DILEGIAN
Entry preview:
To destroy, abolish, blot out, erase; delēre, abŏlēre Gif se wrítere ne dilegaþ ðæt he ǽr wrát if the scribe does not erase what he wrote before, Past. 54, 5; Hat. MS. Swá swá fenn strǽta is dilgie híg ut lutum plateārum delēbo eos, Ps. Spl. 17, 44.
Linked entry: dilgian
eorþ-sele
An earth-hall, cave ⬩ subterrānea aula, antrum
Entry preview:
An earth-hall, cave; subterrānea aula, antrum Eald is ðes eorþsele this earth-hall is old, Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 12; Kl. 29. Mec se mánsceáða of eorþsele út geséceþ the atrocious spotter will seek me out fram his earth-hall, Beo. Th. 5023; B. 2515. He
for-spillednes
A spilling ⬩ waste ⬩ perdition ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdĭtio
Entry preview:
A spilling, waste, perdition, destruction; perdĭtio Forhwí wæs ðisse sealfe forspillednes geworden ut quid perdĭtio ista unguenti facta este Mk. Bos. 14, 4. Ne forwearþ hyra nán, búton forspillednysse beam nēmo ex eis pĕriit, nĭsi fīlius perdĭtiōnis.
Linked entry: for-spillendnes
fót-swæþ
A foot-trace ⬩ foot-print ⬩ pĕdis vestīgium
Entry preview:
A foot-trace, foot-print; pĕdis vestīgium Ðæt ne sýn astyrode oððe awende síþstapla oððe wegas oððe fótswaðu míne ut non mŏveantur vestīgia mea, Ps. Lamb. 16, 5. Eall ðæt rýmet, ðe eówer fótswaðu on bestæpþ, ic eów forgife omnem lŏcum, quem calcāvĕrit
ge-derian
To injure ⬩ hurt ⬩ lædĕre
Entry preview:
To injure, hurt; lædĕre Ðyssum wordum ðá gecwedenum, hine sóna se wind onwearp fram ðære byrig, and dráf ðæt fýr on ða ðe hit ǽr onbærndon, swá ðæt hí sume mid ðam fýre gederede wǽron quo dicto, stătim mūtāti ab urbe venti, in eos qui aecendĕrant flammārum
ge-défelíce
Becomingly ⬩ filly ⬩ decently ⬩ properly ⬩ dĕcenter ⬩ opportūne
Entry preview:
Becomingly, filly, decently, properly; dĕcenter, opportūne Sóna ðæs ðe gehálgod wæs, ða dyde mon his líchoman in, and on ðære cyricean norþ-portice gedéfelíce wæs bebyriged mox vēro ut dedĭcāta est, intro inlātum, et in portĭcu illīus aquĭlōnālis dĕcenter
stán-brycg
Entry preview:
A stone bridge Andlang bróces óð stánbrycge, súð from stánbrycge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 9-10. Andlang burnan óð hit cymþ ðér Blíðe út scýt; ðæt andlang Blíðan óð ða stánbriccge; ðæt eást of ðære bricgge, 421, 34. Ðis sint ða landgemǽre ... Ǽrest
efes
Entry preview:
Be Cilternes efese, Hrysebyrgan (cf. Hrisebeorgam margine luci Cilterni, iii. 347, 12), C. D. iv. 232, 33. Tó ðæs wudes efese, iii. 389, 27. Út of ðám wudu; of ðæs wudes efese, 390, 2. Be ðǽre æfesce . . . be efæsce, 460, 15, 18. Innan hangran; swá forð
for-gǽgednys
Entry preview:
Bið seó ealde forgǽgednys geendod (ut consummetur praeuaricatio, Dan. 9, 24), Hml. Th. ii. 14, 12. Þurh heora ágene forgǽgednysse and ðwyrnysse, i. 112, 34. For heora forgǽgednissum pro suis excessibus, Hy. S. 65, 1. Ꝥæt folc for heora mándǽdum and forgǽgednyssum
gifol
Entry preview:
Add: liberal, munificent Ne beó gé óðrum monnum suá gifole (giofole, v. l.) ðæt hit weorðe eów selfum tó gesuince non ut aliis sit remissio, vobis autem tribulatio, vestra abundantia illorum inopiam suppleat Past. 325, 9. Hié wilniað ðæt hié gifule (
Iringes weg
Entry preview:
Substitute: Íringes weg the milky way [Mirari tamen non possumus in tantum famam praevaluisse ut Iringi nomine, quem ita vocitant, lacteus coeli circulus usque in praesens sit notatus, Grm. D. M. (trans.) 358 q. v.] Íringes (Iuuaringes, Erf. Cf. (?)
