ofer-cymmend
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one coming upon another, an assailant Gif bið strongra him se ofercymmend (superueniens), Lk. L. 11, 22
ofer-hlífan
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up Oferhlifan praecellerent i. supereminerent, An. Ox. 3530. Oferhlífend (or = -hlifiende ?) mycelnys eminens (i. praecellens) magnitude, 1003
Linked entry: hlífan
of-seón
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Þá ofseah hé feorran ðá hǽðenan ferian án líc tó eorðan, Hml. Th. ii. 507, 16. Add
sceadwung
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Add: something affording shade Sceadewunge umbraculo (furvo facessante veteris instrumenti umbraculo, Ald. 8, 1), An. Ox. 438
under-scyte
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Add: a drag-shoe or scotch placed below the wheel, brake Underscyte sufflamine, An. Ox. 50, 15
wafung-stów
A place for spectacles, a theatre, an amphitheatre
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A place for spectacles, a theatre, an amphitheatre On plegstówe oððe on wafungstówe, Lchdm. iii. 206, 16
Linked entry: wæfer-stów
fýhtan
To moisten
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To moisten Þeáh þe gewǽtte, fíhte quamvis umectaretur, An. Ox. 3470. Fýhtan umectare, 7, 14. Fíhten, 658
fýr-bǽr
Fire-bearing, fiery
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Substitute: fýr-bære; Fire-bearing, fiery Fýrbǽre líga ræscetunga igniferas fulminum coruscationes, An. Ox. 4421: 2, 327
breáw
an eye-lid,
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an eye-lid, Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 63; Wrt. Voc. 42, 71: Ps. Lamb. 131, 4
corcíþ
An increase ⬩ incrementum
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An increase; incrementum Loc hine geseón corcíþ getácnaþ capillum se videre incrementum significat Lchdm. iii. 212, 9
snǽding-hús
An eating-house, a place where cooked meat is sold
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An eating-house, a place where cooked meat is sold Snǽdinghús popina Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 21
sóþfæst-líc
True ⬩ sincere
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True, sincere Hí (patriarchs and martyrs) sungon sigedryhtne sóðfæstlíc lof praise unfeigned, Andr. Kmbl. 1754; An. 879
spell-stów
A place where announcements are made
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A place where announcements are made (?) Andlang dene tó ðære spelstówe, Cd. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 28
spere-níþ
Spear-strife ⬩ battle
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Spear-strife, battle Him Drihten mihte æt ðam spereníðe spéde lǽnan, Cd. Th. 124, 7; Gen. 2059
swín-haga
An enclosure for swine
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An enclosure for swine In ðone swínhagan; of swínhagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 18, 33: 399, 35
tún-líc
Of a village ⬩ rustic
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Of a village, rustic Tunlíc spǽc comedia (as if from κώμη = vicus ), Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 13
á-segendness
An offering
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An offering Nymþe hé mid ásegendnisseum (muneribus) in eóde, Nar. 24, 17. Similar entries Cf. on-sægdness
Linked entry: -segendness
þegnian
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to serve a person (dat.), do a person (dat.) service, minister to, attend upon Hwæðer ys yldra ðe se ðe ðénaþ ðe se ðe sitt quis major est,qui recumbit? an qui ministrat? Lk. Skt. 22, 27.
Linked entry: þénian
ge-sécan
to seek, inquire, ask for ⬩ quærere, requirere, inquirere ⬩ to seek, go to, approach, look for, visit, come to ⬩ adire, ire vel proficisci, aliquo vel ad aliquem, visitare, venire, pervenire aliquo ⬩ to seek with hostile intention, to persecute, afflict, invade ⬩ hostiliter aggredi, invadere, corripere ⬩ to seek; go to, visit ⬩ ire, proficisci ⬩ to appoint, dispose, beset ⬩ exigere, disponere
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Kmbl. 2265; An. 1134. Ðæt he mid áþsware to Abrahame, and to Isaac, eác gesóhte quod disposuit ad Abraham, et juramenti sui ad Isaac, Ps. Th. 104, 9. Synne gesóhte beset with sin, Exon. 74 b; Th. 280, 4; Jul. 624