Mersc-ware
The inhabitants of marshy land
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The inhabitants of marshy land Myrcena cining oferhergode Cantware and Merscware ( men of RomneyMarsh ), Chr, 796;Erl. 59, 40. Monige on Merscwarum many of the men of the fens, 838; Erl. 66, 12
be-strýpan
To strip, rob, spoil, bereave ⬩ exuere, spoliare
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Ealle ða bestrýpte he æt lande he bereaved all those of land, Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 11
tæl-mearc
A date
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A date Sume ǽr sume síð sume in úrra æfter tælmearce tída gemyndum some early, some late, some by the date in the memory of our times, Exon. Th. 154, 27; Gú. 849
teld-treów
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In the last instance the word occurs in a list de textrinalibus
Linked entry: teltré
un-ástyrigendlíc
Motionless
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Motionless Ic fór of dúne on ða eorðan, and forneáh eallunga unástyrigendlíc bútan gáste læg, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 576. Beón hig unástyriendlíce ( immobiles ) swylce stán, Cant. M. 16. (Ex. 15, 16)
ymb-hogian
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Lamb. 118, 27. Ymbhochige, 48. Ðeówa ðín ymbhogode on rihtwísnessum ðínum seruus tuus exercebatur in justificationibus tuis, 23
mǽran
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to bound, form the boundary of land Ondlang ríðies ðæt hit cymð tó Cearwyllan ; ðonne mǽreð hit Cerwylle seoððan, C. D. iii. 404, 16. Ǽrest westan-norðan hyt mǽrað Wódnes díc, 456, 15
rád
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Lang. Review, viii. 62, 26
tóþ-wyrm
A worm in a tooth
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Wið tóðwyrmum . . . lǽt reócan on ðone múð, dó blæc hrægl under, ðonne feallaþ ða wyrmas on, Lchdm. ii. 50, 10-20
aspide
An asp ⬩ viper ⬩ serpent ⬩ aspis ⬩ ĭdis ⬩ άσπίs ⬩ ίδοs
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Lamb. in Ps. 57, 4 have nædran instead of aspide. Ðú ofer aspide miht gangan thou mayest go over an asp [super aspidem], Ps. Th. 90, 13; Lamb. has ofer nædran, 90, 13
clǽne
CLEAN, entirely ⬩ penitus, omnino
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CLEAN, entirely; penitus, omnino Ne rípe ge ðæt land tó clǽne reap not the land too clean, Lev. 23, 22: Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 30: Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 35.
Linked entry: cléne
fót-sceamel
A footstool ⬩ pĕdum scăbellum ⬩ subpĕdāneum
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Lamb. 109, 1. Ge-eádmédaþ fótsceamol his fóta adōrāte scăbellum pĕdum ejus, Ps. Lamb. 98, 5: Mt. Bos. 22, 44: Mk. Bos. 12, 36. Under ðínum fótscamele under thy footstool, Homl. Th. i. 314, 32.
Linked entry: sceamol
freme
Advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit ⬩ good ⬩ commŏdum ⬩ quæstus ⬩ emŏlŭmentum ⬩ bŏnum
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Gesǽton land unspédigran fremena gehwilcre they inhabited a land more barren of every good, 46; Th. 59, 13; Gen. 963
a
To ⬩ for ⬩ in
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Lamb. 20, 5, = on worulda world, Ps. Th. 103, 6
líc-bysig
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Of active body, active with the body Ic eom lícbysig láce mid winde active am I of body, move hither and thither with the wind, Exon. 122 b; Th. 470, 22; Rä. 31, 1
neádian
To be necessary
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.), ðæt ðæs reáfes máre sý, on hleówfæstum læs. Ðæs abbodes forsceáwung sceal beón be ðysum, hú ðæs neódige, R. Ben. 89, 6, 8
óþ-spurnan
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Ðé læs ðín fót óþsporne, Blickl. Homl. 27, 14. Næs gecweden ðæt his fót æt stáne óþspurne, 29, 3— Cf. æt-spurnan
ge-yrgan
To make cowardly ⬩ terrify
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To make cowardly, terrify Ealle synd geyrgede ðe eardiaþ on ðisum lande all the inhabitants of the land do faint because of us, Jos. 2, 24: 8, 6: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 123
Linked entry: ge-irgan
ge-tredan
to tread down ⬩ conculcare
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to tread down; conculcare Ðý læs hia getrede ða ilco miþ fótum hiora ne forte conculcent eas pedibus suis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 6. Getreden biþ conculcetur, 5, 13: Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 5
Sweordoras
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Sweordora þryú hund hýda (the name occurs in a list of districts in the land of the Mercians)