leornesse
Entry preview:
Substitute: leorn-ness (?), e; f. Learning Hé monige him tó discipulum genam, and þá æfter fæce tó sácerdháde þurh his leornesse getýde and gelǽrde multos suos discipulos fecit, atque ad sacerdotalem usque gradum erudiendo atque instituendo prouexit,
nǽder-cynn
Entry preview:
A kind of snake Cwóman hornede nǽdran, carastis ꝥ nǽdercyn, Nar. 13, 16. Saga mé hwæt nǽddercynna sí on eorðan. Ic ðé secge, feówer and þrittig. Sal. K. 204, 7. Wið scorpiones stingc and wið ealra nǽddercynna slitas, Lch. i. 304, 18
searu-cræft
Entry preview:
Add Iugelera serecræftas magorum molimina .i. ingenia, An. Ox. 4090. add Hé hét geopenian þone ǽrenan searecræft (cf. hét hé gefeccan ǽnne ǽrenne oxan and þone onǽlan and þá hálgan ðǽron dón, 421), Hml. S. 30, 456. Searacræftas machinas, An. Ox. 1656
swimman
Entry preview:
Add Hú hé þonne swam mid þám ilcan scipe, þonne hit wæs ýþa full qualiter cum carabo undis pleno nataverat, Gr. D. 347, 21. Add Ágeót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele ábrecð úp and swimð bufon, Hml. Th ii. 564, 14
þúsend-ealdor
Entry preview:
a captain of a thousand men Þúsendealdor̃m̃ (the o and r are on erasures, and between them a letter has been scratched out. Cf. þúsendealdremen, Hpt. Gl. 515, 76. Perhaps the gloss stands for þúsendealdre, þúsendmen (v. þúsend-mann) chiliarcho, An. Ox
wóh
Entry preview:
Sume habbað swídne langne and swíðe rihtne weg; sume habbað swíðe scortne and þeáh wóne, Solil. H. 44, 9. Wóhe hornas curua aera, An. Ox. 50, 44. I a. rugged, uneven, rough :-- Wóge sméþiende hylcas asperas conplanans anfractus, An. Ox. 1770. Add
ymb-gangan
Entry preview:
Add: to surround, encompass 'Send mé þínne engel on fýrenum wolcne þæt þá embgange ealle þás ceastre þæt ne magen geneósian for þsém fýre.' And þus cweþende fýren wolc[n] ástáh of heofonum, and hit ymbsealde ealle þá ceastre, Bl. H. 245, 29
ealfara
Entry preview:
A pack-horse Þonne wæs þridde healf þúsend múla þe þá seámas wǽgon, and xxx. þúsenda ealfarena and oxna þá ðe hwǽte bǽron, Nar. 9, 10. See Nap. 78; Jord. 126. (where the word is connected with Spanish (from Arabic) al-faras)
sceáde-sealf
A salve that may be shed on a place , a medicinal powder
Entry preview:
A salve that may be shed on a place a medicinal powder Sceádesealf tó eágum, Lchdm. ii. 300, 6. Wyrc góde dríge scádesealfe: nim gebærned sealt and piper and hwíte*-*wudu, gegníd tó duste ásift þurh cláð, dó lytlum on, 308, 22
háwung
Looking, observation
Entry preview:
Looking, observation Ic eom gesceádwísnes and ic eom ǽlcum manniscum móde on ðam stale ðe seó háwung byþ ðám eágum I am Reason, and in every human mind I hold the same place that observation does in the eyes, Shrn. 178, 10: 21
brún-ecg
brown ⬩ an edge ⬩ Brown-edged ⬩ nigra acie præditus
Entry preview:
[brún brown, ecg an edge] Brown-edged; nigra acie præditus Byrhtnóþ bræd bill of scéðe, brád and brúnecg Byrhtnoth drew his battle-axe from its sheath, broad and brown of edge, Byrht. Th. 136, 38; By. 163: Beo. Th. 3096; B. 1546
hleów-stól
A place of protection, ⬩ one's native city
Entry preview:
A place of protection, one's native city Síðedon fǽmnan and wuduwan freóndum beslægene from hleówstóle damsels and widows bereft of friends journeyed from their sheltering home [of the people of Sodom driven from their city ], Cd. 94; Th. 121, 16; Gen
á-wemman
to disfigure ⬩ to defile
Entry preview:
to disfigure Decennovennalis ... ys gecíged of þrým áwemmedum dǽlum (component parts altered from the forms of the original words), ꝥ ys of decem and novem and annalis, Angl. viii. 325, 17. to defile ꝥ mín sáwle ne seó áwæmmod Hml. A. 172, 63
cyrfst
Entry preview:
carvest, carves; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of ceorfan
cýst
choosest, chooses
Entry preview:
choosest, chooses; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of ceósan
cýwst
Entry preview:
chewest, chews; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of ceówan
cwilst
diest, dies
Entry preview:
diest, dies ; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of cwelan
drǽtest
Entry preview:
dreadest, dreads; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of drǽdan
dripest
strikest, strikes
Entry preview:
strikest, strikes; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of drepan
drýpst
Entry preview:
droppest, drops; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of dreópan