and-wyrdan
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Andwyrt se godfæder þæs cildes wordum, Hml. Th. ii. 52, 4. Add
lah-slit
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According to its component parts the word means a breach or violation of the law; in the Laws however it is applied to the fuse payable for the breach, and is used only with reference to the Danes, the corresponding term among the English being wíte
súsl
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Torment, where the word is certainly neuter Se seáð ðæs sing[alan] súsles, Nar. 50, 23. Súsles þegnum, Exon. Th. 275, 30: Jul. 558: 304, 18; Fä. 72. Hié ðæt súsl þrowiende wǽron, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 26. In ðæt swearte súsl ( hell ), Exon.
Linked entries: helle-súsl seóslig
wearn
A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal
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Þeán ðe ða ealle ðe mé áfeódon wordum wyrigen and wearn sprecan si is, qui oderat me, super me magna locutus est, 54, 12.
Linked entries: un-wearnum wirn worn
be-strídan
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Æfter ðisum wordum hé his hors bestrád, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 3. Add
ge-weorp
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Him þá beorna breogo, þǽr hé on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða geweorp wið þingode with him (Andrew) the prince of men, from his seat on the gangway, across the sands held parley (the boat was close to land, cf. in ceól stigon ellenrófe, 349, so that the words
scyndan
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Add Þeós world is scyndende and heononweard, Bl. H. 115, 19. 1. Add Þǽr ne wǽre scynde þá dagas . . . ah beóþ scynde þá dagas nisi breviati fuissent dies illi. . . sed breviabuntur dies illi, Mt.
út-síþ
A going out ⬩ excessus ⬩ exitium
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Gǽst útsíþes georn the spirit eager for departure from this world, Exon.Th. 178, 9; Gú. 1241. Nágon hwyrft ne swice, útsíþ ǽfre ða ðǽr in cumaþ those who come in there never have have return or escape, never egress, 364, 31; Wal. 79
wær-líc
Cautious, prudent, wise, circumspect
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Wísdómes beþearf, worda wærlícra, and witan snyttro, se ðære æðelan sceal andwyrde gifan, Elen. Kmbl. 1083; El. 544
tyrdlu
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Old Farming Words. Halliwell quotes 'tak the triddils of an hare.' Tyrdyl schepys donge, Prompt. Parv. 494. Take scheps tridels or swynes muk, Rel. Ant. i. 53,16) Haran tyrdlu, Lchdm. ii. 214, 4. Genim gáte tyrdlu, 72, 16, 27. Tyrdelu, 282, 7
fracoþ-lic
foul ⬩ filthy ⬩ lucre
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Hí ongunnon hine onscunian mid máran orwyrðum fracoðlicra (fraceð-, v.l.) worda majoribus hunc verborum contumeliis detestari coeperunt, Gr. D. 251, 1. For fraceðlecum (fracoðlicum, v.l.) gestreónum turpis lucri gratia, Past. 137, 21. Add:
ídel
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Be ídelstum wordum de otiosis uerbis, Scint. 217, 2. <b>II a.
weorþian
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Icel. virða to give heed) Hé hét mé his word weorðian and wel healdan, lǽstan his láre, Cd. Th. 34, 13; Gen. 537: 21, 24; Gen. 329. Wurðian, 23, 3; Gen. 353. Heó his dǽd and word noldon weorðian, 20, 16; Gen. 310. <b>IV a.
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.
efen-weorþ
Even worth, equivalent ⬩ æque dignus, æquĭvălens
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Even worth, equivalent; æque dignus, æquĭvălens, L. Edg. C. 50; Th. ii. 254, 23
Linked entry: efen-wyrþe
myndig
Mindful
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Mindful Myndig wæs Petrus wordes ðætte cweden wæs him, Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 72
wisse
Certainly
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Certainly Sculan wé wrecan wordum forð, wisse gesingan, ðæt . . ., Menol. Fox 140; Men. 70
in-heald
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Substitute: Sloping inwards, worked in low relief Inheald interrasilem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 24
steórleás-lic
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Undisciplined In gýmeleáslicum wordum be steórleáslicu cildru gewuniað tó sprecanne, Gr. D. 289, 10
ofer-máðum
A very valuable treasure, a treasure of surpassing worth,
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A very valuable treasure, a treasure of surpassing worth, Beo. Th. 5979; B. 2993