wǽg-holm
The billowy sea
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The billowy sea Gewát ofer wǽgholm flota fámigheals, Beo. Th. 439; B. 217
wígbed-sceáta
An altar-cloth
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Ben. Inter. 99, 10
Linked entry: sceáta
gúþ-bil
A war-bill, a sword
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A war-bill, a sword, Beo. Th. 5162; B. 2584: 1610; B. 803
gum-man
A famous man, a man ⬩ vir clarus, homo,
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A famous man, a man; vir clarus, homo, Beo. Th. 2061; B. 1028
gúp-róf
Famous in war
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Famous in war, Beo. Th. 1220; B. 608; Elen. Kmbl. 545; El. 273
gúþ-sele
A war-hall ⬩ hall in which warriors sit
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A war-hall, hall in which warriors sit Beo. Th. 890; B. 443
gúþ-wine
A comrade ⬩ friend in war
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A comrade, friend in war Beo. Th. 3624; B. 1810: 5463; B. 2735
heal-sittende
People sitting in a hall
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People sitting in a hall, Beo. Th. 4035; B. 2015: 5728; B. 2868
Linked entry: heall-sittende
CRUMB
Bent down ⬩ stooping ⬩ cernuus ⬩ obuncus
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Bent down, stooping; cernuus, obuncus Crump obuncus Cot. 144. Ða crumban obunca 185
hilde-setl
A war-seat, ⬩ saddle of a war-horse
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A war-seat, saddle of a war-horse, Beo. Th. 2082; B. 1039
þǽr-oninnan
Therein ⬩ thereinto
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Therein, thereinto Healreced gewyrcean, and þǽroninnan eall gedǽlan, Beo. Th. 142; B. 71
Linked entry: on-innan
scúr-heard
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Made hard by blows (v. scúr, <b>I b;</b> and cf. heoru hamere geþuren, Beo. Th. 2575; B. 1285) Sweordes ecg, scerp and scúrheard, Andr. Kmbl. 2267; An. 1135. Ðæt him féla láf ( the sword ) ne meahte scúrheard sceþþan, Beo.
fácen-lic
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Ben. 95, 12, 15. Fácenlicu dolore (misread dolosa ? ), Ps. L. 106, 39. For 'R. Ben. . . . Lye' substitute
glæsen
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Beó ǽlc calic geworht of myldendum antimbre, gilden oððe seolfren, glæsen oððe tinen; ne beó he ná hyrnen, ne húru treówen, Ll. Th. ii. 384, 7. Ꝥ glæsene fæt vas vitreum, Gr. D. 104, 28: 103, 13. Ele in ánum glæsenum fæte, 159, 9.
wæl-fýr
a fire that slays ⬩ deadly fire ⬩ a fire that burns the slain ⬩ a funeral pile
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a fire that slays, deadly fire Beorges weard (the fire-drake) wearp wælfýre, wíde sprungon hilde leóman, Beo.
godspell-bodung
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Seó ealde ǽ and wítegan wǽron oð Ióhannes tócyme; siððan ongann godspelbodung ( lex et prophetae usque ad Iohannem; ex eo regnum Dei euangelizatur, Lk. 16, 16), Hml. Th. i. 354, 16. Æt him ongann seó godspellbodung, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 16. Iúdas Machabéus
leger
a lying ⬩ dead ⬩ sickness ⬩ death ⬩ a couch ⬩ a lair ⬩ a grave
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Ðá cwæþ se cyng ðæt mihte beón geboden him wið clǽnum legere then the king said, the offer might have been made to him, if the death had been by fair means [it was by drowning], 31. a place to lie in, a couch, a lair, a place where the dead lie, a grave
dúru
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Ben. I. 78, 10) ante foras oratorii, R. Beo. 70, 5. Binnan circan dyre, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 9. Tó þǽre duran (dura, v. l., tó duru, L.) ad januam, Mk. 1, 33. Duru (ðuro, L.) helle ne oferswíðiaþ portae inferi non praevalebunt, Mt. R. 16, 18.
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Be ðám se Hǽlend clypað, 'Warniað þæt eówere heortan ne sýn ofersýmede (grauentur) mid oferfylle,' R. Ben. 63, 21
hlútor-ness
sincerity ⬩ simplicity
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Mid úre heortan hlútternesse (puritate) . . . úre gebeda beóð andfenge, R. Ben. 45, 17-22. Seó eahtoðe miht is seó sóðe eádmódnyss . . . mid módes hlúttornysse; for ðan sé ðe wís byð, ne wurð hé nǽfre módig, Hml. S. 16, 369. Add: