heordan
tow ⬩ oakum
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The coarse part of flax, tow, oakum; in pl. hards of flax Of heordan wearpe de sluppe [i. lini] stamine, An. Ox. 3726: Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 30. (For both see Ald. 51, 23.) Heordan stuppa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 14.
spora
spur
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Grn. 18, 22. .ii. spuran on .iii. pundan, Chart. Th. 503, 8
Linked entry: spura
wacian
To watch ⬩ wake ⬩ to remain awake ⬩ not to sleep ⬩ to be freed from obstruction ⬩ to open ⬩ to be alert ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch ⬩ be on guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch to injure
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To watch, wake Ic wacige uigilo, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Zup. 245, 10. to remain awake, not to sleep Gif wé tó lange waciaþ, wé áteoriaþ, Homl. Th. i. 488, 34. Ic waecade vigilavi, Ps. Surt. 101, 8. Hwæðer hé wacode ðe slépte, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 39.
þearle
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.), tends to become an adverb of degree rather than one of manner or quality; where it qualifies words denoting pain, effort, or the like, it may be considered as keeping much of its old force, but even there it is used to translate Latin words marking
ge-hogian
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Þuacute; gehogodest sæcce sécean ofer sealt wæter, B. 1988. with clause Hæfde hé gehogod, þæt hé gedǽde, swá hine Drihten hét, Gen. 2892. with pronoun and clause in apposition Þá ic ǽrest hyt gehogede, þæt ic hine tó swíþe ne lufige, Solil.
Linked entry: ge-hycgan
ryne
A course, run, running, ⬩ an orbit ⬩ course, uninterrupted progress ⬩ a course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood ⬩ course, cycle, lustre ⬩ course of life
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A course, run, running, both in the sense of ¨motion and in that of the path in which motion takes place. of a ship Ánes ceóles ryne on London free entrance of one ship into the port of London (cf. ego indico me dedisse unius navis incessum in portu
Linked entry: rine
spówan
To succeed. ⬩ to be successful ⬩ it succeeds with a person (dat.)
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To succeed. used personally with instrumental of that in which the person succeeds, to be successful Hú mæg hé ǽnige gewinne wið mé spówan how can he succeed in any struggle with me? Nar. 16, 20. Ne mót ic ǽnige rihte spówan, Elen.
dafenlícnes
A fit time, opportunity ⬩ opportunitas
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A fit time, opportunity; opportunitas Ðú forsihst on dafenlícnyssum gedréfednysse despicis in opportunitatibus in tribulatione, Ps. Spl. C. second 9, 1
cwicu-líce
In a living manner, vigorously ⬩ vivide
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In a living manner, vigorously ; vivide Me on weg ðínne lǽde cwiculíce in via tua vivifica me, Ps. Th. 118, 37
eormen
Universal, immense, whole, general ⬩ universālis, immensus, permagnus, tōtus, ūnĭversus
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Used in composition, as in eormen-cyn, -grund, -láf, -ríc, -strýnd, -þeód
syrf-treów
A service-tree ⬩ sorbus
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A service-tree; sorbus In ðæt syrftreów; of ðam syrftreów in ðæt rúge mapel-treów, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 379, 22
Linked entry: syrfe
un-gefaren
Untravelled ⬩ without a road
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Untravelled, without a road On ungefarenum and on wæterigum in invio et in aquoso, Blickl. Gl. (Ps. 62, 3: 106, 40)
Linked entries: ge-faran un-geféred
glómung
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Voc. i. 21, 49. In sumre glómunge úres módes in quodam mentis crepusculo, Gr. D. 331, 14. Add
brýd-loca
a place shut in ⬩ A bride-chamber ⬩ sponsæ cubile
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[loca a place shut in] A bride-chamber; sponsæ cubile On ðæm brýdlocan in the bride-chamber, Homl. Blick. 9, 10
ge-cnǽwe
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Th. ii. 168, 7. Hí þǽr wunedon, gecnǽwe heora synna, Hml. A. 102, 15. with clause Ic ne eom gecnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne ... gyf ǽnig mann secge ꝥ ic hig ǽr him geunnan sceolde ... C.D. iv. 222, 27. Hé oðsóc ꝥ hé hit wǽre.
or-þanc
Original, inborn thought ⬩ mind, genius, wit, understanding ⬩ ingenium ⬩ a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design ⬩ skilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art
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Voc. ii. 54, 29), Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12 ; Som. 9, 32. His ofermédu is fruma úres forlores and se orþonc (argumentum, cf. searwe argumenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 69) ðe wé mid áliésde siendon is Godes eáðmódnes, Past. 41, 1 ; Swt. 301, 9.
wamb
a belly, stomach ⬩ a womb ⬩ a hollow
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Voc. i. 71, 21. Seó inre wamb alvus, 44, 38. Seó útre wamb venter, 45, 21. Gif sió wamb wund bið, Lchdm. ii. 162, 13. Is seó womb ( of the phenix) neoþan wundrum fæger, Exon. Th. 219, 14;Ph. 307. Be wambe coþum, Lchdm. ii. 220, 1.
healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
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Gif se hláford wiste ðæt se oxa hnitol wǽre and hine healdan nolde if the lord knew that the ox were wont to push with its horn, and would not keep it in, L. Alf. 23; Th. i. 52, 12.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
carited
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charity; caritas Heóld mycel carited in ðe hús held much charity in the house, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 6
cyric-waru
A church-congregation ⬩ in ecclesia congregatio
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A church-congregation; in ecclesia congregatio On cyricware in a church-congregation, L. O. 13; Th. i. 184, 12