sweoloþa
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Heat, burning Hé swá swíþe swǽtte swá hé inswoloþan middes sumeres wǽre quasi in media aestatis caumate sudaverit, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 30. Mid hǽtan and mid swoluðan ardore et aestu, Deut. 28, 22. v. preceding word
un-gewís
Uncertain ⬩ unknown
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Uncertain, unknown For ðam ðe him cúþ forþfór tóweard wǽre and ungewiis (ungewiss? q. v.) seó tíd ðære ylcan forðfóre eo quod certus sibi exitus, sed incerta ejusdem exitus esset hora futura, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 16
deáþ-bǽre
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Se deáðbǽra wǽta, Past. 303, 16. Ðæt on ús deádbǽres is ðurh synna, 445, 25. Deáðbǽre (deád-, An. Ox. 2020) letiferas, mortiferas, Hpt. Gl. 454, 17. Add
ofer
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Þá wæs se ele wexende ofer ealne þone weg (all the while they were carrying it ), Hml. S. 31, 1123.
ge-fadung
A disposing ⬩ arranging ⬩ dispŏsĭtio
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A disposing, arranging; dispŏsĭtio He nǽre ná ælmihtig, gyf him ǽnig gefadung earfoðe wǽre he would not be almighty if any arranging were difficult to him, Bd. de net. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 6; Lchdm. iii. 278, 14
bord-weall
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Similar entries Cf. scild-weall Hí bord-weal clufan, heówan heaþolinde, Chr. 937; P. 106, 13. the side of a ship: Wiht (an iceberg) cwom æfter wǽge líðan . . . bord-weallas gróf, Rá. 34, 6
un-gewiss
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Add Hé him þá gewát swíðe gewisfullíce (-wiss- v.l.) swilce hé ungewis wǽre recessit scienter nescius, Gr. D. 95 30. Ungewiss for costnunge per tentalionem imperita, 265, 9. Hí beóð deáde and ungewisse þæs écan lífes, 264, 10
ofer-wlenced
possessed of superabundant means, very opulent
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possessed of superabundant means, very opulent Hié andwyrdon ðæt hit gemálíc wǽre ðæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc swá hié wǽron responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44
FOLDE
the earth ⬩ dry land ⬩ tellus ⬩ terra ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ district ⬩ region ⬩ territory ⬩ rĕgio ⬩ tractus ⬩ plăga ⬩ terrĭtōriuni ⬩ the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ hŭmus ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ earth ⬩ clay ⬩ terræ līmus ⬩ lŭtum
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Folde wæs ðá gyt græs ungréne the earth was as yet not green with grass, Cd. 6; Th. 7, 35; Gen. 116: 12; Th. 14, 7; Gen. 215: Exon. 43b; Th. 146, 26; Gú. 715.
staþol
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Se wyrtruma stille wæs on staðole, Cd. Th. 252, 21; Dan. 582: 251, 9; Dan. 561. Wé stódon on staðole, Rood Kmbl. 141; Kr. 71. Æsc byþ stíð staðule, stede rihte hylt, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 25; Rún. 26.
Linked entry: scaþel
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Wæs hé wræcca on Gallia lande cum exularet in Gallia, 2, 15 ; S. 519, 1. Ðá wæs mid him án wræccea of Læcedamania Demaratus Lacedaemonius apud Xerxem exsulabat, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 78, 33.
eáster
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Wǽron Eástron (wæs Eástro (Eóstru, R.)), Mk. 14, 1. Judéa Eástron (néh wæs Eástro (Eóstrum, R.)) wǽron gehende, and manega fóron ǽr þám Eástron (Eástræ, L., Eóstrum, R.) proximum erat Pascha Iudaeorum, et ascenderunt multi ante Pascha, Jn. 11, 55.
ge-rǽcan
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On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde -gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 22.
ǽg-hwider
On every side ⬩ every way ⬩ quaquaversum
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On every side, every way; quaquaversum Ǽghwider ymb swá swá Edwines ríce wǽre quaquaversum imperium regis Æduini pervenerat, Bd. 2,16; S. 519,38. Ǽghwider wolde wide toscríðan it would everywhere widely wander. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 184; Met. 20, 92
faroþ-strǽt
The sea-street, the sea ⬩ marĭtĭma via, măre
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The sea-street, the sea ; marĭtĭma via, măre Ic ongiten hæbbe ðæt ðú on faroþsttǽte feor ne wǽre I have understood that thou wert not far from us upon the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 1795; An. 900: 622; An. 311
feorh-hyrde
Life-guardian or protector ⬩ vītæ custos vel protector
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Life-guardian or protector; vītæ custos vel protector He hine bæd ðæt he him feorhhyrde wǽre he prayed that he would be his life-protector, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 5 : Hy. 9, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 8
fóre-gilpan
To boast greatly ⬩ valde jactāre
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To boast greatly; valde jactāre Ðæt he wǽre cumen to ðám gódan tídum ðe Rómáne eft fóregulpon that he was come to the good times of which the Romans afterwards boasted greatly, Ors. cont. 4, 7; Bos. 12, 13
un-eáðlácn
Not easily cured
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Seó wǽte wyrcþ uneáþlácna áðla, 226, 15
cwilmend
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D. 163, 10. a slayer, destroyer Hé ongann clypian ꝥ hé his cwylmend wǽre se interfectorem illius clamare coepit, Gr. D. 89, 5
cíþ
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Wæstm, cíþ crementum, i. augmentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 66. Hí habbaþ nǽnne cíð ( incrementum ) mægenes, Scint. 5, 18. Ciþas gramina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 35. Cíðas genimina, Kent. Gl. 251. Add