fúl
offensive to the senses ⬩ dirty ⬩ miry ⬩ filthy ⬩ dark ⬩ ugly ⬩ morally polluted ⬩ guilty of a charge ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous ⬩ to bury ignominiously
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Ðet swín . . . bið fúlre ðonne hit ǽr wæs, Past. 421, 3. opposed to fair of aspect, dark, ugly (?), an epithet of the black alder Fúlae treó (treá, Ep.) alneum, Txts. 39, 117. Fúle treów, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 47. Fúlan beámes rind, Lch. ii. 78, 12.
wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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God gewítnode ealle lus wímmen ( uxorem ancillasque suas ), Gen. 20, 18. applied to plants, female Gif man scyle mugcwyrt tó lǽcedóme habban, ðonne nime man . . . ða grénan wífmen, Lchdm. iii. 72, 21
Linked entry: wím-man
CWIC
Alive, QUICK ⬩ vivus, vivax
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Seó sealf ðone wyrm ðǽron deádne gedéþ, oððe cwicne ofdrífþ the salve will make the worm therein dead, or drive it away alive, L. M. 3, 39; Lchdm. ii. 332, 26. Hie ǽnigne cwicne ne métton they found not any alive, Andr. Kmbl. 2166; An. 1084: Elen.
in-tinga
A cause ⬩ sake ⬩ plea ⬩ case ⬩ occasion ⬩ matter ⬩ affair ⬩ business
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Gif hió of cealdum intingan cymþ ðonne sceal mon mid hátum lǽcedómum lácnian if it [the disease] comes from a cold cause then it is to be cured with hot medicines, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 5. Búton intingan sine causa, Ps. Spl. 3, 7.
Linked entry: tinga
míðan
to conceal ⬩ dissemble ⬩ To be concealed ⬩ lie hid ⬩ to avoid ⬩ refrain from ⬩ forbear
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To be concealed, lie hid Ðonne biþ sóna sweotol æteówod on him ðæt ǽr deágol máð then at once will be made manifest in him what before lay hid, L. M. 2, 66; Lchdm. ii. 298, 8.
ge-stillan
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Þæt gewinn wearð sume hwíle gestilled, Ors. 3, 5 ; S. 106, 5. to stop an agent, restrain from doing something, with acc. Menn woldon sceáwian . . . ac God hi gestilde, Hml. S. 32, 243. For þí . . . þæt he us fram middangeardes lufe gestilde, Hml.
gilpan
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Ðonne ðæt mód for his cræfta geearnunga gilpð and orsorglíce fægnað on him selfum m animus de virtutum meritis laeta apud se securitate gloriatur Past. 463, 27.
hopian
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Ðý lǽs hé eallunga áfealle ðonon ðe hé fæsðlícost tó hopian scolde ne ab eo, quad robuste sperare debuit, funditus cadat Past. 395, II. to be hopeful about (with gen.)
healf
Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction
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On óþre healfe Donua þǽre ié, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 12. On þá healfe muntes ultramontana, Chr. 887; P. 80, 26: Bt. 18, 2; F. 64, 11. Hí ne lǽt God on áne healfe þæs heofones bión, 39, 13; F. 234, 8.
for-gitan
To FORGET ⬩ neglect ⬩ oblīvisci ⬩ neglĭgĕre
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Óþ-ðæt he forgite ða þing, ðe ðú him dydest dōnec oblīviscātur eōrum, quæ fēcisti in eum, Gen. 27, 45. Ðæt gé nǽfre ne forgiton Drihtnes wedd ne quando oblīviscāris pacti Dŏmĭni, Deut. 4, 23: 6, 12.
Linked entry: for-gietan
til
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Ðú mé þeódscipe lǽr ðínne tilne bonitatem et disciplinam doce me, Ps. Th. 118, 66. Gebiddaþ ealle hálige tó ðé on tilne tíman (in tempore opportuno), 31, 7. [Cf. Goth. dags gatils (εὔκαιρος, opportunus) a convenient day, Mk. 6, 21.
flówan
to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound
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Ðonne se móna úp áríst, þonne ongiuð seó sǽtó flówanne, Angl. viii. 327, 27. Fléwð, Lch. iii. 268, 16. to be flooded, be covered with a fluid Oft of ðinnum rénscúrum fléwð seó eorðe, Hml. Th. ii. 466, 8.
hleóðrian
To sound, ⬩ make a sound [with the voice], ⬩ to speak, ⬩ sing, ⬩ cry, ⬩ exclaim, ⬩ resound
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Ðonne hleóðriaþ hálge gǽstas sáwla sóþfæste song áhebbaþ when holy spirits shall lift up their voices, just souls raise a song, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 12; Ph. 539. Ðá hleóðrade hlúdan stefne then cried with a loud voice, Andr.
grið
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Ðonne nam man grið and frið wið hí then was truce and peace made with them, 1011; Erl. 145, 3, 4. We willaþ wið ðam golde grið fæstnian for the gold we will make a truce, Byrht. Th. 132, 53; By. 35.
byrgen
tumulus ⬩ A burying, grave, sepulchre, tomb ⬩ sepulcrum, monumentum, tumba ⬩ cremation ⬩ the burning ⬩ a body
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Swá begnornodon Geáta leóde thus the people of the Goths deplored, 6338, 6339; B. 3179. it is probable that down to a very late period the people adhered to many of their ancient burial customs.
HRÓF
A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit
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Ðe ne beóþ tó ðam hrófe ðonne git cumen fulfremedra mægena nondum ad extremam manum virtutum perfectione perductas, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 22. From hróf eardes a summo terræ, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 27.
ós
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The Icelandic, which throws out n before s, as the Anglo-Saxon does (cf. Icel. gás: A.
Linked entry: ésa
wérig
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., weary of or from doing something Wérig ðæs weorces, Exon. Th. 436, 20; Rä. 55, 10. Síþes wérig, Beo. Th. 1162; B. 579.
ge-hæftan
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Add: To prevent free movement or action. to restrict, restrain, confine Ðonne monn ðæt mód gehæft cum cogitatio per custodiam restringitur, Past. 273, 17.
híwian
to form ⬩ fabricate ⬩ to feign ⬩ to dissemble
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Se man híwað hine sylfne, swylce hé deóp inngehýd hæbbe, þe nát ná mycel gescád ǽniges gerádes, Wlfst. 53, 19. to assume an appearance or character that does not belong to the subject, to feign Bilewite cild ne híwað mid wordum, þæt hit óðer ðence and