mund-bryce
a breach of mund ⬩ the fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated
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On Centlande æt ðam mundbryce ( for the offence ), Similar entries v. pund ðam cingce, and þreó ðam arcebiscope, L. C.
clǽne
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</b> free from what is shameful, of ground used for burial, hallowed, III
ge-singan
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Þá seó cyrice gehálgad wæs and se bisceop mæssan gesungene hæfde, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 21. to celebrate in words Sculan wé martira gemynd . . . wrecan wordum forð, wisse gesingan, Men, 70. (O.H.Ger. ge-singan canere, psallere.)
beámian
To shine ⬩ to cast forth rays or beams like the sun ⬩ radiare
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To shine, to cast forth rays or beams like the sun; radiare, Som
fisting
Fesciculatio? ⬩ fistulātio
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forte fistulātio, Som. 72, 65; Ælfc. Gl. 79; Wrt. Voc. 46, 23
gaflas
Forks ⬩ props ⬩ spars of a building ⬩ a gallows ⬩ furcæ ⬩ patĭbŭlum
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Forks, props, spars of a building, a gallows; furcæ, patĭbŭlum, Som. Ben. Lye
Linked entry: geafel
un-metlíc
Immoderate ⬩ excessive
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ege fóron, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 3
Linked entries: met-líc un-gemetlíc
scip-liþ
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A naval force Ꝥ sciplið gewende tó Legeceastre, Chr. 1055; P. 186, 18
Linked entry: liþ
þurh-wrecan
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Först. 109, 8
un-oflinnendlíce
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Först. 139, 15
wuldor-helm
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Först. 119, 1. Add
á-swǽman
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Först. 72, 2. Add
be-witan
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Först. 128, 16. Add
wæl-here
A slaughtering host
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A slaughtering host Fóron tósomne wráðe wælherigas, Cd. Th. 119, 21; Gen. 1983
holm-weall
A wall formed by the sea
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A wall formed by the sea, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 16; Exod. 467
twisel-tóðe
Having the teeth forked or double
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Having the teeth forked or double Twiseltððe scinodens, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 15
Cædmon
linter ⬩ homo
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A man employed by the monks of Whitby in the care of their cattle in the early part of the seventh century. He is the first person of whom we possess any metrical composition in our vernacular language. So striking and similar are some of his thoughts
lǽce-cræft
a remedy ⬩ recipe ⬩ medicine
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Ðis sceal ðan manna tó lǽcecræfte this shall be a remedy for the men, 22.
hwæl
A whale
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For hwi? Forðam plyhtlíc þingc hit ys gefón hwæl vis capere aliquem cetum? Nolo. Quare? Quia periculosa res est capere cetum, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 15-22. Hé gesceóp ða micclan hwalas, Lchdm. iii. 234, 12