un-gyltig
Innocent
Entry preview:
Innocent Hit God wræc on him, swá oft swá hié mid monnum ofredan, ðæt hié mid hiera cucum onguldon, ðæt hié ungyltige cwealdon, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 184, 9
wífa
A woman
Entry preview:
A woman Gif ríce wíf and earm ácennaþ tógædere, gangon hí áweig, nást ðú hwæðer bið ðæs rícan wífan (-es ?) cild, hwæðer ðæs earman, Homl. Th. i. 256, 14
un-hygdig
Foolish
Entry preview:
, þeáh ðé þúhte ðæt ðú welig wǽre, ðonne ðú óþer twéga oððe hæfdest ðæt ðú noldest, oððe næfdest ðæt ðú woldest? Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 30 note
CNÆP
A top ⬩ cop ⬩ knop ⬩ vertex ⬩ jugum ⬩ supercilium
Entry preview:
Híg láeddon hine ofer ðæs muntes cnæpp duxerunt illum ad supercilium montis Lk. Bos. 4, 29
Linked entry: cnep
þrafian
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correct
Entry preview:
Similar entries v. þrafung Se Hǽlend on manegum wísum ðrafode and áfandode his gingran, and geedlǽhte ðæt ðæt hé ǽr tǽhte tó fulre láre, Homl. Th. ii. 296, 22. Drihten, ne þreá ðú me ne ne þrafa on ðínum yrre Domine, ne in ira tua arguas me, Ps.
Linked entry: þræft
wǽdlian
to be poor ⬩ indigent ⬩ needy ⬩ in want ⬩ to be in want of something ⬩ to lack ⬩ not to have enough ⬩ to beg
Entry preview:
Beóð welige hwílwendlíce, ðæt gé écelíce wǽdlion, Homl. Th. i. 64, 16.
sócn
a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish
Entry preview:
Ðǽr se freónd wunaþ on ðære sócne ðe ic ða sibbe wið hine healdan wille Exon.
seáw
Juice ⬩ moisture ⬩ humour
Entry preview:
Juice, moisture, humour Genim túncersan . . . dó in ða nosu dæt se stenc mǽge on ðæt heáfod and ðæt seáw, Lchdm. ii. 22, 14. Genim cileþoniam seáwes cucler fulne, 28, 2.
óþ-ferian
Entry preview:
Ðæt hé nǽfre nahbe foldan ðæt hit óþferie . . . Se ðe ðis feoh ðþfergean (carry off, steal ) þence, Lchdm. i. 384, 9-15. Hi willaþ óþfergan, ðæt ic friþian sceal; ic him ðæt forstonde, Exon. Th. 398, 13; Rä. 17, 7. Cf. æt-ferian
ge-gangan
to go ⬩ happen ⬩ take place ⬩ befal ⬩ to fall to one's share ⬩ to come in ⬩ ire ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ to exercise ⬩ effect ⬩ accomplish ⬩ exercere ⬩ perficere ⬩ efficere ⬩ to go against with hostile intention ⬩ to pass over ⬩ overcome ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ aggredi ⬩ transgredi ⬩ superare ⬩ subigere ⬩ oblinere ⬩ adipisci ⬩ possidere
Entry preview:
He hæfde elne gegongen, ðæt . . . he had effected by his valour, that . . . Beo.
Linked entry: ge-gongan
wecg
a wedge ⬩ a mass of metal ⬩ a piece of money
Entry preview:
Ðætte ðǽr wǽre ðæt héhste gód, ðǽr ðǽr ða gód ealle gegæderode bióþ, swelce hí sién tó ánum wecge gegoten, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 20. Hí behwyrfdon heora áre on sumum gyldenum wecge, and ðone on sǽ áwurpan, Homl. Th. i. 60, 29.
Wéland
Entry preview:
Hwǽr sint nú ðæs foremǽran and ðæs wísan goldsmiðes bán Wélondes ubi nunc fidelis ossa Fabricii (cf. faber) jacent? Bt. 19; Fox 70, 1.
Linked entry: Weolud
un-mǽle
Spotless ⬩ without marks or spots ⬩ immaculate ⬩ virgin
Entry preview:
Ðurh ðingunge his ðære eádigan méder ðære unmǽlan fǽmnan Sca Marian per intercessionem beatae suae genetricis semperque virginis Mariae, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 42.
innera
Entry preview:
Ymb dá geornfulnesse ðǽre inneran (innerran, v.l. ) ðearfe his hiéremonna, Past. 137, 12. Forlǽtan ðá inneran (innerran, v.l. ) giémenne ðæs godcundan ðiówdómes for ðǽre ábisgunge ðára úterra weorca, 127, 8.
swegle
Brightly, brilliantly, splendidly,
Entry preview:
Scíneþ sunna swegle hát, sóna gecerreþ ísmere ǽnlíc on his ágen gecynd (cf. ðæt is for ðære sunna[n] scíman tó his ágnum gecynde weorþe, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 1), Met. 28, 61. Sumor swegle hát, Exon. Th. 338, 13; Gn.
yfel-cweþan
Entry preview:
glosses maledicere Se ðe yflecuoeðas ł woerges ( maledixerit ) ðæm feder, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 4. Fícbeám ðæm ðú yfle-cuoede ( maledixisti ), Mk. Skt. 11, 21. Yfelcweþende hine maledicentes ei, Ps. Spl. 36, 23
á-cnáwan
Entry preview:
to know Ðæt hí ácnáwan, ðæt hí sylfe sculon beón gyldende ut debitores se esse cognoscant, Gr. D. 335, 21. Þurh scere synd ácnáwene per tonsuram noscuntur, R. Ben. I. 10, 10
Linked entry: cnáwan
tweógendlíce
Doubtingly ⬩ doubtfully
Entry preview:
Doubtingly, doubtfully Sume hí twíendlíce be his lífe sprǽcon, and ðæt cwǽdon, ðæt hí nyston hwæðer hé on Godes mihte ða þing worhte ðe þurh deófles cræft, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 16
Linked entry: twíendlíce
ofer-þrymm
Exceeding power
Entry preview:
Exceeding power Ǽr ðon se wlonca dæg bodige þurh býrnan brynehátne lég egsan oferþrym ere that august day (doom's day) announce by the trumpet fire burning-hot, over-powering terror, Exon. Th. 448, 10; Dóm. 52
æfter-fylian
To follow or come after ⬩ to succeed ⬩ sequi ⬩ prosequi ⬩ subsequi
Entry preview:
To follow or come after, to succeed; sequi, prosequi, subsequi Ðæs sǽs smyltnys æfterfyligeþ serenitas mares prosequetur, Bd. 3,15; S. 541, 35. Ðæs æfterfiliendan tácnes sigui sequentis, Ex. 4, 8