aweg-cuman
to go away ⬩ to leave ⬩ escape ⬩ dimittere
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to go away, to leave, escape; dimittere Sume aweg-cómon some escaped, Ors. 3, 3 ; Bos. 55, 26
rúnung
Whispering, soft speech
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Whispering, soft speech Seó sóðfæste fǽmne hyre láca ne róhte ne hyre rúnunga, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 149
sáwel-þearf
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What is necessary or beneficial for the soul Ic wes smeágende ymb míne sáulþearfe, Chart. Th. 474, 18
wæter-stefn
The voice or sound of water
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The voice or sound of water Fram wæterstefnum wídra manigra a vocibus aquarum multarum, Ps. Th. 92, 4
onred
The name of some plant
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The name of some plant Onred, hámwyrt . . . onredes einfela, Lchdm. ii. 104, 14-15. Genim onred, 270, 26
hreód-aler
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some kind of alder(?) On Hreódalras; of Hreódalron, C. D. B. ii. 270, 26
hearp-swég
The sound of the harp
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The sound of the harp Sealmleóþ and hearp-swég psalterium et cythara, Blickl. Gloss
síd-fæðmed
Broad-bosomed ⬩ broad-beamed
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Broad-bosomed, broad-beamed Seomode on sole sídfæðmed scip, Beo. Th. 610; B. 302
Linked entry: -fæþme
ge-bodian
To tell ⬩ make known ⬩ announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ nuntiāre ⬩ annuntiāre
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Ðæt ðǽr nán to láfe ne wearþ ðæt hit to Róme gebodade so that there was none left to tell it at Rome, Ors. 4, ii; Bos. 97, 30: Exon. 10 b; Th. 13, 14; Cri. 202
heáfod-æcer
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A strip of land, an acre in extent, lying at the head (cf. heáfod ; 2 a) of a field [and so forming its upper boundary (? cf. heáfodland)] Fines gemǽre, limites h(e)áfudland, decumanus tióðe h(e)áfudæcer, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 2-4.
Linked entry: -hafol
sele
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bewitiaþ wuldortorhtan weder winter shut up the waves with bonds of ice, until another year came to men's dwellings; so still the new year comes, and brilliant weather (as is apparent to those) who keep constant watch on the seasons, Beo.
Godmundingahám
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The speeches were so much in favour of Christianity that the creed was at once received; these speeches are particularly worthy of notice, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 17
glíwian
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., and add: of the sound made by metal(?), to play, sound Mec (a book) siððan wráh hæleð hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde forð (for a similar verse cf.
ge-rýman
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Add: to make roomy. to enlarge so as to occupy a greater space He his Sdel geryrnde, Hml. S. 25, 283.
un-gewiss
uncertainty ⬩ ignorance ⬩ unconsciousness ⬩ in ignorance ⬩ unintentionally ⬩ unconsciously ⬩ unwittingly ⬩ what is uncertain or unknown ⬩ incertum ⬩ ignominia
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Ðæt hié on swá micle néþinge and on swá micel ungewiss ǽgðer ge on sǽs fyrhto ge on wéstennum wildeóra ge on þeóda gereordum, ðæt hié hiene æfter friþe sóhton that they ventured upon so much that was hazardous and so much that was unknown in respect to
æt-bredendlíc
Taking away ⬩ ablativus
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Gr. 7; Som. 6, 27-32
a-smeágan
To look closely into ⬩ examine ⬩ trace out ⬩ elicit ⬩ meditate upon ⬩ consider ⬩ contemplate ⬩ ponder ⬩ judge ⬩ deem ⬩ be of opinion ⬩ think ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ investigare ⬩ indagare ⬩ elicere ⬩ contemplári ⬩ pensare ⬩ censere
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Gr. 26, 2 ; Som. 28, 51
be-beódendlíc gemet
The imperative mood ⬩ modus imperativus
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Gr. 21; Som. 23, 20-24
Linked entries: forþ-werd beódendlíc gemet
fægere
Pleasantly, softly, gently, fairly, beautifully ⬩ suāvĭter, bĕnigne, cōmĭter, dĕcenter, pulchre
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Gr. 38; Som. 40, 32: Elen. Kmbl. 1483; El. 743: Runic pm. 18; Kmbl. 342, 32; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 36: Ps. Th. 60, 3: 62, 7: 118, 117
for-scrincan
To shrink up ⬩ dry up ⬩ dwindle away ⬩ wither ⬩ emarcescĕre ⬩ exarescĕre ⬩ arefiĕri ⬩ arescĕre
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Sóna forscranc ðæt fíctreów arefacta est contĭnuo fīculnea. Mt. Bos. 21, 19. Hig forscruncon āruērunt, Mt. Bos. 13, 6. Mín hýd is forscruncen my skin is shrunk up, Job Thw. 167, 37.