for-lytel
Very little
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Very little Byð forlytlu wynsumnes æt þám lýfe, Solil. H. 64, 20. Oþþe hit nán gód nis for eów selfe, oþþe forlytel gód wiþ eów tó metanne, Bt. 13; F. 40, 11. Forlytla sǽlþa oððe náne, 11, 2; F. 34, 30
hinder-weard
Backward, ⬩ slow
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Backward, slow Nis hé hinderweard swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum non tamen est tarda, ut volucres quæ corpore magno incessus pigros per grave pondus habent, Exon. 60 a; Th. 220, 2; Ph. 314
for-búgan
To bend from ⬩ pass by ⬩ decline ⬩ avoid ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ recēdĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ evītāre ⬩ devītāre
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Lye. (Orm. forrbuȝhenn to avoid, refuse.)
langoþ
Longing ⬩ desire ⬩ discontent
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Forðon mec longeþas lyt gegrétaþ therefore longings visit me little, 37 a; Th. 121, 11; Gú. 287. Forlét longeþas lǽnra dreáma he gave up desires for transitory delights, Th. 122, 5; Gú. 301
Linked entry: langaþ
ge-grétan
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Gódum gegrétan, B. 1861. to assail Mec longeðas lyt gegrétað, Gú. 287. to afflict, visit with displeasure, &c. Seó ǽ ne gegrét þone rihtwísan mid nánum yfele, ac heó gewítnað þá unrihtwísan, Hml. S. 17, 19.
horsc
Quick, ready, active, valiant, ⬩ wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted ⬩ wise ⬩ alacer, celer, præproperus, volucer, promtus, sagax,
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Quick, ready, active, valiant, applied generally to mental activity [cf. snel active : Icel. snjallr eloquent], wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted Horsc prudens, Cot, 191, Lye.
Linked entry: horsc-lic
gebed-tíd
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Æt gehwelcre gebedtíde Godes englas cóman and lǽddan hí on ðá lyft, 107, 25
Engle
Angles ⬩ the English
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Þá Normen wurdon on fleáme, and þá Engliscan hí hindan slógon . . . ꝥ þǽr wæs lyt tó láfe, and Engle áhton wælstówe geweald, 1066; P. 199, 17. Þás wyrte Rómáne astula regia nemnað, and Ængle (v. l. Engle: cf.
leáh
A lea
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A lea, as a termination of local names -leigh, -ley, -ly; it occurs frequently in the charters Hríðra leáh campus armentorum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 232, 21.
Linked entry: leáh
geáp
þrǽs
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Ðrési lymbo, Txts. 75, 1264. Liste oððe þrǽs lembum, listum oððe þrǽsum limbus(-is?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 68, 69
hyge-gǽlsa
Slow ⬩ sluggish
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Slow, sluggish Nis hé hinderweard ne hygegǽlsa swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum non tamen est tarda, ut volucres quæ corpore magno incessus pigros per grave pondus habent, Exon. 60 b; Th. 220, 3; Ph. 314
topp
a top, ⬩ summit ⬩ a lock of hair, tuft ⬩ a collection of rays of light ⬩ a top to play with ⬩ the hair at the top of the head ⬩ that which has a similarity with it
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His top was docked lyk a priest biforn, Chauc. Prol. 590. Top or fortop, top of the hed aqualium, Prompt. Parv. 496. Up to þe toppe from þe more, O. and N. 1422: 1328. A top of flax du lyn le toup. Wrt. Voc. i. 144, 27.
lira
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Ðonne þú sealt flǽsc wille, þonne twenge þú mid þínre swíðran neoþewearde þíne wynstran þǽr se lýra þiccost sí, Tech. ii. 125, 2. Fægere fingras, smale and lange, and þǽra nægla tósceád, and se greáta líra beneoðan þám þúman, Vis. Lfc. 84. [v. N. E.
frymþ
A beginning ⬩ foundation ⬩ origin ⬩ first-fruits ⬩ inĭtium ⬩ princĭpium ⬩ constĭtūtio ⬩ ŏrigo ⬩ prīmĭtiæ
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Lye. Gefreoða úsic, frymþa Scyppend protect us, Creator of beginnings! Exon. 65 a; Th. 239, 32; Ph. 630: 44 b; Th. 151, 9; Gú. 792: Elen. Kmbl. 1002; El. 502
grǽdig
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Sum to lyt hafaþ gódes grǽdig one hath too little, eager for goods, Salm. Kmbl. 689; Sal. 344.
Linked entry: grédig
ge-lang
Along ⬩ belonging ⬩ depending ⬩ consequent
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Along (in the phrase along of), belonging, depending, consequent Æt ðé is úre lýf gelang our life is along of thee (thou host saved our lives, A. V.), Gen. 47, 25. Seó gescyldnys is æt úrum Fæder gelang protection comes from our Father, Homl.
and-leofen
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Þætte ealles þæs andlifenes (-lyf-, v. l.) feówer dǽlas beón sceolon ut omni stipendio quattuor debeant fieri portiones, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 62, 4. Feoh him tó andlyfne money to support him, Gr. D. 201, 1. Anleofene edulio, Hpt. Gl. 429, 72.
eád
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Ic þé góda swá fela forgiefen hæfde, and þé on þám eallum eádes tó lyt þúhte, gif þú meahte spéd efenmicle Gode ágan ne móste, 1401: 1199: Gú. 1165. Forber oft ðæt ðú wrecan mæge; geþyld bið middes eádes, Prov. K. 25. Eádes hleótan, Fä. 89.
bróc
Affliction, misery, tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sickness ⬩ afflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo
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Brócu miseriæ, Lye