HWÍL
A WHILE
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Homl. 109, 6. Grendel wan hwíle wið Hróðgár Grendel strove for a time with Hrothgar, Beo. Th. 306; B. 152: 211; B. 105. Ða ðe on carcerne hwíle wunedon. Andr. Kmbl. 262; An. 131.
LUST
LUST ⬩ desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ voluptuousness
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Him wæs metes micel lust he had a craving for food, Homl. Th. i. 86, 6. Lust oððe gǽlsa luxus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 11. Hwǽr beóþ ðonne se ídla lust and seó swétnes ðæs hǽmedþinges ðe hé ǽr hátheortlíce lufode, Blickl. Homl. 59, 16.
Linked entry: lustume
ýtera
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Ðú miht blissigan ðæt ðære ðeóde sáwla þurh ða ýttran wundra beóð getogene tó ðære incundan gife gaudeas quia Anglorum animae per exteriora miracula ad interiorem gratiam pertrahuntur (Bd. 1, 31), Homl. Th. ii. 132, 2
Linked entry: ýtmest
HLÁF
Bread, ⬩ food, ⬩ a loaf
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Homl. 27, 7
FǼMNE
A virgin, damsel, maid, woman ⬩ virgo, puella, fēmĭna
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Gif hwylc man hine wið fǽmnan forlicge si hŏmo quis cum puella fornĭcātus fuĕrit, L. Ecg. P. 4, 68; Th. ii. 228, 10. He mid fǽmnan on flet gǽþ he walks with the woman in the court, Beo. Th. 4074; B. 2034.
Linked entry: fémne
wérig
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Th. 459, 23; Hö. 4. Wérigra wraþu, 183, 34; Gú. 1337. Eálá ðú ðe eart sió héhste frófer eallra wérigra móda O!
Æl-mihtig
Almighty
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Se ælmihtiga God is unasecgendlíc and unbefangenlíc, se ðe ǽghwær is eall, and náhwar todǽled the Almighty God is unspeakable and incomprehensible, who is everywhere all, and nowhere divided, Homl. Th. i. 286, 26
Linked entry: eall-mihtig
a-merian
To examine ⬩ purify ⬩ examinare ⬩ purgare ⬩ merum reddere
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Genim ánne cuculere fulne ameredes huniges take a spoon-full of purified honey, Herb. 106; Lchdm, i. 220, 12. Fýre ðú us amyrdest swá swá amyred biþ seolfor igne nos examinasti sicut examinatur argentum, Ps. Spl. 65, 9. Amerodest examinasti, Ps.
Linked entry: a-myrian
clifian
To cleave, adhere ⬩ adhærere
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Ðín tunge clifaþ to ðínum goman thy tongue cleaveth to thy gums, Homl. Th. ii. 530, 28. To ðære lifre clifiaþ adhærent jecori, Lev. 1, 8.
Linked entries: clyfian cleofian cliofian on-clifiende tó
drý-cræft
Magical art, magic, sorcery ⬩ ars magĭca
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Sum man wæs mid drýcræfte bepǽht some man was deceived by magic, Homl. Th. i. 448, 13. Warna ðé ðæt ðú ne gíme drýcræfta ne swefena ne hwatena nec inveniātur in te, qui ariolos sciscĭtētur et observet somnia atque augŭria, Deut. 18, 10.
Linked entry: dreó-cræft
for-hwyrfan
to change for or from ⬩ transform ⬩ transfer ⬩ remove ⬩ avertĕre ⬩ transformāre ⬩ to turn aside ⬩ pervert ⬩ deprave ⬩ subvertĕre ⬩ pervertĕre ⬩ deprāvāre
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Sí se man awirged, ðe forhwyrfe his freóndes landgemǽro maledictus hómo, qui transfert termĭnos proxĭmi sui, Deut. 27, 17. to turn aside, pervert, deprave; subvertĕre, pervertĕre, deprāvāre Ðisne we gemétton forhwyrfende úre þeóde huuc invēnĭmus subvertentem
Linked entry: for-hwerfan
fréfran
To comfort ⬩ console ⬩ consōlāri
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Homl. 135, 23. Cwæþ he ðæt gewunalíce word ðara fréfrendra dixit sŏlĭto consōlantium sermōne, Bd. 5, 5; S. 681, 9. Fréfrede consōlāti, Ps. Spl. 125, 1
Linked entry: ge-fréfran
freód
Affection ⬩ good-will ⬩ friendship ⬩ peace ⬩ ămor ⬩ dilectio ⬩ amīcĭtia ⬩ pax ⬩ grātia
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Freóde ne woldon healdan they would not hold peace, Beo. Th. 4946; B. 2476. Ic forworht hæbbe ðíne lufan and freóde I have forfeited thy love and good-will, Cd. 48; Th. 63, 2; Gen. 1026: Exon. 10 a; Th. 11, 5; Cri. 166: Beo. Th. 3418; B. 1707.
GǼLAN
to hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ impede ⬩ keep in suspense ⬩ retardāre ⬩ mŏrāri ⬩ impĕdīre ⬩ to hesitate ⬩ delay ⬩ cunctāri
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Homl. 179, 11 : 191, 20. v. intrans. to hesitate, delay; cunctāri Scealcas ne gǽldon the servants delayed not, Elen. Kmbl. 1381; El. 692 : 1999; El. 1001
Linked entry: hyge-gǽlsa
HEGE
A HEDGE ⬩ fence
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Mid heora hegum ðe hí ymbsette wǽron cum septis quibus erant circumdata, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 39: Homl. Th. ii. 448, 22. From hegum a silvis, Rtl. 118, 35
Linked entry: fearn-hege
hýðan
To despoil ⬩ plunder ⬩ lay waste ⬩ pillage ⬩ ravage
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To despoil, plunder, lay waste, pillage, ravage Híðeþ and tó hám týhþ it plunders and brings home, Exon. l09 a; Th. 416, 25; Rä. 35. 4. Hýðaþ wíde gífre gléde widely shall the greedy flames lay waste, 23 a ; Th. 64, 28; Cri. 1044.
Linked entry: hýð-scip
lofung
Praising ⬩ appraising
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The kingdom of heaven was allowed to these brothers for their net and ship, and to the rich Zacheus for half his possessions, and to a certain widow for a farthing, and to a certain man for a drink of water, Homl. Th. i. 580, 21-26.
med-trum
not strong in health ⬩ infirm ⬩ weak ⬩ ill ⬩ of inferior position
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Manega wurdon mettrume gehǽlede, Homl. Th. ii. 512, 7. Mettrumra ægrotorum, Hpt. Gl. 415, 20. of inferior position(?) Nalæs ðæt án ðætte ða metruman (MSS. O. T. mǽttran: MS.
morgen-sprǽc
The periodical assembly of a guild held in the morning, or on the morrow after the guild-feast
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periodical assembly of a guild held in the morning, or on the morrow after the guild-feast Se gegilda ðe ne geséce his morgenspǽce gilde his syster huniges the member of a guild, who does not attend the assembly of the guild, shall pay a sester of honey
pleó-líc
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Ne becymst ðú nǽfre tó ðam pleólícum leahtre, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 31.