hlít
lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune
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., and add: a lot (the object which is used) Cleros an Crécisc getácnað hlýt an Englisc cleros sors inter fretatur Chrd. 75, 28. Ofer hrægl mín sendon hlét (hlýt, Ps. L.) super vestem meam miserunt sortem Ps. Vos. Srt. 21, 19. Hlétt, Mk.
god-sibb
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A sponsor Godsibbas and godbearn sponsors and godchildren, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 94
Linked entry: sib
blæst
flame ⬩ blast
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flame,blast, Ðǽra lyfta leóma and þǽra lígetta blǽst. Wlfst. 186, 5. and add
for-wordenlic
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Substitute: Corrupt Þysse worulde wela is wyrslic and yfellic and forwordenlic, Wlfst. 263, 13
Linked entry: -worden-lic
seofonhund-wintre
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Seven hundred years old Hé wæs seofonhundwintre and seofon-and-hundseofontigwintre, Gen. 5, 31
hǽl
Hale, safe, whole, sound
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Hale, safe, whole, sound Hǽle and trume safe and sound, Blickl. Homl. 171, 30
fýr-mǽl
A fire-mark ⬩ măcŭla igne inusta
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A fire-mark; măcŭla igne inusta Fýrmǽlum fág variegated with marks of fire, Andr. Kmbl. 2269; An. 1136
Linked entry: mǽl
eágor-streám
A water-stream, ocean ⬩ măre
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A water-stream, ocean; măre, Andr. Kmbl. 882; An. 441; Bt. Met. Fox 20, 244; Met. 20, 122
stán-fáh
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Th. 645; B. 320: Andr. Kmbl. 2473; An. 1238
wid-rynig
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Wide-streaming Háteþ heofona cyning ðæt ðú forð onsende wæter wídrynig, geofon geótende, Andr. Kmbl. 3012 ; An. 1509
Linked entry: rynig
on-síne
Visible
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Th. 177, 17; Gú. 1228: Andr. Kmbl. 1820; An. 912
beó-wyrt
BEE-WORT ⬩ balm mint ⬩ sweet flag ⬩ apiastrum ⬩ ⬩ acorus calamus
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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man on Léden veneriam, and on úre geþeóde beówyrt, nemneþ, heó biþ cenned on begánum stówum, and on wyrtbeddum, and on mǽdum this plant, which in Latin is called veneria, and in our language bee-wort, is produced in cultivated places, and
Linked entry: bió-wyrt
hredding
Saving ⬩ salvation ⬩ liberation
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Saving, salvation, liberation Ús becom deáþ and forwyrd þurh wíf and ús becom líf and hredding þurh wimman death and destruction came upon us by a woman, and by a woman came life and salvation, Homl. Th. i. 194, 33.
Linked entry: hrædding
ge-líffæstan
To make alive ⬩ quicken ⬩ vivificāre
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To make alive, quicken; vivificāre God geworhte ǽnne mannan, and hine gelíffæste, and he wearþ ða mann gesceapen on sáwle and on líchaman God made one man, and made him alive, and he then became man with soul and body, Homl. Th. i. 12, 29.
Linked entry: líf-fæstan
fore-gísel
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Hié him þǽr foregíslas saldon, swá fela swá hé habban wolde, and micle áþas swóron, and þá gódne friþ heóldon, 877; P. 74, 20.
Linked entry: gísel
hneáw-ness
Stinginess, ⬩ parsimony, ⬩ niggardliness
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Stinginess, parsimony, niggardliness Monig mon déþ micel fæsten, and hæfþ ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse and déþ hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge many a man fasts much, and has the reputation of doing it for abstinence, and yet
on-ginnan
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Ongin nú wel, Rufe, and behát mé mid áðe take the right course now, Rufus, and promise me on oath, Hml. S. 22, 104. Ongin nú stranglíce, and þín gemynd stent on herunge, 29, 272.
swicol-líc
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deceitful, fraudulent Swicollíce dǽda and láðlíce unlaga áscunige man swýðe; ð æt is, false gewihta and wóge gemeta and leáse gewitnessa, L.
hǽl
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Sáwlum tó hǽle and fis sylfum tó þearfe, Ll. Th. i. 358, 14: Hy. 6, 16. Tó hǽle and tó rǽde, Bl. H. 227, 4. Oncnáwan hwá him tó hǽle and tó helpe and tó feorhnere on þás world ástág, 105, 32.
ælmes-líce
Charitably
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Charitably Fóe hé tó thaem londe and hit forgelde and thaet wiorth gedaele fore hiora gástas suae aelmeslíce and suae rehtlíce suae hé him seolfa on his wísdóme geleornie, C. D. i. 234, 34