un-gifu
An evil gift
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An evil gift Hæfð se yfela gást hérongeán seofonfealde ungifa ... ða yfelan ungifa ðæs árleásan deófles syndan ðus genamode insipientia, stultitia..., Wulfst. 52, 7-20: 58, 14
wird
An offence
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An offence Gehéndon hine ða héhsacerdas on monigum ðingum ł woerdum, accusabant eum summi sacerdotes in multis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 3. Similar entries v. following words
Linked entry: woerd
blát
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Þá cwom wópes hring blát út faran, weóll waðuman streám a flood of tears poured forth pale, a surging stream welled, An. 1281. Substitute for first passage
cyrten
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decoration, ornament Cyrten crustus (cf. crustu, i. ornatu frætwunge, 25, 8: crustu glenge, An. Ox. 7, 370: 8, 371), Wrt. Voc ii. 137, 24. v. next word. (?)
dæg-wine
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Daeguuini expensa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 77. Dægwine oððe andliofen, 30, 5. Dægwine expensa, i. substantia, census, 145, 43. Dægwi[ne] inpensum, An. Ox. 56, 122. Add
ge-sceadlic
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Shady. Cf. sceadu; Cf gesceadlicum scenico (scenico i. umbroso pleglicum, of gescandlicum but cf. scenam, i. umbram sceade, 65), Hpt. Gl. 474, 7), An. Ox. 2, 115
Linked entries: -sceadlic ge-scandlic
for-þwyrftan
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to cut off, cut down; obtruncare Forþwyrtan obtruncasse, An. Ox. 5028. Fortþerty ( = forþwyrte) obtruncati, 11, 75. Hí man forðwyrftum limum tó wæfersýne tucode, Hml. S. 28, 128
hréran
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Ic wæs syxtýne síðum on sǽbáte mere hrérendum . . . eágorstreámas I have been sixteen times on a sea-going boat that ploughed through the waves, An. 491. Add
in-eardiend
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An inhabitant Hwylc wæs þǽr áweht tó þám eorre bútan þám ylcan temples ineardiend? quis alius ad irascendum nisi ejusdem templi inhabitator excitatur? Gr. D. 63, 12
líc-sang
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Lícsang epichedieon, An. Ox. 901 : 2, 19. Hí sungon þá ealle sealmas and lícsang þá hwle þe man ðá byrgene bufan geopenode, Hml. S. 20, 88. Add: —
stéda
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Stoedia emissarius, An. Ox. 53, 38. Ic geann Ælfsige bisceope . . . ánes blacan (blácan?) stédan . . . and ic geann Ælmǽre ánes fágan stédan, Cht. E. 226, 10-24. Add
swelgan
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Ic wát eardfæstne ánne ( a bookcase) standan, ... sé oft dæges swilgeð lácum (books are often put into it ), Rä. 50, 2. Blód lifrum swealg, An. 1278. Add
un-gedered
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Ongederedes fǽmnhádes iniactae virginitatis, i An. Ox. II, 28. Hí ungederede genǽson . . . ungederede on heora gegeraelan laesi non sunt. . . illaesis vestibus, Gr. D. 219, 19-24 Add
brim-wylf
a she-wolf ⬩ A sea-wolf ⬩ marina lupa
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A sea-wolf; marina lupa. An epithet applied to Grendel's mother Hine seó brimwylf abroten hæfde the sea-wolf had destroyed him, Beo. Th. 3202; B. 1599
Linked entry: wylf
wine-geómor
Sad for the loss of friends
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Sad for the loss of friends Ealle hié deáð fornam, and se án leóda duguðe, se ðǽr lengest hwearf, wearð wine-geómor, Beo. Th. 4470; B. 2239
wilde-deór
A wild beast
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A wild beast Weorpan hí an wildedeóra líc, Bt. 38, I; Fox 194, 31. Hé wæs mið wildedeórum erat cum bestiis Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 1, 13
Linked entry: deór
be-cweðan
to say ⬩ assert ⬩ dicere ⬩ to reproach ⬩ exprobrare ⬩ to BEQUEATH ⬩ to give by will ⬩ legare
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to say, assert; dicere Swá ðú worde becwíst as thou sayest by word, Andr. Kmbl. 386; An. 193 : 419 ; An. 210. to reproach; exprobrare Hí ecweðaþ, exprobraverunt, Ps. Th. 88, 44. to BEQUEATH, to give by will; legare Ealle ða, mynstra and ða cyrican
Linked entry: bi-cweðan
flán
An arrow ⬩ a dart ⬩ săgitta ⬩ tēlum
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An arrow, a dart; săgitta, tēlum Þurh flánes flyht through the flight of an arrow, Byrht. Th. 133, 56; By. 71. Fram fláne fleógendre a săgitta vŏlante, Ps. Spl. 90, 6: Beo. Th. 4868; B. 2438. Ðíne flána synt afæstnode [MS. afæstnade] on me săgittæ tuæ
setness
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an ordinance, a regulation, an institution Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Eádulf hæfþ gerád tó setnesse, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 295, 32. Gé forlǽtaþ Godes bebod and healdaþ manna laga (setnesse, Lind.: setnisse, Rush. traditionem ), Mk. Skt. 7, 8, 3, 13. Setnesa
á-bryrdan
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Add: to instigate, stimulate, incite Ic trúwige ðæt sum wurðe ábrird, ðæt hine liste gehíran ðá hálgan láre, Ll. Th. ii. 364, 17. Æfter ðisum wordum wurdon ðá munecas mycclum ábryrde, Hml. S. 6, 344. Hí beóð ábrerde (divinae dilectionis stimulo) compunguntur