earm-full
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Wretched, miserable Hí for hellewítes ógan and for Crístes lufan þis earmfulle líf forlǽtaþ, Lch. iii. 440, 34
hroden
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For <b>hreóðan</b> l. hreódan, in bracket for hroðian l. hroðinn, and add:
rǽming
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Add: For meaning of celibea cf. caelibies, caelestis, Corp. Gl. H. 28, 169; for rǽming cf. (?) á-rǽman
ge-bǽdan
To compel ⬩ constrain ⬩ force ⬩ impel ⬩ urge ⬩ oppress ⬩ compellĕre ⬩ cōgĕre ⬩ persuādēre ⬩ impellĕre ⬩ urgēre ⬩ prĕmĕre
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Mon sceal gebídan ðæs he gebǽdan ne mæg a man ought to wait for what he cannot hasten [compel to come], 90 b; Th. 340, 2; Gn. Ex. 105.
Linked entry: ge-béded
wénunga
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Búton wénunga nisi forte, R. Ben. I. 14, I. Add
hwílwend-líce
Temporarily
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Temporarily, for a time only Beóþ blówende and welige hwílwendlíce ðæt gé écelíce wædlion be flourishing and wealthy for time that ye may be beggars for eternity, Homl. Th. i. 64, 15: 162, 15: ii. 384, 26
be-cweþan
to say ⬩ to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to speak for ⬩ pray for ⬩ to bequeathe ⬩ grant by will
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Similar entries v. yfel-onbecweþende. to speak for, pray for Ðá cómon þá gebróðra tó ðí þæt hí his sáwle becwǽdon (cf. the same incident in Gr. D. 324, 16: Þá bróðra woldon hine scyldan mid heora gebedum and fore gebiddan (orando protegere)), Hml.
of-neádian
to obtain by force, extort
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to obtain by force, extort Nú cýdde man mé ðet Æþel-wold and ic sceoldon ofneádian ða bóc æt Leófríce I have been informed that Athelwold and I must have obtained the charter from Leofric by force Chart. Th. 295, 32
æt-hlýp
An assault ⬩ aggressus ⬩ assultus
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An assault; aggressus, assultus For ðan æthlýpe for the assault, L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 22
Linked entry: ǽ-hlýp
glengista
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Bradley suggests that for minra should be read niura, and gleáwnis tó for glengista
hálgung-ram
A consecrated ram
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A consecrated ram For ðam hit ys hálgungram for it is a ram of consecration, Ex. 29, 22
ge-ménelíc
Common ⬩ commūnis
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Common; commūnis For geménelícre neóde for the common need, L. C. S. 10; Th. i. 382, 2, MS. A
under-feng
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For þám underfénge þyses bisceoplican folgoðes, Gr. D. 3, 6. For þám underfencge þǽre menniscan týdernesse, 154, 5. Add
wǽpned-bearn
A male child ⬩ a boy
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A male child, a boy For wǽpnedbearne . . . for wífcilde pro masculo . . . pro femina, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 14
Linked entry: bearn
friþ-béna
a criminal
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a criminal who asks for asylum, Similar entries v. friþ, (5 b α), or for reconciliation with the law
fǽringa
unexpectedly ⬩ of a sudden ⬩ all at once ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ early ⬩ by chance ⬩ forte
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"; and þá fǽringa cóman hundas forþ, Bl.
nægel
the nail of a finger or toe ⬩ a nail ⬩ peg ⬩ an instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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Alf. pol. 56-60; Th. i. 94, 96 where the bót for the thumb-nail is 5 shillings, for the nail of the fore-finger and for that of the ring-finger 4 shillings each, for that of the middle finger 2 shillings, and for that of the little finger one shilling
FEFER
FEVER ⬩ febris
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Wið fefre for fever, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134. 14, 27. Wið ðone cólan fefor against cold fever, Herb. 138, 2; Lchdm. i. 256, l0. Ða feforas beóþ fram anýdde the fevers will be forced away, 143, 4; Lchdm. i. 266, 13.
ófost
Haste, speed
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Swá hwylc preóst swá wyrne (refuses to baptize a man) for ófste his fóre qui-cunque presbyter festinandi itineris sui causa deneget L. Ecg. C. 6; Th. ii. 138, 21. Se cnapa hit mid ófste gegearcode puer festinavit et coxit illum Gen. 18, 7.
þing-stów
A place of meeting ⬩ a public place
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In spréc[stów] ł in ðingstów in foro, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 3. From ðingstówe (-stów,) (Lind.) a foro, Mk. Skt. Rush. 7, 4
Linked entry: þing-stede