hálettan
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Þá se biscop tó mé cwóm, ðá grétte hé mé sóna and [h]álette his leódþeáwe cum me more rituque salutaret, Nar. 27, 17.
hunig
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Mon ðás ðing selle . . . mittan fulne huniges oðða twégen uuínes, sué hwaeder suae ðonne begeotan mæge, C. D. i. 293, 14 : 299, 23. Sester fulne huniges, 312, 10
mancus
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Án æstel on fíftegum mancessa (mon-, v. l. ), Past. 9, 1.
denu
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See also Txts. 545. v. eorþ-, mór-, wæter-denu. Add
DYSIG
DIZZY, foolish, unwise, stupid ⬩ stultus, insĭpiens, insānus
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Híg sint dysegran they are more foolish, 19, 82; Met. 19, 41. Cyninga dysegast the most foolish of kings, 15, 22 ; Met. 15, 11. Dysegum neátum jumentis insipientĭbus, Ps. Th. 48, 11. Dysgum monnum by unwise men, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 28: Bt. Met.
midde-weard
Mid-ward ⬩ middle of
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Moys. 8. Ymb ða eaxe middewearde hwearfaþ they revolve about the middle of the axis, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 23. Seó eá is irnende þurh middewearde Babylonia burg mediam Babylonian interfluentem, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 3: 1, 3; Swt. 32, 6.
stúpian
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Layamon uses the verb transitively: Mon mæi mid strenðe stupen (stoupe, 2nd MS.) hine to grunde, 25950
teter
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The form tetra, perhaps influenced by lepra which precedes it, also occurs :-- Ðonne becymþ of ðám yflum wǽtum oððe sió hwíte riéfþo þe mon on súþerne lepra hǽt, oþðe tetra, oþþe heáfodhriéfðo, oððe óman, Lchdm. ii. 228, 13
efenlíce
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A. 13, 12. on egual terms, as equals Hé cwæð þæt him tó micel ǽwisce wǽre þæt hé swá emnlíce wrixleden, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 16. in like manner, in like degree, equally Emlíce simili modo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 61.
ge-cíd
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Ne sceal mon náne geflytu ne gecíd úp áhebban, Ll. Th. ii. 438, 31. Wyrignyssa and gecýd maledicta et jurgia, 224, 31. chiding, reproof Gif hwylcum bréþer byþ gecíd (mid gecíde, v.l.) oþþe gestýred si quis frater corripitur quolibet modo, R.
sorh-full
full of care or anxiety ⬩ careful ⬩ anxious ⬩ feeling anxiety ⬩ attended with anxiety ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ mournful ⬩ sad ⬩ feeling sorrow or grief ⬩ attended with or causing sorrow ⬩ grievous ⬩ sollicitus
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Módor síðode sorhfull, sunu deáþ fornam, Beo. Th. 4244; B. 2119. Hig heora synna andetton mid sorhfullum móde, Jud. 10, 10. Hé hafaþ wérige heortan, sefan sorhfulne, Salm. Kmbl. 757; Sal. 378.
seóc
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Gif mon sý ðære healfdǽdan ádle seóc, Lchdm. ii. 284, 31. Seó lange mettrumnes ðæs seócan mannes, Blickl. Homl. 59, 28. Swá swá lǽca gewuna is ðonne hió seócne (siócne, Cott. MS.) mon gesióþ, Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 26. Ða ðe on sáre seóce lágun, Exon.
sefa
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Geómor sefa, mód morgenseóc, 458, 3 ; Hy. 4, 94 : Beo. Th. 98 ; B. 49. Leóht sefa, ferhþ gefeónde, Elen. Kmbl. 346 ; El. 173. Weá biþ in móde, siofa synnum fáh, Frag. Kmbl. 28 ; Leás. 16. Módcræfte séc þurh sefan snyttro, Exon. Th. 28, 5 ; Cri. 442.
þurfan
To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe
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Hé suiðor his mód gebint tó ðǽm unnyttran weorcum, ðonne hé ðyrfe ( more than is fitting for him ), Past, 4; Swt. 37, 21. Ðonne mon má fæst, ðonne hé ðyrfe ( more than religion requires ), 43; Swt. 313, 2.
a-munan
To think of ⬩ mind ⬩ consider ⬩ be mindful of ⬩ have a care for ⬩ cogitare ⬩ reputare ⬩ memor esse ⬩ providere
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Cwǽdon hí, ðæt hie ðæs ne amundon ðe má ðe eówre geferan they said, that they no more minded it than did your companions, Chr. 755; Th. 84, 36, col. 3
beorht
Brightness ⬩ a glistening ⬩ light ⬩ sight ⬩ glance ⬩ twinkling ⬩ splendor ⬩ lumen ⬩ lux
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Brightness, a glistening, light, sight, glance, twinkling; splendor, lumen, lux Ðis leóhte beorht cymeþ morgna gehwám this pure brightness cometh each morn Exon. 93 a; Th. 350, 6; Sch. 59.
bere-gafol
Barley-rent ⬩ a tribute of barley ⬩ hordei tributum
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One of the rents paid in kind, which, by the following enactment, is fixed at the rate of six pounds weight for every labourer employed in the barley harvest Mon sceal simle to bere-gafole agifan æt ánum wyrhtan six púnd-wǽga a man shall always give
Linked entry: gafol-bere
hreác
A heap ⬩ stack ⬩ rick ⬩ reek
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Healfne æcer gauolmǽde on hiora ágienre hwíle and ðæt on hreáce gebringan [to mow] half an acre of 'gafol-meadow' in their own time and to bring the hay together in a reek, Chart. Th. 145, 4. Hreácas acervi, Cot. 18, Lye
Linked entry: hrǽc
ge-freógan
To free ⬩ make free
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To free, make free Ðonne mót hine se hlaford gefreógan then must the lord free him, L. In. 74; Th. i. 148, 18 : L. Ælfc. C. 20; Th. i. 48, 25 : Ps. Th. 93, 1. Gefreóde freed, Exon. 16 a; Th. 37, 4; Cri. 588.
Linked entries: ge-friéga ge-frígian
sidelíce
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In a proper manner, suitably Monige scylda openlíce witene beóþ tó forberanne ðonne ðæs þinges tíma ne biþ ðæt hit mon sidelíce gebétan mǽge . . .