wunden-stefna
A ship with curved prow
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A ship with curved prow Wundenstefna gewaden hæfde, ðæt ða líðende land gesáwon, Beo. Th. 445; B. 220
Linked entry: -stefna
á-fæstan
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To entrust, let out land to a person Hé áfæste wín-geard ðǽm londbígengum, Mk. R. 12, l
cú-býre
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A cow-byre, cow-shed Land æt cúbýrum . . . Oxena gehæg . . . cúbýra[s?], C. D. iv. 77, 26, 29
Linked entry: býre
fæsten-tíd
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Transfer the last two passages to riht-fæstentíd, and add
ge-lytlung
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Diminution, failure, lack Metta gelytlung forscrincan déð gewilnunga yfele escarum indigentia marcescere facit desideria mala, Scint. 57, I
Linked entry: lytlung
nǽnig
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Þá fuglas ús nǽnige láðe ne yfle ne wǽron aues non nobis perniciem ferebant Nar. 16, 18. Add
niþer-ástígend
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One who descends: descending Fram niðerástígendum on seáðe a descendentibus in lacum, Ps. L. 29, 4: 87, 5
Linked entries: á-stígend niþer-stígend
un-wælgrim
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Not cruel, gentle Hé wæs swlíe unwælgrim (eallunga lǽs wælhreów, v.l.) minus crudelis fuit, Gr. D. 133, 6
weorold-wísdóm
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Þá befæste hé his sunu tó láre tó woruldwísdóme ꝥ hé úðwita wurde, Hml. S. 35, 9. Add
bredan
to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; ⬩ plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere ⬩ to change, vary, transform; ⬩ vertere, variare, transformare
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Beadohrægl broden on breóstum læg the armour [lit. war-garment] joined together lay on my breast, Beo. Th. 1108; B. 552: 3100; B. 1548. Byrhtnóþ bræd bill of scéðe Byrhtnoth drew his battle-axe from its sheath, Byrht. Th. 136, 36; By. 162.
on-sittan
to occupy ⬩ to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person) ⬩ to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)
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Lamb. 104, 38. Hé álýseþ þearfan ðæt him se welega ne mæg wiht onsittan liberavit pauperem a potente, Ps. Th. 71, 12. (with a different prefix, cf. O. H.
ferren
Far off ⬩ distant ⬩ remote ⬩ longinquus
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Rl.] land in regiōnem longinquam, Lk. Skt. Hat. 19, 12
hryding
A clearing
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A clearing, a patch of cleared land Hryding subcisiva, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 71; Wrt. Voc. 37, 57
lǽdend
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One who leads or brings Se wæs ǽ bringend, lára lǽdend, Exon. 10 a; Th. 9, 27; Cri. 141
Linked entry: lǽdan
manig-brǽde
Consisting of many things
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Consisting of many things Mænibrǽde dóm satura lex (lanx?), Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 111; Wrt. Voc. 20, 49
þínan
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To get moist or damp Dó on næsc, hæbbe him on, ðý læs hit þíne, Lchdm. ii. 36, 8
brád-æx
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Voc. ii. 28, 28: dolatura, i. lata securis, 141, 64. Brádacus dolabella, Txts. 116, 197. Add
neáh-ceaster
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a neighbouring city Néhceastra gehwilce and land forhergiende proximas quasque ciuitates agrosque depopulans, Bd. I. 15; Sch. 43, II
Linked entry: ceaster
réþ-scipe
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Weámóde láreówas þurh hetolnysse heora réðscipes (furoris) gehwyrfað þǽre láre gemet tó ungefóge þǽre wælhreównysse, Chrd. 70, 15. Add
smolt
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Lard, fat Smolt pinguedo, Angl. xiii. 404, 558. Þǽr sculan ii fǽtte swýn úp árísan tó smolte, Nap. 58