fór-word
A fore-word ⬩ stipulation ⬩ agreement ⬩ præcautio ⬩ pactum
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A fore-word, stipulation, agreement; præcautio, pactum Ðæt hire frýnd ða fórword habban that her friends have the stipulations, L. Edm. B. 7; Th. i. 256, 2.
on-cnáwan
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</b> to know by experience :-- Gif ðú ꝥ ne dést, þú scealt oncnáwan þone gesettan dóm, Ap. Th. 5, 9. (3a) to acknowledge the claims of a person Críst ne oncnǽwð mid ǽnigum góde þá unclǽnan weófodþegnas, Ll. Th. ii. 382, 6.
hleóðor-cwide
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I learn from thy words that ..., Exon 72 b; Th. 270, 7; Jul. 461; Beo. Th. 3962; B. 1979. Éces word hálges hleóðorcwide. Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 1; Ph. 399; Andr. Kmbl. 1786; An. 895.
brenting
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A ship; navis Hí brentingas ofer flóda genípu feorran drífaþ they drive ships from afar over the mists offloads, Beo. Th. 5607; B. 2807
eá-steþ
A river-bant ⬩ flūmĭnis rīpa
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A river-bant; flūmĭnis rīpa Hí on ðam eásteðe ealle stódon they all stood on the river-bank, Byrht. Th. 133, 40; By. 63
eág-hringas
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The socket of the eye; also the pupil Éhringa pupillarum, Hpt. Gl. 405, 68. Éghringum (eáhringum, lxxiv, 7) rotis, Lch. i. lxx, 6. Eáhringum oculorum orbibus, An. Ox. 4686: 3690. Þá eágan wǽron út ádyde of þám eáhhringum, Hml. S. 21, 280.
lár-spell
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Marcus, þe wæs mid Petre on láre, wrát þá óðre bóc ( the second gospel) be Petres bodunge be þám þe hé geleornode on his lárspellum (the discourses in which he (Peter) instructed Mark ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 35.
heall
a residence ⬩ palace ⬩ a temple ⬩ a court of law
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'Miht þú mé árǽran on Rómánisce wísan cynelice gebytlu ? . . . Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wolde wyrcan þá healle . . . and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle . . . twelf hús tógædere, Hml.
BRAND
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Bǽron brandas on bryne blácan fýres they bare fire-brands into the burning of the bright flame, Cd. 186; Th. 231, 12; Dan. 246.
Linked entry: brond
þynne
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Þá fatu þá þe hé geát ǽr swýðe lytelne dǽl þæs þynnestan wǽtan vasa in quibus tenuissimum liquorem infuderat. Gr. D. 59, 15. Add
for-fang
a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost property ⬩ apprehensio ⬩ the reward for rescuing such property ⬩ merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur
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, then the reward for rescuing may be less, Th. i. 224, 24-226, 5
ge-búgan
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Mid þǽm monnum þe him tó gebugon, Chr. 901; P. 92, 7. ꝥ ðú ú Behát Gode ꝥ ðú tó him gebúge, gif hé þé nú gehelpð, 353: Ll. Th. i. 424, 4. ꝥ Mid þám flotan þe him tó gebogen wæs, Chr. 904; P. 93, 24. to a belief, practice, condition, &c.
brǽdan
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Se wallenda lég hine brǽdde to ðam biscope the raging flame spread itself to the bishop, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 22. Brǽddon æfter beorgum flotan feldhúsum the sailors spread [themselves] amongst the hills with their tents, Cd. 148; Th. 186, 1; Exod. 132.
flór
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Th. ii. 258, 3. þæt flówende wæter hæbbe flór on þǽre fæstan eorðan, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 4. Ne mihte seó his swaðu nǽfre beón þǽm óðrum flórum geonlícod his footstep could never be made like the rest of the floor, Shrn. 80, 39.
hwíl-tídum
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A time Ic bidde eów þæt gé þises gewrites gíman and on hwíltídum hit on gemynde habban, Wlfst. 108, 17. ¶ the word occurs almost only in the dat. pl. used as an adverb.
Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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Ælfric Bata was the pupil of the preceding Ælfric, the grammarian. In the title of the MS. in St.
frum-gesceap
The first creation ⬩ prīma creātio ⬩ princĭpium mundi
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The first creation; prīma creātio, princĭpium mundi Ðǽr biþ óþýwed egsa mára ðonne from frumgesceape gefrægen wurde there shall be shown greater terror than had been heard of from the first creation, Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 27; Cri. 840
ge-fetian
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Th. i. 562, 4. to go and get what one seeks, get, obtain, with concrete object Críst sitt on heofonum mid þám hálgum þe hé on ðisum lífe gefette, Hml. Th. i. 248, 24: ii. 368, 33.
ge-hýdan
to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to watch ⬩ guard ⬩ heed ⬩ observāre ⬩ to bring into safety ⬩ make firm ⬩ fasten ⬩ allĭgāre
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Hí wiston ðæt hine gehýddan hæleþ Iudéa they knew that the men of Judea had hidden him. Exon.119 b; Th. 460, 6; Hö. 13. Læg mín flǽschoma niþre gehýded, in byrgenne my body lay hidden beneath, in the sepulchre, 29 a; Th. 89, 34; Cri. 1467 : Elen.
cracian
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Angl. vi. 133), but the former seems better to give the meaning of the sonaverunt in the Latin, and to agree with the preceding clause of the English :-- Ús ðúhte for þám geþune þæt seó eorþe eall cracode (?)