eorþ-weard
Entry preview:
Substitute for 'An earth-guard,' what guards a land, a fortress, and add leóda fæsten after lígdraca
et-lic
To eat
Entry preview:
To eat, for eating Huoethuoego ꝥte étlic (ettlic, R ) sé aliquid quod manducetur, Lk. L. 24, 41
Linked entry: ǽt-lic
friþ-mǽl
Entry preview:
Icel. mál a stipulation, an agreement; frið-mál; pl. words of peace; friðmælask to sue for peace
gyrdels-hringe
Entry preview:
A girdle-buckle, clasp for a girdle Gyrdislrhingae, gyrdilshringe legula, Txts. 74, 582. Gyrdilshringe lingula, 75, 1226
Linked entry: gyrdel-hring
weorold-wuldor
Entry preview:
Worldly glory Manege synt þe Crístes scép for heora wuldorwuldre (suę glorię gratia) healdað, Chrd. 66, 20
Linked entry: wuldor
ǽg-hwæþer
Entry preview:
For ǽghwæþerum ðyssum mánum (þyssa mána, v.l. quo utroque scelere ], Bd. 2, 5 ; Sch. 133, ii. Add
rýmetleást
Want of room
Entry preview:
Want of room Maria hire sunu for rýmetleáste on ánre binne geléde, Homl. Th. i. 34, 22
Linked entry: rýmet
wafung-stów
A place for spectacles, a theatre, an amphitheatre
Entry preview:
A place for spectacles, a theatre, an amphitheatre On plegstówe oððe on wafungstówe, Lchdm. iii. 206, 16
Linked entry: wæfer-stów
heáfod-ece
Head-ache
Entry preview:
Head-ache Wið heáfodece for head-ache, Lchdm. i. 4,15: Herb. 75, 6; Lchdm. i. 178, 15
Linked entry: ece
gesíþ-mægen
A multitude of companions; ⬩ comitum turba
Entry preview:
A multitude of companions; comitum turba For gesíþmægen, Exon. 90 a; Th. 339, 4; Gn. Ex. 89
ing
Entry preview:
For the Rune see Zacher, pp. 30, 56-7 : Taylor's Greeks and Goths, pp. 31, 82 : and for the name Grmm. D. M. pp. 320-1
loppe
A flea ⬩ a spider ⬩ a silk-worm
Entry preview:
Lamb. 38, 12 sicut araneam is glossed 'swá swá ǽtterloppan'; if this is not a mistake for 'áttercoppan,' by which the word is rendered in Ps.
ge-settan
Entry preview:
</b> to put a thing in a certain position. to put as representative, put for On hálgum gewrite bið gelómlíce heáfod gesett for þæs mannes móde, Hml. Th. L 612, 12. to put off, away Nathan ... hym of gesette þone naman Tyrus, Hml. A. 184, 87
ge-béd-dagas
Prayer-days ⬩ Lītănia mājor ⬩ Lītănia mĭnor
Entry preview:
Prayer-days; Lītănia mājor : this greater Litany is for St.
un-gestæððigness
Unsteadiness ⬩ levity ⬩ want of firmness
Entry preview:
Gif hé eallunge forberan ne mæg for hira ágnum unðeáwum and for hiera ungestæððignesse qui pro infermitate sese abstinere vix possunt, 28; Swt. 199, 9
cyne-gild
Entry preview:
Substitute: The fine paid for slaying a king.
Numantie
The Numantians
Entry preview:
The Numantians Se consul fór on Numentíne, Ispania folc, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 29. Numentie áhnescaden, 5, 3; Swt. 222, 15. On Numantie, 220, 22. Numantia duguþ, 222, 8. Numentia fæsten, 5, 2; Swt. 218, 32. On Numantium, 5, 3; Swt. 220, 19.
forþ-gesceaft
Entry preview:
cf. forþ, 3), the state of the angels whose tenure of heaven was to continue for ever. Cf. God þá nigon engla werod gestaþelfæste swá þæt hí nǽfre ne mihton fram his willan gebúgan, Hml.
sceáp-wæsce
A place for washing sheep
Entry preview:
A place for washing sheep the word remains as a place-name in Sheepwash, in Worcestershire Of ðam stáne on sceápwæscan ; andlang sceápwæscan, Cod. Dip. v. 48, 6. Andlang sceápwæscan tó sceápwæscan forda, 174, 11. Tó ðære sceápwæscan, 298, 4.
Linked entry: wæsce
hræd-wilness
Precipitancy ⬩ haste
Entry preview:
Ðeáh for hrædwilnesse tó fóþ tamen præcipitatio impellit, 23, 2; Swt. 177, 15: 49, 1; Swt. 375, 20