burh-geat
A city-gate ⬩ urbis porta
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Fóre burg-geatum before the city-gates, Andr. Kmbl. 1679; An. 842: Exon. 120a; Th. 461, 20; Hö. 38
hrind
barky ⬩ rinded ⬩ caudex ⬩ codex ⬩ liber ⬩ cortex ⬩ frozen to death ⬩ to destroy ⬩ dead
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Voc. 38, 56, 57 hrind translates caudex vel codex, and liber is translated seó inre hrind, but perhaps the better reading for the former would be rind = cortex. Otherwise hrinde bearwas might be [?] groves with [large-] stemmed trees.
hird-ness
watchful care ⬩ taking charge ⬩ taking care ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a watch
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Add: watchful care, taking charge, taking care that a thing be not damaged þám mynstre fore wæs mid geornlicre heordnysse monasterio solerti custodia praefuit, Gr. D. 52, 15.
fiht-wíte
A fine for fighting ⬩ pugnæ mulcta
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A fine for fighting; pugnæ mulcta He áh fihtwíte he has fines for fighting, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 3, note 6, MS. B
Linked entry: fyht-wíte
niht-waru
Night-wear
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Night-wear Genóh byþ ðam munuce ðæt hé hæbbe twá cúlan and twegen syricas for ðære nihtware and for ðæs reáfes þweále, R. Ben. 90, 4
Linked entry: waru
bróðor-gyld
Brother-retribution, vengeance for brothers ⬩ fratrum cædis retributio
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Brother-retribution, vengeance for brothers; fratrum cædis retributio On hyra bróðorgyld [bróðra gyld, Thorpe] in vengeance for their brothers, Cd. 153; Th. 190, 15; Exod. 199
campian
war ⬩ To fight, contend against ⬩ militare, pugnare
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He for his éðle mid his leódum compode he fought for his country with his men, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 17
Linked entry: compian
ge-þringan
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R. 8, 45. to use violence with a person, oppress, conquer a people or country Gotan þreáte geþrungon þeódlond monig, Met. 1, 3. (2 a) to force, gain by force from (on ) a person :-- Mæg ic þis setl on eów butan earfeðum ána geþringan (-dringan, MS.),
ælf-sogoða
A disease ascribed to fairy influence
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of prayers appointed for the cure of the disease, — Deus omnipotens expelle a famulo tuo omnem impetum castalidum; and further on, — Expelle diabolum a famulo tuo, L.
Linked entry: sogoþa
irfan
To inherit
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Kmbl. i. xxxiii-v on the leases of church lands for lives, in which such phrases as the following occur :-- His dæg forgeaf, and æfter his dæg twám yrfeweardum. Such lives were sometimes named in the instrument setting forth the grant
hweól-godwebb
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A robe of fine material circular in form Hweglgodwebbum cycladibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 15
a-réde
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cared for. Dele
swarung
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Add: for-swarung
háten
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Perhaps for hátene in the passage should be read háte (cf. for case mid glówende ísene, Lch. ii. 216, 1), or hátum ; in either the termination of ísene (?)
frum-sceaft
a first shaping ⬩ birth ⬩ the first shaping of the world ⬩ the creation ⬩ origin ⬩ original constitution or condition
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Seó forme bóc, Genesis, beféhð þás racu fram frumsceafte, Ælfc. T.
æmelnys
Loathsomeness ⬩ weariness ⬩ disdain ⬩ falsehood ⬩ unfaithfulness ⬩ false dealing ⬩ treason ⬩ fastidium ⬩ tædium
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Loathsomeness, weariness, disdain, falsehood, unfaithfulness, false dealing, treason; fastidium, tædium Hneppade sáwle mín for þrece oððe for æmelnysse dormitavit anima mea præ tædio, Ps. Lamb. 118, 28
Linked entry: æmylnys
ge-gild
A guild ⬩ society ⬩ club ⬩ societas ⬩ fraternitas
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A guild, society, or club; societas, fraternitas We for his lufon ðis gegyld gegaderodon for love of him we have gathered this guild, Th. Diplm. 608, 7
Linked entry: ge-gyld
un-getreówþ
Bad faith ⬩ breach of good faith
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C.) micle for Gode and for worulde, M Wulfst. 160, 6
Linked entry: ge-treówþ
ed-staþelung
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For R. Ben. 36 substitute Mancynna Ealdor for úre edstaðelunge þǽre róde gealgan underféng, Hml. Th. i. 588, 19. Tó edstaþelungum ad lumina vitae, An. Ox. 2214
ge-hwætness
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Quickness, rapid movement Atomes . . . rímcræftige men óðerwhíle hátað for his gehwætnysse momentum (cf. Momentum . . . hé ys gecweden for þǽra tungla hwætnysse momentum 6), Angl. viii. 318, 37
Linked entry: hwæt-ness