gebrec-drenc
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Substitute: A medicine for the windpipe Gebrec*-*drenc arteriaca. Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 72
hearm-sprǽc
calumny
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For 'Som.' substitute
lah-breca
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For 'Scint. 2, Lye' substitute Wiðstandan þám lah*-*brecan resistere sacrilego Scint. 9, 10
scort-ness
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For sceortnysse daga, 437, 1028
un-meahtiglicness
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Powerlessness Wiþ unmihtilicnysse þæs migðan for inability to pass urine, Lch. i. 56, 15
Linked entry: meahtiglic-ness
feoh-leás
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without wergild, where the slayer did not pay for the slain. Cf. 8. 2465
sǽ-nett
a net for fishing in the sea
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a net for fishing in the sea Sǽnet sagene, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 14
Scald
the Schelde
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the Schelde Hér fór se here up on Scald, Chr. 883; Erl. 82, 15
sceanc-bend
A band for the leg, a garter
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A band for the leg, a garter Scangbendas periscelides Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 55
breóost-gebeorh
a defence ⬩ A defence for the breast, hence a defence generally, bulwark, tower; ⬩ propugnaculum,
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A defence for the breast, hence a defence generally, bulwark, tower; propugnaculum, Cot. 152
ofer-becuman
to supervene
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to supervene For ðí ðe oferbecymþ gedéfnes quoniam supervenit mansuetudo, Ps. Lamb. 89, 10
Linked entry: be-cuman
scot-spere
A spear for hurling ⬩ a javelin
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A spear for hurling, a javelin Scotsper[a], gára jaculorum, Hpt. Gl. 405, 52
wíg-bǽre
Warlike ⬩ martial ⬩ eager for fighting
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Warlike, martial, eager for fighting Wígbǽre bellicosus, pugnandi cupidus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 36
Barda
The Apennines
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The Apennines Fór Hannibal ofer Bardan þone beorg, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 33
acas
An axe ⬩ securis
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Acasa, a Northumbrian form]. Axe, Mt. Rush. Stv. 3, 10
Linked entry: axe
mús-fealle
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Ne sceolde hé nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre to note mehte, ne forða músfellan, ne ꝥ gít lǽsse is, tó hǽpsan pinn, Angl. ix. 265, 8. Add
wís-lic
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Hié cwǽdon þæt him wíslecre þúhte þæt hié dá ne forluren þe þǽr út fóre, hæfde bearn sé þe mehte, Ors. 4, I; S. 154, 18. Add
EOLH
ELK ⬩ alces
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The Rune RUNE = x seems to stand for the genitive of this word in the Runic poem, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter x, but for eolhx = eolcx = eolcs = eolces of an elk, as, — RUNE [eolhx = eolces] secg eard [seccard MS.] hæfþ oftust on
an-sýn
a face ⬩ countenance ⬩ facies ⬩ vultus ⬩ a view ⬩ aspect ⬩ sight ⬩ form ⬩ figure ⬩ aspectus ⬩ conspectus ⬩ visus ⬩ visio ⬩ species ⬩ forma ⬩ figura ⬩ a thing to be looked upon ⬩ a sight ⬩ spectaculum ⬩ a view or sight producing desire or longing ⬩ a desire of anything ⬩ want or lack of anything ⬩ desiderium ⬩ defectus
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Th. 5660; B. 2834. a view, aspect, sight, form, figure; aspectus, conspectus, visus, visio, species, forma, figura Fæger ansýne fair in aspect, Runic pm. II; Hick. Thes. i. 135; Kmbl. 341, 19.
norþ-land
a northern land
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a northern land Hé fór on Sciððie ða norþland, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 3