mægen-strang
Strong in power
Entry preview:
Strong in power Hú ðú mǽre eart mihtig and mægenstrang how great thou (Christ) art, how mighty and strong in power, Hy. 3, 21; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 21. Ðú eart se miccla and se mægenstranga, 3, 38; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 38. Mægenstrong, Exon. 129 a; Th. 495
ge-met
Entry preview:
III.</b> add Unrihte gemeta and wóge gewihta, Wlfst. 70, 3. Add Hé þone regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett, Hml. S. 6, 68. <b>VII ¶.</b> add: Solil. H.
steallere
Entry preview:
A marshall. [The word occurs only in late documents; the passages given belong to Edward the Confessor's reign] On Esgéres stealres and on Roulfes steallres and on Lifinges steallres gewitnesse, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 291, 13-14. Esgár stallere and Roberd
Linked entry: stallere
þúsend-mǽlum
In thousands
Entry preview:
In thousands Weras and wíf somod wornum and heápum þrungen and urnon þúsendmǽlum, Judth. Thw. 23, 40; Jud. 165: Cd. Th. 190, 8; Exod. 196: 304, 18; Sat. 632. Him ymb flugon engla þreátas þúseudmǽlum, 300, 23; Sat. 569: 279, 11; Sat. 236: 296, 28; Sat
fore-word
A proviso ⬩ condition
Entry preview:
A proviso, condition Ðat land æt Áctúne twégra manna dæg, ealswá ðá foreword sprecað, C. D. vi. 148, 30. Standan ðá forword betweónan ðan abbode and Ceólríce, iii. 352, 3. Syndon ðis þá forword þe Orecy and þá gegyldan gecoren habbað, iv. 277, 30. Take
Linked entries: ge-forewyrdan fore-weard fore-wyrd
ge-wésan
Entry preview:
Add: to steep, soak: — Genim þás ylcan wyrte, and gecnúwa hý mid smeruwe, and gewæsc (-wés, v. l. ) mid ecede, Lch. i. 104, 2: 204, 19. Genim þás wyrte and rosan wós on wíne gewésed, 214, l. Mid ecede gewésede, 200, 9. to dye Flýs deáge gewésan uellera
lǽþ
Entry preview:
a lathe. Take these together, and add On westan Cænt ðǽr ðæt land and ðæt lǽð tó líð, C. D. vi. 81, 19. Of Æglesforda and of ellan þám lǽþe þe þǽr tó líþ de Æilesforda et de toto illo lesto quod ad illum manerium pertinet, C. D. B. iii. 659, 25
mund-bora
Entry preview:
Mundbora patronus (civilalis ), An. Ox. 4877. An ðás rédenne ic hit ðider selle ðe se monn sé ðe Kristes cirican hláford sié, sé mín and mínra erfewearda forespreoca and mundbora and an his hláforddóme wé bián móten, C. D. i. 311, 21. Iulianus úre ciricean
on-tyhtan
Entry preview:
Gif hé hit herede and ontyhte (on tyhte?), eft hé stiérde ðǽre gewilnunge, Past. 53, 8. Nát ic hwí þú sý eallinga onǽled and ontihted (-tiht, v. l.) of þára bysne and wiðmetenysse ex quorum comparatione accenderis ignoro, Gr. D. 7, 10. Ontihtum geþance
tó-swellan
Entry preview:
After 'F' in last line insert: 10876, and add His hýd tósweóll cutis intumescebat, Gr. D. 157, 9. Hé beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne oð ꝥ eall his andwlita wearð tóswollen and áwannod ei caput ac faciem tutudit totumque illius vultum tumentem
á-dwellan
to lead astray, seduce ⬩ to retard, impede, obstruct, hinder ⬩ torpere ⬩ to delay
Entry preview:
to lead astray, seduce Ðá ðe galdorcræftas begangaþ and mid ðǽm unwære men beswícaþ and ádwellaþ, Bl. H. 61, 24. Hý deófol ádwealde, Wlfst, 11, 8. Ðá beóð ádwealde and þurh deófol beswicene, 5, 7. to retard, impede, obstruct, hinder Ðæt hé his láre
fram-byge
A turning aside from what is right ⬩ backsliding ⬩ defection ⬩ default
Entry preview:
A turning aside from what is right, backsliding, defection, default Ðín frambige þé sceal gederian aversio tua increpabit te (Jer. 2, 19), Wlfst. 49, 12. Hig sýn ǽfre underðeódde and gehérsume and ðám hláfordscipe folhgien ðe ðonne bisceop beó, and gif
Linked entry: býge
hengen
a cross ⬩ a rack
Entry preview:
Under I. add after 'hanging,' racking; and in the second passage substitute racking for hanging. Under II. substitute: an apparatus for punishment or torture to which the sufferer is attached. a cross Críst hí mid hospe on hengene fæstnodon. Hml. Th.
