ræpsung
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Add: repsung. add: evening On hrepsunge hé beeóm tó Iordanes ófrum, Hml. S. 23 b, 663
þúr
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Dæg þúres die Iouis, Archiv cxx. 297, 27. On þurres dæge, Verc. Först. 123, 20. Add
wiþ-æftan
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Sceoldon hiera senatus rídan on crætwǽnum wiðaeftan þǽm consulum, Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 28. Add
ymb-habban
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Add: to detain, hold Unwís on flǽslicum byð emhæfed insipiens in carnalibus detinetur, Scint. 168, 18
byrn-wíga
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and add Þá torras . . . þe ðá byrnwigon on stódan turres cum armatis iactatoribus, Nar. 4, 18
úter-mere
Outer-sea ⬩ open sea
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Outer-sea, open sea Hié forfóron him ðone múðan on útermere, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 22
wæl-steng
A spear
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A spear Feówer scoldon on ðæm wælstenge weorcum geferian Grendles heáfod, Beo. Th. 3280; B. 1638
wæter-leást
Want of water
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Want of water Ðæt folc wearð geangsumod on móde for ðære wæterleáste, Homl. Ass. 108, 177
wǽðe-burne
A fishing-stream (?)
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A fishing-stream (?) Of ðæm geate on wǽdeburnan; andlang wǽðeburnan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 27
fyrs-gára
A triangular piece of land covered with furze
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A triangular piece of land covered with furze On ðane fyrsgáran, C. D. iv. 8, 35
gyfen
Ocean
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Ocean Ne on gyfenes grund not in ocean's bed [ground], Beo. Th. 2792, note; B. 1394
hǽle
Health, safety
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Health, safety On gode standeþ mín gearu hǽle in Deo salutare meum, Ps. Th. 61, 7
Linked entry: ge-hǽle
ofer-seglian
to cross by sailing
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to cross by sailing Ðá ástáh hé on scyp and oferseglode (fransfretavit), Mt. Kmbl. 9, I
of-lecgan
to lay down ⬩ to lay down, put away
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to lay down Eom ic on láme oflegd infixus sum in limo Ps. Th. 68, l
weódian
To weed ⬩ clear the ground of weeds
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To weed, clear the ground of weeds Me mæig on sumera . . . weódian Anglia ix. 261, 12
un-wær
not on one's guard ⬩ unaware ⬩ unprepared ⬩ unwary ⬩ heedless ⬩ incautious ⬩ inconsiderate
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not on one's guard, unaware, unprepared Gif ðé man scotaþ tó, ðú gescyltst ðé, gif ðú hit gesihst; gif ðú unwær bist, ðú bist ðe swíðor geswenct, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 11. Hí cweþaþ ðæt tó worde, ðæt se biþ on geþance wærast and wísast, se ðe óðerne can
Wintan-ceaster
Winchester
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Winchester. [The name is got from the earlier Venta of Roman Britain. This form occurs in Latin works, e. g. : In Venta civitate, Bd. 4, 15: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 300, 16. Monasterium in Wenta positum, vi. 29, 16. Also the adjective Wentanus (Uentanus,
Linked entries: Wænte Win-ceaster
eorþe
the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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Add: the ground, as a surface Hé ástrehte his líchaman tó eorðan, Hml. Th. i. 66, 22. Wæs his ræst on nacodre eorðan, Bl. H. 227, 11. Þín blód fléwþ ofer eorþan swá swá wæter, 237, 6. Þá lástas on þá eorþan bestapene wǽron, 127, 21. of a part of the
Linked entry: eorþ-lic
ród
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Add: róde, an (? v. C. D. B. iii. 660, 31). Add Ðone Iácobum Iúdǽa leorneras ofslógan mid webwyrhtan róde (cf. heora án hine ( James ) slóh mid ormǽtum stencge, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 24), Shrn. 93, 13. add: a cross on which a person is executed Petrus cwæþ
merigen
morning ⬩ the morning of the next day ⬩ morrow
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morning Úres andgites merigen is úre cildhád, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 14. Ðá se mergen geworden wæs when it was morning, St. And. 10, 3. Mergen þridda, Cd. 8; Th. 10, 11; Gen. 155: Beo. Th. 4213; B. 2103: 4255; B. 2124. Merien mane, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 53. On