efen-werod
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Substitute: <b>efen-weorod,</b> es; n. A band of comrades Efenwerod commanipulares, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 35. Cf. efen*-*heáp
fǽr-stice
A stitch
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A stitch, sudden pain Wið fǽrstice (cf. the refrain of the charm that follows: Út lytel spere, gif hér inne sié), Lch. iii. 52, 11
fen-fixas
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A fish living in the water of a fen Ne þicgen hié fenfixas, ne sǽfixas þá þe habbað heard flǽsc, Lch. ii. 254, 22. Substitute:
folc-ágende
ruling
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ruling. cf. Breca gesóhte swǽsne éðel, leóf his leódum, lond Brondinga, . . . þǽr hé folc áhte, burh and beágas, B. 522. Add: For force of ágende
gegader-wyrhtan
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Workmen gathered together from all parts Ongunnon of ðám gegaderwyrhtum (cf. hé gegaderode swíðe góde wyrhtan gehwanon, 157) tǽlan ðone hálgan, Hml. S. 6, 186
ge-healdend
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One who keeps or saves, who does not spend Mǽden . . . geswincful, gehealdend a maiden . . . laborious, that takes care of her money Lch. iii. 192, 23
hol-leác
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a kind of onion Holleác duricorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, II : ii. 26, 21 : Lch. iii. 20, 16: 46, 23. [v. N. E. D. holleke.]
mann-þrymm
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Array of men, retinue, troop Se cásere férde mid ealle his manþrymme (cf. mid ealle his werede, 15), Verc. Först. 97, 11. Cf. here-þrymm
Linked entry: here-þrym
un-togen
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Not pulled, not drawn tight, untied Gewunedon þá þwangas of mycclum dǽle untogone and onleoðode magna ex parte dissolutae corrigiae remanserunt, Gr. D. 222, 3
út-gánde
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out-going Gehycgan ymb ꝥ líf þǽre útgándan (-gangen-dan, v.l. ) sáwle of líchaman vit am animae exeuntis a corpore perpendere, Gr. D. 269, 8
Linked entries: út-gangende gán
cwic-hege
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a hedge composed of living plants Oð ðone cwichege, C.D. iii. 380, 12. [v. N.E.D. quick hedge: D.D. quick a young thorn for making hedges.]
réðig-mód
Of fierce or savage mind
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Of fierce or savage mind Hé réðigmód rǽst on gehwilcne wédehunde (reðe, MS., but cf. wédende hund, Fox 186, 8) wuhta gelícost, Met. 25, 17
rifeling
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A kind of shoe or sandal Rifelingas obstrigilli (obstrigilli calcei, qui per plantas consuti, ex superiore parte corrigia constringuntur, Isidore), Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 25
sǽ-ýþ
A wave of the sea
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A wave of the sea Sǽýþa vel holmas equomaria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 74. Hí sǽýþa swíðe brégaþ. Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 23 ; Rún. 21
Wederas
The Geats, a tribe of southern Scandinavia
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The Geats, a tribe of southern Scandinavia Wedera leóde, Beo. Th. 455; B. 225. Wedera leód (Beowulf), 687; B. 341. Wedra ðeóden, 5305 ; B. 2656
Linked entry: Weder-Geátas
weder-candel
The candle of the open air, the sun
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The candle of the open air, the sun Wedercandel swearc, Andr. Kmbl. 744; An. 372. Wedercondel wearm weorodum lýhteþ, Exon. Th. 210, 17; Ph. 187
CNYLL
A KNELL ⬩ sound of a bell ⬩ signum campanæ
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A KNELL, sound of a bell; signum campanæ Hwílon ic gehýre cnyll and ic aríse aliquando audio signum el surgo Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 29
cot-stów
A place of cottages ⬩ casarum situs
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A place of cottages; casarum situs On ða ealdan cotstówa to the old cot-places Cod. Dipl. 578; A. D. 973; Kmbl. iii. 97, 30
tóbrocen-líc
Frail, ⬩ perishable
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Frail, perishable Ðysse worulde wela is hwýlwendlíc and feallendlíc and tóbrocenlíc the wealth of this world is transitory and decaying and frail, Wulfst. 263, 13