æf(e)stig
envious ⬩ zealous (against)
Entry preview:
Æfestigra manna, R. Ben. 92, 12. Ðaelígm æfstegum invidis Past. 233, 16. in a good sense, zealous (against) Æfstig wið óðra monna yfelu contra aliena vitia aemulator Past. 79, 12
æf-reda
Tow, oakum
Entry preview:
Tow, oakum Naptarum heordena, æbreda, ácumba (for the original here glossed cf. An. Ox. 1649), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 58. Putamine of æfredan, ácumban, An. Ox. 3728. Stamine æfredan, putamine of hniglan, 7, 266
Linked entry: æbreda
æfter-fylgan
To follow
Entry preview:
Án scort ræps æfterfylige subsequatur R. Ben. 34, 13: 60, 4. Æfter ðǽm ræpsum æfterfyligan (-fylian, v. 1.) óþre syx sealmas, 33, 21. Ðes æfterfiligenda cwyde is egefull, Hml. Th. i. 130, 28.
æfter-gengness
posterity ⬩ succession in an office ⬩ inferiority of position, occupation of the lowest place
Entry preview:
Mid fæderlicre æftergengnysse in lineal succession, 18, 385. inferiority of position, occupation of the lowest place Mid æftergencnysse hylde extremitate contentus, R. Ben. I. 33, 14
Linked entries: -gengness æfter-gegengedness
æftum
After
Entry preview:
R. 24, 21
ǽ-lǽte
A desert
Entry preview:
Wéstensetlan ðe feor fram mannum gewítað and wéste stówa and ǽlǽtu lufiaþ, R. Ben. 134, 12
ælepe
origanum,
Entry preview:
[Wülcker prints ælere; perhaps ælene should be read: cf. origanum elene, Lch. iii. 304, col. 1.]
ælmesse
alms, what is given in charity ⬩ a charitable action ⬩ an offering
Entry preview:
R. 9, 49
æl-syndrig
quite apart, single
Entry preview:
R. 2, 3
ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
Entry preview:
Ðonne hig bysega nabbon and ǽmtige synd, R. Ben. 84, 19. Swá hié ǽmettegran (ǽmetegran, Hatt. MS.) beóð ðonne óðre men, Past. 190, 14. with gen. :-- Hié ǽmettige (ǽmtige, Hatt. MS.) beóð ðǽre scíre, Past. 126, 23.
á-dreógendlic
agendus, gerendus
Entry preview:
glosses agendus, gerendus Seó átreógenlice agenda, R. Ben. I. 37, 12. Lífes ádreógen(d)lices vite gerende, Hy. S. 103, 3
æppel-cyrnel
An apple-pip
Entry preview:
Substitute: An apple-pip Æppelcyrnlu mala granata (the glosser seems to have read this as = pips of apples, instead of = apples with pips; cf. the more correct gloss in Hpt. Gl. 496, 60 (v. under æppel )), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 43
ǽrne
early morning
Entry preview:
From ǽrnemorgen oð undern, R. Ben. 74, 10. Fram ǽrnemærien oð ofer midne dæg, Hml. S. 3, 341. On ǽrnemærgen (-merien, v. 1.) 344. On ǽrnemergen primo mane, Coll. M. 20, 29. On ealne ǽrnemergen, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 14.
ǽsce
question, inquiry ⬩ search for stolen cattle
Entry preview:
(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.
ærn
Entry preview:
Add: [older ræn. ]
fyll
fill, full supply ⬩ repletion, satiety
Entry preview:
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
Entry preview:
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
Entry preview:
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
fyrmest
excellent
Entry preview:
Thw. 2, 34. marking order in rank, importance. of persons Maurus wæs fyrmest muneca tó ðám mǽran Benedicte, Hml. S. 6, 51.
fyrmest
Entry preview:
Hé on þám folce fyrmest eóde, By. 323. where position marks importance Hí sécað ðæt hié fyrmest hlynigen æt ǽfengieflum, Past. 27, 7. of rank Þá þe under Alexandre fyrmest wǽron, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 18. marking highest degree of excellence, completeness