forþ-heold
Stooping ⬩ þroclīvus
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Stooping; þroclīvus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 39
innor
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Innor interius, Ælfc. Gr. 38 ; Som. 42, 13
Linked entry: inne
iung-líc
Youthful
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Youthful Iunglícre ylde, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 40
gristel
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Gristle; cartilago, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 71, 8
ge-hýrst
hearest
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hearest, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 33, 57, 58;
bóc-treów
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Bóctreów fagus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 29, 17. Add
hærfest-mónaþ
September, ⬩ September
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September, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 54
brýdi-guma
a bridegroom
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a bridegroom, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 55
mǽst
most ⬩ chiefly ⬩ especially ⬩ almost ⬩ nearly
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Swá swá ealle mæst ðyssere declinunge, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 7; Som. 9, 9. Ða óðre ealle mǽst almost all the others, 9, 4; Som. 10, 24. Ealle mǽst ðás word, 30; Som. 38, 35. Similar entries v. má, and micel
stincan
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Ðæt oreð stincþ and áfúlaþ ðe ǽr wæs swéte on stence, Wulfst. 148, 7. Se líchoma stincþ fúle, Lchdm. ii. 236, 14 : 220, 6. Stinceþ, Exon. Th. 424, 1 ; Rä. 41, 32.
stefn
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a stem of a tree Hwæt wénst ðú for hwí ǽlc sǽd grówe innon ða eorþan and tó wyrtrumum weorþe on ðære eorþan, búton for ðý ðe hí tiohhiaþ ðæt se stemn and se helm móte ðý fæstor standon ...
Linked entries: stemn rád-stefn stefn-mǽlum emb-stemn stæfn
be-hátan
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Embe þis wé sprecað eft swíðor swá swá wé ǽr behéton, Lch. iii. 240, 8. Cantware heom feoh behéton, Chr. 865 ; P. 69, 4. ꝥ him man gafol behéte, 994; P. 129, II. Tó ðám behátenan earde. Hml. Th. ii. 282, 17.
ge-cnǽwe
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S. 30, 274. cognizant of Ðyssa þinga is gecnǽwe ǽlc dohtig man on Kænt, Cht. Th. 313, 18.
wác-líc
Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.
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Hí unrǽdlíce férdon on heora ídelum lustum and wáclícum gebǽrum, Ælfc. T Grn. 17, 16
Linked entry: wác
wiln
A maid-servant ⬩ a hand-maid
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A maid-servant, a hand-maid Mín wyln (wiln, v. l.) mea ancilla, mínre wylne meae ancillae, míne wylne meam ancillam, mine wylna meae ancillae, minra wylna mearum ancillarum, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 100, 20-101, 7. Wyln ancilla, serva, abra, dula, Wrt.
folgian
to FOLLOW ⬩ go behind ⬩ run after ⬩ pursue ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ insĕqui ⬩ to follow as a servant, attendant or disciple ⬩ cŏmĭtāri ⬩ adhærēre alicui ⬩ servīre ⬩ subdĭtus esse
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Ðæt ǽlc folgie swylcum hláforde swylcum he wille that each follow [ = serve] such lord as he will, L. Ath. iv. 1; Th. i. 222, 1.
Linked entry: FYLGEAN
betǽcan
to entrust ⬩ guidance ⬩ to hand over ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ to assign ⬩ destine ⬩ yield to ⬩ to direct
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Laboratores sind yrðlingas tó þám ánum betǽhte, þe hig ús bigleofan tiliað, Ælfc. T.
un-riht
Wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ bad ⬩ unjust ⬩ unlawful ⬩ depraved ⬩ perverse
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Unryhtre ǽ unlawful marriage, Exon. Th. 260, 14; Jul. 297. Hé gedwolan fylde, unrihte ǽ idolatry, Elen. Kmbl. 2081; El. 1042. Ic wundrige for hwí swá rihtwís déma ǽnige unrihte gife wille forgifan, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 10.
Linked entry: un-reht
ícan
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I a α Hlóðhære and Eádríc écton þá ǽ, þá þe heora aldoras ǽr geworhton, þyssum dómum, Ll. Th. i. 26, 5. with mid. Cf. I a β Yc ꝥ mid wíne, Lch. ii. 208, 2. Ýce þonne mid ecede, 184, 20 : 190, 12.
borh-hand
A pledge by the hand, a pledger, surety, security ⬩ sponsor, fidejussor
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A pledge by the hand, a pledger, surety, security; sponsor, fidejussor Borh-hand sponsor, fidejussor, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 15; Wrt. Voc. 60, 50: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. 10, 66: 9, 35; Som. 12, 32
Linked entry: hand