stán-weall
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Grn. 5, 27: Homl. Ass. 105, 104. Stánweallas tófeóllan, Shrn. 67, 19
tægl
A tail
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Se ðrowend slihþ mid ðam tægle tó deáðe, Homl. Th. i. 252, 5, 10, 12. Ða beón beraþ ǽtterne tægel, Frag. Kmbl. 37; Leás. 20, Hí habbaþ tæglas ðám wyrmum gelíce ðe men hátaþ þrowend, Wulfst. 200, 14
tǽlende
prone to blame, censorious ⬩ slanderous, backbiting
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Homl. 65, 10
þyrre
dry ⬩ lacking water ⬩ lacking sap or moisture ⬩ dry
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Ger. thiori holt), Ps. Th. 117, 12. as a medical term, dry Hine dreceþ þyrre hwósta, Lchdm. ii. 264, 13. Eallum þyrrum líchomum hǽmedþing ne dugon ac swíþost þyrrum and cealdum; ne dereþ hit hátum and wǽtum, 222, 28-30
un-gesǽligness
Unhappiness ⬩ calamity ⬩ misery
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Homl. 3, 8. Hé ða ðeóde fram langre wónesse and ungesǽlignysse ( infelicitate ) álýsde, Bd. 2, 15; S. 519, 10
Linked entry: ge-sǽlignes
un-hírsumness
Disobedience
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Homl. 85, 31. For heora unhýrsumnesse Godes beboda, 95, 8. Gefriða mé wið ðises folces unhýrsumnesse eripies me de contradictionibus populi, Ps. Th. 17, 41. Hé déð unhiérsumnesse Gode, Past. 54; Swt. 421, 32
wyn-lust
Sensual pleasure
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Sensual pleasure Ic wilnode mid him tó farenne, ðæt ic ðe má emnwyrhtena on ðære þrowunge mínes wynlustes hæfde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 359. Hér synt ðisse weorolde wynlustas, ac ðǽr synt ða écan tintregu, L. E. I. proem.; Th. ii. 394, 8.
bell-tíd
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A canonical hour marked by the ringing of a bell (v. preceding word, bel-hringes beácn, and Ll.
borian
to perforate ⬩ To bore into
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Ox. 230. to insert into a hole bored Borige man on þám beáme stór and finol, Lch. i. 400, 19. intrans. To bore into : Dó þú mid þínum fingre swilce þú borige inn on þíne hand, Tech. ii. 123, 11
eln-boga
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Gif men sié se earm mid honda mid ealle of ácorfen beforan elmbogan (el-, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 96, 29. An elmbogan in ulmam, Germ. 396, 156. Add
ge-beátan
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Heortes horn tó dúste gebeáten, Lch. i. 334, 11. Gebeáten swíðe smale, 358, 9. Betonican seáw gebeátenre, ii. 30, 3. Nim mucgwyrte gebeátene, i. 380, 21
hríman
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To cover with hoar frost Nis þæt feor heonon þæt se mere standeð, ofer þǽm hongiað hrímde (hrinde, MS.) bearwas (cf. wǽron . . . swíðe hrímige bearwas . . . and on ðǽm clife hangodan on ðǽm isgean bearwum manige swearte sáula, Bl.
íre
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For this entry I hove to thank Professor Max Förster] Ægylsige bohte Wynríc æt Ælfsige abbude mid ánon ýre goldes, C. D. vi. 210, 24. Bohte man .LX. æcera mid þrím pundum and mid ánum ýre, C. D. B. iii. 371, 2
rúmness
breadth ⬩ breadth, amplitude, abundance
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, a broad space Ða rúmnisse Jericho feldes latitudinem campi Jericho, Deut. 34, 3. breadth, amplitude, abundance Wæs swá mycel rúmnes on him ðæs hálgan geleáfan and swá mycele hé tó ðære Godes lufan hæfde there was in him so great abundance of the holy
sæp
Sap
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Seó dríge gyrd ðe næs mid sæpe ácucod, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 17. Sep sucum, Germ. 391, 18
Linked entry: saftriende
sám-lǽred
Imperfectly taught
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Homl. Th. ii. 438, 6. Barbarismus and solocismus bécumaþ of ðam sámlǽredum leáslíce geclypode oððe áwritene, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 22 ; Som. 51, 52
sand-corn
a grain of sand
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a grain of sand Gif míne synna and mín yrmþ wǽron áwegene on ánre wǽgan, ðonne wǽron hí swǽrran gesewene ðonne sandcorn on sǽ, Homl. Th. ii. 454, 24.
up-rihte
uprightly ⬩ erectly ⬩ right up ⬩ exactly overhead ⬩ in the zenith
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Mann ána gǽþ uprihte, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 30: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 57. Ðá árás se cnapa and uprihte eode, 6, 41. right up, exactly overhead, in the zenith Gǽð seó suntte uprihte (upp-, MS. P.) on ðam sumerlícan sunnstede on middæge, Lchdm. iii. 258, 15
wæterig
Watery
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Rixe weaxst on wæterigum stówum, Homl. Th. ii. 402, 10 : Lchdm. i. 98, 26
gýmeleás
Careless ⬩ negligent ⬩ uncared for ⬩ wandering ⬩ stray ⬩ negligens
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Homl. 55, 30