fýr-þolle
apparatus for cooking, fryingpan ⬩ ⬩ apparatus for torture ⬩ catasta
Entry preview:
Substitute: fýr-þolle, apparatus for cooking, fryingpan (v. Similar entries þolle), oven Þú setst hig swá swá ofen (fýrþolle, MS. T.) fýres pones eos ut clibanum ignis, Ps. Spl. 20, 9. apparatus for torture; catasta (Catastae, genus tormenti, i. e. lecti
bræsen
BRAZEN, ⬩ æreus, æneus ⬩ made of brass ⬩ strong, powerful, bold, daring; ⬩ validus, fortis, potens, procax
Entry preview:
BRAZEN,; æreus, æneus made of brass Bræsen oððe ǽren æneus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 59. Ðú gesettest swá swá bogan bræsenne earmas míne posuisti ut arcum æreum brachia mea, Ps. Lamb. 17, 35. strong, powerful, bold, daring; validus, fortis, potens, procax
æt-hrínan
To touch ⬩ take ⬩ move ⬩ tangere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ movere
Entry preview:
To touch, take, move; tangere, apprehendere, movere Ðæt ic æt-hríne ðín ut tangam te, Gen. 27, 21. He æt-hrán hyre hand tetigit manum ejus. Mt. Bos. 8, 15. Se unclǽna gást hine æt-hrínþ spiritus apprehendit eum, Lk. Bos. 9, 39. Nellaþ híg ðá mid heora
Linked entry: et-hrínan
gigant
A giant ⬩ gigas
Entry preview:
A giant; gigas Untydras onwócon, eotenas, swylce gigantas unnatural progenies sprang forth, monsters, also giants, Beo. Th. 226; B. 113. Swá swá gigant yrnþ on his weg ut gigas ad currendam viam, Ps. Th. 18, 6. Ne se gigant ne wyrþ ná gehǽled nec gigas
be-syrian
To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive ⬩ spoliare, fraudare, dejicere
Entry preview:
To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive; spoliare, fraudare, dejicere Ðæt hí mǽgon besyrian ðone earman ut dejiciant inopem, Ps. Th. 36, 13. Cirus hý besyrode Cyrus ensnared them, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 20. Hine Rodbeard besyrede Robert deceived him, Chr. 1093
ge-cnyttan
To tie or fasten to ⬩ to annex ⬩ adnectĕre ⬩ allīgāre
Entry preview:
To tie or fasten to, to annex; adnectĕre, allīgāre Gecnyttan adnectĕre, Cot. 4. Bende gicnyhtest vinculo nexius ti, Rtl. 108, 21. Betere him ys ðæt án cwyrnstán sí to hys swyran gecnytt expĕdit ei ut suspendātur mŏla asĭnāria in collo ejus, Mt. Bos.
Linked entry: ge-cnycc
swiling
Entry preview:
A swilling, washing, gargling, gargle Clǽsnunga and swilling wið hrúm and gillistrum, Lchdm. ii. 2, 3. Wyrc ðus swilinge tó heáfdes clǽnsunge . . . habbe on múþe lange, ðonne yrnþ ðæt gillister út. Eft óþru swiling . . . súpe wlæc and ðæt geagl swile
Linked entry: swilling
þræft
Entry preview:
a quarrel, dispute, contention, chiding Siteþ symbelwlonc searwum lǽteþ wíne gewǽged word út faran þræfte þringan þrymme gebyrmed æfæstum onǽled oferhygda ful flushed with the feast he sits, affected with wine, words he guilefully lets fare forth, crowd
weorold-sorh
Entry preview:
Worldly care, care of this life Hwonon wurde ðú mid ðissum woruldsorgum ðus swíþe geswenced ? . . . Gewítaþ nú, áwirgede woruldsorga, of mínes þegenes móde, Bt. 3, 1 ; Fox 4, 20-23. Ðæt gemearr ðære woruldsorga curarum secularium impedimentum, Past.