segl
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</b> used metaphorically of the fiery and cloudy pillars :-- Swegl síðe weóld the pillar governed their journey, Cd. Th. 184, 10 ; Exod. 105.
stenc
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Ða fíf andgitu úses líchaman . . . stenc, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 26: i. 138, 27
eardian
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On þǽm mórum eardiað Finnas (cf. the word used for less permanent dwelling On feáwum stówum styccemǽlum wíciað Finnas, 17, 5), Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 28. On þǽm landum eardodon Engle ǽr hí hider on land cóman, 19, 29.
hwít
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. ¶ The weak form used substantively, the white (part) of an egg :-- On ánum ǽge . . . þæt hwíte ne bið gemenged tó ðám geolcan, Hml. Th. i 40, 27. Smyre mid henne ǽges þé hwítan, Lch. iii. 50, 4. Gemeng wiþ ǽges ꝥ hwíte, ii. 74, 24.
Wendel-sǽ
the Mediterranean. ⬩ In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it
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In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it Andlang Wendelsǽs (mare Nostrum, quod Magnum generaliter dicimus) Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 12. Wendelsǽ mare Nostrum 12, 14: 26, 28: 8, 23.
weorold-þing
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A worldly thing, matter, affair Ne sý nán sacerdhádes man ðe durre geþrístlǽcan, ðæt ǽnig ðara fata, ðe tó god-cundum bígonge gehálgod bið, tó ǽnigum woruldþinge dó ( put it to any secular use ), L. E. I. 18; Th. ii. 412, 30.
on-ginnan
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Add Gelíce ðǽm monnum ðe swíðe eáðmódlíce onginnað ( use great endeavour to appear humble; magna submissione blandiuntur) beforon rícum monnum, Past. 421, 26.
swéte
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. ¶ used substantively :-- Wá eów ðe taliaþ ungód tó góde, biter ðing tó swéte and swéte belǽþaþ, Wulfst. 47, 7, (1 a) of food, sweet in sweet-meat, delicate:?-Swéte mete dapis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 29.
fundian
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H. 95, 1. in the following passages fundian is used as the equivalent of fandian. [In M. E. found is used with the meaning as well of fandian as of fundian. v. N. E.
hund
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Add: The word is used both as substantive (governing a noun in the genitive) or as adjective (agreeing with noun).
FÓÐER
food ⬩ food for cattle ⬩ fodder ⬩ ălĭmentum ⬩ jūmenti pābŭlum ⬩ that in which food is carried ⬩ a basket ⬩ cophĭnus ⬩ κόφĭνos ⬩ that in which food for cattle is carried ⬩ a cart ⬩ cart-load ⬩ vĕhes ⬩ plaustrum ⬩ nunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi
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Stv. 14, 20. that in which food for cattle is carried,-a cart or cart-load, about 19 or 20 cwt. a heavy weight, as we now use the word for a FOTHER of lead, that is 191/2 cwt; vĕhes, plaustrum, nunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi He scolde gife sixtiga fóðra
Linked entry: fódder
CREÓPAN
To CREEP ⬩ crawl ⬩ repere ⬩ serpere
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To CREEP, crawl; repere, serpere He næfþ hjs fóta geweald and onginþ creópan he has not the use of his feet and begins to creep Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 14 Cote. MS. Him cómon to creópende fela næddran many serpents came creeping to them Homl.
ELN
the Royal
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Ell is an old Teutonic word being used in the oldest German, the Gothic translation of Ulphilas about A. D. 360: in Anglo-Saxon about 895.
Linked entry: eln-gemet
wyrt-truma
- Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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Tó ðam heáfde; big ðam heáfde tó ðere fureh, 384, 16, with similar uses of wyrttruma and wyrtwala Of ðam seáðe swá wyrtruma sceát óð Ramleáhweg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 455, 22. On ðone feld; ðæt andlang wyrttruman on Hildes hlǽw, 170, 27.
Linked entry: -truma
GIM
GEM ⬩ jewel ⬩ gemma ⬩ used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.
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Th. i. 64, 5. used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc. [cf. Icel.fagr-gim = sun] He his eágan ontýnde hálge heáfdes gimmas he unclosed his eyes, the head's holy gems, Exon. 51 b; Th. 180, 7; Gú. 1276.
Gota
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A Goth; Gothus; chiefly used in the pl; nom. acc. Gotan; gen. Gotena; dat. Gotum; m. The Goths Unrím mánes se Gota fremede the Goth perpetrated an excess of wickedness, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 89; Met. 1, 45. VISIGOTHS or West Goths, under Alríca, q. v. A.
æþeling
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Twégen æþelingas duo regii juvenes, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 24. used of Christ Ácende Maria þone heofonlican æðeling, Hml. Th. i. 356, 9. Þæt se ælmihtiga cyning sceolde besceófan tó cwale his áncennedan æðeling, ii. 6, 21
el-þeódig
foreign ⬩ stranger ⬩ foreign
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H. 23, 3. stranger to,alien from Elðídig (ælðiódig, v. l.) from Gode auctori extraneus, Past. 140, 21. used substantively, a foreigner, stranger: Fordwán se foresǽda ælðeódiga, Hml. Th. ii. 286, 22. Þás ealle úp cóman for þissum ælþeódigum (St.
ge-hwǽde
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Ox. 710. the neuter used adverbially Gehwéde hneppast paululum dormitabis, Kent. Gl. 135 : modicum, 946
hlít
lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune
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., and add: a lot (the object which is used) Cleros an Crécisc getácnað hlýt an Englisc cleros sors inter fretatur Chrd. 75, 28. Ofer hrægl mín sendon hlét (hlýt, Ps. L.) super vestem meam miserunt sortem Ps. Vos. Srt. 21, 19. Hlétt, Mk.