un-mǽrlíc
Ignoble
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Ignoble Hwæþer ðé þynce unweorþ and unmǽrlíc seó gegaderung obscurumne hoc, atque ignobile censes esse? Bt. 33. 1; Fox 120, 29
un-helian
To uncover ⬩ reveal
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To uncover, reveal Nis nán þing oferheled ðe ne beó unheled nihil opertum est quod non reueletur, Lk. Skt. 12, 2
weorf-tord
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Dung of beasts Hé mæg of woruftorde ðone þearfendan áreccan de stercore erigens pauperem, Ps. Th. 112, 6. v. preceding word
Linked entry: tord
wyrt-fæt
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A scent-bottle Wyrtfata olfactoriola (cf. olfactoriola ðe hiera elesealfa on wǽran, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 35), Hpt. Gl. 517, 27
wuldorfæste
Gloriously
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Gloriously Hió Gode þancode ðæs geleáfan ðe hió swá leóhte oncneów, wuldorfæste, in ðæs weres breóstum, Elen. Kmbl. 1930; El. 967
cwead
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and add Cwéd vel meox stercus; of cweáde árǽrende de stercore erigens, Bl. Gl. Cweád purgamenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 8
gehæg-holt
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Ðis synt ðá denbǽra ðe tó ðissum londe belimpað . . . gehægholt, C. D. ii. 195, 16
land-hláford
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Æt ǽlcum were ðe binnan ðám .xxx. hídan is, gebyreð ǽfre se óðer fisc dam landhláforde, C. D. iii. 450.26. Add
lífan
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Hý lýfdon ðe þǽr ofer wǽron lytlingum heora Add: —
loþa
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Add: — Loþa heordan of wearpe, of ácumban wæs gehefeldad colobinm (cum) de sltippae stamine (yel potius) putamine ordirelvr, An. Ox. 3725
Linked entry: hloþa
mis-cwéman
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to displease Á hí ymbe ꝥ wǽron, hú hí ðé mis-cwémdon, Hml. S. 23, 287. [v. N. E. D. misqueme.]
Linked entry: cwéman
un-gelícian
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to displease Hæbbe sum óðer wimman ealne hire wurðmynt hire ungelícu seó ðe þé oflícige (ungelícige, v.l. ), Hml. A. 94, 66
Linked entry: ge-lícian
welig
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Add Hié gemyndgiað ðára weligera (welegra, v.l. ) ðe lange striéndon, and lytle hwíle brucon, Past. 333, 15. v. ofer-, weorold-welig
wæl-strǽl
A fatal shaft
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A fatal shaft Bád se ðe sceolde endedógor áwrecen wælslrǽlum (the pangs of mortal disease) Exon. Th. 179, 11; Gú. 1260
wæter-þrýþe
Water-hosts, great waters
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Water-hosts, great waters Ða ðe wyrceaþ weorc mænig on wæterðrýþum qui faciunt operationem in aquis multis, Ps. Th. 106, 22
hamacgaþ
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Se ðe gelíþ raðe hé hamacgaþ he who takes to his bed will quickly be up again, Lchm. iii. 184, 21. [?]
on-ginnendlíc
Inchoative
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Inchoative Óðer hiw is geháten inchoativa, ðæt is onginnendlíc, forðan ðe hit getácnaþ weorces anginn, Ælfc. Gr. 35 ; Som. 38, 2
on-líðian
to become pliant, to yield
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to become pliant, to yield Sceal hira ánra gehwylc onlútan and onlíðigan ðe hafaþ læsse mægen, Salm. Kmbl. 713; Sal. 356
ge-staðolung
Firmness ⬩ stability ⬩ stăbĭlĭtas
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Firmness, stability; stăbĭlĭtas Ðú ðe staðelodest eorþan ofer gestaðolung his qui fundasti terram sŭper stăbĭlĭtātem suam, Ps. Spl. T. 103, 6
sprǽc-cynn
A mode of speaking
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A mode of speaking Bóc be gesetnessum and gemetum sprǽccynna libellum de figuris modisque locutionum, Bd. 5, 24;S. 648, 42