cræt
Entry preview:
Crætum quadrigis, 149, 14: curricis, 28, 17: carpentis, i. curribus, Wülck. Gl. 254, 12. Creatum curribus, Ps. Srt. 19, 8
weorod
Entry preview:
Weredre itel wynsumre dulcisone, i. blanda, weredum beóbreáde vel swǽsum dulci favo, Wülck. Gl. 225, 17, 20. Werede ðigene nectareum edulium, Hpt. Gl. 413, 38: mulsum, 417, 56. Werede mulsa, 408, 32 : dulcia, Kent. Gl. 179.
or-þanc
Original, inborn thought ⬩ mind, genius, wit, understanding ⬩ ingenium ⬩ a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design ⬩ skilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art
Entry preview:
Orþancum ingeniis, Wülck. Gl. 250, 5. a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design Orþanc molimen (cf. searo molimen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 29), Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12 ; Som. 9, 32.
be-scúfan
to thrust
Entry preview:
Besceofene fraecipitata, Wülck. Gl. 254, 36. to force to something Gif hé hí neédunge tó his ðeówte gebígde, oððe gif hé hí tó yfelnysse bescufe, Hml. Th. i. 112, 7.
býge
Entry preview:
Hit bið drifen on swíðe nearwe bygeas, Past. 59, 6. of movement (lit. or fig. ) Bigas circuitus, Wülck. Gl. 232, 41. Se hara bígde gelóme, þóhte mid þám bigum ætberstan þám deáðe, Hml. S. 31, 1059. Hé gedyde bigeas (-ias, v.l.) and fleám, Gr.
hóc
a hook ⬩ chain ⬩ dragging ⬩ a fish-hook
Entry preview:
Wülck. Gl. 289, II), 63, 81 (both glosses occur in lists of words connected with ships). a sharp bend or angle in the length of anything
HUNGOR
HUNGER ⬩ famine
Entry preview:
Hungre heófeþ wulf se grǽga the grey wolf howls for hunger, Exon. 91 b; Th. 342, 30; Gn. Ex. 150. Hungur heaðugrimne heardne, Ps. Th. 145, 6. Manncwealmas and hungras pestilentiæ et fames, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 7
swápan
Entry preview:
Me wule swopen þin hus, Misc. 176, 151: Fragm. Phlps. 7, 6. Heó swopeð þe duste awei, A. R. 314, 6. Clensi and zuope þe herte. Ayenb. 109, 5. Chaucer has swope, swoope.] intrans.
hár
Entry preview:
L. 67, 24. grey, of an animal's coat Wulf, hár hǽðstapa, Vy. 13. of bright metal Háre byrnan (cf.
HOLT
a HOLT, ⬩ wood, ⬩ grove, ⬩ copse ⬩ wood; ⬩ lignum
Entry preview:
Wulf holtes gehléða, Elen. Kmbl. 225; El. 113. Sum sceal on holte of heáhbeáme feallan, Exon. 87 b; Th. 328, 21; Vy. 21: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 103, 73; Met. 13, 52, 37. Gewiton áweg tó holte they went away to the wood, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 12.
haga
Entry preview:
E. 239, 16. v. bóc-haga, deór-haga, gemǽr-haga (v. gemǽre; ¶), heáfod-haga, imb-haga, mǽr-haga, wulf-haga; hæg
Linked entry: hecge
sol
Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum
Entry preview:
[Cf. sol; adj. filthy Wule a sol cloð et one cherre beon hwit iwaschen? A. R. 324, 1. His (the priest's) alter cloð great and sole, and hire (the priest's concubine's) chemise smal and hwit; and te albe sol, and hire smoc hwit Rel. Ant. i. 129.
eówde
A flock, herd ⬩ grex
Entry preview:
Hafaþ se awyrgda wulf tostenced, Dryhten, ðín eówde hath the accursed wolf scattered thy flock, O Lord? Exon. 11 b; Th. 16, 23; Cri. 257. Ofer ðín ágen eówde sceápa sŭper ŏves grĕgis tuæ, Ps. Th. 73, I: 118, 111.
of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
Entry preview:
Ofgán exigere, Wülck. Gl. 257, 29. to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort:- Ic wille mid tintreg-um æt ðé ofgán ðises þinges insiht I will extort from thee with torments an account of this thing, Homl. Th. i. 590, 22.
Linked entry: of-eode
mǽr-líc
Great ⬩ magnificent ⬩ glorious ⬩ splendid ⬩ illustrious
Entry preview:
Wülck. 254, 11. (of persons) Mǽrlíc (God) on hálignysse magnificus in sanctitate, Cant. Moys. 11. Ðæt wæter feóll ofer Pharaones mǽrlícum riddum the water fell upon Pharaoh's splendid knights, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 31.
ge-deorf
Entry preview:
On sceortum gedeorfe labore breui, Wülck. Gl. 256, 27. Woldon hremmas hine bereáfian æt his gedeorfum . . . Ðá hremmas flugon . . . and se hálga his geswinces breác, Hml.
hnesce
soft ⬩ tender ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ soft ⬩ tender ⬩ gentle ⬩ effeminate
Entry preview:
Wring on hnesce wulle, Lch. i. 86, 3. Wyrce him hnesce bedd, iii. 112, 1. Næscum hræglum gegearwæd, Mt. R. 11, 8. Ꝥ wæter and sió lyft bióþ hwéne hnescran gecynde; hí bióþ swíþe eáþe tó tódǽlenne, 34, 11; F. 150, 27.
gást-lic
pertaining to the spirit, ⬩ spiritual ⬩ spiritual ⬩ spiritual ⬩ divine, heavenly, holy, sacred
Entry preview:
Ealle þás þæs monnes good ge gást-lice ge líchomlice, Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 31. spiritual as opposed to bodily, fleshly, physical Se gáslica wulf typicus Benjamin An. Ox. 1922.
scendan
To put to shame, to abuse, insult, harm:
Entry preview:
Also ase þu wult schenden þene schucke, A. R. 316, 11. Men me wolden scenden, Laym. 14167. Shennd and shamedd, Orm. 1985. Uor to ssende and to destrue, Ayenb. 28, 22.
Linked entry: sendeþ
tó-drífan
To drive in different directions, ⬩ drive away ⬩ to drive asunder ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ destroy ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ send elsewhere ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ dispel, ⬩ put an end to
Entry preview:
Th. 1095; B. 545. to scatter, disperse Se wulf tódrífþ (tódrífeð, Lind. Rush.) ða sceáp lupus dispergit oves, Jn. Skt. 10, 12. Wulfas tódrífaþ dine heorde, Blickl. Homl. 225, 18. Ðú hí wíde tódríf disperge illos, Ps. Th. 58, 11.
Linked entry: tó-drǽfan