feax-eácas
A forelock
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A forelock Loccas oððe feaxeácan antiae frontis (calamistro crispantur, Ald. 77, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 66. Substitute:
fen-ampre
Water-dock
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Water-dock Nim fenompran, Lch. ii. 100, 23
fore-scýwa
A shadow
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A shadow Forescýa umbra, Rtl. 13, 27
Linked entries: -scýwa fore-scúwa fore-scýa
wæl-hlenca
A slaughter-link ⬩ a link of a coat of mail
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A slaughter-link, a link of a coat of mail Wriðene wælhlencan, Elen. Kmbl. 47; El. 24. Gúðweard gumena grímhelm gespeón, ... [h]wælhlencan sceóc. Cd. Th. 188, 31; Exod. 176
Linked entry: hlenca
wearda
A watchman or a watch
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A watchman or a watch Óð weardan hylle; fram weardan hylle (the beacon-hill? Cf. Icel. varða a beacon; varð-berg a look-out place: O. H. Ger. wart-perg), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 191, 34. Cf. On weardæs beorh, 291, 23: 112, 32. Weardan excubiae, Ælfc.
weg-bráde
Way-bread
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Way-bread (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) Wegbráde, uuegbrádae, uegbrádae arnaglossa, Txts. 43, 213. Uuegbráde plantago, uuaegbrádae plantago vel septenerbia, 87, 1601. Wegbrǽde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 21. Wegbráde arnaglosse, i. 67, 10. Wegbrǽde, 286, 22
gyden
A goddess ⬩ dea
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A goddess; dea Iuno wæs swíðe heálíc gyden Juno was a very lofty goddess, Salm. Kmbl. 121, 32. Sceolde bión gydene was said to be a goddess, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 19; Bt. Met. Fox 26, 105; Met. 26, 53.
spranc
A shoot, twig, sprig
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A shoot, twig, sprig Spranca (sprauta, Wrt.) sirculus vel virgultum. Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 44. Styb vel spranca (sprauta, Wrt.) tirps, 33, 57. Treówes sprancan plante, 39, 14. Deáðbǽre sprancan letiferas labruscas, Hpt. Gl. 454, 17.
abbad
an abbot ⬩ abbās
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Columban] was abbod, ná biscop now, in Ií [Iona] there must ever be an abbot, not a bishop; and to him must all bishops of the Scots be subject, because Columba was an abbot, not a bishop, Chr. 565; Th. 32, 10-16, col. l
Angles ég
ANGLESEY
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ANGLESEY, so called after it was conquered by the English: it was anciently called Mona Hugo eorl wearþ ofslagen innan Angles ége earl Hugo was slain in Anglesey, Chr. 1098; Ing. 317, 31
ánra
of every one
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of every one;
béce
A beech-tree ⬩ a tree bearing mast ⬩ fagus ⬩ æsculus
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A beech-tree, a tree bearing mast; fagus, æsculus Béce fagus, Wrt. Voc. 285, 21
bedd-redda
One bed-ridden ⬩ clinicus
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One bed-ridden; clinicus, Ælfc. Gl. 77; Som. 72, 28
buter-stoppa
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A butter-vessel, butter-dish; butyri vas, Wrt. Voc. 290, 24
Linked entry: stoppa
buttor-fleóge
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A BUTTERFLY; papilio, Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59, 115; Wrt. Voc. 23, 70
Linked entry: buter-flége
cild-fostre
A child-fosterer, nurse ⬩ nutrix
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A child-fosterer, nurse; nutrix Mót he habban mid him his cildfostran [-festran, Roff.] debet habere secum nutricem infantis sui, L. In. 64; Wilk. 25, 4
dæg-weorþung
A commemoration or celebration of a feast-day ⬩ diei festi celebratio
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A commemoration or celebration of a feast-day; diei festi celebratio Ðe on gemynd nime ðære deórestan dægweorþunga róde under róderum who may bear in remembrance the honouring of the day of the most precious cross under the firmament [i. e. the feast
cumbol-haga
A compact rank, phalanx ⬩ phalanx
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A compact rank, phalanx ; phalanx Ic sceal sécan óðerne under cumbolhagan cempan I must seek another soldier in the rank, Exon. 71b ; Th. 266, 8 ; Jul. 395
efen-hleta
A consort, companion, fellow ⬩ consors
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A consort, companion, fellow; consors Hæfde Oswio efenhletan ðære cynelícan wurþnysse hăbuit Oswiu consortem rēgiæ dignĭtātis, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 29: 5, 8; S. 621, 27. Ðæt we beón efenhlyttan his wuldres that we be companions of his glory, Homl.
Linked entry: efen-hlytta
fælg
A felly, a part of the circumference of a wheel ⬩ canthus
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A felly, a part of the circumference of a wheel; canthus, Som. Ben. Lye