capitol
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P. cont. i. 1; Th. ii. 170, 3: iii. 1; Th. ii. 194, 23. On ðam ende ðises capitulan in the end of this chapter, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 33
DEORFAN
To labour ⬩ laborāre
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Þearle ic deorfe I labour very much, Coll, Monast. 19, 13
Linked entry: mán-deorf
FLÓC
A sole ⬩ kind of flat fish ⬩ plătessa ⬩ passer
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Fagc and flóc plătesias et plătessas, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 12, 13
Linked entry: flooc
pipor
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Genim langes pipores .x. corn, Lchdm. ii. 186, 8. Of blacum pipore, 234, 2. Genim gebeátenne pipor, 186, 4
un-swice
Good faith ⬩ absence of deceit or treachery
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Good faith, absence of deceit or treachery Ðá gyrnde hé griðes and gísla, ðet hé móste unswican intó gemóte cuman and út of gemóte he required safeconduct and hostages, that he might come to the meeting and go from it without treachery, Chr. 1048; Erl
eft-wyrd
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Swá nú regnþeófas ríce dǽlað, yldo oððe ǽrdeáð; eftwyrd cymð, mægenþrymma mǽst now mighty robbers hold sway, eld or early death; renewal of life shall come, greatest of God's glorious powers, Exod. 539
sceam-full
Modest, chaste
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Chaucer uses the word in its modern sense ignominious As shamful deeth as herte may deusye Come to these Juges, C. T. Group C. 290
-ing
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So again, ðæt Folcwining lond [Cod. Dipl. No. 195, a. 811], ðæt Wynhearding lond [Cod. Dipl. No. 195, a. 811], imply the land of Folcwine, of Wynheard, not of marks or families called Folcwinings, and Wynheardings. [Cf.
scort-wyrplíc
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On the sixteenth it will come to pass after a long time, Lchdm. .iii. 156, 2
Linked entry: -wyrplíc
þreápian
To rebuke ⬩ reprehend
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To rebuke, reprehend Oft gelimpeþ, ðonne hé tó suíðe and tó ðearllíce ðreápian (ðreáwian, ðreátian, Cott.
Linked entry: þrípel
wyrt
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Cf. sandix, genus frugi, Corp. Gl. Hessels, 105, 103), Wrt. Voc. 1. 290, 64: 289, 9: ii. 87, 33. Bewylle on hwǽtene wyrte, Lchdm. ii. 268, 12
ísen
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Hwæt ylst þú ús on smiþþan þínre búton ísene fýrspearcan (ferreas scintillas), Coll. M. 31,5. Add: —
á-scrúdnian
To examine ⬩ investigate
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Ꝥ wé áscrútnion his fare and ápinsiun his síð hwanon hé cóme, Angl. viii. 305, 46. Heora gerýna áscrútnian, 301, 32. Hig habbað áscrútnod Serium and Priscianum, and þurhsmógun Catus cwydas, 321, 28
wóh
Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly
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Ic him wolde fylstan tó ryhte and nǽfre tó nánan wó, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 134, 10. From ǽlcum wóe ab omni pravitate, Rtl. 34, 9 : 37, 23. Hié nyllaþ wietan mid hwelcum woo (wó, Cote. MSS. ) hié hit gestriéndon. Past. 45 ; Swt. 343, 23.
clauster
a cloister ⬩ claustrum
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An inclosed place, a cloister; claustrum Eálá ge cildra, gáþ út, bútan hygeleáste, to claustre, oððe to leorninge O vos pueri, egredimini, sine scurrilitate, in claustrum, vel in gymnasium, Coll. Monast. Th. 36, 9.
hridder
A sieve
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A sieve, instrument for winnowing corn: Hridder capisterium, taratantara, Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 116, 117; Wrt. Voc. 34, 45, 46. Ðá ábæd his fóstormóder án hridder ...
ísen-smiþ
An iron-smith ⬩ blacksmith
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Ic hæbbe smiþas ísen[e]smiþas goldsmiþ seolforsmiþ ársmiþ habeo fabros, ferrarios, aurificem, argentarium, ærarium, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 35
Linked entries: iren-smiþ ísen-wyrhta
mǽg-gemót
A meeting of kinsmen
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A meeting of kinsmen Hé bebeád ofer ealne middangeard ðæt ǽlc mǽgþ tógædere cóme, ðæt ǽlc man ðý gearor wiste hwǽr hé gesibbe hæfde.
un-gemetgung
Want of moderation ⬩ excess ⬩ intemperance
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Want of moderation, excess, intemperance 'Coda becumaþ.' Efne hér is foresǽd manna líchamana ungemetegung and geswencednys, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 30.
Linked entries: ge-metgung un-gemetegung
bycgan
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, Coll. M. 23, 25. Bege eme , Kent. Gl. 895. ꝥte metto bochton, Jn. L. 4, 8. in reference to marriage Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge, Ll. Th. i. 122, 3. to hire workmen Bycgæ wyrhta conducere operarios, Mt. R. 20,1