nǽder-fáh
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Hé wæs on dracan heówe and eall hé wæs nǽdderfáh, Hml. A. 175, 183
þearfa
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Add Hé waes þearfa woruldlicra ǽhta and hé wæs on his geearnungum welig pauper rebus, sed meritis dives erat, Gr. D. 281, 13
mid-spreca
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Sege ús ꝥ sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, and wé beóð þíne geholan and ealne wæg þíne midsprecan. Hml. S. 23, 590. Leahtra anspecan and manna midspecan (liberatores), Chrd. 62, 26. Add
reád
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Him wæs gecynde ꝥ hé symble wæs reád on his andwlitan, Gr. D. 187, 16. v. blód-, bóc-, weolcen-, wræt-, wurm-reád. Add
sefa
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Fífte wæs gyfe pund, þanon hym wæs geseald sefa and geðang (cf. sefan, sídne geþanc, Dan. 536), Mod. Lang. Rev. xi. 215. Add
tó-brecan
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Add Micele sélre him wǽre þæt hé þone að tóbrǽce, Hml. Th. i. 484, 4
hergung
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ǽr ꝥ frið geset wǽre, man eall onweig lǽte, Ll.
múl
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Wæs þridde healf þúsend múla ðe þá seámas wǽgon . . . wæs unrím getæl eác þon on horsum and on múlum, Nar. 9, 9-14. ¶ for múl in local names see C. D. vi. 316. Add
sixta
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Siexta wæs Óswald, Chr. 827; Erl. 64, 4. Ðá wæs syxte gear. Elen. Kmbl. 14; El. 7. Wæs ðá sihste tíd. Exon. Th. 171, 8; Gú. 1123. Seista (sesta, Rush. ), Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 33
un-fracodlíce
Not dishonourably ⬩ honourably ⬩ virtuously
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Not dishonourably, honourably, virtuously Ic wilnode andweorces tó ðam weorce ðe mé beboden wæs tó wyrcanne, ðæt wæs, ðæt is unfracoðlíce and gerisenlíce mihte steóran and reccan ðone anweald ðe mé befæst wæs materiam gerendis rebus optavimus, quo ne
un-cumlíðe
Inhospitable
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Inhospitable Se Hǽlend spræc tó sumum weligum men, ðe ... him wæs láð þearfendum mannum mete tó syllenne, and hé wæs uncumlíðe, Wulfst. 257, 14
discipula
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a female disciple Seó cyninges dohtor wæs discipula and leorningman regollices lífes, and eft wæs mágister and láreów, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 311, 2
þeóf-mann
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A robber, bandit, brigand Án hirde wæs Ueriatus háten, and wæs micel þeófmon Viriathus homo pastoralis et latro, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 216, 7
líc
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Like Án bǽra feówer nýtena wæs gesewen swilce mannes ansýn, ꝥ óðer wæs líc (gelíc, v. l. ) ánre león híwe, Hml. S. 15, 182
be-stéman
To BESTEAM, bedew, make damp, make wet ⬩ humectare, madefacere, circumfundere
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Hwílum hit [beácen] wæs mid wǽtan bestémed at times it [the beacon] was damped with wet, Rood Kmbl. 44; Kr. 22. Ic wæs mid blóde bestémed begoten of ðæs guman sídan I was wet with blood poured from the man's side, 96; Kr. 48.
ge-þang
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The passage here given should read Fífte wæs gyfe pund, þanon hym wæs geseald sefa and geðang (= geðanc thought ), v. Mod. Lang. Rev. xi. 215
weorold-gebyrd
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Wæs heó æþele in weoruldgebyrdum, ðæt heó wæs ðæs cyninges nefan dohtor nobilis natu erat, hoc est, filia nepotis regis, 4, 23; S. 593, 2
wólbǽrness
Pestiferousness ⬩ destructivity
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Pestiferousness, destructivity Ic wolde ðæt ða ongeáten, ðe ða tída úres cristendómes leahtriaþ, hwelc mildsung siþþan wæs, siþþan se cristendóm wæs, and hú monigfeald wólbǽrnes ðære worulde ǽr ðæm wæs (with how many kinds of plagues the world was afflicted
snotor-wyrde
Prudent or wise of speech
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Sum man wæs geháten Mercurius on lífe, se wæs swýðe fácenfull and ðeáh full snotorwyrde Wulfst. 107, 1
eahta-wintre
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Eight years old Sanctus Iustus wæs .viii. wintre þá hé martyrdóm þrowode, Shrn. 139, 17. Ðá ðá hé wæs eahtawintre cild, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 3