Ǽ
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ custom ⬩ rite ⬩ marriage ⬩ lex ⬩ statutum ⬩ ceremoniæ ⬩ ritus ⬩ matrimonium
Entry preview:
God is wísdóm and ǽ woruldbúendra God is the wisdom and law of the inhabitants of the world, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 165; Met. 29, 83. Cristes ǽ the Gospel. Bútan ǽ oððe útlaga an outlaw, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 44. Seó æftere ǽ Deuteronomy, Bd. 1, 27.
Linked entries: ǽ-fyllende á
á-blycgan
Entry preview:
Ábliccedum attonitis An. Ox. 3506. v. un-geblyged in Dict
Linked entries: a-blícgan un-geblýged blycgan
ǽþm
Entry preview:
Þá hátan wæter reócað and mycele ǽþmas ( vapores ) wyrcað, Gr. D. 343, 4. Baþena ǽþmas thermarum uapores, An. Ox. 4778. vapour of the human body Of hómena ǽþme and stiéme cymð eágna mist. Lch. ii. 26, 26.
flocc
a company ⬩ a troop ⬩ band ⬩ legion ⬩ a band ⬩ a flock ⬩ herd
Entry preview:
Hé geseah Críst standan and þone clǽnan flocc mid him, hundteóntig þúsenda and feówer and feówertig þúsenda, Hml. A. 18, 115. a troop of soldiers, band, legion Cwæð se lǽwa tó ðám láðum flocce (cf.cohors, Jn. 18, 3), Hml. Th. ii. 246, II.
húru-þinga
Entry preview:
A. 144, 9. v. húru ; III Mt. 14, 36 (in Dict.). v. húru; Wé willað ꝥ ǽlces hádes menn georne gebúgan tó rihte . . . and húruþinga (praecipue, praesertim) Godes þeówas, . . . And ealle Godes þeówas . . . and húruþinga (maxime) sácerdas, Ll.
félnyss
Feeling ⬩ sensus
Entry preview:
Feeling; sensus Gærs and treówa lybbaþ bútan félnysse ... nýtenu lybbaþ and habbaþ félnysse bútan gesceáde grass and trees live without feeling ... beasts live and have feeling without reason, Homl. Th. i. 302, 15, 16
hére
Dignity ⬩ majesty ⬩ greatness
Entry preview:
Dignity, majesty, greatness Hwæt hiora hére búton se hlísa án what is their greatness but report alone, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 107; Met. 10, 54.
irfe-weardness
An inheritance
Entry preview:
An inheritance Yrfeweardnes hereditas, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Sons. 57, 95; Wrt. Voc. 20, 36. Drihtnes dǽl wæs his folc and Iacob his yrfeweardnis pars domini populus ejus, Jacob funiculus hereditatis ejus, Deut. 32, 9.
Linked entry: irf-
á-cwincan
Entry preview:
Ácwunce delitesceret (scintilla ), Angl. xiii. 365, 9. Ðæt leóhtfæt sceolde ácwyncan, Hml. S. 23, 810. of other things Ic ácwince fatesco, Hpt. Gl. 501, 21. Ácwincað fatescunt, i. deficiunt (blandimenta ), An. Ox. 2384.
crocca
Entry preview:
In bracket dele all but Scandinavian forms, and add: crocce (?), an; f. Crocha, chroca, chroa, croha citropodes, Txts. 46, 171. Crohha luteum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 27. Crocca, 51, 24:olla fictilis, 65, 38: anfora, i. 25, 9.
dǽl-mǽlum
Entry preview:
Dǽlmǽlum parliculatim, per partes, An. Ox. 3587; partim, Angl. xiii. 375, 141. Of wæterum úpásprungen cynn dǽlmǽlum ( partim ) þú ongeánsændst wǽle, dǽlmǽlum þú úp áhefst on lyftum, Hy. S. 25, 6.
gearcung
Entry preview:
Take here <b>gærcung</b> in Dict. and add Gearkinge lustrationis An. Ox. 7, 126. Gearc[inge] praeparatione 3617. Hú-meta dorstest ðú gán tó mínre gearcunge ( the feast I have prepared.
ge-forewyrdan
Entry preview:
., and add: To settle the terms of an agreement, agree Nú wille ic ðæt heora cwide stande swá swá hit geforewird wes on gódre manna gewitnesse, C. D. iv. 201, 4. Standan ðá forword ðe ǽr wið ðæne arcebiscop ge-forwyrd wǽran, iii. 352, 5
Linked entries: ge-forword fore-wyrdan ge-fórword
hécen
A kid
Entry preview:
A kid: Nime ǽghwylc híwrǽden of ǽlcum húse án lamb . . . æfter þám ylcan gewunan nymað ꝥ hécyn, Angl. viii. 322, 10.
leán
Entry preview:
Íc bidde ðæt se monn . . . ðá ilcan wísan leste . . . and ðá godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, C. D. i. 316, 21. Add
wamm-dǽd
An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime
Entry preview:
An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime Swá swá wé forlǽtaþ leahtras on eorðan ðám ðe wið ús oft ágyltaþ, and womdǽda wítan ne þencaþ 'as we forgive them that trespass against us,' Hy. 6, 25.
heáfod-weard
A guarding of the [lord's] head, attendance as a guard upon the king. ⬩ a body-guard
Entry preview:
The word occurs in an enumeration of the services required of the thane and the 'geneat,' Th. i. 432, 8, 17. So in Beowulf it is said of Wiglaf that he 'healdeþ heáfodwearde,' keeps guard over the dead king, Beo. Th. 5811; B. 2909
ge-tawian
To prepare ⬩ reduce or bring to ⬩ părāre ⬩ redūcĕre ad
Entry preview:
And. 34, 18. Hý se æðeling to ðam bismre getawade the prince brought them to shame, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 15. To bysmere beóþ itawode ðæs earman lond-leódæ to shame are brought this miserable people, Th. An. 121, 9
Linked entry: tawian
býge
Entry preview:
A bowing, bending, turning, a corner, an angle, a bay, bosom, the apex of a helmet; flexus, ancon, angulus, sinus, conus Ðá gestóp he to ánes wealles býge then he stepped to a bend of a wall, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 23: Num. 22, 26.
Linked entry: bíge
for-ferian
Entry preview:
to bring to an untimely end Gif hwá óðrum his unmagan oðfæste, and hé hine on þǽre fæstinge forferie (if the person accepting the charge cause the death of the person committed to his charge. Cf.
Linked entry: ferian