heaþu-sigel
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Ph. 120 Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas heá oferhlifað (the original Latin has no reference to the sea: Ubi sol pepulit fulgentis limina portae). Add:
heals-fæst
defiant ⬩ unsubmissive ⬩ proud ⬩ contemptuous
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With unbending neck, defiant, unsubmissive, proud, contemptuous Hire (Hagar) mód ástáh þá heó wæs magotimbre eácen worden, ongan æfþancum ágendfreán halsfæst herian (cf. Agar concepisse se videns despexit dominam suam, Gen. 16, 4), Gen. 2238.
un-sár
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Þá hét hió (Cleopatra) niman ipnalis þá nǽdran, and dón tó hiere earme, þæt hió hié ábite ; for þon þe hiere þúhte þæt hit on þǽm lime unsárast wǽre, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 26. Add
be-swícan
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Ahab yfele wearð beswicen for Naboðes wínearde, Hex. 54, 6-11
wæter-búc
A pitcher
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Gedeon hét heora ǽlcne geniman ánne ǽmtigne sester oððe ǽnne wæterbúc Gedeon dedit in manibus eorum lagenas vacuas, Jud. 7, 16
Sweó-þeód
The Swedish people
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Swíðe mycel here ǽgðer ge landhere ge sciphere of Swaðeóde(Sweóðode, MS. F.), Chr. 1025; Erl. 163, 9
Linked entry: Swa-ðeód
færeld
going ⬩ walking ⬩ a going ⬩ course ⬩ journey ⬩ a way ⬩ road ⬩ the run ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ a train ⬩ retinue ⬩ course ⬩ proceeding
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Mid flugelum færeldum fugitiuis discursibus, 263. a military expedition: Hé wæs biddende . . . ꝥ hé móste on Ispánie firde gelǽdan, and hé ꝥ færelt þurteáh . . .
ah-lǽca
A miserable being ⬩ miscreant ⬩ monster ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum
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A miserable being, miscreant, monster ; miser, perditus, monstrum He wiste ðæm ahlǽcan hilde geþinged he knew conflict was destined for the miscreant, Beo. Th. 1297; B. 646: 1983 ; B. 989
cyric-sangere
A church-singer ⬩ ecclesiæ cantator
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A church-singer; ecclesiæ cantator He sumne æðelne cyricsangere begeat, se wæs Mafa háten he got a famous church-singer, who was named Mava, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 5
éðel-staðol
A native settlement ⬩ patrium habĭtacūlum
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A native settlement; patrium habĭtacūlum Hú he éðelstaðolas eft gesette, swegel-torhtan seld how he might replenish the native settlements, heaven-bright seals, Cd. 5; Th. 6, 25; Gen. 94
mæst-rǽden
The right of feeding swine in places where mast is produced
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The right of feeding swine in places where mast is produced Hé nǽfre hine bereáfian wolde ðære mæstréddene ðe hé him áléfed hæfde on Longan hrycge, Chart. Th. 140, 35
Linked entry: mæsten-rǽden
mis-lǽdan
to mislead ⬩ lead astray
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to mislead, lead astray Gif hé láre ne can, ne hé leornian nele, ac mislǽt his hýrmen and hine silfne forþ mid, L. Ælfc. P. 46; Th. ii. 384, 22
bord-weall
A board-wall, a shield ⬩ scutorum agger, testudo, clypeus
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A board-wall, a shield; scutorum agger, testudo, clypeus He bræc ðone bordweall he broke through the board-wall, Byrht. Th. 139, 60; By. 277: Beo. Th. 5952; B. 2980
Linked entry: weall
geddian
To sing ⬩ cantare
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To sing; cantare Ðá ongan he geddian then began he to sing, Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, note 25. Se scóp geddode the poet sang, 35, 5; Fox 166, 8
dígan
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To die Deáðfǽge deóg, siððan dreáma leás in fenfreoðo feorh álegde, hǽðene sáwle deathdoomed he died, after he joyless in the fenfastness life laid down, his heathen soul, B. 850
dihtnian
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to order, dispose Fram leahtrum ásyndrian hé dihtniað a vitiis separare se disponunt, Scint. 17, 4. to direct, dictate Þá hé sylf dihtnode quant ipse dictavit, Angl. xiii. 426, 869
ge-fullfremman
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Þ hé gefulfremige þá gód þe hé beginne, Hml. A. 150, 154. Synn byþ gefullfremmed (perpetratur), Scint. 228, 10
ádlung
Illness, ailment, disease
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Illness, ailment, disease Sóðlíce hé sylf ætbrǽd úre ádlunga, and úre sárnyssa hé sylf ábær vere languores nostros ipse tulit, et dolores nostros ipse portavit, Hml. Th. i. 122, 31
ǽnga
Solitary
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Solitary Hé lifað leódum feor, lócað geneahhe fram ðám unlǽdan ǽngan hláford he lives far from men, from the wretched solitary often are his lord's looks turned, Sal. 382. Substitute:
scripp
A scrip ⬩ bag
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A scrip, bag Petrus forlét lytle þing, scripp and net, ac hé forlét ealle þing, ðá ðá hé for Godes lufon nán þing habban nolde, Homl. Th. i 394, 7