beorgiht
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Hilly Þá lond sindon swíþe beorhtte (beorhte, v. l.) situ terrarum montoso, Ors. I. I; S. 10, 24
ge-helmian
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Cf. ge-hilmed
ge-berst
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þǽra beorga geberst the bursting asunder of the hills, Wlfst. 186, 7. Wið ómena geberste, Lch. iii. 42, 29. Add
beorg
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Add: a hill Dún mons, hyll oððe beorh collis, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 43. Beorh ufeweard monticellus, 54, 7. Þa dúna dreósað and beorga hliða myltað montes ruent, collesque liquescent, Dóm. L. 101. an artificial mound Beorh agger, Ælfc. Gr.
hyl-lic
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Hilly Þis syndon þá túnas . . . óþer is hillic lég . . . feórþe healf burhlég, fífte gislic léh, C. D. B. iii. 577, 17
weall
a wall that is made, ⬩ wall of a building, of a town, ⬩ side of a cave ⬩ a natural wall ⬩ a steep hill ⬩ a cliff.
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Ic wiht (a rake) geseah, seó wǽþeþ geond weallas ( among the hills (?)), wyrte séceþ, Exon. Th. 416, 27; Rä. 35, 5
Linked entries: æt-foran-weall wala weal weall-clif weall-steáp
crundel
a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them ⬩ tumulus
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Cráwan crundul on Wereðan hylle Crow's crundle on Weretha's hill Cod. Dipl. 698; A.
Linked entry: morþ-crundel
wæl-not
A fatal mark ⬩ a mark that brings death ⬩ a rune that brings death,
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See for baleful influence of runes, Egils Saga, c. 75: Grettis Saga, c. 81; see also Corpus Poeticum Boreale, vol. i. pp. 40, 41, for the virtues of runes Hwílum hié (fiends) gefeteraþ fǽges monnes handa, gehefegaþ ðonne hé æt hilde sceall wið láð werud
Linked entry: not
heáh-clif
A high, lofty cliff
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A high, lofty cliff Beorgas gemeltaþ and heáh-cleofu the hills shall melt and the lofty cliffs, Exon. 22 a; Th. 61, 3; Cri. 979
ge-þingan
To determine ⬩ fix ⬩ destine
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Wiste hilde geþinged he knew war was destined, Beo. Th. 1299; B. 647: Menol. Fox 326; Men. 164: 14; Men. 7
firgen
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on fyrgen, hæfde hál westu may the pain flee to the hills, and you have your head sound (? ?), Lch. iii. 54, 17. Add
ge-sceádan
To separate, distinguish, discern, decide ⬩ to separate
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Wolde hilde gesceádan would decide the war, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 25; Exod. 504: Elen. Kmbl. 298; El. 149. Rodera rǽdend hit on riht gescéd the ruler of the firmament decided it aright, Beo. Th. 3115; B. 1555.
síde
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</b> the side of a hill :-- Of þǽre wídgyllan sídan þæs muntes e devexo montis latere, Gr. D. 112, 19. In þæs heán muntes sídan, 121, 14. Add Seó dene wæs weallende mid lígum on ánre sídan, on óðre sídan mid hagole and cyle, Hml.
ge-heald
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Cf. ge-hild
on-þeón
to prosper ⬩ to be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable
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Th. 1805; B. 900. to be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable Gamele ne móston hilde onþeón the aged might not be of service in battle (in the preceding lines it is mentioned that the very young were excluded from the army), Cd.
god
A god
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Syndon ealle hǽðene godu hilde deóful omnes dii gentium dæmonia, 95, 5, 4: Exon. 74 b; Th. 278, 16; Jul. 598. Gif ðú fremdu godu forþ bigongest if thou dost continue to worship strange gods, 67 b; Th. 250, 2; Jul. 121
cweþ ðú
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of cweðan
ge-sceþþan
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Þú þæt gehéte . . . þæt ús heterófra hild ne gesceóde, 1422. Ne biþ hire (the stomach) gesceóed fram cealdum mettum, Lch. ii. 220, 25. ¶ where the particular, in respect to which injury is done, is marked Hié fela folca feore gesceódon, Dan. 15.
Linked entries: ge-sceaþan sceþþan
hangra
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A wood on a hill-side, and add Tó foxhangran; of ðám hangran, C. D. vi. 106, 1. Of ðám ellenstubbe on ðone yfemestan hangran, iii. 384, 5. [For a discussion of the word and for a number of compound forms in which it occurs see Cht. Crw. p. 134.
ECG
EDGE, a sharpness, blade, sword ⬩ ăcies, acūmen, glādius, ferrum
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Ecga [MS. ecge] mihton helpan æt hilde swords might help in battle. Beo. Th. 5360; B. 2683: 5649; B. 2828. Mid gryrum ecga with terrors of swords, 971; B. 483. Æscum and ecgum with spears and swords, 3548; B. 1772.