riht-lǽce
A genuine physician, one who is really a doctor
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A genuine physician, one who is really a doctor Se ðe his broces bóte sécþ búton tó Gode sylfum and tó his hálgum and tó rihtlǽcum hé drýhþ deófles wyllan he that seeks a remedy for his malady except from God and from his saints and from regular doctors
on-drǽdendlíc
To be feared, terrible
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Ðises godspelles geendung is swíðe ondrǽdendlíc : 'Fela sind gelaðode, and feáwa gecorene,' ii. 82, 3
smíte
A foul, miry place
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Ðis is ðære ánre híde landgemǽru tó Smítan . . . of ðæm sló tó Smítan; of ðære Smítan tó berge Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 166, 2-20. Of smítan on ðone stán . . . of ðære apoldran innan smítan v. 105, 13-36
ge-stician
To stick ⬩ pierce ⬩ transfix
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Gebýreþ ðæt ðæt mód wierþ gesticced mid ðære scylde gielpes it happens that the mind is pierced by the sin of boasting, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 217, 6; Hat. MS. 41 b, 1
timbrung
Building, ⬩ a building
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Al is to his behefe and timbrunge toward his blisse, A. R. 124, 1
beáh-gifa
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Ꝥ him God forgyue . . . and eác swá his beáhgifan, ꝥ is se sélesða sinces brytta Ælfryd, Gr. D. 2, 14
ge-líc
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Seó wíse is gelícost þon ꝥ hit ne byð nyt, þéh þe gebeden sý for deófle, Gr. D. 336, 10. Nú is þon gelícost swá wé on laguflóde líðan, Cri. 851. Is þon gelícost swá hé on landsceape stille standan, An. 501.
wæcnan
To waken ⬩ arise ⬩ spring
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Also transitive Itt iss waccnedd off slæp þurh þatt te faderr stireþþ itt and waccneþþ, Orm. 5845. Thai wakned Crist, Met. Homl. 134, 9
Linked entry: a-wacnian
clawu
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Ic ofercóm þæs cwelleres tintregu, scearp ísen and þá slítendan clawa, 8, 189
ealdor
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-ac forðrihte 'Ealdor,' þæt is tó understandenne ealra gelýfedra wífa móder, Hml.
and
With ⬩ cum ⬩ Against ⬩ before ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ contra ⬩ apud ⬩ in
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Ðæt is cræft eágorstreámes, wætres and eorþan, and on wolcnum eác that is the power of the sea, of water on earth, and also in the clouds, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 245; Met. 20, 123.
Linked entries: ænde and-þwǽre niht-gerím end ond
ATOL
Dire ⬩ terrific ⬩ terrible ⬩ horrid ⬩ foul ⬩ loathsome ⬩ dirus ⬩ atrox ⬩ terribilis ⬩ horridus ⬩ fœ́dus, ⬩ teter
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Atol is ðín onseóu horrid is thine aspect, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 26; Sat. 61. Atol mid égum terrific with his eyes, 229 ; Th. 310, 18 ; Sat. 728. Atol ýða gewealc the terrible rolling of the waves, 166 ; Th. 206, 21 ; Exod. 455 : Beo.
éðel-stól
paternal-seat, native-seat, country, habitation ⬩ patria sēdes, patria, dŏmĭcĭlium
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Ðé is éðelstól eft gerymed to thee a habitation is again assigned, Cd. 73; Th. 89, 23; Gen. 1485: 74; Th. 91, 19; Gen. 1514. a chief city, metropolis; urbs prīmāria, metrŏpŏlis = μητρόπολις He hét forbærnan Rómána burig, sió his ríces wæs ealles éðelstól
Linked entry: fæder-éðel-stól
gold-hord
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A treasure, treasury; thesaurus Nellen gé goldhordian eów goldhordas on eorþan ... goldhordiaþ eów goldhordas on heofenan ... ðær ðín goldhord is ðǽr is ðín heorte nolite thesaurizare vobis thesauros in terra ... thesaurizate vobis thesauros in cælo
ge-frætewian
To adorn ⬩ deck ⬩ trim ⬩ ornāre ⬩ redĭmīre
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Ðǽr is geat gylden, gimmum gefrætewod there is a golden gate decked with gems, Cd. 227; Th. 305, 20; Sat. 649 : 220; Th. 283, 21; Sat. 308. Fiðrum gefrætwad adorned with wings, Elen. Kmbl. 1482; El. 743 : Exon. 59 a; Th. 214, 14; Ph. 239.
ge-mǽrsian
To magnify, glorify, celebrate ⬩ magnĭfĭcāre, glorĭfĭcāre, celebrāre
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Is ðín nama miltsum gemǽrsod thy name is magnified with mercies, Andr. Kmbl. 1087; An. 544 : Hy. 7, 44; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 44. He wæs fram eallum gemǽrsod ipse magnĭfĭcābātur ab omnĭbus, Lk. Bos. 4, 15.
Linked entry: ge-mérsian
West-mynster
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The place is mentioned in a (doubtful) charter of Offa of the year 785 : In loco terribili, quod dicitur æt Uuestmunstur, i. 180, 3
ge-miltsian
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. ¶ in the passive the object of pity is in the dative :-- Nǽfre ne wurde syððan mancynne gemiltsod, ðe má ðe ðám deóflum is. Hml. Th. i. 112, 18. with gen. Gemiltsa mín miserere mei, Ps. L. 50, i: Ps. Rdr. 56, l.
stycce
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:-- Sticce clarnum (the passage is: Appresenta meum clarnum et meum cultellum et meam legulam. Perhaps then sticce is for sticcan and belongs to legulam), An. Ox. 56, 74.
yfel
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Ðá lytlan yflu gé fleóð, Past. 439, 26. what is hurtful or grievous Þonne hí mǽst tó yfele gedón hæfdon, Chr. 1011; P. 141, 19. Hwá is þæt þe eall ðá yfel þe hí dónde wǽron ásecgean mæge?, Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, 16.