heofon-ríce
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In heofonríce habban eard mid englum, El. 621. a place or condition of the greatest pleasure of which a person is capable Hé hæfde his heofonríce hér on eorðan, þá him nánes willan næs forwyrnd hér, ne nánes lustes on þysse weorulde anima ejus in vita
hnesce
soft ⬩ tender ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ soft ⬩ tender ⬩ gentle ⬩ effeminate
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Gl. 502. yielding to temptation, inclined to wantonness, effeminate Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger oððe gálnyss, þæt is þæt se man sý hnesce on móde tó flǽsclicum lustum, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 4. unable to endure hardship, &c.
on-sittan
to occupy ⬩ to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person) ⬩ to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)
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Skt. i. 23, 494
FLÓR
A FLOOR ⬩ păvimentum ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ ārea
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Ís glisnaþ glæshluttur, flór forste geworht ice glittereth transparent as glass, a floor caused by frost, Runic pm. 11; Kmbl. 341, 18; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 22.
neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ later ⬩ latter ⬩ last ⬩ latest
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P. ii. 18; Th. ii. 188, 26. Hiera niéhstan friénd, Past. 49; Swt. 377, 1. Heora nýhstan mágas, L. Eth. ii. 6; Th. i. 286, 32. in cpve. later, latter; superl. last, latest. Similar entries v. ende-néhst Se æftera ł nǽrra novissimus, Mt. Kmbl.
Linked entries: nǽh neáh-nunnan-mynster neár nést níhsta
earfoþe
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Hit is earfoð tó witane, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 25. Þæt gástlice angyt is earfoþe tó understandende, R. Ben. 66, 19. Ðú mé áhsast micles and earfoþes tó ongitanne, Bt. 42; F. 256, 11. Ðis fers is swíðe deóplic eów tó understandenne . . .
Linked entry: earfeðe
-cnawlíce
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Ic gife tó cníwléce S c̃e Peter mín messehacel, Chr. 963 ; P. 117, 12.] Substitute: [cnáwléce in the phrase tó cnáwléce in acknowledgement
daag
anything that is loose, dagling, dangling ⬩ sparsum
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anything that is loose, dagling, dangling; sparsum, Wrt. Voc. 288, 67
Linked entry: dág
neoþan-weard
Low in position
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Low in position Nioþanweard hype ilia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 54
þole-mód
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Patientia ðæt is ðolmód, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 334, MS. D
un-ætspornen
That is not hindered
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That is not hindered Unætspornenum fótum inoffensis pedibus, Dial. 1, 9
Linked entry: æt-speornan
un-seald
Ungiven
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Ungiven Seó séleste gyrd is gyt unseald, Homl. Ass. 131, 495
un-lífes
Not alive
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Not alive Hé is nú unlífes, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 203
Linked entry: un-líf
wyn-sang
A joyous song ⬩ jubilant song
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A joyous song, jubilant song Ðǽr is wynsang, Wulfst. 265, 31
wyrtian
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To season, spice Ic wyrtige condo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 39
Linked entry: wyrtung
fréced-lic
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Perilous Hit ús is frécenlic (frécedlic, v.l. ), Hml. A. 139, 24
ge-hwyrftnian
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The reading of the earlier MS. is ge-hrifnian, q. v
á-hýðan
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In 1. 5 reaof 'it despoileth hunger'
ryne-swift
Swift in its course
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Swift in its course Ofer uppan rodere ryneswiftum, Met. 24, 28
Linked entry: swift
hand-sceaft
That which is formed by the hand, a creature ⬩ creatura
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That which is formed by the hand, a creature; creatura, Lye