bígan
To bend ⬩ to incline ⬩ to humiliate ⬩ subdue ⬩ to turn ⬩ incline ⬩ To bend
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Ox. 2105. figurative, to humiliate, subdue Líchama mín in nédhérnisse ic bégo corpus meum in servitutem redigo, Rtl. 6, 9. Suǽ hwælc béges hine quicumque humiliaverit se, Mt.
lilie
A lily
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Ðás wyrt man lilie and óðrum naman lilium nemneþ, Herb. 109; Lchdm. i. 222, 5. Lilige, Lchdm, iii. 24, 9.
wígbed-bót
A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders
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S. 42; Th. i. 400, 23. In the laws of Henry I it is called emendacio altaris, II, 8; Th. i. 521, 7: 66, 3; Th. i. 569, 13
læc
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Taking the word to be independent, and retaining the reading of Hickes, we may compare it with Icel. lakr lacking, defective, and render it by weak, failing (from wounds), wounded.
Linked entry: lacra
lytling
A little one ⬩ a young person ⬩ child
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I. 20; Th. ii. 414, 8
tímlíce
In good time, ⬩ soon
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you desired it from me with works, Ælfc.
un-gelimp
Misfortune ⬩ mishap
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Wé sceolon ǽgðer ge on gelimpe ge on ungelimpe cweðan: 'Ic herige mínne Drihten on ǽlcne tíman, Homl. Th. i. 252, 13: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 251. Ic andette míne scylda and seófige mín ungelimp, Ps. Th. 21, 2: Homl. Th. i. 584, 5.
dylsta
Matter, corruption, mucus ⬩ tabum, mucus
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Matter, corruption, mucus; tabum, mucus Fleó ða mettas ða ðe him dylsta on innan wyrcen let him avoid the meats which may work mucus in his inside, L. M. 2, 29; Lchdm. ii. 226, 10. Ðǽr dylstan on synd whereon the mucus is, 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 72, 20
ísen-smiþ
An iron-smith ⬩ blacksmith
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An iron-smith, worker in iron, blacksmith Tubalcain wæs égðer ge goldsmiþ ge ísensmiþ Tubalcain fuit malleator et faber in cuncta opera æris et ferri, Gen. 4, 22.
Linked entries: iren-smiþ ísen-wyrhta
land-lagu
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Law or regulation prevailing in a district Ðeós landlagu stænt on suman lande hæc consuetudo stat in quibusdam locis, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 29.
Linked entry: lagu
scín-feld
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Malifica and Intimphonis (in Ternpis?), ðæt is on sunfelda and on sceánfelda (sceón-?), Salm. Kmbl. 202, 2. On scénfeldum in Tempis , Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 16: 89, 72
Linked entries: sceán-feld scén-feld
ge-dafen
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Voc. ii. 28, 36
morþ
death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide
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Ic bidde ðæt man ðæs morþes (deadly sin, marriage by men in orders) heononforþ geswíce, L. I. P. 23; Th. ii. 334, 23.
Linked entries: morþ-weorc morþ-wyrhta
sweor-beáh
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Ic frætwode mínne swuran mid mænigfealdum swurbeágum, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 57
ofer-stige
Astonishment, extasy
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, ðæt ic nát ná forgeare hú ic hit ðus macige,' Homl.
Linked entries: stige ofer-stigenness
þeáh
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Th. i. 438, 31
solor
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Rdr. 101, 7. a residence Ic þeówode in þam solore þǽre Constantinopoliscan byrig in Constantinopolitanae urbis palatio deserviens, Gr. D. 248, 14. a raised platform Solere pulpito, An. Ox. 2, 211
cot-líf
A village ⬩ villa
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[cot a cot, cottage; líf, II. a place to live in] A village; villa Ðæt cotlíf the village Cod. Dipl. 828; A. D. 1066; Kmbl. iv. 191, 13: 845; Kmbl. iv. 204, 31: 855; Kmbl. iv. 211, 25: 859; Kmbl. iv. 214, 6: 864; Kmbl. iv. 217, 7.
slingan
To wind, twist, worm, move as a serpent. ⬩ to move quickly ⬩ to wind ⬩ to wind
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It also has the same meaning as slinch (slink). Halliwell's Dict. Gif heó (the adder) ðæt heáfod innan ðone man bestingþ ðonne slingþ (= slincþ ?) heó mid ealle inn if it strikes its head into the man, then it winds itself quite in. Boutr.
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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For the reasons I have stated, I believe it was to the south-west of Lurham. — Dr.