hæslen
Of hazel
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Of hazel Genim æt fruman hæslenne sticcan oððe ellenne wrít ðínne naman on ásleah þrý scearpan on gefylle mid ðý blóde ðone naman weorp ofer eaxle on yrnende wæter and stand ofer ðone man ða scearpan ásleá ðæt eall swíginde gedó take, to begin with,
tó-flówan
To flow different ways, ⬩ disperse in flowing, ⬩ flow away ⬩ to flow in different directions, ⬩ be dispersed ⬩ to melt away, ⬩ be destroyed ⬩ to wander, ⬩ be drawn hither and thither, ⬩ be distracted ⬩ to be separated, ⬩ take different directions ⬩ to spread ⬩ to pass away, ⬩ be dissipated, ⬩ scattered, ⬩ rendered useless, ⬩ brought to nothing ⬩ to separate in confusion, ⬩ become disconnected
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Surt. 96, 5. metaphorically, of want of concentration in the mind, to wander, be drawn hither and thither, be distracted Nán wuht nis on ús ungestæððigre ðonne ðæt mód, for ðæm hit gewítt suá oft fram us suá us unnytte geðohtas tó cumaþ, and æfter ǽlcum
Linked entry: te-flówan
streám-rád
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the bed, course of a stream Streám-raad, -rád, streúmrád alveus, Txts. 39, 129. a watery road, the way across the sea Sum streámráde con, weorudes wísa ofer wídne holm, . Exon. Th. 296, 21; Crä. 54
dæg-sceald
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Icel. himin-targa the sun) Dægscealdes hleó ( the protection from the sun i. e. the pillar of cloud ) wand ofer wolcnum; hæfde witig God sunnan síðfæt segle ofertolden, swá þá mæstrápas men ne cúdon, Exod. 79
hwamm
A corner
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Ðá eode út of ðæs karcernes hwomme swíðe egeslíc draca then came a very horrible dragon out of a corner of the prison, Nar. 43, 13. Hwommona heágost caput anguli, Ps. Th. 117, 21. On ðínes húses hwommum in lateribus domus tuæ, 127, 2.
ge-dræg
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Þǽr wæs cirm micel geond Mermedonia mánfulra hlóð, fordénera gedræg, 43. of things, material Ofer deóp gedreag over the deep tumult of the waves, Ra. 7, 10. non-material Sinsorgna gedreag, Kl. 45
sweora
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[Sware, swire, the neck, the declination of a mountain near the summit; the most level spot between two hills, Jamieson. Cf. Icel.] of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least Ofer swira sǽs (cf. ofer ðære sǽs múðan, W.
hyrel
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Hit cymð tó hyrel, to ðám clife; and swá andlang clifes tó asdene; ðonne gǽð hit norð ofer hyrel, C. D. iii. 435, 14-15. The word set ms the name of a stream ? Add
gang
going, walking, moving on foot, step. ⬩ the sole of the foot (?) ⬩ the being habitually in a specified condition ⬩ power of walking ⬩ of moving about ⬩ mode of walking, walk, gait ⬩ a walk, journey ⬩ go, time, occasion of going ⬩ a way, road, path, passage ⬩ a track ⬩ course ⬩ a stream ⬩ a narrative ⬩ space traversed ⬩ expanse covered ⬩ an ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate. ⬩ legal process ⬩ legal procedure, process ⬩ a company of people (?), a gang. ⬩ a step, stair ⬩ a privy
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'The carucate being the extent of land ploughed by one plough, with its team of eight oxen, an eighth of this was considered as the share of each ox of the team, N. E. D. Hé sealde án(e) hide búton ánes oxan gang, C. D. B. iii. 370, 5, 7.
undern
The third hour of the day ⬩ nine in the morning
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Ofor undern, Blickl. Homl. 93, 15. Healfe tíd ofer undern, 540; Erl. 16, 4. Óð heáne undern usque ad tertiam plenam, R. Ben, 74, 11
ge-scǽnan
To diminish, break, bruise, shake, shatter ⬩ contĕrĕre, confringĕre, conquassāre
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Ða he sylfa oft gebræc and gescǽnde quas ipse ălĭquando contrīvĕrat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 27. Gesceányþ heáfda conquassabit capita, Ps. Spl. C. 109, 7
Linked entries: ge-scǽned ge-sceánon ge-scénan scǽnan
mann-þwǽrness
Gentleness ⬩ meekness ⬩ courtesy
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Gentleness, meekness, courtesy Forðam oft gebyreþ ðæm monþwǽran ðonne hé wierþ riéce ofer óðre menn ðæt hé for his monnþwǽrnesse ásláwaþ and wierþ tó unbeald forðæm sió unbieldo and sió monnþwǽrnes bióþ swíðe anlíce nonnunquam enim mansueti, cum praesunt
ge-lǽr
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Add: in a physical sense Gif hwá ofer gemet þigþ mete, þæs mon tilað þe eáþelícor þe mon raþor gedó ꝥ hé spíwe and gelǽr sié, Lch. ii. 240, 18. Þonne se geohsa of þǽre ídlan wambe cymð and of þǽre gelǽran, 62, 1.
undern
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Add: the third hour of the day Hé hét þæt hí áne tíd ofer undern (cf. æt þǽre þriddan tíde on morgenne, Bl. H. 201, 35) hí getrymedon ongeán heora fýnd, Hml.
a-scacan
to shake off ⬩ to shake ⬩ brandish ⬩ excutere
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to shake off, to shake, brandish; excutere, Ps. Th. 67, 10
hǽþen-gild
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Oft hé hǽðengield ofer word Godes weóh gesóhte, Jul. 22
fram-swengan
To shake from or away ⬩ shake off ⬩ excŭtĕre
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To shake from or away, shake off; excŭtĕre Framswengde excussit, Cot. 179
á-scealian
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To take off the husk Áscealode enucleata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 61
Linked entry: scealian
tó-forlǽtenness
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Add: cessation, leaving off Bláwende búton tóforlǽtennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 9
mere-flód
a flood of water ⬩ deluge ⬩ a body of water ⬩ flood ⬩ ocean
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a flood of water, deluge Mereflód diluvium, Exon. 56 b; Th. 200, 18; Ph. 42: Cd. 67; Th. 81, 7; Gen. 1341. Streám fleów ofer foldan ... miclade mereflód, Andr. Kmbl. 3050; An. 1528. a body of water, flood, ocean Mereflódes ýþa, Bt. Met.