missenlíce
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geond þisne middangeard winde biwáwne weallas stondað, Wand. 75. Hé gumena cynnes manige missenlíce (under various conditions ? ) men of deáðe áwehte, An. 583. Add
ǽ-mynde
Want of care (?), neglect
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Want of care (?), neglect Funde ic hwæt eorðe mæg wið andan and wið ǽminde and wið ðá micelan mannes tungan . . . beó gé gemindige mínes gódes, Lch. i. 384, 22
Linked entry: -mynde
ge-leáfleásness
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Incredulity, want of belief On þám dæge wæs þǽra Judéiscra manna geleáfleásnys gewiten fram mannum and riht geleáfa ásprang onmang Godes gelaðunge, Wlfst. 294, 2
a-wannian
To wax wan or pale ⬩ pallescere
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To wax wan or pale; pallescere Awannod pallidus factus, Greg. Dial. 1, 2
nípan
To grow dark
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Th. 292, 24; Wand. 104. Náp nihtscúa, 307, 29; Seef. 31. Nípende niht, Beo. Th. 1098; B. 547 : 1302; B. 649
ge-hola
A protector
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A protector Ðam ðe him lyt hafaþ leófra geholena to him who has for himself few dear protectors, Exon. 76 b; Th. 288, 15; Wand. 31
Linked entry: -hola
be-þearfod
Needy
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Needy, brought to want Gif þú hwæne on neádþearfe ongitst, and gif þú hwæne on wǽdle beþearfodne (-þreaf-, MS.) ácnǽwst, Engl. Stud. viii. 474, 50
Linked entry: þearfian
hæfenleást
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Ðǽr wana þurh þǽre stówe hæfenleáste sý ubi necessiias loci eæposcit, R. Ben. 65, 6
dreórig-hleór
Sad of countenance ⬩ tristis facie
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Sad of countenance; tristis facie Sumne dreórighleór in eorþ-scræfe eorl gehýdde a man sad of countenance has hidden one in an earth-grave, Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 17; Wand. 83
brýten-wong
a plain, field ⬩ A spacious plain or field ⬩ the world ⬩ spatiosus campus, mundus
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[brýten, wang, wong a plain, field] A spacious plain or field, in pl. the world; spatiosus campus, mundus Geond brýtenwongas throughout the spacious world, Exon. 13 a; Th. 24, 6; Cri. 380
dæg-sceald
A day shield or screen ⬩ diei velamen
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A day shield or screen; diei velamen Dægscealdes hleó wand ofer wolcnum the day shield's shade [i. e. the pillar of cloud] rolled over the clouds, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 22; Exod. 79
Linked entry: sceald
wendan
To labour
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To labour Ðá wende (other MSS. have wann, wonn) hé swýþe, ðæt hé ða ðe mid hine cóman geheólde laboravit multum, ut eos, qui secum venerant, contineret Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 5
mete-þearfende
Wanting food
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Wanting food Hié ǽghwylcne ellþeódigra dydon him tó móse meteþearfendum they made every foreigner food for themselves in want of meat, Andr. Kmbl. 54; An. 27: 272; An. 136
ge-mǽn-scipe
Communion, fellowship ⬩ communio
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Grn. ii. 294, 52 : Wanl. Catal. 49, 16
ge-swæðrung
A failing ⬩ a want ⬩ delĭquium
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A failing, a want; delĭquium Se mon geswógunga þrówaþ and módes geswæðrunga the man suffers swoonings and failings of the mind, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 206, 9
Linked entry: swæðrung
tó-twǽmedness
Division ⬩ want of union
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Division, want of union Awyrgede gástas beóþ his látteówas and his geféran bútan ælcere tótwǽmednesse accursed spirits will be his guides and comrades in close fellowship, Wulfst. 194, 22
sele-secg
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Th. 288, 20; Wand. 34. Cf. seld-guma
regn-
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Bd. 2, 12;S. 515, 10. Some of these e. g. Reginald are still used
Linked entries: regen- regn-heard regn-meld regn-þeóf regn-weard
mete-leást
Want of food
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Want of food Him of-hreów ðæs folces meteleást, Homl. Th. ii. 396, 19. Ðá wǽron hié mid meteliéste gewǽgde they were reduced by want of food, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 27. For meteliéste heora líf álǽtan, Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 120, 30. Metelǽste inedia, Hpt.
twi-hynde
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ceorl Twelfhyndes mannes wer is twelf hund scyllinga. Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł. ( the article then deals with the case of the former, and concludes: Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón, ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum