a-biddan
To ask ⬩ pray ⬩ pray to ⬩ pray for ⬩ obtain by asking or praying ⬩ petere ⬩ precari ⬩ postulare ⬩ exorare ⬩ impetrare
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To ask, pray, pray to, pray for, obtain by asking or praying; petere, precari, postulare, exorare, impetrare Wilt tú wit unc abiddan drincan vis petamus bibere ? Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 30.
mis-tímian
To happen amiss ⬩ to do amiss
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mediate for him, Chart.
mirigþ
Pleasure ⬩ joy ⬩ delight ⬩ sweetness
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Wá him ðære mirigþe búte hé ðæs yfeles ǽr geswíce alas for his delight, unless first he leave evil, Hy. 2, 6; Hy. Grn. ii. 281, 6. Hé ádrǽfed wæs of neorxena wanges myrþe ( paradisum voluptatis ), Gen. 3, 24. For ðære mirhte (mergþe, MS.
wecgan
To wag (trans.), ⬩ move, shake
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Hwý gé ǽfre scylen unrihtfióungum eówer mód dréfan, swá swá mereflódes ýþa hréraþ íscalde sǽ, wecggaþ for winde (cf. swá swá ýþa for winde ða sǽ hréraþ, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 210, 25), Met. 27, 4. Hig wegdan, hrérdan heora heáfod moverunt capita sua, Ps.
stæf
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Add Stafena (for wk. form cf. 1557 note) litterarum, i. dogmatum, An. Ox. 2311. [¶ in the following passages stafum seems an error for stánum Hús mid gyldenum stafum (aureis laterculis) getimbrod, Gr. D. 319, 7: 321, 11.
lungen-sealf
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A salve for the lungs Ðás wyrte sculon tó lungensealfe, Lchdm. iii. 16, 6
mete-ærn
A room for taking meals in
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A room for taking meals in Gemǽne metern cænaculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 50
Linked entry: met-ern
pipor-horn
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A horn for holding pepper Man sceal habban ... sealtfæt ... piperhorn, Anglia ix. 264, 19
ríp-ísern
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A sickle, an instrument for reaping Rípísern falcem, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 4, 29
scot-spere
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A spear for hurling, a javelin Scotsper[a], gára jaculorum, Hpt. Gl. 405, 52
ge-figo
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For 'cimosis' see fleáh
bócan
for books
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for books, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 8; dat. pl. of bóc
bóca streón
a place for books, library ⬩ bibliotheca
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a place for books, library; bibliotheca, Bd. 5, 21; Whelc. 451, 30, MS. C
boém
to both
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D. 830; 465, 22; for bám; dat. of begen
sund-mere
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A place for swimming:?-On sund mere in natatario, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 50
þwǽre
An instrument for beating or stirring
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An instrument for beating or stirring Thuaere, thuérae, thuére tudicla, tudica, Txts. 103, 2072
wull-wǽga
Scales for weighing wool
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Scales for weighing wool Momentana lytle wǽga, campana wulwǽga, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 43
wudu-bora
One who carries wood for fuel
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One who carries wood for fuel Wudubior (-bora?) calo militum, Hpt. Gl. 427, 7
be-hogadnes
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For Cot. 114 read On behogadnesse in exercita-tione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 42
cealf-loca
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An enclosure for calves Of dǽm londe et cealflocan, C. D. i. 312, 6