wist
subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting
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Homl. 111, 33. Wista epularum, Hpt. Gl. 481, 15: Exon. Th. 130, 6; Gú. 434. Gebytlu mid wistum áfyllede, Homl. Th. i. 68, 3: 74, 27. In wistum mínum in delitiis meis, Ps. Surt. 138, 11. Wystu delicias, epulas, Hpt. Gl. 480, 76. Wista delicias, Wrt.
slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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His eáge wand út mid ðam slæge Homl. Skt. i. 4, 143. Slægum ictibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 54.
Linked entries: slæge hearp-slege
sécan
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Ðæt se án ne ætburste ðe hé sóhte, Homl. Th. i. 82, 13.
þurfan
To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe
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Homl. 103, 14. Næs him ǽnig þearf, ðæt hé sécean þurfe there was no need to force him to seek, Beo. Th. 4984; B. 2495. Feallaþ ofor ús, ðæt wé ne þurfon ðysne ege leng þrowian, Blickl. Homl. 93, 34.
wíse
a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res
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For hwylcre wísan cóme ðú tó mé synfulre, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 249
Linked entry: wís-fæst
hé
He, she, it
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Etaþ ðísne hláf hit is mín líchama eat this bread, it is my body, Homl. Th. ii. 266, 33. Ic hyt eom ego sum, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 27: 28. Hit ys áwriten, Ne leofaþ se man be hláfe ánum scribtum est: Non in pane solo vivit homo, 4, 4.
a-wyrdan
To injure ⬩ corrupt ⬩ destroy ⬩ lædere ⬩ corrumpere ⬩ vitiare ⬩ violare
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To injure, corrupt, destroy; lædere, corrumpere, vitiare, violare Ðe he sylf awyrde whom he himself had injured, Homl. Th. i. 4, 24. Æðeling manig wundum awyrded many a noble injured with wounds, Beo. Th. 2230; B. 1113.
býtlian
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He ne býtlaþ of ðam grúndwealle he builds not from that foundation, Homl. Th. i. 368, 25. Býtlode ædificavit, R. Ben. in proœm.
Linked entry: byggan
CYCENE
A kitchen ⬩ coquīna, culīna
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Ðæt seó cycene [MS. kycene] eal forburne that the kitchen was all burning, Homl. Th. ii. 166, 5, 11. Wurpon hí ða anlícnysse inn to heora cycenan [MS. kycenan] they cast the image into their kitchen, ii. 166, 3.
Linked entry: cicene
hræd-líc
Quick ⬩ hasty ⬩ sudden ⬩ speedy ⬩ precipitate
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Quick, hasty, sudden, speedy, precipitate Hit wǽre tó hrædlíc gif hé ðá on cildcradole ácweald wurde it had been precipitate, had he been slain then in the cradle, Homl. Th. i. 82, 28.
hyrstan
To ornament ⬩ decorate ⬩ deck
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Hyrstedne hróf hálgum tunglum the [heavenly] canopy adorned with holy stars, 46; Th. 58, 34; Gen. 956. Beorc byþ on helme hyrsted [hrysteð, MS.] fægere the birch at its top is fairly adorned, Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 32; Rún. 18
in-híréd
Household ⬩ family ⬩ house
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Ðá wearþ gefullod fæder and sunu mid heora innhýréde then was baptized the father and son with their household, Homl. Skt. 5, 308
lígen
Flaming ⬩ fiery
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Se ealda deófol hine æteówode mid byrnendum múþe and lígenum eágum, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 23
lógian
To lodge ⬩ place ⬩ arrange ⬩ frame
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To lodge, place, put in order, arrange, frame Tó þreágenne gé lógiaþ eówere sprǽce ye frame your speech to reprove, Homl. Th. ii. 454, 25. Hí on heora scype heora nett lógodon in navi componentes retia, Mk. Skt. 1, 19.
molsnian
To moulder ⬩ become corrupt ⬩ decay
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Homl. 21, 28. Ðonne hit (húsl) molsnaþ tó þicgenne cum prae mucore percipi non potest, L. Ecg. P. iv. 48; Th. ii. 218, 8. Ðeáh mín líc scyle on moldærne molsnad weorþan, Exon. 64 a; Th. 235, 29; Ph. 564
Linked entries: a-molsnian ge-molsnian
must
Must ⬩ new wine
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Ðás men sindon mid muste fordrencte ( 'these men are full of new wine,' Acts 2, 13), Homl. Th. i. 314, 21
pusa
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Hwæt mǽnþ se pusa búton woruldlíce byrþene, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 19-24. Se ríca berþ máre ðonne hé behófige tó his fórmettum, se þearfa berþ æmtigne pusan, i. 254, 31. Áwurp stánas in tó ðám pusum, and besenc hý on sǽlícum ýþum, ii. 418, 6.
Linked entry: posa
be-smitenes
Dirtiness, SMUTTINESS, filthiness, pollution, abomination, infection ⬩ sordes, inquinamentum, pollutio, coinquinatio
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Bútan ǽlcere besmitennysse without any pollution, Homl. Th. i. 538, 28
be-yrnan
To run by, to come in, occur, incur ⬩ percurrere
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To run by, to come in, occur, incur; percurrere Be-arn me on móde it occurred to my mind, Homl. Th. i. 2, 6. Án wundor me nú on mód be-arn one wonder now [runs by me into the mind] occurs to me, Dial. 1, 20.
ge-béd-stów
A prayer place ⬩ place where prayers have been offered ⬩ an oratory ⬩ orātiōnis lōcus ⬩ orātōrium
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Homl. 133, 19