Colne-ceaster
COLCHESTER, Essex, so called from the river Colne ⬩ Colcestria, in agro Essexiæ, ad ripam Colnii fluvii
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COLCHESTER, Essex, so called from the river Colne; Colcestria, in agro Essexiæ, ad ripam Colnii fluvii Hí fóron to Colneceastre they went to Colchester Chr. 92i; Erl. 107, 9; 108, 5
lang-sum
Long ⬩ prolix ⬩ long-enduring ⬩ long-suffering
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Him éce geceás langsumre líf he chose for himself a more enduring, an eternal life, Apstls. Kmbl. 39; Ap. 20.
gifu
a gift ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ donum ⬩ munas ⬩ beneficium ⬩ gratia ⬩ virtus ⬩ facultas ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune ⬩ RUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift,
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We onféngon gife for gife we have received grace for grace, Jn. Bos. 1, 16. Heó gefylled wæs wísdómes gife she was filled with the gift of wisdom, Elen. Kmbl. 2285; El. 1144.
earnian
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Hú ne wást ðú ꝥ nán mon for þý ne rít ðe hine rídan lyste, ac rít for þý þe hé mid þǽre ráde earnaþ sume earnunga.
ofer-hygd
pride, arrogance ⬩ honourable pride ⬩ high spirit ⬩ superbia
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Ða setl ðe deófol for his oforhygdum of áworpen wæs, Blickl. Homl. 121, 35. For oferhygdum, 156, 13: Cd. Th. 268, 4; Sat. 50: 269, 6; Sat. 69. Ne gedafenaþ ðé ðæt ðú andsware mid oferhygdum séce, Andr. Kmbl. 638; An. 319.
Linked entries: ofer-hygdig -hygd ofer-hýd
þearf
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Ðec nú for þearfum ðín ágen geweorc bídeþ, Exon. Th. 8, 3; Cri. 112. Wé ðec for þearfum and for þreánýdum árena biddaþ, 186, 3; Az. 14. Ðonne hwá tó his scrifte cymeþ, on ða gerád ðæt hé wille his þearfa tó him sprecan and his synna andettan, L. E.
gefylling-tíd
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A time that completes, that forms the concluding part of a series Gefyllingtíd completorium (the last canonical hour, which completed the religious services of the day), Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 3
hláford-swícung
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Först. 167
scrín
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Hé forlét þá á
BLÍÐE
joyful, glad, merry, cheerful, pleasant, BLITHE ⬩ lætus, hilaris ⬩ gentle, kind, friendly, clement, mild, sweet ⬩ mansuetus, benignus, comis, clemens, mitis, suavis ⬩ quiet, calm, peaceful ⬩ tranquillus, placidus ⬩ joy
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Wæs Iethro blíðe for eallum ðám þingum, ðe Drihten dyde Israhéla folce Jethro was glad for all the things, which the Lord did for the people of Israel, Ex. 18, 9.
HELP
HELP ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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Helpes biddende asking for help: sumes helpes biddende asking for some help, Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 2. Hwá him tó hǽle and tó helpe on ðás world ástág who came down to this world as their salvation and help, Blickl. Homl. 105, 32.
Linked entry: hylp
INNOÞ
the inside ⬩ stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ bowels ⬩ the breast ⬩ heart
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Wið innoþes sár for sore of inwards, Herb. 11, 2 ; Lchdm. i. 102, 11. Wið innoþes fæstnysse for costiveness, 62; Lchdm. i. 164, 16. Wæstm ðe of his innaþe ágenum cwóme de fructu ventris tui, Ps. Th. 131, 12.
rǽd
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Ðæt heó ús sý þingere ondweardes rǽdes and éces wuldres that she be for us an advocate for present profit and eternal glory, Blickl. Homl. 159, 34.
Linked entry: rád
hǽlu
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Eal þis hé þrowode for úre lufon and hǽlo, 61. H. 23, 35. For manna hǽlo, 79, 3. Fore uncerra sáula héla and uncerra bearna, C. D. i. 292, 26.
GÁT
A she-GOAT ⬩ capra
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Gáta loc an enclosure for goats, Wrt. Voc. 288, 20. Gáta hierde a goat-herd, 288, 21. Gif seó offrung beó of gátum si oblātio est de capris, Lev. 1, 10.
mearc-land
a border-land ⬩ waste land lying outside the cultivated ⬩ a district ⬩ country ⬩ territory
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Cf. what is said before of his dwelling place :-- Wæs seó londes stów bimiðen fore monnum, óððæt meotud onwráh beorg on bearwe, 34 b; Th. 110, 32-35), Exon. 35 a; Th, 112, 17; Gú. 145.
ge-déman
To deem ⬩ judge ⬩ determine ⬩ ordain ⬩ decree ⬩ doom ⬩ condemn ⬩ jūdĭcāre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ sancīre ⬩ condenmāre
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He gedémed hæfde ðæt Ceólwulf æfter him cyning wǽre successōrem fore Ceoluulfum decrēvisset, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 1 : Cd. 186; Th. 231, 11; Dan. 245.
a-þringan
to throng or press out or forth ⬩ to urge out ⬩ to urge ⬩ to throng or press away or out of sight ⬩ to conceal ⬩ extrudere ⬩ celare ⬩ to rush forth ⬩ to rush ⬩ prorumpere
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Aþrungen, út-aþrungen celatum, Cot. 33. to rush forth, to rush; prorumpere Ic of enge up aþringe I rush up from the narrow place, Exon. 101 b; Th. 383, 18; Rä. 4, 12
Linked entry: a-þrungen
þearm-gyrd
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Cf. forþ-gyrd
þri-slite
Three-forked ⬩ three-pointed
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Three-forked, three-pointed Hæfdon ða wyrmas þriesli[ ]te (a letter has been erased before the t, see note, and Anglia i. 510, iv. 151) tungan cum trisulcis linguis, Nar. 14, 12