eorþ-styrung
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Wæs mycel eorðstyrung wíde on Englalande (on Wygracestre and on Wíc and on Deórbý and elles gehwǽr, v. l.), Chr. 1048; P. 166, 24: 1089; P. 225, 11: Hml. S. 15, 60. Hé sǽde ꝥ his hús feólle fǽrlíce mid eorðstyrunge, 25, 842.
folc-gesíþas
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Þæt ehtode ealdor þeóde wið þám néhstum folcgesíðum: Þæt eówer fela geseah, þeóde míne . . . " Þá cwæð sé þe wæs cyninges rǽswa . . . Dan. 412. Þeódríc héht folcgesíðas healdan þone hererinc, Met. l, 70. Substitute:
fóre-cwide
a prediction
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Substitute: a prediction Wæs his sóð syn wítnad æfter forecwide (juxta praedictum) ðæs Godes weres, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 296, 11. Forecwida ðæs wítges praedicta Ezechielis, Mt. p. 9, 9. heading of a chapter Forecwide capitulum, Mt. p. 4, 1.
ge-swencednes
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Add: - — Þá wearð hé geneádod ꝥ hé on his ágenre geswencednysse (-swænced-, -swencend-, v. ll. ) oncneówe hwæt hé sylf wæs compulsus est cognoscere in sua vexatione quid esset, Gr.
ge-cídan
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Ðurh ðone wítgan wæs gecíd (-cídd, v.l.) hierdum pastores increpat per prophetam, Past. 123, 9. Gif hwylcum bréþer for ǽnigum litlum gylte byþ gecíd oþþe gestýred fram his abbode si quis frater pro quavis minima causa ab abbate suo corripitur, R.
nirwett
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</b> a place of confinement :-- Godes Sunu wæs geléd on nearuwre binne, tó ðí þæt hé ús fram hellicum nyrwette (the prison (or (?) confinement) of hell) álýsde, Hml. Th. i. 34, 32
súþ-sǽ
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a south sea On ðám dagum ríxade Æþelbyrht cyning on Cantwarebyrig, and his ríce wæs ástreht fram ðǽre micclan eá Humbre oð súðsǽ, Hml. Th. ii. 128, 19.
un-lísan
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Se ceorl þe þyder cóm gebunden ongan semninga þǽr standan unlýsed and unbunden, 164, 19. to release from a restrictive condition His dohtor wæs dumb geboren, and hé Martinum bæd ꝥ hé hire tungan unlýsde, Hml. S. 31, 1107
wæter-scipe
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Hwæt þá se bisceop . . . ábaed æt Gode ꝥ hé worhte þone wæterscipe tó wynsumum ytþlande . . . and wæs se mere áwend tó wídgyllum felda, Nap. 22, 21-28. Add
wíc-stów
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Sumes mannes hús (domus) wæs getimbrod mid gyldenum stafum . . . Hwylc man is . . . þe nát hwæt se man sý þe seó wícstów (mansio) getimbrod is, Gr. D. 321, 14. Manige wícstówe ( mansiones ) syndon in mínes fæder húse, 315, 17: 319, 5.
wulf
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Wæs micel wundor ꝥ án wulf wearð ásend þurh Godes wissunge tó bewerigenne ꝥ heáfod wið þá óþre deór . . .
fyrhto
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Hé mid mycelre fyrhte wæs geslegen, Guth. 88, 18. Add
wíg-steall
The part of a church where the altar stands
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt mæssepreósta oþþe mynsterpreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan weohstealle (weófodstealle, v. l. ) búton his oferslipe, ne húru æt ðam weófode, ðæt hé ðǽr þénige búton ðære wǽde, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 9
á-wacnian
to awaken ⬩ to arise ⬩ spring
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Þanon wæs áwæcnod ꝥ æþeluste cynn, Angl. xi. 3, 56
Linked entry: -wacnian
feówertig
alone
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Wæs hé feówertiga (feówertigra, v. l.) sum viri, ut ferunt, ferme XL, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 52, 10. Hé wæs wunigende betwux him þás feówertig daga, Hml.
hreósan
To fall ⬩ fall down ⬩ ruere ⬩ corruere
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Gesihþ hreósan hrím and snáw, 77 a; Th. 289, 14; Wand. 48. Hit hreósan wile sígan sond æfter réne, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 44; Met. 7, 22.
Róm-feoh
Peter's pence
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The penalty, which is not here stated, was a heavy one, as will be seen from the passages given below.
be-licgan
To lie or extend by or about ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ circumdare ⬩ cingere
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Me néd belæg want surrounded me Ps. Th. 118, 153
leóþian
To sing ⬩ sound
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To sing, sound Wóð óðer ne lythwón leóþode ðonne in lyft ástág ceargesta cirm a second cry sounded, nor weakly, when to the heavens rose the wail of the troubled spirits, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 32; Gú. 363.
port-weall
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A town-wall Man gengde ábútan ðone portweall, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 267.