ymb-wærlan
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To turn round Ymbwærlde tó ðæm wífe conversus ad mulierem Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 44, 9. Ymbwærlde (-wælde, Lind.), Rush. 9, 55
word-lof
Praise in words ⬩ praise
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Th. 401, 13 ; Rä. ai, II
brægen-seóc
Brain-sick ⬩ frantic ⬩ mad
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An. Ox. 4668. Brægensécne (-seócne, Hpt. Gl. 520, 67) freneticum, 5011
búr-cniht
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A chamberlain, servant of the bedchamber, eunuch His búrcnihtas ( eunuchi ) woldon hine amyrran, Hml. A. 98, 213. Án þára búrcnihta, 100, 278
cerfille
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Cerville, 286, 13: ii. 16, 71: cerpillum, An. Ox. 56, 416. Add
clott
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a mass, lump Clotte (clottum, Hpt. Gl. 488, 76) massa (picis ), An. Ox. 3514. Clot massas, 3846. [v. N. E. D. clot.]
ciricsceat-weorc
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Work connected with the grain contributed as ciric-sceat. v. C. D. v. 162, 26: ii. 398, 20 (quoted under ciric*-*sceat)
feax-ness
Hair
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Hair Faexnis capillatur(a) (cf. fex, hǽr capillatura, An. Ox. 1214), Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 60. Locgewind vel fexnes capillatura, 128, 38
flǽsc-cwellere
A slayer ⬩ an executioner
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A slayer, an executioner Þára flǽsc-cwellera carnificum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 9. Wítniendra þiówa oððe flǽsc-cwellera lictorum, 52, 78. Substitute:
cynnig
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Of good family, noble Of cynnigum generosis (natalibus ), An. Ox. 7, 299: 8, 230. Cynningum, æþelum, 4149. Cynnegum, Angl. xiii. 36, 240
ge-hlæstan
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Hé hét his scip mid hwǽte gehlæstan, and mid micclum gewihte goldes and seolfes, and mid reáfum, Ap. Th. 6, 3. Add
ge-melcan
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To get by milking, draw milk from an animal Áþwer buteran þe sié gemolcen of ánes bleós nýtne, Lch. ii. 112, 25
ge-sáweled
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Add: ge-sáwlod endowed with life Ǽr þám þe hit (utero conceptus) gesáwlod wǽre antequam animatus fuit, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 17
ge-frætwung
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G[e]fratewun[ga] ornamentorum, An. Ox. 4819
Linked entry: frætwung
ge-þráwan
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Geþráwenum tortis (cincinnorum crinibus ), An. Ox. 1198. Add
ge-tíung
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An agreement, arrangement Getíunge, gitíungi, get[o]ing (o doubtful) apparitione (-atione ), Txts. 41, 185. Cf. ge-teón; wk.; ge-þinge; I
Linked entry: ge-teóung
gram-méde
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; An. Ox. 5032 has only gra) irae, Hpt. Gl. 521, 20. Cf. eáþ-méde, ofer-méde, ofer-médu
hefig
force ⬩ violence
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action as of a heavy body, force, violence: All in ꝥ hefig wyrcas omnis in illud uim facit, Lk. L. 16, 16
hlinung
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Þá forman hlinunga primes recubitus (Mt. 23, 6), An. Ox. 61, 37. Add
hring-sittend
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A spectator in a circus Hrincsittendra circensium [v. hring-set (second example )], An. Ox. 65. Ringsittendra circentium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 31