wegu
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Carriage, vehicle Ne beþearf ná seó sáwul swá gerádre wege and færinge anima vehiculo non eget, Gr. D. 314, 25
eág-gebyrd
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Substitute: The nature of the eye Is seó eággebyrd stearc the eye is by nature strong; ingentes oculi, Ph. 301
æpsen
Impudence, foulness
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Ox. 3674 (where see note)
heáfod-stów
A place for the head
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A place for the head Seó heáfodstów cræftiglíce geworht ætýwde locus capitis fabrefactus apparuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 1
heard-sǽlness
Misfortune, calamity
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Misfortune, calamity Ðá com eác seó ofermǽte heardsǽlnes then came also the excessive calamity, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 104, 17
Linked entry: -sǽlness
ofer-froren
frozen over
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frozen over Ðá wæs Donua seó eá swíðe oferfroren, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 208, 1: 1, 1; Swt. 21, 17
prica
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See also Homl. Th. i. 102, 30
Linked entry: pric-mǽlum
ildra
elder ⬩ older ⬩ grand ⬩ greater ⬩ superior
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Hwæðer ys yldra ðe se ðe þénaþ ðe se ðe sitt quis major est qui recumbit an qui ministrat? Lk. Skt. 22, 27. Gewurþe hé swá swá gingra seðe yldra ys betwux eów qui major est in vobis fiat sicut junior, 26.
be-heáfdian
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Beheáfdian hine [geseón] gestreón getácnað to see one's self beheaded in a dream betokens gain, Lch. iii. 212, 13. ꝥ hí í Hí lǽdan tó beheáfdianne, 75, 23. Tó beheáfdigenne, Hml. S. 19, 85. Beheáfdienne obtruncandum, An. Ox. 5255.
ge-laþung
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Add: a calling, summoning Seó godcunde gelaðung euocatio diuina, R.
wang-stede
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Se ðás wongstedas gróf æfter golde (cf. se ðe ða eorþan ongan delfan æfter golde, Bt. 15 ; Fox 48, 23), Met. 8, 56. a town on a plain (wang) ?
wirp
A change for the better ⬩ recovery ⬩ improvement
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Se Waldend him (the blind man) mæg wyrpe syllan, hǽlo on heáfodgimme (of heofodgimme, MS.) 336, 5; Gn. Ex. 43. Se snotera bád hwæþre him Alwalda ǽfre wille æfter weáspelle wyrpe gefremman make his lot better, Beo. Th. 2635; B. 1315. v. next word
frum-lida
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A chief sailor, captain of a vessel Se heáhengel Sanctus Michael se æðela nówend and se gleáwa frumlida . . . sé ðe his scip mid heofonlicum wælum gefylleð, An. Ox. 32, note
Linked entry: lida
æðdel-borennes
Nobleness of birth ⬩ nobilitas
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Nobleness of birth; nobilitas Ic ðíne æðelborennesse geseó I see the nobleness of thy birth, Apol. Th. 15, 18
æt-stent
shall ⬩ stand ⬩ consistet
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shall, stand; consistet Seó eá ætstent on hire ryne the river shall stand in its course. Jos. 3, 13;
fearoþ-hengest
A sea-horse, ship ⬩ mărīnus equus, nāvis
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A sea-horse, ship; mărīnus equus, nāvis Fearoþhengestas gearwe stódon the ships stood ready, Elen. Kmbl. 452; El. 226
Linked entry: faroþ-hengest
fríþ
Stately ⬩ beautiful ⬩ splendĭdus ⬩ pulcher
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Stately, beautiful; splendĭdus, pulcher Seó fríþe mǽg the stately woman, Exon. 103 a; Th. 391, 22; Rä. 10, 9
ie
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For words beginning with these combinations look under i, í, and see the preliminary remarks under the letter I
þrowing-tíma
A time of suffering
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A time of suffering Ðonne mín ðrowungtíma cymþ, ðonne geswutelaþ seó menniscnys hire untrumnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 2