Numentisc
Of Numantia
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Of Numantia Se wæs Numentisc, Ors. 5, 3; Swt. 222, 14
gram-bǽre
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Angry, passionate; iracundus, Past. 40, 1; Swt. 289, 5; Hat. MS
þeáter
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a theatre Æt heora þeátra, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 154, 2
ge-swǽre
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In bracket l. ge-swár, and dele 'ge-swǽre, subst. ; and'
mearu
Tender ⬩ soft ⬩ delicate
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Genim ðás wyrte swá mearwe take this plant as young and tender as possible, Herb. 89, 1; Lchdm. i. 192, 8, 12. Mearawa tenera, gracilia, Hpt. Gl. 457, 42. Ne gedafenaþ ús ðæt wé symle hnesce beón on úrum geleáfan swá swá ðás merwan cild, Homl.
Linked entry: myrwa
BLÓSTMA
A BLOSSOM, bloom, flower ⬩ flos
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[ = blóstm a blossom] A BLOSSOM, bloom, flower; flos Swá swá blósma ǽceres swá he blóweþ tamquam flos agri sic efflorebit, Ps. Lamb. 102, 15. Ofer hine scír cymeþ mínra [minre MS.] sóþfæst blóstma super ipsum florebit sanctificatio mea, Ps.
Linked entry: blóstm
ge-dígan
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hwylcum gefeohte swá ðú bist [ðú bist] sigefæst, and þú ꝥ gedigest, gif þú ðone fót mid þé hafast, Lch. i. 328, 7. to escape from danger, harm, & c.
on-ginnan
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Nát ic hwæðer máre wundor wæs, þe þæt hé swá mid lytle fultume þone mǽstan dǽl þisses middangeardes gegán mehte, þe ꝥ hé mid swá lytle weorode swá micel anginnan dorste (adgredi ausus fuerit), Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 16. with infin.
nytweorð-líce
Usefully
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MS.) lǽran meahton ( qui praedicare utiliter possent ), Past. 49, 1; Swt. 374, 21. Nytwierðlecust (nyttwyrðlícost, Hatt. MS.), 15; Swt. 91, 22
un-þríste
Timid ⬩ diffident ⬩ faint-hearted
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Ða lytelmódan and ða unðrístan, ðonne hió ongietaþ hiera unbældo and hiera unmiehte, hié weorðaþ oft ormóde, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 5-8. Ða unðriéstan (-ðrístan, Cott. MSS.), Swt. 211, 15
ié
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of eá, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 8, 10, 11, 14
laðung
A calling ⬩ invitation ⬩ vocatio
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A calling, invitation; vocatio, Past. 52, 4; Swt. 405, 23
Mæcedonisc
Macedonian
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Macedonian Ðæt Mæcedonisce gewin, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 208, 5
norþan-westan
to the north-west
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to the north-west, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 16, 5
Norþ-hymbre
Northumbrian
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Northumbrian Ða Northymbran leóde, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 95, 9
Norþ-hymbrisc
Northumbrian
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Northumbrian Tó Norþhymbriscum gereorde, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97. 58
wíd-farende
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vagos induc in domum tuam, Past. 43; Swt. 315, 14
Linked entry: wíd-férende
ofer-sprecolness
Talkativeness, loquacity ⬩ superfluitas locutionis
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Talkativeness, loquacity; superfluitas locutionis, Past. 43, 1; Swt. 308, 16
Linked entry: sprecolness
lagu
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the body of rules binding on the members of a state or community Hé hit béte swá swá lagu tǽce ( as the law directs ), Ll. Th. i. 418, 14. Swá man swýðor spæc embe rihte lage swá mann dyde máre unlaga, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 19.
a-stígan
to go ⬩ come ⬩ step ⬩ proceed ⬩ climb ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ gradi ⬩ procedere ⬩ scandere ⬩ to go in any direction ⬩ to rise ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend ⬩ surgere ⬩ ascendere ⬩ descendere
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He nyðer astíhþ swá swá rén on flýs, and swá swá niðer astíhþ droppetung, droppende ofer eorþan he shall come down as rain on a fleece, and as falling [rain] comes down, dropping over the earth; descendet sicut pluvia in vellus, et sicut stillicidium