for-weaxan
To overgrow ⬩ grow immoderately ⬩ swell ⬩ excrescĕre ⬩ turgescĕre
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To overgrow, grow immoderately, swell; excrescĕre, turgescĕre Ðý-læs hie to ðæm forweóxen ðæt hie forseáreden lest they should grow so much that they should wither away, Past. 40, 3; Hat. MS. 54 b, 17.
Linked entry: for-grówan
friþ-geard
An inclosed space ⬩ habitation of peace ⬩ septum ⬩ pācis domĭcilium
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An inclosed space, habitation of peace; septum, pācis domĭcilium Gif friþgeard si on hwæs lande, abúton stán, oððe treów, oððe wille, oððe swilces ǽnige fieard if there be an inclosed space on any one's land, about a stone, or a tree, or a well, or any
Linked entry: friþ-splott
gærs-tún
A grass-enclosure ⬩ a meadow ⬩ prātum ⬩ pascuum
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meadow; prātum, pascuum : hence GERSTON, now used in Surrey and Sussex, in the same sense Be ceorles gærstúne : gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne, oððe óðer gedálland to týnanne of a churl's meadow : if churls have a common meadow or other partible land
helle-hund
A hell-hound
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bútan hé hit ǽr his endedæge rihtlíce gebéte may he be the companion of Judas the betrayer of Christ, and be torn by the teeth of a hell-hound in the awful torments of hell among all the devils without any end, unless he make due reparation before his last
líc-mann
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His líc læg ealle ða niht inne beset, ac hé árás of deáþe. Ðalícmenn ðá ealle flugon áweg, 348, 20: 548, 15. Ðá bær sum wuduwe hire suna líc tó bebyrgenne ... Seó dreorige módor mid ðám lícmannum hí ástrehte æt ðæs hálgan apostoles fótum ...
mót-lǽðu
courts ⬩ assemblies
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The word occurs in a list of services due from the tenant of certain land, and seems to mean 'courts, assemblies' Þreó mótlǽðu ungeboden on xii mónþum the tenant must attend three courts a year without summons.
Linked entry: -lǽðu
blǽ-hǽwen
Of a blue hue, bluish, violet or purple colour ⬩ cæruleus, perseus
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scrídde ðone bisceop [Aaron] mid línenum reáfe, and girde hine, and dyde ymbe hine blǽhwene tunecan, and léde eaxlcláþ ofer hine Moses clothed the bishop [Aaron] with a linen garment, and girded him [with a girdle], and put around him a blue tunic, and laid
Linked entry: blǽwen
ymb-sníþan
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Hé hine lǽt ymbsníðan mid scearpum flinte, Wulfst. 195, 9. Ymsníþan (ymbsnýðan, v. l. ), Lk. Skt. 1, 59. Ðæt ðæt cild emsnyden (ymb-, v. l. ) wǽre, 2, 21. Ymbsniden, Homl. Th. i. 90, 14, 18, 30. Heora fæderas wǽron ymbsnidene, Jos. 5, 4
eówd
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Ðý lǽs ðe án wannhál scép ealle ðá eówde besmíte, i. 124, 33: Gr. D. 109, 11
fore-wyrd
a proviso ⬩ agreement ⬩ condition
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Hér swutelað on þisum gewrite embe þá forewyrd þe Ægelríc worhte wið Eádsige . . . þis synd þá forewyrd . . . bútan sum heora freónda þá land ofgán mage tó rihtan gafole oððe tó óþran forewyrdan, C. D. iv. 86, 7-32. Substitute:
flet
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Land eal geondhwearf, . . . Méda máddumselas, . . . Filistina flet, Sal. 192. II. In 1. 5 for' L. ln.' l. L. Alf., and add
un-wita
A foolish, stupid, witless person ⬩ a fool
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Lamb. 13, 1. Eorp unwita, Exon. Th. 433, 21; Rä. 50, 11. Gebíg fram unwitan (insensato) and ðú ná wiþerast on stuntnysse his, Scint. 188, 11. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tó sinoðe gefædne man tó cnihte and nǽnigne unwitan ðe disig lufige, L. Edg.
BRÚ
A BROW, an eye-brow, eye-lash ⬩ cilium, supercilium, tauto ⬩ supercilium ⬩ the forehead, brow
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A BROW, an eye-brow, eye-lash; cilium, supercilium, tauto Brúa cilia, Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 62; Wrt. Voc. 42, 70. Brúwa cilium [ = cilia ], Wrt. Voc. 64, 35: 282, 49. Brúwa tautones, Wrt. Voc. 64, 28.
Linked entry: BRǼW
riht-gelífed
Possessed of a true belief, orthodox, catholic
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Of rihtgeléfedum lárum orthodoxis dogmatibus, Hpt. Gl. 468, 12. Drihten, ðú ðe cwǽde on ðínum godspelle tó eallum rihtgelýfedum mannum omnibus fidelibus hominibus, L. Ecg. P. iv. 67; Th. ii. 226, 39. Rihtgelýfdum, Blickl. Homl. 171, I4
Linked entry: ge-lífed
ómig
rusty (v. óm), rust-coloured ⬩ inflammatory
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Ðý læs ðæt ómige fæt mid ealle tóberste, gif hé mid ungemete scæfþ, R. Ben. 121, 3. Anfiltes hómiges incudis, Hpt. Gl. 417, 64. Ómigum vel ísengrǽgum ferrungineo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 66. inflammatory (óman) Wyrð gegaderodu ómig wǽte on ðære wambe.
ge-spédan
To speed ⬩ prosper ⬩ succeed ⬩ progredi ⬩ prosperare ⬩ succedere
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Lamb. 1, 3
Alríca
Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths
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Lat.] Gotena cyning, geworden hæc inruptio, per Alarícum regem Gothorum, facta est, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 11.
FÝR
FIRE ⬩ a fire ⬩ hearth ⬩ ignis ⬩ fŏcus
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Lágon ða óðre fýnd on ðam fýre the other fiends lay in the fire, Cd. 17; Th. 21, 10; Gen. 322 : 24; Th. 31, 19; Gen, 487 : 117; Th. 152, 17; Gen. 2521. Sý hyt forcorfen, and on fýr aworpen excīdētur, et in ignem mittētur, Mt.
ládung
An excusing ⬩ an apology ⬩ excuse ⬩ a defence ⬩ exculpation ⬩ purgation
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God lǽt him fyrst ðæt hé his mándǽda geswíce gif hé wile: gif hé nele ðæt hé beó bútan ǽlcere ládunge swíðe rihtlíce tó deófles handa ásceofen God allows the wicked man time, that he may, if he will, cease from his wicked deeds: that, if he will not,
Linked entry: be-ládung
lǽce-cræft
a remedy ⬩ recipe ⬩ medicine
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Ic ðé wille nú secgan hwelc se lǽcecræft is mínre láre hé is swíðe biter on múþe I will now tell thee of what kind the medicine of my teaching is. It is very bitter in the mouth, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 28.