be-þridian
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On ðǽm ǽrestan gewinne Amilcor wearð from Spénum beþridad and ofslagen Amilcar ab Hispanis in bello occisus est, Ors. 4, 7; 8. 182, 31. Add
be-sǽtian
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To lie in ambush for Hé forsǽtade hié ðǽrðǽr hió geþóht hæfdon p hié hiene besǽtedon insidiantes insidiis capit. Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 146, 11
canter-stæf
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A staff used by a cantor (v. preceding word)] III. canterstafas III. baculi cantorum (baculi quibus in ecclesia utebantur cantores, Migne), Cht. Th. 429, 23
coc-ród
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A cock-road, a clearing in a wood where woodcocks could be netted Oð ðá cocródæ; swá of ðǽre cocród, C. D. v. 346, 26
dúst-swearm
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A cloud of dust (of the motes in the sunlight) Dústswerme atomo (modico Phoebi radiis qui vibrat atomo, Ald. 272, 33), An. Ox. 23, 52
Linked entry: swearm
ed-recan
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Substitute: <b>ed-reccan,</b> eodorcan (q. v. in Dict.); pp. edTo ruminate Edreceð, ceóweþ ruminet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 15
efen-wyrcend
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A co-operator Adrianus wæs efenwyrcend on Godes worde Theodorus arcebiscopes Hadrianus co-operator in uerbo Dei Theodori Episcopi, Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 673, 10
firwitgeorn-ness
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Feorwitgeornis, feruuitgeornnis, feruitgernis curiositas, Txts. 55, 609. Firwetgeornes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 7. Feruitgiornis, Lk. p. 3, 9. Take here fyrwetgeornnes in Dict., and add
fram-lic
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Stout, bold Hé (Nero) nóht fromlices (freom-, v.l.) ongan on ðǽre cynewísan nihil omnino in re militari ausus est, Bd. 1, 3; Sch. 15, 21
Linked entry: freomlic
ge-fultumend
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Gefultumend æt ǽlcere ðearfe adjutor in opportunitatibus, Ps. Th. 9, 10: 39, 21. Gefultumigend, Ps. L. 77, 35: fautor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 36. Add
ge-girnan
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Take here <b>ge-gyrnan</b> in Dict., and add Gegernð desiderat, Kent. Gl. 798. Gegyrnende, wilniende competentes, An. Ox. 2882
heals-wærc
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Pain in the neck Wiþ healswærce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch. ii. 312, 5
ídel-georn
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Add: frivolous, useless, unprofitable, v. ídel; n. Sé ðe wǽre ídelgeorn, weorðe sé notgeorn, Wlfst. 72, 9. lazy. v. ídel; n. See examples in Dict
lín-æcer
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A field where flax is grown In línæceran (be ?) wege þám innmæstan ; of línaceran innan ðone hege, Cht. . 239, 10, Cf. lín-leáh, fleax-æcer
nǽm
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A taking, acceptance Be ælmessena nǽme de elemosinis accipiendis Chrd. 49, 3. On þǽre nǽme cyrcan ǽhte in accipiendis ecclesiasticis sumplibus 12, 7. Cf. nám
on-smiring
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Anointing Þæs hâlgan eles môton ealle crîstene men notian tô heora freónda onsmyrunge sancto oleo omnibus uti christianis in suorum necessitate unguentes, Chrd. 80, 19
on-stingan
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to be angry with (?) Sê ðe on þâm sylfan cildan bûtan smêgunge onstingð qui in ipsis infantibus sine discretione exarserit, R. Ben. I. 115, 16
scrind
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For scrinde perhaps scynde (v. scyndan) might be read. Cf. the intransitive use of the verb in reference to a ship Brimwudu scynde, Gú. 1305
spic
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On tócyme Drihtnes fǽtnyss ys forboden gewislíce spices búton freólsdægum in aduentu Domini pinguedo interdicitur, scilicet lardi, nisi festiuis diebus, Angl. xiii. 399, 487. Add
sweotolian
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Add: used impersonally in the beginning of documents Hér swutelað on þisum gewrite embe þá forewyrd þe Ægelríc worhte wið Eádsige, C.D. iv. 86, 7