beorþor
child-bearing ⬩ partus ⬩ gestation ⬩ partus ⬩ foetus
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Add: child-bearing, bringing forth of a child; partus Ǽr þám þe heó cenne, and æfter hire beorðre antequam pariat, et post partum suum, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 3. Gif hé mónðe ǽr þám beorþre (ante partum) hǽmð, 24. Ǽr þám beorðre and æfter þǽre ácenned-nysse
Centingas
Men of Kent, Kentish men ⬩ Cantiani
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Men of Kent, Kentish men; Cantiani Hí forneáh ealle west Centingas fordydon they ruined nearly all the west Kentish men, Chr. 999; Th. 248, 12, col. 2: 1011; Th. 267, 7, col. 1
eorþ-gesceaft
An earthly creature ⬩ terrestris creatura
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An earthly creature ; terrestris creatura Men habbaþ [MS. habbæþ] geond middangeard eorþ-gesceafta ealle oferþungen men have all surpassed earthly creatures throughout the middle earth, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 387; Met. 20, 194
un-scoren
Unshorn ⬩ unshaven
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Unshorn, unshaven Locc unscoren coma vel cirrus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 45. Hí beón unscorene sint inrasi, Anglia xiii. 408, 609. Hí lange tíd eodon ealle unscorene and sídfeaxe, Ap. Th. 6, 12
Linked entry: sceran
fremfullíce
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Add: to profit or advantage Drihten ealle gód him fremfullíce ( to his profit ) tówearde dyde, Lch. iii. 436, 22. Fremfullíce ( only fremfi is left in MS.) effica[citer ], R. Ben. I. 1, 5
hleahtrian
deride
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To laugh to scorn, deride Ealle geseónde mé hlehtredon ł tǽldun [mé] omnes uidentes me deriserunt me Ps. L. 21, 8. Gif þú mid þan þeáwe tǽlendra mé hleahtrige, Guth. Gr. 101, 23
hnescian
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Add: intrans. To become soft Wylle ealle ðas rinda on háligwætere oð ðæt hý wel hnexian, Lch. Iii. 14, 6. trans. To make soft Sió hnescað que modlit (sermones suos), Kent. Gl. 25
sprott
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Sprot silurus (cf. silurus a loche, Wülck. Gl. 612, 3), Nap. 14, 39. Hé cwæð ꝥ hí ealle ne mihton, ne fisceras ne hé sylf, gefón ǽnne sprot, Hml. S. 31, 1271. Add
ǽfen-dreám
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Se ǽfensang sý geendod mid feówer sealma dreáme . . . ealle ðá óþre sýn tó ðám ǽfendreáme gesungene vespera quattuor psalmorum modulatione canatur . . . reliqui omnes in vespera dicendi sunt, R. Ben. 43, 7-18. Add
be-strýpan
To strip, rob, spoil, bereave ⬩ exuere, spoliare
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To strip, rob, spoil, bereave; exuere, spoliare Bestrýpan widuwan viduas spoliare vel exuere, Off. Episc. 8. Ealle ða bestrýpte he æt lande he bereaved all those of land, Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 11
ge-cígnes
A calling ⬩ entreaty
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A calling, entreaty Ofer mínre gecígnesse ðú gesettest ealle ðíne apostolas to mínre byrgenne without my entreaty thou hast appointed all the apostles to be present at my burial, Blickl. Homl. 143, 29
éstful-líce
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Ealle þá þe éstfullíce Drihtne fyliað omnes qui devote Dominum sequuntur, Gr. D. 138, 15. Hé mé þus éstfullíce æt þisum baðe þegnað mihi solet tam devotissime ad lavandum obsequi, 343, 13. Add
ge-heaþorian
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Take here <b>ge-haþrian</b> in Dict. and add Efnegehaðrigas (-að, R.) ðec coangustabunt te Lk. L. 19, 43. Hæfð geheaðærod heofonríces weard ealle gesceafta, Met. ii. 31
ná-hwæþer
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Add: as adjective Náðrum werode ne becymð nǽfre nán ende, Hml. Th. ii. 608, 9. God hine ne neádode on náðre healfe, Hex. 22, 30. <b>I a.</b> as a grammatical term, neuter :-- Neutrum is náðor cynn . . . ðis cyn gebyrað oftost tó náðrum cynne
neowolness
A deep place ⬩ an abyss
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A deep place, an abyss Neowelnys abyssus, Ps. Spl. 35, 6. Seó neólnes cliopaþ tó ðære neólnesse abyssus abyssum invocat, Ps. Th. 41, 8. Ealle wyllspringas ðære micelan niwelnesse, Gen. 7, 11 : 1, 2. Of neowelnesse de abyssis terrae, Ps. Th. 70, 19. In
mǽnan
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Scipia mǽnde (or under mǽnan to lament; III ?) his earfoða tó Rómána witum, þǽr hié æt hiera gemóte wǽron, hwý hié hiene swá unweorðne on his ylde dyden ; and ácsade hié for hwý hié nolden geþencan ealle þá brocu and þá geswinc þe hé for hira willan fela
ge-yrgan
To make cowardly ⬩ terrify
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To make cowardly, terrify Ealle synd geyrgede ðe eardiaþ on ðisum lande all the inhabitants of the land do faint because of us, Jos. 2, 24: 8, 6: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 123
Linked entry: ge-irgan
beso-reádian
rubefacere
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To make a reddish purple; rubefacere Besoreáda ða rinda ealle útan make all the rinds on the outside a reddish purple [by soaking in chalybiate water?] L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 116, 3
Linked entry: basu-reádian
ge-beát
A beating ⬩ blow
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A beating, blow Drihten worhte áne swipe of rápum, and hí ealle mid gebeáte útascynde the Lord made a scourge of ropes and hurried them all out with beating, Homl. Th. i. 406, 8
Linked entry: -beát
þurh-swógan
to press through ⬩ penetrate ⬩ pervade
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to press through, penetrate, pervade Ealle ða fúllnessa ðæs ðýstran ofnes ðe mé ǽr ðurhsweógh(-swég, Bd. M. 430, 6 note) omnem foetorem tenebrosae fornacis, qui me pervaserat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 21