mór
a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain
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Móres græs the grass of the field (which Nebuchadnezzar was to eat), Cd. 203; Th. 252, 8; Dan. 575. On ðone hreódihtan mór; of ðon móre. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 121, 21: Beo. Th. 1424; B. 710. Ofer myrcan mór, 2814; B. 1405.
irgþ
Sluggishness ⬩ cowardice ⬩ timorousness ⬩ pusillanimity
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by sea or by land, let him lose all that he owns and his own life, L.
Linked entry: irhþ
hefe
importance ⬩ a burden ⬩ a weight
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God is bútan hefe and hé ealle gesceafta gelógode on gemete, and on getele, and on hefe, Hml.
æx
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Hé bær him æcse and adesan on handa, tácnode on ðám ꝥ hé nales tó ídelnysse on ꝥ mynster eóde, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 26: Angl. ix. 263, l. Æxa bipennes , An. Ox. 2, 71. Æcssa, 2231. Mid ęcesum securibus , Ps.
hleápan
To LEAP, ⬩ jump, ⬩ dance, ⬩ run
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Roger hét án of heom se hleóp into ðam castele æt Norþwíc Roger was the name of one of them, he threw himself into the castle at Norwich, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 34.
Linked entries: hleápere hleápettan hlípe
hlís-ful
famous ⬩ honourable
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Wæs on þǽre byrig án ǽnlic wímman (Judith) . . . hlísfull on þeáwum, rihtlíce lybbende, Hml. A. 108, 195
weód
A useless or injurious plant, ⬩ a weed
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A useless or injurious plant, a weed Æceres weód, ðæt ðe bið on ofen ásend faenum agri, quod in clibanum mittitur Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30. Hwonan hæfð hit ðæt weód (zizania) ? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 27.
hreð-mónaþ
March
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March On ðæm þriddan mónþe on geáre biþ án and þrittig daga and se mónþ is nemned on lǽden martius and on úre geþeóde hrédmónaþ in the third month in the year are one and thirty days, and the month is called in latin martius, and in our language hrédmónaþ
Linked entry: hlýda
ceosel
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Hé sang his gebedu on sǽlicere ýðe, ... and syððan his cneówa on ðám ceosle gebígde ... Twégen seolas his bletsunge bǽdon licgende æt his fóton on fealwum ceosle, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 8-14.
wil-síþ
A desired journey, ⬩ a wished for, welcome journey
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Ðæs sǽs smyltnys eów blíþe on eówerne willsíþ hám forlǽteþ serenitas maris vos cupito itinere domum remittet, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 36. Gewát Matheus menigo lǽdan on gehyld Godes, weorod on wilsíð (he was leading them out of prison), Andr.
atol-lic
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Gesewen on ðám atelican híwe, Hml. Th. i. 336, 35. On atelicum híwe mid byrnendum múde and lígenum eágum, ii. 164, 22. Þá atelican obscena, An. Ox. 4959. Atelicost kin teterrimum genus, R. Ben. I. 10, 6. Add
fóre-astreccan
To lay or stretch out before ⬩ prōsternĕre
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To lay or stretch out before; prōsternĕre Ðæt he fóreastrehte hig on wéstene ut prōsternĕret eos in deserto, Ps. Spl. T. 105, 25
gealdor-cræft
The art of enchanting ⬩ incantation ⬩ incantātio
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The art of enchanting, incantation; incantātio On ǽniges cynnes gealdorcræftum per alĭcūjus gĕnĕris incantātiōnes, L. Ecg. P. iv. 18; Th. ii. 208, 32
in-gebed
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Hearty, earnest prayer Gange mín ingebed [or gebed in ?] on ðín gleáwe gesihþ intret oratio mea in conspectu tuo, Ps. Th. 87, 2
earfoþ-dæg
A trouble-day, day of trouble ⬩ tribulātiōnis dies
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A trouble-day, day of trouble; tribulātiōnis dies Ic on earfoþ-dæge Drihten sóhte in die tribulātiōnis Deum exquīsīvi, Ps. Th. 76, 2
ge-cýgednes
A calling ⬩ vŏcātio
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A calling; vŏcātio On ðam dæge ðe geneálǽhte hyre gecýgednesse of ðyssum lífe immĭnente die suæ vŏcātiōnis, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 31
síþ-boda
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One who announces that a journey or march is to begin, applied to the pillar of cloud, Cd. Th. 193, 21 ; Exod. 250
stán-weg
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A road made with stones On ealdan stánwege; of stánwege, Cod. Dip. B. i. 417, 15. [O. Sax. stén-weg.] Cf. stán-strǽt
þider-leódisc
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Of that people Hé geleórde on Burgenda mǽgðe, and hé wæs bebyrged mid micle wópe ge Angelcynnes monna ge þiderleódiscra, Shrn. 134, 24
Linked entry: leódisc
byht
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On heges byhte; of ðám byhte, iii. 419, 16. Add