hínan
to humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ degrade ⬩ insult ⬩ to conquer ⬩ subject ⬩ o oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ to lay low ⬩ destroy ⬩ to lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ to accuse
Entry preview:
Take here hýnan in Dict., and add: to humble, humiliate Ðý lǽs hé his eáðmódnesse forleóse, geðence hé dæt hé bið self swíðe gelíc ðǽm ilcan monnum þe hé ǽr ðreátað and hiénð, Past. 116, 16. to treat with dishonour, degrade, insult Hé hié for þǽre gewilnunga
Cerdices ford
Cerdic's ford ⬩ Cerdĭci vadum
Entry preview:
Cerdic's ford, the ford of a little river in the south of Dorsetshire on Cerdices óra, q. v; Cerdĭci vadum Hér Cerdic and Cynríc West-Sexena ríce onféngun; and ðý ilcan geáre hie fuhton wið Brettas, ðær mon nú nemneþ Cerdices ford in this year Cerdic
Linked entries: Cerdic Cerdices óra
Eádréd
Eadred Atheling, third son of Edward the Elder. Eadred was king of Wessex and Northumbria, for nine years and a half, from A. D. 946-955
Entry preview:
Eadred Atheling, third son of Edward the Elder. Eadred was king of Wessex and Northumbria, for nine years and a half, from A. D. 946-955 Hér, A. D. 946, féng Eádréd Æðeling to ríce here Eadred Atheling succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 946; Erl. 116, 35
hræfn
A crab
Entry preview:
A crab Se hrefn ðe sume menn hátaþ crabba the 'hrefn' that some people call a crab, Shrn. 162, 21. Hrefnes geallan and leaxes a crab's gall and a salmon's, L. M. 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 308, 6, see note. Hræfnes geallan, Lchdm. iii. 2, 21. Genim cucune hrefn
Lyge
Entry preview:
The river Lea Úre landgemǽra up on Temese and ðonne up on Ligan [Ligean, 2nd text] and andlang Ligan [Ligean] óþ hire ǽwylm our [English and Danes] boundaries: up on the Thames, then up on the Lea, up to its source, L. A. G. 1; Th. i. 152, 9. Ða Deniscan
hildan
to bend ⬩ incline
Entry preview:
to bend, incline. Take here hyldan in Dict., and add: trans. Ne drinc ðú of þǽre flascan, ac hyld (inclina) þú hí wærlíce, Gr. D. 142, 5. Þá þá hé helde ł bígede cum (membra sopori) dedisset i. inclinasset, An. Ox. 2105. intrans. Men gesáwon áne hand
mód-geþanc
Entry preview:
Add: mind, thoughts Þ mæg se mon begytan, sé þe his módgeðanc æltowe byþ, Gr. D. 2, 5. Ic ondette míne synna . . . for múð and mearh and módgeþonc, sionwe and sídan and swýran, Angl. xi. 98, 50. a thought Swilce beóð þæs mannes módgeþancas ita stint