or-tydre
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Without offspring, barren Ontydre (Wnlcker reads ortydre) effeto, sinefoetu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 46
lár-sum
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Ready to learn, docile Sién wé snotre . . . and lár*-*sume, Verc. Först. 95, 23
á-cæglod
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Angl. iv. 157 where atæglod is read) the back was as if all studded with pegs; the Latin has belua serrato tergo Nar. 20, 26
Crist
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. ¶ Crístes mǽ, mæsse :-- Oþiéwde reád Crístes mǽl ( a cross ), Chr. 773; P. 50, 20. Tóforan Xp̃es mæssan, 1038; P. 161, 14: 1043; P. 165, 9: 1076; P. 212, 20
ende-deáþ
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Substitute: Perhaps however the passage should read Líf bútan deáþe or líf bútan ende; either form would suit the metre better, and (the former especially) would be parallel with the contrasts that follow, gioguð bútan ylde, hǽlu bútan sáre, &c
purpuren
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Se Hǽlend bær þyrnenne cynehelm and purpuren (purpre, later version) reáf, Jn. 19, 5. Add
rǽdere
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a reader, one who reads Rǽdere lector, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 6 : Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 40. Be ðære wucan rǽdere (rédere, 7, 23). Gebróðra gereorde ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge.
ge-deorfan
To labour
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In Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 3, Heora scipa gedurfon L and C perhaps we should read gedufon sank, cf. 85, 38, gedeáf [gedráf], and Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24, Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon
Linked entry: dorfen
hrímig
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Perhaps brómige should be read, rather than hrímige. [On the strength of Bl. H. 209, 32 hrímge has been suggested as an emendation for hrinde, B. 1363. v. hrind.]
út-fús
Ready to sail
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Ready to sail Þǽr hýðe st-od hringedstefna útfús, Beo. Th. 65; B. 33
dæftan
To make conveniant or ready, put in order ⬩ apparare, sternere
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To make conveniant or ready, put in order; apparare, sternere Ðæt he sceolde gearcian anddæftan his weg [MS. weig] that he might prepare and make ready his way, Homl. Th. i. 362, 8. Menn dæftaþ heora hús men put their houses in order, ii. 316, 7.
Linked entry: ge-dæftan
slóh
A slough, hollow place filed with mire, a pathless, miry place
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In reádan slóe 391, 31. On ðæt reáde slóh; of ðam slóh 376, 5. On ðæt fúle slóh; of ðam sló 406, 32. In ðone fúlan sló 381, 5. On horgan slóh Cod. Dip. B. ii. 394, 30. On reádan slóh 398, 38.
earm-hreád
An arm-ornament ⬩ brachii ornāmentum
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An arm-ornament; brachii ornāmentum Earm-hreáda [MS. earm reade] twá two arm-ornaments, B. 1194
Linked entry: hreád
be-beódendlíc gemet
The imperative mood ⬩ modus imperativus
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him read, beat this child, let him be beaten.
Linked entries: forþ-werd beódendlíc gemet
hýrsum-lic
Ready ⬩ willing
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Ready (of service), willing Hé gegearwode heom his hýrsumlice þegnunge eis obsequium praebebat, Gr. D. 152, 1
folce-firen
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Perhaps the passage given here might be read Wǽrlogona sint folca firene hefige (folca being taken as parallel to wǽr-logona, and each referring to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah: cf. on þissum folcum, 1. 2499, þás folc, 2506) of the traitors, of the
tiberness
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Sacrifice, destruction, immolation Rǽde on his bócum hwelce tibernessa ǽgðer ge on monslihtum ge on hungre ge on scipgebroce let him read in his books what sacrifices of life there were by slaughter, famine, and shipwreck (the Latin, which is not closely
beadu-cáf
Battle-prompt ⬩ ready for battle ⬩ ad pugnam expeditus
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Battle-prompt, ready for battle; ad pugnam expeditus, Exon. 100b; Th. 380, 20; Rä. 1, 11
ryden
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>The name of some plant Wirc beþinge, nim ðæt reáde ryden, Lchdm. ii. 340, 5
hin-fús
Ready to go away or depart,
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Ready to go away or depart, Beo. Th. 1514; B. 755: Andr. Kmbl. 1223; An. 612