HLÚD
LOUD, ⬩ sonorous
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Ðæt ár ðonne hit mon slihþ hit biþ hlúdre ðonne ǽnig oðer ondweorc aes dum percutitur amplius metallis celeris sonitum reddit, Past. 37, 3; Swt. 267, 24. Hlúdast, Menol. Fox 467; Gn. C. 4
hnáh
Bent down, ⬩ low, ⬩ lowly, ⬩ humble, ⬩ abject, ⬩ mean, ⬩ poor
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Iudas cwæþ ðæt hé wénde him trage [Kmbl. þrage] hnágre Judas said that he expected for himself humiliating pain, Elen. Kmbl. 1333; El. 668. Wéndon hie wera cwealmes þræge hnágran they expected the death of men, a still worse time, Andr.
hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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Ðynceað him sumu weorc suíðe hefug (hefgu, v. l.) quaedam sibi difficilia opponit, Past. 285, 1. Hefegast gewinna, þæt hí mid welerum geworht habbað labor labiorum ipsorum, Ps.
Linked entry: hefe-lic
híréd
a family ⬩ a family ⬩ house ⬩ the family ⬩ court
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Híred, Past. 459, 12. On .xiiii. nihte mónan is gód on níwne híred tó fǽrenne, Lch. iii. 178, 32.
Linked entries: híred-cniht híred-geréfa híred-lic híred-mann híred-preóst
hwón
Little ⬩ few
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Tó hwón God andrǽdeþ fear God too little; minime, Past. 17, 2; Swt. 109, 15: 63, 7; Swt. 417, 35
Linked entries: æt-hwón ná-teþeshwón hwéne
pening
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Be .xxx. pæñ. oþþe be ánum hrýðere, 232, 7. Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. sciłł., myran mid .xx. sciłł. . . . oxan mid .xxx. p̃., cú mid .xxiiii. p̃. swýn mid . viii. p̃., man mid punde, sceáp mid sciłł. gát mid . ii. p̃., 356, 2-6.
tóþ
A tooth ⬩ tusk
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.; and ðonne siþþan gehwilc scilling for knocking out the four front teeth, for each a fine of six shillings: the tooth that stands next must be paid for with four shillings; that which stands next to this with three shillings; and then each tooth afterwards
Linked entry: fóre-téþ
beón
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Past. 265, 15. prepositional phrase Bið hit swíðe leáslíce on siolufres hiéwe, Past. 269, 4. Biá ðú mé in God esto mihi in Deum, Ps. Srt. 30, 3.
hátan
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Hine mon scyle on bismer hátan se ánscóda, Past. 45, 8. v. á-hátan, be-hátan, for-hátan, ge-hátan, on-hátan
fore
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ at the head of ⬩ before ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in place of ⬩ instead of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ to the honour of ⬩ of ⬩ about ⬩ before ⬩ into the presence of
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Ic ne tóweorpe ðá burg ðe ðú fore spriceð non subvertam urbem pro qua locutus es, Past. 399, 31. Fore þencean, Past. 75, 11: 97, 21.
Linked entries: fóre-beón fóre-bétan fóre-gilpan
æsc-þrote
ASH-THROAT ⬩ vervain ⬩ verbenaca ⬩ verbena officinalis
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Niðeweardre æscþrotan of the netherward [part of] vervain, L. M. 3, 72; Lchdm, ii. 358, 16. NIm æscþrotan take vervain, 1, 88; Lchdm. ii. 156, 22. Æscþrotan, 1, 43; Lchdm, ii. 108, 6. Æscþrote, nom. Herb. 4, 1; Lchdm, i. 90, 1. Æscþrotu, L.
Datia
The DACIANS ⬩ Dāci
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by the Goths; and as Aurelian considered it more prudent to make the Danube the boundary of the Empire, he resigned Dacia to the barbarians, removed the Roman inhabitants to Mœsia, and gave to the Dacians the name of the Aureliani, who inhabited that part
feórþa
The FOURTH ⬩ quartus
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Feórþan dǽles ríca a ruler of a fourth part, tetrarch; tetrarcha, Lk. Bos. 3, 1. On ðære feórþan mǽgþe generātiŏne quarta, Gen. 15, 16. Com se Hǽlend embe ðone feórþan hancréd to him Iēsus quarta vĭgĭlia noctis vēnt ad eos, Mt. Bos. 14, 25.
for-gýman
To neglect ⬩ pass by ⬩ transgress ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ transgrĕdi
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To neglect, pass by, transgress; neglĭgĕre, prætĕrīre, transgrĕdi He ða forþgesceaft forgyteþ and forgýmeþ he forgets and neglects the future state, Beo. Th. 3506; B. 1751.
Linked entry: for-gíman
plóg
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Parv. 405. In Ælfric's Colloquy the ploughman says : Ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer oððe máre.
racian
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Kmbl. 1041; An. 521. to take a course or direction, to run (cf. racu a ' rake ') Hé his tungan gehealde ðæt hió ne racige on unnytte sprǽca ne lingua per verba inutiliter defluat, Past. 38, 5; Swt. 275, 19.
ge-sceot
the collection of weapons necessary for shooting, a weapon that is shot or hurled, an arrow, dart ⬩ jaculum ⬩ an advance [of money], a contribution, tribute ⬩ a part of a building shut off from the rest
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Ger. vorschiessen] Similar entries v. corn-, Róm-gesceot. a part of a building shut off from the rest Similar entries [v. Cl. and Vig. Icel. Dict. skot, III ; and cf.
scyldigung
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We ordained, he that should ask for the charge in the case of a slain thief, that he should go with two others . . . and they shall make oath that they knew of no theft on the part of their kinsman . . . and afterwards twelve on the other side shall go
stefn
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On stemnes peð (cf. here-paþ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 121, 33
un-geendod
endless ⬩ without end ⬩ not coming to an end ⬩ infinite ⬩ very great in number, extent
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Ðæra gesǽlða ðe him ungeendode becuman sculon felicitas, quae sine transitu attingitur, Past. 52; Swt. 407, 30. infinite, very great in number, extent, etc. Se hine slóh on ðæt næsþyrl, ðæt ðær út fleów ungeendod blód, Shrn. 112, 31.
Linked entry: ge-endian