hyrst
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. ¶ The word occurs in a great many place-names. Where the first part of the compound is the name of a tree hyrst probably belongs to I. e. g. æsc-, hæsel-, hnut-, holen-, mapolder-, seal-, þorn-hyrst. So, too, perhaps in earnes, úlan hyrst.
namcúþlíce
By name
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By name Úre mǽþ nis ðæt wé ealle Godes gecorenan eów namcúðlíce gereccan it is not within our power to recount to you by name all God's elect, Homl. Th. ii. 72, 2. Hé gehwilce eardas namcúðlíce on gemynde hæfde, i. 558, 25.
Scilling
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The name of a poet:?-Wit Scilling for uncrum sigedryhtne song áhófan, Exon. Th. 324, 31; Víd. 103
hræfnes leác
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man satyrion and óðrum naman hræfnes leác nemneð, Lch. i. 108, 16. Add
onred
The name of some plant
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The name of some plant Onred, hámwyrt . . . onredes einfela, Lchdm. ii. 104, 14-15. Genim onred, 270, 26
hé
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Hé nam þá hláfas and hig gedǽlde, Jn. 6, 11. (1 a) where the pronoun refers to either a masc. or fem. noun, cf.
hriðer-hirde
herdsman
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A neat-herd, herdsman Amos hátte sum hrýðerhyrde Amos was the name of a certain herdsman, Homl. Th. i. 322, 35
neód-lof
Diligent praise
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Diligent praise Herian naman Drihtnes mid neódlofe (cf. hebbaþ neódlíce eówre handa on hálig lof, 133, 3), Ps. Th. 148, 12
calca-træppe
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A plant name, caltrop (v. N. E. D. s.v.) Calcatrippe heraclea, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 9. Colte-træppe ramnus, 285, 47
Linked entry: coltræppe
Cynebellingas
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Cf. the proper name Cynebill, Bd. 3, 23
ge-myndlíst
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Madness, senselessness : — Þola þú naman gemynd-lǽste (-lýste, Hpt. 31, 7, III) careas nomine limphatici (i. dementis), Lch. i. Ix, 8
æferðe
A plant-name
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A plant-name Dolhsealf: ácrind, æferðe . . . Lch. ii. 94, 14. Æfertðe niþeweard, 110, I. Nim æferþan nioþowearde, 142, 23: 340, 3
gangel-wæfre
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Gif hunta gebíte mannan ꝥ swíðre óþre naman gangelwefra, Lch. ii. 14, 20. Add
Hugas
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The name of a people in the neighbourhood of West Friesland, Beo. Th. 4998; B. 2502: 5820; B. 2914
Wigestas
The name of some people in England
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The name of some people in England Wigesta landes is nygan hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 20
bráddra
- Bd. de nat. rerum ;
- Wrt. popl. science 14, 14 ;
- Lchdm. iii. 264, 26
broader, larger
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broader, larger
á-pinsian
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Bóceras ǽrest ápinsiað wærlicum mode þá naman and heora declínunga, and gýmað hwylce naman geendað on a. Angl. viii. 313, 4. Hit geríst ꝥ wé þisra epacta gerýnu ápinsiun, 300, 48: 305, 47: 322, 23.
Linked entry: pinsian
Wocen-
The name
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The name of the occupants of some district in England Wocensǽtna land is syfan þúsend hída, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 16
Linked entry: Wreocen-sǽte
Herefinnas
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The name of some people occupying a district in Mercia Herefinna landes is twelf hnnd hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 21
hrís
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. ¶ Perhaps in a local name :-- Hé cóm tó Hrísbeorgan, vi. 184, 14: 197, 31. (Cf. Icel. Hrís-hóll as a local name). [v. N. E. D. rice.] See next word