west-weard
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Fór se here of ðæm eástríce westweard, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 22 : 1052 ; Erl. 183, 15. Ðá hé ðá hámweard tó ðære ié com, ðe hé ǽr westweard ( when marching westward ) hét ða ofermǽtan brycge ofer gewyrcan, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 84, 3.
Linked entry: eást-weard
flǽsc-lic
human ⬩ mortal ⬩ animal ⬩ natural ⬩ carnal ⬩ worldly ⬩ carnal ⬩ sensual ⬩ sexual
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H. 16, 8. connected by, or based upon, ties of flesh and blood, natural Þám filigde sum flǽsclic bróðor tó mynstre, ná for gecnyrdnysse góddre drohtnunge, ac for flǽsclicere lufe. Se gástlica brðdor . . . and his flǽsclica bróðor, Hml.
scyldigung
A criminal charge
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Wé cwǽdon, se ðe scyldunga (be ðon ðe scyldgunga, other MS.) bǽde æt ofslagenum þeófe ðæt hé eode þreora sum tó . . . and ðone áþ syllen ðæt hý on heora mǽge náne þýfþe nyston . . . and hý gán siþþan .xii. sume and gescyldigen hine of him who asks for
fefer-ádl
Fever-disease ⬩ fever ⬩ febris
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Wið fefer-ádle for fever disease, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii, 134, 13. Sleá ðé Drihten mid feforádle and mid cíle percŭtiat te Dŏmĭnus febri et frīgŏre, Deut. 28, 22
freó-man
A freeman ⬩ free-born man ⬩ lībĕræ conditiōnis hŏmo ⬩ vir ingĕnuus
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Hwæt gifest ðú me freómanna to frófre what givest thou me for men's comfort? Cd. 99; Th. 131, 12; Gen. 2175
Linked entries: freóls-man frig-man frí-man
fyrdung
an army prepared for war ⬩ armament ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ a camp ⬩ castra
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an army prepared for war, armament; exercĭtus Beó man georne ymbe fyrdunga let the armaments be diligently attended to, L. Eth. v. 26; Th. i. 310, 24: vi. 32; Th. i. 322, 32. an expedition; expĕdītio On fyrdunge in the expedition, L. C.
lǽne-
Transitory ⬩ transient ⬩ not enduring
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Hér is seó lǽnlíc winsumnes ac ðǽr is seó syngale nearones in this world is the delight that endures not, but in the next is the anxiety that continues for ever, L. E. I. pref; Th. ii. 394, 7
mǽl-dæg
A day ⬩ season ⬩ an appointed time
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A day, season, an appointed time Hé ðæs mǽl-dæges self ne wénde ðæt him Sarra bringan meahte on woruld sunu he himself never hoped for the day when Sarah could bring him a son into the world, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 4; Gen. 2339.
Linked entry: mál-dæg
nirwett
narrowness ⬩ a narrow place ⬩ pass ⬩ oppression of the chest ⬩ difficulty of breathing
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narrowness Ic hit geféran ne mehte for ðara wega nerwette ( propter angustas semitas ), Nar. 25, 5. a narrow place, pass Se engel eode intó ánum nyrwette angelus ad locum angustum transiens, Num. 22, 26. oppression of the chest, difficulty of breathing
Linked entry: nerwet
earfeðe
Hard, difficult, troublesome ⬩ diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus
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Hard, difficult, troublesome; diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus Nis me earfeðe to geþolianne willan Dryhtnes mínes it is not hard for me to endure the will of my Lord, Exon. 48 a; Th. 166, 6; Gú. 1038.
Wísle
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. ; for ðý hit man hǽt Wíslemúða, Ors. l, l; Swt. 20, 6-13
Linked entry: Wísle-múþa
á-gíta
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Oððe eft se gilpna and se ágíta for his góda mirringe gilpe and wéne ðæt hé sié cystig and mildheort aut cum effuse quid perditur largum se glorietur , 19
blis
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Þú woldest mé laðian, þæt ic swíðor drunce swilce for blisse ofer mínum gewunan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 30. Blisse, gefeá tripudio .i. gaudio, An. Ox, 1346. Gá intó þínes hláfordes blisse (gaudium), Mt. 25, 21. Add
bridels
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Hé breác hælftre for brídelse (brídele, v. l.) capistro pro freno utebatut, 34, 12. Ðone brídels ðæs eges, Past. 427, 31. Brídelsum lupatis, Txts. 75, 1248. and add
Linked entry: bridel
costnian
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God ne costnað nǽnne man, for þan þe hé nele nǽnne tó synnum gebígan, Scrd. 22, 46-23, 10: Hml. Th. ii. 560, 20. Ne lǽt ðú ús costnian, ac álýs ús fram yfele, Wlfst. 125, 13. Add
dǽd-bót
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Þá men þe dǽdbóte underfóð for hefelicum gyltum homines qui poenitentiam pro gravibus peccatis suscipiunt; Ll. Th. ii. 174, 17. Hreówe and dǽdbóte dón þæs mycclan yfeles and mánes, Bl. H. 79, 5. Add
eardung-hús
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Eádig þú eart, Maria, for ðan on þínum móde þú gearwodest Drihtnes eardunghús, Hml. A. 133, 574. Add
egeþe
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For 'Som. . . . Lye' substitute Egðe, egdae erpica, Txts. 59, 761. Egþe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 15. Egeþe, 29, 44. Egiðe raster, 118, 61. Egþe (-a, MS.) hircipes vel tribula, i. 16, 25. Eiþe (printed ciþe) traha, 15, 11.
Linked entry: egþa
flǽsclíce
carnally
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For þý flǽsclíce wé ne beóþ ymbsnidene ideo carnaliter non circumcidimur, An. Ox. 40, 16
ge-nefa
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Substitute: a nephew Gaius his nefa (genefa, v. l.) fór on Sirie Caium, nepotem suum, Augustus ad ordinandam Syriae prouinciam misit, Ors. 6, l; S. 254, n.