ymb-hygdigness
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Se abbod mid ealre emhýdignesse ( sollicitudine ) carige embe ða gyltendan gebróðru, R. Ben. 50, 18 : 54, 19 : 137, 21. Ǽlc ðæra wæs hám tó his ágenum farende myd mycelre ymbhýdignysse and mid mycelum ege, Nicod. 33; Thw. 19, 26.
ymb-ryne
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Iond ðære wucan emrene per septimane circulum R. Ben. Interl. 52, 4. Yrnende geond gǽres ymbrene currens per anni circulum Hymn. Surt. 39, 29. Dægena embrynum dierum circulis 27, 1. Embrenum lustris Hpt. Gl. 415, 67. Ymrynum, 493, 62.
wórian
To wander about ⬩ to wander about ⬩ ramble ⬩ be a vagabond
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Ǽfre unstaþolfæste and wóriende, R. Ben. 9, 23. of the movements of the planets Hí (the planets)synd wórigende gecwedene, for ðan ðe ǽlc gǽð on his ágenum ryne, Boutr.
wyn-sum
winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous
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Wynsumne réc, Elen. Kmbl. 1585; El. 794. Wynsumne wlite, Cd. Th. 111, 13; Gen. 1855. Scip, wudu wynsuman, Beo. Th. 3842; B. 1919. Wynsume cantabiles, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 9. Wæter wynsumu dulces aquae, Exon. Th. 202, 5; Ph. 65.
Linked entries: wynsumlíce wynsumness winsum
wyrgan
To worry ⬩ strangle ⬩ throttle
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To worry (as an animal does), strangle, throttle Wyrgeþ vel smoraþ st[r]angulat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 32
wyrhta
a wright ⬩ workman ⬩ artificer ⬩ labourer ⬩ one who works at some trade ⬩ a maker ⬩ producer ⬩ author ⬩ creator ⬩ fabricator ⬩ the Creator ⬩ Maker ⬩ a doer ⬩ worker
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On wyrhte gileáfes in auctorem fidei, Rtl. 27, 29. used of the Deity, the Creator, Maker Se wyrhta, Cd. Th. 8, 17; Gen. 125 : 265, 27; Sat. 14. Werhta operator, Kent. Gl. 808.
Linked entry: werta
á
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R. 17, 22. Hwæþer ðú hit á sweotolor ongiton mæge, Bt. 34, 4; F. 138, 16: 35, 5 ; F. 166, 23 : 30, 1; F. 108, 28. Á lator, Gr. D. 59, 19. Hw;í eart ðú ðonne á ðý betera, Bt. 13; F. 38, 9.
abbod-leást
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Lack of an abbot Ðæt mynstres þincg ne forwyrþan for abbudleáste ut non res monasterii abbatis privatione depereant, C. D. B. i. B. 155, 37
á-blindian
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R. 92. O. H. Ger. ar-blindén : Ger. er-blinden.]
a-blýsgung
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Reddening with shame, confusion Tó sceame and tó áblysunge hí sint ús nobis rubor confusionis est R. Ben. 133, 11
á-breóþan
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R. 21, 40. Se cyning ábriódde (perdidit) myrðra, 22, 7. [Si lage swið abreað this law degenerated very much, O. E. Hml. i. 235, 29.]
Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness
á-búgan
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Men sceolon ábúgan tó gehálgodre róde, Hml. Th. ii. 306, 21. of action, yielding, submission Ðám wé sceolon ábúgan, and hé ne ábýhð ná ús. Hml. A. 8, 211. Nó ábeág non cessit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 26. Ábeáh Uhtred eorl tó him, Chr. 1013; P. 143, 14.
á-bycgan
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R. 306.] to perform what was necessary for the discharge of a legal obligation Cliroc feówra sum hine clǽnsie, and áne his hand on wiófode; óðre ætstanden áð ábycgan, i. e. the principal, with one hand on the altar, made oath; the compurgators stood
æþel-boren
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Ne sceal hé þone æþelborenan settan beforan þane þeówborenan non preponatur ingenuus ex servitio convertenti, R. Ben. 12, 12. in a general sense, noble Æthelboren nobilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 60. Eðelboren, Kent. Gl. 1147.
Linked entry: boren
ǽ-þrot
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Hí heora tída singaþ oþ þæs sealmsanges ende bútan ǽþrote þurhwuniende, R. Ben. 138, 2. Ǽþrotu fastidia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 48. Gelǽrede ǽþrotu docta fastidia (-gia, MS.), 141, 69
æt-hwega
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Add: -hwigan Æthwega (-hwigan modice, R. Ben. I. 92, 16) beteran, R. Ben. 90, II : aliquatenus, R. Ben. l. 107, 8: 115, 15 : aliquantulum, 95, 8 : An. Ox. 638 : paulatim, Angl. xiii. 365, 9. Æthwege paulisper, An. Ox. 5390.
ǽ-swícian
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R. 18, 8, 9. Sé ǽswicað óðrum ðc hine on Godes dǽle beswícð, Hml. Th. i. 514, 18. Gif ðín hand þé ǽswicige, 516, 4. Ðe lǽs wé hí ǽswicion, 512, 2
æt-bredan
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Ætbródenum his dǽle of wíne, R. Ben. I. 77, 14. with idea of destroying, putting an end to Ꝥ þú ádýlegie synna, þú þe synna ætbrýtst. Hml. S. 3, 544. Sé de ætbrýt and ádýlegað middaneardes synna, Hml. Th. ii. 38, 29.
á-byffan
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Voc. ii. 57, 62. was of speche hastyf, boffyng, R. Glouc. 414, 14. Cf. bufferes stammerers Wick. Is. 32, 4.]
á-cennedlic
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Ácennedlica nascentia R. Ben. I. 70, 16. Ácennedlicum nativa Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 75. Add