breóst-net
a net ⬩ A breast-net, covering for the breast, breast-plate; ⬩ pectorale reticulatum, thorax
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A breast-net, covering for the breast, breast-plate; pectorale reticulatum, thorax Him on eaxle læg breóstnetbroden on his shoulder lay the braided breastplate, Beo. Th. 3100; B. 1548: Cd. 154; Th. 192, 24; Exod. 236
ár-líc
honest ⬩ honourable ⬩ noble ⬩ becoming ⬩ proper ⬩ honestus ⬩ decorus ⬩ honorabilis ⬩ nobilis ⬩ Delicious ⬩ delicatus ⬩ suavis
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Is nú árlíc ðæt we ǽfestra dǽde démen it is now becoming that we consider the deeds of the pious, Exon. 40 a; Th. 133, 29; Gú. 497. applied to food of a high quality, - Delicious; delicatus, suavis Ða beón beraþ árlícne anleofan, - hafaþ hunig on múþe
BEORCAN
to make a sharp explosive sound ⬩ latratum vel sonum edere ⬩ to BARK ⬩ latrare
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Ne mæg he fram húndum beón borcen he may not be barked at by dogs Herb. 67, 2; Lchdm. i. 170, 17
Linked entry: borcian
CILD
A CHILD, infant ⬩ infans, puer
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Mid cilde beón, weorþan, or wesan to be with child, Bd. Whelc. 487, 22
Linked entry: cyld
mǽþ-líc
Moderate ⬩ in accordance with due measure ⬩ proper to a person's degree ⬩ having regard to others
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Moderate, in accordance with due measure, proper to a person's degree, having regard to others (v. mǽþ-líce) Beón ða heregeata swá hit mǽþlíc sý let the heriots be as is proper to the several degrees (earl's, king's thane, &c. ), L. C.
Linked entry: mǽþ-full
un-clǽnness
uncleanness ⬩ impurity ⬩ foulness ⬩ squalor ⬩ uncleanness ⬩ impurity ⬩ obscenity
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Se reccere sceal beón simle clǽne on his geðóhte, ðætte nán unclǽnnes ( immunditia ) hine ne besmíte, Past. 13; S. 75, 20: Rtl. 97, 29. Wrǽnre unclǽnnysse lascivae obscenitatis, Hpt. Gl. 505, 38. Hwá unclǽnnisse líf álifde, Exon.
Linked entry: un-clǽne
un-wæstm
an evil growth ⬩ a bad plant ⬩ a tare ⬩ weed ⬩ bad growth ⬩ failure of crops
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Gif hwæt fǽrlíces on þeóde becymð, beón hit miswyderu oððon unwæstmas, 271, 3. Ús unwidera for oft weóldon unwæstma, 129, 5: 159, 13
for-weorpan
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., of reckless or fruitless expenditure :-- Ðýý God nele ꝥ wé beón grǽdige gýtseras, ne eác for woruldgylpe forwurpan úre ǽhta, Hml. S. 16, 330.
ge-risene
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Add: — See man ymbe mínre sáwle þearfe swá hit beón mæge, and swá hit eác gerysne sý, C. D. ii. 117, 2. Ne wére girisen t reht tó unbindanne non oportuit solui, Lk. R. 13, 16.
grund-weall
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L. 17, 8. figurative. of persons God sceal beón grundweall þínes lífes, Wlfst. 247, 6. Ne mæg nán man lecgan óþerne grundweall on ðǽre hálgan gelaðunge búton ðone ðe ðǽr geléd is, ꝥ is Hǽlend Críst. Hé is se grundweall þǽre hálgan cyrcan, Hml.
rihtung
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H. 103, 188) leahtrum scyl beón, Scint. 149, 6. Ma[n] sceal healdan gemet an þǽre rihtinge mensura extendenda est correctionum, Chrd. 60, 20. Add Rihtinc regulam, An. Ox. 1079
up-heáh
tall ⬩ lofty ⬩ lofty ⬩ noble ⬩ upright
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Ða trió meahte beón hundteóntiges fóta upheáh he pedum centum alte erant arbores, 27, 28. Sindon dúna upheá, Exon. Th. 443, 15; Kl. 30.
Linked entry: up-lang
wind
Winding ⬩ wrapping
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Beón þreó niht ǽr man ða hand undó, i. 23; Th. i. 212, 4) let him make 'bót,' L. N. P. L. 39, 40; Th. ii. 296, 9-10
ofer-drincan
to overdrink (one's self)
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Beón oferdruncen inebriari, Lk. 12, 45. Ðæt mód, ða hwíle ðe hit biþ oferdruncen ðæs ierres, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 3. Swá hwá swá óðerne drencþ, hé wirþ self oferdruncen, 49; Swt. 381, 4. Swá swá mihti oferdruncon crapulatus fram wíne, Ps.
bearo
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Be þysse wyrte ys sǽd ꝥ heó of dracan blóde ácenned beón sceolde on ufeweardum muntum on þiccon bearwum, Lch. i. 322, 25. Ðú ádydes ðá bearwas, Past. 355, 5: Nar. 12, 18: 26, 24. Add
sacan
to fight, strive, contend ⬩ to disagree, ⬩ to wrangle ⬩ to bring a suit ⬩ to accuse, blame ⬩ to refuse, deny.
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Dóm stande ðár þegenas sammǽle beón; gif hig sacan ( disagree ), stande ðæt hig .viii. secgaþ, L. Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 289, 3. Ðæt hé sóce altercaretur, sermocinaretur, Hpt.
un-sár
Not sore ⬩ without soreness or pain
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Gníd mid ða tóðreoman, hí beóð clǽne and unsáre, Lchdm. i. 346, 15. Ðæt geswel wyrð unsárre the swelling becomes more free from pain, ii. 208, 4
Linked entry: sár
a-metan
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Hí beóð ámétte and ámearcode mid gildenum stafum, Wlfst. 302, 27
Linked entry: on-métan
coccel
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Gl. 462, 24, and add :-- Hyre corn beóð gelíce coccele ( a mistranslation of cocci simile), Lch. i. 170, 2. Hé sǽwð ge lasor ge coccul on manna æceron, Angl. viii. 300, 24. Coccelas oferstígað hwǽte zizania transcendunt frumentum, Scint. 101, 1
-metod
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Menigfealde beóð þæs metodan Drihtnes egsan and swingla ofer scyldigum mannum, 328, 32 (both passages are alliterative).] Add: :-- Se metod eallra gesceafta (cf. se milda metod. Met. 29, 68) fét on eorþan ealle grówende westmas, Bt. 39,13; F. 234, 18