god-þrym
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Melchisedech godþryn, onwráh éces alwaldan Melchizedec revealed the divine majesty of the eternal ruler of all, Exon. 10 a; Th. 9, 24; Cri. 139
bisceopian
To exercise the office of a bishop, to oversee, visit, confirm ⬩ episcopali munere fungi, visitare, confirmare
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C. 17; Th. ii. 348, 26
Linked entries: bisceopung biscopgan
láðettan
odious ⬩ hateful ⬩ be hated ⬩ be hostile ⬩ to abominate ⬩ hate
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Ðás gyltas ne mǽgon úre sáwla ofsleán ac hí mágon hí áwlǽtan and Gode láðettan these sins cannot destroy our souls, but they can pollute them and be hateful to God, Homl, Th. ii. 590, 29.
seofon
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Ben. 37, 18. the abstract number seven Twía seofon beóð feówertýne, Angl. viii. 302, 45
Cwénas
The Quaines
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The Quaines sometimes make war on the Northmen over the waste; sometimes the Northmen on them; and there are very large fresh lakes beyond the wastes; and the Quaines carry their boats over land into the lakes, and thence make war on the Northmen.
Linked entry: Cwén-sǽ
an-wlóh
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In Dan. 585 the ríce is compared with the stump of the tree which for seven years shewed no signs of life, and the statement swá þín ríce bið anwlóh expresses the same as swá þín blœ́d líð in 563.
Linked entry: ge-wló
bǽtan
to bait ⬩ worry with dogs, ⬩ to beat ⬩ make way against the wind or current
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beat, he guards himself against the storm, Bt. 41, 3; S. 144, 28-32
wéden-heort
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Sumre nihte þá þá hé ýpte swá wéden-heort mycle stefne nocte quadam cum magnas voces scilicet ut insanns ederet, Gr. D. 247, 15. Add
Linked entry: wóden-dreám
hreppan
to touch ⬩ treat
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Ðeáh hí hwá hreppe heó hit ne gefrét though any one touch it [the soul] it does not feel it, Homl. Swt. 1, 220. Ða réðe deór ne dorston hí reppan the fierce beasts durst not touch them, 4, 405.
sulh
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Caruca, which occurs in the passage quoted below from the Laws, seems to have been used in the sense; e.g. in Florence of Worcester's description of the compilation of Domesday Book quot carrucas seems to represent hú mycel landes in the Chronicle; and
ge-mǽnelic
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Add: that belongs to or concerns all human bangs On hálgum bócum is se gemǽnelica deáð slǽpe wiðmeten . . . ealle móton slápan on ðám gemǽnelicum deáðe, Hml. Th. ii. 566, 27-34. Se gemǽnelica deáð þæs mannes líchaman tó deáðe gebringð . . .
Linked entry: -mǽne-lic
ge-timbrung
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Th. ii. 588, 17. Þá stánas bǽron tó þæs húses getimbrunge ( ad aedificationem domus ) ge ealde men ge geonga, Gr. D. 321, 22. Ealle ðás getimbringe hé geendode binnon ðrím geárum, Hml.
and-leofen
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Th. ii. 404, 5
eall
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</b> dele Nar. 9, 10, and add :-- Him eall þá eágan floterodon, Hml. S. 23, 655. Add
læð
Land
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O. 14; Th. i. 184, 15; Lchdm. iii. 288, 8. The Icelandic has the same alliterative phrase, e. g. 'deyr fé; deyja frændr; eyðisk land ok láð.'
capian
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Substitute: To look; úp capian to look up, lie on one's back Gyf seó sunne hine ( the moon) onǽlð ufan, þonne stúpað hé, . . . gyf heó hine ontend neoðan, þonne capað hé úp; for þan þe hé went ǽfre þone hricg tó þǽre sunnan weard, Lch. iii. 266, 20-
hatigend-lic
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Ic wiðsace þám hatigendlicum bígengum þe ðá Iúdéiscan healdað, Hml. S. 3, 605
ealh-stede
A protecting or sheltering place, city, temple ⬩ lŏcus qui præbet tūtēlam, arx, templum
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A protecting or sheltering place, city, temple; lŏcus qui præbet tūtēlam, arx, templum In ðære wídan byrig, ealhstede eorla in the wide city, the sheltering place of men, Cd. 208; Th. 258, 11; Dan. 674
Linked entries: alh-stede eolh-stede
geofon
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The sea, ocean; mare, oceanus On geofones streám on the ocean's wave, Andr. Kmbl. 1704; An. 854: Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 25; Ph. 118. Geofon geótende a gushing ocean, Andr. Kmbl. 3014; An. 1510
ge-þryþian
To strengthen ⬩ arm ⬩ corroborare
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To strengthen, arm; corroborare Deáþ nimeþ wíga wælgífre wǽpnum geþryþed ealdor ánra gehwæs death, the blood-greedy warrior, armed with weapons, takes the life of every one, Exon. 62 b; Th. 231, 9; Ph. 486