cwéne
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Wylt ðú hit eal ðǽre cwenon syllan?, Lch. iii. 428, 2. Sume mæssepreóstas habbað twá [wíf] oððe má, and sume forlǽtað þá hig ǽr hæfdon, and be lifiendre cwenan eft óðre nimað, Wlfst. 269, 23.
hird
retinue, ⬩ court
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retinue, court Hé férde tó Wudestoke and his biscopes and his hird eal mid him he [Henry] went to Woodstock, and his bishops and his court all with him, Chr. 1123; Erl. 249, 30.
Linked entry: in-hirdmann
á-screncan
to trip up ⬩ cause to stumble
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Gif ðá fét weorðað áscrencte, eal se líchoma wierð gebíged and ðæt heáfod gecymð on ðǽre eorðan, 133, 1. Hié weorðað áscrencte, on ðǽm scyfe ðǽre styringe motionis impulsu praecipites, 215, 12
be-helian
To cover ⬩ cover over ⬩ conceal ⬩ obscure ⬩ hide ⬩ condere ⬩ sepelire
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To cover, cover over, conceal, obscure, hide; condere, sepelire Wurdon behelede ealle ða dúna operti sunt omnes montes Gen. 7, 19. Se heofen mót ðæt leóht behelian the heaven may obscure the light Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 21 : Elen. Kmbl. 858; El. 429
láð-spell
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A painful, grievous story Hié ealle ðǽr ofslógon búton ánum se ðæt láðspel æt hám gebodade omnes ibidem trucidati sunt; uno tantum ad enunciandam cladem reservato, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 19: Andr. Kmbl. 2160; An. 1080: Exon. 52 b; Th. 182, 29; Gú. 1317
port-mann
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Eádgár æþeling corn mid eallum Norþhymbram tó Eoferwíc, and ða portmenn wið hine griðedon, Chr. 1068 ; Erl. 207, 2. Se port-geréfa and ða yldostan portmenn ( of Ephesus ), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 749
græft
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Ealle ða ðe gebiddaþ græftas omnes qui adorant sculptilia, Ps. Lamb. 96, 7: Ps. Spl. C. 105, 19: Homl. Th. i. 464, 27, Írene græfta ferrea sculptilia, carpenta, Cot. 38, Lye
ge-bregdness
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Suddenness of movement or action (or terror) Þonne árísað ealle þá men, þá þe mid gebregdnessum on deáþe swulton ( those who died with suddenness (with terrifying circumstances ): the cases mentioned are deaths by burning, drowning, hanging, slaying,
Linked entry: bregdness
swearcian
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to make or to become dark Seó swearcigende sunne and ða gesceafta samod ealne middaneard áðeóstrodon mid sweartre nihte for heora Scyppendes ðrowunge, Homl.
Linked entry: swarcian
á-hreósan
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Add: to fall down Áhreósað ealle steorran nyðer, Wlfst. 137, 10. On áhriásð incidat ( = -et), Kent. Gl. 830. Wit unc ondrédon hwonne wit sceoldon feallan of þám olfende and of áhreósan. Hml. A. 202, 228. to be destroyed Áhriósð corruet, Kent.
Linked entry: á-hríran
cirice
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On eallum cierecum, 54, 1
dún-land
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Hé hine geond ealle eorðan sóhton, ge on dúnlandum gé on wudalandum, Ap. Th. 7, 14. Add
niht-hwíl
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9
on-lecgende
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For 'on-lying' substitute 'that is to be laid on, that is to be applied to a wound', and add: — Wiþ sweórcoþe, wyrc onlecgende sealfe, Genim fearres gelyndo and beran smeru and weax, ealra emfela, wyrc tó sealfe, smire mid, Lch. ii. 48, 5
rǽdlíce
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Add Utan ealle úre wísan rǽdlíce fadian, Wlfst. 143, 22. add (?) Gif. . . ǽnig gehádod man hine sylfne rǽdlíce (but cf. oftrǽdlíce, 214, 12) oferdrince, Ll.
sófte
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Add God ealla g gað sída gesceafta, sófta geþwérað, Met. 29, 47
spendan
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Hí námon æt heora mágon sceattas genóge and þá eáwunga and dearnunga ealle spendon and dǽldon hafenleásum mannum, Hml. S. 23, 200. Þám spédigum gedafenað þæt hé spende and dǽle; ðám wǽdlan gedafenað þæt hé gebidde for ðane dǽlere, Hml.
æ-gilde
Unpaid for, applied to a slain man for whom wergild was not paid
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Unpaid for, applied to a slain man for whom wergild was not paid :-- Gyf þrǽl ðæne þegen áfylle, licge ǽgylde (-gilde, v. l. ) ealre his mǽgðe; and gyf se þegen ðæne þrǽl ðe hé ǽr áhte áfylle, gylde þegengylde, Wlfst. 162, 8. and add
Linked entry: or-gilde
ge-þungennes
Increase ⬩ growth ⬩ piety ⬩ excellence ⬩ gravity
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Increase, growth, piety, excellence, gravity Ðæt wæs ðæt templ ðære geþungennesse and ealre clǽnnesse that was the temple of piety and all purity, Blickl. Homl. 5, 20: Shrn. 40, 2: 44, 9. Geþungennis incrementum, Mk. Skt. p. 2, 6.
Linked entry: ge-þinþenes
ge-tillan
To touch ⬩ reach ⬩ attain ⬩ tangere ⬩ attingere
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To touch, reach, attain; tangere, attingere Astrece ðíne hand and getill ealle ða þing ðe he áh extende manum tuam et tange cuncta quæ possidet, Job Thw. 165, 15.