ende-dæg
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Hwelcne endedæg mín módor oþðe mín geswuster gebídan scoldon quem exitum mater mea sororesque mee habituri sint, Nar. 31, 19.
bletsung
benediction
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Ðá hyre módor hí mid þyssere bletsunge onfangen hæfde, Lch. iii. 428, 8. Bloedsungas tó rede benedixiones ad lectionem, Rtl. 126, 1. Similar entries v. bletsian, V Dryhtnes is hǽlu and ofer folc ðín bledsung ðín, Ps. Srt. 3, 9.
nátes-hwón
Not at all ⬩ by no means
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Náteshwón haud, minime, nullatenus, 38; Som. 40, 13-15 : nequaquam, Som. 41, 55 : nequaquam, nullo modo, Hpt. Gl. 433, 60 : haud, 466, 70 : minime, 470, 24. Ne eart ðú náteshwón wacost burga thou art by no means least of towns, Homl. Th. i. 78, 14.
Linked entry: ná-wiht
ǽnig
unicus
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Aenge þinga quoquo modo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 60. adjectival On ǽnige óðre wísan aliter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 56. Ic ǽnigra mé weána ne wénde, B. 932. with qualitative force :-- Ne beó ðú ǽnig manslaga Wlfst. 66, 17
sár-cwide
injurious or affronting speech, reproach, bitter words ⬩ a lament
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Nú sceal ic siófigende wreccea giómor singan sárcwidas flebilis moestos cogor inire modos, Met. 2, 4
efenlíce
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A. 13, 12. on egual terms, as equals Hé cwæð þæt him tó micel ǽwisce wǽre þæt hé swá emnlíce wrixleden, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 16. in like manner, in like degree, equally Emlíce simili modo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 61.
ge-cíd
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Wyrignyssa and gecýd maledicta et jurgia, 224, 31. chiding, reproof Gif hwylcum bréþer byþ gecíd (mid gecíde, v.l.) oþþe gestýred si quis frater corripitur quolibet modo, R. Ben. 131, 1. v. next word
mann-cynn
mankind ⬩ men ⬩ the human race ⬩ a race of men ⬩ a people ⬩ men
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Hine on woruld tó moncynne módor brohte, Cd. 132; Th. 167, 23; Gen. 2770. Hine feor forwræc Metod mancynne fram the Lord drove him away far from men, Beo. Th. 221; B. 110. Hé wolde mancyn lýsan, Rood Kmbl. 82; Kr. 41: Blickl. Homl. 71, 26.
for-beran
To FORBEAR ⬩ abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ restrain ⬩ bear with ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ abstĭnēre ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ comprĭmĕre ⬩ reprĭmĕre ⬩ tŏlĕrāre ⬩ păti ⬩ ferre
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Seó æftere cneóris ealle gemete is to forberanne sĕcunda gĕnĕrātio a se omni mŏdo dēbet abstĭnēre, Bd. 1. 27; S. 491, 9. Ic forbær ðé sustĭnui te, Ps. Spl. 24, 22. Yfelu forberan ne sceal măla tŏlĕrāre non dēbet, Past. 21, 5; Hat. MS. 31 b, 2.
Linked entries: for-bæran for-bearan for-byrd
ildra
A parent ⬩ ancestor ⬩ father ⬩ forefather ⬩ predecessor ⬩ elder
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Wǽron his yldran fæder and módor hǽðne his parents, father and mother, were heathens, 211, 19 : 213, 2. Úre yldrena lage traditionem seniorum, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 2.
á-búgan
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Ðá ábeáh seó módor tó hire bearne, 25, 174. Hwæþer þé of móde ábeáh has it escaped your memory?, Gr. D. 40, 24. (1a) where motion indicates reverence :-- Hí on cneówum ábúgað tó his dǽdum bánum, Chr. 979; P. 123, 27 : Hy. 7, 10.
scrýdan
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Módor, scrýd (vesti) ðínne sunu, Æltc. Gr. 18; Zup. 111, 3. Ne scríde nán wíf hig mid wǽpmannes reáfe, Deut. 22, 5. to clothe, to furnish with clothes, provide with clothes Hé scrýt mé wel and félt, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 33.
Linked entry: -scrid
wæl-reáf
what is taken from the slain ⬩ spoil taken in war ⬩ spoil ⬩ prey ⬩ robbing the slain
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Qui aliquem quocunque modo perimit, videat ne weilref faciat. Weilref dicimus, si quis mortuum refabit armis aut vestibus, aut prorsus aliquibus, aut tumulatum aut tumulandum, L.H.I. 83, 2; Th. i. 591, 12, and see two following sections
Linked entry: weg-reáf
-hád
- 1070 ;
- Erl. 209, 35
hwít
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Bráda hátte wæs gebúr tó Hǽðfelda, and Hwíte hátte ðæs Brádan wíf . . . seó Hwíte wæs Wynburge þridde módor, C. D. vi. 212, 15-18. Cf. Hwíting, ii. 3, 30. the word also occurs in many local names, v. C. D. vi. 305
FARAN
A word expressing every kind of going from one place to another, hence ⬩ to go, proceed, travel, march, sail ⬩ īre, vādĕre, incēdĕre, transīre, migrāre, nāvīgāre ⬩ FARE, happen, to be in any state ⬩ versāri in ălĭqua re, se hăbēre ălĭquo mŏdo
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Fór fámig scip the foaming ship sailed, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 19; Gen. 1417. to FARE, happen, to be in any state; versāri in ălĭqua re, se hăbēre ălĭquo mŏdo, Cd. 26; Th. 34, 2; Gen. 531. Ic fare bútan bearnum I have no children [lit.
FREÓGAN
to free ⬩ make free ⬩ manumittĕre ⬩ lībĕrāre ⬩ to honour ⬩ like ⬩ love ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ dilĭgĕre ⬩ ămāre
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Fæder and módor freó ðú love thou father and mother, 80a; Th. 300, 21; Fä. 9. Hit gedéfe biþ ðæt mon his winedryhten freóge it is fitting that a man love his dear lord, Beo. Th. 6334; B. 3177
Linked entries: freón freónd fría ge-freógan
wyrt-wala
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T. 51, 5. a root, source Wyrd, ealra firena fruma, fǽhðo módor, weána wyrtwela, wópes heáfod, Salm.
BÓSUM
The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts ⬩ sinus, gremium, pectus, interna ⬩ sinus
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Ðú ðínre módor bósm sylfa gesóhtes thou thyself soughtest thy mother's bosom, Exon. 121 b; Th. 465, 27; Hö. 110. Ðú wuldres þrym bósme gebǽre thou barest the majesty of glory [Christ] in thy breast, 9 a; Th. 6, 14; Cri. 84
sceand-líc
infamous, base, vile ⬩ disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene ⬩ disgraceful
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Ðín módor gewíteþ of weorulde þurhscondlícne deáð and unárlícne miserando turpissimoque exitu, Nar. 31, 29. Ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan, Wulfst. 160, 5. Hé sang scandlícu leóþ, and plegode scandlíce plegan, Shrn. 121, 10.