hliþ
A slope, ⬩ declivity. ⬩ hill-side, ⬩ hill
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Beneoþan ðæm hliþe under the hill, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 52, 15. Swá tó ðám westhliþe, 123, 5. Hie be hliþe heáre dúne eorþscræf fundon they found a cavern on the slope of a lofty hill, Cd. 122; Th. 156, 25; Gen. 2594.
Linked entry: hleoðo
swelgend
A place which swallows up (lit. or fig.), a very deep place, an abyss, a gulf, whirlpool
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West tó ðære swelgende; ðonne fram ðære swelgende, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 281, 29. Tó swelgende; ðanne fram swelgende, ii. 73, 27. Andlang bróces on ðæt swelgend, iii. 460, 5. Andlang streámes on ðone sweliend; of ðæm sweliende, 464, 27
fóster-fæder
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Cóm hire fósterfæder (cf. se cing þæt mǽdencild hét út áweorpan ... and Theothimus gefand ꝥ cild and hé hit wel befæste tó fédenne, 170, 13-16 ), Hml. A. 175, 178. of a teacher or tutor Úre hyrde and úre fósterfæder (féster-, v.l.)
scylf
a peak ⬩ crag ⬩ tor ⬩ a turret ⬩ tower ⬩ pinnacle
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a peak, crag, tor (in local names) Ðonon ofer ealne ðone hǽþfeld tó Hnæfes scylfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 130, 37. Tó byrnan scylfe, 38, 36. Sticule scylpas scabri murices, Germ. 399, 446. Scylfa scopulorum, Hpt.
gifeðe
Given ⬩ granted [by fate] ⬩ datus ⬩ concessus
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Given, granted [by fate]; datus, concessus Gief ðæt biþ him gifeðe if that be granted him, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 50, 2: Th. Chart. 470, 1: 472, 3.
þearllíce
severely ⬩ strictly, ⬩ exactly, ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ violently
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severely Ðonne sint eác ðǽm ilcan monnum suíðe ðearllíce (ðearlíce, Cott. MSS.) tó recceanne ða godcundan cwidas districte itaque contra illos divinae, sententiae proferendae sunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 22.
Linked entry: þeaclíce
ylp
An elephant
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Ylpes bán ebur, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 9: Lchdm. iii. 204, 2, 3. Hé sende þrittig ylpas tó wíge gewenode . . . and on ǽlcum ylpe wæs án wíghús getimbrod, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 561.
Linked entry: elp
un-tǽlwirðlíce
Blamelessly ⬩ laudably
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Ðæt ilce ðæt hé untǽlwyrðlíce (-wierð-, Cott. MSS., laudabiliter) ondréd tó underfónne, ðæt ilce se óðer swíðe hergeondlíce (laudabiliter ) gewilnode, Swt. 49, 18
Linked entry: tǽlwirð-líc
brord
a point
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Voc. i. 288, 74: pun(c)tus, ii. 68, 53. a spire of grass or corn þý lǽs þá ofþinenan corn in brord gehwyrfden (should sprout), Hml. A. 204, 320. Brordas clumula (spicarum glumula, Ald. 23, 10), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77,51
ge-wyrhta
A worker ⬩ doer ⬩ fellow-worker ⬩ accomplice
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A worker, doer, fellow-worker, accomplice Ǽlc ðe gewita oððe gewyrhta sí every one who is cognisant or co-operating, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 28. Þeófa gewita and geweorhta an accessory and accomplice of thieves, L. Eth. 9, 27; Th. i. 346, 9: L.
Linked entry: ge-weorhta
FÍF
FIVE ⬩ quinque
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Swed. fem: Icel. fimm: Corn. pemp: Lat. quinque: Grk. πέντε ; Æolic πέμπε: Sansk. panćan.]
Linked entry: fífe
hrycg
a back ⬩ dorsum ⬩ spina ⬩ a ridge ⬩ rigg
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Dict. rig], high line of continuous hills, an elevated surface Anlang hrycges tó ðære eorþburh along the ridge to the earthen fort, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 411, 21. Eal bútan ánan hrycge, 19, 4. West ðonan on ðone hrycg, 416, 17.
sceatt
property, goods, wealth, treasure ⬩ price, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods ⬩ a coin
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Deut. 16, 19, Æt ðam lande ðe arcebisceop gebohte mid his ágenan sceatte (with his own money ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 86, 10.
Linked entry: sceat
eldre
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comp? omne Ne dyde he áhwǽr swá eldran cynne non fēcit tālĭter omni nātiōni, Ps. Th. 147, 9
mynetian
To mint ⬩ coin
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To mint, coin Nán man ne mynetege bútan on porte, L. Ath. i. 14; Th. i. 206, 19
rǽming
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Add: For meaning of celibea cf. caelibies, caelestis, Corp. Gl. H. 28, 169; for rǽming cf. (?) á-rǽman
swaþu
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Suína suadu (sceadu, Corp. Gloss.) suesta, sivesta, Txts. 98, 972
a-bát
bit ⬩ ate
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Cott. Jul. E. vii. 237; Salm. Kmbl. 121, 15;
a-driógan
to bear
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Cott. The Bodl. MS. has a-drióhan
bǽm
both
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Cott; Fox 206, 15: Th. Diplm. A.D. 804-829; 463, 3