mǽsc-wyrt
Mash-wort ⬩ the wort in the mash-tub
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'Mash-wort, the wort in the mash-tub. On the malt boiling water is poured and allowed to stand three quarters of an hour; the liquid is wort, or mash-wort,' Lchdm. ii. 399, col. i Máxwyrte amber fulne, L.
niht-sang
the service at the seventh of the canonical hours ⬩ compline ⬩ a copy of the service
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the service at the seventh of the canonical hours, compline Nú gebyraþ mæssepreóstum ðæt hí ða seofon tídsangas gesyngon . . . nihtsang seofoþan, L. Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 3-7 : R. Ben. 40, 7.
ge-fýsan
To make ready ⬩ cause to hasten
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Secgas wǽron síðes gefýsde the men were ready for the journey [cf. síðes fús, B. 1475], Elen. Kmbl. 520; El. 260
un-geboden
Unsummoned ⬩ unbidden
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Unsummoned, unbidden Þreó mótlǽþu ungebuden on .xii. mónþum the tenant attended three courts without summons in the year, Chart. Th. 433, 22. Perhaps the word is to be found in the phrase de placito ungebendro (ungebendeo, MS. R. = ungebodene?), L.
Linked entry: ge-beódan
wiþ-hycgan
To be adverse in thought ⬩ purpose ⬩ to set one's self against
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Gé wiðhogdun hálgum Dryhtne your hearts were hostile to the holy Lord, 139, 34; Gú. 603. Ðæt hé stán nime, hláfes ne gýme, ða wiste wiðsæce, beteran wiðhyccge (the food refuse, set himself against the better), Elen. Kmbl. 1232; El. 618. v
and-heáfdu
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Headlands, the unploughed ground at the end of the furrows where the plough was turned Andlang ðǽra andheáfda, C. D. v. 298, 7, 9. Be ðém andheáfdan, ii. 172, 29: iii. 193, 8: vi. 8, 27, 29 (cf. on ðá heáfda, 36).
Linked entry: on-heáfdu
be-swincan
to labour at
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Add: to labour for Laboratores synd þá þe úrne bigleofan beswincað, Hml. S. 25, 815. Nim þín gold, þe lǽs þe hit þé losige ꝥ þú lange beswunce, 12, 219. to labour at, perform with labour Beswanc desudat, An. Ox. 8, 257.
cyre-líf
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ánes gesynscipes, bútan þám canonican þe on cyrelífe sittað ( those who are dependents of the bishop; exceptis his canonicis qui victu et vestitu potiantur), Nap. 15. a person in such a condition
hád-bryce
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This is the rendering in the 'Instituta Cnuti', which gives the first clause of the law thus: Qnicnmque uiolauerit ordinem, sicut est aut monachum aut presbyterum aut aliquem ordinatum uerberauerit aut aliquid huiusmodi fecerit). For Swt. A. S.
fót-þweál
the washing of the feet of the poor
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¶the washing of the feet of the poor, enjoined by the Church Bisceopes dægweorc ... þearfena fótþweál, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 21. Se ercediácon geáxode má crístenra manna, and hí ... mid fótðweale geneósode, Hml. Th. i. 418, 27.
gíslian
To give hostages or security
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Man gíslade ða hwíle in to ðám scipum hostages were sent to the ships during the time, 994; Erl. 133, 29. Seó burhwaru gíslode the town's people gave hostages, 1013; Erl. 148, 8.
grimman
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Hwæl-mere hlúde grimmeþ the whale-mere [the sea] rages loudly, Exon. 101 a; Th. 382, 3; Rä. 3, 5. [Cf. O. Sax. grimmid the gróto séo.] to run with haste, hasten; properare, currere, festinare Gúþmóde grummon the warlike of mind hastened, Beo.
Linked entry: gúþ-mód
þeófian
to thieve, ⬩ steal
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The Lindisfarne gloss has ðæt ðú ne forstele ł ne forðiófe, Mk. 10, 19; the Kentish Glossary, diófende furtivus; but this might imply the form ðiófian, cf. tácnendi and tácnian: cf. also, for both force and form of the participle styrende agitatam, Mt
twelf-hynde
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As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10.
Linked entry: six-hynde
hel
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Hwæþer helle sý þe ofer þyssere eorðan þe under þissere eorðan . . .
æcyrf
That which is cut off ⬩ a fragment ⬩ piece ⬩ recisura ⬩ fragmentum
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That which is cut off, a fragment, piece; recisura, fragmentum Ðara treówa æcyrf and láfe forbærnde wǽron the offcuttings and leavings of the wood were burnt, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 13
ǽw-fæst
firm in observing the law ⬩ religious ⬩ bound by the law ⬩ married ⬩ religiosus ⬩ vinculo nuptiarum constrictus
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firm in observing the law, religious, bound by the law, married; religiosus, vinculo nuptiarum constrictus Ǽwfæst religiosus, Scint. 28. Ǽwfæst man a married man, L. C. S. 51; Th. i. 404, 21
Linked entry: ǽ-fæst
a-rǽd
Counselling ⬩ consulting ⬩ wise ⬩ prudent ⬩ sagax ⬩ prudens
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Counselling, consulting, wise, prudent; sagax, prudens Hwǽr is nú se fóremǽra and se arǽda Rómwara heretoga where is now the illustrious and prudent consul of the Romans? Bt. 19; Fox 70, 6
ceallian
To CALL, cry out, shout ⬩ clamare
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To CALL, cry out, shout; clamare Ongan [MS. ongean] ceallian ofer cald wæter Byrhthelmes bearn the son of Byrhthelm began to shout across the cold river, Byrht. Th. 134, 28; By. 91
Linked entry: calla