drý-cræft
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Add: sorcery, magic Syxte mægen is ꝥ drýcræft þám men ne dereþ þe hine ( agate ) mid him hæfð, Lch. ii. 298, 10. Ðín drýcræft ðe tó nánre freme ne becymð, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 14.
hors-bǽr
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His horsbǽr þe hine mon untrumne on bær wæs gehealden, Bd. Sch. 382, 13. Sum þegn læg on paralisyn . . . þá cwæð hé ꝥ hé wolde tó Wynceastre sýðian húru on his horsbǽre, Hml. S. 21, 181. Add
steall
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Stephanus hine ( Christ ) geseah standende, forðan ðe hé wæs his gefylsta, Homl. Th. i. 48, 29.
forþ-geleoran
To pass forth ⬩ pass away ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ transīre ⬩ decēdĕre ⬩ mŏri
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Ðá ongeat he ðone mann, and him to gemynde com ðæt he his hrægle onféng ðá he forþgeleored wæs cognōvitque hŏmĭnem, et quia vestīmentum ejus mŏrientis accēpĕrit, ad mĕmŏriam reduxit, 3, 19; S. 549, 3: Th. Ghart. 138, 4
mann-þeáw
A manner ⬩ custom ⬩ practice
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[Cf. þe hwile hit (a child) is lutel ler him monþewes, Morris Spec. i. 152, 432.]
wer-fǽhþ
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Gif hé (a man's foe) wille on hond gán and his wǽpenu sellan, and hwá ofer ðæt on him feohte, gielde swá wer swá wunde, swá hé gewyrce, Th. i. 90, 19] Be werfǽhðe tyhtlan. Se ðe bið werfǽhðe betogen, and hé onsacan wille ðæs sleges mid áðe, L.
án-wille
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Swá ánwille þæt him leófre bið þæt hé lybbe ǽfre be his ágenum dihte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 7: Prov. K. 8. Ánwille pervicaci, Germ. 393, 63. þzt yfel þe yfelum mannum becymð for heora ánwillan yfelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 538, 24.
for-sewennes
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God gewrecð his forsewennysse (-segennesse, -segenesse) God punishes contempt of himself, Hml. A. 58, 170: 62, 256. Add
ge-stregdan
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Ox. 3754. to make a bed Hé wolde ꝥ him wǽre þǽr gestréd neáh þǽre byrgenne stratum fieri sibi juxta sepulcrum voluit, Gr. D. 257, 22
líge-leóht
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Bright with flame; the neuter used substantively, as abstract noun Þis fýr is án lég, and hwæðre se an leg þreó þing on him hafað . . .
mitta
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Hig worhton him áne anlícnesse þe . . . mid ðáre swíðran hand þone hwǽte hlód and mid þám winstran fét þá mittan træd, Ap. Th. 10, 1-13. Add
scín-cræft
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Add Hú hé (the devil) sceolde þisne mid his scín-cræfte of þám scræfe ádrífan hunc usitata arte pellere ex eo specu, Gr. D. 211, 13. add Gyf ðú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wite . . . ðé nán scíncræft ne gehelppe tógeánes disum Godes dóme, Ll.
candel-stæf
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A candle-staff or stick; candelabrum Ne hí ne ælaþ hyra leóhtfæt, and hit under cyfe settaþ, ac ofer candelstæf neque accendunt lucernam, et ponunt eam sub modio, sed super candelabrum, Mt. Bos. 5, 15
Linked entry: sceaft
er-bleadd
A stalk, stem, blade, haulm, straw, stubble ⬩ stĭpŭla
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A stalk, stem, blade, haulm, straw, stubble; stĭpŭla Ðú asendest yrre ðín and hit æt hí swá swá erbleadd mīsisti īram tuam, quæ devŏrābit eos sīcut stĭpŭlam, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 8; Thw. 29, 8
strewung
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Þá bǽdon þá gebróðra ꝥ hí his bed móston mid wáccre streówunge (strewunge, v. l.) húru underlecgan, Hml. S. 31, 1353
þeáw
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Ǽlces gódes þeáwas wísdóm gefyllþ ðone, ðe hine lufaþ, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 2. Wá him ðæs þeáwes, gif hí unrǽdes ne geswícaþ, Exon. Th. 393, 11; Rä. 12, 8.
un-wærlíce
Unwarily ⬩ incautiously ⬩ without caution ⬩ heedlessly
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Unwarily, incautiously, without caution, heedlessly Ic lǽre ðæt hira nán ðara ne wilnie ðe hine unwærlíce begá; and se ðe hí unwærlíce gewilnige, ondrǽde hé ðæt hé hí ǽfre underfénge ut haec, qui vacat, incaute non expetat; et qui incaute expetiit, adeptum
Linked entry: wærlíce
slǽwþ
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Hí for heora slǽwþe and for gimeléste forléton unwriten ðara monna dǽda, Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 64, 33. Ic wát ðæt swongornes hí mid slǽwþe ofercymþ, 36, 6; Fox 180, 34. Gyf hé for slǽwþe his hláfordes forgýmþ, lie biþ his ágnum wel geborgen, L. R.
a-bítan
To bite ⬩ eat ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ mordere ⬩ arrodere ⬩ mordendo necare ⬩ comedere ⬩ devorare
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Ðú his ne abítst non comedas ex eo. Deut. 28, 31
Linked entry: a-bát
flís
fleece ⬩ wool ⬩ down
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Voc. ii. 51, 64. what resembles, or serves the purpose of, a fleece Hié of sunnan treówcynne and of his leáfum and of his flýse þæs treówes spurmon and tó godewebbe wǽfon foliis arborum ex siluestri uellere uestes detexunt, Nar. 6, 17