ende-byrdlíce
Orderly, in order, in succession ⬩ successĭve
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Orderly, in order, in succession; successĭve Ealle ðás wǽron endebyrdlíce bisceopháda brúcende on Myrcna þeóde all these in succession enjoyed the bishopric of Mercia, Bd. 3, 24; S. 558, 4. Endebyrdlíce in order, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 7
feáwa
a few
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Th. i. 70, 21. followed by a pronoun in the singular Feáwa siént tó þám gesceádwíse, gif hé wyrþ on ungeþylde, ꝥ hé ne wilnige ꝥ his sǽlþa weorþan onwende, Bt. 11, 1 ; F. 32, 32. Manegum is forgifen ðæt hé sprecan mæig, and swíþe feáwum (or sing.?
fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Voc. ii. 81, 39), An. Ox. 3046: Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 47: 66, 49. Se lǽce grápað suíðe fægre ymbútan ðæt ðæt hé sníðan wile, Past. 187, 1. Þǽr mé sófte byð, þǽr ic beó fægere beþeaht fiðerum ðínum, Ps. Th. 60, 3.
FLET
the ground ⬩ floor of a house ⬩ ārĕa ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ house ⬩ cottage ⬩ hall ⬩ hăbĭtātio ⬩ dŏmus ⬩ căsa ⬩ aula
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Gif man mannan an óðres flette mánswara háteþ if one man call another a perjurer in another's cottage, 11; Th. i. 32, 4: L. In. 39; Th. i. 86, 21.
ELLEN
The elder-tree ⬩ sambūcus nigra, a small tree whose branches are filled with a light spongy pith. The fruit is a globular, purplish-black berry, of which wine is often made, called elder-berry wine. It is quite distinct from alor the alder-tree
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M. 1, 27; Lchdm. ii. 68, 23: 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 4
Linked entry: ellm
úte
Outside ⬩ without. ⬩ out ⬩ from one's position ⬩ on the outside ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outer side ⬩ out ⬩ out of doors ⬩ in the open air ⬩ out ⬩ away ⬩ at a distance ⬩ out ⬩ away from habitations ⬩ in open country ⬩ out ⬩ from home on service ⬩ out ⬩ not in one's own country ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ away from land
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Similar entries v. út I. 1. α 3 Sum coþu is ðære wambe, ðæt ðone seócan monnan lystep útganges, and ne mæg ðonne hé úte betýned bið (when he is at the closet), Lchdm. ii. 236, 3. out, not residing in a place Ðæt muneca gehwylc, ðe úte sý of mynstre.
Linked entry: út
deáþ
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Voc. ii. 62, 30
ge-tellan
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Th. i. 68, 35. where a total which is formed by two or more objects is given as so and so Wæs geteald ǽfen and merigen tó ánum dæge evening and morning were reckoned a day, Lch. iii. 232, 11. to consider Hwæt is bearn mannes þet þú getelest (reputas
and-weard
Present ⬩ præsens
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Faust, A. x. 150 b; Lchdm. iii. 440, 30
Linked entries: and-weardnes and-warde and-werd
þigen
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Th. i. 266, 17. Se frumsceapena man wearð ádrǽfed of neorxenawanges myrhðe for ðigene ðæs forbodenan bigleofan, 118, 25. Lactuca is biter on ðigene lettuce is bitter in the eating, ii. 278, 27. Mid unálýfedre ðigene, 332, 1.
druncen
Drunkenness ⬩ ēbriĕtas
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P. 41; Th. ii. 276, 12. Gif ðú hwæt on druncen misdó, ne wít ðú hit ðam ealoþe if thou have misdone in drunkenness, blame not the drink, Prov. Kmbl. 39
nyt
use ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ office ⬩ duty
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Voc. ii. 24, 63. Hundteóntig hí him sylfum tó nytte dydon centum in suos usus habebant, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 3 : Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 6. Niþum tó nytte, Exon. Th. 409, 10; Rä. 27, 27. Nebb biþ hyre æt nytte it has a face for use, 416, 23; Rä. 35, 3.
wringan
To wring ⬩ to twist ⬩ to squeeze out
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To wring, to twist Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. to squeeze out moisture from something Ic nam ða wínberian and wrang on ðæt fæt tuli uvas et expressi in calicem, Gen. 40, 11.
Linked entry: a-wringan
hrímig
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In Bl. H. 207, 27 the passage is Se munt is styccemǽlum mid hsomige wuda oferwexen, sum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded. Perhaps brómige should be read, rather than hrímige. [On the strength of Bl.
a-wácian
To grow weak or effeminate ⬩ to languish ⬩ decline ⬩ fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ relax ⬩ to be indolent ⬩ infirmari ⬩ deficere ⬩ recedere
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Pen. 12; Th. ii. 280, 29
Linked entry: wacian
dys-líc
Foolish, stupid ⬩ stultus
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On dyslícum geswincum in foolish labours, Past. 18, 2; Hat. MS. 26 a, 11
páwa
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Voc. i. 77, 24. Páwe, pavo, pavus, 29, 4. Fuglas ða ðe heard flǽsc habbaþ, páwa, swan, æned, Lchdm. ii. 196, 19.
un-gewidre
Bad weather ⬩ storm ⬩ tempest
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Is ðeós woruld on stormum and on ádlum and on ungewyderum, Wulfst. 273, 9. Mycel orfes wæs ðæs geáres forfaren ǽgðer ge þurh mistlíce coða ge þurh ungewyderu, 1041; Erl. 169, 9: Lchdm. iii. 210, 26
plyccan
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Gylecan tácen is þæt þú strece forð þín wenstre handstoc and plyce innan mid þínre wynstran hande, 127, 15
Linked entry: plicettan
tó-springan
To spring asunder ⬩ fly to pieces ⬩ to crack ⬩ burst open
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Hí becómon tó ðám ísenan geate and ðæt tósprang ðǽrrihte him tógeánes they came to the iron gate, and it burst open straightway at their approach, 382, 12. Tósprang dissilit, Germ. 399, 272. Tóspringe crepet, 398, 112