ge-hreósan
To rush ⬩ fall ⬩ glide away ⬩ to fail ⬩ ruere ⬩ cadere ⬩ labi ⬩ deficere
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Ic ðus gehroren eom and aweg gewiten I [Babylon] am thus fallen and passed away, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 35. Móna niðer gehreóseþ the moon shall fall down, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 22; Cri. 939.
híréd-mann
A member of a 'híréd:' —
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A.)] on his ágenum borge let every lord have the members of his household in his own 'borg,' L. C. S. 31; Th. i. 394, 27: L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 9.
Ii
Iona
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Now there must always be in Iona an abbot and not a bishop, and to him all the bishops of the Scots must be subject, for Columba was abbot, not bishop, Chr. 565 ; Erl. 18, 1-8.
cwealm
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Þæt fífte ( the fifth plague in Egypt) wæs hyra nýtena cwealm (pecorum et jumentorum strages ), Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 6. Æfter þǽra cilda cwealme ( the murder of the Innocents ), Mart. H. 10, 10.
tó-twǽman
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</b> add :-- Nú ne wandode ic ná mínum sceattum þá hwíle þe eów unfrið on handa stód; nú ic mid Godes fultume ꝥ tótwǽmde mid mínum scattum, Cht. E. 229, 29
hrægel-hús
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Sýn eác on hrægelhúse gehealden ǽgðer ge cugelan ge syricas beteran þonne þá þe hý gewunelíce weriað, 91, 1-12
ge-wylde
Subject ⬩ under one's power or control ⬩ in one's possesion
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Swá he swíðor syngaþ swá he deófle gewyldra biþ the more he sins the more he will be in the devil's power, Homl. Th. i. 268, 24
glæs-fæt
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Gedó on glæsfæt, and þonne mid hláfe lapa on and nytta; ge þeáh þú mid cuclere ꝥ súpe, þæt hylpþ, Lch. ii. 184, 23. a lamp Hú Bonnosus ꝥ tóbrokene glæsfæt geedstaðelode . . .
atel
dire ⬩ terrible
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dire, terrible Se atela gǽst the dire spirit, Exon. 34 a; Th. 109, 9; Gú. 87
dymlíc
dim, obscure
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dim, obscure Ða dymlícan þeóstra the dim darkness, L. Ælf. C. 14; Th. ii. 348, 7
diácon-hád
The office of a deacon, deaconship ⬩ diaconātus
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The office of a deacon, deaconship; diaconātus On diáconháde in deaconship, Homl. Th. ii, 120, 13
Linked entry: deácon-hád
égsa
An owner ⬩ possessor
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An owner; possessor Égsan wyn the owner's pleasure, Exon. 90b; Th. 340, 7; Gn. Ex. 107
feorma
First ⬩ prīmus
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First; prīmus Ða feorman men the first men, Exon. 73 a; Th. 272, 15; Jul. 499
frum-byrd
Birth ⬩ nativity
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Birth, nativity On mínre frumbyrde dæiæge on the day of my birth, Th. Chart. 369, 9
fyren-þearf
Dire distress ⬩ nĭmia mĭsĕria
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Dire distress; nĭmia mĭsĕria Fyrenþearfe ongeat he perceived the dire need, Beo. Th. 28; B. 14
Linked entry: firen-þearf
eal-gylden
All-golden ⬩ omnīno aurĕus
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All-golden; omnīno aurĕus Swýn eal-gylden the all-golden swine, Beo. Th. 2227; B. 1111
Linked entries: æl-gylden eall-gylden
hreá-wíc
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A place of the dead, a place where people lie slain, Beo. Th. 2432; B. 1214
hríð
A storm ⬩ tempest
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A storm, tempest Hríd hreósende the driving storm, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 20; Wand. 102
mód-leóf
Dear to the heart ⬩ beloved
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Dear to the heart, beloved Fæder lǽrde módleófne mágan, Exon. 80a; Th. 301, 32: Fä. 28
stihtend
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A disposer, ruler Þýstra stihtend ( the devil ), Exon. Th. 267, 23 ; Jul. 419. v. next word