fearm
A freight, cargo, load ⬩ ŏnus nāvis
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A freight, cargo, load; ŏnus nāvis Ofer holmes hrincg hof séleste fór mid fearme the most excellent house [the ark] sailed over the ocean's orb with its freight, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 7; Gen. 1394
feorh-berende
Life-bearing ⬩ living ⬩ vītam fĕrens ⬩ vīvens
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Life-bearing, living; vītam fĕrens, vīvens Heó wile gesécan ǽghwylcne feorhberendra it will seek each of those bearing life, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 19; Rä. 40, 6: Cd. 92; Th. 117, 17; Gen. 1955
féðe-gang
A foot-journey ⬩ pĕdestre ĭter
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A foot-journey; pĕdestre ĭter Ne mæg ic aldornere míne swá feor heonon féðegange gesécan I cannot seek my life's safety so far hence by a foot-journey, Cd. 117; Th. 152, 1; Gen. 2513
gearwe
Clothing ⬩ attire ⬩ vestītus ⬩ hăbĭtus
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Clothing, attire; vestītus, hăbĭtus Ic on his gearwan geseó ðæt he is ǽrendsecge uncres Hearran I see by his attire that he is the messenger of our Lord, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 16; Gen. 657
here-togen
Captive ⬩ heretogan
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[Cf. Icel. her-numinn, -tekinn captive.]
lígnian
To deny
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To deny Ðú lígnest nú ðæt síe lifgende se ofer deóflum dugeþum wealdeþ, Cd. 212; Th. 263, 18; Dan. 764. Hú hine [Christ] lýgnedon leáse on geþoncum, Exon. 24 a: Th. 69, 13; Cri. 1120
líðs
Gentleness ⬩ calm ⬩ ease ⬩ pleasure
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Gentleness, calm, ease, pleasure Líðsa and wynna hám a home of pleasures and of joys [Eden], Cd. 45; Th. 58, 13; Gen. 945. Líðsum gewunedon they lived at ease, 80; Th. 100, 28; Gen. 1671
Linked entry: liss
norþan
From the north
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Gif hér wind cymþ westan oððe eástan, súþan oððe norþan, Cd. Th. 50, 11; Gen. 807
plaster
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Hwí ne bidst ðú ðé beþunga and plaster lífes lǽcedómes æt lífes freán cur tibi non oras placidae fomenta medelae? Dóm. L. 6, 80
Linked entry: blaster
rǽpan
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C.) and slógan (cf. rǽpling), Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 6. Cyspan and mid racentan rǽpen, Met. 26, 78
Linked entry: ge-rǽpan
gilp-sceaða
An arrogant, boasting criminal
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An arrogant, boasting criminal Gielpsceaðan boastful and wicked ones [the fallen angels], Cd. 5; Th. 6, 29; Gen. 96. Ðone gelpscaðan that proud and wicked man [Nero], Bt. Met. Fox 9, 98; Met. 9, 49
gop
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Cf. geópan and Icel. hergopa; f. one taken in war, a bondwoman. Or is the word connected with geap crafty?-Þurh gopes hond, Exon. 113 a; Th. 433, 5; Rä. 50, 3
ge-scǽned
Ornamented
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Cf. on ðæm scennum scíran goldes, Beo. Th. 3392; B. 1694. Grein compares with O. H. Ger. giskeinan, and translates made bright; Kemble, again, translates sheathed
ge-mǽlan
To speak, harangue
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To speak, harangue Adam gemǽlde and to Euan spræc Adam spoke and to Eve said, Cd. 37; Th. 49, 10; Gen. 790. Offa gemǽlde Offa spoke, Byrht. Th. 138, 34; By. 230 : 53; By. 244
six-benn
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f A wound made by a 'seax' Ealdorgewinna [ the fire-drake) siexbennum seóc (cf. cyning wælseaxe gebrǽd . . . forwrát Wedra helm wyrm on middan, 5400; B. 2703), Beo. Th. 5800; B. 2904
sin-hwurfol
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Ðonne is swíðe mycel cyrice getimbred, and is sinhwyrfel on wilewísan geworht (cf. under seonu-wealt passage from Shrn. 80, 37), Blickl. Homl. 125, 21
Linked entries: siun-huurful hwurful
wudu-bend
wood-bine
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Rush. l, 6. v. wudubind, and cf. wiþo-bend
eár-gespreca
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Substitute: A confidential speaker, a counsellor Eárgespeca auricularius (cf. auricularium, consiliarium, Corp. Gl. H. 23, 945, a gloss on a Sam. 23, 23 (?) :-- Fecit eum sibi David auricularium a secreto), Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 46
eax-faru
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Aexfaru aparatu (perhaps a gloss on Ald. 64, 10 :-- Scythicae gentis impetum, quae cum infinito duelli apparatu proficiscens. In An. Ox. 4560 the word is glossed by fyrdungce ), Txts. 41, 186
eofole
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A plant-name Twá snáda eofolan (but cf. the same recipe in Lch. ii. 324, 20:-- ii. snǽda elenan. See, however: Ebule ł eobulum wealwyrt ł ellenwyrt, iii. 302, Col. 1), Lch. iii. 28, 27