feórþling
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Quadrans ys fýrðling, Angl. viii. 306, 29. Oþ þæt gé cumon tó ánum feórðlincge until you are brought to your last farthing, Hml. Th. i. 268, 1. Sum earm wydewe næfde ealra ǽhta búton ǽnne feórðling, ii. 106, 9. Ǽr ðan þe ðú forgelde þone endenéxtan feórðling
log
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(?) water: Mid lande and mid loge cum terra et cum aqua, C. D. iv. 202, l.[The grant in which this phrase occurs is of land that had been held by a ' húskarll' of king Edward. The alliterative phrase ' land and lögr' is common in Icelandic, so perhaps
of-lǽte
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Add: <b>-lát</b> (?), e ; f. Add Noldest þú ná ofrunga and ofláta (-an ?) náne sacrificium el oblationem noluisti, Ps. Th. 39, 6. Add Hé sóna sealde mid his ágenre handa oflétan (ofenlǽtan, v. l. oblationem ), and bebeád: 'Gáð nú and dóð
sceáda
The top of the head, parting of the hair
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The top of the head, parting of the hair v. Halliwell's Dict. shed, and E. D. S. Pub. Lincolnshire, shed the parting of the hair. Hé tófylleþ feaxes scádan conquassabit verticem capilli, Ps. Th. 67, 21. Crulle was his heer, and as the gold it schon .
Linked entry: horn-sceaða
slǽtan
To slate ⬩ bait ⬩ set dogs on ⬩ hunt with dogs
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To slate [Halliwell quotes from a book of 1697 to slate a beast is to hound a dog at him; and in Ray's North-country Words (1691), E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 'to slete a dog, ' is to set him at anything, as swine, sheep, etc. In Gloss. B. 17 the form
Linked entry: slǽting
ge-dreógan
to do, accomplish ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to live through, spend time, life,
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Substitute: to do, accomplish Hé wyrs ágylt and máran demm gedríhð (-drígð, v.l.) him selfum mid ðǽm lote, Past. 347, 18. Wel hym þæs geweorkes . . . gif hé ealteáwne ende gedreógeð, Hy. 2, 13. to suffer Wíf ðiú blódes flóning geðolade ł gedróg (-dreóg
CEÁP
cattle ⬩ pecus ⬩ Saleable commodities, price, sale, bargain, business, market ⬩ pretium, negotium, pactio,venditio, forum
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cattle; pecus Ðǽm landbúendum is beboden ðæt ealles ðæs ðe him on heora ceápe geweaxe, híg Gode ðone teóðan dǽl agyfen to farmers it is commanded, that of all which increases to them of their cattle, they give the tenth part to God, L. E. 1, 35; Th.
Linked entry: cép
D
to cut
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to cut. d and t are often interchanged, as métte met, for métde. nouns ending in d or t are generally feminine, as Gebyrd, e; f. birth: Miht, e; f. might, power. a word terminating with ed, d [Icel. at, t: Ger. et, t] indicates that a person or thing
ge-fér-scipe
Society ⬩ fellowship ⬩ brotherhood ⬩ sŏciĕtas ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ clērus
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Society, fellowship, brotherhood; sŏciĕtas, cŏmĭtātus, clērus To healfum fó se cyng, to healfum se geférscipe let the king take half, half the fellowship, L. Ath. v. § 1, 1; Th. i. 228, 18. Þolige ǽgðer ge geférscipes ge freóndscipes let him forfeit
Linked entries: ge-fǽrscipe ge-fér-rǽden
ge-neahhe
Enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantly ⬩ satis, sufficienter, frequenter, valde, sedulo, instanter
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Enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantly; satis, sufficienter, frequenter, valde, sedulo, instanter Ðara ðe geneahhe noman scyppendes hergan willaþ of those who sufficiently will praise the creator's name, Exon. 8
Æ
