brád
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the full breadth of the hand Swá mycel swá gód hande brád, Vis. Lfc. 73. [v. N. E. D. broad; <b> B.</b> 2.]
wóh-handede
Crook-handed ⬩ having a maimed hand ⬩ mancus
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Crook-handed, having a maimed hand; mancus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 44
Linked entry: -handede
DRENG
A warrior, soldier ⬩ bellātor, miles
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A warrior, soldier; bellātor, miles Forlét drenga sum daroþ of hands fleógan one of the warriors let fly a dart from his hand, Byrht. Th. 136, 10; By: 149
spátl
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Se sácerd æthrínð mid his spátle þæs mannes nose and eáran, Wlfst. 35, 12. Add
Esau
Esau
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Alīse me of Esawes handa mínes bróður ērue me de mănu fratris mei Esau, 32, 11. Ða handa synd Esaues handa the hands are the hands of Esau, 27, 22. Esauwe to Esaa, 32, 18. Esau, 32, 17, acc. Esauw, 33, 1, acc
FOLM
The palm of the hand ⬩ the hand ⬩ palma ⬩ mănus
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The palm of the hand, the hand; palma, mănus Folm mec mæg bifón the hand may grasp me, Exon. 111a; Th. 425, 6; Rä. 41, 52: Ps. Th. 79, 15. Of sceaðan folme from the hand of the foe, Andr. Kmbl. 2268; An. 1135.
Linked entry: folme
burste
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of berstan
ge-habban
To hold ⬩ be [ill] ⬩ habere ⬩ tenere
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To hold, be [ill]; habere, tenere Gehafa geþyld on me patientiam habe in me, Mt. Bos. 18, 26 : Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 19; Rä. 17, 10. Ðara synna gé gihabbaþ quorum peccata retinuerites, Jn, Skt. Lind. 20, 23 : Past. 51, 9; Swt. 401, 32; Hat. MS. Æfter
Linked entry: ge-hafa
lencten-hǽte
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Spring-heat, heat in spring Of réðre lenctenhǽtan (-hǽte, v. l.) repentinus calor veris Ors. 3, 3 ; Bos. 55, 22
Linked entry: hǽte
scǽnan
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Gif þú ostran habban wylle, þonne clǽm þú þíne wynstran hand ðám gemete þe þú ostran on handa hæbbe, and dó mid sexe oððe mid fingre swylce þú ostran scénan wylle, Tech. ii. 124, 14. Add
á-windan
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Cf. ge-windan, ge-wind Þá handa áwindaþ the hands get cramped
Linked entry: windan
ostre
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Add: — Gif þú ostran habban wylle, þonne clǽm þú þíne wynstran hand ðám gemete þe þú ostran on handa hæbbe, and dó mid sexe oððe mid fingre swylce þú ostran scénan wylle, Tech. ii. 124, 12-14
sám-locen
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Half-closed Hafa þú þíne wynstran hand sámlocene, Tech. ii. 125, 7: 120, 19. Mid bám sámlocone handum, 128, 4
Linked entry: lúcan
stagan
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stagan wyle the sign for an eel is to waggle the right hand, and then to put it over the left arm, and then, the left hand being extended, to make strokes with the right hand across the arm as if cutting it in bits as is done with an eel, when it is
Linked entry: stǽcan
hæppan
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, to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan handum, Hml.
winestra
Left
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Dryhtnes winestre hand is under mínum heáfde. " Sió winestre hand Godes, hé cwæð, wǽre under his heáfde... Eft wæs gecueden ðætte on his winestran handa wǽre wela...
brád
broad ⬩ open ⬩ spacious ⬩ flat
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Innewerdre (printed -ne) handa brádnæ hláf a loaf as big as the flat of the hand. Lch. i. 404, 6. of the hand, open Similar entries (v. brádlinga) Brád hand palma, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 14. Wé hors ðacciað and stráciað mid brádre handa, Past. 303, 11.
Linked entry: brádlinga
lim-gesihþ
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organum visus, N. E. D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4
Linked entry: ge-siht
glisnian
To glisten ⬩ shine
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Se engel hæfde twegen beágas on hys handa ða glysnodon swa rósan blósman the angel had two rings on his hand, they shone like roses, Shrn. 149, 29
ge-þaccian
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; p. ode. to strike gently with the open hand, pat, clap Hé lufode mid his brádre handa þá nunnan and ofer þa sculdru geþaccode in tergo sanclimonialis feminae blandiens alapam dabat, Gr. D. 189, 22. to soothe by patting (?)