burh-geat-setl
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A town-gate-seat, where a court was held for trying causes of family and tenants; ad urbis portam sedes, L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 15
dryhten-dóm
Sovereignty, majesty ⬩ dŏmĭnātus, majestas
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Sovereignty, majesty; dŏmĭnātus, majestas Se hálga hérede on héhþo heofoncyninges dryhten-dóm the saint praised the majesty of heaven's king on high, Andr. Kmbl. 1997; An. 1001
earm-scanca
An arm-bone [ = shank] ⬩ crus
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An arm-bone [ = shank]; crus Gif ða earm-scancan beóþ begen forade if the arm-bones be both broken, L. Alf. pol. 55; Th. i. 94, 26
Linked entry: sceanca
ed-niwinga
Anew ⬩ dēnuo
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Anew; dēnuo Se fugel líf eft onféhþ edniwinga the bird receives again life anew, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 2; Ph. 534: Andr. Recd. 1569; An. 784
eorþ-bifung
An earthquake ⬩ terræ mōtus
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An earthquake; terræ mōtus Ðǽr wearþ geworden micel eorþbifung terræ mōtus factus est magnus, Mt. Bos. 28, 2. Híg gesáwon ða eorþbifunge vīdērunt terræ mōtum, 27, 54
Linked entry: eorþ-beofung
eorþ-burh
An earth mound or burying place ⬩ agger, hŭmātio
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An earth mound or burying place; agger, hŭmātio To ðare eorþ-byrig to the earth mound, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 335 ; A. D. 903 ; Kmbl. iii. 403, 31
freó-bróðor
An own brother ⬩ germānus frāter
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An own brother; germānus frāter Him frumbearnes riht freóbróðor óþ-þah his own brother took from him his firstborn's right, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 14; Exod. 338
ir-líc
Angry
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Angry Hé swíðe irlícum andwlitan beseah tó ðam iungan cnyhte he looked at the young man with a very angry countenance, Th. AP. 4, 6 : 5, 3
mésan
to feed ⬩ eat
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to feed, eat Ic mésan mæg meahtelícor ealdum þyrse I can eat mightier meals than an old giant, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 26; Rä. 41, 62
self-cwalu
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Self-slaughter, suicide Sum sceal ful earmlíce ealdre linnan . . . and hine tó sylfcwale secgas nemnaþ speak of him as committing suicide, Exon. Th. 330, 24; Vy. 56
síþ-geómor
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Sad and weary with travel Ic ðysne sang síþ*-*geómor fand, on seócum sefan samnode wíde, hú ða æþelingas ellen cýð*-*don, Apstls. Kmbl. 2 ; Ap. 1
teón-smiþ
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A worker of hurt or wrong, an evil-doer Wǽron teónsmiðas ( the evil spirits that persecuted Guthlac ) tornes fulle, . . . earme andsacan, Exon. Th. 114, 21; Gú. 176
bufantigera
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Cf. mitre, i. tigera húfan, An. Ox. 2, 440; thiara hætte, 325. So tigera from Latin tiara ), Hpt. Gl. 525, 9
camp-lic
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Military Camplic meniu a body of soldiers, Hml. S. 31, 1237. Camplicere mihte tribunicae potestatis, An. Ox. 11, 156: 12, 9. Réþe, camplice tyrannici (militonum commanipulares), 858
cirman
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Cyrmiende stridulae, An. Ox. 4605. Cyrmyndre, 8, 264. Cermenda sonantia, 46, 6. Add
ciric-þing
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An article belonging to a church Gif preóst on circan ungedafenlice þingc gelógige, gebéte ꝥ. Gif preóst ciricþingc útige, gebéte ꝥ, Ll. Th. ii. 294, 12-14
drý-cræftig
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Add: <b>drý-cræftiga,</b> an; m. A sorcerer On þám ylcan tíman þe þá drýcræftigan ( malefici ) wurdon árásode, Gr. D. 27, 15
cyne-wiþþe
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Wrǽdas, cyaewiþþan redimicula (habent mitrae ), An. Ox. 5241: Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 44. Cynewiððan, Hpt. 33, 239, 16
Linked entry: wiþþe
ge-baþian
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To bathe, wash Heora ǽlc án .c. þearfendra manna gebaðige, Cht. Th. 616, 25. Hé næs geefesod, ne eác bescoren oððe gebaðod, Hml. Th. ii. 298, 20
Linked entry: baþian
gyrdel-hring
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Substitute: <b>gyrdel-hringe,</b> an; f. A girdle-buckle, clasp for a girdle Gyrdelhringe lingula, legula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 66, 67