ge-bannan
to command ⬩ order ⬩ proclaim ⬩ jŭbēre ⬩ mandāre ⬩ edīcĕre ⬩ to summon ⬩ call together ⬩ cĭtare ⬩ convŏcāre
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to command, order, proclaim; jŭbēre, mandāre, edīcĕre Ðá ic gefrægn weorc gebannan manigre mǽgþe then I heard [him] command the work to many a tribe, Beo. Th. 149; B. 74. to summon, call together; cĭtare, convŏcāre Folc biþ gebonnen ealle to spræce
leáf-full
Believing ⬩ faithful
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Believing, faithful Leáffull fidelis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 21: Jn. Skt. Lind. 20, 27. Ic cýðe on ðissan gewrte eallum leáffullum mannum hwet ic gerédd habbe wið míne arcebiscópes, Chart. Th. 347, 26. God cwæþ tó Moysen ðæt hé wolde cuman and hine ætforan
sealtere
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A salt-worker Sealtere salinator, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 10. Sealtere, saltere, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Zup. 47, 2. Sealtere, hwæt ús fremaþ cræft ðín ? . . . Nán eówer blisse brýcþ on gereorduncge oððe mete, búton cræft mín gistlíþe him beó, Coll. Monast. Th. 28
sceóta
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A kind of trout, a shoate, shot [' Carew makes a distinction between the trout and shot. "The latter," he says, " is in a manner peculiar to Devon and Cornwall. In shape and colour he resembleth the Trowts: howbeit in biggnesse commeth farre behind him
til
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prep, (used only in the North) To Fúsæ fearran kwómu æþþilæ til ánum (cf. fúse feorran cwómon tó ðam æðelinge, Rood Kmbl. 115; Kr. 58), Txts. 126, 13. Hé scóp ælda barnum heben til hrófe (cf. tó hrófe, Bd. 4, 24; M. 344, 11), 149, 6. Ðá cueð til (tó,
wordlian
To talk ⬩ discourse
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To talk, discourse Wurdliaþ (changed from wurdiaþ) rhetoricamur, loquimur, . . . snytrian ł wurðlian philosophari, Hpt. Gl. 527, 58-63. Epactas ðe wíse preóstas oft ymbe gerádlíce wurdliaþ, Anglia viii. 300, 45. Hyt geríst ðæt wé ymbe ða epactas wurdlion
ár-full
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Add: shewing honour or respect Ǽghwylc man wið óðerne árful sý on ǽlcum þǽra góda þe hé him tó áre gecweðan oððe gedón mæge, Hml. A. 160, 191. Utan beón árfulle fæder and méder, Wlfst. 119, 3. shewing kindness, mercy, favour God is swíðe árfull and
án-mód
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Þæt werod wæs swá ánmód (cf. Hom. i. 101, 4) swilce him eallum wǽre án heorte and án sáwul, Hml. Th. i. []26, 25. Þú ánmóde tu unanimis, Ps. L. 54, 14. Mid ánmóde willan monigra multorum unanima intentione. Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 575, 12. Mid ánmódre geþafunge
blód
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Deád blód cruor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 57. Heó sǽde ꝥ hire blód forlǽten wǽre on earme, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 563, 2. Swíðe unwíslíce gé dydon, þæt gé sceoldon on feówernihtne mónan blód lǽtan, Sch. 564, 6: Lch. iii. 184, 11. Ǽr him mon blód lǽte, þám þe fela blódes
écelíce
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Add: to all time, perpetually Þætte écelíce mín gemynd stonde perpetuum statuimus monimentum, Nar. 33, 1. to eternity Écelíce lifian, habban, forweorþan, gehealden beón, Gr. D. 337, 1: Bl. H. 111, 22: Wlfst. 96, 20: Hml. A. 168, 121. Þæt hí écelíce
fers
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Add: a verse of poetry Engla sum . . . þás vers him mid gyldenum stafum áwritene on þám handum betǽhte . . . þǽra versa anginne þe benyðan þám forman verse stant, healfe þá vers gebyriað tó þám termene, Angl. viii. 325, 46-326, 10. sentence, verse of
flet
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Hraðe wæs gerýmed fédegestum flet innanweard, B. 1976. Ic on flette mæg ríncum secgan naman þára wihta, Rä. 43, 5: Víd. 3. Ic seah in heall, þǽr hæleð druncon, on flet beran wudutreów, 56, 2: 57, 12: B. 1647: 1036. Hé mid fǽmnan on flet gǽð, 2034: 2054
hafela
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Ne hédde hé þæs heafolan, B. 2697. Hé him of dyde helm of hafelan, 672 : 1521. Heáfde, heafolan (heofulan, lxx. 3) eágum capiti, fronti, oculis, Lch. i. lxxiv. 4. Men hafelan bǽron . . . Grendles heáfod, B. 1635 : 1614. Hí Æscheres heafelan métton, 1421
mennisc
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Ic andette Gode and ðǽm (ðe, MS. ) menniscum men mínum gástlicum scrifte, Angl. xi. 99, 56. Hé ásende mennisce sprǽce on þone heort, Hml. S. 30, 44. Englas geþafodon ǽr Drihtnes tócyme þæt mennisce men him tó feóllon, Hml. Th. i. 38, 27. Mennisce eágan
mód-geþanc
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Add: mind, thoughts Þ mæg se mon begytan, sé þe his módgeðanc æltowe byþ, Gr. D. 2, 5. Ic ondette míne synna . . . for múð and mearh and módgeþonc, sionwe and sídan and swýran, Angl. xi. 98, 50. a thought Swilce beóð þæs mannes módgeþancas ita stint
port-geréfa
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Add: an official of a foreign town Se biscop árás and mid him se portgeréfa (of Ephesus), and þá yldostan portmen, Hml. S. 23, 749. II. an English official :-- Þes ceáp wæs geceápod on Wii ætforan ealra scýre. Þises is tó gewitnesse Eádrige arceb. .
wín-ærn
a place where wine is stored ⬩ a place where wine is sold and drunk ⬩ a tavern ⬩ a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting
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a place where wine is stored Wínæm apotheca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 6.. Similar entries v. win-hús a place where wine is sold and drunk, a tavern Wínaern taberna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 3. Wínærn i. 290, 52. a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting
crucet-hús
A torment house ⬩ afflictionis domus
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A torment house; afflictionis domus Sume hí diden in crucet-hús, ðæt is in án ceste ðæt was scort, and nareu, and undép, and dide scærpe stánes ðérinne, and þrengde ðe man ðǽrinne, ðæt him brǽcon alle ðe limes some they put into a crucet-house, that
smeart
Smart, painful
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Smart, painful Ic wylle swingan eów mid ðam smeartestum swipum, ðæt is, ðæt ic wítnige eów mid ðam wyrstan wíte Wulfst. 295, 10. [Gif þi sulf one smerte discepline drauh þet swete likunge into smeortunge A. R. 294, 12. Stede and twei sporen and ane smearte
tó-springan
To spring asunder ⬩ fly to pieces ⬩ to crack ⬩ burst open
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To spring asunder, fly to pieces, to crack, burst open Tó ðám handum ðæt flǽsc tóspringaþ for chapped hands, Lchdm. in. 114, 4. Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán to ðære bellan, ðæt heó eall tósprang the bell flew all to pieces, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 10. Hí becómon