bærnett
burning ⬩ cauterizing ⬩ a burn ⬩ burning heat ⬩ consuming by fire
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Bærnette, swoleþe chaumate, i ardore, 3779. consuming by fire Be wuda bærnette, Ll. Th. i. 70, 3. Hí wrohton ꝥ mǽste yfel on bærnette and hergunge, Chr. 994;P. 129, 6. Hé hét gearcian ðá tunnan tó heora bærnette, Hml. S. 4, 301.
EARM
ARM, the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand ⬩ brachium ⬩ ocean, etc ⬩ sĭnus, rāmus
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Ethb. 53; Th. i. 16, 7, 8: Byrht. Th. 136, 43; By. 165. Ánra gehwylc wið earm gesæt, hleonade wið handa each one rested on his arm, leaned on his hand. Cd. 223; Th. 291, 18; Sat. 432: Beo. Th. 1503; B. 749.
HELM
HELM ⬩ helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ the top ⬩ overshadowing foliage of trees ⬩ a covering
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the covering made by the wave, the sea, Elen. Kmbl. 459; El. 230. Under lyfte helm under the air's covering, Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 19; Rä. 4, 64.
Linked entry: helmiht
murnan
To mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ be anxious ⬩ To mourn ⬩ lament ⬩ to care about ⬩ regard
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Byrht. Th. 139, 25; By. 259, Ne murn ðú for ðí méce ðe wearþ máðma cyst, Wald. 1, 44; Vald. 1, 24. Hyge wæs oncyrred ðæt hié ne murndon æfter mandreárne the mind was o'erthrown, so that after the glad life of men they longed not, Andr.
FULL
FULL ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus ⬩ sătiātus ⬩ confertus ⬩ intĕger
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Hwenne ðæt flód byþ fullest where the tide is fullest, Chr. 1031; Erl. 162, 6, 16
wyn
delight ⬩ pleasure ⬩ delightfully ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ a delight ⬩ that which causes pleasure ⬩ the best of a class, ⬩ the pride of its kind. ⬩ the name of the w-rune
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Ealra ðæra wynna ðe ic on worulde gebád, Byrht. Th. 136, 58; By. 174. Hé his líchoman wynna forwyrnde and woruldblissa, Exon. Th. 1l1, 31; Gú. 135 : 122, 20; Gú. 308. Ídelra eágena wynna, 112, 2; Gú. 137. Wíc wynna leás, 443, 18; Kl. 32.
Linked entry: mód-wén
strǽl
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Swá seó strǽle byþ strangum on handa sicut sagittae in manu potentis, Ps. Th. 126, 5. Leóhtes strǽle ł leóma lucis spiculum, Hymn. Surt. 30, 6. Se mon wæs ofscoten mid his ágenre strǽle mid ðý ðe hé wolde ðone fearr sceótan, Shrn. 83, 6.
Linked entry: streál
telga
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Beorc byþ on telgum wlitig, Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 30; Rún. 18: Ps. Th. 57, 8: 103, 16. Telgo frondes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 8: ramos, 4, 32.
un-lǽd
poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched
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Lócaþ fram ðam unlǽdan hláford his lord turns his looks from the unhappy man, 765; Sal. 382. in a moral sense, poor, miserable, wretched Mé þincð swíðe dysig man and swíðe unlǽde ðe nele hys andgyt ǽcan ða hwíle ðe hé on ðisse weontlde byð, Shrn. 204
blǽd
a blowing ⬩ breath ⬩ breathing ⬩ spirit ⬩ inspiration ⬩ flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ prosperity
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Biscophádas oððe blǽd flamina, ii. 35, 68. prosperity Gif him þince ꝥ his hús byrnð, micel blǽd and torhtnes him byð tóweard, Lch. iii. 170, 10
Linked entry: blæst
in-gehygd
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Th. 4, 19. a course of life; propositum On gemǽnum naman muneca ingehýd byð gehyrewed sub generali nomine monachorum propositum blasphematur, R. Ben. 136, 4. Stíþes híwe ingehýdes ardui formam propositi, An. Ox. 411: Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 60.
ælmesse
alms, what is given in charity ⬩ a charitable action ⬩ an offering
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Voc. ii. 86, 57. a charitable action Þeáh se man ne nime búton ǽnne stán and ðæne gelecge on fúl slóh, ðæt se ælmesman mæge mid óðrum fét stæppan on ðá clænan healfe, ðæt him byð swýþe micel ælmesse, Wlfst. 303, 11. Ic bidde eów þæt (þǽre?)
smiþ
A smith, a worker in metals or in wood ⬩ faber ⬩ faber, cudo
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A smith, a worker in metals or in wood Cudo ic smiðige; eft gyf ðú cweðst hic cudo, ðonne byþ hit nama, smiþ Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 216, 10. Se smiþ ferrarius. . .se treówyrhta lignarius Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 29. Smiþ faber vel cudo Wrt.
Linked entry: helle-smiþ
be-feallan
to fall, ⬩ to get into ⬩ to fall into sin ⬩ into the hands of a person, ⬩ to fall to action ⬩ to fall upon ⬩ take effect on a person ⬩ to fall to ⬩ be assigned to ⬩ deprived (of)
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Th. i. 484, 13. to fall upon, take effect on a person Þonne óðres mannes dǽd befylð on mé oððe on ðé, þonne byþ þæt passivum verbum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 120, 11.
se
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Eádweard se langa, Byrht. Th. 139, 53 ; By. 273. marking an object as the representative of a class Ys seó æx tó ðæra treówa wyrtruman ásett, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 10. Hú nys seó sáwl sélre ðonne mete, 6, 25.
BÝME
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Býme sang the trumpet sounded [lit. sang ], Cd. 148; Th. 186, 2; Exod. 132. Ðære býman swég weóx sonitus buccinæ crescebat, Ex. 19, 19: 20, 18: Ps. Spl. 46, 5; Exon. 23b; Th. 65, 29; Cri. 1062.
Linked entry: béme
trymman
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Trymian, Byrht. Th. 132, 17; By. 17. Ðú trymmende earð mec exhortatus es me, Ps. Surt. 70, 21. Tremegende ide monens, R. Ben. 4, 15. intrans. (?)
Linked entries: trumme trymian trymmian fore-trymman tremian
wulf
a wolf ⬩ used in reference to outlaws
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. ¶ an early admiration for the wolf seems shewn by the frequency of wulf in proper names; see e. g. Txts. 554 sqq. ; and its presence in early England is marked by the numerous place-names; see e. g. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi.
Linked entry: wulfheáfod-treów
ge-sleán
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Geslaegen, Mt. p. 17, 8. to gain by striking (fighting) Hí týr geslógon æt sæcce, Æðelst. 4. <b>V a.</b> to bring about by fighting, make slaughter :-- Geslóh þín fæder fǽhðe mǽste, wearþ ng Heaþoláfe tó handbonan mid Wilfingum . . .
býgan
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Ðeáh ðú hwilcne boh býge wið eorþan though thou bend any bough towards the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 106; Met. 13, 53. Býgaþ hine, ðæt he on hinder gǽþ they shall turn him back, so that he shall go backward, Salm. Kmbl. 252; Sal. 125.