dún-sǽte
Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales ⬩ montĭcŏlæ Walliæ
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The Dúnsǽte also need, if the king grant it to them, that at least peace-hostages be allowed them, L. O. D. 9; Th. i. 356, 16-20
Élíg
The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire ⬩ insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi
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Ætheldryth began the monastery at Ely, Chr. 673; Th. 58, 4.
fénix
the fabulous bird phœnix ⬩ φoινιξ ⬩ a genus of palms ⬩ the date tree ⬩ date palm ⬩ phœnix dactylĭfĕra
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geára, and æfter deáþe eft aríst ge-edcucod, and se fugel getácnaþ úrne æríst on ðam endenéhstan dæge phœnix, so a bird in Arabia is called, which lives five hundred years, and after death rises again re-quickened, and the bird betokens our resurrection at
Middel-Engle
The Middle Angles ⬩ the Angles of Leicestershire
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[When the Middle Angles had a bishop of their own the see was at Leicester.] Færpinga þreó hund hýda is in Middel-Englum, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 27. Ðone Ceaddan se ercebiscop ǽsænde Myrceon tó biscope and Middel-Englum and Lindesfarum, Shrn. 59, 14
Linked entry: Engle
neoþe-
Low ⬩ situated beneath ⬩ bottom of
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Lege on ðone pyt neoþeweardne lay it at the bottom of the pit, i. 398, 22. Neoþouard crepidinem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 5. Tósliten of ufewerdum óþ neoþewerd (nioðuord, Lind.: nioþawordum, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 15, 38.
ge-wrítan
To write ⬩ to give or bestow by writing ⬩ to write along with others ⬩ conscribere
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Werfriþ bisceop and seó heórédden æt Weogerna ceastre syllaþ and gewrítaþ æþelrǽde and æþelflæde heora hláfordum bishop Werfrith and the society at Worcester give and convey by writing to their lords Ethelred and Ethelfled, Cod. Dipl.
bonde-land
Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writing ⬩ tributaria terra
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swá ðæt Cúþbriht geaf ðam abbote l punde ðǽrfore, and ilca geár ánes nihtes feorme, ouðer xxx scyllinge penega; swá eác ðæt eafter his dæi scolde ðæt land ongeán into ðam mynstre an abbot, called Beonna, let to the alderman Cuthbriht ten 'boude-lands' at
scild-burh
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a battle-array in which men stood shield to shield [cf. the account of the battle of Stamford-bridge: 'Siðan fylkti Haraldr Konungr liði sínu, lét fylkingina langa ok ekki þykka ; þá teygði hann armana aptr á bak, svá at saman tóku, var þat þá víðr hringr
Linked entry: bord-haga
swíþ-mód
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Th. 233, 1; Dan. 269: ( the king at the time of the dream; cf. hé wæs wið God scyldig, 250, 20; Dan. 549), 249, 12; Dan. 529. Wearð hé swíðmód in sefan for ðære sundorgife ðe him God sealde, 254, 3; Dan. 606. v. next word
þráwan
To throw ⬩ To twist ⬩ rack ⬩ torture ⬩ To twist ⬩ turn round ⬩ to take a different direction ⬩ to turn round ⬩ revolve ⬩ to curl
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To twist, turn round, to take a different direction Se líg sóna ðreów ðwyres wið ðæs windes the flame at once turned round in a contrary direction towards the wind, Homl.
for-dwínan
to vanish ⬩ to pass ⬩ to fade away ⬩ dwindle away ⬩ pass away ⬩ decay
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Se deófol þǽrrihte fordwán on his gesihðe the devil straightway vanished while he was looking at him, 31, 178. Þa hundas ðǽrrihte of heora gesihðe fordwinon, Hml.
geómor
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</b> sad of soul, at heart :-- Hé módes geómor meregrund gefeóll, B. 2100. <b>I b.
on-bryrdness
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Add: incitement, cause of strong feeling Þám tímum þe mé ǽnig onbrerdnes cym[e] be ðám ǽcan lýfe at those times in which l am inspired with any strong emotion about the life eternal, Solil.
stede
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cf. in-stede) on the spot, at once :-- Þænne þú of stede miht syllan cum statim possis dare, Scint. 193, 12: 197, 13. add On ðám ýtemestan styde standan, R. Ben. I. 76, 9. Ærest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, Angl. viii. 324, 8. <b>II b.
Linked entry: welig-stedende
manigfealdlíce
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Scæl ic monigfealdlecor sprecan wiþ þá I must speak more at large against them, Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 9
sceam-líc
shamefast, bashful ⬩ shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious
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Nys ús ná tó secgenne ðone sceamlícan morþ ( the disgraceful events at the siege of Jerusalem ) ðe ðǽr gedón wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 15. Ðæt hé ða sceamlícan þ;ing and ða mánfullan begǽ þ; se res turpes et sceleslas com-mittere, ¨L. Ecg.
heáh-setl
A high seat, throne, seat of honour [at table], seat of justice ⬩ throne ⬩ thronus, solium, triclinium ⬩ a high seat (at table)
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A high seat, throne, seat of honour [at table], seat of justice Ðín heáhsetl thronum, Ps. Th. 88, 26. Forðon héhseðil godes is quia thronus Dei est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 34.
Linked entry: heáh-seld
beorg
a hill ⬩ mountain ⬩ collis ⬩ mons ⬩ a heap ⬩ BURROW or barrow ⬩ a heap of stones ⬩ place of burial ⬩ tumulus
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Æt ðæm, beorge ðe man Athlans nemneþ at the mountain which they call Atlas Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 16, 6. a heap, BURROW or barrow, a heap of stones, place of burial; tumulus Worhton mid stánum ánne steápne beorh him ofer congregaverunt super eum acervum magnum
CIRM
A noise, shout, clamour, uproar ⬩ strepitus, clamor, fragor, clangor
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A noise, shout, clamour, uproar; strepitus, clamor, fragor, clangor Hlynn wearþ on ceastrum, cirm árleásra cwealmes on óre din was in the cities, the clamour of the shameless at the point of death, Cd. 119; Th. 153, 31; Gen. 2547.
Eádgár
Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great. Edgar, in A.D. 955, succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia; and, at the death of his brother Eadwig, in A.D. 959, to the kingdoms of Wessex and Northumbria, over which he reigned sixteen years. He was, therefore, king for twenty years, from A.D. 955-975
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Edgar, in A.D. 955, succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia; and, at the death of his brother Eadwig, in A.D. 959, to the kingdoms of Wessex and Northumbria, over which he reigned sixteen years.