fild-cumb
A milk-pail ⬩ mulctrāle ⬩ mulctrum
Entry preview:
A milk-pail; mulctrāle, mulctrum Gif meoluc síe awyrd, bind tosomne wegbrǽdan and giþrifan and cersan, lege on ðone fildcumb, and ne sete ðæt fæt niðer on eorþan seofon nihtum if milk be spoilt, bind together waybroad and cockle and cress, lay them on
for-trúwodnes
Over-confidence ⬩ precipitancy ⬩ presumption ⬩ arrogance ⬩ præcĭpĭtātio ⬩ præsumptio ⬩ arrŏgantia
Entry preview:
Over-confidence, precipitancy, presumption, arrogance; præcĭpĭtātio, præsumptio, arrŏgantia For eówerre fortrúwodnesse for your presumption, Past. 32, 1; Hat. MS. 40 a, 25. Ða fortrúwodnesse and ða ánwilnesse an Corinctheum Paulus ongeat swíðe wiðerweardne
Linked entry: for-trúgadnes
fyrn-gewrit
An ancient writing ⬩ old scripture ⬩ vĕtus vel prisca scriptūra
Entry preview:
An ancient writing, old scripture; vĕtus vel prisca scriptūra Ðý-læs toworpen síen fród fyrngewritu lest the wise old scriptures should be overturned, Elen. Kmbl. 861; El. 431. Ða ðe fyrngewritu sélest cunnen those who best know the ancient writings,
gang-wuce
Rogation week ⬩ the week of holy Thursday ⬩ perambŭlātiōnis septĭmāna
Entry preview:
Rogation week, the week of holy Thursday; perambŭlātiōnis septĭmāna Ðis sceal on Þunres dæg, innan ðære Gang-wucan this [Gospel] must be on Thursday in the Rogation week, Rubc. Mk. Bos. 16, 14-20, notes, p. 578. Ðys Gódspel gebýraþ on Wódnes dæg, on
Linked entry: gang-dagas
hýrsumian
To be obedient ⬩ obey ⬩ serve
Entry preview:
To be obedient, obey, serve Windas and sǽ him hýrsumiaþ venti et mare obediunt ei, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 27: Homl. Th. ii. 368, 28. Hýrsumiaþ ancillantur, Ælfc. Gl. 100; Som. 77, 6; Wrt. Voc. 55, 9. Wé ðé on ðissum ne hérsumiaþ we shall not obey thee in this,
lærest
least
Entry preview:
least Æt ðam lærestan wlitewamme iii scillingas and at ðam máran vi scill. for the smallest disfigurement of the face iii shillings, for the greater vi shillings, L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15. As this seems to be the only instance in which this form occurs
Linked entry: læssa
leáþor
lather
Entry preview:
A kind of nitre used for soap, lather Leáþor nitrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 3. Of leáþre nitria, 61, 27. Gníd swíðe ðæt heó sý eall geléþred þweah mid ðý leáþre ðæt heáfod gelóme rub strongly so that it may be all lathered, wash the head frequently with the
mære
pure
Entry preview:
pure, in the phrase mǽre peningas = Lat. meri denarii i.e. coins made of pure silver, v. Ducange s.v. merus, quoted by Schmid. The passage in which the word is found occurs in L. Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 10 Mid V. pundum mǽrra pæninga. With this may be
rísan
Entry preview:
to rise Álýs mé from láðum ðe mé lungre on rísan (onrísan?) willaþ ab insurgentibus in me libera me, Ps. Th. 58, 1. to be fitting, becoming (the most usual form is ge-rísan, q. v. cf. come and become, venire and convenire, Ger. fallen and ge-fallen for
bige
A buying, exchange, commerce, traffic ⬩ emptio, permutatio, commercium, mercatus
Entry preview:
A buying, exchange, commerce, traffic; emptio, permutatio, commercium, mercatus Gif gebyrige ðæt for neóde heora hwilc wið úre bige habban wille, oððe we wið heora, mid yrfe and mid ǽhtum, ðæt is to þafianne if it happen that from necessity any of them
