þæslíce
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In l, 3 for 47 l. 147 and Add Þæs[líce] congruenter, An. Ox. 1715
ǽrendian
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Add: to deliver a message Ic gefrægn for hæleðum, hring [ǽr]endean, Rä. 49, I
sǽ-geáp
Roomy enough for sea voyages
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Roomy enough for sea voyages (of a ship) Sǽgeáp naca, Beo. Th. 3797; B. 1896
sáp-box
a box for resin
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a box for resin Man sceal habban leóhtfæt, blácern, cyllan, sápbox, Anglia ix. 264, 22
Linked entry: box
wægn-gewǽde
A waggon-cloth ⬩ covering for a waggon
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A waggon-cloth, covering for a waggon Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu, Anglia ix. 264, 4
fyxe
A she-fox, vixen
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A she-fox, vixen Ðǽr fyxan díc tó bróce gæð, C. D. ii. 29, 1
hær-sceard
Hare-lip ⬩ hare-lipped ⬩ hare-lip ⬩ hare-lip
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Hare-lip Wið hærscearde for hare-lip, L. M. 1, 13; Lchdm. ii. 56, 5
heáfod-beáh
A head-ring, crown
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A head-ring, crown Heáfodbeáh gyldenne a golden crown, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 8
hefeld
Thread for weaving ⬩ fine twine ⬩ the clew-lines and bunt lines of a sail
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Thread for weaving Hefeld licium, Ælfc. Gl. 110; Som. 79, 50; Wrt. Voc. 59, 21
Linked entry: hebeld
ban-segn
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For bansegn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 76 read: ban ( = bandum) segn, cf. 101, 57
lufu
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, for the lofe or sake of Ic ácsige þé hweðer þú áðer oððe for heora lufum oððe for éniges þinges lufum hym eft tó geénan wille . . . hweðer þú for heora lufum woldest ðás þing underfón, Solil.
mód-staþol
The foundation on which the mind rests
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The foundation on which the mind rests Steðe*-*fæst modstaþol biþ witena gehwilcum weorþlícre micle ðonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe a firm foundation for the mind is much more honourable for every man of counsel, than an excessive variation of manners
Linked entry: fæstmód-staðol
eáþ-gete
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Easy to get Him wæs eáðgete ele tó þám baðe oil for the bath was easy for him to get, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 18. Gyf þý .viii. dæge sunne scýneð, ðonne byð cwicseolfor eáðgeáte, Lch. iii. 166, 10
ge-neódian
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To be need (i) of something for a person Gyf þe smælre candelle geneódige, Tech. ii. 120, 20. Ðonne þé martirlogium geneódie, 121, l. that something be done Gyf ꝥ geneódige (gif gebyrige ꝥ for neóde, v.l. ) ꝥ úre ǽnig tó óðrum fǽce mid yrfe, Ll.
Linked entry: neádian
un-gearowitolness
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Want of ready wit, want of clear thought For þon wé hí geseóð swylce hit sý ǽr sunnan uppgange, for þon þe hit nú gýt is in sumre glímunge and ungearewitolnesse (-gearu-, v.l.) úres módes quia quasi in quodam mentis crepusculo haec velut ante solem videmus
ge-metgian
To measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern, restrain ⬩ mensurare, temperare, moderare, regere ⬩ to measure in the mind, to deliberate, meditate on ⬩ deliberare, meditari ⬩ To become moderate, to moderate one's self ⬩ moderari, temperari
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Á sceal ðæt wiðerwearde ðæt óðer wiðerwearde gemetgian ever must the contrary moderate the other contrary, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 19: 40, 3; Fox 238, 25: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 107; Met. 11, 54.
Linked entries: metgian ge-metegian
sweotole
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Sweotolor, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 142, 3: 11, 1; Fox 30, 29: Met. 12, 23: Shrn. 188, 31. Hwæðer ðú hit á sweotolor ( any more clearly ) ongiton mǽge, Bt. 34, 4; Fox 138, 16. Swá hé hit sweotolost and andgitfullícost gereccan mihte, Bt. proœm.; Fox viii, 4
clyf-wyrt
clivers, fox-glove
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clivers, fox-glove, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 91; Wrt. Voc. 30, 41: 79, 41
Linked entry: clif-wyrt
cyld
A child
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A child, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 6: Mt. Jun. 2, 13, in the title
fægn
glad, joyful
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glad, joyful Ic bió fægn I shall be glad, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 25