ufan-weard
top of
Entry preview:
The word may be translated by top of (the noun with which it agrees) Sóna wǽron wit on his heánesse on ðam wealle ufanweardum statim fuimus in summitate ejus (i. e. muri), Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 18.
á-hwanon
Entry preview:
Óhwonan, Rä. 36, 8. in any direction, anywhere Mid þý ic on þám wealle nǽnige duru ne ánig eághþyrl áhwonon (óhwanun, onhwonan, v. ll.) on ǽnige healfe geseón mihte cum in muro nullam januam vel fenestram alicubi conspicerem, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 623, 11
Linked entry: á-hwonan
ge-leáflíce
Entry preview:
credibly, in a manner that commands or allows belief Hí heofenan ríce mid Hǽlende ástigon swá swá wíse láreówas geleáflíce secgað ( as we are credibly informed by learned doctors ), Hml. Th. ii. 258, 29.
geong-lic
Entry preview:
Take here <b>iung-lic</b> in Dict., and add For geonglices (geonlices, v. l. ) mǽdenes plegan, Mart. H. 156, 18. Iunglices cildhádes nascentis infantie, An. Ox. 966. On iunglicere in tenero, i. iuuenili, 3360.
Linked entry: geon-lic
ge-wǽgnian
Entry preview:
And ne mæg man nánne diácon gewǽgnian bútan .xxxvi. sum nolumus ut subdiaconus ... vel lector a quopiam damnetur, nisi in .vii. linguis. Nec potest diaconus ullus damnari, nisi in .xxxvi., Ll. Th. ii. 168, 2-7: Nap. 33, 18-22.
Iclingas
Entry preview:
[The name occurs in a charter On Icæles ǽwilnias tó Æðelbrihtes mearce,C. D. iii. 130, 33.] Add:
log
Entry preview:
[The grant in which this phrase occurs is of land that had been held by a ' húskarll' of king Edward.
cneów
a knee ⬩ genu ⬩ a generation; ⬩ generatio
Entry preview:
Bos. 27, 29. a generation; generatio In ðære þeóde awóc his ðæt þridde cneów in that nation rose the third generation from him Cd. 209; Th. 258, 16; Dan. 676
Linked entry: cneó
hláford-swica
A betrayer of his lord, ⬩ a traitor to his lord
Entry preview:
Hér sind on earde on mistlíce wísan hláfordswican manige here in the land are in divers manners many traitors, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 88: 110, 176
swinglung
Giddiness, dizziness, vertigo ⬩ to rove ⬩ to reel ⬩ giddy ⬩ vertigo
Entry preview:
Giddiness, dizziness, vertigo [cf. swingan, though the verb does not seem much used in the sense of modern swing.
slǽtan
To slate ⬩ bait ⬩ set dogs on ⬩ hunt with dogs
Entry preview:
To slate [Halliwell quotes from a book of 1697 to slate a beast is to hound a dog at him; and in Ray's North-country Words (1691), E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 'to slete a dog, ' is to set him at anything, as swine, sheep, etc. In Gloss.
Linked entry: slǽting
ǽrend-gewrit
A message or report in writing ⬩ a letter ⬩ an epistle ⬩ letters mandatory ⬩ a brief writing ⬩ short notes ⬩ a summary ⬩ epistola
Entry preview:
A message or report in writing, a letter, an epistle, letters mandatory, a brief writing, short notes, a summary; epistola Hí sendon ǽrendgewrit mittunt epistolam, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 41.
Linked entries: ǽrend-bóc ǽrend-writ ǽrynd-writ
a-tiefran
To paint ⬩ describe by painting ⬩ depingere
Entry preview:
Oth. atiefred] on ðæm wage universa idola domus Israel depicta erant in pariete, Past. 21, 3; Hat. MS. 30 a, 23. He atiefreþ [MS.
be-fóran
Before ⬩ at hand ⬩ openly ⬩ ante ⬩ antea ⬩ præ ⬩ in conspectu, ⬩ in conspectum
Entry preview:
Before, at hand, openly; ante, antea, præ, in conspectu, in conspectum He sceal befóran féran he shall advance before Bt. Met. Fox 4, 35; Met. 4, 18. Wundor on eorþan he befórancýþde he revealed miracles on earth openly Andr. Kmbl. 1212; An. 606.
Dauid
David ⬩ Dāvid, īdis
Entry preview:
Crist onwráh, in Dauides dýrre mǽgan, ðæt is Euan scyld eal forpynded Christ revealed that, in David's dear kinswoman, the sin of Eve is all turned away, Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 4; Cri. 96
FETER
A FETTER ⬩ chain for the feet ⬩ compes ⬩ pĕdĭca
Entry preview:
Ic módsefan mínne sceolde feterum sǽlan I must bind my thought in fetters, 76b; Th. 287, 29; Wand. 21: Salm. Kmbl. 141; Sal. 70
FREC
Desirous ⬩ greedy ⬩ gluttonous ⬩ audacious ⬩ bold ⬩ avĭdus ⬩ gŭlōsus ⬩ audax ⬩ temĕrārius
Entry preview:
Ðæt hie firendǽda tó frece wurdon that they were too audacious in wicked deeds, Cd. 121; Th. 155, 30; Gen. 2580
irfan
To inherit
Entry preview:
Kmbl. i. xxxiii-v on the leases of church lands for lives, in which such phrases as the following occur :-- His dæg forgeaf, and æfter his dæg twám yrfeweardum. Such lives were sometimes named in the instrument setting forth the grant
líc-rest
tomb ⬩ sepulchre
Entry preview:
On líchryste in cœmeterio, Hpt. Gl. 507, 67. Man slóh án geteld ofer ða hálgan bán binnan ðære lícreste, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 150. Heó hyre lícreste geceás ón élíg byrig she chose her burial place in Ely, Lchdm. iii. 430, 17
ge-haldan
To keep ⬩ preserve ⬩ hold ⬩ servāre ⬩ recondĕre ⬩ tĕnēre
Entry preview:
Ðǽr hí nú gehaldene syndon in qua nunc servantur, 3, 11; S. 535, 11 : 3, 6; S. 528, 29