Linked entry: byge
ge-feá
Joy ⬩ gladness ⬩ glory ⬩ favour ⬩ gaudium
Entry preview:
Joy, gladness, glory, favour; gaudium Ðes mín gefeá is gefylled this my joy is fulfilled, Jn. Bos. 3, 29. Mid gefeán with joy; gaudio, 3, 29. Bodan cýþdon sóþne gefeán messengers announced real joy, Exon. 14 a; Th. 28, 23; Cri. 451. Se biþ gefeána fægrast
Linked entry: feá
ge-festnian
To fasten ⬩ make fast ⬩ confirm ⬩ shut up ⬩ imprison ⬩ firmāre ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ inclūdĕre
Entry preview:
To fasten, make fast, confirm, shut up, imprison; firmāre, confirmāre, inclūdĕre He ðæt mid áþe gefestnode he confirmed that with oath, Chr. 1091; Erl. 228, 4. Se cyng genam Roger eorl his mǽg, and gefestnode hine the king took earl Roger his kinsman
Linked entry: ge-fæstnian
ge-hádian
To ordain ⬩ consecrate ⬩ consecrare
Entry preview:
To ordain, consecrate; consecrare / Hér Vitalianus se pápa gehádode Theodorus to arcebiscop in this year pope Vitalianus consecrated Theodore archbishop, Chr. 668; Erl. 35, 27 : 1070; Erl. 208, 2. Hér Paulinus wæs gehádod Norþhymbrum to biscepe in this
un-deór
Not dear ⬩ cheap ⬩ common
Entry preview:
Not dear, cheap, common Undeór hit is vile valet, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 61. Ðæt hié mon ná undeórran weorðe móste lésan ðonne hié mon be ðam were geeahtige, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 1. Hé nemde ða undiórestan wyrta ðe on wyrttúnum weaxe and ðeáh swíðe
un-fǽhð
Absence of hostility
Entry preview:
Absence of hostility; the word refers to the abstention from the prosecuting of the feud, which under certain conditions it would be allowable for the kinsmen of a man to follow up Se ðe þeóf geféhð, hé áh .x. sciłł.... and ða mǽgas him swerian áðas
un-árímed
Unnumbered ⬩ numberless ⬩ countless
Entry preview:
Unnumbered, numberless, countless Unárímed mengeo, Blickl. Homl. 199, 1. Seó unárímede menigo, 87, 18. Mid ðý unárímedan weorode, 25, 35. Mid hú miclan feó woldest ðú habban geboht...? Ic wolde mid unárímedum feó gebycgan quanti aestimabis...? Infiniti
Linked entry: á-ríman
wídness
Entry preview:
Width Heora wíde (wídnes, v.l., v. Anglia i. 335) is .cc. míla longitudo eorum .cc. stadia sunt, Nar. 36, 28. Ðæs temples længc waes syxtig fæðma, and seó wídnes wæs twéntig fæþma, and his heáhnys wæs þrítyg fæþma, Anglia xi. 9, 27. Ðæt tempel wæs .
weorold-snotor
Entry preview:
Wise in earthly matters Ægelwíg se woruldsnotra abbod on Eofeshamme, Chr. 1078; Erl. 215, 29. Woroldsnottre men ( naturalists ) secgaþ. ðæt ða ficsas sýn on sǽ hundteóntiges cynna and ðreó and fíftiges, Shrn. 65, 31. Weoroldsnottrum gymnosophistis, Wrt
ge-hlot
Entry preview:
Add: allotment, determination, settlement. Cf. ge-hleótan; 3 Sweotollíce ús gedyde tó wittane Alexander hwelce þá hǣðnan godas sindon tó weorþianne; ꝥ hit swíþor is of þ ára biscepa gehlote (from what the priest determine stall be said) and of heora
ge-lǽfan
Entry preview:
Add: to leave Somnias ðá ðe hiá gelǽfdon ðá screádunga colligite quae superauerunt fragmentorum, Jn. L. 6, 12. Ginómun ðæt gilǽfed (ofer gelǽfed, L.) wæs ł ꝥ tó láfe wæs of ðǽm screádungum sustulerunt quod superauerat de fragmentis, Mk. R. 8, 8. to be