be-spirian
To inquire, trace ⬩ inquirere, investigare
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Ath. iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 13.
Linked entry: be-spyrigan
stær
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A starling, a stare (the latter is the name used in some dialects. v. E. D. S. Pub. Bird Names, and Halliwell's Dict.) Staer sturnus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 17. Stær, i. 63, 6: turdus, 77, 30. Stær turdus, se máre stær turdella, 29, 40, 41.
tácn-bora
a standard-bearer ⬩ a leader, guide, director
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Voc. i. 21, 66. a leader, guide, director Ðis is mín tácenbora ðe mé getǽhte ðæt ic tó ðé becom ( the word is used of the old fisherman who had directed Apollonius to the town, v. p. 12), Ap. Th. 27, 22
á-heáwan
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Th. ii. 508, 22-34. Ic him hét þá honda of áheáwan, Nar. 17, 1. Áheáwen cesa, i. abscisa, occisa , Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 2. Áhǽwenum absciso , An. Ox. 1552. Of áheáwenum ðý heáfde Pendan desecto capite , Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 15. Ðá ðornas beóð áheáwene.
Linked entry: heáwan
búc
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[Wright gives the accent in the last two.)
grep
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Voc. ii. 82, 20 seems pl.) A ditch, drain [On] gengan grép in latrinae cuniculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 66. Grép (the MS. has the accent) cuniculum, 18, 24. Grép cuniculi (cloacarum ), 82, 20.
wandung
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Add: e; f. a turning aside from a task. v. wandian ; <b>II a.</b> Tó þám cyninge ic mé dæghwámlíce bútan ǽlcre wandunge ( sine intermissione) tó gebidde, Chrd. 99, 19. feeling of respect. v. wandian ; <b>II b.
óman
Erysipelas, erysipelatous inflammations ⬩ erysipelas.
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Voc. ii. 45, 34: 110, 52. Lǽcedómas wið ǽlces cynnes ómum, Lchdm. ii. 98, 21. In the section of which this is the heading the word frequently occurs. Of hómena stiéme cymþ eágna mist, 26, 26.
Linked entry: hóme
ǽr
early ⬩ expressing readiness, quickness, soon ⬩ earlier, before ⬩ previously, beforehand ⬩ sooner ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ first
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Similar entries [See also síþ in Dict.] on ǽr previously, beforehand :-- Drihten ðe on ǽr wát eal ðæt tóweard is, Lch. iii. 436, 20:Hml. Th. i. 114, 3: Chr. 1067; P. 201, 26. Hé wolde warnian on ǽr, Gen. 6, 6.
haga
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On ðone healdan hagan, v. 273, 6. an enclosed dwelling in a town In ciuitate Dorouernia duas possessiunculas et tertiam dimediam, id est in nostra loquella ðridda half haga, C. D. i. 243, 13.
Linked entry: hecge
furþ-um
Also ⬩ even ⬩ indeed ⬩ at first ⬩ prīmo ⬩ ĕtiam
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Ic furþum ongan I first began, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 21; Gú. 1213
regn-scúr
A shower of rain, a shower
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On Ægipta lande ne cymþ nǽfre nán winter nerénscúras, Lchdm. iii. 252, 20 : Homl. Th. i. 64, 30. Ic ofteó míne rénscúras, ii. 102, 33. God sylþrénscúrasðám rihtwísum and ðám unrihtwísum, 216, 19. Rénscúras imbres, Ps. Spl. 77, 49
teofrian
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, appoint Ðone sylfan stán ðe hine wyrhtan áwurpan nú se geworden is hwommona heágost hálig Drihten tó wealles wraðe wís teofrade (he has appointed it to be the wall's support) lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes, hic factus est in caput anguli:
un-gefóg
immense ⬩ intemperate ⬩ immoderate excessive
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Skt. i. 23, 199. in a bad sense, intemperate, immoderate excessive Seó þwyre sáwul on hwílwendlícum bricum biþ ungefóh, Homl. Th. i. 408, 15. Heflgtýme leahter is ungefóh fyrwitnys, ii. 374, 3. Hé wæs mid ungefóhre gýtsunge ontend, i. 44, 5
ge-þeódnes
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Add: a connexion Líchamlicere geþeódnesse lustum carnalis copulę (i. coniunctionis) uoluptatibus, An. Ox. 1605. Tó brýdbúres geþeódnesse, 3200. company, society Ic wille habban his dohtra tó mínre geðeódnysse, Hml. S. 7, 311. <b>II a.
lutian
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Ic lutie delituo, An. Ox. 18 b, 20. Synne áttor lutude (latebai) on geþance, Scint. 39, 7. Lutode torpebat, Germ. 401, 23. Þisne lutigendne (latitantem) in þám scræfe þá hyrdas gemétton, Gr. D. 100, 8. Lutiende delitescente, i. latitante, An.
ge-ǽnan
to unite oneself ⬩ join
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Shrn. 184, II
un-eáðe
difficult ⬩ hard ⬩ troublesome ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ grievous
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Aþelwold dráf út ða clerca of þe biscopríce, 963; Th. i. 220, 19), Chr. 995; Th. i. 244, 6. of that which is not readily done, to which one is not easily moved, and so is little done Ðú gionga, bió ðé uníðe tó clipianne and tó lǽranne do not let it be
nearu-bregd
A wile or trick that brings others into straits
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A wile or trick that brings others into straits Néþde ic nearobregdum, ðǽr ic Neron biswác, ðæt hé ácwellan hét Cristes þegnas, Exon. Th. 260, 24; Jul. 302