ofer-hlifian
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Add Tó þám scræfe næs nán weg, for þon þe þǽr oferhlifode micel stánclif (excelsa desuper rupes eminebat), Gr. D. 99, 2. Add Manega trahtnedon ymbe þis angin . . . ac ic hig ealle oferhlifige oððe oferswýðe (ego sublimor), Angl. viii. 307, 8.
on-hrínan
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Add: with gen. or uncertain Is wén ðæt sió (fennege) hond ðá óðre besmíte gif hió hire anhrínð, Past. 77, 1. Gif his mon onhrinð mid buccan blóde, 271, 3. Heó mid hire ýtemestan fingrum þǽre lenticula onhrán, Hml. S. 23 b, 715.
stefn
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Add: a fixed time for doing something Hí setton stefna út tó Lundene, and man beád þá folce þider út ofer ealne þisne norðende they fixed times for coming to London, and the people over all this north part were called out thither, Chr. 1052; P. 175,
tó-sleán
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Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá þylinge tóslægene ( the plants were torn apart ), 284, 24
tow-cræft
Skill in weaving or spinning
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Skill in weaving or spinning Heó (the Virgin Mary) weóx and wearð fulfremed on gódra mægna heányssum, and heó ðá sóna gódum towcræftum onféng, swýðor ðonne ǽnig ðara ðe heora bearn wǽron...
Linked entry: tow-hús
ge-sceótan
to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted to ⬩ cum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujus ⬩ to bring before or refer to any one ⬩ referre ad aliquem
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Ðú nást hwám hit [wela] gescýt thou knowest not to whom it [wealth] shall fall, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 9.
Linked entry: ge-stoten
ge-stígan
To mount ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend
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Ðæt we to ðam hýhstan hrófe gestígan that we may mount to the highest roof, Exon. 18 b; Th. 47, 3; Cri. 749. Ðá ic on holm gestáh when I went on the main, Beo. Th. 1269; B. 632: Cd. 69; Th. 82, 29; Gen. 1369.
bróþor-licness
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Ealle Brytta biscopas wé bebeódaþ ðínre bróþorlycnysse, 492, 19, 24
hlædel
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Wæterseáþes wǽg, þaenne wé mid hlædele, [ꝥ is mid] hlædtrendle úp hladan cisternę limpham, quam anthlia, hoc est rota hauritoria exanthlamus, i. haurimus, An. Ox. 501. Man sceal habban ... cytel, hlædel, pannan, crocca, Angl. ix. 264, 9. Add
hrér-ness
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Þysne dæg wé ús on mycelre rérnesse tóweardne ongytan magon, 130, 20. On hrérnisse in commotione(m), Bl. Gl. (under onhrérnisse; but see Angl. xxi. 237). Add
stówlíce
Locally, in respect of place
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Locally, in respect of place Ða Iudéiscan ðe on Crist gelýfdon wǽron him gehendor stówlíce and eác ðurh cýððe ðære ealdan ǽ: wé wǽron swíðe fyrlyne ǽgðer ge stówlíce ge ðurh uncýððe, Homl. Th. i. 106, 19-21
sittan
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Inne on ðæm fæstenne sǽton feáwa cirlisce men a few common men were living in the fort, 893; Erl. 88, 33. Wé on ðam gódan ríce sǽton, Cd. Th. 27, 1; Gen. 411. Hæleþ lágon, on swaþe sǽton ( were left behind dead), 125, 10; Gen. 2077.
Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn
CEALD
Cool, COLD ⬩ frigidus, gelidus
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Ðú ðæm wætere wǽtum and cealdum foldan fæste gesettest thou firmly settest the earth to the water wet and cold, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 180; Met. 20, 90: 20, 152; Met. 20, 76. Wedera cealdost the coldest of tempests, Beo. Th. 1097; B. 546
clipur
A CLAPPER of a bell ⬩ tintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus
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Sóþlíce mid ðæs rápes æt-hríne se bend styraþ ðone [MS. ðæne] clipur the band with which the clapper is tied, is as it were a method for moving the clapper of the tongue, and beating more or less the lips.
cwician
To come to life, QUICKEN ⬩ vīvĕre et spīrāre ⬩ To make alive, OUICKEN ⬩ vivificare
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To come to life, QUICKEN ; vīvĕre et spīrāre Wǽron ða leoma cwiciende the limbs were quickening, Greg. Dial. 4, 36. Smire mid ða sáran limu, hie cwiciaþ sóna smear the sore limbs therewith, they will soon quicken, L. M. 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 25.
hund-teóntig
A hundred
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Fæder Abrahames wintra hæfde twá hundteóntig and fífe eác and the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, Cd. 83; Th. 104, 26; Gen. 1741
Linked entry: teóntig
lícettere
a hypocrite
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Wel wítegod Isaias be eów lícceterum bene prophetavit Esaias de vobis hypocritis, Mk. Skt. 7, 6
ge-wítnian
To punish ⬩ chastise
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On Noes dagum gewítnode God manna gálnysse mid wætere ... why were the sinful punished with water? In Noah's days God punished men's wantonness with water..., Boutr. Scrd. 22, 30: Gen. 20, 18.
ge-un-rétan
To make sorrowful ⬩ sadden ⬩ trouble ⬩ contristare
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Hý wurdon geunrétt mid manncwealme they were troubled with pestilence, Ors. 3, 10; Bos. 70, 27.
ge-endebyrdan
To set in order ⬩ arrange ⬩ dispose ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ dispōnĕre
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Gif heora mód wǽre geendebyrd if their minds were ordered, Bt. 21; Fox 76, 1 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 199; Met, 11, 100
Linked entries: ge-endebredian ende-byrdan