hwæt
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S. 22, 141: 24, 12: Angl. viii. 330, 23. Hwæt ic þínra bysna ne mæg wuht oncnáwan, Gen. 533. somewhat, any, at all. Cf. á-wiht Gif hit hwæt elles gesélde if it happened at all differently, Cht. Th. 166, 20.
drían
Linked entry: drí
wearriht
having hard skin, leprous ⬩ gnarled, knotted
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Ða wearrihtan callosa (calloso corpore lepram, Ald. 201), 96, 6: 20, 2. Wearihte callosa, 127, 53. of trees, gnarled, knotted On ðonæ wearrihtan stocc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 176, 4: v. 221, 4. In ða wæriht ác; of ðæt wærriht ác, iii. 390, 16
heals
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(an ox) beáh hæfde on healse, 71, 11. as part of a thing. Similar entries Cf. fámig-, wunden-heals as epithets of a ship: Heo (bagpipes) hafað hyre on healse bróðor síne, Rä. 32, 21
éðian
to breathe, inspire ⬩ hālāre, spīrāre, inspīrāre ⬩ to smell ⬩ ŏdōrāre
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Hý ealle éðiaþ they all breathe, 4, 3. Éðode him on ðone múþe inspīrāvit ei in as, Martyrol. ad 28 April. to smell; ŏdōrāre Habbaþ opene nóse, ne mágon éðian nāres hăbent et non ŏdōrăbunt, Ps. 113, 14
á-tendan
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Add Ád átendne pyram succensam, An. Ox. 2460. <b>I a.</b> to kindle a fire :-- Hé geseah feówer fýr átende, Hml. Th. ii. 338, 6. Add Átend succensus (flammis carnalibus). An. Ox. 4315
mene-scilling
A coin worn as an ornament
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A coin worn as an ornament Menescillingas lunules, Ep. Gl. 13 b, 37: Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 15. Mynescillingas, 49, 72
sundor-wine
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A special friend, an intimate friend:?-Ne áswíc sundorwine, ac á symle geheald rihtum gerisnum, Exon. Th. 301, 34; Fä. 29
feormend
An entertainer
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An entertainer Sum sceal on féðe on feorwegas nýde gongan and his nest beran . . . áh hé feormendra lyt lifgendra, Vy. 30
tude
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As &#39;parma&#39; is ablative [v. Ald. 71, 35] tudu is a more probable form for the nominative
ælmes-bæþ
Washing of the poor done as an act of charity
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Washing of the poor done as an act of charity Sceóte man ælmessan . . . hwílum ælmesbæð, hwílum þearfena fótþweál, Wlfst. 171, 2
glíwere
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Substitute: a jester, buffoon Glíwere scurra, Germ. 396, 320. one who unworthily aims at pleasing, an obsequious follower, a parasite Spilra, glíwera parasitorum (cf. parasitus leás ólecere, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 36), An. Ox. 679: 6, 13.
hræding
Hurry ⬩ haste
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Hí burigdon swá swá heó líhtlucost mihten on swylce [h]rædinge they buried him as best they could in such a hurry, Th. An. 123, 22
þafetere
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Ðæt hé swá stiére ðǽm ungeðyldegum irsunga, swá hé ðone hnescan ðafettere on recceléste ne gebrenge sic ab impatientibus extinguatur ira, ut tamen remissis ac lenibus non crescat negligentia, 60; Swt. 453, 25
hefig
force ⬩ violence
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action as of a heavy body, force, violence: All in ꝥ hefig wyrcas omnis in illud uim facit, Lk. L. 16, 16
toppa
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a tuft (?) Toppa pensa (protendor seu serica pensa porrecta in gracilem pannum ceu stamina pepli, Ald. 272, 24), An. Ox. 23, 45
Greátan leag
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Ath. i. 26; Th. i. 214, 7. To-écan ðám dómum ðe æt Greátanleá and æt Exanceastre gesette wǽron, and æt Þunresfelda in addition to the dooms which were fixed at Greatley, and at Exeter, and at Thunresfeld, v. pref; Th. i. 228, 9
Acemannes burh
Bath, Somersetshire
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Bath, Somersetshire Hér Eádgár to ríce féng at Acemannes byrig, ðæt is at Baðan here, A. D. 972, Edgar took the kingdom at Akeman's burgh, that is at Bath, Chr. 972; Th. 225, 18, col. 3.
and-lang
All-along ⬩ throughout ⬩ continuous ⬩ extended ⬩ per totum ⬩ continuus ⬩ in longum porrectus
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All-along, throughout, continuous, extended; per totum, continuus, in longum porrectus Wæs andlangne dæg swungen was beaten all day long, Andr. Kmbl. 2550; An. 1276: Chr. 937; Th. 202, 27, col. 2; Æðelst. 21: Beo. Th. 4237; B. 2115