híw-cúþ
Familiar, ⬩ well known
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Familiar, well known Híwcúþ familiaris, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 62; Wrt. Voc. 61, 36. Ic ne eom him suá híwcúþ familiaritatis ejus notitiam non habemus, Past. 10, 2; Swt. 63, 5; Herb. 67, 1; Lchdm. i. 170, 13.
Linked entry: híred-leóf
tó-swellan
To swell out ⬩ grow big
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To swell out, grow big Ic tóswelle turgeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Zup. 155, 12. Tóswyllaþ grossescunt, intumescunt, Hpt. Gl. 447, 29. Se earm wæs swá swíþe greát and tóswollen brachio in tantum grossescente, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23.
á-wringan
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Ic of áwringe extorqueo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 155, 17. Háwiað hú bóceras áwringað up þæne saltus on heora cræfte, Angl. viii. 314, 12. Áwrang expressit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 58. Þonne hió gesoden sié, áwring þá wyrt of, Lch. ii. 30, 24: 18, 13.
Linked entry: wringan
a-ídlian
To make useless ⬩ vain ⬩ to empty ⬩ annul ⬩ profane ⬩ irritum facere ⬩ frustrari ⬩ exinanire ⬩ cassare ⬩ profanare
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To make useless, vain, to empty, annul, profane; irritum facere, frustrari, exinanire, cassare, profanare Ic a-ídlige frustror, Ælfc. Gr. 25 ; Som. 26, 63. A-ídlian cassare, Cot. 43: 204: 179.
Linked entry: a-ýdlian
án-feald
ONE FOLD ⬩ simple ⬩ single ⬩ one alone ⬩ singular ⬩ peculiar ⬩ matchless ⬩ simplex
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Ánfeald getel the singular number, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 25. Án-feald gewin single combat, R. Ben. interl. I. Ða án-fealdan stræcan those who are uniformly strict, Past. 42, 1; Hat. MS. 57b, 25
burh-waru
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The inhabitants of a city considered as a community, the whole body of citizens; civitas, civitatis populus Ǽlc burhwaru wæs búgende to him non fuit civitas quœ se traderet illis, Jos. 11. 19.
Linked entries: burg-waru buruh-waru land-waru
CANDEL
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Candeles leóma the light of a candle; lampas, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 88; Wrt. Voc. 41, 41.
Linked entry: condel
clipigendlíc
calling, vocative ⬩ vocativus ⬩ making a vocal sound ⬩ vocalis
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thou master teach me something, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 24-27. making a vocal sound; vocalis
Linked entry: ge-cígendlíc
cwellere
A killer, man-slayer, executioner, QUELLER, tormentor ⬩ lanio, interfector, spiculator? carnifex
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Hyldere, oððe cwellere oððe flǽsctawere [MS. flǽctawere] lanio, vel lanista, vel carnifex, vel macellarius, Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 122; Wrt. Voc. 60, 27
dǽd-bétan
To make amends, give satisfaction, to be penitent, to repent ⬩ maleficium compensare, malum bono pensāre, pœnitere
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Ðæt he sealde sóðe gebýsnunge eallum dǽdbétendum, ðe to Drihtene gecyrraþ that he should give a true example to all, who shall turn to the Lord by doing amend deeds, Ælfc. T. 38, 4
Linked entry: bétan
eart
art
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Fox 20, 90; Met. 20, 45: Bt. 10; Fox 26, 23: Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 26: Beo. Th. 710; B. 352: 1016; B. 506: Andr. Kmbl. 2378; An. 1190: Elen. Grm. 808: Exon. 13 b; Th. 25, 19; Cri. 403: Ps. Th. 51, 8: Salm.
fetian
To fetch ⬩ bring to ⬩ marry ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ applĭcāre ⬩ uxōrem dūcĕre
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Ǽlc ydel fet unhǽlo all idleness brings illness, Prov. Kmbl. 61. Se forma fette wíf, and forþferde prīmus, uxōre ducta, defunctus est, Mt. Bos. 22, 25: Gen. 48, 10. Wæs to búre Beówulf fetod Beowulf was fetched to his bower, Beo. Th. 2625; B. 1310
fót-sceamel
A footstool ⬩ pĕdum scăbellum ⬩ subpĕdāneum
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Fótscamul scabellum vel subpĕdāneum, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 79; Wrt. Voc. 41, 33
Linked entry: sceamol
freme
Advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit ⬩ good ⬩ commŏdum ⬩ quæstus ⬩ emŏlŭmentum ⬩ bŏnum
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Advantage, profit, benefit, good; commŏdum, quæstus, emŏlŭmentum, bŏnum Hýþ vel freme commŏdum, quæstus, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 73, 25; Wrt. Voc. 47, 30. Ðæs we mágon fremena gewinnan of what we may gain of advantages, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 18; Gen. 437.
lust-bǽre
desirous ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ agreeable
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Producing or having desire or pleasure, desirous, desirable, pleasant, agreeable Lustbǽre libens, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 18: 44; Som. 46, 32. Lustbǽre on gesihþe aspectu delectabile, Gen. 3, 6.
mapulder
A maple tree
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Mapulder acer, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 1; Wrt. Voc. 33, 1. Mabuldor acerabulos, 285, 35. On ðære (ðæne?) ealdan mapolder, Chart. Th. 146, 26. Tó ðon reádleáfan mapuldre; of ðam mapuldre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 298, 16.
Linked entry: mapul-treów
máðum-hús
A treasure-house ⬩ treasury
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A treasure-house, treasury Mádmhús gazophilacium, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 73, 11; Wrt. Voc. 47, 18. Máðmhús, 86, 48: erarium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 42. On ðæs cynges máðmhúse in ærarium regis, Gen. 47, 14: Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 258, 13.
mene
A necklace ⬩ an ornament
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Ðes myne hoc monile, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 2; Som. 8, 28. Brósinga mene, Beo. Th. 2403; B. 1199. (v. Grmm. D. M. 283.) Menas monilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 60: crepundia, ornamenta, monilia, Hpt. Gl. 419, 30: 517, 29. Mynas, 481, 43: lunulas, 458, 30.
metsian
to feed ⬩ to furnish with provisions
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Th. 43, 13. to furnish with provisions Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton each of them went to his castle and manned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16.
Linked entries: metian ge-metsian
norþerne
northern
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Europa on norþdǽle [is gedǽled] Japhetes ofspringe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 37. Hine gelǽhton sume ðæs norþernan folces some of the Northumbrians seized him (after a battle between Northumbrians and Mercians), Homl. Th. ii. 356, 29.