wrǽc
Vengeance
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Some of the oblique cases given under wracu and wrǽc might belong to the word and perhaps the following passage Hió cwǽdon :'Sió his blód and his blódes wrǽc ofer ús and ofer úre bearn, H. R. 7, 23
wyrt-gemang
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Skt. 16, 1. v. next word
ǽþ-rýt
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(In any but the first of these passages perhaps ǽþryt is a noun; v. next word, and cf. ǽhþrot is pertesum est, An. Ox. II, 166.)
dǽd
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Mid dǽdum gelǽstan to carry into effect, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 34: 76, 25. v. ælmes-, forþ-, fracod-, lác-, sceaþ-, un-, unriht-, weorc-, weorold-, wil-, wóh-, wundor-dǽd. Add
eáþ-módlíce
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Gé eáðmódlíce (eád-, v. l.) his word gehýrað obtemperanter illum audite, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 117, 15. Eáþmódlíce, Bl. H. 133, 7. Eádmódlíce, 43, 15. Ábúgaþ eádmódlíce ( suppliciter ) tó hálgum wefodum, Coll. M. 36, 3.
ellen
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Ic syngode þurh ásolcennysse þá þá mé gód ne lyste dón ne nán ellen niman tó ǽnigum godan weorce did not apply myself zealously to any good work, Angl. xi. 113, 45. Add
swíþe
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Nú miht þú wel witan þæt weorc sprecan swíðor þonne þá nacodon word, Ælfc. T.
rún-stæf
a rune
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Isaac Taylor's Greeks and Goths, and the same writer's work 'The Alphabet.' Ðrý sind in naman rúnstafas, Exon. Th. 440, 9; Rä. 59, 15. Ic mæg þurh rúnstafas rincum secgan, ðam ðe béc witan, 429, 17; Rä. 43, 6.
Linked entry: rún
BREGO
A leader, governor, ruler, prince, king, Lord; ⬩ imperator, princeps, rex, Dominus
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A word chiefly used by poets, denoting A leader, governor, ruler, prince, king, Lord; imperator, princeps, rex, Dominus Se beorna brego a leader of men, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 11; Jud. 254.
ofer-sprǽc
Excessive speaking, loquacity
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Gelimpeþ ðæt his word beóþ gehwyrfedo tó unnyttre ofersprǽce contingit, ut magistri lingua usque ad excessus verba pertrahatur, 21, 7; Swt. 165, 18
hege-steall
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Haystall a small portion of wood on the outskirts of a large wood (in Herefordshire), Halliw. Dict.) Æfter ðám hegestealle, C. D. iii. 391, 10
ge-weorþ
Value ⬩ worth ⬩ price
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Value, worth, price, Th. Chart. 159, 1
slǽd
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Somerset Words, E. D. S.
Linked entries: sléd wíþig-slǽd wæter-slæd
fruma
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Add: a beginning. the first part or point of a continuous period, action, work, &c. Se dæg wæs fruma þyses lǽnan leóhtes, Bl. H. 133, 10. Ðás circean þus gecýþde æt fruman ( at the time of its foundation ) seó ilce bóc, 197, 26.
wull-hnoppa
Wool-nap ⬩ the wool on a fleece
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Wool-nap, the wool on a fleece Wullhnoppa (printed -knoppa; but Similar entries cf.hnoppian vellere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 56: noppe detuberare, a noppe of clothe tuberus, Cath. Angl. 256) lanugo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 66
Linked entry: hnoppa
a-wersian
to make worse ⬩ deterius facere
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to make worse; deterius facere,Cart. Edwardi R
loxe
- Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 345, 5. Cf. [?] Grff. ii. 163
Linsa ⬩ lynx-wood
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Linsa [sylvestris, Gottheit] or loxan wudu = lynx-wood
wiþo-bend
wood-bine
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wood-bine Nim weoþobend, Lchdm. ii. 312, 12
Linked entry: weoðo-bend
heoru-wearh
A savage, bloody wolf,
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A savage, bloody wolf, Beo. Th. 2538; B. 1267
Linked entry: wearg
wand
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a mole Wond (wand, uuond) talpa Txts. 101, 1973
Linked entry: wande-weorpe