wæter-þrýþe
Water-hosts, great waters
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Water-hosts, great waters Ða ðe wyrceaþ weorc mænig on wæterðrýþum qui faciunt operationem in aquis multis, Ps. Th. 106, 22
ræfnan
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Ræfn elne ðis, ðæt ðú nǽfre fǽcne weorð freónde ðínum, Exon. Th. 302, 3; Fä. 30. v. á-ræfnan and cf. dreógan for the same two meanings
Linked entry: a-rǽfnan
tráge
Evilly ⬩ cruelly
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Evilly, cruelly Ðis is weorc ðara ðe oft wráðe mé tráge tǽldan hoc opus eorum, qui detrahunt mihi, Ps. Th. 108, 20
under-beginnan
to attempt
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to attempt Nú þincþ mé ðæt ðæt weorc is swíþe pleólíc mé oþþe ǽnigum men tó underbeginnenne, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 14
Linked entry: be-ginnan
nytlicness
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Add: profit, advantage Swá ꝥ hit sí for micelre nyttlicnesse (magnae utilitatis) ꝥ hyra weorc forholen beón ne magon, Gr. D. 61, 10
bealu-ware
Baleful inhabitants ⬩ criminals ⬩ scelesti
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Baleful inhabitants, criminals; scelesti Ðæt ic bealuwara weorc gebiden hæbbe that I have endured the work of criminals, Rood Kmbl. 155; Kr. 79
Linked entry: bealo-ware
ge-sellan
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Hí heora ǽhta ealle gesealdon, and ꝥ weorð bróhton tó ðára apostola fótum (v. Acts 4, 34), Ll. Th. ii. 370, 35. Add
un-sláw
Not slow ⬩ not sluggish ⬩ active ⬩ ready ⬩ quick
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Se ðe wǽre full sláw, weorðe se unsláw tó cyrican, Wulfst. 72, 15. Ðone ðe him on weorcum gecwémde elne unsláwe, Exon. Th. 159, 7; Gú. 923. Wígan unsláwne ( St. Andrew ), Andr. Kmbl. 3419; An. 1713. Hí slógon tógædere unsláwe mid wǽpnum, Homl.
un-áscirigendlíc
Inseparable
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Inseparable Ðære Hálgan Þrynnysse is án godcundnyss, and án gecynd, and án willa, and án weorc unáscyrigendlíce ( inseparable; or inseparably? ), Homl. Th. i. 326, 27
wær-sagol
Cautious in speech, careful of what one says
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Cautious in speech, careful of what one says Se ðe wǽre leássagol, weorðe se sóðsagol; se ðe wǽre bæcslitol, weorðe se wærsagol; se ðe wǽre stuntwyrde, weorðe se wíswyrde, Wulfst. 72, 17
luf-tíme
pleasant ⬩ grateful
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Giving rise to love, pleasant, grateful Gregorius ðæt luftýme weorc gefremode Gregory performed that grateful work [the conversion of the English], Homl. Th. ii. 126, 26
weorold-cræft
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A secular craft or art Ne sí nán man swá dysig, ðæt hé ðás gelícnysse tó ǽnigum hálgum þinge áwende, for ðan de ðis ( grammar) is woruldcræft (weorld-, v.l. ), Ælfc. Gr. 41; Zup. 246, 2. Ðé gebletsige woruldcræfta wlite and weorca gehwilc, Cd.
dwol-lic
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Add Þæs flǽsces weorc ... dwollic lár ( sectae, Gal. 5, 20), Hml. S. 17, 26. Se biscop þá dwollican sócne (v. sócn, ) ádwǽscte, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 5
leád-gota
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Mylewerde, sútere, leádgotan (leód-, MS.) and óðran wyrhtan ǽlc weorc sylf wísað hwæt him tó gebyreð, Angl. ix. 263, 18
Linked entry: gota
wǽpen-hete
Armed hate ⬩ hate that resorts to arms
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Armed hate, hate that resorts to arms Æðele sceoldon ðurh wǽpenhete weorc þrowian the noble ones were to be slain by their foes, Apstls. Kmbl. 159; Ap. 80
nytweorð-líc
Useful
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Useful Nytwurðlíc (-wyrð-,-weorð-) utilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 5. Tó ðæs munstres nitwurðlícre þearfe for the useful requirements of the monastery, Chart. Th. 369, 28
snytro
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Mid helwarum ne byð ne weorc, ne gesceádwísnes, ne snyttro, ne wísdóm nec opus, nec ratio, nec scientia, nec sapientia erit apud inferos, Gr. D. 328, 2. Add
wyrp
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A throw, cast, the distance which a thing may be thrown Swá mycel swá is ánes stánes wyrp (weorp ł wyrp, Lind.) quantum jactus est lapidis, Lk. Skt. 22, 41
Linked entry: wirp
oft-rǽde
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Add Tó lytel hit byð, beó hit á lǽsse, for ðan his weorc sceal beón oftrǽde, Ll. Th. i. 432, 25. Uton oflinnan . . . þára oftrǽdra symla, Verc. Först. 148, 5
út-weardes
Outwards ⬩ towards the outside
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Outwards, towards the outside Suá bið sió costung ǽresd on ðæm móde, and ðonne féreþ útweardes tó ðære hýde, ód ðæt nió út ásciét on weorc, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 5