Róm
Rome
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Hé mid ealre his firde wið Róme weard farende wæs, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 236, 9. ¶ The combination Róme-, Róma-burh is also frequent :-- Wearþ Rómeburg getimbred fram twám gebróðrum, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 21.
Linked entry: Róme-burh
BUCCA
a buck ⬩ A he-goat, BUCK ⬩ caper, hircus
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Gif se ealdor syngaþ, bringeþ ánne buccan to bóte si peccaverit princeps, offerat hircum immaculatum, Lev. 4, 23: 9, 3. He asyndrode twáhund gáta and twentig buccena separavit capras ducentas et hircos viginti, Gen. 32. 14: Ps. Lamb. 49, 13.
Linked entry: buc-heort
ofer-fyll
Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinking ⬩ crapula
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Ðú scealt druncen fleón, and ða oferfylle ealle forlǽtan, Dóm. L. 32, 75. Níwes wínes oferfelle musti crapulam, Hymn. Surt. 97, 18. Þurh oferfylla and mænigfealde synna heora eard hý forworhton, Wulfst. 166, 29
HOL
A HOLE, ⬩ hollow, ⬩ cavern, ⬩ den
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A HOLE, hollow, cavern, den Tó ðám ealdan hole; of ðám hole, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 423, 22. Swá swá leó déþ of his hole quasi leo in cubile suo, Ps. Th. 9, 29.
weorþan
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Th. 5045; B. 2526. to become, be made, be, with predicative substantive Ða hwíle ðe hé ðǽr stód, hé wearþ fǽringa geong cniht, and sóna eft eald man, Blickl. Homl. 175, 2.
be-gitan
To get ⬩ obtain ⬩ take ⬩ acquire ⬩ to seek out ⬩ receive ⬩ gain ⬩ seize ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ sumere ⬩ obtinere ⬩ assequi ⬩ acquirere ⬩ nancisci ⬩ capere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere
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He begeat ealle ða eást land he obtained all the east country Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 6. Hwæt begytst ðú of ðínum cræfte quid acquiris de tua arte? Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3 : Ps. Th. 83, 3 : 68, 37.
mál
an action ⬩ suit ⬩ cause
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Hé sette ealle ða litsmen of mále, 1050; Erl. 176, 13. Se cyng sealde his lande swá deóre tó mále swá heó deórost mihte made as hard terms as ever he could, 1086; Erl. 220, 8
ge-fremman
To promote ⬩ perfect ⬩ perform ⬩ commit
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Hine mihtig God ofer ealle men forþ gefremede him mighty God advanced above all men, Beo. Th. 3440; B. 1718. Ðæt hire mægen on untrumnesse gefremed and getry- med wǽre ut virtus ejus in infirmitate perficeretur, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 16.
sundor-sprǽc
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-Hí cómon ealle tósomne tó heora sundersprǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 9
treówsian
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to engage, pledge one's self Him cómon ongeán . vi. cyningas and ealle wið trýwsodon (wið hine getreówsodon, col. 1), ðæt hí woldon efenwy[r]hton beón on sǽ and on lande six kings came to meet him, and all solemnly engaged to co-operate on sea and on
Linked entry: trýwsian
þurh-smúgan
to creep through ⬩ move slowly through ⬩ to go carefully through a subject ⬩ go over the details
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Ðæt gér, ðe man hǽt solaris, þurhsmíhþ Zodiacum ðone circul on þrim hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum, Anglia viii. 303, 22. to go carefully through a subject, go over the details Hé sceal snotorlíce smeágean and georne þurhsmúgan ealle ða ðing ðe hláforde
Linked entry: smúgan
þurh-wacol
Very watchful ⬩ vigilant ⬩ very wakeful ⬩ quite sleepless
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Hí ealle ða niht mid hálgum sprǽcum ðæs gástlícan lífes ðurhwacole áspendon, Homl. Th. ii. 184, 14. Hí heom weardas setton, þurhwacole menn, Homl.
Linked entry: þurh-wacian
un-gewunelíc
unusual ⬩ unwonted ⬩ unfrequented ⬩ uninhabitable
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Ðá geseah hé ealle ða cytan mid heofonlíce leóhte gefylde.
Linked entry: un-gewynelíc
á-lútan
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Hí ealle tó him áluton, Guth. 16, 9. Hé nolde álútan ne lyffettan þám Amane, Hml. A. 97, 194. Hí ealleálotene beóð tó þǽre eorðan weard, Hml. S. 1, 55. Forþ álotene cernui, Hy.
fægen
glad
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Wǽron ealle þæs fægen þæt Drihten wolde him tó helpe hám gesécan, Sat. 435
friþian
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Lch. iii. 438, 3. to protect, maintain the sanctity of a day Þone heaan dæg ( Sunday ) healdað and friðiað ealle þá ðe cunnon crístene þeáwas, Dóm.
ge-drincan
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., ne druncen gedrince (get drunk), Lch. ii. 330, 8. trans. to imbibe a liquid Hé þone unlybban ealne gedranc. Hml. Th. i. 72, 25.
gleáwe
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Add: with skill Hé is gleáwest úre gelǽred, and hé mæg þé ealle þá þinc gecýþan þe þú ús ácsost he is the best instructed of us, and he can tell you all the things you ask us, H.
wæter-ǽdre
A vein of water, a spring
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Ealle wyllspringas and eán þurh hig ( the earth ) yrnaþ. Swá swá ǽddran licgeaþ on ðæs mannes líchaman, swá licgaþ ðás wæter-ǽddran geond ðás eorðan, Lchdm. iii. 254, 23. On stemne wæterǽdrena (-édrana, Ps. Lamb.cataractorum )ðínra, Ps.
Linked entry: ǽdre
áþ
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Þá witan gerehton Eádgife þæt heó sceolde hire fæder hand geclǽnsian be swá miclan feó, and beo þæs áð lǽdde on ealre ðeóde gewitnesse, and geclǽnsude hire fæder þæs ǽgiftes be .xxx. punda áðe, 202, 1-6.