eóred-heáp
A troop ⬩ host
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A troop, host Þonne cumað upplice eóredheápas, stíþmægen ástyred tum superum subito veniet commota potestas, Dóm. L. 113
þeód-scipe
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Þeódscipum ongemang, ... byrgum tómiddes, Dóm. L. 282. Add
BEORCAN
to make a sharp explosive sound ⬩ latratum vel sonum edere ⬩ to BARK ⬩ latrare
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We sceolon beorcan and bodigan ðám lǽwedum dumb dogs cannot bark. We ought to bark and preach to the laymen L. Ælfc. C. 23; Th. ii. 350, 34. Ic hwílum beorce swá húnd I sometimes bark as a dog Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 16; Rä. 25, 2.
Linked entry: borcian
wituma
A dowry
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A dowry Wituma vel wetma, uuituma dos, Txts. 57, 704. Weotoma dote (the line is: Ne metuas juvenis sortiri dote puellam, Ald. 170), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 28: 27, 18.
Linked entry: weotuma
un-eáðelíc
difficult to do ⬩ impossible ⬩ difficult to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ troublesome
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Ðás onfóað unéðelíc (-éðlíc, Lind.) dóm hi accipient prolixius judicium, Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 40
a-bláwan
To blow ⬩ breathe ⬩ flare ⬩ efflare
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Nǽfre mon ðæs hlúde býman abláweþ never does a man blow the trumpet so loudly, Exon. 117b; Th. 451, 27; Dóm. 110.
Linked entry: a-bleów
syn-scyldig
Guilty of sin, wicked
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Guilty of sin, wicked Heortan wyrmas synscyldigra ceorfaþ and slítaþ vermes scelerum mordebunt intima cordis, Dóm. L. 168
gryrran
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to gnash, chatter (of teeth) Þá téþ for miclum cyle gryrrað nimis siridentes frigore denies, Dóm. L. 195
hilde-rinc
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Þú scealt gyltas þíne swíðe bemurnan, hár hilderinc, hefie þé ðincaþ synna þíne, Dóm. L. 30, 56. Add
þæc-sele
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Of ðon nyrðan gate on þacseleheal; of þacseleheal, C.D. iii. 134, 37. (?)
Linked entry: þac-sele
wæter-burne
A stream of water
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A stream of water Ic ána sæt innan bearwe . . . ðǽr ða wæterburnan swégdon and urnon, Dóm. L. 3
túdor-fóster
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Nourishment of offspring Æfter ðon tuddor-fóstre vel of ðírn síþborenarn de post fetantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 81
Linked entry: fóster
acan
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Wið ðon ðe mon on heáfod ace, ii. 304, 25. Add
ofer-sǽlig
Exceedingly fortunate, more than happy
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Exceedingly fortunate, more than happy: — Se biþ gesǽlig and ofersǽlig ðe swylce cwyldas mæg forbúgon, Dóm. L. 16, 246
wan-hygdig
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Ne mid swíðran his nele brýsan wanhýdig gemód Wealdend engla, ne ðone wlacan smocan wáces flǽsces wætere gedwæscan, Dóm. L. 50. Wonhýdige ( the apostate angels), Elen. Kmbl. 1522 ; El. 763
manig-brǽde
Consisting of many things
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Consisting of many things Mænibrǽde dóm satura lex (lanx?), Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 111; Wrt. Voc. 20, 49
ge-bonnan
To summon ⬩ call together
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To summon, call together Folc biþ gebonnen mankind shall be summoned, Exon. 117 b; Th. 451, 8; Dóm. 100
word-lár
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(Verbal) teaching Swá dón hí . . . ꝥ. . . hí beón tó bysne óðrum ge an wordlǽre ( in uerbo), Chrd. 53, 22
symbel-gál
Wanton with feasting
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Th. 449, 30; Dóm. 79