æf-weard
absens
Entry preview:
Sé cwið yfel ðǽm deáfan, sé ðone æfweardan tǽlð surdo maledicere est absenti derogare, Past. 453, 2. Hé ðá word ðára æfweardra swá geara wiste swá ðára andweardra, Guth. 70, 4: Gr. D. 311, 1.
Linked entry: -weard
heáh-seld
A throne
Entry preview:
Ymb ðæt hálge heáhseld godes around the holy throne of God, Exon. 64 b; Th. 239, 11; Ph. 619. Héhselda wyn the joy of thrones, Cd. 213; Th. 267, 25; Sat. 43
Linked entry: heáh-setl
cristalla
crystal ⬩ crystallus ⬩ the herb crystallium ⬩ flea-bane ⬩ flea-wort ⬩ crystallion ⬩ psyllion
Entry preview:
Lat. crystal; crystallus = κρύσταλλος Ðæt wæs hwítes bleós swá cristalla it was of a white colour like crystal Num. 11, 7. Cristallan crystallum Glos. Prudent. Recd. 140, 49. He his cristallum sendeþ mittit crystallum suum Ps.
on-wunung
a habitation, dwelling ⬩ persistence, perseverance
Entry preview:
Ðonne forlǽt se hálga gást ða onwununge, and ðǽr sóna wyrþ deófol inne, Wulfst. 280, 9. persistence, perseverance Mid singalre ánrǽdnesse l onwununge assidua (perpetua) instantia, Hpt. Gl. 407, 66
Linked entry: in-wunung
sott
Foolish ⬩ stupid ⬩ a fool
Entry preview:
Swylce hé cweðe ðú sót ðǽr hé sceolde cweðan ðú sott, Anglia viii. 313, 21. Ne biþ se ná wita, ðe unwíslíce leofaþ, ac biþ open sott, ðeáh ðe him swá ne þince, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 132
Linked entry: sot
ge-spillan
To destroy ⬩ dissipate
Entry preview:
Ðǽr wǽron manege mid micel unrihte gespilde there were many very wrongfully destroyed, Chr. 1124; Erl. 253, 16: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 19. Erfwardniso gispilledo hereditates dissipatas, Rt1. 21, 1
Tróiána
The Trojans
Entry preview:
Ðæt mǽre gewinn Gréca and Tróiána, 1, 11; . Swt. 50, 9, 7 : Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 3. (In the corresponding passage of the metres, Met. 26, 12, Fox has Trióia gewin, while Grein gives Tróiána. )
fricca
Entry preview:
Gif se sácerd bið ungerád ðæs láreówdómes . . . hwæt mæg hé bodigean má ðonne se dumba fryccea praeconis officium suscipit quisquis ad sacerdotium accedit . . . sacerdos si praedicationis est nescius, quam clamoris vocem daturas est praeco mutus ?
glæsen
Made of glass ⬩ grey ⬩ vitreus
Entry preview:
Ðǽr is ahangen sum glæsen fæt there is hung a glass vessel, Homl. Th. i. 510, 1: ii. 158, 16: Blickl. Homl. 209, 4, 7. Hí toslógon his glæsenne calic they broke his glass chalice, Shrn. 114, 25. Sǽ glæsen mare vitreum, Mt. Kmbl. p 10, 3
god-wrac
Entry preview:
Ðá æféstgodon ðæt sume godwrece men then certain wicked men were envious of that, Shrn. 74, 28. Gangaþ út git godwrecan and gongaþ út git ródewyrðan come out ye two wretches that deserve to be hanged, 43, 8
þolemódness
Patience ⬩ long-suffering ⬩ endurance
Entry preview:
Patience, long-suffering, endurance Patientia, ðæt is geðyld and þolmódnys gecwæden, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 334. Se geþyldiga man mid his þolmódnysse his sáwle gehylt, ii. 28, 146.
Linked entry: þole-mód
wilddeór-líc
Wild beast-like ⬩ brutish ⬩ brutal ⬩ bestial
Entry preview:
Hié be sumum dǽle wildiór-líce ( bestiales ) bióð, Past. 17 ; Swt. 108, 23
bæc-þearm
Entry preview:
Wiþ leahtras ðæs bæcþearmes, Lch. i. 294, 15. Þá wambseócan men þrowiað on þám bæcþearme, ii. 232, 13. Þurh bæcþearm blód dropað, 278, 6. Gif hé on hire bæcþerm hǽme si in tergo ejus coiverit, Ll. Th. ii. 148, 7. Add
Linked entry: þearm
BLÓD
BLOOD, gore ⬩ sanguis, cruor
Entry preview:
BLOOD, gore; sanguis, cruor Ðæt blód eów byþ to tácne on ðám húsum, ðe ge on beóþ: ðonne ic ðæt blód geseó, ðonne forbúge ic eów erit sanguis vobis in signum in ædibus, in quibus eritis, et videbo sanguinem et transibo vos, Ex. 12, 13: Gen. 4, 10: Jn
Linked entries: deád blód blód-forlǽtan blód-lǽtan blód-hrǽce
ágen
Entry preview:
Eall hiera ágen ðæt hié synderlíce ðenceað oððe dóð hié wénað ðæt ðæt sié ðæt betste, Past. 209, 9. Hiora ágen (ǽgen, Hatt. MS.) wé him sellað, nealles úre, 334, 18. Gif ðú ðín ágen myrre, ne wít ðú hit ná Gode, Prov. K. 51: Wlfst. 158, 37.
sacan
to fight, strive, contend ⬩ to disagree, ⬩ to wrangle ⬩ to bring a suit ⬩ to accuse, blame ⬩ to refuse, deny.
Entry preview:
Ðæt hé sóce altercaretur, sermocinaretur, Hpt. Gl. 476, 67. o f litigation, to bring a suit Ðá sóc Wulfstán on sum ðæt land Wulfstan brought a suit laying claim to some of the land, Chart.
leásung
fiction ⬩ falsehood ⬩ falseness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ deception ⬩ deceitfulness ⬩ artice
Entry preview:
Leásingum beswicen ðæt hé wéneþ furþon ðæt hé man ne sý [so] deceived by false notions that he thinks even that he is not man, Blickl. Homl. 179, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 2243; El. 1123.
Linked entry: bisleásung
hán
Entry preview:
Ǽrest on þane hwítan weg; ðonon on ðá reádan háne; of ðǽre háne on ðone herpað, iii. 415, 30: v. 297, 32: 376, 9. Of ðám byrigelse tó ðǽre reádan hánæ; of ðǽre reádan hánæ andlang strǽt, 217, 4. On þá grǽgan háne ; of þǽre grǽgan háne, Cht.
Linked entry: hon-
ge-lífan
Entry preview:
Ðá Saducie andsacedon ðǽre ǽriste æfter deáðe, and ðá Fariséos geliéfdon ðǽre ǽriste, Past. 362, 6. Búton tweón hí geliéfen ðára leána, 407, 29. Ðætte hié ðý fæsðlícor gelífden ðára écena ðinga ut ad aeternorum fidem certius roboretur, 389, 36.
cuma
A comer, guest, stranger ⬩ advena, hospes
Entry preview:
Gúþlác swýðe blíðe wæs ðæs heofonlícan cuman Guthlac was right glad of the heavenly guest, Guthl. 4 ; Gdwin. 30, 2. Fram eallum ðám cumum a cunctis hospitibus, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 6.