seax
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Martin ) tócearf his basing on emtwá mid sexe, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 26. Geteáh his seax, Blickl. Homl. 215, 6
seofon
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Seven, as adjective Mid ús wǽron seofun (-on, MS. A.) gebróðru, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 25. Ða seofon gódan geár, Gen. 41, 53. His heres wæs seofon hund þusenda. Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 78, 10. Seofon nihta fyrst, Elen. Kmbl. 1385; El. 694.
úhta
the last part of the night ⬩ the time just before daybreak ⬩ the time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturns ⬩ De nocturna celebratione.
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Eallum cristenum mannum is beboden ðæt hí ealne heora líchoman seofon síþum gebletsian mid Cristes róde tácne, ǽrest on ǽrnemorgen ... seofoþan síþe on úhtan, Blickl. Homl. 47, 19
fóster
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Mid ðám fóstre ( nutrimento ) ðǽre Godes lufan weaxan, Past. 263, 17. Ðiós eorðe eallum mannum bringð gemǽnne fóster terra alimenta omnibus communiter profert, 335, 11. Fóster alimoniam, An.
hǽmed
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Sé þe mid nunnan hǽme, Ll. Th. i. 346, 5 : 66, 14. Ælþeódige mæn gif hió hiora hǽmed rihtan nyllað, 38, Ceorlisc man.. . ꝥ hǽmed mid hreówe forlǽte, 7. Þá forbodenan gyfta ł hǽmeda uetitos hymeneos, An. Ox. 1781. Hémedo, Txts. 69, 1036. Hémeða, Wrt.
sceáwere
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On sumere nihte hlosnode sum óðer munuc his færeldes and mid sleaccre stalcunge his fótswaðum filigde . . . Cúðberhtus his sceáweres seócnysse gehǽlde, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 23.
HEÁWAN
To HEW, cut, strike, smite
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Mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícum onscytum almost all men calumniate [lit. strike from behind] each other with shameful attacks, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 84.
be-clýsan
to close ⬩ shut what is open ⬩ to close ⬩ put an end to ⬩ to shut up in a place
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S. 23, 326-9. ¶ mid inseglum beclýsan to seal up, Guth. 8, 15: Wlfst. 259, 20. to shut out Þá com Martinus tó þám cásere, ac man hine beclýsde wiðútan, Hml. S. 31, 660
þegen
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Mid miclon geférscipe hiora þegna, and ða bióþ mid fetlum and mid gyldenum hyltsweordum and mid manigfealdum heregeatwum gehyrste, 37, 1; Fox 184, 4. <b>VI a.
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegin þén
mylen-wer
A mill-weir ⬩ mill-dam
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A mill-weir, mill-dam Andlang streámes ðæt it cymþ tó ðam mylewere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 92, 30
streónan
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Mid ðý ðe hé sceolde his gestreón tóweorpan, mid ðý hé hié gadraþ, Past. 8; Swt. 55, 10. Strýneþ foeneratur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 45. Se ðe him sylfum strýnþ qui sibi thesatirizat, Lk. Skt. 12, 21.
Linked entries: striénan strínan strýnan a-striénan
un-rím
A countless number ⬩ an incalculable number or amount
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Grammar un-rím, in the following the construction is peculiar, the word seeming indeclinable; Similar entries v. next word, ¶ : -- Nalæs mid ánes mannes geþeahte, ac mid gesægene uníim geleáffulra witena non uno quolibet auctore, sed fideli innumerorum
fisc-noþ
fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch
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Far ðé on fiscnoð mid mé, Ap. Th. 12, 6. by other living creatures Geseah hé scealfran . . . éhtende þǽra fixa . . . þá bebeád hé þám scealfrum ꝥ hí geswicon þæs fixnoðes, Hml.
stefn
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Se ðridda hád hæfþ syx clypunga, forðan ðe hé ys hwílon mid, hwílon on óðre stówe, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 93, 2-8
un-geþwǽrness
discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement ⬩ division ⬩ quarrel ⬩ trouble ⬩ disquiet
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'Þeód áríst ongeán þeóde:' Mid ðisum wordum hé foresǽde manna ungeðwǽrnyssa, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 26, 17. trouble, disquiet.
Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes
wuldrian
to glorify ⬩ to ascribe glory to ⬩ to make glorious ⬩ bestow glory on ⬩ to glory ⬩ to receive glory ⬩ be glorified
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Hé wuldraþ mid Gode on ðam heofenlícum setle, Homl. Th. ii. 552, 25. Basilius ðe ðá wuldrode mid Gode, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 661
ge-wilnian
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Ne gewilna ( concupisces ) þú þínes néhstan ierfes mid unrihte, Ll. Th. i. 44, 21. with dat.
wægn
A waggon ⬩ wain ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ Charles' wain
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Mid ðý hé ðá se wǽn (wægn, MS. T.) com ðe man ða bán on lǽdde cum venisset carrum in quo ossa ducebantur, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 17 note. Hé ofer wǽg gewát, wǽn æfter ran, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 32; Rún. 22. Wægnes hweól rotam, Ps. Th. 82, 10.
Linked entries: wægen waegne-þíxl wǽn
wrítan
To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter
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Wrít. iii. crucem mid oleum infirmorum, .... nim ðæt gewrit, wrít crucem mid ofer ðam drence, 350, 9-11. to form letters, to write Mycel yfel déð se ðe leás wrít, Homl.Th. ii.2, 23. Hé wrát mid his fingre on ðære eorþan. Jn. Skt. 8, 6, 8.
wela
wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate
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Mid wuldres welan cum gloria, Ps. Th. 72, 19. Mid welan bewunden Cd. Th. 27, 19; Gen. 420: 42, 2; Gen. 668. Beóð ðínes wífes welan gelíce swá on wín-gearde weaxen berigean uxor tua sicut vitis abundans Ps. Th. 127, 3.