be-neoðan
Entry preview:
Voc. ii. 71, 59. Swýþe feorr beneoðan þan ( valde infra ) ic gelýfde ꝥ, Gr. D. 218, 20. Beniðan inferius. An. Ox. 580. Add
bises
bissext
Entry preview:
The intercalary day in leap year, bissext (v. N. E. D.) Bútan þænne bises geboden weorðe feórðan geáre except when bissext is ordered every fourth year, Men. 32. Substitute:
bítel
a beetle ⬩ A beetle ⬩ insect
Entry preview:
a beetle.A beetle, insect Bitela mordiculus (in a list of insects), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 18: ii. 58, 11. Bitelum blatis, 127, 10. Bitulum blattis, Txts. 45, 307. Substitute:
disme
Entry preview:
Peregrino pulvere, i. musco. Muscus est mus peregrinus ꝥ is disme ( muscus, in the sense of moss, seems to be rendered by disme), An. Ox. 46, 4
drohtnoþ
Entry preview:
life, way of life Seó sáwl sceal mid deóflum drohtnoð (drohtoð, v. l. ) habban in morðre and on máne, Wlfst. 187, 18. Nǽfre ic geférde heardran drohtnoð, An. 1404
gifig
Entry preview:
Possessing as the result of gift or grant Gifine com-potem Angl. xi. 171, 7 (v. note there in which the word is compared with Goth. gabeigs: Icel. gǫfugr)
hirsting
a frying-pan
Entry preview:
Voc. i. 82, 69. Frigo ic hyrste, of ðám is frixorium hyrstung, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 175, 3. Hyrstincg cremium, Ps. L. 101, 4
heorþa
Entry preview:
Herþa (is the reading of the MS. given in) Ælfc. Gr. Z. 321, 5. Ǽlce geáre tó preósta gescý finde man biccene heorðan (pelles buccinas), Chrd. 48, 26. Add
hof
a temple
Entry preview:
On háligum hofe þínum in sanctuario tuo Ang. .xi. 118, 50. Hofa edes, i. templum Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 32. Add:
swǽsende
Entry preview:
In l. 11 insert a comma after ælmessum, and add: cf. tó ælmessum ad agapem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 57: tó feorme ad agapem i. deliciem, An. Ox. 4834
ǽr-hwílum
In earlier times, formerly
Entry preview:
In earlier times, formerly Ðá micclan welan ðe hig ǽrhwílon áhton, Guth. 14, 23. Oft ic nú miscyrre cúðe sprǽce, and þeáh uncúðre ǽrhwílum quondam fond, Met. 2, 9
Linked entry: hwílum
heáh-þegen
A great, high or chief minister or servant
Entry preview:
A great, high or chief minister or servant On ðam wǽron gecorene twelf heáhþegenas in that were chosen twelve chief ministers [the twelve apostles], Homl. Th. ii. 520, 24
cneówian
To bow the knee ⬩ to kneel; ⬩ genuflectere
Entry preview:
To bow the knee, to kneel; genuflectere Benedictus on his gebédum cneówode Benedict knelt down in prayer Homl. Th. ii. 154, 20: 178, 33. Cneówigende genuflectens Proæm. R. Conc
Linked entry: cneówlian
ge-wyrht
Entry preview:
Th. i. 80, 19.
swíðe
Very, much, exceedingly ⬩ chiefly, especially, mostly
Entry preview:
Th. i. 22, 22. Ðonne heó bléwþ swíðust when it is in fullest blossom, Lchdm. i. 160, 14. Forlǽtan unnytte ymbhogan swá hé swíþost mihte as much as ever he could, Bt. 35, tit.; Fox xvi, 27.
Linked entry: swíðor
ge-saca
Entry preview:
Add: One who is in conflict with another. in a general sense, an opponent, adversary p sum wer wunne on þǽre hengestan hatunge his gesacan (adversarii sui), Gr.
syngian
To sin
Entry preview:
To sin Ic syngige committo, admitto, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 221, 8. Ic eom se lyðra man, se syngige swíðe genehhe, Hy. 3, 42. Ic singie nitende peccavi nesciens, Num. 22, 34. Gyf ðín bróðor syngaþ wið ðé si peccaverit in te frater tuus, Mt.
Linked entry: singian
geóc
Entry preview:
<b>I a.</b> the divine help asked in prayer :-- Ic ðé georne gebide géce and miltse, Txts. 174, 1. Hú sceal mín cuman gǽst tó geóce, nemne ic Gode sylle hýrsume hige, Gú. 338. Hé geóce fricle, Hpt. 33, 71, 10.
gál-ness
Entry preview:
On ðám lændenum is getácnad seó fúle gálnes, Ll. Th. ii. 368, 35: Hml. A. 17, 98. Se óðer leahtor is forligr and ungemetegod gálnyss; sé is geháten fornicatio Hml. S. 16, 276: Hml. Th. ii. 220, 3.
nett
a net ⬩ a mosquito-net ⬩ net- work ⬩ web
Entry preview:
Voc. i. 285, 16. Nyt, 73, 41. Ned cassis, ii. 14, 3. Hyra net wæs tóbrocen, Lk. Skt. 5, 6. Úres fisceres nett nostri piscatoris rete, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 19, 57. Feallaþ on nette his cadent in retiaculo ejus, Ps. Spl. 140, 11.