eahta
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Eahta (ehta, v. l. ) hund míla lang, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 8, 2. Ehta (æhto, L., æhtowe, R.) dagas, Lk. 2, 21. Æfter eahta (æhtuo. L., dæge æhtowum, R.) dagum, Jn. 20, 26. Æfter dagum æhtuu, p. 8, 6. Æhtu óra seulfres, p. 188, 9.
þing-gemearc
Measuring (time) by events
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compounds of gemearc, e.g. fót-, geár-gemearc, where the first part determines the character of the measurement, measurement by feet, by years; in the case of almost all such compounds it is an (adverbial) genitive that is found) Ðá wæs ágangen tú hund
hwǽte-smedeme
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Fine wheaten flour Hunig and hwǽte-smedman, Lchdm. iii. 18, 5
Linked entry: smedema
spíþra
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A spider Gif hunta gebíte mannan, ꝥ is spíþra ( printed swiþra), Lch. ii. 142, 18
mæst
Mast ⬩ fruit of forest trees
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Mast, fruit of forest trees e.g. oak, beech, used for feeding swine Ðrím hunde swína mæst, ond se biscop and ða hígen áhten twǽde ðæs wuda ond ðæs mæstes, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 279, 3.
be-habban
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Þeós circe mihte fif hund manna behabban, Bl. H. 207, 14. Má ðonne ðæt undeópe mód behabban mæge, Past. 459, 14. Þeáh þe ꝥ mód behæfd wǽre in líchaman. Gr. D. 4, 21. <b>II a.
geárlic
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On eallum geáre sind getealde ðreó hund daga and fíf and sixtig daga; gif wé teóðiað þás geárlican dagas, 178, 21
ridda
a horseman ⬩ rider ⬩ a mounted soldier
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Feówer hund and þúsend cræta hé hæfde and twelf þúsend riddena, Homl. Th. ii. 578, 3. Pharao him filigde mid his crætum and gilplícum riddum.... Seó sǽ ealle his crætu and riddan oferwreáh, 194, 22-27.
Sciððeas
The Scythians ⬩ Scythia
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His heres wæs seofon hund þúsenda, ðá hé on Sciððie fór. Huæðere ða Sciððie noldon hiene gesécan tó folcgefeohte, 2, 5; Swt. 78, 8-11. Eall Sciððia lond, 1, 1; Swt. 14, 22.
Linked entry: Sciððia
réðness
Fierceness ⬩ rage ⬩ cruelty ⬩ severity. ⬩ ferocitas ⬩ austeritas ⬩ feritas, i. crudelitas, inclementia, duritia ⬩ furor ⬩ feria, insania ⬩ savageness ⬩ fierceness ⬩ ferocity ⬩ harshness ⬩ severity
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Wið hunda réðnysse and wiðerrǽdnysse: se ðe hafaþ hundes heortan mid him, ne beóþ ongeán hine hundas céne, Lchdm. i. 372, 3. applied to things (reproof, calamity, etc.), harshness, severity Seó réðnes ðæs stormes saevitia tempestatis, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614
beorc
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a bark Wiþ hundes beorc (gebeorc, v. l. ). Lch. i. 28, 20
Linked entry: birce
ge-liccian
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to lick Ðá hundas his wunda geliccedon, Hml. Th. i. 330, 22
Linked entry: liccian
æle-grǽdig
Very greedy, ravenous
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Very greedy, ravenous Gezabel sceolon etan ælegrǽdige hundas, Hml. S. 18, 213
Linked entry: grǽdig
á-bítan
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Be hundes slite. Gif hund mon tóslíte oþþe ábíte ( desubitet aut mordeat ), L. Alf. pol. 23; Th. i. 78, 2.
píe
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Hundes peó (beó, MS.) cinomia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 73. Handes pé, Ps. Vos. 104, 31. Add
fracoþ-lic
foul ⬩ filthy ⬩ lucre
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Hí ongunnon hine onscunian mid máran orwyrðum fracoðlicra (fraceð-, v.l.) worda majoribus hunc verborum contumeliis detestari coeperunt, Gr. D. 251, 1. For fraceðlecum (fracoðlicum, v.l.) gestreónum turpis lucri gratia, Past. 137, 21. Add:
ræcc
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A dog that hunts by scent Ræcc bruccus, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 29
áþum
a son-in-law ⬩ a brother-in-law
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Hunt. sororius), v. P. ii. 188), Chr. 1010; P. 140, 10
hwǽte-corn
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Nim hwǽtecorn, meng wið hunig, lege on þone finger, Lch. ii. 80, 20. Add:
Hwiccas
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In a list of territorial names in one group occurs the following :-- Hicca (Wicca, 416, 7, a Latin form of the list) landes is þrý hund hýda. The next group begins :-- Hwinca ( = Hwicna?)