ǽror
earlier, before ⬩ rather
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Swá swá wé áwriton ǽror, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 15. rather Ðaacute; óðre þrý godspelleras áwriton ǽror be Crístes menniscnysse, Hml. Th. i. 70. 3
un-efne
Unequally ⬩ diversely
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Unequally, diversely Swá unefne is eorþe þicce sicut crassitudo terrae, Ps. Th. 140, 9
Linked entry: efne
wundor-beácen
A wondrous sign
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A wondrous sign Swá hí on wege wyrcean sceoldon wundorbeácen, Ps. Th. 73, 5
for-hogdlíce
contemptuously
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With contempt, contemptuously Críst þá mycclan burh swá forhogdlíce nemde, Bl. H. 77, 26
Linked entry: -hogdlíce
GREÁT
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Wǽron hie swá greáte swá columnan ge eác sume grýttran serpentes columnarum grossitudine aliquantulum proceriores, 14, 15. Greáte swá stǽnene sweras micle vastitudine columnarum, 36, 12.
æl-fremed
strange, foreign, not belonging to one ⬩ stranger to anything, without a share in, free from
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Swá freóh fram deáðes sárnysse swá swá ælfremed fram líchamlicere gewemmednysse, Hml. Th. i. 76, 15. Culfre is fram geallan biternysse ælfremed, 584, 35.
rihthláford-dóm
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legitimate lordship, condition of rightful lord Heó Myrcna anweald mid rihthláforddóme healdende wæs she held sway over Mercia as its rightful lord, Chr. 918; P. 105, 28
þurstig
Thirsty
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Swá swylgþ seó gítsung ða dreósendan welan, for ðam hió hiora simle biþ ðurstegu, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 14. Swá hwá swá sylþ ceald wæter drincan ánum þurstigan menn, Homl. Th. i. 582, 24: ii. 106, 15: Wulfst. 287, 20. Hwænne gesáwe wé ðé þurstine?
Linked entry: þyrstig
wer-fǽhþ
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Gif hé (a man's foe) wille on hond gán and his wǽpenu sellan, and hwá ofer ðæt on him feohte, gielde swá wer swá wunde, swá hé gewyrce, Th. i. 90, 19] Be werfǽhðe tyhtlan. Se ðe bið werfǽhðe betogen, and hé onsacan wille ðæs sleges mid áðe, L.
fore-gísel
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Hié him þǽr foregíslas saldon, swá fela swá hé habban wolde, and micle áþas swóron, and þá gódne friþ heóldon, 877; P. 74, 20.
Linked entry: gísel
hefeld-þrǽd
A thread for weaving ⬩ licium
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Ðá tóbræc hé ða rápas swá swá hefelþrǽdas and he brake the withs as a thread of tow, Jud. 16, 9. Hefelþrǽd licium, Cot. 193, Lye
hund-feald
Hundredfold
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Swá hwæt swá wé be ánfealdan Godes þearfum syllaþ hé hit ús forgylt be hundfealdum, ii. 106, 2. Mid hundfealdum, i. 180, 26. Sealdon wæstm sum hundfealdne dabant fructum aliud centesimum, Mt. Kmbl. MS. A. 13, 8
Linked entry: hundfeald-getel
un-gerýdelíce
Violently ⬩ with impetus
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Violently, with impetus Cwæð se Hǽlend: 'Ic geseah ðone sceoccan swá swá scínende líget feallende ádún dreórig of heofonum,' for ðam ðe hé áhreás ungerýdelíce, Hexam. 10; Norm. 18, 7.
Linked entries: ge-rýdelíce un-gerédelíce
wamm-wlite
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A wound on the face Swá hwylc man swá óðrum womwlite on gewyrce, forgylde him ðone womwlite, and his weorc wyrce óð ðæt seó wund hál sig quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem in*-*flixerit, emendet ei vulnus, et opus ejus operetur, donec vulnus sanetur
wic-þegnung
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Æfterfylige ðære tóweardan wucan wicþén, and þus cweþe . . . and swá mid bletsunge his wicþénunge beginne, R. Ben. 59, 21-60, 8
fremsumnes
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Wé ongytaþ ꝥ hit þus byð in ðám mundbyrdum háligra martyra, ꝥ hí ná ne cýðað swá manige fremsumnesse þurh heora líchaman swá hí gód eówiað þurh heora reliquias ( ut non tanta per corpora sua quanta beneficia per reliquias ostendant ), Gr. D. 177, 2.
samod-wist
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A being together, common existence Tó þon ꝥ wé sýn swá myccle strangran wið úrum feóndum, swá myccle má wé gefremede beóð under eádmódnesse tó þǽre samodwiste þæs ordfruman eallra gesceafta ut tanto nostris hostibus potentiores simus, quanto cum auctore
þider
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Add Far nú þider þe (swá hwider swá, v.l. ) þú wille, Gr. D. 25, 1
sele-dreám
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Mirth of the hall, joyous life of the hall, festive pleasure Beorgas wǽron blíðe gebǽrdon swá rammas wurdan gesweoru swá on seledreám swá on sceápum beóþ sceóne lambru montes, quare exultastis ut arietes, et colles velut agni ovium, Ps.
stunt
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Ðú sprǽce swá swá án stunt wíf, ii. 452, 31. Ðú stunta fatue, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 22. For eówer stuntan lage per traditionem vestram, Mk. Skt. 7, 13. Swá stunte nýtenu sicut bruta animalia, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 19.