án-líc
ONLY ⬩ singular ⬩ incomparable ⬩ excellent ⬩ elegant ⬩ beautiful ⬩ unicus ⬩ eximius ⬩ egregius ⬩ elegans ⬩ pulcher
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Andett seó gelaðung ðínne sóðan and ánlícan sunu confitetur ecclesia tuum verum et unicum filium, Ps. Lamb. fol. 195 a, 12: Te Dm. Thomson 37, 12. Ic spearu-wan swá some gelíce gewearþ, ánlícum fugele factus sum sicut passer unicus, Ps.
fóre-beácen
A fore-token ⬩ prodigy ⬩ wonder ⬩ prodĭgium ⬩ portentum ⬩ ostentum
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Búton gé tácna and fórebeácnu geseón, ne gelýfe gé except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. Jn. Bos. 4, 48: Nar. 50, 21: -beácno. Blickl. Hom. 117, 30
freólsian
To keep holy day ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ celebrāre diem festum
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Wirc six dagas and freólsa ðone seofoðan sex diēbus ŏpĕrābĕris, die septĭmo cessābis, Ex. 34. 21. Freólsiaþ Drihtnes restedæg sabbătīzes sabbătum Domino, Lev. 25, 2.
hreów
fierce ⬩ sævus ⬩ mæstus
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Grein separates hreóh [hreów] under two heads with the meanings sævus, mæstus, but this seems unnecessary, as the idea of mental disturbance may be derived from that of physical disturbance in hreóh, q.v. see also hreówe.
lacu
A pool ⬩ pond ⬩ lake
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A pool, pond, piece of water, lake Óþ ðæt seó lacu út scýt—cðæt norþ andlang lace to the point where the water runs out of the lake ... then along the lake, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 250, 26.
Linked entry: fisc-lacu
mis-wendan
To pervert ⬩ apply to a wrong use ⬩ abuse ⬩ To turn in a wrong direction, be perverted
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To turn in a wrong direction, be perverted Gif seó gewylnung miswent, ðonne ácenþ he[ó] gýfernesse and forlygr and gítsunge, Homl. Skt. 1, 102
rǽd-bora
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Seó gerǽdnes ðe Angelcynnes witan and Wealhþeóde rǽdboran gesetton, L. O. D. tit. ; Th. i. 352, 2. Rǽdboran jurisperiti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 41. Rédboran, 112, 13. Rǽdborena juris peritorum, Hpt. Gl. 524, 68. Cf. rǽd-gifa
ge-untrumian
To enfeeble ⬩ make weak or sick ⬩ infirmāre ⬩ debĭlĭtāre ⬩ To be enfeebled ⬩ be sick ⬩ infirmāri ⬩ ægrōtāre
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Þurh ðæs dracan blǽd eal seó menigu micclum wearþ geuntrumod all the multitude were greatly sickened by the dragon's breath, ii. 294, 23: 296, 9: 516, 17. Ðe wǽron geuntrumode qui infirmābantur, Jn. Bos. 6, 2: Ps. Spl. 17, 38. v. intrans.
Linked entry: un-trumian
ge-blandan
to blend ⬩ mix ⬩ mingle ⬩ miscēre ⬩ turbáre ⬩ to stain ⬩ colour ⬩ corrupt ⬩ infĭcĕre
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Wæs seó hǽwene lyft heolfre geblanden the azure air was corrupted with gore, Cd. 166; Th. 208, 1; Exod. 476
Linked entries: blandan ge-blendan ge-blénd ge-blondan
ge-hroden
adorned ⬩ ornatus
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adorned; ornatus Biþ seó módor hordum gehroden the mother is adorned with treasures, Exon. 128 a; Th. 492, 17; Rä. 81, 17. Eoforlíc gehroden golde a boar's likeness adorned with gold, Beo. Th. 614; B. 304.
Linked entries: ge-hreódan ge-hreóðan
gellan
To yell ⬩ sing ⬩ chirp ⬩ stridere ⬩ sonare
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Gielleþ ánfloga the lone-flier yells, Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 25; Seef. 62. Hí gullon they sung, Andr. Kmbl. 253; An. 127
weorold-wíse
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Ðá com stefn of heofonum and seó cwæð: . . .
be-nǽman
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Bd. l, 12; Sch. 35, 14. with dat. of person Seó nǽdre him (hí ?) benǽmde wuldres, Hml. S. 37, 82. Cf. be-niman
carful-nys
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Add: care, anxiety (v. carful, 1) Is seó mǽste þearf ꝥ wé hwílon úre mód gebígean tó þám gástlicum rihte be-tweoh þás eorðlican carfulnysse (ymbhigdo, v. l. ), Gr.
hangra
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[For a discussion of the word and for a number of compound forms in which it occurs see Cht. Crw. p. 134. Other forms which occur, and which connect the word with trees, are: Tó byric*-*hangran, C. D. iii. 412, 8. Tó perhangran, C. D. B. iii. 97, 3.
stillíce
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Gif stillíce ǽnig gebitt eác seó stefen geswíge si tacite quis orat et uox sileat, Scint. 32, 17. Þe lǽs þe þænne hé on cyricean specan ongynð, stillíce gehwilc andswarige, 'Hwý þás sylf þú ná dést ?
swíþe
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Gemetegung, mid þǽre sceall seó sáwul ealle þing gemætegian, ꝥ hit tó swíþe ne sý, ne tó hwónlíce, Hml. S. 1, 162. Nú miht þú wel witan þæt weorc sprecan swíðor þonne þá nacodon word, Ælfc. T.
þeón
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Add Ongytest þú hú swýðe seó eádmódnys þýhð (þiéhð, v.l.) and fremað þám þe þá gódan mægnu wyrcað? perpendis quantum in exhibendis virtutibus humilitas valet ?, Gr. D. 19, 29
sceam-fæst
Shamefast ⬩ modest, bashful
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Seó scamfæste næcednys pudibunda (pudica .i. erubescens) nuditas, Hpt. Gl. 492, 53. Mǽden is sceamfæst, Lchdm. iii. 188, 6. Scamfæst, 192, 2. On óðre wísan sint tó lǽranne ða scamleásan on óðre ða scamfæstan (verecundi) Past. 31; Swt. 205, 21.
wǽpned-cyn
The male kind or sex
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The male kind or sex Wǽpnedcyn masculinum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 4. Ǽlc þing wǽpnedcynnes omne generis masculini, Ex. 34, 19: Cd. Th. 139, 19; Gen. 2312: 142, 35; Gen. 2372: 189, 21; Exod. 188.