þearf-líc
Entry preview:
Ðæt him ðearflíc nǽre, ðæt hé ðǽs hálgan hǽse forhule his hláforde that it would not be well for him to conceal the saint's bidding from his lord, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 80. On gódan þeáwan and on þearflícan dǽdan, Wulfst. 121, 2.
þreá-níd
Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery ⬩ affliction that comes from punishment
Entry preview:
Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery, affliction that comes from punishment Ic hit leng ne mæg helan for hungre; is ðes hæft tó ðan strang, þreánýd ðæs þearl this imprisonment is so hard, so severe the pain of my punishment, Elen.
eáste-weard
Entry preview:
From eástewearde middangearde ab oriente, Nar. 25, 24. On eásteweardre (eástwarde, v. l.) Cent ad orientalem Cantiae plagam, 893; P. 84, 5; Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 51, 18. On ðá foryrðe eástewerde, C. D. iii. 449, 32.
ege-full
Entry preview:
Swá egefull wæs Alexander þá þá hé wæs on eásteweardum þissum middangearde ꝥte þá from him ondrédan þe wǽron on westeweardum tantus timor in summo Oriente constituti ducis populos ultimi Occidentis invaserat, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 6.
freólíce
Entry preview:
S. 13, 109. with freedom from control, rule, &c. Ic gife þás landes ... freólíce, swá ðet nán man ná have þǽr nán onsting búton seó abbot, Chr. 656; P. 30, 26: 963; P. 116, 18. nobly, splendidly Forð becóm freólíce in geatwum (cf.
glæd-mód
Entry preview:
having glad thoughts, cheerful, joyous. of permanent disposition. v. glæd; 1 Sé þe wǽre hohmód, weorðe sé glædmód, Wlfst. 72, 8. of an occasional frame of mind.
heáwan
to hack ⬩ gash ⬩ to hew ⬩ to cut off
Entry preview:
S. 28, 69. to cut off, sever a part from the whole by a blow: Sume heówun (caedebant) þǽra treówa bógas, Txts 21, 8. to form by hewing Deórhege heáwan, Ll. Th. i. 432, 15: Angl. ix. 262, 8
hwíl-tídum
Entry preview:
. : sometimes, as opposed to never, from time to time, now and again Gehwilce untrumnyssa hwíltídum þǽr wurdon gehǽlede, Hml.
wíf-líc
womanly ⬩ of a woman ⬩ female ⬩ feminine ⬩ wifely ⬩ matronly
Entry preview:
Wíflícum lícome of woeres ðú saldest líchome fruma femineo corpore de viri dares carne principium, Rtl. 109, 15. Bútan wíflícre bysnunge without an example among women, Homl. Th. i. 198, 5.
ge-ǽrendian
to do an errand ⬩ a business ⬩ to obtain by negotiation ⬩ intercession ⬩ to go ⬩ and obtain ⬩ apply ⬩ and obtain
Entry preview:
Þá sendon hió Filónem tó þon ꝥ hé him sceolde Gaiuses mildse geǽrendian Philonem legatum ad Caesarem miserunt Ors. 6, 3; S. 258, 5. from (æt) a person Ic geǽrndede æt Cnute þæt land, Cht.
hamele
An oar-loop
Entry preview:
An oar-loop, but the word occurs only in a phrase, which may be borrowed from the Scandinavian. Icel. hamsa an oar-loop, is used in the phrase, til hömlu = per man [v. Cl. and Vig.
Linked entry: hamule
hleóðor-cwide
A saying, ⬩ vocal utterance, ⬩ words, ⬩ speech, ⬩ discourse
Entry preview:
I learn from thy words that ..., Exon 72 b; Th. 270, 7; Jul. 461; Beo. Th. 3962; B. 1979. Éces word hálges hleóðorcwide. Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 1; Ph. 399; Andr. Kmbl. 1786; An. 895.
á-weallan
to well out ⬩ to spring ⬩ proceed from a source ⬩ to swarm, ⬩ to exist in large numbers ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ to be hot ⬩ to burn ⬩ rage
Entry preview:
Voc. ii. 29, 56: 146, 36. to spring, proceed from a source Ealle únðeáwas áweallað of deófle, Wlfst. 40, 22. to swarm, to exist in large numbers Swá þicce hié in þǽre eá áweóllon swá ǽmettan veluti formice efferbuere, Nar. 11, 13. of production in large
be-beorgan
to ward off something ⬩ to guard one's self against ⬩ to save one's self ⬩ to guard one's self (acc.) against (wiþ) something
Entry preview:
Substitute: to ward off something (acc. or inst.) from one's self (dat.), to guard one's self against. with dat. of person only, to save one's self Hí heom sylfum beburgon mid Godes fultume, Gr. D. 335, 24.
be-díglian
to conceal, ⬩ to conceal from ⬩ to be concealed ⬩ lie hid
Entry preview:
I a. to conceal from (dat.):-- Hé bedíglode his dǽda þám cásere, Hml. S. 5, 9. Nán þing Gode bedíglian, Angl. xii, 513, 14. Swilce his tócyme mancynne bedíglod wǽre, Hml. Th. i. 82, 30: Hml. A. 53, 84.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
Entry preview:
Ne dyde ic for feóndscipe, ne for wihte ðæs ic ðé weán úðe did it not from enmity, or from aught of ill will 163, 2 ; Gen. 2692. Hé nele láþes wiht geæfnan. Exon. Th. 357, 22; Pa. 32 : Cd. Th. 16, 13; Gen. 242.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
ESNE
A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis
Entry preview:
Gif esne déþ, his ráde, ðæs dæges, vi se wið dryhten gebéte, oððe sine hýd if an esne do servile labour, contrary to his lord's command, from sunset on Sunday-eve till sunset on Monday-eve [that is, from sunset on Saturday till sunset on Sunday], let
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
Entry preview:
Anlaf, king of Dublin, commenced the fray by sailing from Ireland with 615 ships, containing about 100 men each, making more than 61,000 men: with this force he entered the Humber.
wiþer-weard
contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ adversary ⬩ enemy ⬩ opponent ⬩ fiend ⬩ hostile to rightful authority ⬩ rebel ⬩ opposed to what is right ⬩ arrogant ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ reprobate ⬩ false ⬩ heretic ⬩ apocryphal ⬩ opposed to the good or pleasure of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ adverse ⬩ hurtful ⬩ pernicious ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ contrary ⬩ opposite
Entry preview:
From wiðerwordum lárwum a diversis auctoribus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 7, 4
Linked entries: wiþer-word wiþerweard-líc wiþerweard-ness wiþer-wierde wiþer-word
MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
Entry preview:
Ða ðe faraþ fram leahtrum tó mæignum those who pass from vices to virtues, Homl. Th. ii. 54, 26. Mægnum, Prud. 28a. Ðá ongunnon hí mód and mægen niman . . .
Linked entry: mægn