weorod-líce
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Ic wundrige hú nú on wintres dæge hér lilian blóstm oþþe rosan brǽð swá wynsumlíce and swá werodlíce stincað, Hml. S. 34, 105. Add
gift-búr
A wedding-chamber ⬩ bride-chamber
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A wedding-chamber, bride-chamber Swá swá brýdguma forþ gewítende of giftbúre his tanquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo, Ps. Spl. T. 18, 5
wind-hreóse
A storm of wind
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A storm of wind Swá swá gód scipstýra ongit micelne windhreóse ǽr ǽr hit weorþe, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 14. Cf. wind-rǽs
Linked entry: hreóse
baldsamum
Balsam ⬩ balm ⬩ balsamum
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Balsam, balm; balsamum Swá swá mon héddern ontýnde ða baldsami quasi opobalsami cellaria esse viderentur aperta, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 19
þurh-creópan
to creep through
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to creep through Swá swá mon melo sift, ðæt melo ðurhcrýpþ (þurg-, Cott. MS.) ǽlc þyrl], Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 2
an-wealda
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Hé wæs swá milde swá him nán onwald (an-wealda, v. l. ) næs ǽr þǽm, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254, 22. Add
brego
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Sum árleás cynincg, Cosdrue geháten, wæs swá upáhafen, and swá árleás brega, ꝥ hé wolde beón God, Hml. S. 27, 27. Add
for-scrincan
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Swá hwæt swá heó gesyhð, hyt forscrincð and gewíteþ, Lch. i. 242, 24. Hond forscriuncen manus arida, Mt. L. 12, 10. Add
ráh-deór
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Add: Þá beóð langswýrede ðe lybbað be gærse, swá swá olfend and assa, hors and hrýðeru, heádeór and ráhdeór, Hex. 16, 3
swæþer
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add: Sé dyde þonne swaþer hé dorste . . . swá (vel) hé hit ágnode, swá (vel) hé hit týmde, Ll. Th. i. 160, 7
trág
Evil ⬩ bad
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Evil, bad Tó trág, Exon. Th. 354, 37; Reim. 57. Se feónd and se freónd, tíreádig and trág, synnig and gesǽlig, Elen. Kmbl. 1906; El. 955. Ðæt hió ðære cwéne oncweðan meahton swá tiles swá tráges swá hió him tó sóhte, 649; El. 325
a-cweorran
To eat or drink immoderately ⬩ to glut ⬩ guzzle ⬩ ingurgitare
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To eat or drink immoderately, to glut, guzzle; ingurgitare Swá swá mihti acworren fram wíne tanquam potens crapulatus a vino, Ps. Spl. T. 77, 71
Linked entry: a-cwerren
andgit-fullíce
Sensibly ⬩ clearly ⬩ plainly ⬩ distinctly ⬩ intelligibly ⬩ intelligenter
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Sensibly, clearly, plainly, distinctly, intelligibly, intelligenter Swá swá he hit andgitfullícost gereccan mihte as he most clearly might explain it, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 4
Linked entries: andgit-líce andgit-líce
án-hyrned
One-horned ⬩ having one horn ⬩ unicornis
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One-horned, having one horn; unicornis Biþ upahafen swá swá ánhyrnedes deóres mín horn exaltabitur sicut unicornis cornu meum, Ps. Lamb. 91, 10: 77, 69
Linked entry: hyrned
piporian
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To pepper Pipra hit syððan swá swá man wille, Lchdm. iii. 76, 9. Cf. Gepipera mid .xx. corna, ii. 182, 21. Gepiporod wyrtdrenc,182, 7
Linked entry: ge-piporian
ge-dríf
What is driven ⬩ stubble ⬩ stipula
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What is driven, stubble; stipula Gesete hí swá swá gedríf ætforan ansýne windes pone illos sicut stipulam ante faciem venti, Ps. Spl. T. 82, 12
ge-freósan
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To freeze Gefruron swá swá weallas wæteru, gefruron ýþa on middele sǽs gelauerunt tamquam muros aquae, gelauerunt fluctus in media maris, Ps. Rdr. 281, 8
hell-heort
Faint-hearted
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Faint-hearted (?) For ðám egsan þæs engles ansýnes þá weardas wǽron áfǽrede and hellheorte, and efne swá forhte gewordene swá heó deáde wǽron, Nap. 37
steór-sprǽc
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Reproof, rebuke Swá swá man ná hæbbende on múðe his steórspréca (streór-, MS.) ut homo non habens in ore sno increpationes, Ps. Rdr. 37, 15
swingel
a stripe, stroke ⬩ a scourging, whipping, flogging ⬩ a scourge, rod, whip ⬩ a swingle, a stick to beat flax ⬩ the swingle ⬩ le pesselin ⬩ to swingle the flax ⬩ estonger vostre lyn ⬩ excussorium, excudia ⬩ exculidium ⬩ excudium ⬩ to beat flax ⬩ chastisement, affliction
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literal, a stripe, stroke Hine man þreáge mid teartran steóre, ðæt is, him síge on swin-gella wracu ( verberum vindicta). Gif hé þurh ða swingella ne biþ geriht . . . R. Ben. 52, 6-8. Mid teartum swingellum acribus verberibus, 54, 4. Geswencte on bendum
Linked entry: swincgel