cyning
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Cyninges wífes tácen is þæt þú strece onbútan heófod, and sete syððan þíne hand bufon þín heófod, Tech. ii. 128, 23-27.
dún
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Æt þǽre dúne þe man hǽt Assandún, Chr. 1016; P. 152, 12. Æt ðǽre dune þe mon hǽtt Morotthonie ( campis Marathoniis ), Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 25.
for-wyrd
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Add: f. or uncertain Ðeós forwyrd perditio haec, Mt. R. L. 26, 8. Is án forwyrd and ænde ( interitus ) þæs mannes and nýtena, Gr. D. 264, 16. Cwilde, forwyrde internicionis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 72: Guth. 38, 22.
hínþ
misery ⬩ poverty ⬩ hurt ⬩ injury ⬩ destruction
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Ðiós of hénðum ł unspo d (hénðum ł unspoedum, R.) hire sende haec de penuria sua misit, Mk. L. 12, 44. hurt, injury, destruction: Hié fæstor tósomne beóð gefégde tó gódra monna hiénðe in bonorum gravius nece glomerantur. Past. 361, 21.
Linked entry: hýnþ
hrepung
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Add: the action of touching with the hand or other part of the body, exercise of the faculty of feeling Godes ængel ꝥ cweartern geopenode mid his handa hrepunge, Hml. S. 4, 234. Ic gesyngode on gesihðe . . . and on hrepunge, Angl. xi. 112, 16.
rǽcan
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Ox. 56, 18. to stretch out one's hand Ne ráhten gié hondo in mec non extendistis manus in me, Lk. L. R. 22, 53. Honda hráhton on ðene Hǽlend manus injecerunt in Jesum, Mt.
láf
remnant ⬩ remains ⬩ relic ⬩ remainder ⬩ rest ⬩ lave ⬩ legacy ⬩ heirloom ⬩ a relict ⬩ widow
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Hét in gefetian Hréðles láfe; næs sincmáððum sélra on sweordes hád, 4389; B. 2191. a relict, widow Láf vel forlǽten wíf derelicta, Ælfc. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 65; Wrt. Voc. 50, 46.
folgian
to pursue ⬩ to accompany ⬩ be attendant upon ⬩ to follow ⬩ be guided by ⬩ follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ practise
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Gif him hwilc mon folligende biþ, þonne feorriaþ hí and fleóð, Nar. 35, 32. to journey with an object: Æteáwdan twégen weras . . . and cwǽdon ꝥ hié of Hierusalem cóman and for him folgedan (they had come to fetch him?), Bl.
flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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I. 68, 3. the visible surface of the body, with reference to its colour or appearance 'Teóh eft þíne hand' . . . and heó wæs gelíc þám óðrum flǽsce.
hebban
to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount
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Hád tó hebban swá heofonsteorran, Az. 37. Tó hebbanne, Dan. 321. to extol, exalt Hí heað and hebbað þone hálgan blǽd, Sch. 42. Hebbað úrne God exaltate Dominum, Ps. Th. 98, 10. to set up, institute.
be-fón
to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action
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Gif hwylc man mid arwan deór ofsceóte . . . and hit man ymbe. iii. niht deád finde, and þǽr hund oþþe wulf on befangen hæbbe (have had any-thing to do with it; eam occupaverit), Ll.
wesan
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Hál wæs ðú aue Mt. Kmbl. 27, 30. Hál westú, Blickl. Homl. 143, 17. Westú gearo, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 44. Hále wese gé (wosaþ gié, Lind.) auete Mt. Kmbl. 28, 9. Wesaþ hále valete Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 61. Wesaþ þancfulle, Blickl. Homl. 169, 16.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
GÁT
A she-GOAT ⬩ capra
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Drihten toscǽt hí on twá, swá swá scéphyrde toscǽt scép fram gátum : gelogaþ he ða scép on his swíðran hand, and ða gǽt on his wynstran the Lord will part them into two, as a shepherd parts sheep from goats : he will place the sheep on his right hand,
scúr
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Wealcaþ hit ( hail ) windes scúras (? MS. scúra), Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 6; Rún. 9. Scúra procellarum, Hpt. Gl. 509, 20 [H]reósendlícum scúrum ruituris imbribus, 499, 64: 501, 6: Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 15.
Linked entries: scýr-mǽlum sceór
hladan
to heap, ⬩ pile up, ⬩ build, ⬩ place, ⬩ lade, ⬩ load, ⬩ freight ⬩ to lade, ⬩ draw [water]; ⬩ haurire
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Hlade ðonne mid ðære ylcan hand ðæs wæteres múþ fulne let him then take up with the same hand a mouthful of the water, Lchdm. iii. 68, 15; 74, 16. Wæter tó hladanne ad hauriendam aquam, Ex. 2, 16.
DYSIG
DIZZY, foolish, unwise, stupid ⬩ stultus, insĭpiens, insānus
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DIZZY, foolish, unwise, stupid; stultus, insĭpiens, insānus Dysig ná ongyt ðás ðing stultus non intellĭgit hæc, Ps. Sp1. 91, 6. He biþ swá dysig and swá ungewiss he is so foolish and so ignorant, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 25.
FYRHTO
Fear ⬩ FRIGHT ⬩ dread ⬩ terror ⬩ trembling ⬩ tĭmor ⬩ păvor ⬩ formīdo ⬩ terror ⬩ trĕmor
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D.] hæc formīdo, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 50: Ps. Th. 54, 4. Egsa me and fyrhtu forcwómon tĭmor et trĕmor vēnērunt sŭper me, Ps. Th. 54, 5. On mínre fyrhto in păvōre meo, 30, 25. Geblissiaþ him on fyrhto [fyrhtu, Lamb.] exultāte ei in trĕmōre, Ps.
Linked entry: ferht
GÁD
A lack ⬩ want ⬩ desire ⬩ defectus ⬩ pēnūria ⬩ desīdĕrium ⬩ appĕtītus
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Ne wæs me in healle gád there was not a want to me in the hall, Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 20; Reim. 15. Ne wyrþ inc wilna gǽd there shall not be to you two a lack of pleasures, Cd. 13; Th. 15, 21; Gen. 236.
loppe
A flea ⬩ a spider ⬩ a silk-worm
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Icel. lyppa wool drawn into a long hank before being spun? In Ps. Lamb. 38, 12 sicut araneam is glossed 'swá swá ǽtterloppan'; if this is not a mistake for 'áttercoppan,' by which the word is rendered in Ps.
midde-weard
Mid-ward ⬩ middle of
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Mid-ward, middle of (the noun with which the word agrees) Middeweard hand vola vel tenar vel ir, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 54. Middewærd lencten vel foreweard lencten ver novum, 53, 26.