up-hús
An upper chamber
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An upper chamber Uphúses cenaculi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 67
gúþ-freá
A warlike lord ⬩ prince
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A warlike lord or prince, Andr. Kmbl. 2667; An. 1335
hearg-weard
A guardian of a temple,
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A guardian of a temple, Andr. Kmbl. 2249; An. 1126
Linked entry: hearch
cneátung
A debate, ⬩ an inquiry ⬩ a search ⬩ disputatio ⬩ scrutinium
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A debate, an inquiry, a search; disputatio, scrutinium Scint. 14
cræftga
an artificer
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an artificer Bt. Met. Fox ii. 184; Met. 11, 92
ge-swelge
An abyss ⬩ gulf ⬩ vorago ⬩ barathrum ⬩ charybdis
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An abyss, gulf; vorago, barathrum, charybdis, Hpt. Gl. 421, 513
ge-swícung
A ceasing ⬩ an intermission ⬩ cessatio,
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A ceasing, an intermission; cessatio, R. Conc. pref. Mon. Angl
Linked entry: swícung
ge-swic
An offence; ⬩ scandalum,
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An offence; scandalum, Ps. Spl. T. 118, 165: 49, 21
hilte-cumbor
An ensign having a hill
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An ensign having a hill; Beo. Th. 2048; B. 1022
hild-from
Stout or bold in war,
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Stout or bold in war, Andr. Kmbl. 2405; An. 1204
be-frignung
Enquiry ⬩ investigation
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Enquiry, investigation Befrínungum, smeáungum sciscitationibus, i. interrogationibus, An. Ox. 2309
be-gíman
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Ben. 60, 5. to observe, keep a command, an appointed season, &c. Þá offringdagas wé ná ne begýmaþ. An. Ox. 40, 24, 37. Begýmað þisse gesetednysse, Ex. 12, 25.
eornost
in earnest ⬩ seriously ⬩ indeed
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Add Heardlic eornost and wíslic wærscipe and steðefæst módstaþol . . . bið witena gehwilcum weorðlicre micle þonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe, Ll. Th. ii. 318, 37.
ge-sundfulnes
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Dele last passage, and add: good health Gesuntfulnessa incolomitati (pristinae valetudinem restituit), An. Ox. ii. 147. Is on líchaman se lǽssa man betere mid gesundfulnysse þonne se unhála beó and hæbbe Golian mycelnysse, Hml.
sceótan
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Add Arewan ongeán sceát catapultas retorsit, An. Ox. 4241. Gáras sceótende spicula torquentes, 2099. Add Hé genam ꝥ hylfe and sceát in ðone seáð tulit manubrium, et misit in lacum, Gr. D. 114, 13. <b>IV a.
á-slídan
to slip ⬩ fall ⬩ to fall ⬩ be removed to an unfavourable place ⬩ to fall into sin ⬩ lapse ⬩ relapse ⬩ to fall ⬩ be hurt ⬩ destroyed
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Ásliden and gewǽht elisa et labefacta, An. Ox. 4789:Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 44. Ealle áslidene omnes elisos, Ps. L. 144, 14
Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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In terrific conflicts he kills Grendel and his mother. - It was the first heroic poem by any Germanic nation, and must have been translated into Anglo-Saxon by a Christian, as is evident by Grendel's mother being spoken of as a descendant of Cain, and
Linked entry: Beado-wulf
gást-gerýne
A ghostly or spiritual mystery ⬩ a mystery of the mind ⬩ spīrĭtāle mystērium ⬩ ănĭmi mystērium
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A ghostly or spiritual mystery, a mystery of the mind; spīrĭtāle mystērium, ănĭmi mystērium Him ða æðelingas ondsweorodon gástgerýnum the princes answered him in spiritual mysteries, Andr. Kmbl. 1716; An. 860 : Elen.
Linked entry: gǽst-gerýne
friþ-geard
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Add: an enclosure where a fugitive was secure from molestation, where he had friþ (v. friþ, (5 b α)), an asylum [v. Grmm. R. A.], Ll. Th. ii. 298, 16. a place where peace prevails, v. friþ, Cri. 399
mægenþrym-nes
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Án is godcundnys, gelíce wuldor, emnéce mægenðrymnes ( maiestas ), Ath. Crd. 6 : Hml. Th. i. 276, 20. Mægnþrymnysse maiestatis Ps. L. p. 247, 8. Mæg[en]ðrymnysse, Ps. L. 28, 3 : An. Ox. 3398. Mæg[en]þrymnesse maiestati 428. Add