pliht
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Lóce hwá þás bóc áwríte, wríte hig be þǽre bysne and for Godes lufon hí gerihte, þæt heó tó leás ne beó þám wrítere tó plihte and mé tó tále, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 40.
wǽg-líþend
A sea-farer ⬩ sea-faring
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Th. 84, 9; Gen. 1395: Beo. Th. 6297; B. 3159. Hæleð langode, wǽglíþende, hwonne hié of nearwe stæppan mósten, Cd. Th. 86, 17; Gen. 1432
wál
(?) some part of a helmet
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some part of a helmet Ymb ðæs helmes hróf heáfodbeorge wírum bewunden wál an útan (walan utan, MS.) heóld about the helm's top a 'wál' wire-girt guarded on the outside the head's defence (i.e. the helmet), Beo. Th. 2067;B. 1031. [cf. M. H.
á-dumbian
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'Beó ðú dumb' . . . And hé ðá ádumbode, i. 202, 7. Wið ðon ðe wíf fǽrunga ádumbige, Lch. iii. 58, 16. Hét hé ðone hund ádumbian, Hml. S. 31, 1133. Se fæder wæs ádumbod, Hml. Th. i. 352, 32. Hí ealle wurdon ádumbode, ii. 486, 11. Add
Brondingas
The Brondings ⬩ populi nomen
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The Brondings, supposed to be the inhabitants of the island Brännö, lying off the coast of West Gothland in the Cattegat; populi nomen Breca gesóhte swǽsne éðel, lond Brondinga Breca sought his own country, the land of the Brondings, Beo.
wígan
to fight ⬩ do battle
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to fight, do battle Nú sceal hond and heard sweord ymb hord wígan, Beo. Th. 5012; B. 2509. Móises getealde ðæs folces meniu wígendra manna numeravit Moyses omnem sianmam filiorum Israel a viginti annis et supra, Num. 26, 1.
slíþe
Dire, hard, cruel, hurtful, dangerous ⬩ dangerous, perilous, fierce ⬩ dangerous, destructive, cruel ⬩ saevus, malus ⬩ fearful, dire ⬩ atrocious ⬩ savagely
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Kmbl. 1710; El. 857. þurh slíþne níþ sáwle bescúfan in fýres fæþm Beo. Th. 370; B. 184. Hé níþa gehwane genesen hæfde, slíþra geslyhta 4787; B. 2398
tinen
Of tin
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Ǽlc calic gegoten beó, gylden oððe seolfren (oððe) tinen, ðe man húsl on hálgige, L. Edg. C. 41; Th. ii. 252, 21 note. Tynen, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, note 2. On tinum ( = tinenum) fæte, Lchdm. ii. 236, 5. With tynnen tonges, Pall. 152, 99
sorh-full
full of care or anxiety ⬩ careful ⬩ anxious ⬩ feeling anxiety ⬩ attended with anxiety ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ mournful ⬩ sad ⬩ feeling sorrow or grief ⬩ attended with or causing sorrow ⬩ grievous ⬩ sollicitus
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Ne inc ǽnig mon beleán mihte sorhfulne síð (the perilous swimming match of Beowulf and Breca), Beo.
fulluht
Baptism ⬩ baptismus
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Máge gyt beón gefullod on ðam fulluhte, ðe ic beó gefullod potestis baptismo, quo ego baptīzor, baptīzāri? Mk. Bos. 10, 38, 39: Mt. Bos. 3, 7: Lk. Bos. 7, 29: 12, 50: L. C. E. 22; Th. i. 374, 3: L. Ælf. C. 27; Th. ii. 352, 19: L. Ælf.
hreám
A cry ⬩ outcry ⬩ hue ⬩ crying ⬩ tumult ⬩ uproar
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Ðam hálgan were wæs geþuht ðæt ðæs gefeohtes hreám mihte beón gehýred geond ealle eorþan it seemed to the holy man that the uproar of the conflict could be heard over all the earth, Homl. Th. ii. 336, 17: Cd.166; Th. 206, 10; Exod. 449: Beo.
Linked entry: hrýman
nabban
not to have ⬩ to be without
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Ne mæg ðæt ná beón ðæt ða bearn langunga nabban, Blickl. Homl. 131, 26. Næbben, Beo. Th. 3705; B. 1850. Hét mé fremdne god hergan, oððe hí nabban, Exon. Th. 247, 12; Jul. 77. Sint hí ðé pliólícran hæfd ðonne næfd, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, note 10
and-bita
That which is unleavened ⬩ unleavened bread ⬩ the feast of unleavened bread ⬩ azyma
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That which is unleavened, unleavened bread, the feast of unleavened bread; azyma Andbita vel and-beorma azyma, Cot. 17
dǽd-from
Deed-strong ⬩ agendo strenuus
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Deed-strong; agendo strenuus Hí beóþ ðý dǽdfromran they are so much the more energetic, Ps. Th. 109, 8
and-beorma
That which is without barm ⬩ unleavened ⬩ unleavened bread ⬩ the feast of unleavened bread ⬩ azyma
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That which is without barm, unleavened, unleavened bread, the feast of unleavened bread; azyma Andbita vel [and-]beorma azyma, Cot. 17
ful-trum
Full strong ⬩ very firm ⬩ valde firmus
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Full strong, very firm; valde firmus Sécaþ gé Drihten, and gé beóþ fultrume quærĭte Dŏmĭnum, et confirmāmĭni, Ps. Th. 104, 4
Lǽden-word
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A Latin word Ðás word ne beóþ ná lédenword gif se r byþ áweg gedón, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 54
medmicle
Humbly ⬩ meanly
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Humbly, meanly Oft wic beóþ on manegum stówum medmyccle gesette; seó ceaster ðonne wæs héh and aldorlíc, Blickl. Homl. 77, 24
un-scearpsíne
Not sharpsighted
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Not sharpsighted Ealdes mannes eágan beóþ unscearpsýno ... Þus mon sceal unscearpsýnum sealfe wyrcean tó eágum, Lchdm. ii. 30, 27-32, 1
Linked entry: scearp-síne
on-foran
Before, afore ⬩ Before, in front
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Before, in front Beóþ onforan eágan. Ps. Th. 113, 13