for-sewennes
A looking down upon ⬩ contempt ⬩ contemptus ⬩ despectio
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Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 17
Linked entries: for-seónnes for-sǽwennes
fóstraþ
Food ⬩ victuals ⬩ esca ⬩ cĭbus
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Fóstraþas epimēnia = ἐπιμήνια provisions for a month, a month's rations, Som. Ben. Lye
hwæl-hunta
whale-fisher ⬩ whaler
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Gl. 101; Som. 77, 55; Wrt. Voc. 55, 59. Ðá wæshé swá feor norð swá ða hwælhuntan firrest faraþ was as far north as the whalers ever go, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 12
Linked entry: hunta
læpeldre
a dish ⬩ platter
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Gl. 26; Som. 60, 89; Wrt. Voc. 25, 29. Se ðe bedypþ on disce mid mé his hláf on læpeldre qui intingit mecum manum in parapside [Mt. 26, 23], Homl. Th. ii. 244, 4
lǽste
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Gl. 29; Som. 61, 25; Wrt. Voc. 26, 24. Lǽste vordalium [?], Wrt. Voc. 287, 37
leóht-berend
Lucifer
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Gr. 8; Som. 7, 19. Ðá wæs ðæs teóþan werodes ealdor swíðe fæger and wlitig gesceapen swá ðæt hé wæs geháten Leóhtberend, Homl. Th. i. 10, 22. Se hátte Lucifer, ðæt ys Leóhtberend, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 35
lustbǽr-líce
pleasure ⬩ eagerness ⬩ pleasantly
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With delight, pleasure, eagerness, pleasantly Ða leóþ ðe ic geó lustbǽrlíce song carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 7.
mealwe
Mallow
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Gl. 42; Som. 64, 31; Wrt. Voc. 31, 41. Mealewe, 67, 56. Wildre mealwan seáw, L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 14. Hé hláf þicge and mealwan, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6: 33; Lchdm. ii. 238, 14
óþ-flítan
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to get from another by litigation Ðá ongon Higa him specan sóna on, and wolde him óþflítan ðæt lond then Higa at once began the case against him, and wanted to get the land from him by the litigation. Chart. Th. 169, 23
betwux-alegednes
an interposition, interjection ⬩ interjectio
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Gr. 48; Som. 48, 61
Linked entry: betwyx-aworpennyss
sylian
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To sully, soil, pollute, defile Hé on unscyldgum eorla blóde his sweord selede (cf. besyled, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58. 18), Met. 9, 60. Sió sugu hí wille sylian on hire sole æfter ðæm ðe hió áðwægen biþ, Past. 54; Swt. 419, 27
ge-hlencan
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Gif men sió heáfodpanne beó gehlenced, álege þone man úpweard, dríf . ii. stacan æt þám eaxlum, lege þonne bred þweóres ofer þá fét, sleah bonne þriwa on mid slegebytle; hió gǽþ on riht sóna, Lch. ii. 342, 4 : 302, 29
hás
Hoarse
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Gr. 30; Som. 34, 38. Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan ðe nú hás ys habeo quendam puerum qui modo raucus est, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 29. Mé syndan góman háse raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ, Ps. Th. 68, 3
ge-þióstrian
To obscure; ⬩ obscūrāre
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Sunna biþ geþióstrod sol contenebrabitur, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 24
-elfen
A fairy, nymph ⬩ nympha: used only as a termination
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Gl. 112, 113; Som. 79, 108-112; Wrt. Voc. 60, 15-19
fore-speca
One who speaks for another ⬩ a sponsor ⬩ an advocate ⬩ a patron ⬩ prolŏcūtor ⬩ advŏcātus
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Gl. 48; Som. 65, 67; Wrt. Voc. 34, 2: Th. Diplm. A.D. 997; 539, 33; 540, 15
fynig
Mouldy ⬩ musty ⬩ damp ⬩ mūcĭdus ⬩ uligĭnōsus
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Gl. 106; Som. 78, 48; Wrt. Voc. 57, 29
hring-íren
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The iron rings of a coat of mail Gúþbyrne scán heard hand-locen hringíren scír song in searwum the corslet shone, hard, hand-wrought, the bright iron rings rang in their armour, Beo. Th. 650; B. 222
Linked entry: íren
hryte
Balidinus ⬩ 'balidinus ⬩ balius
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Gl. 79; Som. 72, 94; Wrt. Voc. 46, 41. The word occurs in a list of names of colours, but the meaning is uncertain. Ducange has 'balidinus forte legendum badius vel balius nostris bay, bayard.'
ge-wefan
to weave ⬩ texere
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Gl. 63; Som. 68, 100, 101; Wrt. Voc. 40, 11, 12.