BLÓWAN
to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossom ⬩ florere, efflorere, reflorere ⬩ to be in full vigour or bloom ⬩ to burst, blossom
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We say to blow as the wind, and to blow or blossom as a flower. v. bláwan
á-lǽdan
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Álǽd translatus, portatus, An. Ox. 5, 35
folc-lic
public ⬩ national ⬩ common ⬩ general ⬩ public ⬩ plebeian ⬩ common ⬩ common ⬩ populous
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Add: that concerns the whole people, public, national Hí woldon ferian mid folclicum wurðmynte þone hálgan líchaman, and læcgan innan þǽre cyrcan they wanted to give the body a public funeral, Hml. S. 32, 174.
ge-limp
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Hé þá hire árehte ealle his gelymp, and æt þáre sprǽcan ende him feóllon teáras of ðám eágum, Ap. Th. 15, 26. what happens in the case of a thing, event, outcome Gelimp wásan euentum (i. quod euenit) rei (praestolante), An.
alýfed-líc
Allowable ⬩ expeditus
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Allowable; expeditus Alýfedlíc þing an allowable thing; fas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. 10, 67
awul
an awl ⬩ fuscinula vel tridens,
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an awl; fuscinula vel tridens,Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 78; Wrt. Voc. 27, 8
daroþ-æsc
An ash-dart ⬩ jaculum fraxineum
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An ash-dart; jaculum fraxineum Daroþæsc flugon ash-darts flew, Elen. Kmbl. 280; El. 140
earg-faru
A flight or shooting of an arrow
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A flight or shooting of an arrow. Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 26; Jul. 404
efne-cuman
To convene ⬩ convĕnire
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To convene; convĕnire Efne-cómon to him conveniēbant ad eum, Mk. Rush. War. 1, 45
embeht
An office, serving ⬩ ministērium
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An office, serving; ministērium Ymb oft embehte circa frĕquens ministĕrium, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 40
Linked entry: ambeht
eorþ-búend
An earth dweller, inhabitant ⬩ terricŏla
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An earth dweller, inhabitant; terricŏla Eorþ-búend. Ps. Th. 65, 1: 101, 13 : 118, 4
-es
Abraham's God
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In English e is omitted, but its place is denoted by an apostrophe
fird-cræft
A war design ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio
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A war design, an expedition; expĕdītio Mid hiora firdcræfte by their expedition, Num. 22, 4
Linked entry: fyrd-cræft
for-spreca
one who speaks for another ⬩ an advocate
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one who speaks for another, an advocate, L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 5
hyht-gifa
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One who gives hope or joy [an epithet of Christ], Elen. Kmbl. 1700; El. 852
hyrcnian
to hearken
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Kmbl. 1307; An. 654: Exon. 47 b; Th. 162, 21; Gú. 979
ísern-byrne
corslet
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An iron byrnie or corslet Hé him of dyde ísernbyrnan, Beo. Th. 1347 ; B. 671
Linked entry: íren-byrne
lysu
Depraved ⬩ corrupt ⬩ evil ⬩ dishonourable ⬩ shameful ⬩ profligate
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Kmbl. 2441; An. 1222
mearc-treów
A tree serving as a boundary
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A tree serving as a boundary Ðonne tó mearctreówe, Cod. Dip. Kembl. iii. 434, 18
mód-hord
The mind
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The mind Módhord onleác weoruda dryhten and ðus wordum cwæþ. Andr. Kmbl. 344; An. 172