HRÍM
RIME
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Th. 77, 47
scír
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Th. 1962 ; B. 979. Scír cyning (Christ), Exon. Th. 71, 9; Cri. 1153. Is seó womb (of the phenix) wundrum fæger, scír and scýne, 219, 16; Ph. 308; 214, 4; Ph. 234. Ic eom ásceáden from ðære scíran driht ( the heavenly host), Cd.
fúl
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Þás fúlan wuhta þú sceoldest áwurpan of ðínum ríce, Hml.
sín
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His, her, its, their ; suus. This pronoun, which is regularly used in the cognate dialects, rarely occurs in English prose, where its place seems to have been early taken by the genitive of hé, heó, hit. referring to a sing. masc.
meaht
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Þǽr nú God swutelað þæs hálgan martires mihta, Chr. 1012 ; P. 143, 4. bodily strength Gif þé þince ꝥ þú máran lǽcedóm dón ne durre for unmihte þæs mannes. . . gebíd oþ ꝥ þú dyrre. Gif meht ne wyrne, lǽt him blód, Lch. ii. 254, 4.
eáþ-módlic
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Gif wé ásmeágaþ þá eádmódlican dǽda þá þe hé worhte, Bl. H. 33, 6
gleáwlíce
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Add: skilfully Eart þú gleáwlíce swá limwǽdum leóhte gegyrwed amictus lumine sicut vestimento, Ps. Th. 103, 2.
ge-wrǽðan
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[The Latin of Lch. iii. 212, 4 is Ursum ad se infestare viderit.] Gif hí hwylc man gefón wille, þonne gewrǽðað hý sóna grimlíce ongén ( they resist savagely).
for-weaxan
To overgrow ⬩ grow immoderately ⬩ swell ⬩ excrescĕre ⬩ turgescĕre
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To overgrow, grow immoderately, swell; excrescĕre, turgescĕre Ðý-læs hie to ðæm forweóxen ðæt hie forseáreden lest they should grow so much that they should wither away, Past. 40, 3; Hat. MS. 54 b, 17.
Linked entry: for-grówan
ge-blót
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Hé hét dón tó geblóte ealle þá cuman þe hiene gesóhtan, Ors. 1, 8 tit. ; S. 1. 20. Add: —
hálgian
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<b>II b</b>. to bless a thing so that it possesses special virtue :-- Þú sunnandæg sylf hálgodest and gemǽrsodest hine manegum tó helpe, Hy. 9, 25. Gif hwá ordáles weddige þonne cume hé . . . tó þǽm mæssepreóste þe hit hálgian scyle, Ll.
hǽlu-bearn
A child who brings salvation, the Saviour,
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A child who brings salvation, the Saviour, Exon. 16 a; Th. 37, 1; Cri. 586 : 19 a; Th. 47, 12; Cri. 754
for-teón
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Þá men ... fnǽstiað swíþe, beóþ fortogene, Lch. ii. 242, 7. to pull in the way of, obscure, cover up; obducere Þæs líchoman hefignes mid gedwolmiste fortíhð mód foran monna gehwelces, ꝥ hit beorhte ne mót blícan, Met. 22, 34.
ge-cirran
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Hié tó þám gecirdon þæt hié wiþ þone here winnende wǽrun they set about fighting with the Danes, Chr. 867; P. 68, 21. Buton heora hwelc eft tó rihtre bóte gecirre, Bt. 3, l; F. 6, 5: Ll.
hyldu
Kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ affection ⬩ friendship ⬩ grace ⬩ fidelity ⬩ loyalty
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Ðé wæs leófra his sibb and hyldo ðonne ðín sylfes bearn his [God's] peace and grace were dearer to thee than thine own child, 141; Th. 176, 33; Gen. 292l.
Linked entry: helde
bufan
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Th. i. 94, 24. Hé ofwearp þone ent bufon ðám eágan, Hml.
dóm-líc
Judicial, glorious ⬩ judiciālis, g1oriōsus
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Wǽron hwæðre monge ða ðe Meotude gehýrdun dǽdum dómlícum there were yet many who obeyed the Creator with glorious deeds, Exon. 62 a; Th. 228, 28; Ph. 445: 62 a; Th. 229, 8; Ph. 452
dype
Depth, the deep, sea ⬩ profundum, altĭtūdo, altum
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Depth, the deep, sea; profundum, altĭtūdo, altum Híg næfdon ðære eorþan dýpan non habēbant altitūdĭnem terræ, Mt. Bos. 13, 5. Ascúfaþ hine út on middan ðære dýpan thrust him out into the middle of the deep, Homl. Th. i. 564, 8.
ýr
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the name of the rune for y, a bow (?) Ýr byð æðelinga wyn and fyrdgeatewa sum, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 29; Rún. 27. The letter occurs Exon. Th. 50, 14; Cri. 800: 284, 28; Jul. 704; Elen. Kmbl. 2518; El. 1260.
weorold-riht
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Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 5. the law that should govern the world Dryhten sceáwaþ hwǽr ða eardien ðe his ǽ healden; gesihð hé ða dómas wonian and wendan of woruldryhte, ða hé gesette, Exon. Th. 105, 25 ; Gú. 28