ge-limp
An event ⬩ accident ⬩ a chance ⬩ accĭdens ⬩ cāsus
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Ðá forhtede ðe biscop for ðam fǽrlíce gelimpe then the bishop was afraid on account of that dangerous case, Th. An. 121, 5 : Th. Ap. 1, 12.
sige-dryhten
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Wit for uncrum sigedryhtne song áhófan, 324, 33 ; Víd. 104. as an epithet of the Deity Þeoda Waldend, sigedryhten mín, Andr. Kmbl. 2905 ; An. 1455 : Exon. Th. 176, 19 ; Gú. 1212 : Ps. C. 50, 119. Þeoden engla, sóð sigedrihten, Hy. 6, 34.
stihtung
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Eal seó stihtung wæs gefremed on ðære sóþan onflǽscnesse for gefyllnesse ðæs heofonlícan éþles, Blickl. Homl. 81, 28. Wæs ðæs deóplíc eall word and wísdóm and ðæs weres stihtung, Exon. Th. 169, 34 ; Gú. 1104.
þreáp
a troop ⬩ band
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This þrepe (the siege of Troy) for to leue, Destr. Tr. 9845: perhaps, also, in sense of troop : -- An feondes trume ... þe saules ... awarieþ al a-þrep (in a troop? or = Ital. a gara) al so wulues doþ þe step, Misc. 149, 85.
wíce
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Bydele gebyraþ ðæt hé for his wýcan sý weorces frigra ðonne óðer man, L. R. S. 18; Th. i. 440, 6. Ðá hét se cásere lǽtan león and beran tó ðám cynegum ... and betǽhte ða wícan ðam wælhreówan Ualeriane, Homl. Skt. ii. 24, 31.
brún
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[For brún applied to metal v. N. E. D. brown, 4.] Add
dǽd-béta
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Sind mænige rihtwíse unscyldige wið heáfodleahtras, and habbað hwæðere stíðe drohtnunge . . . þám ne mæg nán dǽdbéta beón geefenlǽht, for ðan ðe hí sind rihtwíse and behreówsigende, Hml. Th. i. 342, 12.
eác
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Eác þǽm ( moreover ) monega eá sindon be noman nemnede for þǽm gefeohte, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 12. Eác þan, Ll. Th. i. 36, 9
éhtend
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Add: a pursuer, assailant (cf. éhtan, <b>I, III</b>) Scipia sǽde þæt hé þára ǽlces éhtend wolde beón, swá swá his feóndes, þe þæs wordes wǽre þæt from þóhte Scipio said he would pursue with relentless hostility every one who voted for leaving
ende-stæf
An end ⬩ conclusion ⬩ death
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Þú for his deáþe plegodest, and þú ús æt endestæfe mycel herereáf gehéte, Bl. H. 85, 19. Hit on endestæf eft gelimpeð þæt se líchoma lǽne gedreóseð, B. 1753. Him þæt gehreówan mæg, þonne heó endestæf eft gesceáwiað, Sat. 541.
fæst-hafol
strong ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ tenacious ⬩ retentive ⬩ parsimonious
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Th. ii. 118, 20. parsimonious, close-fisted For hwí wǽre þú swá fæsthafol mínra góda þe ic þé sealde?, Wlfst. 258, 12. Were grǽdigum and fæsthafelum uiro cupido et tenaci, Scint. 110, 15.
fandung
trial ⬩ testing ⬩ trial ⬩ experiment
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God ne costnað nǽnne mannan; ac hwæðere nán man ne cymð to Godes ríce, búton hé sý áfandod; for ðí ne sceole wé ná biddan þæt God úre ne áfandige, ac wé sceolon biddan þæt God ús gescylde, þæt wé ne ábreóðon on ðǽre fandunge . . .
ge-sceádwíslic
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On eówerre sáule is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwíslica willa, Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 25. based on reason or argument Ic eom geþafa ðæs þe ðú segst, for þám þe ðú hit hæfst geséþed mid gesceádwíslicre race assentior, cuncta enim firmissimis nexa rationibus
hrægel-talu
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It was for the purchase of such clothing (ad uestimenta) that the land mentioned in the charter quoted in Dict. was given ), R. Ben. 89, 3
irsian
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Unryhtlicu iersung is ðæt mon iersige (irsige, v. l. ) on óðerne for his góde. Past. 189, 8
irþling
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S. 5, 225. a bird (some of the same Latin words are used for the wren. v. wrenna) Irðling cucuzata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 21. Eorþlinc birbiacaliolus, Hpt. 33, 241, 56
íþ-ness
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Hié for hira ágenre iéðnesse ðæt fleóð quietem propriam spectando refugiunt, Past. 41, 10.) Þára þe ǽrest on earfoðum byð and eft on éðnesse, Ps. Th. 40 arg.: Solil. H. 44, 13, Hí maciað eall be luste and be éþmesse, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 25.
hyge-leás
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Higeleáse might be taken to correspond with unróte, or it might be an error for híwleáse), Lch. ii. 166, 12. <b>la.</b> of a person's actions, conduct, &c. :-- Higelǽs effrenatus (cachinnus ), Hpt.
sǽlan
to fasten with a cord ⬩ to restrain, repress, confine
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Sǽlde sǽgrundas the bound sea-depths (in contrast with the relaxing of the bonds which held the sea, when a passage was made through it for the Israelites), Cd. Th. 196, 9; Exod. 289
wearp
the warp, thread stretched lengthwise in a loom ⬩ a pliant twig that may be used in basket-making.
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[Warp, threde for webbynge stamen, licium, Prompt. Parv. 517