bærlíc
Barley ⬩ hordeum
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Barley; hordeum Man sælde ðæt æcer-sǽd bærlíc to six scillingas one sold the acre-seed of barley for six shillings, Chr. 1124; Th. 376, 5
bǽting
A cable ⬩ a rope ⬩ anything that holds or restrains ⬩ funis ⬩ retinaculum
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A cable, a rope, anything that holds or restrains; funis, retinaculum Lǽtan ða bétinge [Cot. bǽtinge] to slip the cable, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 15
Linked entry: béting
balca
A BALK ⬩ beam ⬩ bank ⬩ a ridge ⬩ trabs ⬩ porca ⬩ terra inter duos sulcos congesta
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A BALK, beam, bank, a ridge; trabs, porca, terra inter duos sulcos congesta On balcan lecgan to lay in ridges, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 54, 2
cép
A sale, bargain, business ⬩ negotium
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Sellan to cépe to give for sale, sell, Deut. 28, 68
cyspan
To bind, fetter ⬩ compedibus constringĕre
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Fox 26, 154; Met. 26, 77
Linked entry: ge-cyspyd
dreórignys
DREARINESS, sadness ⬩ mœstĭtia
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Hat. fol. 5 a, 8
eád-módnes
Humbleness, humility, humanity ⬩ humĭlĭtas
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Bt. 12; Fox 36, 23: Ps. Spl. 9, 13
Linked entry: eáþ-módnis
eáþ-gete
Easily got, got ready, prepared ⬩ făcĭlis adeptu, părātus
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Easily got, got ready, prepared; făcĭlis adeptu, părātus Him wæs eáþgete ele to ðam baþe oil was made ready for his bath, Ælfc. T. 32, 14
Linked entry: éþ-begete
emn-neáh
Equally near ⬩ æque prŏpe
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Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 23
Linked entry: efen-neáh
end-werc
A pain in the buttocks ⬩ nătium dŏlor
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A pain in the buttocks; nătium dŏlor Ðes drænc is gód wið endwerce this drink is good for pain in the buttocks, Lchdm. iii. 50, 11
ful-moneg
Full many ⬩ very many ⬩ permultus
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Full many, very many; permultus To fulmonegum dæge men synt forlǽdde men are seduced for full many a day, Cd. 33; Th. 45, 17; Gen. 728
ge-wunsum
Pleasant
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Pleasant Swíðe gewunsum hit biþ ðæt mon wíf hæbbe and bearn it is very pleasant to have wife and children, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 8
be-twuxt
among ⬩ inter
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among; inter Ðá geseah Grégŏrius betwuxt ðám warum, cýpecnihtas gesette then Gregory saw among their wares, youths set for sale, Nat. S. Greg. Els. 11, 14
bises
A leap year ⬩ bisextile, bisextus
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Fox 64; Men. 32
ge-fagen
Glad ⬩ joyful ⬩ lætus
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Glad, joyful; lætus Gefagen biþ, gif hit ǽfre to cuman mæg it will be joyful if it ever may come thereto, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 29
ge-hwider
Whithersoever ⬩ anywhere ⬩ everywhere ⬩ alicubi
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Fox 25, 26; Met. 25, 13
trúw
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Faith Ðú hæfst ongyten ða wonclan trúwa ðæs blindan lustes, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 3. [O. H. Ger. trúa, trúwa fides: Icel. trú.] Cf. treów
þri-flére
Having three floors ⬩ three-storied
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Having three floors, three-storied Ðæt gyftlíce hús wæs ðryflére,for ðan ðe on Godes gelaðunge sind þrý stæpas gecorenra manna, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 17
Linked entry: -flére
un-áspringende
Unfailing
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Unfailing Geunne mé ðæt ðis wæter sý mé tó fulwihtes bæþ unáspringende ( fiat mihi haec aqua fons baptismi indeficiens, Homl. Ass. 217, 326), Nar. 46, 9
Linked entry: á-springan
untíd-gewidere
Unseasonable weather
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Unseasonable weather Ðises ylcan geáres wǽron swíðe untídgewidera, and for ðí geond eall ðis land wurdon eorðwæstmas eall tó medemlíce gewende, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 35