brýd-lác
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Dele 'A marriage gift or feast,' and add: married state, wedlock Bærn né áteoriað on ðam brýdláce; þǽr is ... singallic wæstmbǽrnyss, Hml. S. 7, 61. in pl. marriage ceremony, nuptials Is ǽlcum preóste forboden, þæt hí beón ne móton on þá wísan, þe
byt
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Add: ; bytte, an [?cf. Lat. butta (buttam plenam, Cht. E. 119, 1)] Geworden ic eam swá swá bytte (uter), Ps. L. 118, 83. Ǽren byt lenticula, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 17. Trýwen byt flasco, ii. 149, 34. Bytte hlid cordias, 135, 80. Líchoma tóbláwen on ánre bytte
deáw
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Seofoðe pund wæs deáwes pund, ðanon him ( Adam ) becóm swát, Sal. K. 180, 14: Rtl. 192, 17. Of deáuwe rore, Kent. Gl. 46. Roscido deáwe (wǽtum?; the immediately preceding gloss is roscida, rore madida (v. Corp. Gl. H.), and deáwe seems to be due to rore
eást-dǽl
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Dioclitianus in eástdǽle middangeardes in oriente, Bd. 1, 6; Sch. 18, 14. Cómon fram eástdǽle middangeardes þrý tungelwítegan . . . 'Wé gesáwon his steorran on eástdǽle,' Hml. Th. i. 78, 4-7. Of eástdǽle, Chr. 2; P. 4, 28. Heofon biþ open on þǽm eástdǽle
fore-witig
sagacious ⬩ foreknowing ⬩ presaging ⬩ prophetic
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Add: sagacious Þá forewittigan sagacissimam, An. Ox. 70. His foregengan wǽron on gleáwscype swíþe bescáwede and forewittige, Lch. iii. 436, 12. foreknowing Drihten cwæð tó ðǽre byrig, 'Gif þú wistest hwæt þé tóweard is . . .' Gif seó buruhwaru ðǽre
ge-fýsan
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Add: to impel, incite, make eager Ne leng bídan wolde wyrm, ac mid bǽle fór fýre gefýsed no longer would the dragon bide, but fared forth furious with fire and flame, B. 2309. Heorte gefýsed sæcce tó séceanne a heart fiercely stirred strife to seek,
geornian
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to desire, ask for Gedó ꝥ gé georniað þára þinga þe gé mé rihtlic begytan mæg . . . Gif ic eów ealla eówra þinga geunne on þá geráde þe gé mé míne georniað ( exoptetis ), Ll. Th. i. 196, 29-32. Ꝥ hé on þá wísan hire geornige ꝥ hé hý healdan wille swá
ge-dwolian
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Add: ge-dwalian. to go astray, wander from the path. lit. Gif gedwalige (ge-duologia, L., erraverit) án ðára scípa . . . hé gáð soece þætte gedwalode (ge-duolade, L., erravit) . . . hé máre gefeáþ be þǽm þonne be þǽm . . . þe ne gedwaladan (erraverunt
greátnes
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Substitute: coarseness of material Ne cíden nó þá munecas ymb þá deáge oþþe greátnesse (grétnysse, R. Ben. I. 92, 2) hyra reáfa de colore aut grossitudine non causentur monachi, R. Ben. 89, 15. bigness, thickness Ðeós wyrt hafað elne lange stelan on
grápung
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the sense of touch Þá andgitu sint gehátene þus ... tactus, hrepung oððe grápung on eallum limum, ac þeáh gewunelícost on þám handum, Hml. S. 1, 199. action of touching or handling Hí ne mihton undergitan búton hit wǽre reáf ne mid heora grápunge ne
hláf-gang
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Substitute: The going to eat bread. of ordinary bread Ðá wicþénas ánre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe ... ðéhhweþere freólstídum beón bútan þám hláfgange ... oð þæt hí mæssan hæbben septimanarii ante unam horam refectionis accipiant panem ...
huntian
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Add: intrans. þá gelamp ꝥ hig huntedon on mærgen. þá gearn sum hynd betweox þám gebróðrum and hig sceoton hyra strǽlas, Shrn. 148, 3. Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf. . . getimbred hæfð, þæt hé móte . . . huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil
hnipian
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Hé, nyste hwæt hé cweðan sceolde, ac stód þǽr and hnipode (hung his head) Hml. S. 23, 689. Hí hnappodon and swá lange hí hnipedon (they drooped their heads so long) ꝥ hí ealle on slǽpe wurdon, 23, 248. Sete þú þíne hand on þín heáfod foran and hwón hnipa
India
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India Wyrdwríteras secgað þæt ðrý leódscipas sind gehátene India. Seó forme India ..., seó óðer ..., seó þridde; þeós þridde India ..., Hml. Th. i. 452, 11-14. Þurh þá uncúðan land Indie per ignota Indie loca, Nar. 6, 12. Ðá wynstran dǽlas Indie sinistram
mǽrsung
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Add Wæs gemérsad mérsong (fama) of him, Lk. L. 4, 37. add On þæs regoles mǽrsunge, Hml. S. 23 b, 151. Ealle þás dǽda and mǽrsunga [ caelebrationes (Sabbati observatio, circumcisio, &c. )] wé oncnáwaþ wesan gefyllede, An. Ox. 40, 10. Add Heora
mæsse-preóst
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Leófgár wæs Haroldes eorles mæssepreóst, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 25. Se biscop sceal þrafian þá mæssepreóstas ꝥ hié*-*healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, and þone híred þe hié ofer beóþ, and þá lǽwedan men þe hié aldormen ofer beón sceolan ; for þon se góda láreów
nytt
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Add: <b>nytto;</b> indecl. Add Hwelc nytto on blóde mínum ? quae utilitas in sangui[ne] meo? Ps. Vos. 29, 10. Wé woldon ꝥ hit wurde tó nytte ðám gehérendum, Bt. 35, 5; F. 166, 17. Sum ðing ðe tó nyte mæge, Angl. ix. 262, 24. add: useful work
oxan-hirde
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An oxherd Eálá, oxanhvrde, hwæt wyrcst þú? Micel ic gedeorfe; þænne se yrþlingc unscenþ þá oxan, ic lǽde hig tó lǽse, and ealle niht ic stande ofer hig waciende for þeófan, and eft on ǽrnemergen ic betǽce hig þám yrþlincge wel gefylde and gewæterode,
palm
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Dele '(?)', and add: <b>pealma.</b> a palm-tree Se ryhtwísa swá swá palma bloewð, Ps. Vos. 91, 13, a branch of a palm-tree : — Sceole wé healdan úrne palm, oð þæt se sangere onginne ðone offringsang, and geoffrian þonne Gode ðone palm. Palm
pytt
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Add 'Drinc ðæt wæter of ðínum ágenum mere, and ðætte of ðínum ágnum pytte áflówe'. . . Ðonne hé drincð of ðǽm wielme his ágnes pyttes . . . 'bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui'. . . Bibit sui fluenta putei, Past. 373, 3-10. Andlang hagan