burgat
Entry preview:
A city-gate; urbis porta Ðá Samson genam ða burggatu [MS. burgatu] and gebær on his hricge then Samson took the city-gates and bore them on his back, Jud. 16, 3
gál-ferhþ
Mind-lustful ⬩ licentious ⬩ libīdĭnōsus ⬩ lascīvus
Entry preview:
Mind-lustful, licentious; libīdĭnōsus, lascīvus Gewát ðá se deófulcunda gálferhþ his beddes neosan then the devilish [man] went lustful in mind to seek his bed, Judth, 10; Thw. 22, 14; Jud. 62
hwíl-stycce
Entry preview:
Þéh þe þes middangeard sum hwílstycce cwéme, 258, 26. Hwílsticcu intervalla . Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 61. Add
sǽ-weard
Entry preview:
sea-ward, keeping watch and ward on the sea-coast; it was a duty that might be required in some cases of the thane and of the 'cotsetla' Of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne . . . sǽweard ( the section refers to the
DIM
Entry preview:
On ðis dimnre hol in this dim hole, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 11: Andr. Kmbl. 2618; An. 1310. Sindon dena dimme the dells are dim, Exon. 115 b; Th. 443, 14; Kl. 30: Cd. 215; Th. 271, 13; Sat. 105: Ps. Th. 108, 8.
Eádmund
Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year
Entry preview:
Edmund the king fought with them, and the Danes gained the victory, and slew the king, and overran all that land, Chr. 870; Erl. 73, 29-75, 1. Edmund Atheling, second son of Edward the Elder, and younger brother of Athelstan, whom he succeeded.
ge-healdendlic
Entry preview:
That is to be kept Þa gehealdennelicun (gehealdendlican ?
Linked entry: -healdendlic
hǽl
Entry preview:
Th. 36, 38. Tó-dæg ðisse híwrǽdene ys hǽl geworden this day is salvation come to this house, Lk. Bos. 19, 9 : Homl. Th. i. 582, 5.
CUMAN
COME ⬩ go, happen ⬩ venire, ire, accidere, evenire
Entry preview:
Com weorc sceá-wigan came to view the work, 80; Th. 101, 7; Gen. 1678
Linked entry: aweg-cuman
weorod
Entry preview:
Add Se eádmóda heáp geearnode æt Gode þæt iú ǽr þæt módige werod forleás the humble company (the apostles at Pentecost) obtained by their merit from God what long before the proud host (the people at the tower of Babel) lost, Hml.
módig-wǽg
An impetuous wave
Entry preview:
An impetuous wave Módewǽga mǽst (the water that overwhelmed the Egyptians), Cd. 167; Th. 209, 14; Exod. 499
æig
An egg ⬩ ovum
Entry preview:
An egg; ovum Ðæt æig getácnaþ hiht: ǽrest hit biþ æig, and seó módor siððan mid hihte bret ðæt æig to bridde the egg betokens hope: first it is an egg, and the mother then with hope cherishes the egg to a young bird, Homl. Th. i. 250, 22-24
ge-rǽdnes
Entry preview:
God þone gehealde þe þás úre sylena and úre gerǽðnyssa healdan wylle, Cht. E. 242, 19
grípan
Entry preview:
Gráp on wráðe laid hands on his enemies, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 30; Gen. 61: 69; Th. 83, 18; Gen. 1381: 95; Th. 125, 1; Gen. 2072: 119; Th. 153, 28; Gen. 2545: Beo. Th. 3006; B. 1501: Exon. 129 a; Th. 495, 8; Rä. 84, 4.
Linked entry: ge-grípan
mancus
Entry preview:
Hé hæfde þrý mancas (tres aureos) áhýdde . . . þá fundon hí þá ylcan þrý áhýdde mancas . . . secge him se bróþer ꝥ hé sý onscunod fram eallum þám gebróðrum for þám mancessum (pro solidis) . . . tóweorpað þá . .III. mancossas (aureos) ofer hine, Gr.
hrægn-loca
the skull
Entry preview:
that which encloses the brain, the skull, Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 1; Rä. 72, 21
and-swerian
to answer
Entry preview:
to answer Ðá him andsweradan gástas then the ghosts answered him. Cd. 214; Th. 268, 6; Sat. 51. Andsweredon, Elen. Grm. 397
Linked entries: and-swarian swerian
for-gietan
to forget ⬩ oblīvisci
Entry preview:
to forget; oblīvisci Hý sceolon forgietan ðære gesceafte they shall forget the world, Exon. 92 a; Th. 345, 4; Gn. Ex. 183
hwǽl
Entry preview:
On hwǽl hreópon [hwreopon, MS.] herefugolas the birds of war screamed as they wheeled round, Cd. 150; Th. 188, 1; Exod. 161
heorte
breast ⬩ bosom ⬩ will ⬩ intellect ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ intent ⬩ will ⬩ desire ⬩ inclination ⬩ disposition ⬩ temperament ⬩ character
Entry preview:
'an sorhfulne, Sal. 377. the seat of love or affection Þǽr þín goldhord is, þǽr is þín heorte (hearta, L., eorta, R.), Mt. 6, 21. Utan God lufian innewerdre heortan, Ll. Th. i. 350, 9.