grǽdig
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Ða fýnd heora grípende wǽron swa swá grǽdig wulf the devils were seizing them like the ravening wolf, Blickl. Homl. 211, 1. Líg grǽdig swelgeþ londes frætwe flame, greedy, swallows the land's treasures, Exon. 63 a; Th. 232, 16; Ph. 507: Beo.
Linked entry: grédig
a-deádan
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Substitute: <b>á-deádian;</b> p. ode To become dead, lose vitality or feeling, become paralysed Ádeádaþ fatescit, Wülck. Gl. 408, 6. Gif se líchama næfð mete, þonne forweornað hé and ádeádað, Hml. Th. i. 168, 32.
ge-wefan
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Add Ic wefe texo, gewefen texta, Wülck. Gl. 188, 9. literal Þicce gewefen hrægel pavidensis vestis, þenne gewefen hrægel levidensis, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 11, 12. Cyrtel giwefen (geuoefen, L.) ðerh alle tunica contexta per totum, Jn. R. 19, 23.
sǽd-leáp
a seed-leap(Essex), seed-lip (Oxford) ⬩ seed-lop ⬩ a seed lepe ⬩ satorium, saticulum ⬩ sedlepe ⬩ saticulum
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A sedlepe saticulum, Wülck. Gl. 609, 28: semilio, 611, 11 Sǽdleáp, Anglia ix. 264, 13. [ Ðæt acersǽd hwǽte, ðæt is twegen sédlǽpes, and ðæt bærlíc, ðæt is þré sédlǽpas, and ðæt acersǽd áten, ðæt is feówer sédlǽpas,s. Chr. 1124; Erl. 252, 34-36. ]
Linked entry: leáp
wed-lác
a pledge, security ⬩ wedlock, espousals
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Wedloke maritagium, Wulck. Gl. 595, 5.]
slǽp
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Ger. sleifa labina (labina a myre, Wulck. Gl. 591, 11 : a fenne, 797, 10): Icel. sleipr slippery. Slape soft, slippery is given in Halliwell as a North-country word. See also E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. (E.
tang
A pair of tongs
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Tangan forcipes, Wülck. Gl. 241, 35 (omitted by Wright). Hí woldon mé glæccan mid heora byrnendum tangum, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 1, 5. Hí fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 42
Linked entry: ísen-tanga
beó-breád
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Werednm beóbreáde dulci favo, Wülck. Gl. 225, 19. Sáwl áfylled trytt beóbreád, Scint. 50, 9: Lch. ii. 126, I. Hé æt huniges beóbreád, Shrn. 68, 31. Biábreád, Ps. Srt. 118, 103. Bióbreád, Rtl. 3, 34: Lk. p. II, 14. [O. L. Ger. bí-bród: O. H.
blówan
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Blówendre tyrf florei cespitis, blówende eorþe florida tellus, i.florulenta terra, Wülck. Gl. 240, 27, 34. of other matter Heora hálgan líchaman hí gesáwon eall blówende, Hml. S. 23, 439. fig. Þeáh, bleów floruerit, An. Ox. 1500.
ge-geótan
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Voc. i. 34, 16: fusile, Wülck. Gl. 245, 22. Þá gód ealle gegaderode bióþ swelce hí sién tó ánum wecge gegoten, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 20. Ǽlc calic gegoten beó þe man húsl on hálgige, and on treówenum ne hálgige man ǽnig, Ll. Th. ii. 252, 21: Sal. 31
ge-drencan
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Gl. to plunge into a liquid, soak Gedrengcet héd subjactum corium, Angl. viii. 451 (omitted in Wülck. Gl. 165, 6). to plunge, sink (trans.), drown Of gedrenced sié in grund sǽes demergatur in profundum maris, Mt. L. 18, 6.
ge-wife
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Gewif, wyrd furtunum, fatum, Wülck. Gl. 245, 44. Him Dryhten forgeaf wígspéda gewiofu, B. 697. Cf. wefan; <b>II:</b> ge-wefan ; II
smeócan
To smoke, emit smoke ⬩ To smoke, fumigate ⬩ fumo, fumigo
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Muntas smeócaþ montes fumigabunt 143, 6 : Wülck. Gl. 244, 35. Eall Sinai munt smeác (fumabat) Ex. 19, 18. Smeóce fumet Germ. 393, 187. Heortes mearh gebærned óþ ðæt hyt smeóce Lchdm. i. 338, 13. Eall folc gesáwon ðone munt smeócan Ex. 20, 18: Engl.
un-gerím
Countless ⬩ numberless ⬩ innumerable ⬩ incalculable ⬩ immense
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Ungerímum innumeris, Wülck. Gl. 255, 14. Se deófol ... wyrcð uugeríma wundra, Homl. Th. i. 4, 16. Ungeríme húðe numerosas praedas, Hpt. Gl. 522, 20
spinnan
to spin ⬩ to writhe ⬩ twist
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Hig spinnaþ wulle illae nent lanam, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 97, 9. Nim ðone hweorfan ðe wíf mid spinnaþ, Lchdm. ii. 310, 22. Spunnun neverant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 10.
Linked entry: spornan
maðelian
To speak ⬩ harangue ⬩ make a speech ⬩ declaim
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Maðalade contionatur, declamat, Wülck. Gl. 15, 36. Satan maðelode, sorgiende spræc, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 27; Gen. 347. Abraham maðelode .. ongan his brýd wordum lǽran, 86; Th. 109, 9; Gen. 1820: Beo. Th. 701; B. 348: 747; B. 371.
Linked entry: mæðlan
þyrne
A thorn-bush
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Þyrne frutices, ramos, 151, 44; dumus, i. spina, spineta, Wülck. Gl. 225, 23. Hé geseah ðæt seóþyrne ( rubus ) ... næs forburnen, Ex. 3, 2, 3. On ða þyrnan westewarde ðǽr se mycla þorn stód, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 404, 12.
fýst
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Físt [in Wülck. Gl. 291, 17 it is printed fýsð], i. 64, 74. Gif man óðerne mid fýste in naso slæhð .III. scill. gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 16, 17. Þanne ic sleá swíðe mid fýste, breóst míne beáte ego percutiam pugnis pectora, Dóm. L. 29: 160.
tó-rendan
To rend in two, ⬩ tear in pieces
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Wurmes wullen todelen þine þermes, lifre and lihte torenden, Fragm. Phlps. 6, 59. He is of þe tetore uolke, þet totereð his olde kurtel, and torendeð þe olde pilche, A. R. 362, 29.
Linked entry: rendan
wódlíce
madly ⬩ furiously ⬩ franticly ⬩ blasphemously
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Ðam wulfe gelíc ðe wóðlíce ábíteþ ða sceáp, Basil admn. 6; Norm. 46, 23. blasphemously, Similar entries v. wód (1 a) Ðæt óðer ðæra hospworda hé wiðsóc, ðæt hé deófol hæfde; ac hí wǽron witodlíce mid deófle áfylled, ðá ðá hí swá wódlíce tó ðam Hǽlende
Linked entry: wód