byrigen
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A burying-place, a sepulchre, tomb, burying; sepulcrum, monumentum, tumba, sepultura, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 37: 3, 8; S. 532, 15, 17: 3, 11; S. 535, 32: 1, 33; S. 499, 7
cilda mæsse-dæg
Childermas [Innocents'] -day ⬩ festum innocentium
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Childermas [Innocents'] -day; festum innocentium Ðys Gódspel sceal on cilda [MS. cylda] mæsse-dæg this Gospel must be on Childermas [Innocents']-day, Dec. 28th, Rubc. Mt. Bos. 2, 13-18; Notes, p. 574
earn
A house, cottage ⬩ căsa
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Bd. 5, 24; S. 646, 31. v. ærn
efen-eardigende
Dwelling together ⬩ cohăbĭtans
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Dwelling together; cohăbĭtans Ðæt ðú sunu wǽre efen-eardigende mid ðínne éngan Freán that thou his son shouldst be dwelling together with thy sole Lord, Exon. 11 a; Th. 15, 16; Cri. 237
Linked entry: eardian
eorþ-gesceaft
An earthly creature ⬩ terrestris creatura
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An earthly creature ; terrestris creatura Men habbaþ [MS. habbæþ] geond middangeard eorþ-gesceafta ealle oferþungen men have all surpassed earthly creatures throughout the middle earth, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 387; Met. 20, 194
eorþ-weall
An earth-wall, mound ⬩ agger
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An earth-wall, mound; agger Under eorþweall under the earth-wall, Beo. Th. 6171; B. 3090. Mid eorþwealle with an earth-wall, Bd. 1, 5; S. 476, 10: 4, 28; S. 605, 24
Ercol
Lat. Hercules ⬩ Hercules
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Hercules; Hercules Hý Ercol ðǽr gebrohte Hercules brought them there, Ors. 3, 9 ; Bos. 68, 6. Erculus wæs Iobes sunu Hercules was the son of Jove, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 23
fæger-wyrde
Fair in word, fairly speaking ⬩ suāvĭlŏquus, dĕcenter lŏquens
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Fair in word, fairly speaking; suāvĭlŏquus, dĕcenter lŏquens Wes ðú ðínum yldrum árfæst symle, fægerwyrde be thou ever dutiful to thy parents, fair in word, Exon. 80 a; Th. 300, 26; Fä. 12
fǽrunga
Suddenly, quickly, by chance ⬩ sŭbĭto, repente, forte
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Suddenly, quickly, by chance; sŭbĭto, repente, forte Fǽrunga forte, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 28: Jos. 9, 7. Fǽrunge astorfen sīdĕrātus vel ictuatus, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 29; Wrt. Voc. 61, 9
flód-weard
A flood-guard ⬩ sea-wall ⬩ măris custōdia ⬩ măris mūrus
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A flood-guard, sea-wall; măris custōdia, măris mūrus Flódwearde slóh he struck the sea-wall [i. e. the wall caused by dividing the Red Sea ], Cd. 167; Th. 209, 3; Exod. 493
flotian
To float ⬩ fluitāre
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To float; fluitāre Beó án scip flotigende swá néh ðan lande swá hit nýxt mǽge let a ship be floating as near the land as it nearest can, Chr. 1031; Erl. 162, 6
folc-cwén
Folk's queen ⬩ queen of the people ⬩ pŏpŭli rēgĭna
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Folk's queen, queen of the people; pŏpŭli rēgĭna Eóde freólícu folc-cwén to hire freán sittan the noble queen of the people went to sit by her lord, Beo. Th. 1286; B. 641
ful-trúwian
To trust fully in ⬩ confide in ⬩ pĕnĭtus confīdĕre
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To trust fully in, confide in; pĕnĭtus confīdĕre Ic nát, hwí gé fultrúwiaþ ðam hreósendan wélan I do not know, why ye confide in these perishable riches, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 94, 7
ealdorlícnes
Principality, authority ⬩ auctōrĭtas
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Principality, authority; auctōrĭtas Ne syllaþ we ðé ǽnige ealdorlícnysse nullam tibi auctōrĭtātem trĭbuĭmus, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 12, 15, 22, 26. Mid máran ealdorlícnysse mājōre auctōrĭtāte, 3, 22; S. 553, 3, 35
heofon-torht
Heaven-bright
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Heaven-bright, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 1; Sch. 73: Cd. 146; Th. 182, 19; Exod. 78: Andr. Kmbl. 2035; An. 1020: 2539; An. 1270: Bt. Met. Fox 23, 6; Met. 23, 3
Linked entry: swegel-torht
leóhte
Lightly ⬩ easily ⬩ gently
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Ðá wæs heó gesewen þurh twegen dagas ðæt hire leóhtor wǽre videbatur illa per biduum aliquanto levius habere, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 3
lifen
support ⬩ sustenance
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That by which one lives, support, sustenance Libn vicatum [ = victum ], Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 51; Ep. Gl. 28 b, 17. Lífes tó leofne for the support of life, Andr. Kmbl. 2247; An. 1125
nigonteóþa
nineteenth
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Ðý nigonteóþan geáre mínes lífes, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 28
self-sceaft
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Self-shaping, spontaneous generation, applied to Adam, who had not father and mother Adam maþelode ðǽr hé on eorþan stód selfsceafte guma a man by spontaneous generation. Cd. Th. 33, 20; Gen. 523
seofonteópa
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seventeenth Se wæs seofonteogeþa fram Agusto, Bd. 1. 5; S. 476, 6. Ðý seofonteóþan dæge, 3, 24; S. 557, 12. On ðone seofenteóþan dæge ðæs mónþes, Gen. 7, 11. Seofontegðan, Shrn. 91, 32