syn-wund
A wound inflicted by sin
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A wound inflicted by sin Ne syndon náne swá yfele wunda swá syndon synwunda, forðam þurh ða forwyrð se man écan deáðe, L. Pen. 4; Th. ii. 278, 17. Wé á sculon ídle lustas, synwunde, forseón, Exon. Th. 47, 18; Cri. 757
Linked entry: syn-rust
þeóf-stolen
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Stolen, taken by thieves Swá ic spráce drífe ... swá mé þeófstolen (forstolen, MS. H.) wæs ðæt orf, L. O. 2; Th. i. 178, 14: L. O. D. 8; Th. i. 356, 12. Æt ǽlcon ðeófstolenan orfe, L. Ff.; Th. i. 226, 2
þost
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Dung, ordure; with this meaning thoste (according to a MS. glossary cited by Halliwell) is used in Gloucestershire Wyrc drenc of hwítes hundes þoste, Lchdm. i. 364, 5. Bærn hundes ðost and gníd smale, 7. Nim drígne hundes þost, 11: ii. 48, 8
un-fæstrǽdness
Instability ⬩ inconstancy ⬩ levity
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On heora wandlunga hié gecýþdon heora unfæstrǽdnesse, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 16, 32 note
un-áswundenlíce
Not languidly ⬩ not slowly ⬩ promptly
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Not languidly, not slowly, promptly Ðá ðóhte hé ðæt hé sceolde weorulde wiþsacan, and ðæt unáswundenlíce swá gedyde ( non hoc segniter fecit ), Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 23. Heó ðæt weorc unáswundenlíce gefylde opus non segniter implevit, 4, 23; S. 593, 36
Linked entries: a-swunan á-swundenlíce
un-mennisclíc
Inhuman
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MS.) dǽd wæs nimis e natura dictum est, nescio quem filios invenisse tortores, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 16
wóh-hǽmed
Adultery ⬩ fornication
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Adultery, fornication Se yfla willa wóhhǽmetes (cf. unrihthǽmedes, Bt. 31, 2 ; Fox 112, 24), Met. 18, 2. Sió hreófl getácnaþ ðæt wóhhǽmed per scábiem luxuria designator, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 5. Ða ðe wóhhǽmed begangaþ mid óþerra ceorla wífum, Blickl.
wiþ-scorian
To refuse
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To refuse Se ðe ðeónde bið on cræftum, and ðonne tó swiðe wiðscoraþ (-sceoraþ, Hatt. MS.) ðæm ealdordóme (si omnino renititur ), healde hine ðæt hé ne cnytte ðæt underfongne feoh on ðam swátlíne, ðæt Xrist ymbe spræc, Past. 9; Swt. 58, 12
brýd
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On þone gemánan þæs brýdguman and þǽre brýde, Bl. H. 11, 6. Hé onféng æþele brýd, Shrn. 49, 2. Brýda beháta pacta sponsalia, Hpt. Gl. 498, 43
eá
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, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 14. Eálá wuldor þisse worulde, eá! for hwí ðé hátan dysige men wuldor?, 30, 1; F. 108, 2. Eálá (eá, v. l. ) mín cild, eá!, 34, 12; F. 154, 9. Add
eges-ful
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Ne bið ús ( devils) freá milde egesful ealdor (the Devil ), Jul. 329. Egesful eorla drihten ( Holofernes ), Jud. 21. Þæt egesfulle horrendus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 43. Egesfulra terribilium, Ps. L. 144, 6
éht-nes
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On éhtnessum, Bl. H. 171, 17. Oehtnissum, Mk. p. 4, 13. Éhtnesse insectiones (insectationes, Ald. v. éhtung), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 16: 46, 68. Add
fǽmnenlic
Virgin ⬩ virginal
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Þone fǽmnlican bósm, Bl. H. 165, 27. Substitute:
for-fang
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Add: ¶ for-fang occurs in a list of emoluments accruing to the king (Edward the Confessor) and granted by him to Westminster
for-hrepian
to catch
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Ben. I. 102, 2, and Icel. hreppa to catch. The strong form of the participle might be formed on the analogy of a verb like drepan), Jn. p. 5, 8
ge-gaf
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., but perhaps the adjective ge-gaf may be inferred from the compound gegaf-sprǽce along with the noun ge-gaf; cf. ídel-sprǽce, yfel-sprǽce. Cf. too gegaf-sprǽc and dol-sprǽc
ge-ríþe
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A small stream, rivulet Of deópan cumbe on cweiiena brðce; of cwenena bróce up be ðám geríðe (geride, C. D. B. iii. 37, 24; but see on dá ðá eá, 27, wid ( = wið, 29) tó íám neorgan, C. D. iii. 430, I
Linked entry: riþ
ge-scirdan
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to injure, ruin Þá cóm atol ǽglǽca morðres mánfreá myrce gescyrded (ruined by black crime (?), cf. ic eom synnum forwundod, Sae. 131 : or (?)
Linked entries: scirdan ge-scyrdan
ge-temprian
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Add: to temper, prepare material On þá onlícnesse geworht þe senop bið getemprod tó inwísan, Lch. ii. 184, 22. fig. to prepare, adapt Ge tó gódum ge tó yfelum getempera heortan þíne et ad bona et ad mala tempera cor tuum, 172, 15
ge-fangian
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To fasten together with joints or clamps, join together Ic ongeat ðæt ðes middangeard wæs of swíðe manegum and mistlicum ðingum gegaderod, and swíþe fæste tósomne gelímed and gefangod, Bt. 35, 2; F. 156, 35. [Cf. O. H. Ger.
Linked entry: fangian