on-unwís
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Hé wende ꝥ hé sprǽke onunwís (?on unwís ?) þá hé bebeád . . . quod quasi insana praeciperet, Gr. D. 58, 1. Add
nacian
To strip
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To strip (the clothes off a person) Ðá hé ðæt nolde hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded when he would not do that (deny Christ), he was stripped and sent to prison, Shrn. 51, 12
ge-módsumnes
commodus
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Agreement, concord; concordia He cýððe ðæt he nolde habban náne gemódsumnesse wið ða yfelan he proclaimed that he would have no concord with the wicked, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, 4; Hat. MS. 67 a, 21
wund
A wound ⬩ vulnus ⬩ a wound ⬩ an injury caused by a blow ⬩ a sore caused by disease
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Óðer wæs wæterseóc, óðer eall on wundum, ac hí wurdon gehǽlede fram heora untrumnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 145. Heó wæs swýðe unhál, and on eallum limum egeslíce wunda hæfde ... 'Ðú scealt underfón ðína wunda hǽle.' ...
lyre
Loss ⬩ damage ⬩ destruction ⬩ detriment
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Hé macode heora líf tó lyre he destroyed them, 106, 6. Hwílum forlidenesse ic þolie mid lyre ealra þinga mínra aliquando naufragium patior, cum jactura omnium rerum mearum, Coll. Monast. Th. 27,1. On lyre in perditione, Ps. Lamb. 87, 12.
stapol
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Hé hét stapulas ásettan erectis stipitibus, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 6. Sweras unlytle, stapulas, Andr. Kmbl. 2986; An. 1496. Staplas columbas (l. columnas), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 12. a step, threshold(?)
á-blendar
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Hét se cyng áblendan Ælfgár, Chr. 993; P. 127, 29. Him burston út his eágan . . . hé wearð áblend, Hml. S. 19, 129. Wulfeáh and Ufegeat wǽron áblende, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 10.
fæsten
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Gif hí þæt fæsten rihtlíce ne gefæstan . . . gyf hé þæt fæsten ábrece, 172, 1-2. Fæstinum jejuniis, Rtl. 8, 17. Heó lufude fæstenu, Hml. Th. i. 148, 1. Fæsten dreógan to do penance (?), suffer scarcity (?)
ge-bytlu
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Hé hylt ealle þá gebytlu ðǽre gelaðunge, Hml. Th. i. 580, 21: 582, 22
wǽpen-mann
A male ⬩ a man
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Woepenmon ł hee masculum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 6. Hé worhte wǽpman (woepenmonn masculum, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 19, 4. Synna wið wǽpman oððe wífman, L. de Cf. 6; Th. ii. 262, 23.
Linked entries: wæp-mann wǽpned-mann
sige-fæst
With victory secured ⬩ victorious ⬩ triumphant
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Hé ofslóh mid ðam sigefæstan here eall ðæt mennisc, Jos. 10, 40. Hí sigefæste ofer sǽ férdon, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 15. Sigefæste triumphabiles, triumpho plenos, Hpt. Gl. 489. 33. Hý beóþ ðý gesundran and ðý sigefæstran, Exon. Th. 408, 29; Rä. 27, 19.
Linked entry: sigor-fæst
African
An African ⬩ Africanus
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An African; Africanus Ðá he feaht wið Africanas, he hæfde sige ofer ða Africanas when he fought against Africans, He gained a victory over the Africans, Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52, 39: 54, 1
gǽling
Delay
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Delay Geðencan ne con hwæt him losað on ðǽre gǽlinge ðe hé ðá hwíle ámierreð he cannot consider what loss he suffers in the delay in which he wastes the time, Past. 39, 1
weald
perhaps ⬩ may be ⬩ in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case
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Bisceopum gebyreþ ðæt mid heom wunian welgeþungene witan . . . ðæt heora gewitan beón on ǽghwylcne tíman, weald hwæt heom tíde in case anything befall them, L.I.P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 25.
land-rǽden
Institution ⬩ disposition
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Institution, disposition, ordinance of a district or country Héde se ðe scíre healde ðæt hé wite á hwæt eald landrǽden sý and hwæt þeóde þeáw videat qui scyram tenet, ut semper sciat que sit antiqua terrarum institutio, vel populi consuetudo, L. R.
un-wís
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Add: mad, insane Hé wénde ꝥ hé sprǽke on unwís, þá hé bebeád ꝥ . . . (quod quasi insana praeciperet), Gr. D. 58, I
bóc-stæf
A bookstaf, a letter, character ⬩ litera, character
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A bookstaf, a letter, character; litera, character = χαρακτήρ Awrítaþ hie on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, bealwe bócstafas they cut upon his weapon a heap of fatal marks, baleful letters, Salm. Kmbl. 325; Sal. 162.
ge-cyrran
to turn ⬩ convert ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ to turn [one's self] ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ verti ⬩ reverti ⬩ ire
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Ðíne heortan to rǽde gecyr turn thy heart to counsel, Blickl. Homl. 113, 27 : Ps. Th. 114, 7; 84, 5. Heora líf he hæfþ to gefeán gecyrred their life he hath turned to joy, Blickl.
nefne
Unless ⬩ except ⬩ Except
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Hé læg swá swá deád mon nemne ðynre éðunge ánre ætýwde ðæt hé lífes wǽre quasi mortuus jacebat, halitu tantum pertenui quia viveret demonstrans, 5, 19; S. 640, 24. Nymne, 1, 27; S. 493, 38. Nó hé fóddor þigeþ, nemne meledeáwes dǽl gebyrge, Exon.
cræft
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</b> in a bad sense, a cunning trick, stratagem, artifice :-- Mid þǽm cræfte þe þá scondlicost wæs . . . þysne nyttan cræft, þéh hé árlic nǽre, funde heora tictator, Ors. 2, 8; S. 90, 28-92, 3.