word-cwide
a saying ⬩ words ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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a saying, words Fyl nú frurnsprǽce, wlitiga ðínne wordcwyde (what thou hast said; ðíne wordcwidas, Exon. Th. 188, 9; Az. 43), Cd. Th. 236, 26 ; Dan. 327. Ne lengde leóda aldor wítegena wordcwyde, 256, 27; Dan. 647.
sǽmra
Inferior, worse
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Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr ware, ne beóþ ðín winter wiht ðé sǽmran (anni tui non deficient). Ps. Th. 101, 24. Hí dweligende sécaþ ðæt héhste gód on ða sámran (sǽmran, Cote.
ídel
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ futility ⬩ frivolity
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóstas ðǽr ne geþafian ne ídele spǽce ne ídele dǽde ne ǽnig ídel we enjoin that priests do not permit there [in the church] idle talk or action or any frivolity, L. Edg. C. 26; Th. ii. 250, 27.
fúl
A convicted offender ⬩ reus, qui scĕlĕris damnātus est
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A convicted offender; reus, qui scĕlĕris damnātus est Ðæt hý ne fúl náwár friðian ne feormian nor that they anywhere protect or harbour a convicted offender, L. Ed. 7; Th. i. 162, 25.
snide
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Add Ꝥ þǽr ne ætéwde nǽnige swaþe þæs snides ( sectionis) . . . wæs geméted se líchoma swá gesund swylce him nǽfre ne gehrine ǽniges írenes snide (incisio ), Gr. D. 199, 1-5. Add Sniþes (for another reading see snáþ) occisionis, An. Ox. 3070.
mǽg-hǽmed
Incest
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Incest Nǽnig mǽghǽmed ne unclǽne fremme nullus incestum faciat, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 15
Linked entry: hǽmed
scitol
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Purgative Mettas ðe late melten and swá ðeáh ne synd scitole, Lchdm. ii. 178, 1
seorðan
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To violate Ne serð ðú óðres monnes wíf non moechaberis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 27
Linked entry: serð
frum-dysig
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After frumdysige insert (in ipso initio peccati), and for Nap. 26 l. Chrd. 18, 16
bi-wǽgan
To disappoint ⬩ frustrari
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To disappoint; frustrari Ne bi-wǽgde hine non frustratus est eum, Ps. Surt. 131, 11
Linked entry: be-wǽgan
þanc-hycgende
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thoughtful Hé, gumena nát hwylc, þanchycgende ðǽr gehýdde deóre máðmas, Beo. Th. 4462; B. 2235
un-hwearfiende
Unchanging ⬩ immutable
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Unchanging, immutable Nánwuht woruldlíces fæstes and unhwearfiendes beón ne mæg, Bt. 8; Fox 26, 11
cannon
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in Wæs ꝥ lond ádrígad and cannon palus sicca et ceno habundans, Nar. 20, 23
eorþ-ærn
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Geond eorðærn, Nap. 20. Add
fore-gidd
a proverb
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a proverb Foregeddum (geddum, L.) nán ðú cweðes prouerbium nullum dicis, Jn. R. 16, 29
for-gríwan
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To sink in vice Þá þe on unrihttídum on oferfylla bióð forgriwene, Nap. 27, 30
for-sorged
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To be too anxious Ne ǽnig ðurh worldhoge forsorgie tó swýðe, Wlfst. 69, 16. Substitute:
frum-dysig
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First folly Þá módigan and þá ungehýrsuman sóna on þám frumdysige swinge man, Nap. 26
Linked entry: dysig
ge-fyrnness
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Be dægredsanges gefyrnysse and ealderlicnysse, Nap. 30
Linked entry: -fyrn-ness
ge-hýd
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provided with skin On þám syxtan mónþe hé ( the foetus ) byþ gehýd, Nar. 50, 5