ceáp-strǽt
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Voc. ii. 149, 75. Wið ðá cépstrǽt (cýp-, ceáp-) circa forum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 269, 9. Þæs hagan gemǽre ... æt Wintanceastre líð ... norð on þá ceápstrǽt, þonne eást andlanges þǽre ceápstrǽte, C. D. B. ii. 305, 22-26. v. cýp-strǽt in Dict. Add
ge-scyldru
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Take here <b>ge-sculdre</b> in Dict., and add: The shoulder-blades Mid gescyldrum his scapulis suis, Ps. Srt. 90, 4. On ðone lið þǽra eaxla betweox gesculdrum, Lch. ii. 242, 12, Ofer gescyldru super scapulas, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 192, 33
ge-swǽre
Heavy ⬩ oppressed ⬩ afflicted
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Heavy, oppressed, afflicted He lǽrde ǽlcne man ðe geswǽre and ofercumen, and eft gefriþod byþ, ðæt he swá ylce Gode þancode he taught every man that is oppressed and overcome, and afterwards is saved, that he in the same way should thank God, Ps.
á-cæglod
pegged, as if studded with pegs (?)
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pegged, as if studded with pegs (?) Ðá cwom sum deór of ðǽm fenne; wæs ðǽm deóre eall se hrycg ácæglod (cf. Angl. iv. 157 where atæglod is read) the back was as if all studded with pegs; the Latin has belua serrato tergo Nar. 20, 26
trúwian
To trust ⬩ confide ⬩ to trust to ⬩ to trust something to a person ⬩ to trust to a person for something ⬩ to trust in ⬩ to be confident about, ⬩ to trust in, on, ⬩ to trust that
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To trust, confide Ic trúwige fido . . . ic trúwige confido, ic trúwode confisus sum, Ælfc. Gr. 33 Zup. 204, 14-16.
Linked entry: trúgian
eáster
the passover, paschal lamb ⬩ pascha
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Freóls-dæg, se is gecweden Eástre a feast day which is called Easter, Lk. Bos. 22, 1. the passover, paschal lamb; pascha To eástron for the Easter lamb, Mt. Bos. 26, 17.
bróc
Affliction, misery, tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sickness ⬩ afflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo
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Ðæt biþ swíðe hefig bróc it is a very severe labour; gravis labor est, 61, 1; Hat. MS.; Eucharius wæs þearle geswenct mid langsumum bróce Eucharius was much afflicted with a protracted disease, Homl. Th. ii. 24, 16: 176, 32. Brócu miseriæ, Lye
gýmen
Care ⬩ heed ⬩ solicitude ⬩ diligence ⬩ superintendence ⬩ rule ⬩ cura
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Ðínre gýmenne ic wæs beboden in te jactatus sum, Ps. Th. 21, 8. Hér onféng Pilatus gýmene ofer ða Iudéas in this year Pilate received the government of Judæa, Chr. 26; Erl. 7, 6: to gýmenne, Erl. 6, 7.
tíþe
to obtain one's request, ⬩ to have granted the request for something
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Skt. ii. 29, 274. Ðæt ic (a widow) beó ðæs tíðe ðe ic bidde, Homl. Th. i. 566, 15. Ealles ðæs ðe gé biddaþ gé beóþ tíða omnia quaecunque petieritis in oratione accipietis, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 22
irþling
a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo
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However, in Wrt. Voc. 62, 22 the lapwing is glossed by cucurata
ge-limplíce
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Th. i. 586, 25. Be ðám is gyt gelimplíce gecweden . . . ii. 80, 28
FLEÓT
a place where vessels float ⬩ a bay ⬩ gulf ⬩ an arm of the sea ⬩ estuary ⬩ the mouth of a river ⬩ a river ⬩ stream ⬩ sĭnus ⬩ æstuārium ⬩ rīvus ⬩ a raft ⬩ ship ⬩ vessel ⬩ rătis ⬩ nāvis
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Ispánia land is eall mid fleóte ymbhæfd the country of Spain is all encompassed with water, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 3. Fleótas æstuāria, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 154, 46: Wrt.
Linked entries: mylen-fleót fleóte fliét fleóte
ge-fremman
To promote ⬩ perfect ⬩ perform ⬩ commit
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Th. ii. 122, 10. Ic hǽla gefremme sanitates perficio, Lk. Bos. 13, 32. Ðás ongunnenan ðing ðurh Godes fultum gefremmaþ perform the things begun with God's help, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 4.
ge-ǽswícod
To offend
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II, 6), Hml. Th. i. 480, 19. Þæt ðá beón getimbrode þurh his behreówsunge ðe ǽr wǽron þurh his mándǽda geǽswicode, 498, 12. Geáswicode, R. Ben. I. 62, 12
mæsse-lác
The mass-offering ⬩ the host
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In Festus; fertum genus libi dictum, quod crebrius ad sacra ferebatur altero genere libi.']
meós
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In meósdúne, iii. 373, 23. On meóshlinc, ii. 172, 26. Tó meósleáge, v. 215, 9 (cf. ge-légu). On meósmór, iii. 81, 29. the first component in local names, e. g
smæc
Smack, taste, savour ⬩ gustus, sapor
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Smack, taste, savour Dulcis sapor swéte smæc, i. dulcis odor Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 6. Ðone swétan smæc nectar 61, 31. Witt iss þurrh salltes smacc bitacnedd Orm. 1653. Smech muðes neoses smel A. R. 276, 15.
sóftness
Softness, ease ⬩ luxury, effeminacy
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Softness, ease; in a bad sense, luxury, effeminacy Heora fela wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde, and ðǽr láðode sóftnys Homl. Th. ii. 506, 24. Mid sóftnysse and mid yfelum lustum i. 270, 5; Homl. As. 15, 59.
twi-wyrdig
Making contradictory or discordant statements ⬩ at variance in what is said
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Making contradictory or discordant statements, at variance in what is said Hié swá twywyrdige sindon they disagree in what they say (ille promisit futura meliora, isti asserunt meliora praeterita), Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 86, 8.
seonu-bend
A bond made of sinews
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Siððan hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende (Grein would read -benne, which is more in accordance with the story in the Edda, that Völund had the sinews of the knees cut: v. Thorpe's note on this passage, and his Northern Mythology, i. 86.