gærs-tún-díc
A grass-meadow-dike ⬩ vallum circa prātum ductum
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A grass-meadow-dike; vallum circa prātum ductum On gærstúndíc súðeweardne to the south of the grass-meadow-dike, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 441; A. D. 956; Kmbl. iii. 438, 4
masc
A mesh ⬩ a net ⬩ toil
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A mesh, a net, toil Ic wyrpe max míne on eá pono retia mea in amne, Coll. Monast, Th. 23, 9: 21, 13. On ðám maxum in retibus, 21, 19
eorþ-gemet
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For Cot. 95 substitute
land-folc
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Cóm ꝥ landfolc tó þe þǽr tó láfe wæs þǽr heora hláfordes líc læg, Hml. S. 32, 134. Hé wunode on þǽre byrig and bodode þám landfolce, 29, 83. Add
breóst-rocc
clothing ⬩ Breast-cloth ⬩ thorax
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Cot. 163. Stíðe and ruge breóstroccas [MS. breóst-rocces] stiff and rough breast-clothes; renones, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 114; Wrt. Voc. 40, 24
hám-steall
A homestead, residence ⬩ a homestead ⬩ a mansion, seat in the country
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A homestead, residence On his hámstealle at his homestead, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 255, 9. Ðane hámstal ðet hé on set the homestead at which he resides, iv. 133, 8
Linked entry: tún-steall
sigel-torht
Bright with sunshine ⬩ bright as the sun
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Bright with sunshine or bright as the sun, cf. sigelbeorht Swá wæs ealne dæg óððæt ǽfen com sigeltorht (epithet of ǽfen or of Andrew ?) swungen, Andr. Kmbl. 2493; An. 1248
ge-tyhtan
To educate ⬩ teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ erŭdīre ⬩ dŏcēre ⬩ instruĕre
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Byþ his heorte getrymed and getyhted confirmātum est cor ejus, 111, 7
ymbe
A swarm of bees
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. ¶ Imbæs dæl occurs Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 176, 20
Linked entry: ymb-haga
fǽr-dryre
A sudden or pernicious fall ⬩ repentīnus vel pernĭciōsus lapsus
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A sudden or pernicious fall; repentīnus vel pernĭciōsus lapsus Con he sídne ræced fæste gefégan wið fǽrdryrum he can firmly compact the spacious dwelling against sudden falls, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 9
hwet-stán
A whetstone
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A whetstone Hwetstán cos, Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 100; Wrt. Voc. 38, 25: Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100, 30. Nim ðonne hwetstán brádne then take a broad whetstone, Lchdm. iii. 16, 21
mǽr-weg
A boundary (?) road
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road On ðone márweg; ondlong ðaes mǽrweges, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 32, 33. Ondlong ðæs lýtlan weges ðæt hit cymeþ on ðone norþran mǽrweg; ondlong ðæs mǽrweges, 33, 5: 77, 26
ge-sǽlig-líce
Happily ⬩ fēlīcĭter
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Cot.] gewífod many have married happily enough, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 5. Gesǽlilíce fēlīcĭter, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 27
Linked entry: gesǽli-líce
un-áwend
Unchanged ⬩ unaltered
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S. 82; Th. i. 422, 3: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 231, 17. Ic wille ðæt se fréols stonde unáwent, 219, 20
un-hearmgeorn
Inoffensive
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Inoffensive Se Hálga Gást com ofer Criste on culfran híwe for ðí ðæt hé wolde getácnian mid ðam ðæt Crist wæs on ðære menniscnysse swíðe líðe and unhearmgeorn, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 20
Linked entry: hearm-georn
wíc-herpaþ
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Be ðam yrðlande óð hit cymð tó ðam wícherpaðe, ðonne andlang ðæs wícherpaðes tó ðam stǽnenan stapole, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 418, 27. Cf. wíc-weg
eá-risc
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For 'Cot. . . . Lye' substitute Eórisc papirum, Txts. 85, 1503: scirpea, 98, 960. Eórisc, leber, 95, 1823. Eárisc bremium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 67: i. 31, 32 ( printed eáric). v. eá-rixe in Dict
ofer-geweorc
a superstructure ⬩ a tomb, mausoleum
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Voc. ii. 23, 15. a tomb, mausoleum Métton ofergeweorke depicto mausoleo Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 35. Gé sind gelíce geméttum ofergeweorcum, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 17
Linked entry: ofer-weorc
feala
Many, much ⬩ multum, multa
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On feala wísan multis mŏdis, Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 11