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airy, as appears from these cognate words Wæl wail, brædan to braid, nægel a nail, dæg, spær, læt, snæce, mæst, æsp, bær, etc. The short or unaccented æ stands only before a single consonant; as Stæf, hwæl, dæg: a single consonant followed by e in nouns
á-hwár
somewhere ⬩ anywhere ⬩ alicubi ⬩ in any wise ⬩ quoquo modo
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somewhere, anywhere; alicubi De he áhwár gefremode that he anywhere occasioned, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 6. Ahwár on lande anywhere within the land, L. E. G. 11; Th. i. 172, 21. in any wise; quoquo modo And se man, ðe wiðcwiþ ðínum bebodum [Grn. wordum
freónd-leás
FRIENDLESS ⬩ absque amīcis
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FRIENDLESS; absque amīcis Gif freóndleás man geswenced weorþe if a friendless man be distressed, L. C. S. 35; Th. i. 396, 22. Ic findan meahte ðone ðe mec freóndleásne fréfran wolde I might find one who would comfort me friendless, Exon. 76 b; Th. 288
gál-scipe
Luxury ⬩ lustfulness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ wantonness ⬩ lewdness ⬩ luxŭria ⬩ lĭbīdo ⬩ lascīvia ⬩ petulantia ⬩ saty̆riăsis ⬩ σατυρίασιs
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Luxury, lustfulness, lasciviousness, wantonness, lewdness; luxŭria, lĭbīdo, lascīvia, petulantia, saty̆riăsis σατυρίασιs He begǽþ unǽtas and oferdrincas and gálscipe comessatiōnĭbus văcat et luxŭriæ atque convīviis, Deut. 20, 21. We lǽraþ, ðæt man wið
unfriþ-scip
a ship which is carrying on hostilities ⬩ a ship belonging to a hostile country
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a ship which is carrying on hostilities Ðam cynge com word ðæt unnfriðscipa lǽgen be westan and hergodon, Chr. 1046; Erl. 173, 5. a ship belonging to a hostile country Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe ðe binnan múðan cuman(-e?), þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gyf hit
Linked entry: friþ-scipe
dell
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A dell, deep hollow or vale Dell (den, v. l. ), weallendum légum full, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 4. Forð be deópan delle, Cht. E. 290, 30. On scipdel; of scipdelle on cýpmanna [del]; of cýpmanna delle andlang weges, C. D. v. 48, 13. On ðæt twigbutme del;
Linked entry: dæl
geréf-scir
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Substitute: geréf-soír, e; geréf-soíre, an; f. office of ge-réfa. v. ge-réfa; I. II Geréfscíre praefecturae (dignitas), An. Ox. 1382. Hé is nú geréfscíre healdende in Rómebyrig in Romana civitate locum praefectorum servans, Gr. D. 193, 9. stewardship
hédd-ern
a store-room
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a store-room Búton hit under þæs wífes cǽglocan gebróht wǽre . . . ac þǽra cǽgean heó sceal weardian; þæt is hire héddernes cǽge and hyre cyste cǽge and hire tǽgan, Ll. Th. i. 418, 21 note. On kycenan oþþe on héderne (cellario) oðþe on mynstres bæcerne
Linked entry: hædern
on-scyte
an attack, assault ⬩ an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting
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an attack, assault Salomon ðæt mǽre hús Godu betǽhte, him and his folce tó gescyldnysse wið ǽlces yfeles onscyte as a protection against the assault of every evil, Homl. Th. ii. 578, 23. an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting Mǽst ǽlc óðrum derede
Linked entry: scyte
scolu
a school ⬩ a band or troop of people ⬩ a shoal ⬩ school (in school of fishes)
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a school Scól scola, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 27. Scól scola, se ðe on scóle (sceóle, MS. U.) ys scolasticus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 11, 13-15. Ðý ilcan geáre forborn Ongolcynnes scolu, Chr. 816; Erl. 62, 7. Constantinus hiene benǽmde ðære scole ðe hé on leornode