sweor
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Mid ðǽm sweore ðæs wolcnes, Past. 305, 1. Feówer þing synt ealra þinga behéfost ... þám þe þencð tó þám écan lífe; ꝥ synt feówer sweras, iustitia, ... prudentia, ... temperantia, ... fortitudo, Wlfst. 247, 11-16
ofer-druncen
Drunkenness, inebriety ⬩ ebrietas, crapula
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Drunkenness, inebriety Ne geríseþ ǽnig unnytt mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig, ne tó oferdruncen, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 31. Ðæt preóstas beorgan wið oferdruncen, and hit beleán óðrum mannum, L. Edg. C. 57; Th. ii. 256, 13.
Linked entry: ge-drinc
croc-sceard
A shred or fragment of a crock or pot ⬩ a potSHERD ⬩ testa, testu
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Mid ánum crocscearde with a potsherd Job Thw. 166, 34; Homl. Th. ii. 452, 29. Crocsceard testu Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 29
Linked entry: sceard
smæl-þearme
The small gut, lower abdomen
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Ðá þýdde Æfner hine mid hindewerde sceafte on ðæt smælþearme percussit eum Abner aversa hasta in inguine Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 18
sincan
to sink ⬩ to act as an aperient
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Th. 86, 27; Gen. 1437. to act as an aperient Gif ðæt sié ómihte wǽte innan, tyhte hié mon út mid líþum mettum sincendum, and ne lǽt inne gesittan on ðam líchoman, Lchdm. ii. 218, 14
Linked entry: be-sincan
ge-wyrtian
To season with herbs ⬩ to spice ⬩ perfume
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To season with herbs, to spice, perfume Gewyrtad mid hyra weldǽdum perfumed with their good deeds, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 20; Ph. 543. Gewyrtod wín factitium vinum, Cot. 268, Lye.
Linked entry: wyrtian
strácian
To stroke
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Wildu hors, ðonne wé hié ǽresð gefangnu habbaþ, wé hié ðacciaþ and stráciad mid brádre handa equos indomitos blanda prius manu tangimus, 41, 4; Swt. 303, 10. Myd swýþe drígeon handum stráca geornlíce ðane innoþ, Lchdm. iii. 134, 17
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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Cóm se deófol mid purpuran gescrýd and mid helme (mid gyldenum cynehelme, Hml. S. 31, 752) geglengd, Hml. Th. ii. 512, 24. Mid helme (cynehelme, Hml. S. 31, 764), 30. Aman gelǽdde Mardocheum, mid helme (cf. cynehelm diadema 232) gescrýdne, Hml.
ge-ládian
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Th. i. 134, 12. where and are combined Gebéte hé þæs þeófes were oþþe hine mid fullan áðe geládige ꝥ hé him nán fácn mid nyste, Ll. Th. i. 392, 16
gléd
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Gl. 970. (1 a) in pl. a fire, æt þám glédum at the fire :-- Sum man sæt æt þám (his, v. l.) gledum (sedebat ad prunas) in his húse mid his wífe and mid his lytlan suna . . . ꝥ hé sǽte mid him æt þám glédan . . . se áwyrgda gást þone sunu áwearp in ðá
ýþian
to overflow ⬩ to be filled ⬩ to move in waves, to toss, roll, ⬩ to wave ⬩ to fluctuate
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Ic ýðgode mid synnum, swá sǽ mid ýðum, Shrn. 140, 18. to move in waves, to toss, roll, of the sea. Similar entries v. ýþung Ðæs ýþiendan sǽs flucivagi ponti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 61. Hé ða ýðigendan sǽ mid ánre hǽse gestilde, Homl.
healf-eald
Half grown, of middle age
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Half grown, of middle age Halfeald swín half-grown swine, L. M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 246, 2
a-ídlan
To become idle ⬩ free from ⬩ vacare ⬩ To profane ⬩ profanare
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To profane; profanare Monige ðone geleáfan mid unrihte weorce a-ídledon multi fidem iniquis profanabant operibus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 5
an-hebban
To heave up ⬩ lift up ⬩ exalt ⬩ raise up ⬩ take away ⬩ remove ⬩ elevare ⬩ erigere ⬩ exaltare ⬩ sublimare ⬩ attollere ⬩ auferre
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Mid ða heánnesse ðæs eorþlícan ríces anhafen regni culmine sublimatus, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 9
Linked entry: an-hafen
be-licgan
To lie or extend by or about ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ circumdare ⬩ cingere
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To lie or extend by or about, to surround, encompass; circumdare, cingere Hí belicgaþ us mid fyrde circumdabunt nos exercitu Jos. 7, 9. Sió eá Etheopia land beligeþ úton the river encompasseth the Ethiopian land Cd. 12; Th. 15, 7; Gen. 229.
be-hwerfan
To turn ⬩ prepare ⬩ instruct ⬩ vertere ⬩ instruere
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Ic wolde mid sumre bísne ðé behwerfan útan I would instruct thee further [útan from without] by some example Bt. 34, 4; Fox 138, 27
Eást-Francan
East-Franks ⬩ Franci orientāles
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Mid Éast-Francum with the East-Franks, Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 3
fird
A force ⬩ army ⬩ expedition ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio
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Fór Eádweard cyng mid firde to Steanforda king Edward went with an army to Stamford, 922; Erl. 108, 17
hryre
Falling ⬩ decaying ⬩ perishing
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Falling, decaying, perishing Sóðlíce mid ðisum wordum is geswutelod ðæt ðises middangeardes wæstm is hryre. Tó ðam hé wext ðæt hé fealle verily by these words is manifested that the fruit of this world is decaying [or a ruin (?) v. preceding word].
leás-bregd
Deceit ⬩ fraud ⬩ a trick ⬩ cheat ⬩ wile
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Mid leásbregdum earmum mannum derian to harm poor men with tricks, L. I. P. 12; Th. ii. 320, 25