FRÉCNE
Horrible ⬩ savage ⬩ audacious ⬩ wicked ⬩ daring ⬩ dangerous ⬩ perilous ⬩ dīrus ⬩ asper ⬩ austērus ⬩ atrox ⬩ audax ⬩ perīcŭlōsus
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Fox 8, 115; Met. 8, 58. Ðe ða frécnan deórwurþnessa funde who found the dangerous treasures, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 24
Linked entries: frǽcne frǽcne ge-frécnod
gang-weg
A gang-way ⬩ way ⬩ road ⬩ via
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A gang-way, way, road; via Ánes wǽnes gang-weg a road for one vehicle; actus, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 50; Wrt. Voc. 37, 38. Twegra wǽna gangweg a road for two vehicles; via, 56; Som. 67, 51; Wrt. Voc. 37, 39
mis-weorþan
to turn out badly
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to turn out badly (for a person, dat.) Gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe if the pennies weigh more than the gold, then will it soon prove a bad thing for the man, Wulfst. 240, 4
ge-sceádwísnes
Reason, discretion ⬩ ratio
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Reason, discretion; ratio Geléf ðínre ágenre gesceádwísnesse believe thine own reason, Shrn. 199, 12: Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 9: Past. 11, 2; Swt. 65, 21; Hat. MS. 14 b, 27: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 375; Met. 188: 393; Met. 20, 197
dirige
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Ps. 5, 8) at Matins in the Office of the Dead, used as a name for that service Dirige for forþférdum vigilia pro defunctis, Angl. xiii. 433, 975: 444, 1131. [v. N. E. D. dirge.]
á-stihting
Instigation
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Gl. 469, 65.Napier (v. note) takes the word as an error for átihtinge, but cf. Paulus for his líchaman stihtunga bæd, (de carnis suae stimulo) Gr. D. 166, 25.]
HWÍL
A WHILE
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Ðæs ungeendodan lífes hwila æternitatis infinita spatia, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 5
C
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Ahsian for acsian or axian to ask; séhþ for sécþ seeks, from sécan to seek. In words immediately derived from Anglo-Saxon, k is frequently substituted for the Anglo-Saxon c ; as, cyning a king; cyn kin or kindred.
ǽrra líða
the ere or former Litha ⬩ June
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Fox 213; Men. 108
béd-hús
A chapel ⬩ an oratory ⬩ a place for prayer ⬩ oratorium
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A chapel, an oratory, a place for prayer; oratorium, Fulg. 43
ciellan
wooden tankards, leather bottles ⬩ obbæ
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Vessels for drink, wooden tankards, leather bottles; obbæ, Dial. 1, 5
cýþþe
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of cýþ, Bt. 27, 3; Fox l00, 1, Cott. note 1
fǽster-módor
a foster-mother
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a foster-mother, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 30, MS. Cot
Linked entry: féster-módor
ge-lomp
happened
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happened, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 27; p. of ge-limpan
setl-hrægl
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A covering for a seat vii. setlhrægel, Chart. Th. 429, 28
Linked entry: set-hrægl
sulh-æcer
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A strip of land for ploughing. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. s
tíd-genge
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Current or lasting for a time Tídgenge menstruam, Germ. 392, 10
bláte
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In first passage for Helle fýr, substitute Hit (Etna) óðra stówa
be-scítan
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For Cot. 189 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 71, and add:
burg-rǽden
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Substitute for Cot. 128 Burhrǽddenne municipatu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 67