ge-fyrhþe
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Wood, wooded country On accan gefyrhðe; of ðan gefyrhðe on ford, C. D. v. 376, 11
Linked entry: fyrhþ
hám-leás
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Add: of a place, without a habitation Andlong paðes tó hámleássceagan, C. D. v. 194, 8
hearp-slege
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An instrument for striking the strings of a harp Hearpslege plectro, An. Ox. 52, 1. Add:
ífe
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Some kind of plant Rúde ruta, íue iva, brócminte sisymbrium, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 1-3
Linked entry: iue
Íren-síd
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epithet of Edmund Eádmund cing Írensíd wæs geclypod for his snellscipe, Chr. 1057 ; P. 187, 36
Linked entry: -síd
scill
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</b> shell of a nut(?). v. hnut-scill(?)
yfel-cwedolian
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to speak ill of, curse Bletsigende . . . yfelcwedelginde benedicentes. . . maledicentes , Ps. Rdr. 36, 22. Cf. wearg-cwedolian
beám-wer
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a weir made of logs Beneoðan beámwer on ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 31
ecg-hwæs
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sharp of edge Hrunting ... ecg was ( Trautmann suggests ecghwæs) íren, B. 1459: 2778. Cf. ecg-heard
Rug-ern
rye-harvest
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rye-harvest, the name of a month Sextan dæge Rugernes, L. Wih. proem. ; Th, i. 36,6
sand-gewyrpe
A sand-heap
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A sand-heap Tó sandgewyrpe, of sandgewyrpe út an Temese, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 228, 25
Linked entry: sand-geweorp
sceaft-tog
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the strap attached to the shaft of a missile Sceptog ammentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 11
æppel-cynn
A kind of apple
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A kind of apple Selle him etan . . . manigfeald æppelcynn, peran, æpeningas medlars Lch. ii. 180, 14
Linked entry: æpening
æscstede-ród
A cross marking a battlefield
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Of dære greátan apeldre on æscstederóde, C. D. iii. 135, 22
brand
an error of the copyist for ⬩ a son.
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Th. 2045, note; B. 1020, note; an error of the copyist for bearn a son
gafol-heord
a swarm of bees rented from the lord
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Add: a swarm of bees rented from the lord, the rent (gafol) being paid in honey
gum-þeód
A nation, people
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A nation, people Gumþeóda bearn the children of men, Cd. 12; Th. 15, 1; Gen, 226
hæfte-clomm
Fetter, bond
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Fetter, bond On hǽðenra hæfteclommum in the fetters of heathen men, Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 16
horn-fisc
A garfish, a kind of pike ⬩ garfish, ⬩ esox belone
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A garfish, a kind of pike Hornfisc plegode glád geond gársecg, Andr. Kmbl. 740; An. 370
hors-gærstún
A meadow for the pasturing of horses
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A meadow for the pasturing of horses Onbútan ðone horsgærstún, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 414, 25
Linked entry: gærs-tún