heáfod-frætewness
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For 'Cot. 65, Lye' substitute Heáfod*-*fretennesse decriminalia (discriminalia capitum, Ald. 68, 31, glossed by eárpreónas, An. Ox. 4821), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 48. Heáfodfrætennesse, 26, 77
Linked entry: fræteness
hnesce
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What is soft For gehwæt heardes oððe hnesces, wætes oððe dríges, Angl. xi. 98, 53: Wlfst. 184, 20. Næscum gegear-wode mollibus vestiti Mt. R. ii. 8
Linked entry: ge-hnyscan
hociht
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D. vi. 227, 9. and add [For ii in l. 3 read iii.]
on-styreness
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Ne seleð on onstyrenesse ( com-motionem ) ðînne fôt, Ps. Vos. 120, 3. Add
weald-bǽre
A place where trees grow affording mast for swine
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A place where trees grow affording mast for swine Ad hoc terram pertinent in diuersis locis porcorum pastus, id est uuealdbaera, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 184, 1
heáh-sǽ
High, deep sea
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Fox 11, 6; Met. 11, 3
hneáw-líce
Sparingly, ⬩ stingily
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Sparingly, stingily; Him ðæs leán ágeaf nalles hneáwlíce to him for that the Lord gave reward with no sparing hand, Cd. 86; Th. 108, 20; Gen. 1809
mæsse
a service of the church ⬩ mass ⬩ a festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated ⬩ -mas
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Fox 40; Men. 20: L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 7
Wéland
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A character in old Teutonic legends celebrated for his skill as a smith. Allusion to him is found in Middle English poetry: 'My sword . . . thorrow Velond wroght yt wase,' Torrent of Portugaled.
Linked entry: Weolud
nabban
not to have ⬩ to be without
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Sint hí ðé pliólícran hæfd ðonne næfd, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, note 10
stearc
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Se stearca wind norþan-eástan, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 18. Se stearca storm, Met. 6, 11. Stearc storma gelác, 26, 29. Þurh ðone stearcan wind norþan and eástan, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 5. Stearce stormas, 23; Fox 78, 27.
Linked entries: stearc-heard streac
wana
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Hit nan mon ne mæg eall habban, ðæt him ne sié sumes þinges wana, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 19. Ðu mǽnst gif ðé ǽnies willan wana biþ, II, I ; Fox 30, 22: 26, 1; Fox 90, 22 : 29, I; Fox 102, 18.
and-git
the understanding ⬩ the intellect ⬩ intellectus ⬩ understanding ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ intellectus ⬩ cognitio ⬩ agnitio ⬩ sense ⬩ meaning ⬩ one of the senses ⬩ sensus
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Th. 100, 4. sense, meaning, one of the senses; sensus Hwílum [he sette] andgit of andgite sometimes [he put] meaning for meaning, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 3.
hreówan
To rue ⬩ grieve
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For ðæm ðe hie ne mágon ealneg ealla on áne tíd emnsáre hreówan neque enim uno eodemque tempore æque mens de omnibus dolet, 53, 3; Swt. 413, 29.
lícettan
To feign ⬩ pretend ⬩ simulate
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To feign, pretend, profess falsely, simulate Forðam seó orsorge wyrd simle líhþ and lícet ðæt mon scyle wénan ðæt beó is sió sóþe gesǽlþ illa [prospera fortuna] enim specie felicitatis, cum videtur blanda, mentitur, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 30.
Linked entry: líccettan
BRÉME
Celebrated, renowned, illustrious, famous, notable, BRIM, glorious, esteemed; ⬩ celeber, clarus, illustris, famosus, notus, coguitus
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Fox 80; Men. 40. Ðæt is heálíc dæg, béntíd brému that is a high day, a celebrated time for supplication, 148; Men. 75.
a-spýlian
To cleanse ⬩ wash ⬩ purify ⬩ abluere
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Cot.] on hluttrum wæterum swine will not wash in pure waters, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 27
a-sterian
To agitate ⬩ stir ⬩ move ⬩ commovere ⬩ movere
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To agitate, stir, move; commovere, movere He astereþ ðone ródor and ða tungla it moves the sky and the stars, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 6, note
Linked entry: astered
cwidian
o speak, say ⬩ dicere
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o speak, sayT; dicere Ongan hine hyspan and hearm cwiddigan [cwidian, Cot.] he began to revile and speak ill of him, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 33
efn-behéfe
Equally useful or necessary ⬩ æque ūtĭlis vel necessārius
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Fox 12, 14; Met. 12, 7
Linked entry: efen-behéfe