an-gríslíc
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and add Þǽr bið angrislic ege and fyrhto, Wlfst. 139, 16. Se angrislica súðwesterna wind him ongeán stód, Ap. Th. 11, 4. v. on-grislic in Dict
cáf-ness
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Alacrity, promptness, energy God onscunað þá sleacnysse on his ðegnum, and ðá hé lufað þe mid cáfnysse þæs écan lífes myrhðe sécað, Hml. Th. ii. 282, 4
dwol-lic
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Add Þæs flǽsces weorc ... dwollic lár ( sectae, Gal. 5, 20), Hml. S. 17, 26. Se biscop þá dwollican sócne (v. sócn, ) ádwǽscte, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 5
for-brict
To use up ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy
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To use up, consume, destroy Mid þissum wǽpnum beóð ǽlce uncysta forbrícte (-brítte?) and mid þyssum andlyfenum bið ǽlc mægen geféd, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 5. Substitute:
genge
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Add: in season Ðonne sceadd genge (not sceadd*-*genge under which the passage is given in Dict.) sý when shad is in season, Cht. Th. 544, 28
ge-cwilman
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Take here ge-cwylman in Dict., and add Ge-cwylmdon secto, Germ. 400, 524. Heora líchaman sceoldon beón mid mislicum tintregum gecwilmede, Hml. Th. ii. 424, 18
Linked entry: ge-cwelman
gramlíce
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Gramlíce God his hálgena þrowunga on him gewræc, Hml. Th. i. 526, 2. Geoffra ðám godum ꝥ ic ðé gramlíce ne fordó, Hml. S. 8, 83. Add
neáhlǽcung
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Seó tówearde woruld mid hire neálǽcunge byð gecýþed, Gr. D. 330, 26. Sé þe ne blissað on neálǽcunge middan-geardes geendunge, Hml. Th. i. 612, 23. Add
seglan
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Witodlíce ðú becymst tó Rómebyrig, ofer sǽ ðú seglast (equidem Roman ingressurus es, mare transiturus, Gr. D. bk. 2, c. 15), Hml. Th. ii. 168, 31. Add
sóft-ness
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Gif wé lufiað þá sceortan sóftnysse and þá hwílwendlican lustas tó ðan swíðe þæt hí ús gebringan tó ðám écan pínungum, Hml. Th. i. 164, 10. Add
wácmódness
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Hé ðám fæderum bebeád þæt hí heora bearn ne geǽbiligdon, þæt hí ne wurdon gewǽhte ðurh wácmódnesse . . . Cildru behófiað swíðlicere steóre, Hml. Th. ii. 324, 27. Add
sǽ-bát
A sea-boat
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A sea-boat On sǽbáte, Andr. Kmbl. 876; An. 438 : 980; An. 490. Ic on holm gestáh, sǽbát gesæt, Beo. Th. 1270; B. 633 : 1795; B. 895
Sǽ-Geátas
The seafaring(?) Geats
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The seafaring(?) Geats Ða Sǽ-Geátas sélran næbben tó geceósenne cyning ǽnigne, Beo. Th. 3704; B. 1850. Sǽ-Geáta ( Beowulf and his companions ) síðas, 3976; B. 1986
Linked entry: Sǽ-Dene
wác-scipe
Remissness
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Remissness Ðæt hí stýran ǽlcum ðara ðe ðis ne gelǽste and mínra witena wed ábrecan mid ǽnigum wácscipe wille, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 7
ǽ-lǽte
A divorced woman
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A divorced woman Ne gewífige on gehálgodre nunnan ne on ǽlǽtan ǽnig crísten man, Wlfst. 271, 13: 308, 9: Ll. Th. i. 318, 18. Ǽlǽten, 364, 26
gryn
Lamentation, grief, affliction, evil
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Lamentation, grief, affliction, evil Fela ic láðes gebád grynna æt Grendel much evil have I experienced, many a grief at Grendel's hands, Beo. Th. 1864; B. 930
Linked entry: gyrn
gum-dreám
The joys of men ⬩ this life
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The joys of men, this life He gumdreám ofgeaf Godes leóht geceás he gave up the joy of men, chose God's light, Beo. Th. 4929; B. 2469
heáfod-botl
A chief dwelling, principal mansion ⬩ a manor, domain
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A chief dwelling, principal mansion Dǽlon hí ðæt heáfodbotl him betweónan let them share the chief dwelling between them, Chart. Th. 529, 33: 542, 10: 597, 6
heard-neb
Having a hard beak
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Having a hard beak [epithet of the raven] Ðá cwæþ se hálga tó ðám heardnebbum then said the saint to the ravens, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 15
brigd
to change ⬩ A change ⬩ variety ⬩ varietas
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A change, variety; varietas Ðæs deóres hiw brigda gehwæs wundrum lixeþ the animal's hue of every variety wondrously shines, Exon. 95 b; Th. 357, 9; Pa. 26