be-brecan
To break to pieces
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Dele second passage, for which see be-brúcan, and for the rest substitute: To break to pieces (acc. of object and dat. of part broken) Beám heó bebriceþ telgum she breaks the tree to pieces in its branches (cf. Sia (acc.)
Beada ford-scír
Bedfordshire
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Bedfordshire: Cnut wende him út þurh Buccingahámscíre into Beadafordscíre Canute went out through Buckinghamshire into Bedfordshire, Chr. 1016; Th. 279, 16, col. 1
Scrobbes-burh
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Shrewsbury Ðá férdon hí intó Stæffordscíre and intó Scrobbesbyrig, Chr. 1016; Erl. 154, 4. Cf. Civitas Scrobbensis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 137, 24
port
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Hwá rít intóðam port quis equitat in civitalem ? Ælfc. Gr. 5 ; Som. 3, 52. In burug port ł in civitate, Mt. Kmbl. p. 15, 19. Gif ðú hér on porte ( Ephesus ) geboren wǽre, hwǽr synt ðíne mágas ðe ðé áféddon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 679.
Linked entry: Portes-múþa
be-irnan
To come or run into ⬩ incurrere
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To come or run into; incurrere Ne be-irn ðú on ða inwitgecyndo do not run into their guilty nature Salm. Kmbl. 660; Sal. 329
Linked entry: be-yrnan
heorte
breast ⬩ bosom ⬩ will ⬩ intellect ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ intent ⬩ will ⬩ desire ⬩ inclination ⬩ disposition ⬩ temperament ⬩ character
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Th. i. 312, 23. in the phrase in heortan and heortan with duplicity In heortan and heortan spreocende syndun ðá yflan in corde et corde locuti sunt mala, Ps. Srt. II, 3
wilde
Wild ⬩ wild ⬩ not domestic ⬩ not tamed ⬩ not broken in ⬩ wild ⬩ not cultivated ⬩ wild ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ uninhabited ⬩ wild ⬩ turbulent ⬩ ungoverned
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As in this gloss the word seems used in wylde (or cf. weald?) elfen hamadryades (cf. feldelfenne amadriades ii. 8, 14), i. 60, 17. in reference to animals, wild, not domestic, not tamed, not broken in Rébra þonne ǽnig wilde deór, Blickl.
Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet
DIM
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Cwíst ðú oncnáwaþ hí wundru ðíne on ðám dimmum deorcan þýstrum numquid cognoscentur in tenēbris mirabĭlia tua? 87, 12
súsl
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Faraþ hig on éce súsle, and ða rihtwísan on ðæt éce líf ibúnt hi in supplicium aeternum, justi autem in vitam aeternam, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 46. Hú hé synfullum súsle gefremme, Wulfst. 138, 9: Dóm.
Linked entry: helle-súsl
wille
A well, spring, stream, fountain
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[The word is also found in place-names.]
leó
A lion ⬩ lioness
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Hý man sende in wildra deóra menigo, in leóna and in berena, Shrn. 133, 10: Wulfst. 200, 23. Hwænne áhredst [ðú] míne ángan sáwle æt ðǽm leóum (leóm, Ps. Surt.) restitue a leonibus unicam meam, Ps. Th. 34, 17.
ge-wendan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ incline ⬩ bring about ⬩ To turn [one's self] ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return
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in ðæt betere life is not taken from thee but changed to the better, Shrn. 119, 29. Ðonne weorþeþ sunne sweart gewended then shall the sun be turned black, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 14; Cri. 935. v. intrans.
be-beódan
'to give . . . generally,' ⬩ to order ⬩ enjoin ⬩ to commit ⬩ commend ⬩ to offer to the gods ⬩ to commit into (on, in) ⬩ to announce
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(in, v. l.) his handa bebeódende spiritum suum in manus ejus commendando, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 491, 21. to announce Þæt hé Alexandres wísan besceáwade, swá hé hit him eft hám bebeád (omnia civibus suis enunciabat), Ors. 4, 5; S. 168, 13
mǽre
Great ⬩ excellent ⬩ distinguished ⬩ illustrious ⬩ sublime ⬩ splendid ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ widely known ⬩ notorious ⬩ distinguished by evil deeds ⬩ insignis
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Sunu se ðe biþ góde mǽre a son (Isaac) who shall be great in goodness, Cd. 100; Th. 133, 24; Gen. 2198: Beo. Th. 3909; B. 1952. Mihtum mǽre great in power, Elen. Kmbl. 679; El. 340.
a-reccan
to put forth ⬩ stretch out ⬩ strain ⬩ raise up ⬩ extendere ⬩ expandere ⬩ erigere ⬩ to put forth ⬩ relate ⬩ recount ⬩ speak out ⬩ express ⬩ explain ⬩ interpret ⬩ translate ⬩ proponere ⬩ exponere ⬩ enarrare ⬩ eloqui ⬩ exprimere ⬩ disserere ⬩ interpretari ⬩ reddere ⬩ to set in order ⬩ adorn ⬩ deck ⬩ expedire ⬩ expolire ⬩ comere
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Án ǽrendgewrit of Lǽdene on Englisc areccean to translate an epistle from Latin into English, Past. pref. Hat. MS. to set in order, adorn, deck? expedire, expolire, comere? - Areaht síe expoliatur, Cot. 77, Lye: Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 9; Reim. 10
ge-hwyrfan
To change ⬩ turn ⬩ convert ⬩ mutare ⬩ convertere
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Hwylc ðonne géna gehwyrfed byþ quoadusque justitia convertatur in judicium, Ps. Th. 93, 14. Hí gehwyrfde synd conversi sunt, Ps. Spl. 77, 46 : Exon. l0 b; Th. 12, 20; Cri. 188.
hleápan
to run ⬩ rush ⬩ to jump ⬩ spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ to mount ⬩ jump about
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Hleópon (so in the [facsimile of the] MS. not hleówon) hornboran, hreópan friccan, El. 54. Gif hé út hleápe . . . And gif mon þone hláford teó ꝥ hé be his rǽde út hleópe, Ll.
þrisel
Divided into three
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Divided into three
súþ-dǽl
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Hí on ðam súþdǽle inn eodon, Homl. Th. i. 508, 9. Fram súþdǽle a meridie, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 12. Ðære Asian súþdǽl meridianam partem Asiae, Ors.1, 1; Swt. 14, 5. Ða súþdǽlas middangeardes, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 33.