á-wirpan
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Wearð geðúht swilce heó áwyrpan mihte, ac heó gewát of worulde, Hml. S. 20, 65. Add
beácen
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Add: an audible signal Sóna swá hí ꝥ beácn (signum) gehýron, Chrd. 32, 26: 34, 4
Bret
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a Briton Ne wearð án Bret (Brit, v. l. ) tó láfe, Chr. 491; P. 14, 17
eorþe
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Ofseah hé feorran ðá hǽðenan ferian án líc tó eorðan, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 16. Add
riht-westende
The extreme western limit
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The extreme western limit Hire ryhtwestende ultimus finis ad occidentem, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 8, 32
Linked entry: west-ende
út-fór
A going out from the body ⬩ an evacuation
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A going out from the body, an evacuation Be drencum and útfórum, Lchdm. ii. 14, 30
wendend
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That which turns round Wendend vertigo (teres vertigo coeli, Ald. 10) Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 32
gúþ-gewinn
Battle ⬩ warlike contest
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Kmbl. 434; An. 217: Exon. 102b; Th. 388, 10; Rä. 6, 5
hand-mægen
Might, power of hand
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Kmbl. 1450: An. 725
heáfod-ling
An equal, a fellow, mate ⬩ chief, captain,
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An equal, a fellow, mate Heáfodlinges coæquales, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 16. Heáfodlinges conservos, 24. 49
Linked entry: efen-hæfdling
ge-andwlatod
Bold-faced
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Bold-faced Geandwlatade sceamleáste fron-tosam inpudentiam An. Ox. 8, 365. Geandwlatude, Angl. xiii. 37, 277
Linked entry: -andwlatod
orgele
an organ, a musical instrument,
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Alis. 191) an organ, a musical instrument
hin-fús
Ready to go away or depart,
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Kmbl. 1223; An. 612
tócir-hús
An inn ⬩ diversorium
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An inn; diversorium (di-vertere = tó-cirran q. v.) Tócirhús diversorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 10
swín
a swine. ⬩ the image of a boar as the crest of a helmet.
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a swine. [As may be seen from the charters and the laws, swine were an important item in the livestock of the English.
sacu
strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action
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A. 854 sq
ÆG
An EGG ⬩ ovum
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An EGG; ovum Gifhit [cild] æges bitt if he ask for an egg, Homl. Th. i. 250, 9. Ðæt æg [æig MS.] getácnaþ ðone hálgan hiht the egg betokens the holy hope, i. 250, 11. Gif he bit æg si petierit ovum, Lk. Bos. 11, 12.
fæsten
firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum
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Add: a firm place, firmament Hé geworhte roderas fæsten. . . . Flód wæs ádǽled . . . wæter of wætrum þám þe wuniað under fæstenne folca hrófes, Gen. 147-153. in a military sense, a strong place, one fitted to resist attack.
wíde
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Kmbl. 665; An. 333: 2469; An. 1236. with the idea of a great space between extremities, widely, to a great width Múð ic ontýnde mínne wíde, Ps. Th. 118, 131. Hý tódǽlden unc ðæt wit gewídost ( very far apart ) in woruldríce lifdon, Exon.
weorþung
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Be ðisse hálgan tíde weorþunga ðe wé tó dæg mǽrsian sceolan and weorþian, 161, 4. Be ðyses dæges ( Pentecost ) weorþunga, 133 12. Æt eallra háligra weorðunge at the feast of All Saints L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 8.