hǽl
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Add: sound physical condition of a person Him sió hæl losað solus carports amissa, Fast. 249, 6. Þeáh ðe him ( the old man ) ádl on ne sitte, þeáh oft his hǽl him bið ádl, Hml. Th. i. 614, 16. Hyt tó hǽle gelǽdeð, Lch. i. 114, 21.
be-corfen
Cut off ⬩ beheaded ⬩ truncatus
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Cut off, beheaded; truncatus Becorfen wæs heáfde capite truncatus est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 19
fóre-ceorfan
To cut off the front ⬩ præcīdĕre
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To cut off the front; præcīdĕre Ic fóreceorfe præcīdo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 35
á-ildan
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To put off, delay Ic hit áyldan ne mæg eam declinare nequeo, Gr. D. 21, 22
Linked entry: ildan
hergung
Harrying ⬩ harrowing ⬩ plundering ⬩ devastation ⬩ waging war ⬩ an irruption ⬩ incursion ⬩ invasion ⬩ a raid ⬩ plunder
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Ðá forlét hé his hergunga then he left off his harryings, 1016; Erl. 154, 10
Linked entry: heregung
hǽþ
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m, and add: a heath, a tract of uncultivated, waste land, masc. Andlang ðǽre díc tó ðǽm hǽðe foreweardan . . . ; ðonne westweard ofer ðone hǽð, C. D. iii. 264, 2-4. Úp on ðene hǽð; ofer ðene hǽð, 384, 26. neut. Ofer ðæt hǽð, C. D. iii. 392, 3, 5.
stǽnen
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stony. v. next word Se áfeól of his horse ofer stǽnene eorþan, and him wǽron ða limo gecnyssed, Shrn. 126, 18. Of sandigum ł stǽnenum de arenosis, Hpt.
Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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This palace was soon made a scene of slaughter, in consequence of the nightly attacks of a monster called Grendel, who carried off at one time no less than thirty thanes, for the purpose of devouring them in his retreat.
Linked entry: Beado-wulf
gryre
Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful
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Hie wyrd forsweóp on Grendles gryre fate has swept them off into the terrible power of Grendel, Beo. Th. 960; B. 478: Cd. 143; Th. 178, 32; Exod. 20. Mid gryrum ecga with the terrors of swords, Beo. Th. 971; B. 483: 1187; B. 591
be-fleán
to strip the skin ⬩ bark off ⬩ to strip off
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Beflagen flǽ[s]c flesh with the skin stripped off; viscera, 45, 7. to strip off (skin) Befleh (fleah, v. l.) ǽnne þwang þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þene hóh episcopo a vertice usque ad calcaneum corrigiam tolle, Gr. D. 198, 4
wæstm
Growth, increase ⬩ growth, produce ⬩ plant, fruit ⬩ offspring, progeny ⬩ result ⬩ fruit, that which may be enjoyed ⬩ produce of money, usury. ⬩ growth, growing, ⬩ increase ⬩ growth, thriving ⬩ growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;
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Voc. ii. 136, 65. growth, produce, fruit of the earth or of a vegetable (lit. or fig.), plant, fruit Wæstm fructus, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 1. Ofet, wæstm fruges, frumenta, ii. 151, 31. Rædrípe wæstm praecoquus fructus, i. 39, 22.
á-gniden
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A rubbing off Ágnidinne (-ine) detriturigine , Txts. 56, 345. Ágnidene detriturugine. Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 45
for-corfian
to cut off
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to cut off Ðá hé ðone læppan forcorfedne (-ceorfedne, -corfenne, v. ll.) hæfde, Past. 198, 17
Linked entry: corfian
brád
broad ⬩ open ⬩ spacious ⬩ flat
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Of brádre pannan sartagine, 26, 11
Linked entry: brádlinga
lytes-ná
Almost ⬩ nearly
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Wæs his ríce brád wíd ofer werþeóde lytesná ofer ealne yrmenne grund his realm was broad, wide over mankind, almost over all the world, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 13; Jul. 10.
Linked entry: ná
sǽd-cynn
A kind of seed
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A kind of seed Ǽghwilc sǽdcyn omne genus seminarum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 30. Sǽdere gebyreþ ðæt hé hæbbe ǽlces sǽdcynnes ǽnne leáp fulne, ðonne hé ǽlc sǽd wel gesáwen hæbbe ofer geáres fyrst, L. R. S. 11; Th. i. 438, 9
á-lǽtan
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Add: of intentional movement Hé unwærlíce nyðer álét ( submittens ) on ꝥ wæter ꝥ fæt, Gr. D. 114, 28. Hí hine on ánre wilian áléton ofer ðone weall, Hml. Th. i. 388, 9. Hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé ( let thee come to me ), Hml.
fyrd-werod
An army-host ⬩ phalanx ⬩ turma ⬩ phălanx ⬩ φάλανξ
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Micel stefn fyrdweorodes getrymnesse a great sound off
hran
A whale ⬩ a mussel
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Hér beóþ oft fangene seolas and hronas and mereswýn capiuntur sæpissime et vituli marini, et delphines necnon et ballenæ, Bd. 1, 1; L. 473, 16. Hronesnæs, Beo. Th. 5603, 6264; B. 2805, 3136
ýþung
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Yþgung (ýþguncg v.l.) 168, a: 197, 7- Oft gedónre ýþunge (ýðgunge, v.l.) se streám gewunode ꝥ hé tógoten wæs geond his æceras fluvius saepe facta inundatione per agros diffundi consueverat, 192, 17.