líðig
Lithe ⬩ pliant ⬩ supple ⬩ flexible ⬩ soft ⬩ yielding
Entry preview:
Lithe, pliant, supple, flexible, soft, yielding Heó biþ líðig swá cláþ ongeán deófles láre it [a man's heart] is pliant as cloth to the devil's teaching, Wulfst. 234, 22. Ðá gelǽhte Petrus hire líðian [líðigan, MSS. U.
Mónan-dæg
Monday
Entry preview:
Monday Útgangendum ðam mónþe ðe we Aprelis hátaþ, se nýhsta Mónandæg & ingangendum ðam mónþe ðe we Agustus hátaþ se ǽresta Mónandæg ... se ǽresta Monandæg æfter útgange ðæs mónþes Decembris the last Monday in April ... the first Monday in August
Linked entry: Món-dæg
norþ
In a northerly direction or position
Entry preview:
In a northerly direction or position Ðæt is norþ ehta hund míla lang, Bd. 1,1; S. 473, 11. Hié Baldred norþ ofer Temese ádrifon, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 20. Hié fóron norþ ymbútan, 894; Erl. 91, 6.
ge-scapennys
A creation, creating, formation ⬩ creātio, figmentum
Entry preview:
Lamb. 102, 14
scirdan
Entry preview:
Da ðe godcunde láre and woruldcunde rihtlage wyrdan and scyrdan on ǽnige wísan. Wulfst. 168, 9. [Icel. skerða to diminish: O. H. Ger. giscartit uuerd dolet.]
Linked entries: scyrdan ge-scirdan sceard
þrece
Force ⬩ oppression ⬩ the result of oppression ⬩ weariness ⬩ exhaustion
Entry preview:
Lamb. 118, 28
un-andgitfull
Not intelligent ⬩ without understanding
Entry preview:
Ðæt ða andgytfullan mid worda láre tó Godes willan gemyngode sýn and ða unandgytfullan mid gódum dǽdum getrymede ut capacibus discipulis mandata Domini verbis proponat, et simplicioribus factis suis divina precepta demonstret, R. Ben. 11, 16.
Linked entry: andgit-full
wíd-gangol
Entry preview:
Ðonne wé sittaþ innan ceastre, wé ús betýnaþ binnan ðǽm locum úres módes, ðý læs wé for dolsprǽce tó wídgangule weorðen in civitate considemus si intra mentium nostrarum nos claustra constringimus, ne loquendo exterius evagemur, Past. 49; Swt. 385, 7
west-sǽ
Entry preview:
A west sea, sea on the west coast of a country Hé ( a Norwegian ) búde on ðæm lande norþweardum wiþ ða westsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 3.
á-ríman
Entry preview:
Manige óþre þe is lang tó árímenne, Gr. D. 266, 18. Árímende enumerans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94 32. Add
frignung
Entry preview:
Náht tó láfe ne wunað þǽre frignunge and ácsunge be þám wísum de his nihil quaestionis remansit, 323, 23. Tweógan be þissere sócne and frignunge ( quaestione ), 305, 15. v. be-frignung; frægning
Linked entry: frægning
mersc
Entry preview:
Híredes seota tó présta túne, and se mersc se tó ðam ilcan lande belimpð . . . isti sunt termini. . . marisci; in oriente híredes mersc tó présta túne, C. D. ii. 102, 29-33.
tó-slúpan
Entry preview:
Add His liþa tóslupon on þám láðum tintregum his joints were dislocated in those fell tortures. Hml. S. 37, 171. Add Þá þwangas þára scóna ongunnon heom sylfe tóslúpan coeperunt se caligarum corrigiae dissolvere, Gr. D. 221, 23. <b>IV a.
un-gewitness
Entry preview:
Þám fét hé wiðbrægd þý lǽs hit gelumpe ꝥ hwæt unrihtes hine gehrine of his ágenum geþóhte and ungewitnesse, and hé þonne sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (the original Latin, which has been misunderstood, is: Retraxit pedem; ne si quid
bræsen
BRAZEN, ⬩ æreus, æneus ⬩ made of brass ⬩ strong, powerful, bold, daring; ⬩ validus, fortis, potens, procax
Entry preview:
Lamb. 17, 35. strong, powerful, bold, daring; validus, fortis, potens, procax Gebeád ðá se bræsna Babilóne weard then the bold lord of Babylon proclaimed, Cd. 196; Th. 244, 16; Dan. 449
rihtlǽcung
Correction, making right
Entry preview:
Correction, making right Ða underþióddan sint tó maniane ðæt hié ðara unþeáwas ðe him ofergesette bióþ tó swíðe and tó þrisðlíce ne eahtigen . . . ðý læs hié for ðære ryhtlǽcinge weorþen upáhæfene, Past. 28; Swt. 197, 2.
on-hróp
importunate clamour, importunity ⬩ abusive language, reproach
Entry preview:
Lamb. 68, 20
snotorness
Prudence, wisdom, sagacity
Entry preview:
Lamb. 48, 4. Salomon gesette þreó béc þurh his snoternesse Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 36
folgian
to pursue ⬩ to accompany ⬩ be attendant upon ⬩ to follow ⬩ be guided by ⬩ follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ practise
Entry preview:
Uton wé his láre folgian, Bl. H. 169, 18. Eádgáres lagan geornlíce folgian, Ll. Lbmn. 278, 16, col. 3. to follow, practise a profession, devote one's self to a pursuit Fela óðre forférdon þe folgodon drýcræfte, Hml. S. 17, 122.
irfe
Inheritance ⬩ property
Entry preview:
Him on láste heóld land and yrfe malalehel, Cd. 58; Th. 71, 8 ; Gen. 1167.