here-geatu
military equipment ⬩ heriot
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The word also occurs in the following passages in wills, Chart. Th. 499. 29: 512, 16: 540, 5; 550, 28: 573, 3. For the origin and nature of the heriot see Stubbs' Const. Hist. s.v. Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 98
ides
A woman
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A woman [it is a word little used except in poetry, and it is supposed by Grimm to have been applied, in the earliest times, like the Greek νύμφη, to superhuman beings, occupying a position between goddesses and mere women, v. D.
leóf-wende
Pleasing ⬩ gracious ⬩ acceptable ⬩ amiable ⬩ estimable
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Sum biþ leófwende hafaþ mód and word monnum geþwǽre one man is amiable, he hath mind and speech in accord with men, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298. 13; Crä. 84.
twǽde
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, containing two of three parts of a whole; the word occurs mostly as substantive, two thirds, two parts of three Wylle óþ sié twǽde bewylled ðæs wóses (cf. bewyl óþ þriddan dǽl, 120, 15) boil till two thirds of the juice are boiled away, Lchdm. ii.
Linked entry: þridda
wergild-þeóf
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. ¶ the word is also used to denote the right to receive the wergilds paid in case of theft; cf. the preceding passage :-- Huic libertati concedo additamentum in qua, ut ab omnibus apertius et plenius intelligatur, nomina consuetudinum Anglice praecepi
wirp
A change for the better ⬩ recovery ⬩ improvement
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Th. 2635; B. 1315. v. next word
wíte-dóm
knowledge ⬩ prophecy ⬩ foreknowledge
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Similar entries v. next word, and cf. wíteg-dóm
Linked entries: wíteg-dóm wítiend-líc
andeta
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Substitute: The word seems indeclinable and to be used only in the phrase beón (wesan, weorþan) andetta = to admit a charge, liability, & c., with gen.
á-wegan
to carry off ⬩ to put away ⬩ renounce ⬩ to weigh. ⬩ to put in a balance ⬩ to estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ to be equal in weight to
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Syððan hig þá word áginnað tó áweganne mid þam bíwordum, Angl. viii. 313, 4-7. to be equal in weight to Se dinor áwehð decem nummos, Ælfc. G. Z, 285, 2
boga
an arch ⬩ a vault
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[Bowa diploma, 89, 51.] the word occurs as a surname : Édwíg boga, C. D. B. iii. 536, 5
denn
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. ¶ the word occurs in many local names :-- Adiectis quattuor denberis . . . Heáhden . . . helman hyrst, i. 317, 20.
folgere
a successor ⬩ a follower ⬩ adherent
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The word is used of women as well as of men Gif hwá mid his lotwrencum óðres mannes folgere (pedisequam) fram him ápǽce for hǽmedþinge, Ll. Th. ii. 186, 22
ge-wuna
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. ¶ the word seems declined in :-- Obtani geára gewunan oððe gewunede, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 3
Linked entry: be-wuna
lyt-hwón
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Se scamfæsta hæfð genóh on ðǽm tó his bettrunge ðæt his láreów hine suíðe lythwón gemyndgige his unðeáwa verecundis ad conversionem sufficit, quod eis doctor mala sua saltem leniter ad memoriam reducit, Past. 207, 4. (3 a) where the word is equivalent
of-gifan
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Hé þás worold ofgeaf, B. 1681. Hé gumdreám ofgeaf, 2469. Þás woruld ofgyfan, Gen. 1127. Bebyrig Maria líchama[n], ofgif þǽre eorðan ꝥ hire is, and ꝥ dúst tó þám dúste, Hml. S. 23 b, 750
fullian
To fulfil ⬩ perfect ⬩ exsĕqui
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Ðonne sceal he ðæt mid mildheortum weorcumfullian then shall he perfect that with works of mercy, Blickl. Hom. 37, 19. Fullade 213, 16
neód-laðu
Earnest, hospitable invitation
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(cf. him wæs ful boren and freóndlaðu wordum bewægned, 2389; B. 1192), Beo. Th. 2644; B. 1320
leahtrung
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Add:: opprobrium, abuse, reproach Ic eom worden mannum tó leahtrunge ego sum opprobrium hominum Ps. Th. 21, 5. Þú hí gescyldst wið ǽlcere tungan leahtrunge proteges eos a contradictione linguarum 30, 23.
sceþ-wræc
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Substitute for the passage Eálá hú swíþe eádge wǽron þá æþelan cennend(ẹ) Sancte Ióhannes, þǽm ne sceþede nǽnig scyld þisse sceþwracan worlde, ne hié nǽnigo firen ne gewundode beati, quos in saeculo isto aliqua culpa non percutit, nullum vulnerat crimen
dryht-scipe
Rulership, lordship, domination, dignity ⬩ domĭnātus, dignĭtas
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For hwam nele mon him on giógoþe georne gewyrcan deóres dryhtscipes why will not man in youth zealously work for himself bold rulership? Salm. Kmbl. 775; Sal. 387.
Linked entry: driht-scipe