gǽst-lic
Terrible, ghastly
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Terrible, ghastly Ongitan sceal gleáw hæle hú gǽstlic bið, þonne eall þisse worulde wela wéste stondeð, Wand. 73
Bægere
The Bavarians ⬩ Bavarii ⬩ the Boiari ⬩ Bajuvarii
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Hí Maroaro habbaþ, be westan him, Þyringas, and Behemas, and Bægware healfe they, the Moravians, have, on their west, the Thuringians, Bohemians, and part of the Bavarians, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 42
CWUDU
What is chewed, a cud, quid ⬩ manducatum, rumen
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What is chewed, a cud, quid ; manducatum, rumen Ðe heora cudu ne ceówaþ: ða clǽnan nýtenu ðe heora cudu ceówaþ M. H. 138b. ¶ Hwít cwudu white cud, mastich; an odoriferous gum from the mastich-tree, which was called by Lin. pistacia lentiscas. This gum
Eald-Seaxe
The Old-Saxons ⬩ antīqui Saxŏnes
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Be norþan Þyringum syndon Eald-Seaxan and be norþan westan him syndon Frysan, and be westan Eald-Seaxum is Ælfe múþa ðære eá and Frysland to the north of the Thuringians are the Old-Saxons, and to the north-west of them are the Friesians, and to the west
Linked entry: Ald-Seaxe
Eást
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Rufinus wolde habban þone anwold þǽr eást, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, 6, 37; S. 296, 6. Eást mid Crécum, Met. 30, 1. Secga sitlu súð, eást, and west, 9, 42: 14, 7. v. norþ-, súþ-eást; cf. west; adv
gryndan
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By weste hy grendeth, Shoreham]
ǽ-lǽte
A desert
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Wéstensetlan ðe feor fram mannum gewítað and wéste stówa and ǽlǽtu lufiaþ, R. Ben. 134, 12
Athlans
Mount Atlas, in West Africa ⬩ Atlas mons
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Mount Atlas, in West Africa; Atlas mons Hyre west-ende is æt ðæm beorge, ðe man Athlans nemneþ its west end is at the mountain, which is called Atlas, Ors. 1, 1 ; Bos. 16, 6
án-wunung
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Solitary dwelling: — Óþer cyn is muneca þe feor fram mannum gewítað and wéste stówa and ánwununge lufiaþ (deserta loca sequi atque habitare perhibentur), R. Ben. 134, 12
steór-bord
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-Hé lét him ealne weg ðæt wéste land on ðæt steórbord and ða wídsǽ on ðæt bæcbord, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 17, 10, 25
Óst-sǽ
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the Baltic with the Cattegat, the water east of Denmark and of the Scandinavian peninsula as that on the western coast is called Westsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 3 Be norþan Súþdenum is ðæs gársecges earm ðe mon hǽt Ostsǽ. . .
fóster-módor
A FOSTER-MOTHER ⬩ nurse ⬩ altrix ⬩ nutrix
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Ic gean mínre fósterméder ðæs landes æt Westúne I give to my mother the land at Weston, Th. Diplm. 560, 25
Linked entries: fǽster-módor féster-módor fóstor-módor
wín-ræced
A house where there is feasting ⬩ a palace
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Hornsalu wunedon wéste wínræced, Andr. Kmbl. 2319; An. 1161
Linked entry: wín-ærn
fulwuht
Baptism ⬩ baptismus
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Baptism; baptismus Hér Birínus bisceop bodude West-Seaxum fulwuht in this year [A.D. 634] bishop Birinus preached baptism to the West-Saxons, Chr. 634; Erl. 24, 9
rihtes
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Add: v. eást-, norþ-, þǽr-, west-rihtes; wiþer-ræhtes
Burgende
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Provence has on the north of it the mountains, which people call the Alps, and on the south of it is the Mediterranean sea, and on the north and east of it are the Burgundians, and on the west the Gasconians, Ors. l, i; Bos. 24, 2
westansúþan-wind
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A south-west wind Westansúðanwind austrum Ps. Spl. C. 77, 30
án-wíg-gearo
Prepared for single combat ⬩ ad singulare certamen paratus
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Prepared for single combat; ad singulare certamen paratus Wæs þeáw hyra, ðæt hie oft wǽron ánwíggearwe it was their custom, that they oft were for single combat prepared, Beo. Th. 2499; B. 1247
wræc-setl
An exile-abode
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An exile-abode Wídis ðes wésten, wræcsetla fela, earclas onhǽle earmra gǽsta, Exon. Th. 120, 6; Gú. 267
eást-lang
Along the east ⬩ orientem versus
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Along the east; orientem versus Se wudu iséastlang and westlang hund twelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, from east to west [lit. along the east and along the west], is one hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 30