ǽsce
question, inquiry ⬩ search for stolen cattle
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(post hanc interrogationem ) Drihten andswariendne, R. Ben. 3, 16. Hé angan tó befrínenne . . . Hé wearð æfter ðysse ǽscan ontend, Lch. iii. 432, 29. Ðá áxunga ðǽre ǽscan tówríðende interrogationi interrogationem jungens, Hml.
fús
ready ⬩ eager ⬩
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Rád Iulianus mid mycelra fyrdunge swíðe fús tó wíge, Hml. S. 3, 207. Ðá wæs here fús forðwegas, Exod. 248.
fyll
fill, full supply ⬩ repletion, satiety
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Þæt þǽr nǽfre seó fyl be fullum ne weorðe ut non usque ad satietatem (oferfylle, R. Ben. I. 72, 12) bibamus, R. Ben. 65, 2. Sió wamb bið áðened mid fylle for giéfernesse venter ingluvie extenditur, Past. 311, 12.
fylst
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Begím þú mé tó fylste in adjutorium meum intende, R. Ben. 60, 5. Þurh Godes fylst oferwinnan, Hml. S. 16, 378
fýren
composed of fire ⬩ on fire, flaming, burning. ⬩ bearing fire ⬩ burning, red-hot
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Th. 7, 13. burning, red-hot Hié hine hæfdon geþreátodne mid fýrenum racentum, Bl. H. 43, 31. figurative Is þín ágen sprǽc innan fýren ignitum eloquium tuum, Ps. Th. 118, 140: Ps. Srt. 118, 140
gærs
herbage ⬩ a herb, plant ⬩ the blade ⬩ pasture, grazing ⬩ the grass-covered ground
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., hég ł gers, R. foenum) Jn. 6, 10. Græse gramine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 63. Gers ł hég londes, Mt. L. 6, 30. Ꝥ gærs (gers, R.), Lk. L. 12. 28. 'Underfó hé gærs.'
gýmeleás
Careless ⬩ negligent ⬩ uncared for ⬩ wandering ⬩ stray ⬩ negligens
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Rdr. 56, 11. Gýmeleáse heedless, Exon. 73 a; Th. 271, 33; Jul. 491; Blickl. Homl. 55, 30
gýmeleáslíce
Carelessly ⬩ negligenter
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Carelessly; negligenter, R. Ben. 44, Lye
Linked entry: geómeleáslíce
gýmeleást
Carelessness ⬩ negligence ⬩ neglect ⬩ negligentia
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Rdr. 68, 376. On heora ágenre gýmeleáste from their own carelessness, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 11; Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 2. Þurh preósta gýmeléste through the negligence of priests, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 349, 6.
gyrman
To cry out ⬩ roar
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To cry out, roar Ic gyrmde rugiebam, Ps. Lamb. 37, 8
hád-brice
An injury done to persons in holy orders, a violation of holy orders ⬩ ordinis infractura, sacri ordinis violatio
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Rdr. 109, 148
hættian
To take the hair and skin from a person's head
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R. A. 703, where he quotes an explanation of the punishment by which the hair was dragged from a person's head, 'man windet im die haar mit einer kluppen oder knebel aus dem heupt.'
hál
Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation
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Hál wes ðú Iudéa cyning Haue rex Iudæorum, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 29 : Lk. Skt. 1, 28 : Andr. Kmbl. 1827; An. 916 : Beo. Th. 818; B. 407. Hále wese gé Havete, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 9. Sý ðú hál leóf Iudéiscre leóde cyning hail sir, king of the Jewish people, Homl.
Linked entry: hǽl
hám
Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria
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R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 7: Shrn. 187, 7, 22.
hé
He, she, it
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Rdr. 104, 1-5. Hwæt mágon wé his nú dón what can we do now in the matter; quid ergo faciemus, Past. 58; Swt. 443, 14. Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe some did not come out of it with life, Chr. 978; Erl. 127, 12.
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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His heáfod forweard mid ðære hálgan róde tácne gewǽpnige let him arm his head in front with the sign of the holy rood, L. E. I. 29; Th. ii. 426, 8.
heago-rún
A mystery in which magic is involved, necromancy
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A mystery in which magic is involved, necromancy Hú mambres ontýnde ða drýlícan bec his bréðer iamnes and him geopenude ða heagorúne ðæs deófelgildes his bróður aperuit mambres libros magicos fratris sui iamnis et fecit nicromantiam et eduxit ab inferis
Linked entry: rún
heáhdeór-hund
A stag-hound, deer-hound, a dog for hunting great game
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R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 20
healf
HALF
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Nán rén ne com ofer eorþan feórþan healfangeáre no rain came upon the earth for three years and a half, Lchdm. iii. 276, 19. Ðæt wæs ehtoþe healf híd that was seven hides and a half, Chart. Th. 550, 12.