hux-
Ignominious ⬩ scorn ⬩ insult
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Ðá þuhte him tó huxlíc ðæt hé híran sceolde ǽnigum hláforde it seemed to him too ignominious to obey any lord, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 36. Ðá þuhte ðam heáhgeréfan huxlíc ðæt heó óðerne tealde tóforan his gebyrdum, Homl. Swt. 7, 24
in-gelǽdan
To lead ⬩ bring in ⬩ introduce
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To lead or bring in, introduce Ingelédde ofer hie Drihten weter séwe the Lord brought upon them the water of the sea, Cantic. Moys. 23; Thw. notæ, p. 30. Óþ ðæt ic ðé ingelǽde on mínes Fæder hús until I bring thee into my father's house, Blickl.
mearc-stapa
One who wanders about the desolate mark or border-land
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Hié dýgel lond warigeaþ, wulfhleoþu, windige næssas, frécne fengelád, 2698-2722; B. 1347-1359. v. Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 48
un-gesibsum
Prone to discord ⬩ quarrelsome
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Prone to discord, quarrelsome Lóca hwylc cristen man sý ungesibsum, man áh on ðam dæge hine tó gesibsumianne, Wulfst. 295, 4.
Linked entry: ge-sibsum
árfæstlíce
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Se bisceop stóp tó þǽre cyste and árfæstlíce (árfullíce, v. l.) stræc (pie violentus ) tóbræc þǽre cyste locu, and þǽr genam þá twelf mancosas and hí gedǽlde þám þearfendum mannum, Gr.
amer
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D. iii. 118, 20 occurs omer-lond, and in iv. 157, 34 omer-mád. Could the omer in either case correspond to O. H. Ger. amer far, ador?: cf. O. H. Ger. place-names Amar-lant, -feld. Or is the form to be identified with amore? (v. next word)
ge-scínan
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L. 9, 29. to shine on Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, for ðǽm hit sió sunne ne mót gescínan, Past. 337, 12
hláfording
a prince ⬩ sovereign ⬩ a prince ⬩ noble
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a prince, sovereign Nis ná má hláfordinga on worulde þonne twégen, God Ælmihtig and deófol, Wlfst. 298, 7. a prince, noble, lord spiritual or temporal Hit wes gesitolad þám hláfordingan þá þǽron wéron, þæt wes Adelwold bisceof and Ælfstán bisceop and
neán
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from a time near at hand. v. feorran Fela wítegan mid heora wítegunge bodedon Drihten tóweardne, sume feorran, sume neán ( some prophesied long before the event, some when it was near), Hml. Th. i. 358, 7.
ofer-sceadwian
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Add: literal Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, Past. 337, 11. Ofersceadewad umbrosa, An. Ox. 56, 26. figurative 'Miht ðæs Hýhstan ofersceadewað ðé'. . . Maria wæs ofersceadewed ðurh mihte þæs Hálgan Gástes.
sand
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Ox. 7, 162. of deserts Ðá férde wé þurh þá weallendan sond and þurh þá wǽdlan stówe wætres per feruentes arenas et egentia humoris loca profectus sum, Nar. 6, 9
wisc
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.), and add On ðám mǽdum .viii. æceras, and on myclan wysce (cf. in loco uulgari uocitamine æt miclamersce, 218, 18) . v. æceras, C. D. iii. 283, 10. Andlang burnstówæ ðænna ðǽr eást tó stucan wise, 175, 35. On ceabwisce; of ceabwisce, 419, 18
ge-tawian
To prepare ⬩ reduce or bring to ⬩ părāre ⬩ redūcĕre ad
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To bysmere beóþ itawode ðæs earman lond-leódæ to shame are brought this miserable people, Th. An. 121, 9
Linked entry: tawian
hleów-leás
Not having or not affording shelter, protection, comfort, ⬩ cheerless
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Ne mótun hí on eorþan eardes brúcan ac hy hleoleáse háma þohaþ they may not enjoy a home on earth but shelterless lose their dwellings, Exon. 35 b; Th. 115, 21; Gú. 193
a-hlehhan
to laugh at ⬩ ridere ⬩ deridere ⬩ to exult ⬩ laugh ⬩ exultare ⬩ lætari
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to laugh at; ridere, deridere Ðá ðæt wíf ahlóh wereda Drihtnes the woman then laughed at the Lord of hosts, Cd. 109; Th. 143, 16; Gen. 2380. to exult, laugh; exultare, lætari Heorte mín ahlyhheþ lætetur cor meum, Ps. Th. 85, 11.
be-hýdan
To hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ cover ⬩ abscondere ⬩ occultare ⬩ operire
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Ðæt wæs lange behýded which was long concealed Elen. Kmbl. 1582; El. 793. Heolstre behýded covered with darkness Elen. Kmbl. 2161; El. 1082. Behýdd absconditum Mk. Bos. 4, 22
Domer-hám
DAMERHAM, Wiltshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi
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DAMERHAM, Wiltshire; loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Æðelflǽd æt Domerháme, Ælfgáres dóhter ealdormannes, was his cwén Æthelfled at Damerham, daughter of Ælfgar the alderman, was his [king Edmund's] queen, Chr. 946; Erl. 117, 25.
freoðo-beácen
A sign of peace ⬩ sign granting safety ⬩ pācis signum ⬩ signum incolumĭtātem præbens
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A sign of peace, sign granting safety; pācis signum, signum incolumĭtātem præbens Hine Waldend on tácen sette, freoðobeácen, ðý-læs hine feónda hwilc mid gúþ-þræce grétan dorste the Lord set a token, a sign of peace, upon him [Cain], lest some enemy
steóp-
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The form seems to have been used in the first instance in combination with words denoting children, to mark loss of parents, and then to have been combined with father, mother to express the relation of one who married the mother or father of an orphan
friþ-scipe
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, a ship on ike look-out for hostile vessels (?) Of manegum landum máre ( more than the trinoda necessitas) landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne, swilce is . . . scorp tó friðscipe and sǽweard, Ll. Th. i. 432, 8. [Thorpe would read fird-scipe.]