god-bearn
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Godfæder his godbearn lufie and lǽre, Wlfst. 74, 13. Beóð heó rihtlice ealswá hý genamode beóð, godfæderas, gif hý heora godbearn Gode gestrýnað, 121, 5. Add
grindere
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One who grinds corn Se .iiii. nihta móna byð gód þǽm ergendan hys sul út tó dóne and þém grindere his cweorn, Lch. iii. 178, 1
in-waru
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Performance of services due in the case of in-land. v. werian ; c .iii. hída tó inware, and óðer healf tó útware, Cht. E. 235, 28
hwítian
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Hwítað heofon albescit polus Hy. S. 21, 23. Hwæs blód reádaþ on rosan gelicnysse, and hwæs líchama hwítað on lilian lægernysse, Hml. S. 34, 113. Add
leóþ-wrenc
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A trick in a poem, a doubtful or spurious passage (?) Dyple obolisrnene . . . byð oft on Uirgilius bácum and on his leóðwrencum gesette, Angl. viii. 334, 19
Linked entry: wrenc
mál
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Ꝥ sciplið gewende to Legeceastre, and ðǽr ábiden heora máles ( their pay ) þe Ælfgár heom behét, Chr. 1055 ; P. 186, 19. v. friþ-, wiþer-mál. Add
mǽl-tíd
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Meal-time Hé sceal hyne gebiddan on ásettum tídum, and ǽr mǽltídum (-tíman, v. l. Nap. 84) metes ne ábítan, O. E. Hml. i. 303, 7
racent-teáge
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Þá læg Petrus . . . mid twám racenteágum getíged . . . se engel cwæð, 'Arís . . . ' and þá racenteágan feóllon ðǽrrihte of Petres handum, Hml. Th. ii. 382, 2-8. Add
sceand
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Add: [Whaðer unker þe geð abake and þis feoht wulle forsake, beo he in ælche londe iqueðe for ane sconde, Laym. 23668]. v. sceand, f. ; swǽm
stór-cylle
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and add Stórcille stérende sí boren turribulum turificando deportetur, Angl. xiii. 402, 530. Stórcillan turibulo, 416, 723. Ealle stórcillan mid récelse on handum berende, 427, 882
wacung
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Vigilance Þá sette hé weard tó þám wíngearde, and bebeád ꝥ hine man scolde healdan mid geornlicre wacunge (wacone, v.l.) (solerti vigilantia), Gr. D. 57, 24
weste-weard
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Þæt feórþe heáfodríce is Rómáne, and on westeweardum, Ors. 2, I; S. 60, 5. Andlang mearcæ on ðá wíðegas westewearde, C. D. v. 319, 23. Add
wiþer-cora
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Add Wé synd oferswíðede . . . strewiað geond eall tóbrocene tigelan . . . and þǽron ástreccaþ þysne wiíercoran, Hml. S. 37, 180. Add Wiðercora apostata, transgressor, Hpt. 31, 15, 380
yfel-wyrde
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Given to use bad or abusive language Gif mon bið ácenned on Frígedæg . . . hé yfele cræftas leornað, and he æfre bið yfelwyrde, E. S. 39, 354
ymb-hwyrft
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On þreódǽlede emhwyrfte in triquadro (terrarum) ambitu, An. Ox. 1685. Engliscra and óþra þeóda wiðinnan embhwyrft (ambitum) Brittisces íglandes wunigendra cincg, Angl. xiii. 365, 4. Add
á-teorian
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and add: of material, to end, not to be continued -Ymbe þæt útan þe þæs scapularæs handstoca áteóriað ( where the cuffs end), Tech. ii. 127, 20
wæter-bróga
Terror caused by water, the terror of the deep
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Terror caused by water, the terror of the deep Engel ðín con sealte sǽstreámas, waroðfaruða gewinn and wæterbrógan, Andr. Kmbl. 394; An. 197 : 912; An. 456
Linked entry: wæter-egesa
wǽting
Wetting, moistening
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Wetting, moistening Ðara breósta biþ deáwig wǽtung (v. wǽtian), swá swá sié geswát, Lchdm. ii. 258, 17. Mid wǽtingum (v. wǽtan) and mettum gelácnian, 222, 8
weg-leást
Want of road
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Want of road Dwelian hé dyde hig on wegleáste and ná on wege errare fecit eos in invio et non in via, Ps. Spl. 106, 40
Linked entry: weg-lísu
fyrþriend
One who promotes, advances, &c., a patron
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One who promotes, advances, &c., a patron God eallum þám þe wel þencaþ simle is fultum and firþriend, C. D. B. ii. 389, 17