ungesceád-micel
Excessively great
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Excessively great Ǽled wæs ungesceádmicel, Cd. Th. 231, 6; Dan. 243
eáþ-dǽde
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Easy to do Wæs hit hyre eáðdǽde, Lch. iii. 428, 30
hundnigontig-wintre
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þá hé wæs nigon-and-hundnigon*-*ligwintre, Gen. 17, 1. Add
ǽht
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Hé wæs riht ǽht tó Hǽðfelda, Cht. E. 276, 18. Add
hleów-stede
A sheltered, ⬩ warm place
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A sheltered, warm place Hleówstede apricus locus, Wrt. Voc. 86, 24
hweóled
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Provided with wheels Héhhwiólad wǽn a waggon having high wheels, Lye
pyrtan
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To strike, beat Wæs sceacen vibratur, pyrte ferit, Germ. 401, 47
Linked entry: portian
þreótíne-geáre
Thirteen years old
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Thirteen years old Seó fǽmne wæs .xiii. geáre, Shrn. 153, 32
á-hátan
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To call, name Wæs áhéten dicebatur (Barabbas), Mt. L. 27, 16
heáh-hweólad
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High-wheeled Héhhwiólad wǽn carracu*-*tium, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 26
un-sægd
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For 'Wanl. Cat. 6, 13' substitute Hml. Th. ii. 466, 24
eahtatíne-wintre
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Eighteen years old Þá heó eahtatýnewintre wæs, Hml. S. 33, 36
or-feormness
Want of cleanliness squalor
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Want of cleanliness squalor Orfeormnisse squalores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 8
Linked entries: -feormness or-firme
rest
rest, quiet, freedom from toil ⬩ rest, repose, sleep ⬩ a place of rest, resting-place ⬩ a bed, couch
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Wæs his seó æþeleste ræst on nacodre eorþan, Blickl. Homl. 227, 10. Salomones reste wæs mid weardum ymbseted. - Hwæt wæs seó Salomones ræste ... ? Ac hwæt mǽnde ðæt syxtig wera stondende wǽron ymb ða reste? 11, 16-23. Ræst ;a sepulchre,; Exon.
un-gewunelíc
unusual ⬩ unwonted ⬩ unfrequented ⬩ uninhabitable
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unusual, unwonted Ðæs wundredon men, for ðí ðæt hit wæs ungewunelíc, Homl. Th. i. 184, 30. Fela fægera þinga ðe ðam folce ungecnáwe[n] wæs and ungewunelíc, Ap. Th. 17, 14.
Linked entry: un-gewynelíc
eácan
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Wá éknum vae praegnantibus, Mt. R. 24, 19
ná-wiht
nothing ⬩ naught ⬩ a thing of no value ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ not
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Ic wát ðæt ðú náht (áuht, Cott. MSS.) ne forsláwodest, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 15. Heó nóht lata ne wæs, Blicki. Homl. 163, 8. Ne þurfan gé nóht besorgian hwæt gé sprecan, 171, 18. Ne wæs hé nóht feor on oferhygd áhafen, 215, 32. Nóht longe ofer ðis, Exon.
ge-setnes
Position, foundation, tradition, an institution, constitution, composition, ordinance, decree, law ⬩ pŏsĭtio, sĭtus, fundātio, trādĭtio, instĭtūtio, constĭtūtio, compŏsĭtio, lex, pactum
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ðonne Cristes gesetnys sý it is known to every intelligent man that the old law was easier than the institute of Christ is, Homl.
Linked entries: ge-setednes ge-sætnys ge-setednes ge-setenes ge-settnys
hleápan
To LEAP, ⬩ jump, ⬩ dance, ⬩ run
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Th. 1733; B. 864, Hé á wæs gangende and hleápende ambulans et exsiliens, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 23. Heó him beforan hleápende wæs the hind kept running before them, Lchdm. iii. 426. 32.
Linked entries: hleápere hleápettan hlípe
cwíðan
To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament ⬩ lamentāre, plangĕre
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Ic sceolde ána míne ceare cwiðan I must alone mourn my care, Exon. 76b; Th. 287, 4; Wand. 9. We cwíðdon [MS. cwiðdun] lamentavimus, Mt. Bos. 11, 17. Fǽmnan ne synd cwýðede [cwyðde MS.] virgines non sunt lamentatæ, Ps. Spl. C. 77, 69.