fót-síþ-gerif
A taking away or stoppage of a foot-path ⬩ līmes
Entry preview:
A taking away or stoppage of a foot-path; līmes, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 72; Wrt. Voc. 16, 45
hyse-berþling
a male child ⬩ puerperium
Entry preview:
The bearing, of a male child, a male child[?]; puerperium, Ælfc. Gl. 5; Som. 56, 8; Wrt. Voc. 17, 16
Linked entry: berþ-ling
in-ǽlan
To kindle
Entry preview:
To kindle Eów wæs ád inǽled for you a pile was kindled, Exon. 42 a ; Th. 142, 6 ; Gú. 640
Linked entry: on-ǽlan
pægel
Entry preview:
a wine-vessel, a pail Pægel (Wright gives wægel, but see Anglia viii. 450) gillo, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 26
sele-gist
Entry preview:
A guest in a hall Heó ofsæt ðone selegyst ( Beowulf who was in Hrothgar's hall ), Beo. Th. 3094 ; B. 1545
sund-hengest
Entry preview:
A sea-horse, a shipExon. Th. 53, 20; Cri. 853.54, 4; Cri. 863. Ceólum líðan, sundhengestum, Sǽlan sundhengestas, ealde ýðmearas
sweord-geníðla
Entry preview:
A foe armed with a sword:?-Ðonne fyrd*-*hwate on twá healfe tohtan sécaþ sweordgeníðlan, Elen. Kmbl. 2359; El. 1181
word-leán
A reward for words (a song)
Entry preview:
A reward for words (a song) Oft ic wóðboran wordleána sum ágyfe æfter giedde. Exon.Th. 489, 18 ; Rä. 78, 9
ǽwe-weard
Entry preview:
A guardian of the divine law, a priest Wæs swíþe mycel ǽweweard þæs noma wæs Zacharias, Bl. H. 161, 27
burg-wille
Entry preview:
A spring that supplies a burg(?) Onlong bróces ðæt on burhwellan, of burhwellan on ðá burhwalles, C.D. iii. 394, 28
fleám-dóm
Entry preview:
The condition of a fugitive Ðá fleáh se Siba mid fleámdóme áweg he fled away as a fugitive, Nap. 23
gemót-leáh
Entry preview:
A field where a 'gemót' is held: — -Tó gemótleáge eástewearde, C. D. vi. 94, 10. In gemótleáge, v. 103, 29
hand-cláþ
Entry preview:
Add: [Hire handcloðes and hire bordcloðes ben makede wite, O. E. Hml. ii. 163, 34. A A] Cf. hand-hrægl
here-féþa
a phalanx
Entry preview:
a troop of infantry, a phalanx Þreát, herigféþa falanx, i. exercitus, multitudo militum, cohors, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 6. Add:
wíf-híred
Entry preview:
A household of women, a nunnery Ꝥ him wǽre eáðelic se wífhíred tó healdanne (feminis praeesse), Gr. D. 27, 8
wæl-bend
A deadly, mortal band
Entry preview:
A deadly, mortal band Wǽlbende handgewriþene deathband hand-twisted (i.e. death at a person's hands), Beo. Th. 3876; B. 1936
Linked entry: wæl-clam
weall-gebrec
A breaking down of a wall
Entry preview:
A breaking down of a wall Hié noldon ðæs weallgebreces geswícan donec perfractis muris, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 30
weax-gescot
A contribution of wax,
Entry preview:
A contribution of wax, due to a church Swá hwæt swá witan tó ðearfe gerǽdan, hwílum weaxgescot, Wulfst. 171, 1
gúþ-bord
A warlike board ⬩ a shield
Entry preview:
A warlike board, a shield, Exon. 92a; Th. 346, 11; Gn. Ex. 203: Cd. 128; Th. 163, 5; Gen: 2693
wín-clyster
a bunch of grapes ⬩ a row of vines
Entry preview:
a bunch of grapes Wínclyster botrus, Scint. 154, 2. a row of vines Wínclystra antes, Engl. Stud. xi. 64, 3
Linked entry: clyster