úp-lic
Entry preview:
add: Se deáð is for þám úplic; þeáh se man ástíge ofer þone yfemystan dǽl þæs hýhstan holtes, swáþeáhhwzðere hiene se deáð geséceð, Verc. Först. 103, 13. On úplicere gesihde in oromate, i. uisione superna, An. Ox. 404. Tó þám úplican lífe ad superos
maniend
Entry preview:
Add: a creditor Hé sǽde ꝥ hé wǽre hefelíce geswenced fram his maniende (moniendan, v. l.) for twelf scillingum quia a creditore suo pro duodecim solidis graviter offligeretur, intimavit. Gr. D. 157, 32. Hé hét ꝥ hé ágeáfe his maniende (-um, v. !. ),
sǽ-cocc
A cockle
Entry preview:
A cockle Hwæt féhst ðú on sǽ? Crabban muslan sǽcoccas cancros, musculos, neptigallos, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 11. a farthing-worth of muscles were a feste for suche folke, oþer so fele Cockes (cokkys, MS. G. : cokeles, MS. I.), Piers P. C text x. 95
ærne-weg
A running-way ⬩ a way fit for running on ⬩ a broad road ⬩ via cursui apta ⬩ platea
Entry preview:
A running-way, a way fit for running on, a broad road; via cursui apta, platea Æt sumes ærneweges ende at the end of some course, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 9. Gescroepe ærneweg via apta cursui equorum, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 41
an-bídian
To abide ⬩ wait ⬩ wait for ⬩ expect ⬩ morari ⬩ commorari ⬩ expectare
Entry preview:
To abide, wait, wait for, expect; morari, commorari, expectare Wolde ðǽr on ælþeódignisse anbídian ut pertgrinaritur ibi, Gen. 12, 10. Me anbídiaþ rihtwíse óþ-ðæt ðú afyldest me me expectant justi donec retribuas mihi, Ps. Spl. 141, 10. Ic anbídude hine
Linked entry: and-bídian
circul-ádl
Circle-disease, the shingles ⬩ zona, circĭnus
Entry preview:
Circle-disease, the shingles; zona, circĭnus Lǽce-dðmas wið ðære ádle ðe mon hǽt circuládl leechdoms for the disease, which man calls the circle-disease or shingles, L. M. Cont. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 8, 18: L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 5
helle-
Entry preview:
In the case of at least some of the following words which are given as compounds, they might be taken as independent words, the first of which is the genitive of hel. For the meaning of such combinations the second word may be referred to
ge-hyldra
Safer
Entry preview:
Safer Ðǽm gehyldrum wegum tuta itinera, Nar, 6, 3. Ðohtan ðæt him wíslícre and gehyldre wǽre they thought that it would be wiser and safer for them, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 31. On gehældran stówe in tutiore loco, Bd. 2, 2; S. 503, 39
Linked entry: ge-heald
geómor-líc
Sad, sorrowful ⬩ mæstus, flēbĭlis
Entry preview:
Sad, sorrowful; mæstus, flēbĭlis Biþ geómorlíc gomelum eorle to gebídanne, ðæt his byre ríde giong on galgan it is sad for an aged man to experience that his child hang young on the gallows, Beo. Th. 4879; B. 2444: Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 31
geong
A course, passage, journey ⬩ cursus, meātus, iter
Entry preview:
A course, passage, journey; cursus, meātus, iter Ongunnon him on úhtan æðelcunde mægþ gierwan to geonge the noble women resolved ere dawn to prepare for a journey, Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 19, note; Hö. 2. Geong iter, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 44: 8, 1
scyfel
Entry preview:
A covering for a woman's head; mafors (mafors operimentum capitis maxime feminarum, Ducange) Hacele capsula, cóp ependiten, scyfele mafors, nunne sanctimonialis, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 67. Scyfla, scybla maforte (-ae ), Txts. 77, 1267: Wrt. Voc ii. 55, 38
un-nytwirðe
Not fit for use ⬩ useless ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ unserviceable
Entry preview:
Not fit for use, useless, unprofitable, unserviceable Hé nis ðæt án him unnytwurðe non solum sibi inutilis est, R. Ben. Interl. 83, 9. Wé beóð gehátene yfele þeówan and unnytwyrðe, Homl. Ass. 57, 150. Unnytwyrþe gewordene hig synt inutiles facti sunt
un-gewunelíce
Unusually ⬩ in an unwonted manner
Entry preview:
Unusually, in an unwonted manner Cometae synd gehátene ða steorran ðe fǽrlíce and ungewunelíce æteówiaþ, Lchdm. iii. 272, 4. Ðære sǽ gemengednyssa and ðæra ýða swég ungewunelíce gyt ne ásprungon ( it has not been unusual for them to occur already ),
Linked entry: ge-wunelíce
wóh-ceápung
The fine
Entry preview:
The fine to be paid for trading contrary to the regulations of a market Gewóhceápung, ge ǽlc ðæra wónessa ðe tó ǽnigre bóte gebyrie, ðæt hit áge healf ðære cyrcean hláford, swá swá hit mon tó ceápstówe gesette, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 22
Linked entry: ceápung
andgit-leás
Entry preview:
Add: of human beings, senseless Þú earma andgitleása, Hml. S. 8, 157. Eorðan ymbhwyrft fiht for Gode ongeán þá andgitleásan ( insensatos ), Hml. Th. ii. 540, 5. of things, without reason Þá treówa þe on æppeltúne wexað, þá þe sind andgitleáse, Hml
á-íþan
Entry preview:
To lay waste, destroy, devastate Áiéþan abolere, Wrt.Voc. ii. 5, 7. Hé wolde for wera synnum eall áǽðan þæt on eorðan wæs, Gen. 1280. Áiéðende exterminans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 53: 31, 27. Áíþende demolitus, 25, 41. [O. H. Ger. ar-óden vastare, devastare
dál
Entry preview:
Add: a dole, share, lot, destiny Sortis supremae, i. distributionis þǽre ýtemeste hlýtes, dáles, An. Ox. 2294. distribution of charity Ðý lǽs hié for ðǽm dále (gedále, v. l.) ðæs fiós wilnigen ðysses lǽnan lofes ne ex impenso munere transitoriam laudem
ealu-geweorc
Entry preview:
Brewing Hié hié selfe mid ealoð ofer*-*drencton . . . On þǽre byrig wæs ǽrest ealogeweorc ongunnen, for þon þe hié wín næfdon larga prius potione usi, non vini, cujus ferax is locus non est, sed succo tritici per artem confecto, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 7
efen-éhþ
Entry preview:
Add: Three of the four MSS. have efennehþe, and this form points to connexion with efen-neáh, and to the idea of neighbourhood. For this sense cf. the later efen-nexta neighbour Gif þú agultest wið þine efennexta, O. E. Hml. i. 17, 32
fætnes
Entry preview:
Fǽtnys crassitudo, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 12; pinguedo, 83, 46. Fǽtnesse sagina, i. pinguedine, An. Ox. 2395: 3179. Hig wǽron gemæste and wiðerodon for hira fǽtnisse, Deut. 32, 15. Hé onféhð innan ðæs inngeðonces fǽtnesse (pinguedinem), ðæt is wísdóm, Past.