groetan
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a greeting
wig
a way
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a way
byrhtm-hwýl
a moment
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a moment
sprecel
a spot (?). ⬩ speckled ⬩ maculosus ⬩ speckled.
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a spot (?)
bæcere
a baptist.
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a baptist
bec
a brook.
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a brook
bece
a brook.
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a brook
bócere
A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructor ⬩ scriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus
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Eth. vii. 21; Th. 1. 334, 7-9
Linked entry: bécere
ge-maca
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Th. 524, 28. a mate, of persons, one of a married pair, either husband or wife [cf. ge-bedda which is used of a husband, Hml. Th. i. 134, 20] Hic et haec conjunx þes and þeós gemaca, Ælfc. Gr. 73, 12.
-becc
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used for the name of places, or as a termination to the names of places, denotes the situation to be near a brook or river
berne-lác
A burnt offering ⬩ holocaustum
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A burnt offering; holocaustum Ic ðé bernelác brengan móste I must bring thee a burnt offering, Ps. C. 50, 123; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 123
Linked entry: bærne-lác
deóp-hydig
Deeply meditating, thoughtful ⬩ contemplābundus
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Deeply meditating, thoughtful; contemplābundus Cwicra gehwylcdeóp-hydigra each thoughtful being, Exon. 117 a; Th. 450, 31; Dóm. 96: 47 a; Th. 162, 12; Gú. 974
fǽr-wundor
A sudden or stupendous wonder ⬩ inŏpīnātum et stŭpendum mīrācŭlum
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A sudden or stupendous wonder; inŏpīnātum et stŭpendum mīrācŭlum Gé onlóciaþ fǽrwundra sum ye behold a stupendous wonder, Cd. 157; Th. 195, 20; Exod. 279
flǽsc-cýping
A flesh-market ⬩ meat-market ⬩ măcellum
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a market-place, market] A flesh-market, meat-market; măcellum Flǽsccýping [MS. flæc-cyping] măcellum, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 14; Wrt. Voc. 37, 8
Linked entry: flǽsc-cíping
fór-strang
Very strong ⬩ prævălĭdus
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Very strong; prævălĭdus Fórstrangne oft wíf hine wríþ [though] very strong, a woman often binds him, Exon. 113 a; Th. 434, 2; Rä. 51, 4
freoða
A protector ⬩ defender ⬩ tūtor
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A protector, defender; tūtor Ðú me, God, wǽre freoða thou, O God, wast a protector to me; refŭgium meum es tu. Ps. Th. 70, 3
fyrn-gewyrht
A former work ⬩ ōlim factum
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A former work; ōlim factum Ðæt he fyrngewyrht fyllan sceolde that he should finish his former work, Exon. 47 a; Th. 160, 15; Gú. 944
gár-níþ
A spear-battle ⬩ spear-war ⬩ hastātōrum pugna
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A spear-battle, spear-war; hastātōrum pugna Geríseþ gárníþ werum spear-war is fitting for men, Exon. 91 a; Th. 341, 19; Gn. Ex. 128
lang-scip
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A long-ship, a large war-ship Ðá hét Alfred cyng timbran langscipu [other MSS. lange scipu] ongén ða æscas, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 11