ellen-weorc
A work of valour, valiant or powerful act ⬩ fortitūdĭnis ŏpus, res fortĭter gesta
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A work of valour, valiant or powerful act; fortitūdĭnis ŏpus, res fortĭter gesta He wæs ánrǽd ellenweorces he was steadfast in his work of valour, Andr. Kmbl. 464; An. 232.
bi-gegnes
studium
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A going about or applying one's self to anything, the pursuit or study of anything; studium Bigegnes vel smeágung studium, Ælfc. Gl. 90; Wrt. Voc. 51, 27: Gr. Dial. 1, 10
fleóh-cyn
A kind of flies ⬩ muscārum gĕnus
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A kind of flies; muscārum gĕnus Fleóh-cynnes feala flugan on gemǽru sciniphes in omnĭbus fīnĭbus eōrum, Ps. Th. 104, 27
hyht-willa
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Desire accompanied by hope or joy Hyhtwillan leás without hope of attaining any good, Cd. 216; Th. 274, 25; Sat. 159
þegen-sorh
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Sorrow for the loss of thanes Grendel on reste genam þrítig þegna ... Mǽre þeóden þegnsorge dreáh, Beo. Th. 263; B. 131
riht-regol
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Add: a lawful rule of life Wé bebeódað ꝥte Godes þeówas hiora ryhtregol on ryht healdan, Ll. Th. i. 102, 15
sceáp-heord
A flock of sheep
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A flock of sheep Nimaþ eówre hrýðerheorda and eówer sceápheorda and eówer orf oves vestras et armenta assumiie, Ex. 12, 32
weall-hát
Boiling hot ⬩ red-hot
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Boiling hot, red-hot Ácéle ðú wealhát ísen ðonne hit furþum sié of fýre átogen on wíne, Lchdm. ii. 256, 15
rinde-clifer
(?) a wood-pecker (?), a bird that sticks to, or scratches the bark of trees (?)
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, a bird that sticks to, or scratches the bark of trees (?) Rindeclifre ibin, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 34
Linked entry: clifer
ed-wít
A reproach, disgrace, blame, contumely, scorn ⬩ opprobrium, probrum, ignōmĭnia, cavillātio
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Ealle beóþ aweaxen of edwíttes ýða heáfdum all shall be grown over by the heads of the waves of scorn, Salm. Kmbl. 57; Sal. 29.
deófol-lic
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., and add: of the devil Se freódóm ðæs deófollican onwaldes freedom from the power of the devil, Bl. H. 137, 13. Dióflices fanaticae (lustrationis ), An. Ox. 2058. Deóuolicre, 7, 125. Deóflices galdres necromantiae, i. demonum invocations, 1927.
Linked entry: deófel-lic
ǼFEN
The EVEN ⬩ evening ⬩ eventide ⬩ vesper ⬩ vespera
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Ǽfena gehwám in each of evenings, 148; Th. 184, 16; Exod. 108. Æt ǽfenne, on ǽfenne, or to ǽfenne, at even, in the evening, Ps. Spl. 29, 6
Linked entries: ǽfen-dreám ǽfyn éfen éfern
smyltness
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See preceding word; or is pinguedo connected with pinguis in its sense of calm, quiet, easy? Add Mé sóna sum staþolfæstlic smyltnyss tó becóm, Hml. S. 23b, 551.
dim
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Ox. 3853. Dymre, 2, 261. On ðǽre dimman ádle in that miserable malady, Gú. 1135. dark, wicked; Gen. 685
spannan
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Ox. 17, 62. to bind by considerations of interest, fear of consequences Hí speónnon heom eall ꝥ landfolc tó (cf. hí námon gíslas swá fela swá hí woldon, 179, 3), Chr. 1052; P. 178, 36
á-wyrtwalian
to pluck up or out by the root ⬩ to extirpate ⬩ eradicate ⬩ exterminate ⬩ to pluck ⬩ draw away
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Add: to pluck up or out by the root, lit. Onweg ácorfenum þám tungum swylce hí áwyrtwalode wǽron abscissis radicitus linguis, Gr. D. 241, 12. fig. to extirpate, eradicate, exterminate Ic áwyrtwalie extirpo (gaudia carnis ), An. Ox. 186, 26.
dúru
An opening, a door, the door of a house ⬩ ostium, jānua, fŏris
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Dúru sóna on arn soon he rushed on the door, Beo. Th. 1447; B. 721. Dúra, Andr. Kmbl. 1998; An. l001. Ðá ða dúra wǽron belocene cum fores essent clausæ, Jn. Bos. 20, 19. Of ðære dúra from the door, Mt. Bos. 26, 71.
Linked entry: dúre
hweorfa
a joint ⬩ a whorl
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Nim ðone hweorfan ðe wíf mid spinnaþ bind on his sweoran take the whorl that women spin with, bind it on his neck, L. M. 3, 6; Lchdm. ii. 310, 21
Linked entries: hweorf hweorf-bán hwerfa
ǽfen-þénung
evening service of the Church ⬩ serving of food in the evening, supper
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Gif hí sceolan on ǽfen gereordian of ðám sylfan punde se þridda dǽl sí gehealden tó ágifenne on ǽfen-þinungum, R. Ben. I. 71, 3
ge-bod
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Ox. 1940. an edict, order, a mandate of temporal or ecclesiastical authority Gif hwelc preóst ofer biscopes gebod mæssige, gilde for þám gebode .xx. ór, Ll. Th. ii. 290, 17. Hí eów gedwealdon mid þám manigfealdum gebodum, i. 56, 17.