ge-styrian
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Gestyred wæs (commota est) all ðiú ceaster, Mt. L. 21, 10. Mið miltheortnisse gestyred wæs (motus est), Lk. L. 15, 20. Gestyred wæs (turbatus est), and ondo gefeóll ofer hine, Lk. L. R. l, 12.
tó-sceád
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Wæs heora ǽghwæðer Heáwold nemned.
leóht-berend
Lucifer
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Ðá wæs ðæs teóþan werodes ealdor swíðe fæger and wlitig gesceapen swá ðæt hé wæs geháten Leóhtberend, Homl. Th. i. 10, 22. Se hátte Lucifer, ðæt ys Leóhtberend, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 35
Numentisc
Of Numantia
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Of Numantia Se wæs Numentisc, Ors. 5, 3; Swt. 222, 14
scill
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-Scyl wæs hearpe, Exon. Th. 353, 44; Reim. 27
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
edwít-scype
Cowardice ⬩ ignāvia, ignōmĭnia
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Cowardice; ignāvia, ignōmĭnia þurh edwítscype ignomĭniōse, Wald. 23; Vald. l, 14
frore
Frost ⬩ ice ⬩ icicle ⬩ gĕlu ⬩ glăcies ⬩ stīria
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Frost, ice, icicle; gĕlu, glăcies, stīria, Wald. 81; Vald. 2, 12
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
eahtatíne-wintre
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Eighteen years old Þá heó eahtatýnewintre wæs, Hml. S. 33, 36
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.