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
blóstmig
Flowery
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Flowery Blósmige land florea rura, Wulck. Gl. 256, 3
Linked entry: brómig
berendlíce
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With fecundity Berendlíce fecunditate, Rtl. 32, 15
be-sceáwod
Considerate ⬩ thoughtful ⬩ circumspect
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Considerate, thoughtful, circumspect On gleáw-scipe swíþe bescáwede and forewittige, Lch. iii. 436, II
brego-róf
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Very valiant Bold wæs betlic, bregoróf cyning, heá healle, Hygd swíðe geong, B. 1925
Linked entry: róf
brerd-full
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Brim-full Ǽfre wæs se bteruc brerdful wínes, Hml. S. 6, 282
Bret-wilisc
British ⬩ Welsh
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British, Welsh Bryt-Wylsc, Chr. P. p. 3, note 10. Búton ánum Brytwyliscum gísle, Chr. 755 ; P. 49, 10
Linked entry: wilisc
bród
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Dele
cwic-lic
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Living, vital Cuiclic vitalis, Rtl. 94, 29
cwic-súslen
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Of hell, of Hades Gif ǽnig andgit sý on helle, lǽt þú þæt cwicsúslene hús, and gehír ðu ðínes fæder stæfne, Ap. Th. 26, 12
Linked entry: súslen
cwild-full
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Pernicious, deadly Cwyldfulle perniciosum, i. mortiferum, An. Ox. 1223