scort
Entry preview:
Add Wæs þǽr án stów swýþe sceort ( locus brevissimus) in þæs muntes sídan, Gr. D. 49, 5. Add Hé wénde ꝥ swá scort (sceort, v. l. ) man (cf. lytelne, 10) ne mihte ná habban swá ormǽtne hlísan þurh hálinesse, Gr. D. 46, 18. 2 b.
þán
Entry preview:
Seó sáwel onféhð þán and wǽt bufan ... and heó onféhð þánum and wǽtum beneoðan, 246, 10-12
wild-deór
Entry preview:
Ymb þone Godes man þára manna heortan wǽron gewended in wilddeóra (wildeóra, v.l.) réðnesse, and þæs wilddeóres (wildeóres, v.l.) heorte wæs gehwyrfed in mænnisce bilwytnesse erga illum virum Dei eí ferina corda essent hominum, et quasi humana bestiarum
ríclíce
powerfully ⬩ with power ⬩ as one possessing power ⬩ splendidly ⬩ sumptuously
Entry preview:
On ðám dagum ríxode Æþelbyrht on Cantwarebyrig ríclíce, and his ríce wæs ástreht fram ðære micclan eá Humbre óð súðsǽ, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 18. Ríclíce ł stranglíce ł ríclícost potentissime, Ps.
Linked entry: ríc-líc
wed-loga
One who is false to a pledge or engagement
Entry preview:
One who is false to a pledge or engagement On ðison gére swác Harðacnut Eádulf eorl under his grðle, and hé wæs ðá wedloga. Chr. 1041 ; Erl. 166, 33. Ic ðé eom andetta mínra synna . . . ic eom wedloga, Anglia xii. 501, 19.
ǽrend-wreca
Entry preview:
Gabriel wæs ðissa brýdþinga ǽrendwreca, Bl. H. 3, 19. Érendwrica legatus, Txts. 180, 10. Philippes tíd ðæs apostoles and ðæs Godes ǽrendwrecan, Shrn. 78, 4. Ærendwreocan, 108, 14. Ðá sende hé his ǽrendwreocan tó Wulfhearde, Cht. Th. 47, 9.
ge-singan
To sing; ⬩ cănĕre
Entry preview:
Ðætte on Cantica Canticorum wæs gesungen what was sung in the Song of Songs, 11, 15
ge-teágan
To make ⬩ prepare
Entry preview:
Ðá ðæt land ðá geteád wæs to prepare the land with. When then the land was prepared; preparata terra, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 33.
þoterung
Howling ⬩ wailing ⬩ crying
Entry preview:
Howling, wailing, crying Stefn wæs gehýred wóp and mycel þotorung (þoterung,) (MS. A.) vox audita est, ploratus et ululatus multus, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 18: Homl. Th. i. 80, 19. Ne áblinþ gránung and þoterung (on helle), 68, 7.
ge-drípan
to cause to fall in drops ⬩ to wet with drops, moisten
Entry preview:
Gyf þé gedrýptes wínes lyste, þonne dó þú mid þínum scytefingre . . . swycle þú tæppian wille, and wænd þínne scytefingre ádúne and twængc hine mid þínum twám fingrum, swylce þú of sumne dropan strícan wylle, Techm. ii. 125, 17. to wet with drops, moisten
Linked entry: ge-drypan
stearc-mód
Entry preview:
Hit is neód þám þe oð þis módig and prút and úpáhafen wǽre, and stearcmód ( uultu rigidus) lyfede, Chrd. 8, 27
wiþ-ufan
Entry preview:
Hér hwéne wiðufan þú wǽre seofiende paulo superius questus es, Gr. D. 271, 23. Add
á-þrowian
Entry preview:
—Sécen hié him broc on onráde oððe on wǽne oððe on þon þe hié áþrowian mægen, Lch. ii. 184, 14. Add:
dyrstig
Daring, bold, rash ⬩ audax, ausus
Entry preview:
Hú wǽre ðú dyrstig ofstician bár quomŏdo fuisti ausus jugŭlāre aprum? Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 13: Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 25, note: Nicod. 12; Thw. 6, 23. Ðeáh ðe he dyrstig wǽre though he were daring, Beo. Th. 5669; B. 2838
hrung
A rung ⬩ staff ⬩ rod ⬩ beam ⬩ pole
Entry preview:
A rung, staff, rod, beam, pole; Ongunnon stígan on wægn weras and hyra wicg somod hlódan under hrunge ðá ða hors óðbær wægn tó lande the men mounted the wain and their steeds with them, they stowed them under the rung, [the pole that supported the covering
þrúh
Wood or stone hollowed out ⬩ a trough ⬩ pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a box ⬩ chest ⬩ a coffin ⬩ sarcophagus ⬩ tomb
Entry preview:
T.) ... ðá wæs se líchoma sponne lengra ðære ðrýh (ðonne seó ðrýh, MS. B.) ... Hí tóætýcton lengeo ðære ðrýh ... Ðá ðóhton hí ðæt hí óþre ðrýh (ðúrh, MS. B.) sóhton ... Ðá wæs seó ðrýh (þrúh, Bd.
Linked entry: þrýh
ge-hálgian
Entry preview:
Forlét se cyng þá hlǽfdian, seó wæs gehálgod him tó cwéne, 1048; P. 176, 7. Agustinus wæs gehálgod ærcebisceop Augustinus archiepiscopus ordinatus est, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 60, 10. Mid þǽm mannum þe beóþ Críste tó brýdum gehálgode, Bl. H. 61, 15.
ge-wunelic
Entry preview:
Cf. ge-wuna; 4, 5 Hit wæs þá gewunelic ꝥ man gesette on cranice ǽlc þǽra dǽda þe gedón wæs mid him, Hml. A. 95, 122. Twégen sealmas æfter gewunelicum þeáwe (secundum consuetudinem), R. Ben. 37, 11; more solita, 61, 4.
un-cynlíc
Unsuitable ⬩ improper
Entry preview:
Unsuitable, improper Ðæt wǽre uncynlícre, gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige gesceaft, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 28 note