stig
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In l. 3 for suestrina substitute ustrina ubi porci ustulantur, dele last passage, and add: (?)
þæslíce
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In l, 3 for 47 l. 147 and Add Þæs[líce] congruenter, An. Ox. 1715
weorc-cræft
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Skill in work, the art of mechanics Weorc-cræft mechanics (ors), An. Ox. 55, 6
wól
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In þám hláfe næs ná bemiþen ꝥ wól (pestis), Gr. D. 118, 10
sceáf-mǽlum
In sheaves or bundle:
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In sheaves or bundle: Gadriaþ ǽrest ðone coccel, and bindaþ sceáfmǽlum, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 30
-wilte
in éð-wilte that rolls ormoves easily
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in éð-wilte that rolls ormoves easily Éðwiltum versatili, volubili, mobili, Hpt. Gl. 433, 69
Linked entry: un-wealt
geán-ryne
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On gegenyrn in occursum Ps. Srt. 58, 6. Add
ofersǽ-líc
Transmarine
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Transmarine: — On ðám ofersǽlícum dǽlum in trans-marinis partibus, Bd. 3, 28; S. 560, 13
Linked entry: sǽ-líc
on-stépan
to raise
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to raise Onstép mínne hige in gearone rǽd, Exon. Th. 454, 25; Hy. 4, 38
on-ýðan
to pour in
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to pour in Tunge witan swylce lagoflód onýðaþ lingua sapientis quasi diluvium inabundabit, Scint. 65
á-tweónian
To cause doubt in a person
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To cause doubt in a person (dat.); impers. Gif hwám átweónige, Angl. viii. 333, 6
Linked entry: tweónian
bed-clýfa
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In bedcleofan (cubili) his, Ps. Srt. 35, 5. Bedcleofum cubilibus, 4, 5: 149, 5. Add
ge-hygd
Thought ⬩ cogitation ⬩ meditation ⬩ deliberation ⬩ consultation ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ mĕdĭtātio ⬩ consĭlium
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On sefan gehygdum in the mind's thoughts, 39 b; Th. 130, 27; Gú. 444 : 81 a; Th. 305, 14; Fä. 88.
staca
A stake
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In the following passages there seems to be a reference to the method of witchcraft, that consisted in thrusting a pin or the like into the figure of a person, whom it was desired to injure.
Linked entry: stacung
Butting-tún
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No such thing appears in the text before us, but to the opposite effect.
ge-béd
a prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ supplication ⬩ ōrātio ⬩ prĕces ⬩ supplĭcātio ⬩ a religious service ⬩ an ordinance ⬩ verbum legĭtĭmum ⬩ cærĭmōnia
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Beald in gebéde bold in prayer, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 28; Jul. 388. Wæs wacigende on Godes gebéde ĕrat pernoctans in orātiōne Dei, Lk. Bos. 6, 12. Hie to gebéde feóllon they fell to prayer, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 18; Gen. 777.
Wéland
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.), and a trace of the legend is preserved in the name Wayland Smith's Cave, in Berkshire (v. infra). Perhaps, too, the same may be said of the river-name Welland (but see Weolud), which occurs in Latin charters as aqua de Uueeland, Cod. Dip.
Linked entry: Weolud
be-stelan
to rob ⬩ to go secretly ⬩ stealthily ⬩ to steal
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Se þearfa bestæl in tó Martine, 31, 910. Bestæl (-steal) se here úp fram scipon, Chr. 1004; P. 135, 27
land-riht
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Mid rihtum landrihte swá hit on lande stonde in accordance with the regular law of the land, as it stands in the land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 435, 35.
ge-dwild
Error ⬩ heresy ⬩ error ⬩ hærĕsis
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Error, heresy; error, hærĕsis On ðám tídum arás Pelaies gedwild geond middangeard in those times the heresy of Pelagius arose throughout the world, Chr. 380; Erl. 11, 6. On gedwilde into error, Cd. 1; Th. 2, 22; Gen. 23.
Linked entry: ge-dwyld