ele-berge
An olive, the fruit of an olive-tree ⬩ ŏlīva
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Lamb. 127, 3.He úteóde on ðæne múnt Oliuarum, ðæt is Elebergena egressus ībat in montem Ŏlivārum, Lk. Bos. 22, 39
EORNOST
EARNEST, earnestness, zeal ⬩ sērium, stŭdium
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On eornost, eornust or eornoste in earnest, earnestly, Ælfc. T. 12, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 250, 30: Mt. Bos. 5, 18 : 13, 17: Gen. 14, 15. Þurh eorneste in earnest, sternly, Exon. 24a; Th. 68, 9; Cri. 1101
Lǽden-geþeóde
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When I remembered how the teaching of Latin was decayed throughout England, Past. Pref; Swt. 7, 13-17
nihterne
For a night
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For a night Ðæs gást wæs neahterne of líchoman álǽded his (Fursey) spirit was for a night taken from his body, Shrn. 51, 30. Lǽt standan neahterne, Lchdm. ii. 24, 21 : 32, 25. Lǽt licgean neahterne, 66, 12. Bind on ða eágan nihterne, 34. 23.
sundor-land
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The word occurs in an enumeration of boundaries, and Kemble explains it there as 'land set apart for special purposes' Æfter ðære strǽte be ðære wællan on Sunderlond, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 118, 20
þrostle
A throstle ⬩ singing-thrush
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Of ðam leá on þrostlan wyl, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 345, 3
Linked entry: þrosle
apulder
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On þone longan apuldre, of þám apuldre, C. D. B. iii. 586, 8. The word occurs not infrequently in charters, v. Cht. Crw. p. 52, and remains in the place-name Appledore
ceddran
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, ... et tetigit os meum, et dixit: Ecce tetigit hoc labia tua), Angl. viii. 325, 32
Linked entry: ǽeder
clúse
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Ox. 3110. a narrow passage, pass, defile Hé búta þá clúsan on his gewealde hæfde angustias Thermopylarum ingreditur, easque occupatas emuniit, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 28, 23
fǽred-lic
Sudden
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Sudden Wundrodon ealle men ꝥ on swá lytlan fæce hine nán man findan mihte . . . and se cásere and his þegnas wǽron sárie for his fǽredlican (cf. fǽrlican, 225) áweggewitennysse all men wondered that all of a sudden nobody could find him . . . and the
ge-wyrtrumian
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Substitute : <b>ge-wyrttrurnian;</b> p. ode. to root, fix firmly, establish Gewyttrurnod radicatum, i. fundatum. An. Ox. 2, 153. Gewyrdtrurned, 3111.
líc-tún
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Add: — Hit wæs eald þeáw on þissum landum ꝥ mon oft forðgefarene men innan cyrcean byrigde, and þá stówa þe wǽron tó Godes þeówdðme gehálgode . . . mon worhte tó líctúnum . . .
lógian
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Hit biþ tó langsum eall hér tó lógigenne be ðám clǽnum nýtenum oððe be þám unclǽnum on ðǽre ealdan ǽ it is too tedious to give here an ordered account of everything in the old law concerning the clean and unclean animals, Hml. S. 25, 82. Add
mid-gesíþ
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Ox. 680, note) from this passage deduces a midgesíþ (cf. Goth. miþ-gasinþa) on the ground that mid as preposition here would be unsuitable.
rind
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Ox. 11, 16
sǽdere
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Ox. 2358. Gif hwá forstelð hwǽte and ꝥ forstolene sǽwð, hwæt áh ꝥ corn geweald ( how can the corn help) ꝥ hit wearp se sǽdere mid unclǽnum handum on ðá clǽnan moldan ?
wérigian
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Ꝥ ilce mód ǽgþer ge mid heálicum mægnum weaxeð and strangað, and eác of his ágenre untrymnesse wérgað and teórað (ex infirmitate lacesscat), Gr. D. 204, 23.
wǽg-líþend
A sea-farer ⬩ sea-faring
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Hæleð langode, wǽglíþende, hwonne hié of nearwe stæppan mósten, Cd. Th. 86, 17; Gen. 1432
weá-gesíþ
A companion in misery or in wickedness
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A companion in misery or in wickedness Tó ðam symle sittan eodon ealle his (Holofernes' )weágesíþas, Judth. Thw. 21, 13 ; Jud. 16. Hé ðone deófol on helle mid his weágesíðum ofþrihte, Wulfst. 145, 4.
heard-mód
Of a hard, unyielding spirit, self-confident, stout-hearted, brave ⬩ obstinatus ⬩ constantia, obstinatio, duritia
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Of a hard, unyielding spirit, self-confident, stout-hearted, brave Eádig biþ se man ðe symle biþ forhtigende and sóþlíce se heardmóda befylþ on yfel blessed is the man that is ever fearing; and verily the self-confident man shall fall into evil, Homl