bleó-bord
A coloured table on which games of chess are played ⬩ tabula colorata in qua prœlia latronum luduntur
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[bleoh, bleó colour, bord a table] A coloured table on which games of chess are played; tabula colorata in qua prœlia latronum luduntur (Ettm. p. 311) Dryhten dǽleþ sumum gúþe blǽd, sumum tæfle cræft, bleóbordes gebregd the Lord allots to one success
steorfan
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Se ðe gelíð raðe hé styrfþ oððe génunge hé áríseþ he that takes to his bed (on the tenth day of the moon), soon will he die or he will be up again directly, Gif hrýðera steorfan, 54, 30.
Wísle
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The Vistula Weonodland wæs ús ealne weg on steorbord óð Wíslemúðan. Seó Wísle is swýðe mycel eá, and hió tólíð Witland and Weonodland ; and seó Wísle líð út of Weonodlande, and líð in Estmere . . .
Linked entry: Wísle-múþa
cild-cradol
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On cildcradelum ástreht in cunis supinus, An. Ox. 2156: Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 19. as symbol of infancy, the cradle Crísten fram cildcradole, Hml. Th. i. 428, 23. Wé ðe fram cildcradole tó Godes geleáfan cómon, ii. 76, 11. Fram cyldcradole, Hml.
nunne
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Ox. 8, 368. non-Christian Minutia hátte án wífmon þe on heora wísan sceolde nunne beón Minucia, virgo vestalis, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 16
gold-gifa
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A giver of gold, a liberal lord or chief Funde ðáon bedde blácne licgan his goldgifan he found then his lord lying pale on the bed, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 26; Jud. 279. Goldgyfan, Beo. Th. 5297; B. 2652.
FLET
the ground ⬩ floor of a house ⬩ ārĕa ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ house ⬩ cottage ⬩ hall ⬩ hăbĭtātio ⬩ dŏmus ⬩ căsa ⬩ aula
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the ground, floor of a house; ārĕa Ne cume on bedde, ac licge on flette let him not come into a bed, but lie on a floor, L. P. M. 2; Th. ii. 286, 21. Heó on flet gecrong she sank on the ground, Beo.
grim
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Ox. 2217. On hú grimmum seáðe swinceð þæt sweorcende mód, Met. 3, 1. Grimme sorge acri angore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 38. Of þám grimman gryre, Dan. 439. Feallan on grimne grund, Cri. 1527. Þone grimman þurst diram sitim, Nar. 9, 20.
macian
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regimen of the prep. to become what is denoted by the object of the verb Fornicatio macað of Crístes limum myltestrena limu, Hml.
wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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Hé slóg mid his heáfde on ðone wág, ðonne hé on his setl sæt, Ors. 5, 15;Swt. 250, 12. Wáh, Ps. Th. 61, 3. Ða wágas ( the walls of a church) nǽron rihte, Blickl. Homl. 207, 18 : (the walls of a palace ), Nar. 4, 24.
hátian
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Ox. 4731
ge-wítan
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Gif hwá cwydeleás of þyssum lífe gewíte if any one die intestate, Ll. Th. i. 412, 27. Of mínum líchoman gewítan, Bl. H. 139, 13. Of líchoman gewiten, 149, 31. Of lífe gewiten, Ap.
hege
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Oð ðone cwichege; súð andlang heges, 380, 13. Longan méd iacit be norðan hege, ii. 26, 27. Tó ðám ráhhege; æfter ðám hege á be ðám ófre, iii. 77, 29. Æfter ðám ealdan hege tó ðáre grénne ǽc, 2 74, 34. On Wíferðes mǽduan hege; of ðám hege, 78, 21.
stód-fald
An enclosure for a stud of horses
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An enclosure for a stud of horses Tó ðam aldan stódfalde; and ðonne fram ðam stódfalde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 21. Of ðam wylle on ðone stódfald; of ðam stódfalde, vi. 213, 21. Be norðan stódfaldan, iv. 66, 8
mearcian
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Ox. 2492. to make with the hand the sign of the cross on an object Hé mearcode him on heáfde hálig róde-tácen and on his gúðfanan, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 14. Mearciað róde tácen on eówrum foreheáfdum, i. 466, 20. <b>V a.
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