lǽ
hair
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'Forty threads of hemp-yarn are termed in Norfolk a lea. The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster, contained 200 threads.' Halliwell gives as a northern word 'lea
morþ-weorc
An act which causes death
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An act which causes death (by witchcraft or poison), Hǽðenscipe biþ ðæt man ... wiccecræft lufige oððe morþweorc gefremme ( causes death by witchcraft or poison, Similar entries v. morþ. III), L.C.S. 5; Th. i. 378, 21.
géme-leáslíce
Negligently ⬩ neglĭgenter
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Ða ðe unwærlíce and gémeleáslíce Gode hýraþ those who heedlessly and carelessly serve God, Blickl. Homl. 63, 22
be-heáfdung
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Beheáfdunge underhnígan capitalem sententiam subire, An. Ox. 3042
buttuc
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A small butt (? butt, a provincial term applied to such ridges as run out short at the sides of the field. A small parcel of land is often called the butts, v. N. E. D.)
dihtnere
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Híwrǽddene wurðe gesetton dihtneran (-as?, e?) domui Dei dignum constituant dispensatorem, R. Ben. I. 107, 12. Getreówne dyhtnere his hálegra cyricena ( Dunstan ), Lch. iii. 434, 21. Se cyningc him tó gecígde his dihtnere, Ap. Th. 5, 13. Add
lácnian
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Hálwende cleoþan lácniende medicinale cataplasma procurans, An. Ox. 1974. Mid lácniendum tólum medicinalibus instrumentis, 3047. Add
læfer
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Add: In local names Ad uadum qui uocatum Leuerford, C. D. i. 64, 12. Leuuremer Livermere (in Suffolk), iv. 245, 30. Cf. Liversedge, Liverpool; cf. eá-lifer. Add Læfer lamina (auri), An. Ox. 2, 26. Læfrum petalis (deauratis ), 5497.
langsumlíce
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long, during or for a long time Hit God siþþan longsumlíce wrecende wæs, Ors. 2, 1; S. 58, 17. Hé tó þǽre dura cóm and þǽr langsumlíce swýðe cnucede ( he knocked long and loudly ), Vis.
lógian
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Hit biþ tó langsum eall hér tó lógigenne be ðám clǽnum nýtenum oððe be þám unclǽnum on ðǽre ealdan ǽ it is too tedious to give here an ordered account of everything in the old law concerning the clean and unclean animals, Hml. S. 25, 82. Add
mid-gesíþ
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Napier (An. Ox. 680, note) from this passage deduces a midgesíþ (cf. Goth. miþ-gasinþa) on the ground that mid as preposition here would be unsuitable.
on-unwísdóm
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Probably this word should be rejected, for the passage in which it occurs seems corrupt Ic wæs wiþerméde and unwísum nétenum gelíc geworden. Ac þu Drihten scyld mínre iugoþe and mín onunwísdómes ne wes þú gemyndig (= ?
sǽdere
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A. 36, 311-37, 315. Add
úhta
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Add On úhtan hié árísað mane consurgent, Past. 249, 4.
wǽg-líþend
A sea-farer ⬩ sea-faring
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A sea-farer; sea-faring Wénaþ wǽglíþende, ðæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten, Exon. Th. 360, 26; Wal. 11. Ne móston wǽglíðendum wætres brógan hrínon, ac hié God nerede, Cd. Th. 84, 9; Gen. 1395: Beo. Th. 6297; B. 3159.
ge-ambehtan
to minister
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to minister Take here ge-embeht-an in Dict., and add Gif huá mé embehtes (ministrat) . . . gif huelc mé geembehtað (minisirabit), Jn. R. 12, 26. Geembihtatun mini-straverunt Mt. p. 7, 3. Him geembehte ðú illi servies Mt. L. 4, 10.
Linked entries: ambehtan gealpettung ge-embehtan
ge-bod
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Add Mid egeslicum gebode (v. Acts 16, 18: Praecipio tibi in nomine Iesu Christi exire ab ea) imperio terrente, An.
gifu
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Take here <b>geafu</b> in Dict. and add: acc. gife, gifu : gife, an (?); f. A gift Gifu donum, datum vel donatum Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 57. Twifealdre gife bino munere, ii. 126, 26.
ge-néþan
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Add: where something perilous or of doubtful issue is undertaken. to venture to go Se wyrm genéðeð tó, Seel. 119. Hé genéðde ofer þone munt, Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 188, 3. Thomas þríste genéðde on Indéa óðre dǽlas, Ap. 50. (1 a) with dat.
wǽdlung
poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ begging
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Ne ðú ne wén ná ðæt ic áht underfénge for ǽnegum welan, ac symle on wǽdlunge lyfde, Homl.