smicer
Fair, fine, beautiful, elegant ⬩ elegans, delicatus
Entry preview:
Fair, fine, beautiful, elegant Smicre elegans, loquax Txts. 59, 737: elegans Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 22. Smicerre ansíne eleganti forma 30, 26. Smicere leóþe carmine rithmico 23, 24.
styria
Entry preview:
Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc byþ, styria and mereswýn, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27. Andlang strǽte út on styrian pól, vi. 9, 6. Mereswýn and stirian delphinos et sturias, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9
Linked entry: stiria
þrowing-tíd
the time at which a person suffered martyrdom ⬩ the anniversary of the time when some one suffered
Entry preview:
Homl. 171, 4. the anniversary of the time when some one suffered Ðeós tíd fram ðisum andwerdan dæge ( fifth Sunday in Lent ) óð ða hálgan Eástertíde is gecweden Cristes ðrowungtíd, Homl. Th. ii. 224, 19.
ge-síþa
Entry preview:
Getreów gesíþa fida comes, 148, 73. Gesíþan comite, Angl. xiii. 369, 59. Gesíþan comitem (i, socium) (angelicae castitatis), An. Ox. 1185. Gesíðan on gangum comites gressibus, Hy. Srt. 38, 27. Gesíþum comitibus (castae sodalitatis). An.
scealfor
A diver
Entry preview:
Ðá geseah hé swymman scealfran on flóde, and gelóme doppettan ádúne tó grunde éhtende þearle ðære eá fixa . . . Ðá hét Martinus ða fugelas ðæs fixnoðes geswícan, and tó wéstene síðian; and ða scealfran gewiton áweg tó holte, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 6-12
gif-stól
A gift-seat ⬩ seat from which gifts are distributed ⬩ throne ⬩ throne of grace ⬩ donorum thronus ⬩ solium ⬩ gratiæ thronus
Entry preview:
Brynewylmum mealt gifstól Geáta the gift-chair of the Goths was consumed by flames of fire, Beo. Th. 4643; B. 2327: Exon. 16 a; Th. 36, 6; Cri. 572. Sceal gifstól gegierwed stondan a throne shall stand prepared, Exon. 90 a; Th. 337, 23; Gn.
Linked entry: gief-stól
weóce
The wick of a lamp ⬩ candle
Entry preview:
Riscene weócan fila scirpea Germ. 391, 15. Wéocan accendilia Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 46: cicindilia 284, 26. Wiócum cicindilibus, stuppulis Hpt. Gl. 470, 77. Weócum Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 43 : 131, 13
hring
Entry preview:
</b> fig. the limit of a jurisdiction :-- Þonne þæt gecnáweð feónd, þætte gehwylc hæleða cynnes on his hringe bið fæste geféged, Wal. 40. an object having a circular form.
ge-mǽre
Entry preview:
Hé cóm on ꝥ gemǽre leóhtes and þeóstro noctis prope terminos, Bt. 35, 6 ; F. 170, 13. a line (lit. or fig.) that cannot or should not be passed, a bound, limit Ðá bebeád se biscop : ' Ásettað mé ongeán þysum fýre' . . .
LÆS
Less ⬩ lest
Entry preview:
Ðá wæs ágangen fíf þúsend geára and áne geáre læs ðonne twá hund, Shrn. 29, 34. Gif læs manna beó sin minor est numerus, Ex. 12, 4. Swá man máre sprycþ swá him læs manna gelýfeþ the more a man speaks, the fewer men believe him, Prov. Kmbl. 38.
Linked entry: læsast
ealdor
Entry preview:
Dele bracket at end, and add: one occupying a position of superiority. of human beings, one (man or woman) having authority over others, of public authority Manna ealdor tribunus, þúsendes ealdor ciliarcus, fíftiga ealdor quinquagenarius, fíf hund cempena
flíma
a run-away ⬩ deserter ⬩ an apostate ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ exile ⬩ an outcast ⬩ wretch
Entry preview:
right of royalty, the right to the penalty due from one who sheltered an outlaw (flíma) Ðis syndon þá gerihta þe se cyng áh ofer ealle men on Wesseaxan . . . ꝥ is mundbryce and hámsócne . . . and flýmena fyrmðe (cf. 1óc hwá þðne flýman feormie, gylde fîf
Linked entry: flýma
fundian
To endeavour to find ⬩ tend to ⬩ aspire to ⬩ strive ⬩ go forward ⬩ hasten ⬩ intend ⬩ desire ⬩ nīti ⬩ tendĕre ⬩ intendĕre ⬩ propĕrāre
Entry preview:
To endeavour to find, tend to, aspire to, strive, go forward, hasten, intend, desire; nīti, tendĕre, intendĕre, propĕrāre Ic wylle fundian sylf to ðam síþe I will hasten myself to the journey, Exon. 119 a; Th. 456, 24; Hy. 4, 71: 89 b; Th. 336, 21; Gn
wer
Entry preview:
Hé wundrude and ealle ða ðe mid him wǽron on ðam were ( in captura ) ðara fixa, Lk. Skt. 5, 9.
ge-bedda
Entry preview:
S. 36, 303. fig. in connexion with the grave Wyrmum tó mete and tó gebeddan weorðan. Wlfst. 240, 22. þonne flǽsc onginneð hrúsan ceósan tó gebeddan, Rún. 29. a consort, wife of a great man Leófríc eorl and his gebedda, C. D. iv. 72, 20.
ge-brecan
Entry preview:
Wong gebrocen tó beorgum, Rum. 33. fig. to crush, destroy Ic gebreocu hié swé swé dúst comminuam illos ut pulverem, Ps. Srt. 17, 43. Hornas synfulra ic gebreocu (confringam), 74, 11. Hé on þám folce feóndgyld gebræc, Ps. Th. 105, 24.
þes
Entry preview:
Nú scýneð þes móna under wolcnum, Fin. 7. Hé þrowade on þisse Breotone martyrdóm, Shrn. 93, 28. Ǽghwanon of eallum þissum bífylcum undique de cunctis prope prouinciis, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 256, 14. 3.
scild
a shield ⬩ a piece of defensive armour ⬩ a shield ⬩ protection
Entry preview:
Th. 656; B. 325. fig. a shield, protection Scild mín beo ðú refugium meum es tu, Ps. Spl. T. 70, 4. Ðam biþ Dryhten scyld, Exon. Th. 229, 31; Ph. 463. scyld in the following passage is used of a bird's back (as being shield-shaped ?
Linked entries: hrung sceld scild-burh scyld
þeór
Entry preview:
. §§ 30, 31); in reference to the eye it is said to be the same as 'fig' (ii. 38, 5), and is mentioned in close connection with the same disease (iii. 30, 3-16); the same prescription is good 'wið ðam micclan líce and wið óþrum giccendum blece and þeórgeride
Linked entries: þeór-ádl þeór-gerid
wyrt-wala
the root of a plant ⬩ a root, source ⬩ the foot of a hill, lower side of a wood, field, etc.
Entry preview:
Andlang ríðe on ða wurtwalan, vi. 1, 26. fig. :-- God út álúceþ wirtwelæ ðínne of lande lyfigendra, Ps. Spl. T. 51, 5. a root, source Wyrd, ealra firena fruma, fǽhðo módor, weána wyrtwela, wópes heáfod, Salm.