prút-swangor
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Se Hǽlend spræc tó sumum weligum men . . . hé wæs prútswongor and swǽrmód, Wlfst. 257, 12
spere-sceaft
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The shaft of a spear Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum ( hastis ) þerscan, Gr. D. 14, 27
swefel
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Add: — God sende ðá fýr and fúlne swefel him tó and forbærnde hí ealle, Hml. S. 13, 211
þeód-scipe
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Þanan hý sum þeódscipe columbinam háteð, Lch. i. 170, 14. Þeódscipum ongemang, ... byrgum tómiddes, Dóm. L. 282. Add
þurh-wuneness
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Perseverance Seó þurhwunenes heó is mægen þæs gódan weorces virtus boni operis perseverantia est, Archiv cxxii. 260, 9
Linked entry: wune-ness
þýfel
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Hí eódon þá sécende tó þám wuda, sécende gehwǽr geond þýfelas and brémelas, Hml. S. 32, 143. Add
un-gistlíþe
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Inhospitable Him wæs láð þearfendum mannum áht tó syllene, and hé wæs ungystlíðe, Nap. 65. Cf. un-cumlíþe
Linked entry: gist-líþe
un-heánlíce
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Add: in no mean fashion Hé þǽr his eáwfæste líf unheánlíce ( non mediocriter) ádreáh, Gr. D. 43, 25
un-wælgrim
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Not cruel, gentle Hé wæs swlíe unwælgrim (eallunga lǽs wælhreów, v.l.) minus crudelis fuit, Gr. D. 133, 6
wæfþ
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Hí ne wundriað mæniges þinges þe monnum nú wæfðo (wærþo, MS.) and wunder þynceð, Met. 28, 82. Add
fǽr-lic
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quick, rapid Hé mid fǽrlicum (swiftum, v.l.) ryne (rapido cursu ) gecyrde, Gr. D. 115, 22. Cf. fǽrlíce; IV
sæccing
Sacking, a bed made of sacking
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Sacking, a bed made of sacking Hí on sæccingum (in grabatis ) bǽron ða untruman, Mk. Skt. 6, 55
ofer-gumian
To neglect, be careless about ⬩ to take heed to a thing ⬩ to neglect
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To neglect, be careless about Ne hé ofer-gumige ða hýrsumnesse ðæs hálgan regoles, R. Ben. 113, 2
Linked entry: -gumian
offrung-disc
A paten
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A paten Ánnæ offringdisc into Nunnamynstær (he gives) one paten to the Nuns' monastery, Chart. Th. 553, 17
Linked entry: disc
á-steorfan
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Swá unclǽne men ꝥ hí ástorfen ǽton, Shrn. 74, 26. Add
Linked entry: steorfan
bealo-leás
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Wæs á blíðemód bealuleás kyng (Edward the Confessor), þeáh hé wunode wræclástum, Chr. 1065; P. 194, 3. Add
heorþ-pening
A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]
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And when he comes home let him pay the king a hundred and twenty shillings, L. Edg. I. 4; Th. i. 264, 6-12. Sylle his heorþpænig on hálgan þunresdæg let him pay his hearth-penny on holy Thursday, L. R. S. 3; Th. i. 432, 26: 4; Th. i. 434. 19.
hwer
A kettle ⬩ pot ⬩ basin ⬩ caldron ⬩ cooking-vessel
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Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan and hé clypte ða hweras and cyste ða pannan ðæt hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig pots and pans had been put in there, and he embraced the pots and kissed the pans, so that he was all black and sooty, Shrn. 69, 27
un-stillness
absence of rest ⬩ motion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ noisiness ⬩ clamour ⬩ tumult ⬩ bustle ⬩ commotion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ breach of peace ⬩ restlessness ⬩ unruliness ⬩ disquietude ⬩ disturbance of mind ⬩ trouble
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Voc. ii. 99, 55. disturbance, noisiness, clamour Gif hé ðurhwunaþ cnucigeode, ðonne áríst se hírédes ealdor for ðæs óðres onhrópe, and him getíðaþ ðæs ðe hé bitt, ná for freóndrǽdene, ac for his unstilnysse, Homl. Th. i. 248, 33.
Linked entry: stillness
fillan
throw down ⬩ to fell ⬩ destroy
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Hé cwealde Crístne men, circan fylde, Jul. 5. Hé sum deófolgild bræc and fylde . . . hié mid heora handum þá ídlan gyld fyldon, Bl. H. 223, 15, 21. Hét ic ceorfan ðá bearwas and þone wudu fyllan jubeo cedi nemus.