á-steorfan
Entry preview:
Ꝥ nýten byð tó ástorfenum (in contrast with ácweald, 40) geteald, E. S. viii. 62, 42. Add
crib
Entry preview:
Add: a couch Ne ástíge ic on bed mínes crybbes ( in lectum strati mei ), Chrd. 31, 3
wel-swégende
Melodious ⬩ sonorous
Entry preview:
Melodious, sonorous Heriaþ hine on cimbalum welswégendum laudate eum in cymbalis bene sonantibus Ps. Spl. 150, 5
ælmes-feoh
Peter's pence
Entry preview:
Alms-fee in N. E. D.)Ll. Th. i. 432, 9. Add:
wíf-hearpe
A woman's harp
Entry preview:
C. ) in tympano, Ps. Spl. 150, 4
Linked entry: hearpe
hǽðiht
Heathy
Entry preview:
Heathy In ða hǽðihtan lége to the heathy lea, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 121, 21 : 262, 22
ge-þrang
A throng ⬩ crowd ⬩ tumult ⬩ turba ⬩ tumultus
Entry preview:
A throng, crowd, tumult; turba, tumultus On geþrang in the throng, Byrht. Th. 140, 36; By. 299
Linked entry: þrang
hinder-þeóstru
Darkness in a remote or low place
Entry preview:
Darkness in a remote or low place Of helwarena hinderþeóstrum ex inferno inferiori, Ps. Th. 85, 12
á-segendness
An offering
Entry preview:
An offering Nymþe hé mid ásegendnisseum (muneribus) in eóde, Nar. 24, 17. Similar entries Cf. on-sægdness
Linked entry: -segendness
ge-ner
Entry preview:
Add: refuge, safety, asylum Sý þú mé on húse generes esto mihi in domum refugii, Ps. L. 30, 3. Hý sceoldon fægnian, þonne hý on genere wǽron, Ps. Th. 39, arg. Betere wé faran ús intó þám niycclan scræfe . . . and ðǽr wé magon on genere wunian, Hml.
bóc-fel
A skin prepared for books, parchment, vellum ⬩ charta pergamena, membrana
Entry preview:
Ðæt hí habban blæc and bócfel that they have ink and vellum, L. Edg. C. 3; Th. ii. 244, 11
Linked entry: fel
sincan
Entry preview:
to sink Ðá ingon sincan cum coepisset mergi, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 14, 30. Hwæðer sincende sǽflód wǽre. Cd.
Linked entry: be-sincan
BǼL
fire ⬩ flame ⬩ ignis ⬩ flamma ⬩ the fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burned ⬩ a funeral pile ⬩ rogus ⬩ pyra
Entry preview:
Bǽles cwealm in helle the torment of the fire in hell, Andr. Kmbl. 2374; An. 1188. the fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burned, a funeral pile; rogus, pyra Ǽr he bǽl cure ere he chose the pile [the fire of the pile ], Beo.
godcund
Of the nature of God ⬩ divine ⬩ religious ⬩ sacred
Entry preview:
Hér sende Gregorius pápa wel monige godcunde láreówas in this year pope Gregory sent very many religious teachers, Chr. 601; Erl. 20, 11. In godcundum mægne in divine power, Exon. 40 a; Th. 134, 2; Gú. 501; 17 a; Th. 40, 13; Cri. 638.
Greátan leag
Entry preview:
great synod at Greatley, in which was the archbishop Wulfhelm, with all the noblemen and witan [and King Athelstan], L.
geómrung
A groaning, moaning, lamentation ⬩ gĕmĭtus, lāmentum
Entry preview:
On geómrungum in gĕmĭtĭbus, Ps. Spl. 30, 12. On geómrunga in lamentation, Blickl. Homl. 89, 14. For ðære geómrunga ðæs óðres deáðes for sorrow at the other's death, 113, 11
un-gedafenlíce
Unbecomingly ⬩ unseasonably ⬩ inordinately ⬩ in an unseemly manner ⬩ indecently
Entry preview:
Unbecomingly, unseasonably, inordinately, in an unseemly manner, indecently Óðer ðara irsunga bið tó ungemetlíce and tó ungedafenlíce átyht on ðæt ðe hió mid ryhte irsian sceall illa ira in hoc, quod debet, inordinate extenditur, Past. 40; Swt. 293,
Linked entry: ge-dafenlíce
wiþ-metenness
Comparison
Entry preview:
On wiðmetenysse in comparatione, Hpt. Gl. 420, 22. On his wiðmetennysse in comparison with it, Homl. Th. i. 618, 20. Næs hé geteald tó ðyssere wiðmetennysse he was not included in this comparison, ii. 38, 3.
Linked entry: wiþ-gemetness
yppe
Entry preview:
Gl. uppae) in aestivo caenaculo, ubi per aestatem frigus captant, Txts. 70, 553. Hié ealle on yppan wunedon (cf. in coenaculum ascenderunt ubi manebant, Acts 1, 13), Blickl. Homl. 133, 26
heáfod-land
Entry preview:
Of þǽm wege á be þǽm heáfodlande; ꝥ eft in ꝥ óþer heáfodlond áne hwíle; þænne in þá furh; ꝥ andlong fyrh anbútan ꝥ heáfodlond . . . of þǽm heáfodlonde eft on þone weg, Cht. E. 208, 25-29: 35. On þæt heáfodlond; of þám heáfodon andlang fúra, C.