brecþ
to break ⬩ A broken state, fracture, used figuratively of mental contrition, grief; ⬩ fractio, ærumna
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A broken state, fracture, used figuratively of mental contrition, grief; fractio, ærumna Ðæt wæs wrǽc micel wine Scyldinga, modes brecþa that was great wretchedness to the friend of the Scyldings, his mind's griefs, Beo. Th. 344; B. 171
brec-mǽlum
a bit, piece ⬩ By bits, piecemeal; ⬩ minutatim,
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By bits, piecemeal; minutatim,Mone B. 1819
BREGO
A leader, governor, ruler, prince, king, Lord; ⬩ imperator, princeps, rex, Dominus
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A word chiefly used by poets, denoting A leader, governor, ruler, prince, king, Lord; imperator, princeps, rex, Dominus Se beorna brego a leader of men, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 11; Jud. 254.
BREÓST
the breast of man or beast; ⬩ pectus ⬩ the breasts; ⬩ ubera ⬩ The heart, mind, thought ⬩ pectus, cor, mens
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Ðú úra breósta ána aspyrigend eart tu nostrorum pectorum solus investigator es, Hymn. Surt. 33, 21. Déma ðú ætbist smégan dǽda breóstes judex aderis rimari facta pectoris, 36, 20.
brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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The uncompounded adj. is used in the same sense. Breoton bold a spacious dwelling, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 3; Sae. 687. Turner thinks that the Bret-walda [Hist, of A.
búfan
Above ⬩ super
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Above; super; used in opposition to under God totwǽmde ða wæteru, ðe wǽron under ðære fæstnisse fram ðám ðe wǽron búfan ðære fæstnisse Deus divisit aquas, quæ erant sub firmamento ab his quæ erant super firmamentum. Gen. l, 7.
Linked entry: be-ufan
wín-cóle
A tub into which the juice pressed from the grapes runs
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A tub into which the juice pressed from the grapes runs Wínmere sive wíncóle lacus ubi frugum liquor decurrit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 13
wine
A friend. ⬩ applied to an equal ⬩ applied to one who can help or protect ⬩ a friendly lord ⬩ a (powerful) friend ⬩ used of a husband or lover ⬩ applied to an inferior or subordinate, one to whom favour or protection may be shewn
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Ne ceara incit duguða ellor sécan, winas uncúðe, ac wuniaþ hér, 165, 19; Gen. 2734. used of a husband or lover Mín freónd siteþ, wine wérigmód... Dreógeþ se mín wine micle módceare, Exon. Th. 444, 15-22; Kl. 47-51.
winestra
Left
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Left; the feminine form is used substantively = left hand. v. swíþ, II. Ðæt sió winestre hand ne scyle witan hwæt sió suíðre dó, Past. 44; Swt. 323, 14.
winter
a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year
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a season of the year, winter Feówer tída syndon getealde on ánum geáre, ðæt synd uer, aestas, autumnus, hiems... Hiems is winter, Lchdm. iii. 250, 12.
Linked entries: ǽ-wintre-cyning -wintre
Winter-fylleþ
the month of October
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Ðone teóðan mónð mon nemneþ on Léden Octember, and on úre geðeóde Winterfylleð, Shrn. 136, 31: 143, 32
winter-stund
A year's space
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A year's space Móste ic áne tíd úte weorðan, wesan áne winterstunde, Cd. Th. 23, 35; Gen. 370
rignan
- Cf.
- Piers P. 14, 62.
to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)
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Swá gelíc swá ... sý fýr onǽled and ðín heall gewyrmed and hit ríne and sníwe and styrme úte, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 17. Drihten lét rínan hagol pluit Dominus grandinem, Ex. 9, 24. Hé lǽt rínan (regneþ,) and ða unrihtwísan, Mt.
riht-híwa
A legitimate consort
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A legitimate consort Monige beóþ ðara ðe hié gehealdaþ wið unryhthǽmed and swáðeáh his ágenra ryhthíwena ne brýcþ swá swá hé mid ryhte sceolde multi sunt, qui scelera quidem carnis deserunt, nec tamen in conjugio positi usus solummodo debiti jura conservant
Linked entry: híwan
hordere
A treasurer, steward, chamberlain ⬩ treasurer
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Cynges hordera oððe úra geréfena swilc, L. Ath. 1, 3; Th. i. 200, 23, see note. Nán man ne hwyrfe nánes yrfes bútan ðæs geréfan gewitnesse ... oððe ðæs horderes, 9; Th. i. 204, 19
horu-weg
A dirty road, a lane [?]
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Ðar horoweg útt sceát, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 173, 17. Horwegstige devia semita, Cot. 61, Lye
ofer-gitolness
Forgetfulness, oblivion
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Wið ða ádle ðe man litargum háteþ, ðæt ys on úre geþeóde ofergytulnys (-gittolnes,MS. H.) Lchdm. i. 200, 8. In eorþan ofergytolnysse in terra oblivionis Ps. Spl. 87, 13. Ða unþeáwas oft ábisegien ðæt mód mid ofergiotulnesse, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 32.
ofer-hleóðrian
to outsound, exceed in sound ⬩ to exceed
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Ne frign ðú unc nóhtes má for ðon wit habbaþ oferhleóðred [-leóred(?)] ðæt gemǽre uncres leóhtes cave ne nos ulterius scisciteris jam excede terminos luci nostri, Nar. 32, 7
ofer-mæstan
to over-fatten
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to over-fatten Swá ðæt úre líchama ne wurþe ofermæst tó ídelum lustum, Bd. Whelc. 228, 25
Linked entry: mæstan
ofermǽt-lic
Immense
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Immense Ðonne swá ofermǽtlícu rícu onstyrede wǽron ubi tot et talia regna mutata sunt, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 52, 10