fore-þingere
One who pleads for another ⬩ an intercessor ⬩ intercessor
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One who pleads for another, an intercessor; intercessor Sceolon ða æðelan Godes þeówas beón his folces foreþingeras the noble servants of God should be the intercessors of his people, Homl. Th. ii. 224, 11
frum-cneów
A first generation ⬩ primĭtīva genĕrātio
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A first generation; primĭtīva genĕrātio Noe hæfde frumcneów gehwæs, fæder and móder tuddorteóndra. Noah had the first generation of each of [those] producing offspring, father and mother, Cd. 161; Th. 201, 12; Exod. 371
Linked entry: cneów
fulwiht-bæþ
A bath or font of baptism ⬩ baptismi fons
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A bath or font of baptism; baptismi fons. Mon ðæt cild brohte to dam hálgan þweále fulwihtebæþes they brought the child to the holy washing of the baptismal font, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 10, 18
líc-bysig
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Of active body, active with the body Ic eom lícbysig láce mid winde active am I of body, move hither and thither with the wind, Exon. 122 b; Th. 470, 22; Rä. 31, 1
mann-eáca
An increase of human beings
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An increase of human beings Ðæt hié wǽron ortriéwe hwæðer him ǽnig moneáca cuman sceolde ut defectura successio crederetur (on account of pestilence no children were born alive), Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 20
ge-yrgan
To make cowardly ⬩ terrify
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To make cowardly, terrify Ealle synd geyrgede ðe eardiaþ on ðisum lande all the inhabitants of the land do faint because of us, Jos. 2, 24: 8, 6: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 123
Linked entry: ge-irgan
ge-beát
A beating ⬩ blow
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A beating, blow Drihten worhte áne swipe of rápum, and hí ealle mid gebeáte útascynde the Lord made a scourge of ropes and hurried them all out with beating, Homl. Th. i. 406, 8
Linked entry: -beát
ge-bland
A mixture ⬩ mingling ⬩ commotion ⬩ commixtio ⬩ turba
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A mixture, mingling, commotion; commixtio, turba Ofer æra gebland over the mingling of the waves, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 26; Æðelst. 26. Árýþa geblond commotion of the oar-waves, Andr. Kmbl. 1063 ; An. 532
Linked entry: ge-blond
ge-lǽte
A going out ⬩ ending ⬩ meeting ⬩ exitus ⬩ occursus
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A going out, ending, meeting; exitus, occursus To wega gelǽtum to the meetings of ways, Mt. 22, 9. Twegra wega gelǽtu meetings of two ways, Cot. 110. Æt ðæra wæga gelǽte, Gen. 38, 21
Linked entries: þeóh-gelǽte ge-lét
god-sǽd
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Substitute: A divine progeny (?), children of God. In Dan. 901 the same meaning seems to be intended as in 89: ginge and góde = æðele cnihtas and in godǽde (among the children of God ?) = ǽfæste
ofesc
A border
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A border (?) Ðis syndon ðæs landes gemǽru ... Ǽrest of Seferne be hígna gemǽre ... and swá be ðære alra ofesce along the border of elders? on ða neówan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 11
rím
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Add: m. the precise sum or aggregate of any collection of individual things or persons Ne magon wé þá tíde be getale healdan dagena rímes we cannot keep Easter Sunday by a reckoning of the number of days, Men. 64. Sindon unrímu cynn þe wé ne magon rím
FEÓWER
FOUR ⬩ quătuor
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Sometimes used indecl. FOUR; quătuor Wurdon feówer cyninges þegnas ofslægene four king's thanes were slain, Chr. 896; Erl, 94, 4: Cd. 75; Th. 93, 16; Gen. 1546: Ælfc. T. 25, 19, 20. Feówer síðon four times; quāter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 67.
ile
callosity
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the sole of the foot Ile[? cf. 283. 75 helacalx, occurring in a very similar list] calx, Wrt. Voc. 65, 47. Ilas, wearras calces, ii. 127. 45. From his hnolle ufewerdan óþ his ilas neoþewerde from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, Homl.
a-dreógendlíc
Bearable ⬩ tolerabilis
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Bearable; tolerabilis; part. of a-dreógan, -líc
ǽcen
Oaken ⬩ made of oak ⬩ quernus
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Oaken, made of oak; quernus, Cot. 165
Linked entry: ácen
æt-hýde
Put out of the hide ⬩ skinned ⬩ excoriatus
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Put out of the hide, skinned; excoriatus
be-carcan
to take care of ⬩ accurare
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to take care of; accurare,Som. Lye
berþ-estre
A bearer of children ⬩ genetrix
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A bearer of children; genetrix, Leo 110
Linked entry: berþ
bygest
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2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of bycgan