GICEL
An icicle
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An icicle Íses gicel stiria, stillicidia, Ælfc. Gl. 16; Som, 58, 68; Wrt. Voc. 21, 55
Linked entries: gecile gycel cýle-gicel ís-gicel gecele
þanne
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[þanne and þá differ in force; the former is used where the time of an action is indefinite, and is found with the future, the indefinite present and the indefinite past; the latter is used where a definite action has taken place. Cf.
fram-doen
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Geséne woeron swá fromdoen wordo ðás uisa sunt sicut deleramentum uerba ista, Lk. L. 24, 11
seld-
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Hit is sellícre ðæt hiora ǽnig ne mæg bútan óðrum bión, Met. 11, 50. Hí ðǽr geségon syllícran wiht, Beo. Th. 6069 ; B. 3038. having unusual good qualities, excellent, admirable Þeódnes cynegold sóðfæstra gehwone sellíc glengeþ, Exon.
ge-weorpan
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III. where an object is moved to a position of rest, to lay :-- Hæfdon mid him dumbo, blindo . . . and geworpen (lægdun, R. projecertini) hiá tó fótum his, Mt. L. 15, 30.
wealh-stod
An interpreter ⬩ one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages ⬩ an interpreter of written language ⬩ a translator ⬩ an interpreter of a subject, ⬩ an expounder ⬩ a mediator ⬩ the word occurs as a proper name
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Th. 211, 7; Exod. 522. a mediator Se wealhstod Godes and monna, ðæt is Crist Dei hominumque mediator, Past. 3; Swt. 33, 11. the word occurs as a proper name Ðám folcum ðe eardiaþ be westan Sæferne is Wealhstod biscop eis populis qui ultra amnem Sabrinam
Linked entry: -stod
timber
material for constructing a house, ship, etc., ⬩ timber ⬩ material of which anything is formed ⬩ a structure, ⬩ building, ⬩ edifice ⬩ the building of a house, ship, etc.
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Ǽrest man ásmeáþ ðæs húses stede, and eác man ðæt timber beheáwþ, Anglia viii. 324, 8: Lchdm. iii. 180, 8. material of which anything is formed Sió lifer is blódes timber and blodes hús and fóstor, Lchdm. ii. 198, 2: 160, 13. a structure, building, edifice
Linked entry: and-timber
a-munan
To think of ⬩ mind ⬩ consider ⬩ be mindful of ⬩ have a care for ⬩ cogitare ⬩ reputare ⬩ memor esse ⬩ providere
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To think of, mind, consider, be mindful of, have a care for; cogitare, reputare, memor esse, providere Hwæt is se mann, ðe ðú swá miclum amanst? quid est homo, quod memor es ejus? Ps. Th. 8, 5.
and-weorc
Matter ⬩ substance ⬩ material ⬩ metal ⬩ a cause of anything ⬩ materia ⬩ cæmentum ⬩ metallum ⬩ causa
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Ðæt leád is hefigre ðonne ǽnig óðer andweorc plumbum cæíeris metallis est gravius, Past. 37, 3; Hat. MS. 50 a. 16. Búton andweorce without cause, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 2: Bt. Met. Fox 17, 32; Met. 17, 16
Linked entry: an-weorc
beorht
Brightness ⬩ a glistening ⬩ light ⬩ sight ⬩ glance ⬩ twinkling ⬩ splendor ⬩ lumen ⬩ lux
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Ðæt biþ an eágan beorht that is in the twinkling of an eye Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, note 20
bere-gafol
Barley-rent ⬩ a tribute of barley ⬩ hordei tributum
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One of the rents paid in kind, which, by the following enactment, is fixed at the rate of six pounds weight for every labourer employed in the barley harvest Mon sceal simle to bere-gafole agifan æt ánum wyrhtan six púnd-wǽga a man shall always give
Linked entry: gafol-bere
bysmor-spræc
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Ðis ys bysmorspræc this is blasphemy, 26, 65. For ðínre bysrnerspæce on account of thy blasphemy, Jn. Bos. 10, 33
Linked entries: bysmer-spæc bysmur-spræc bismer-spræc
CERFILLE
CHERVIL ⬩ cærefolium = χαιρέφυλλον ⬩ chærophyllum sylvestre
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CHERVIL; cærefolium = χαιρέφυλλον chærophyllum sylvestre, Lin Genim ðysse wyrte ðe man cerefolium, and óðrum naman ðam gelíce cerfille nemneþ þrý croppas take three heads of this herb, which is named cerefolium, and by the other like name chervil, Herb
cwice
Quick-growing grass, couch-grass, quitch-grass ⬩ gramen
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Genym ðysse wyrte leáf, ðe man gramen, and óðrum naman cwice nemneþ take leaves of this herb, which is named gramen, and by another name quitch, Herb. 79 ; Lchdm. i. 182, 8: Lchdm. iii. 12, 28: 16, 8. Genim cwican take quitch, L.
híd-gild
A land tax ⬩ tax paid on every hide
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A land tax, tax paid on every hide Ðis mycel is gegolden of ðære cyricean W. cyninge syððan hé ðis land áhte wíðútan ðam hídgelde ðe nán man wiðútan Gode ánum átellan ne mæg this much has been paid from the church [of Worcester] to king William since
hwón-líc
Little ⬩ slight ⬩ small
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Little, slight, small Gif wé eów ða gástlícan sǽd sáwaþ hwónlíc biþ ðæt wé eówere flǽslícan þing rípon if we sow the spiritual seeds for you, it is a slight matter that we reap your fleshly goods, Homl.
lærest
least
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As this seems to be the only instance in which this form occurs, Schmid suggests that r is wrongly written for s, but the O. Frs. lerest may justify the presence of the r
Linked entry: læssa
leóht-fæt
A lamp ⬩ light ⬩ lantern
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Ðínes líchaman leóhtfæt is ðín eáge lucerna corporis est oculus, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 22. Leóhtfatu lampades, 25, 1. Judas com mid leóhtfatum Judas venit cum lanternis, Jn. Skt. 18, 3: Homl. Th. ii. 246, 9. Hé leóhtfatu (lehtfeatu, Ps.
mele-deáw
Honey-dew ⬩ nectar
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[Swetter is munegunge of þe þen mildeu o muðe, O. E. Homl. i. 269, 5
ge-wef
A web ⬩ textura
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The word gets the meaning fate, fortune, from the spinning, which is the occupation of the Fates. Cf. Wyrd gewæf, Exon. 95 a; Th. 355, 1; Reim. 70. See Grmm. D. M. 387 Gewife fatum, fortuna, Cot. 88; Lye.
Linked entries: ge-wife ge-wifsǽlig