ge-delf
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Æt ðam forman gedelfe swégde út ormǽte wyllspring, Hml. Th. i. 562, 14, v. marmstán-, ymb-gedelf. an excavation, a ditch, quarry, hole
gríg
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For similar correspondence between Icelandic and English forms cf. Icel. hey; W. S. híg; hegg(e) in Rushworth Gloss. Mk. 6, 39.] See next word
Linked entry: gregg
hring-loca
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A coat of mail formed with rings, Byrht. Th. 136, 2; By. 145
híw-fæst
Beautiful
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Beautiful Híwfæst formosa, i. speciosa, An. Ox. 1054. Híwfæstre formosior, i. speciosior, 453
holm-weall
A wall formed by the sea
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A wall formed by the sea, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 16; Exod. 467
Sciþþisc
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. ¶ the definite form used substantively :-- Ðá Scyðiscan wunnon wið hine, 300. Siððan hé ðá Scyððiscan oferwinð, 309
gǽst-geníþla
A persecutor or foe of souls ⬩ the devil ⬩ anĭmārum insectātor vel hostis ⬩ diabŏlus
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A persecutor or foe of souls, the devil; anĭmārum insectātor vel hostis, diabŏlus Hæfde engles hiw gǽstgeníþla, helle hæftling the foe of souls, the captive of hell, had an angel's form, Exon. 69 a; Th. 257, 11; Jul. 245
Linked entry: gást-geníþla
ge-hiwung
A form ⬩ fashion ⬩ shape ⬩ position ⬩ predicament ⬩ figmentum ⬩ cătēgŏria
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A form, fashion, shape, position, predicament; figmentum, cătēgŏria He oncneów gehywunge úre ipse cognĕvit figmentum nostrum, Ps. Spl. C. 102, 13. Gehiwunge cătēgŏriæ, Cot. 57.
Linked entries: ge-heowung ge-hywung
on-lícness
Likeness, image
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Likeness, image Idese onlícnes the form of a woman, Beo. Th. 2706; B. 1351: Andr. Kmbl. 1461; An. 731. Hé hæfþ mon geworhtne æfter his onlícnesse, Cd. Th. 25, 19; Gen. 396; Exon. Th. 424, 10; Rä. 41, 37
bæce-ring
A grate formed as a ring used for baking ⬩ a gridiron ⬩ craticula
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A grate formed as a ring used for baking, a gridiron; craticula, Cot. 99
nón-gereord
A repast after the service of nones
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A repast after the service of nones Siððan hýðone forman cnyl tó nóne gehýren, gangen hý ealle from hyra weorce and dón hý gearuwe, ðæt hý mágon tó cirican gán, ðonne mon eft cnylle. Ðonne eft æfter heora nóngereorde rǽdan hý eft heora béc, R.
best
BEST, most ⬩ optime
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S. 69; Th. i. 412, 3 The usual form is wel well, bet better, betst best = most. In the text the preceding passage has betst behófaþ most wants
regol
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Add: a ruler for drawing lines, v. regolian. a tabular arrangement, list given in tabular form Ðá talo ł reglas ðá Eusebius in ténum talum geendebrednade canones quos Eusebius in decem numeros ordinavit, Mt. p. 2, 18. Regulas, 3, 9
sǽt
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte
á-hlocian
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R.) 5, 29 (the late southern version has here aholeke: can hloc- in the older form = holc-? v. holc, and holk in N. E. D.).. Áhlocadum, ach ocadum effossis, Txts. 59, 721
handfangen-þeóf
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.), which is the usual form in lists similar to those in which it occurs Hámsócn and forsteall, griðbrice and handfangenðeóf, C. D. iv. 233, 9. Handfangeneðeóf, 17: 23: 30
HÁD
person ⬩ persona ⬩ sex ⬩ degree, rank, order, condition ⬩ state, condition, kind, nature, form ⬩ manner, way ⬩ honour ⬩ persona, sexus, ordo, gradus.
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Se forma hád is ðe sprecþ be him sylfum ána . . . Se óðer hád ðe se forma sprecþ tó ... Se þridda hád is be ðam ðe se forma hád sprecþ tó ðam óðrum háde there are three persons of verbs. The first person is he who speaks about himself alone . . .
Linked entries: acolitus diácon dúru-weard hádelíce -hád
ǽra
Earlier ⬩ former ⬩ prior ⬩ præcedens
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Earlier, former; prior, præcedens Ðæs ǽran tácnes prioris signi, Ex. 4, 8: Gen. 31, 5