sníte
A snite, snipe. ⬩ ibis ⬩ ibex
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Sníte acegia 62, 23: ii. 4, 36: 99, 14. [In later glossaries snyte glosses ibis, i. 177, 29: 253, 1. Prompt. Parv. snype or snyte ibex.]
Linked entry: wudu-sníte
spinel
A spindle ⬩ fusus
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Hé sceal . . . spinle habban, Anglia ix. 263, 10
ge-wef
A web ⬩ textura
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Him Dryhten forgeaf wígspéda gewiofu the Lord gave him the webs of success in war, i. e. he was successful in war, Beo. Th. 1398; B. 697
Linked entries: ge-wife ge-wifsǽlig
cann
A knowledge, cognizance, averment or positive assertion, clearance ⬩ notitia, cognitio, assertio
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E. 16; Th. i. 34, 12. Ðanne is cirican canne riht then is the church clearance right, L. Wih. 21; Th. i. 42, 1
GÁD
A lack ⬩ want ⬩ desire ⬩ defectus ⬩ pēnūria ⬩ desīdĕrium ⬩ appĕtītus
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Ne wæs me in healle gád there was not a want to me in the hall, Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 20; Reim. 15. Ne wyrþ inc wilna gǽd there shall not be to you two a lack of pleasures, Cd. 13; Th. 15, 21; Gen. 236.
midde-weard
Mid-ward ⬩ middle of
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B. i. 295, 31. On middeweardum (-an, MSS. R. L.) hyre ryne, Lchdm. iii. 250, 26. On middeweardre sǽ in medio mari, Cant. Moys. 8. Ymb ða eaxe middewearde hwearfaþ they revolve about the middle of the axis, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 23.
ge-cynde
Natural ⬩ innate ⬩ inborn ⬩ genial ⬩ natūrālis ⬩ innātus ⬩ ingĕnĭtus ⬩ ingĕnuus
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Gefrægn ic hebréos in Hierusalem cyningdóm habban, swá him gecynde wæs I have heard that the Hebrews had kingly sway in Jerusalem, as was natural to them, Cd. 173; Th. 216, 8; Dan. 3.
Linked entry: gecynde-sprǽc
æt-hrínan
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Voc. ii. 135, 10. Ethrínð tetigerit, Kent. Gl. 167. Æthríneð adhaerebit, Lk. L. 16, 13. Æthrán adhaesit, 10, ll. Ætrán, 15, 15. Ne ðú ne ethrín nec adtingas, Kent. 01. 874. with gen. Gyf ic hys reáfes æthríne, Mt. 9, 21.
bísgu
occupation ⬩ trouble
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Th. i. 524, 16. Gif hwá for bisgan oftor ne mæge, Btwk. 194, 7. Martha hí (Mary) wolde habban tó hire bysegan, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 21. Ongemang óðrum bisgum ðisses kyneríces, Past. 7, 18.
eást-ern
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Th. ii. 446, 15. marking direction of the wind, east, from the east Feówer heáfodwindas synd: se fyrmesta is eásterne wind, Lch. iii. 274, 13: Gen. 315
ge-ner
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Th. ii. 356, 28. (2 a) used of a person :-- Geworden is Drihten gener ( re-fugium) ðearfena, Ps. Spl. 9, 9. Gener ł frófor mín, 58, 19
ge-findan
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S. 23, 291. to determine, provide, v. findan; 9 Éác is gefunden . . . gielde þone wer bútan wíte, Ll. Th. i. 84, 12. Nú hæbbe ic gefunden mid þǽm witum . . . ꝥ þá ealle beón gearwe, 220, 4
hlid
fence ⬩ a gate ⬩ door
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Ox. 1521. that which closes an aperture in a wall, fence, &c., a gate, door On Lullan hlyd on ðá hegestówe, C. D. iii. 213, 8
hátheort-nes
Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal
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Fýr ys onæled on mínre hátheortnisse a fire is kindled in mine anger, Deut. 32, 22. Forlǽt yrre and hátheortnesse desine ab ira et derelinque furorem, Ps. Th. 36, 8: Homl. Th. i. 360, 3
CNAPA
a boy ⬩ young man ⬩ KNAVE ⬩ puer ⬩ juvenis ⬩ adolescens ⬩ a servant ⬩ servus
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Th. i. 186, 14. Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan habeo quemdam puerum Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 27. Abraham férde mid twám cnapum to fyrlenum lande Abraham ducens secum duos juvenes abiit in locum Gen. 22, 3, 5. Syle cnapan [cnafan C.] ðínum da puero tuo Ps.
spillan
To destroy ⬩ confundo, ⬩ to destroy, spoil
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Eal ðæt God spilde God destroyed it all, Cd. Th. 154, 22; Gen. 2559. Sumne man tó Lundene lǽdde, and ðǽr spilde, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 9. Ðætte ne ic losige ł ic ne spillo ut non perdam, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 39. Ðætte ðú spilla ut dissipes, Rtl. 55, 22.
bǽtan
To bridle ⬩ rein in ⬩ restrain ⬩ curb ⬩ bit ⬩ frenum equo vel asino injicere ⬩ frenare ⬩ cohibere
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To bridle, rein in, restrain, curb, bit; frenum equo vel asino injicere, frenare, cohibere Esolas bǽtan to bridle asses, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 25; Gen. 2866. Gif he ǽr þweores windes bǽtte if he first restrained the perverse wind, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 16
drenc-horn
A drinking-horn ⬩ potōrium cornu
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A drinking-horn; potōrium cornu Ic geann into ðære stówe ðone drenc-horn ðe is ǽr [MS. ér] æt ðam híréde gebohte I give to that place the drinking-horn which I formerly bought from the brotherhood, Cod. Dipl. 722; Kmbl. iii. 361, 31
frý
Free ⬩ líber
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Gif hwylc swíðe ríce cyning næfde nǽnne frýne mon on eallon his ríce if some very powerful king had not any free man in all his realm, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 25
helle-
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In the case of at least some of the following words which are given as compounds, they might be taken as independent words, the first of which is the genitive of hel. For the meaning of such combinations the second word may be referred to