on-unspéd
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Add: For prefix cf. three following words
þúsend-feald
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In the first passage þúsendfealdgetæl should be read, as after þæt the declension would be definite and the form would be þúsendfealde. Cf. hundfeald-getel. Add: Þúsendfealde milleni, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 284, 15
telga
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. ¶ In the following passage Kemble and Leo take the word as meaning a strip of land (fallow), but as such a strip of land if fallow one year would not be so the next, its designation as the fallow strip would hardly serve the purpose of marking a boundary
fíc-wyrm
FIG-WORM ⬩ a worm originating from the fig-disease ⬩ vermis ex fīco morbo ŏriens
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A FIG-WORM, a worm originating from the fig-disease; vermis ex fīco morbo ŏriens Feallaþ ða fícwyrmas on ða beðinge dēcĭdent fīet morbi vermes in balneo, L. M. 3, 48; Lchdm. ii. 340. 8
frum-talu
First words of witnesses ⬩ first accusation ⬩ prīma testium dicta ⬩ prīma delāta
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First words of witnesses, first accusation; prīma testium dicta, prīma delāta We willaþ ðæt frumtalu fæste stande we will that first words of witnesses stand fast, L. N. P. L. 67; Th. ii. 302, 6
CUMAN
COME ⬩ go, happen ⬩ venire, ire, accidere, evenire
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Com weorc sceá-wigan came to view the work, 80; Th. 101, 7; Gen. 1678
Linked entry: aweg-cuman
rǽden
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GI. 7 f, 13. rule, direction (v. rǽdan, IV) Hæfdon sume mid áþum gefæstnod ðæt hié on hire rǽdenne (rǽdinge, 193, col. a) beón woldan would be under her rule, Chr. 918; Th. i. 192, 12. a reckoning, estimating Raedinne taxatione, Wrt.
ge-rǽdan
to arrange, dispose, direct, advise, determine, ordain, consult for, provide for ⬩ decernere, statuere, edicere, consulere, providere ⬩ to enjoin ⬩ to arrange ⬩ to read ⬩ legere
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Ðonne gerǽde gé ðás word beforan him ðæt híg gehíron then read these words before them that they may hear, Deut. 31, 11
seám
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a seam, a load, burden [a seam of corn is a quarter, eight bushels; a seam of wood is a horse-load; a seam of dung 3 cwts. (Devon), v. E. D. S. Pub. Reprinted Glossaries, and Farming Words 1, 3, 7..] Seám vel berþen sarcina, Wrt.
scín-cræft
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¶ In the following the word is glossed as if it were scíncræftiga :-- Scíncræfta hierofhantorum , Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 25: 82, 7: Hpt. Gl. 483, 7
clipung
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D. 74, 4. a cry, call, words of address, appeal, &c. Cóm clypung of ðám Hálgan Gáste, þus cweðende, Hml. Th. i. 388, 12. Se sunderhálga cwæð: 'God!
ge-hirtan
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(l a) reflex. to recover from grief, fear &c. :-- Heó on eorðan feóll and mid mycelre hefignysse gefylled wearð þæt heó word gecweþan ne mihte.
Linked entry: ge-hyrtan
genge
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He somnede genge and wolde mid fehte faren, 29330. Arthur com mid mucle his genge (alle his folke, 2nd MS.), 23850. The word occurs often in the Ormulum, mostly in a general sense, e.g. Þatt all þatt genge (folk ) mihhte lefenn uppo Criste, 6956.
ge-tucian
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to work metal (?)
stefn
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Þá stefna þæs lyftes, Angl. viii. 313, 14. where an impression is produced on the mind like that which might be produced by words Ne synd spræca ne word, þára ne sýn gehýred stefna heora, Ps. Rdr. 18, 4.
ge-þicgan
To take ⬩ accept ⬩ receive ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere
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And hiera se æþeling gehwelcum feoh and feorh gebeád and hiera nǽnig hit geþicgean nolde the atheling offered every one of them money and life and none of them would accept it, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 6.
Linked entry: þicgan
cluf-þung
crow-foot ⬩ ranunculus sceleratus
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Genim clufþungan wós take juice of crow-foot, 110, 3; Lchdm. i. 224, 7
for-þencan
To misthink ⬩ disdain ⬩ despise ⬩ distrust ⬩ despair ⬩ dedignāri ⬩ diffīdĕre
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He fela worda spræc, forþoht þearle he uttered many words, greatly despaired, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 163; Met. 1, 82
Linked entry: fore-þencan
regollíce
Regularly, in accordance with rule (v. preceding word)
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Regularly, in accordance with rule (v. preceding word) Ða þing ðe regollíce gedémed wǽron quaeque erant regulariter decreta, Bd. 2, 4;S. 505, 36.
strangian
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Word unrehtwísra strongadun ( praevaluerunt ) ofer ús, 64, 4. Strangadan, swíðodon invalescebant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 6. Strangedon, 46, 49. [Þet eower heorte erȝian and eower feond strongian, O. E. Homl. i. 13, 28. O. H.