ilia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 54
línete
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In Wülck. Gl. 286, 21 the word is given as línece
willung
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Dele passage, in which wylme is to be read for wylinc
á-hýðan
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In 1. 5 reaof 'it despoileth hunger'
BLÓSTMA
A BLOSSOM, bloom, flower ⬩ flos
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Ðeáh ðe lílie sý beorht on blóstman, ic eom betre ðonne heó though the lily be bright in its blossom, I am better than it, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 26; Rä. 41, 28: Ps. Th. 102, 14.
Linked entry: blóstm
wægn
A waggon ⬩ wain ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ Charles' wain
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Voc. i. 37, 38. Tuégra uuegna gang (v. wægn-gang), Cod. Dip. B. i. 344, 12. On wǽnum in curribus, Ps. Spl. 19, 8.
Linked entries: wægen waegne-þíxl wǽn
lád
a course ⬩ way ⬩ a lode ⬩ watercourse ⬩ carrying ⬩ carriage ⬩ bringing ⬩ Sustenance ⬩ provision
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The word used in both cases in the Latin translation is summagium, in reference to which, and to the English words which it translates, may be quoted Thorpe's explanation in his glossary: 'Lád, seám, summagium.