HORN
A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk ⬩ cornu, tuba ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner ⬩ n. cornu, tuba, promontorium
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Ne hér ðisse healle hornas [horn næs, Th.] ne byrnaþ nor here do this hall's gables burn, Fins. Th. 7; Fin. 4.
Linked entries: hyrne horn-geáp horn-reced
ETAN
EAT, consume, devour ⬩ ĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre
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Ðú ytst wyrta thou shalt eat herbs, Gen. 3, 18. ÐÚ ætst thou shalt eat; cŏmĕdes, Gen. 3, 17. Ðe ytt hláf qui mandūcat pánem, Jn. Bos. 13, 18. Se tó seldan ieteþ he too seldom eats, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 16; Gn. Ex. 112.
fýr-panne
A fire-pan ⬩ chafing-dish ⬩ pan for burning odoriferous herbs ⬩ batillum
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A fire-pan, chafing-dish, pan for burning odoriferous herbs; batillum, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 95; Wrt. Voc. 25, 35
Cumber-land
CUMBERLAND; Cumbria
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CUMBERLAND; Cumbria Hér Eádmund cyning oferhergode eal Cumbraland in this year [A. D. 945] king Edmund overran all Cumberland, Chr. 945 ; Th. 212, 10 ; 213, 10, col. 1, 2: Cumberland, 213, 10, col. 3 .
Linked entries: Cumbra-land Cumer-land
hux-líce
Ignominiously ⬩ disgracefully ⬩ unbecomingly
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Ða ðe hí huxlíce hér on lífe gedrehton those who shamefully afflicted them in this life, Jud. 5; Thw. 156, 10. Gelǽdde ðone kining mid him swíðe huxlíce carried the king with him very ignominiously, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 20
lǽne-
Transitory ⬩ transient ⬩ not enduring
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Hér is seó lǽnlíc winsumnes ac ðǽr is seó syngale nearones in this world is the delight that endures not, but in the next is the anxiety that continues for ever, L. E. I. pref; Th. ii. 394, 7
cyne-bearn
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Hér Óswiu ofslóh Penda and .xxx. cynebearna ( duces regii xxx interfecti, Bd. 3, 24) mid him, 654; P. 29, 4. Tácnað ꝥ cynebearna (cyme-, MS.) cwealm, Lch. iii. 180, 10
stíþlíce
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Búton hé hit hér ǽr his ænde ðe stíðelícor gebéte, C. D. iv. 248, 30
wæl-sliht
Slaughter in battle ⬩ slaughter ⬩ carnage
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Slaughter in battle, slaughter, carnage Hér wæs micel wælsliht (-sleht, MS. E.) on Lundenne, Chr. 839; Erl. 66, 16. Ðǽr wearþ micel wælsliht on gehwæþere hond, 871; Erl. 74, 32. Wǽpna wælslihtes, Cd. Th. 198, 25; Exod. 328.
spearnlian
To spurn ⬩ strike out with the feet ⬩ kick
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Se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod in tó ðære eorðan and hé ætforan hire spearnlode mid fótum the nail went through his head into the earth, and he (Sisera) struck out with his feet before her, Jud. 4, 21
fricca
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Sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, hé onféhð friccan ( fryccean, v.l.) scíre and foreryneles ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeaí hira færelt . . .
á-sweltan
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Hér Heródes áswalt, Chr. 46;P. 6, 20. Áswelte ocumbat Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 66; moriatur, Jn. R. II. 50. Ásuelte expiravit, Mk. L. 15, 37. Ic wæs áswolten and mín gewit forleás veluí emoriens sensum perdidi, Bd. 5, 6;Sch. 577, 7.
Linked entry: sweltan
corflian
To cut up small, mince ⬩ concidere
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To cut up small, mince; concidere Ðás wyrta sý swýðe smæl corflode let these herbs be minced very small Lchdm. iii. 292, 5
þeód-cyning
the king of a whole nation ⬩ a monarch, ⬩ an independent sovereign. ⬩ the king of all nations, ⬩ the monarch of the world ⬩ the Deity
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Th. 367, 25 which has here éce Dryhten), ælmihtig God ende worulde wyrcan wille, weoruda Dryhten, Soul Kmbl. 24; Seel. 12. O. Sax. thiod-kuning (used of Christ and of Herod) Icel. þjóðkonungr Similar entries Cf. þeóden
Linked entry: þeód-cwén
agén-sendan
To send again ⬩ send back ⬩ remittere
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To send again, send back; remittere He hine agén-sende to Herode remisit eum ad Herodem, Lk. Bos. 23, 7: 23, 11
FRIÐIAN
to keep the peace ⬩ towards, make peace ⬩ to protect ⬩ defend ⬩ keep ⬩ pācĭfĭcāre protĕgĕre ⬩ tuēri
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Ǽlc ðæra landa, ðe ǽnigne friðige ðæra ðe Ængla land hergie each of those lands which may keep the peace towards, afford protection to, any of those who ravage England, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 17.
Linked entry: freoðian
út-lah
Outlawed ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ calling for outlawry
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Ǽlc ðara landa ðe ǽnigne friðige ðæra ðe Ænglaland hergie beó hit útlah wið ús and wið ealne here, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 18.
for-ildan
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Take here for-yldan, and add: to put off action. with a case, acc. Se sláwa ágǽlð and forielt (-ielð, v. l.) ðæt weorc ðe him niédðearf wǽre tó wyrcanne piger necessaria agere negligit, Past. 283, 25.
Linked entry: for-yldan
wæl-stów
The place of the slain, ⬩ a battle-field ⬩ any place where there is slaughter
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On here crincgan, on wælstówe wundum sweltan, Byrht. Th. 140, 24; By. 293: Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 9. any place where there is slaughter Him Loth gewát of byrig (Sodom, about to be destroyed) gangan, wælstówe fyrr, Cd. Th. 156, 23; Gen. 2593
Linked entry: hreá-wíc
áþ
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Þá salde se here him foregíslas and micle áþas, þæt hié of his rice uuoldon, 878;P. 76, 13. Add