un-nytness
Uselessness ⬩ frivolity ⬩ vanity ⬩ triviality
Entry preview:
Wé forbeódaþ ǽgðer ge geflitu, ge plegan, ge unnytta word, ge gehwelce unnytnesse in ðám hálgan stówum tó dónne, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 23
Linked entry: nytness
liþian
Entry preview:
Foldan ic freoþode folcum ic leoþode (as leoþode rimes with freoþode its root vowel should be short), Reirn. 40
wealh-hafoc
A foreign hawk ⬩ a gerfalcon ⬩ herodius
Entry preview:
Voc. i. 188, col. 2: jarfawkon, 220, col. 2) Walhhabuc falc(o ), Txts. 61, 826. Walchhabuc, uualhhaebuc, uualh[h]ebuc, ualchefuc herodius, 67, 1016. Góshafuc accipiter, wealhhafuc herodius, spearhafuc alietum, Wrt. Voc. i. 280, 18-20: ii. 42, 67.
ASCE
ASH ⬩ ashes ⬩ cinis
Entry preview:
ASH, ashes; cinis On ðære ascan in the ashes, Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 27; Ph. 231: 60a; Th. 217, 24; Ph. 285. Gebreadad weorþeþ eft of ascan it becomes formed again from [its] ashes, 61a; Th. 224, 9; Ph. 373.
Domer-hám
DAMERHAM, Wiltshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi
Entry preview:
Ic gean ðæs landes æt Domarháme into Glæstinga byrig I give the land at Damerham to Glastonbury, Th. Diplm. A. D. 972; 519, 30
earnung
An EARNING, desert, reward, good turn, compassion ⬩ mĕrĭtum, misĕratio, compassio
Entry preview:
Grn. ii. 286, 26. Hwylce earnung. uncre wǽron such deserts have been ours, Exon. 100a; Th. 377, 3; Seel. 166. Se gewuldorbeágaþ ðé on earnunga qui cŏrōnat te in miseratiōnĭbus, Ps. Spl. 102, 4
ele-berge
An olive, the fruit of an olive-tree ⬩ ŏlīva
Entry preview:
Lamb. 127, 3.He úteóde on ðæne múnt Oliuarum, ðæt is Elebergena egressus ībat in montem Ŏlivārum, Lk. Bos. 22, 39
ende-mes
Equally, likewise, in like manner, together ⬩ părĭter
Entry preview:
Equally, likewise, in like manner, together; părĭter Forðon ic ne mæg eal ða monigfealdan yfel endemes areccan because I cannot equally reckon all the manifest evils, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 49, 11: 3, 10; Bos. 69, 36.
fercian
To bring ⬩ assist ⬩ help ⬩ support ⬩ ferre ⬩ adjŭvāre ⬩ subvĕnīre ⬩ sustentāre
Entry preview:
On ðisum lífe we ateoriaþ gif we us mid bigleofan ne ferciaþ in this life we faint if we support not ourselves with food, Homl. Th. i. 488, 33
lád-leás
Innocent ⬩ harmless
Entry preview:
H. ladleas] beó séce swylcne hláford swylcne hé wille forðý ðe ic an ðæt ǽlc ðara ðe láðleás [MS. H. ladleas] beó folgie swylcum hláforde swylcum hé wille, L. Ath. iv. 1; Th. 1, 220, 24-222, 1. Láðleáse immunes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 68
láwerce
A lark ⬩ laverock
Entry preview:
Voc. ii. 50, 49. Lǽwerce caradrion, 13, 46. Láuricae allauda, 100, 9. Láurice laudæ, 112, 26. Láfercan beorh occurs several times in charters. v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 307. Cf. O. H. Ger. Lériehanvelt
Linked entry: lǽwerce
lim-lǽweo
Entry preview:
Maimed or injured in the limbs Gif limlǽweo (other MS.
Linked entry: lim-lǽw
mægen-strengo
Main strength ⬩ great force
Entry preview:
Sum biþ gleáw módes cræfta sum mægenstrengo onféhþ one is skilled in the arts of the mind, another receives great bodily strength, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 15; Crä. 33
namcúþlíce
By name
Entry preview:
By name Úre mǽþ nis ðæt wé ealle Godes gecorenan eów namcúðlíce gereccan it is not within our power to recount to you by name all God's elect, Homl. Th. ii. 72, 2. Hé gehwilce eardas namcúðlíce on gemynde hæfde, i. 558, 25.
súþ-folc
Entry preview:
A southern people, a people living south in relation to some other Rómáne and eall súþfolc (ealle súþfolc, 146, 15), Lchdm. ii. 16, 1. Humbre streám tósceádeþ súþfolc Angelþeóde and norþfolc, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 17.
tǽtan
to gladden, make cheerful
Entry preview:
to gladden, make cheerful Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ, ðætte wer and wíf in woruld cennaþ bearn, and mid bleóm gyrwaþ, tennaþ and tǽtaþ ( the father and mother try to make the child joyous, to amuse it; Thorpe suggests temiaþ and tǽcaþ ), Exon.
un-álífedlíc
Not allowable ⬩ unlawful ⬩ illicit
Entry preview:
Th. ii. 456, 35. Hí ne móstan for him náht unálýfedlíces begangan, Shrn. 65, 11. On hús gehwyrfed unálýfedlícra scylda in inlecebrarum cubilia conversae, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 14
unfriþ-mann
A man of a country not at peace with another ⬩ a man of a hostile country
Entry preview:
Eth. ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 11
un-geþwǽrian
To disagree ⬩ be at variance ⬩ differ
Entry preview:
To disagree, be at variance, differ Ic ungeðwǽrige dissentio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Zup. 190, 13. Anda fram gódan willan ungeþwǽregaþ invidia a bona voluntate discordat, Scint. 143, 3.
Linked entry: ge-þwǽrian
geþing-sceat
Entry preview:
Ðæt is se médsceat wið his sáule 'non dabit Deo propitiationem suam, nec pretium redemtionis animae suae.' Pretium redemtionis dare est, Past. 339, 10