þafung
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Ecg. C. 26; Th. ii. 152, 3. Be his þafunge permissionem suam, R. Ben. Interl. 77, 6. Ðú wéndest ðæt seó weord ðás woruld wende búton Godes geþeahte and his þafunge, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 32. Ne mæg se deófol mannum derian bútan Godes ðafunge, Homl.
níþ-cwalu
Grievous destruction
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Grievous destruction Hé hý generede from níþ-cwale, and eác forgeaf éce dreámas, Exon. Th. 77, 18; Cri. 1258
elnian
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to gain strength Geunne þé éce Drihten æcera wexendra and wrídendra, eácniendra and elniendra, Lch. i. 402, 5. Add:
hwílend-líc
temporal ⬩ temporary ⬩ transitory
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Óðer þing is éce ... Þridde þing is éce three things there are in this world. One is of time ... the second ... and the third are of eternity, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 15.
Linked entry: hwílwend-líc
for-tog
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and smælþearma ece, Lch. ii. 300, 27: 324, 8
Linked entry: tog
ge-swenc
Labour ⬩ trouble
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Labour, trouble Þurh ðæt geswenc to éce reste becom through that suffering came to the eternal rest, Nar. 40, 2
Linked entry: swenc
BERA
A BEAR ⬩ ursus
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Ecg. P. iv. 28; Th. ii. 212, 22
tó-sceácerian
To waste, ⬩ devastate, ⬩ scatter
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Ecg. P. iii. 16; Th. ii. 202, 28.
Linked entry: sceácerian
un-gleáw
without understanding ⬩ without skill ⬩ not sagacious ⬩ ignorant ⬩ blind ⬩ dull ⬩ not apt for service
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Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse ( imprudentes; but the Latin is not literally translated) wǽron, 10, 6. of things dull, not apt for service : -- Sweord gebrǽd gód gúðcyning, gomele láfe, ecgum ungl[e]áw ( dull of edge; cf. sió ecg gewác, bát unswíðor
sige-torht
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Splendid with victory, triumphant Sigetorht árás éce Drihten, Cd. Th. 279, 19 ; Sat. 240. Cf. sige-beorht
swaru
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Ecg. C. tit. 34; Th. ii. 130, 24) swaru. [Mid false sware, O.E. Homl. ii. 259, 35. Of alle sunnen . . . of sum uals word, of sware, A.R. 344, 3. He sahtnesse mid sware (treoðe, 1st MS.) hadde ifastned, Laym. 10893.]
ofer-flówendness
Superfluity, exuberance
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Ecg. P. iii. 14; Th. ii. 200, 30. Hé ne dranc mid oferflówendnysse, Homl. Th. i. 168, 12: ii. 218, 30. Wé nellaþ habban ús tó lífes bricum, ac tó oferflówednyssum, 540, 11
slúpan
To slip, glide ⬩ to slip, creep
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Ecg. P. iv. 66;Th. ii. 226, 23. Gársecg wédde on sleáp (of the Red Sea coming upon the Egyptians) Cd. Th. 208, 28; Exod. 490.
under-búgan
to submit
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to submit Paulus underbeáh swurdes ecge, Homl. Th. i. 382, 6. Úre Hǽlend ródehengene underbeáh, ii. 600, 7
Linked entry: under-bígan
deád-licnys
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Add: mortal state, this life Hopa deádlícnysse þyssere . . . hopa éce spes mortalitatis hujus . . . spes aeterna, Scint. 219, 15
íren
iron
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Of iron, iron Ecg wæs íren the edge was of iron, Beo. Th. 2922; B. 1459 : 5549; B. 2778. Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan he bade stretch him on an iron bed, and roast him alive, Shrn. 116, 2.
sealm-scop
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Ecg. P. i. 9; Th. ii. 176, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 82, 30. Sealmscopes psalmigraphi, Hpt. Gl. 430, 40. Heáhfæderas, wítigan, sealmsceopas, Blickl. Homl. 105, 10: Wulfst. 250, 18
riht-geleáffull
Holding a true belief, orthodox
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Ecg. P. addit. 5; Th. ii. 232, 19. Mid ðære hálgan and mid ðære rihtgeleáffullan gesomnunge cum sancta ecclesia, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 31. For rihtgeleáffulra sibbe pro pace Catholica, 2, 2; S. 502, 2.
Linked entry: ge-leáfful
wuldor-þrymm
Glorious majesty
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Glorious majesty Wealdend and wyrhta wuldorþrymmes, éce God, Andr. Kmbl. 650; An. 325 : 1404; An. 702. Godes wuldorþrymmas mannum cýþan, Blickl. Homl. 111, 17
wís-líc
Wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ prudent ⬩ sagacious
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Ecg. C. 32; Th. ii. 156, 20