CNEAR
A small ship ⬩ galley used for ships of the Northmen ⬩ navis ⬩ septentrionaluim naves
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A small ship, galley used for ships of the Northmen; navis, septentrionaluim naves Cnear on flot the ship on float Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 1, notes, p. 326; Æðelst. 35
treów-wæstm
fruit of a tree
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fruit of a tree Treówwæstmas wurdon ðære nihte þurh forste swíðe fornumene, Chr. 1110; Þurh wæstma forweorþenesse, ǽgðer ge on corne and eác on eallon treówwæstman, 1103; Erl. 239, 3
nægel
the nail of a finger or toe ⬩ a nail ⬩ peg ⬩ an instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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Alf. pol. 56-60; Th. i. 94, 96 where the bót for the thumb-nail is 5 shillings, for the nail of the fore-finger and for that of the ring-finger 4 shillings each, for that of the middle finger 2 shillings, and for that of the little finger one shilling
hege-stów
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On ðá hegstówe; of ðǽre hegstówe, 77, 27. Ofer ðǽre strǽte in ðá hegestówe, 263, 25
Linked entry: heg-stów
wǽg-þel
A wave-plank ⬩ a ship
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A wave-plank, a ship Hé álǽdde of wǽgþele (the ark) wráðra láfe, Cd. Th. 90, 16; Gen. 1496. Nóe tealde ðæt se hrefn hine sécan wolde on wǽgþele, 87, 9; Gen. 1446. On wǽgþele on board, Andr. Kmbl. 3418; An. 1713.
twi-bóte
Needing double compensation
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Needing double compensation Se ðe stalaþ on Gehhol oþþe on Eástron oþþe on ðone Hálgan Ðunresdæg . . . ðara gehwelc wé willaþ sié twybóte, swá on (the offence in each of these cases) Lenctenfæsten, L. Alf. pol. 5 ; Th. i. 64, 25.
Linked entry: twi-béte
Gyrwas
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Add: The people of the fen district, which contained twelve hundred hides, six hundred in each of its two divisions, v. Norþ-, Súþ-Gyrwas On Gyrwan (Gyrwa, v. l. ) lande in regione Gyrviorum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 381, 19.
midde
The middle
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The middle (only in the phrase on middan) Se fugel hafaþ iiii heáfdu ... and hé is on middan hwælan hiwes the bird hath four heads ... and in the middle it is of a whale's shape, Salm. Kmbl. 526; Sal. 262. Forwrát hé wyrm on middan, Beo.
ge-mót
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On þissum geáre wæs ꝥ mycele gemót ( a grand council of Danes and English, William of Malmesbury) on Oxonaforda, 1015 ; P. 145, 20. Þ gemót æt Brómdúne, Ll. Th. i. 280, n.
mid-wyrhta
One who works with others ⬩ a co-operator
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One who works with others, a co-operator On ðæt gerád ðæt hé wǽre his midwyrhta ǽgðer ge on sǽ ge on lande on the condition that he would co-operate with him by sea and by land, Chr. 945; Erl. 116, 31: Past. 38, 8; Swt. 279, 25.
butere
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On*-*legena geworhte of butran, 244, 20. Drincan ámylte buteran, 106, 3. Gif þú buteran habban wylle, þonne stríc þú mid þrím fingrum on þíne innewearde hand, Tech. ii. 123, 22.
Dorm-ceaster
Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen
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Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen, Som. Ben. Lye
un-hlís
Of evil repute ⬩ disreputable
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Of evil repute, disreputable On unhlísum wige infami via, Kent. Gl. 475
Linked entry: hlís
wyrtig
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Full of herbs On ánum wyrtigan hamme, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 312
brémel-þyrne
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Of ðǽre þyrnan on ðá brémbelþyrnan, C. D. iii. 419, 13. Add
ceoslen
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Gravelly, shingly On ceoslynum sandum in glarigeris litoribus, An. Ox. 7, 161
hanga
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, declivity On líchangan; of líchangan, C. D. v. 321, 32
hearma-scinnen
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Of ermine On merðene pyleceon and hearmascynnene, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 32
Linked entry: hearma
mearc-will
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A boundary spring Ðonon on mearcwill; of mearcwille, Cht. E. 293, 26
sceard-hweogol
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a circle made of shards (?) On sceardhweogol, C. D. iii. 419, 11. (?)