bróðor-gefædred
a brother by the same father ⬩ frater ex eodem patre ortus
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a brother by the same father; frater ex eodem patre ortus, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 19
of-þecgan
to consume, destroy
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to consume, destroy Æþelinga bearn ecgum ofþegde consumed by the sword, Cd. Th. 120, 30; Gen. 2002
on-sceortian
to grow short
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to grow short Swá ða dagas forþ onsceortiaþ as the days go on shortening, Shrn. 96, 3
snytro-hús
The house of wisdom
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The house of wisdom Hé ðá swá gelóme wiðsóc snytruhúse repulit tabernaculum Silon Ps. Th. 77, 60
snýting
sneezing ⬩ munctura, emunctura
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A clearing of the nose, sneezing Snýtinge vel fneósung sternutatio vel sternutamentum Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 20
Linked entry: snýtan
sóhþa
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The word is written sohctha 45, 72. Somner suggests ioctha
Linked entry: sóchtha
sweóta
The scrotum
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The scrotum Sweótan marsem ( = marsupium, v. Cockayne's remark, Lchdm. iii. 371, col. 1), Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 27. :?-
wíg-cirm
The din of battle
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The din of battle Ðǽr wæs wígcyrm micel, hlúd hilde swég. Cd. Th. 120, 6 ; Gen. 1990
á-sencan
To sink
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On áse(i)ntum (i above the line) summerso, i. absorbto . An. Ox. 829
ge-nip
A mist, cloud, darkness, obscurity ⬩ nĕbŭla, cālīgo, nūbes, tĕnebræ
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Ðæt genip stód æt ðæs geteldes dura the cloud stood at the door of the tabernacle, Ex. 33, 10: Cd. 8; Th. 9, 9; Gen. 139. Moises eóde to ðam genipe Moyses accessit ad calīgĭnem, Ex. 20, 21. Com stefen of ðam genipe vox facta est de nūbe, Lk.
æt-foran
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Add: prep, local, confronting, of persons, before, in the presence of, in the sight of Ætforan ( ante ) þǽre en-gelican gæderunge, An. Ox. 1749. Wé synd hér ætforan (coram) þé, Coll.
ge-þræc
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the processes to which the thread is subjected in weaving: cf. the original riddle of Aldhelm 'De lorica,' Nec radiis carpor, duro nec pectine pulsor) does the thread resound with me (nec garrula fila resultant, Ald. 257), Rä. 36, 6
lád
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Add: ¶ In the phrase cyrcan lád, which seems sometimes (?) to have the same meaning as ciric-sceat.
scearpness
Sharpness ⬩ roughness ⬩ acidity, pungency ⬩ efficacy
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Similar entries (v. scearp, V.) acidity, pungency Sió scearpnes the acidity of the humours, Lchdm. ii. 28, 1. Ðæs ecedes afre scearpnes, 224, 22.
Linked entry: scearp
twǽde
Doubled ⬩ containing two of three parts of a whole ⬩ two thirds, ⬩ two parts of three
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, containing two of three parts of a whole; the word occurs mostly as substantive, two thirds, two parts of three Wylle óþ sié twǽde bewylled ðæs wóses (cf. bewyl óþ þriddan dǽl, 120, 15) boil till two thirds of the juice are boiled away, Lchdm. ii.
Linked entry: þridda
abedisse
An abbess ⬩ abbatissa
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An abbess; abbatissa Ðære abedissan betæhton committed to the abbess, Chr. 1048; Erl. 181, 28
ác-wern
The name of an animal, a squirrel ⬩ scirra ⬩ sciurus
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The name of an animal, a squirrel; scirra, sciurus, Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 9
Linked entry: ácweorna
býsnung
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An example; exemplum For ðære miclan bísnunge for the great example, Ælfc. T. 5, 15
be-gong
A course
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A course Under swegles begong under the course of heaven Beo. Th. 1724; B. 860
diófol-gild
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Devil-worship, an image of the devil, an idol, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 27