Hendrícas
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the name of the inhabi ants of a district in England Hendríca landes is þryú þúsend hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 25
brecan
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1 γγ. of ground, to make uneven, to intersect with ravines Tó brocenan beorge; of brocenan beorge, C. D. B. ii. 245, 34
hláf-gebroc
A fragment of bread
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A fragment of bread Ðara hláfgebroca wæs tó láfe twelf binna fulle of the fragments there remained twelve baskets full, Shrn. 48, 31
FERSC
FRESH ⬩ pure ⬩ sweet ⬩ dulcis
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FRESH, pure, sweet; dulcis Eufrates is mǽst eallra ferscra wætera, and is yrnende þurh middewearde Babilónian burh Euphrates is the greatest of all fresh waters [rivers], and runs through the middle of the city of Babylon, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, l0.
BRIDEL
A BRIDLE ⬩ frenum
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On hælftre and bridle ceácan heora gewríþ in camo et freno maxillas eorum constringe, Ps. Lamb. 31, 9. He ðæne bridel of ateáh he took the bridle off [his horse], Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, note 34.
nosu
the nose ⬩ a ness ⬩ a piece of land projecting into water
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Th. 134, 17 : 113, 14. a ness, a piece of land projecting into water Of hliþes nosan, Beo. Th. 3789; B. 1892. Æt brimes nosan, 5599; B. 2803
Linked entries: nasu nose leþer-hose
hlóþ
spoil, ⬩ booty ⬩ a band, ⬩ troop, ⬩ company, ⬩ gang, ⬩ crew, ⬩ body of robbers ⬩ the crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ
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Ðý geáre gegadrode on hlóþ wícenga in that year a gang of vikings collected, Chr. 879; Erl. 80. 28. Com ðá hǽðenra hlóþ háliges neósan then came a band of heathens visiting the saint, Andr. Kmbl. 2777; An. 1391: 3085; An. 1545.
Linked entries: hlóþ-bót hlóþ-sliht
ge-stihtian
To dispose ⬩ order ⬩ determine ⬩ dispōnĕre ⬩ appōnĕre
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Justus gestihtedon ðæt heó ðǽr wolden ðære wísan ende gebídan Mellitus ac Justus ibi rērum fĭnem expectāre dispōnentes, 2, 5; S. 507, 35, Ðæt cúþ is ðæt ðæt mid Drihtnes mihte gestihtad wæs quod Dŏmĭni nūtu dispŏsĭtum esse constat, 1, 14; S. 482, 41: Ors
Linked entry: ge-stitian
spor
a trace, track, spoor ⬩ a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. ⬩ a wound ⬩ tracing, tracking
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O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 5
irþling
a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo
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In connection with the cuckoo it may be noticed that cucusare is given in DuCange as the verb properly used of the note of the cuckoo ; and see Grmm. D. M. 640, sqq. on the cuckoo as associated with a particular season of the year. However, in Wrt.
ge-weorc
work ⬩ ŏpus ⬩ ŏpuscŭlus ⬩ a fort ⬩ fortress ⬩ arx
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Ðæt ðam þeódne wæs síþes sigehwíl, sylfes dǽdum, worlde geweorces that was a victorious moment to the prince of his enterprise, by his own deeds, of his worldly work, Beo. Th. 5415; B. 2711.
Linked entries: ge-werc ge-worc geweorc-lic
be-rǽdan
to dispossess ⬩ betray
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Birédnae (-raed*-*nae) prodimur, Txts. 89, 1661. with acc. of person and inst.
wæl-grim
Cruel ⬩ destructive ⬩ bloodthirsty ⬩ cruel ⬩ cruel ⬩ dire ⬩ destructive
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Voc. ii. 151, 63: violentus, Germ. 399, 467. of living things, bloodthirsty, cruel Hwæt standest ðú (the devil) wælgrim (the MS. breaks off here) ... ? quid adstas cruenda bestia ? Blickl. Homl. 227, 26. Wælgrim wiga, Exon. Th. 396, 21; Rä. 16, 8.
Linked entry: wæl-hreów
wecg
a wedge ⬩ a mass of metal ⬩ a piece of money
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Treówes on óste nægel oððe wecg on tó fæstnigenne ys arboris nodo clauus aut cuneus infigendus est, Scint. 103, 10. a mass of metal Ǽlces cynnes wecg vel óra oððe clyna metallum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 67. Wecg metallum, massa, Hpt. Gl. 417, 20.
burgon
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of beorgan
burste
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of berstan
byóþ
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of bión
byrdest
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of byrde
byrg
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of burh
byrig
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of burh