efesian
To cut in the form of eaves, to round, to shear ⬩ in rŏtundum attondēre, tondēre
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Ic efesige oððe ic scere scép oððe hors tondeo ŏves aut ĕquos, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 9
tó-sceád
a separating, ⬩ distinguishing, ⬩ distinction ⬩ the faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the mind ⬩ discrimination ⬩ discerning ⬩ difference, ⬩ diversity
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Biþ tósceád, swá swá se apostol sǽde: 'Stella ab stella differt in claritate,' Homl. Ass. 43, 486. Betwuh ðám þrím is swíþe micel tósceád, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 21.
hwilc
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Ic þ é wille secgan hwelc se lǽcecræft is . . . Hé is swíðe biter on múþe and hé þé tiþ on ðá protan . . . Ac hé werodaþ, siþþan hé innaþ, Bt. 22, l; F. 76, 28. Wé nyllað geþencan hwelc hit þá wæs, Ors. 3, II; S. 152, 33.
for-beódan
to forbid ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ to prevent
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Th. ii. 220, 2: Ph. 404: Gú. 819. of time, in which it is forbidden to do something: Gif frí man an þane forbodenan tíman wyrce, Ll. Th. i. 40, l. to restrain, check, prevent the action of Ðeós wyrt forbýt yfele lácnunga, Lch. i. 102, 9.
freóls-dæg
A feast-day ⬩ festival-day ⬩ festus dies
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Gif hlaford his þeówan freólsdæge nýde to weorce if a lord oblige his servant to work on a feast-day, L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 172, 2. Be freólsdagum and fæstenum of festivals and fasts, L. Edg. i. 5; Th. i. 264, 17: L. Eth. v. 18; Th. 1. 308, 24: L. C.
þæslíce
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in that way, so Þæslíce ita, Hpt. Gl. 417, 8. Hé ne dyde þæslíce ǽlcere þeóde non fecit taliter omni nationi, Ps. Lamb. 47, 20 : Blickl. Gl.
un-gewuna
A bad custom ⬩ evil practice
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I. P. 23; Th. ii. 336, 20.
Linked entry: ge-wuna
for-helan
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Th. ii. 300, 5. Nǽnne sacleásan man forsecgean, ne nǽnne sacne forhelan, i. 294, 6. Hú magan þá cyningas forhelan hiora unmihte, Bt. 29, 1; F. 104, 13. Ic þé árecce, náht ne forhelende (-hæl-, v. l.), Hml. S. 23 b, 319.
fox
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Gedón foxes gelyndes dǽl on þá eágan, Lch. ii. 308, 1: i. 338, 20: 340, 4 (and often). Wið liþádle, genim m Cf. also Tó ðǽre foxéc; of ðǽre foxéc, C.D. iv. 90, 9. Add
ild
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L. 42, 4. v. cild-ild, for-ild, ofer-ild
néþan
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D. 18, 10. with preposition Ic swíðe unmeodum geneahhe néðde tó Dryhtnes líchoman and tó his ðám deórwyrþan blóde I ventured far too frequently to go to the Lord's Supper, Angl. xi. 99, 70. with clause Hwæt is þesceorlisca wer þe néþeþ (gedyrstlǽceð
Linked entry: nóþ
up-weard
Upwards ⬩ up. ⬩ up ⬩ upward ⬩ backward
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Th. ii. 548, 14: Elen. Kmbl. 1609; El. 806. (? v. preceding word) up into a country.
Linked entry: up-riht
hilt
Hilt, ⬩ handle
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Hilt, handle [the plural, as in much later times, e. g. Shakspere's, is used of a single weapon] Ðá wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince on hand gyfen then was the golden hilt given into the old man's hand, Beo. Th. 3358; B. 1677.
flíma
a run-away ⬩ deserter ⬩ an apostate ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ exile ⬩ an outcast ⬩ wretch
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Th. i. 200, lo. Ǽlc flýma beó flýma on ǽlcum lande þe on ánum sý, 296, 21. Pastio latronum latitantium in siluis qui spoliant et occidunt alios, quos Angli uocant fléman, Ll. Lbmn. 614, I.
Linked entry: flýma
lytlian
to lessen ⬩ diminish
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Add. 19; Th. ii. 234, 18. Cristes lage wanedon and cyninges lage lytledon Christ's laws waned, and the king's laws were weakened, L. Eth. ix. 37; Th. i. 348, 19.
æt-sacan
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Th. i. 404, 2 : ii. 298, 7, 10, 13. with gen. Sege ús hwǽr se hord sý þe þú fundest and hine bedyrndest; þý lǽs þe þú his ætsace, hér is se man þe sum ꝥ feoh hæfð on handa, Hml.
ge-fégan
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Voc. ii. 9, 65. Þætte fira gehwylc on his hringe bið fæste geféged, Wal. 41. to square, adapt Gefégan quadrare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 21.
un-rót
sad ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ troubled ⬩ gloomy ⬩ displeased ⬩ harsh ⬩ angry
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Is hyt for ðam ðe ic ábæd ðæs Hǽlendes líchaman æt Pilate? Nicod. 13; Thw. 6, 29
finugle
Fennel ⬩ fēnĭcŭlum
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Fennel; fēnĭcŭlum Wyl on ealoþ finuglan boil fennel in ale, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 104, 1: 1, 66; Lchdm. ii. 142, 2
weorold-gilp
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Largitas . . . ðæt is ðæt man wíslíce his ǽhta áspende, ná for woruld-gylpe, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 327, 330