nón
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Se bere . . . nó tó middes dæges hám cóm, þonne him wæs beboden ꝥ hé tó nónes sceolde, ne hé hit nó ne ylde æt nón, þonne hé tó middes dæges sceolde hám cumin, Gr. D. 206, 20-23. Fram Sæternes-dæges nóne oð Mónandæges líhtincge, Wlfst. 117, 4.
wígbed-sceát
An altar-cloth
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Ðǽr synd ... .ii. mæssereáf and iii mæssehakelan and ii weóvedsceátas and ii overbrǽdels, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 660, 33. Hit gedafenlíc is ðæt his ( the priest's ) reáf ne beó horig, and his weófodsceátas beón wel behworfene, L. Ælfc.
hand-seten
The setting of one's hand to a deed, etc., a signature, sign manual
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., a signature, sign manual Ðas trymeþ se forespecena kyng mid Cristes róde tácne and his weotena hondsetena his geofa thus the aforesaid king confirms his gifts with the sign of Christ's cross and the signature of his witan, Cod. Dipl.
tó-beátan
To beat to pieces, ⬩ destroy by beating
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Com him swilc wind ongeán, swilce nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, and ða scipo ealle tóbeót, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 5. Scipia hét ǽlcne hiéwestán tóbeátan omni murali lapide inpiilverem comminuto, Ors. 4, 13; Swt. 212, 10.
á-célan
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To cool, make cool (lit. and fig.) Ácéle ðú wealhát ísen, Lch. ii. 256, 14. Ðæt ic beó ácéled ut refrigerer Ps. L. 38, 14. Ðæs þearfan ne bið þurst ácéled, Met. 7, 17
sǽd
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Ealle seofon hí hæfdon, and sǽd (séd ł teám, L., séd, R.) ne lǽfdon, Mk. 12, 22. v. æcer-, beán-, cawel-, corn-, nǽp-, senep-sǽd
bádian
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Tó gemóte hé cóme ofþe hine man bádode (? cf. iii gemót on geáre búton hé hit gebicge oþþe gebidde,433, 33) he should come to the meeting or a fine might be exacted of him Cht. Th. 432, 32. Add
a-cealdian
To be or become cold ⬩ algere ⬩ frigescere
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To be or become cold; algere, frigescere, Past. 58, 9
carl-fugel
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A male or cock bird; mas avis, Som. Ben. Lye
sin-ceald
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Ever-cold Sincalda sǽ, Cd. Th. 207, 25 ; Exod. 472
corn-berende
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Corn-bearing Þá cornberendan granigera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 22
Linked entry: beran
æchir
an ear of corn
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an ear of corn, Mt. Rush. Stv. 12, 1
ǽn-líce
ONLY ⬩ singularly ⬩ elegantly ⬩ eleganter
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ONLY, singularly, elegantly; eleganter, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 37
Linked entry: án-líce
fóre-gulpon
boasted greatly
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boasted greatly, Ors. cont. 4, 7; Bos. 12, 13;
here-serce
A coat of mail.
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A coat of mail. Beo. Th. 3027; B. 1511
líc-sirce
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A coat of mail, Beo. Th. 1105; B. 550
ungemet-ceald
Excessively cold
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Excessively cold Winter bringeþ weder ungemetcald, Met. 11, 59
Linked entry: ceald
gúþ-byrne
A coat of mail
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A coat of mail, Beo. Th. 648; B. 321
Eádweard
Edward the Elder, the eldest son of Alfred the Great. Edward was king of Wessex for twenty-four years, from A. D. 901-925 ⬩ Edward the Martyr, son of Edgar. Edward was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for three years, from A. D. 975-978 ⬩ Edward the Confessor, son of Æthelred. Edward was king of England for twenty-four years, from A. D. 1042-1066
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D. 975, Eádweard, Eádgáres sunu, féng to ríce here Edward, Edgar's son, succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 975; Th. 227, 37, col. 1. Hér, A. D. 978, wearþ Eádweard cyning gemartyrad here king Edward was martyred, Chr. 978; Th. 232, 1-3, col. 1.