self-myrþere
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Ger. murdit jugulal: Ger. morden) inter biolhanatas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 61. Cf. self-bana
Linked entry: -myrþere
untíd-fyll
Unseasonable repletion ⬩ excessive drinking at improper times
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Wá eów, hé cwæð, ðe lufiaþ untídfylla and ǽr on morgen oferdrenc dreógaþ, Wulfst. 46, 14
wríd
A shoot ⬩ stalk ⬩ plant ⬩ bush
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Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9
Linked entry: hæsel-wrid
BERIE
a BERRY ⬩ bacca ⬩ a grape ⬩ uva
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sometimes found, as, - Gif ðú gange binnan ðínes freóndes wíneard, et ðæra bergena swá fela, swá ðú wylle, and ne ber ðú ná má út mid ðé if thou shalt go within thy friend's vine-yard, eat as many of the grapes as thou wilt, and carry not out with thee any more
dún-sǽte
Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales ⬩ montĭcŏlæ Walliæ
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Formerly the Gwents belonged to the Dúnsǽte, but more properly they belong to the West Saxons: thither they shall give tribute and hostages. The Dúnsǽte also need, if the king grant it to them, that at least peace-hostages be allowed them, L. O.
mǽr-líc
Great ⬩ magnificent ⬩ glorious ⬩ splendid ⬩ illustrious
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Hwæðer má miérlecra dǽda gefremed hæfde ðe Philipus ðe Alexander which had performed more splendid deeds, Philip or Alexander, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 130, 27.
an-bídian
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Ic anbidode þæt ic ðé máre folc gestrýnde I waited that I might gain thee more people, Hml. Th. i. 74, 29. Hé anbidode on lífe seofon niht, Hml. S. 22, 234, Andbidiað hér, Hml. Th. ii. 60, 24. Anbydie wé, Angl. viii. 322, 35.
leóhtlíce
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</b> to no great degree, slightly, not elaborately :-- Þeáh wé þás þing leóhtlíce unwreón, hig magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged though our exposition of these matters be slight, they may do more good than those that
mengan
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add: to mix one thing with another, interpose among Mé ys neód ꝥ ic menge ꝥ Lýden amang þissnm Englisce, Angl. viii. 317, 16. to mix two or more things together Heora underngereordu and ǽfengereordu hié mengdon tógædere, Bl.
ǽg-hwæþer
(and) both . . . and
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II. below) ende geféred an end had come to both, 2844. adjective Ǽghwæþer ende líþ on sǽ, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 21. of more than two Ðrittig manna . . . ǽghwæþere ðára wǽron on droht-nunge munuclífes well gelǽred, Bd. 4, 4; S. 570, 36.
Linked entry: ǽg-þer
hát
Hot, fervent, fervid, fierce [of pain, punishment, etc.] ⬩ a fever
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Swá háttra sumor swá mára þunor and líget on geáre the hotter the summer the more thunder and lightning in the year, Lchdm. iii. 280, 9
hwílum
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Voc. ii. 61, 43. of more or less repeated action, sometimes, at times Ðá ðe hwílum (cf. hwíltídum, 3) gedúfað on ðǽm miclum scyldum qui aliquando in gravibus noxis demerguntur Past. 437, 33 : Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 33: 39. 9; F. 226, 12 : Bl. H. 227, 7.
má
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Be úre sáwle lífe ic nú ðon má náwuht ne twæóge, 59, 25. qualifying a predicate as being applicable in a greater measure or degree than another, more, rather Eówra sáwla má (potius) forhwerfdon þonne hié gerihton, Ll. Th. i. 56, 18
ram-hund
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Lbmn. 626, 2), and these seem to represent the original word more nearly than does ram-. In a MS. of much earlier date (13th cent.) it is said: Canem, qui in pluuia sine alicuius cura, uigilat, quem Angli dicunt renhund (rén-, regn- ?
hát-heort
Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent ⬩ furiosus, iracundus, fervens
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Ðá wæs heora sum réðra and hátheortra ðonne ða óðre then was one of them fiercer and more furious than the others, Blickl. Homl. 223, 6
ge-blót
A sacrifice ⬩ sacrifĭcium
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Hí swylc geblót and swylc morþ dónde wǽron they made such sacrifices and such murders, 1,8; Bos. 31, 8
beg-beám
The mulberry-tree ⬩ the blackberry-bush ⬩ a tree bearing berries ⬩ a bramble ⬩ morus ⬩ rubus
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The mulberry-tree, the blackberry-bush, a tree bearing berries, a bramble; morus, rubus Moyses æt-ýwde wið ǽnne beigbeám Moyses ostendit secus rubum Mωσήs έμήνυσεν έπί τήs βάτου Lk. Bos. 20, 37
Linked entry: beig-beám
ge-uferian
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Ox. 3996. of moral excellence On heálicere héhnysse geufere[de] edito (virginitatis) fastigio sublimati, An.
trahtian
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D. 286, 8. add: to deal with a subject, consider Þá ongunnon hí trahtian and hwæthugu smeágean be his deáðe tractare de ejus morte aliqui conati sunt, Gr. D. 104, 27.
heáp-mælum
In heaps, by troops, bands, companies, flocks ⬩ catervatim
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Ne wæs ðá ylding tó ðon ðæt hí heápmǽlum, cóman máran weorod of ðám þeódum ðe wé ǽr gemynegodon non mora ergo confluentibus certatim in insulam gentium memoratarum catervis, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483. 31.