yfel-líc
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Bad, foul, rotten. v. yfel, II. Ðysse worulde wela is gebrosnadlíc and yfellíc and forwordenlíc, Wulfst. 263, 13. Twégen león ádulfan his byrgenne on ðæs wéstenes sande; ðǽr resteþ Paules líchoma mid yfelíce duste bewrigen, ac on dómes dæge hé áríseþ
yfel-sprǽce
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Of evil speech, evil-speaking Ða yfelsprǽcan tungan linguam maliloquam, Ps. Th. 11, 3
á-cennendlic
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In the glosses Ácennendlicum genuina, An. Ox. 1243: nascentibus 2419
be-hammen
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Clouted, patched Gescód mid behammenum (ge-, geclútedum, v.ll.) scón clavatis calcealus caligis, Gr. D. 37, 13
Linked entry: -hammen
be-heáfodlic
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Capital Beheáfodlicne dóm capitalem senten-tiam, An. Ox. 4042
be-healden
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(ptcpl.). cautious, reserved Ðonne hé wilnað ðæt hé sciele rícsian, hé bið swíðe forht and swíðe behealden; ðonne hé hæfð ðæt hé habban wolde, hé bið swíðe ðríste, Past. 57, 4. intent, assiduous Hé wæs geornfull and behealden (intentus) in Godes hýrnessum
be-héflic
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Useful, needful, necessary Ús þingð wel behéflic ꝥ; wé hine gehandlion, Angl. viii. 308, 15. Hé ys behéflic tó cunnane, 314, 18
be-hogodlíce
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Carefully, diligently Swá hwilc man swá Godes weorc clǽnlíce and behogodlice wirceð. . . . . Sé þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, Hml. A. 168, 120. Hé ongan hí geornlícor and behogodlícor cwencean eas sollicitius extinxit, Gr. D. 237, 2
be-ládiendlic
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Apologetic; apologeticus, excusabilis, An. Ox 2299: 2793: 2957: 4233
be-leórendlic
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Past Synne biliórendlica ( praeterita ), ondueardlica, and tóueardlica, Rtl. 170, 11. Of bileórendlicum de preteritis, 123, 27
Linked entry: -leórendlic
be-næced
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(ptcpl.) Stripped Benæced expeditum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 71
bícnol
Indicating ⬩ indicative
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Indicating, indicative Bícnole indices, Germ. 398, 193
borh-fæst
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Bound by the giving of security Wolde he gedón ꝥ ic him wære borhfæst . . . and ætfæste hé mé míne efenþeówene [the marriage would be security for continued service], Hml. A. 203, 254
bor-líce
Eminently ⬩ excellently ⬩ well
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Eminently, excellently, well Hyt geríst borlíce wel it is eminently suitable, Angl. viii. 302, 5. Wel borlíce hé forð stæppeð full nobly he steps forth, 307, 28. Hé geswutelað borlice he shews admirably, 329, 24. Þá híw rímcræftige esnas borlíce foregylpað
bósmig
Sinuous
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Sinuous Bósmigum bí(g)um sinuosis (laterum) flexibus, Hpt. Gl. 405, 35 ; An. Ox. 8, 2
beorgiht
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Hilly Þá lond sindon swíþe beorhtte (beorhte, v. l.) situ terrarum montoso, Ors. I. I; S. 10, 24
blerig
Bald
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Bald Bleri pittel scoricarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 6. Blerea pyttel soricarius, 63, 8 (cf. bald as an epithet of birds, v. E. D. S. Bird-names). On Ælfstánes ðys blerian gewitnesse, Cht. Th. 174, 7
Linked entry: blere
blissigend-lic
Joyous
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Joyous Se dæg is heora sóðe ácennednys; ná wóplic swá swá seó ǽrre, ac blissigendlic tó ðám écum lífe, Hml. Th. i. 354, 11
blóden
Bloody
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Bloody Of blódene de cruente, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 15