Cartaine
The Carthaginians ⬩ Carthaginienses
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Terrentius, se mǽra Cartaina sceóp, bær hætt on his heáfde Terence, the great poet of the Carthaginians, wore a hat on his head, 4, 10; Bos. 96, 18 : 4, 11; Bos. 97, 11: 4, 13; Bos. 99, 24.
ge-strícan
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into the flat of your left hand and lay your hand to your ear, Tech. ii. 126, 7- to form with a stroke of a pen Quincunx . . . beóð þus gehíwod.
Læwes
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Æt Hamme wið Læwe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 388, 18. Hamme juxta Læwes, vi. 46, 11
heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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A term occurring in the laws which Thorpe thus defines: 'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.'
a-dydest
hast banished ⬩ expulisti
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hast banished; expulisti,Ps. Lamb. 59, 12;
heorot-clæfre
Hart-clover ⬩ medicago maculata
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Hart-clover; medicago maculata, Lchdm. ii. 392
cnæd
kneaded ⬩ hast kneaded ⬩ fermented
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kneaded, hast kneaded, fermented; p. of cnedan
íren-heard
Iron-hard
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Iron-hard, Beo. Th. 2227; B. 1112
healf-féþe
Half-lame
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Half-lame Healfféþe semipes, Germ. 396, 150
Linked entry: -féþe
sám-storfen
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Half-dead Sámstorfenne seminecem, Germ. 401, 50
gylden-feaxa
Having golden hair ⬩ auricomus
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Having golden hair; auricomus, Cot. 11, Lye
up-líc
on high ⬩ lofty ⬩ sublime ⬩ celestial
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Uplícne hám, Cd. Th. 287, 5; Sat. 362. Ðara uplícra burhwara geférscipe, Blickl. Homl. 197, 16. lofty, sublime Upplícan anagogen, upplíc andgyt supernum intellectum, Hpt. Gl. 506, 17-19. Uplícum andgite anagogen, Anglia xiii. 28, 15. Wrt.
ge-scildan
To shield, cover, protect, defend ⬩ protegere, tueri
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To shield, cover, protect, defend; protegere, tueri Ic gescilde ðé mínre swýðran handan I will cover thee with my right hand, Ex. 33, 22. Ic ðé gescilde on drihtenes name I will protect thee in the name of the Lord, Shrn 15, 19.
Linked entries: ge-scyldan scildan
ge-limpan
To happen ⬩ occur ⬩ befall ⬩ come to pass ⬩ take place ⬩ accĭdĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ contingĕre
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Gregorius Gode þancode ðæt Angelcynne swá gelumpen wæs, swá swa he sylf geornlíce gewilnode Gregory thanked God that it had so happened to the English nation, as he himself had earnestly desired, Homl. Th ii. 130, 28 : Beo. Th. 1653; B. 824
hleahtor
Laughter
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Se herewísa hleahtor álegde the host's leader hath put away laughter [is dead ], Beo. Th. 6033; B. 3020. Hleahtor álegdon dá hí swíðra oferstág weard they put away laughter when a stronger guard had overcome them, Exon. 35 b; Th. 116, 1; Gú. 200.
áre
Honour ⬩ honesty ⬩ favour ⬩ benefit ⬩ pity ⬩ mercy ⬩ honor ⬩ honestas ⬩ gratia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ misericordia
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Árna ne gýmden they had no regard of honour, 113; Th. 148, 20; Gen. 2459. Us is ðínra árna þearf to us is need of thy mercies, Exon. 11 b ; Th. 16, 19; Cri. 255. Árna gemyndig mindful of benefits, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 22; Gen. 2163: Beo.
ECG
EDGE, a sharpness, blade, sword ⬩ ăcies, acūmen, glādius, ferrum
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Hyne ecg fornam the sword had destroyed him, Beo. Th. 5538; B. 2772. Ecg was íren the edge was iron, 5549; B. 2778. Ecg grymetode the blade rang. Cd. 162; Th. 203, 24; Exod. 408. Ecga [MS. ecge] mihton helpan æt hilde swords might help in battle.
efor-fearn
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hús-stedum, and heó hæfþ on ǽghwylcum leáfe twá endebyrdnyssa fægerra pricena, and ða scínaþ swá gold this plant, which is named rădiŏlus, and by another name everfern, is like fern, and it is produced in stony places, and in old homesteads, and it has
fandung
A temptation, trial, proof ⬩ tentātio, prŏbātio, inquīsītio
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Scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes the sharp and searching temptation of the mind, Past. 21, 3; Hat. MS. 30 a, 26. Ðære lufe fandung is ðæs weorces fremming the proof of love is the performance of work, Homl. Th. ii. 314, 28.
Linked entry: a-fandung