feorh-lege
death
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Life-laying [cf. lecgan; II. to slay], death Hú wolde þæt geweorðan þæt on þone hálgan handa sendan tó feorhlege fæderas ússe how should that come to pass that our fathers should lay hands on the holy one to the end that they might slay him, El. 458.
in-færeld
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Add: an entry, a place or way by which one enters, a vestibule Hé hý lǽdde intó þám infærlde þǽre cytan, and hé sylf into þǽre inran eóde and ðá duru him tó beclýsde, Hml. A. 196, 30.
wille-cærse
Well-kerse ⬩ water-cress
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Nim wyllecærsan (-en, MS.), iii. 134, 2. [Were me leuere lyue by wellecarses (ete watercrasses, v. l.), Piers P. C. 7, 292.]
on-bindan
To unbind, set free, disclose
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Onbund[en?]-um exertis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 50
un-swǽslíc
Unpleasant ⬩ ungentle
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Unpleasant, ungentle Hé hæfde his ende gebidenne unswǽslícne, Judth. Thw. 22, 17; Jud. 65
Linked entry: swǽs-líc
dop-enid
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Dop*-*ened, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 20. Add
for-lorian
to lose
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to lose Gif forlorað ł losað énne si perdiderit unam, Lk. L. 15, 4
slacian
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Scleag(i)ende torpens, pigrescens, 18, 11. Add
æfne
Behold ⬩ ecce
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Behold; ecce Æfne sóþlíce sóþfæstnysse ðú lufudest ecce enim veritatem dilexisti, Ps. Spl. 50, 7
ge-welhwilc
Every
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Every On gewelhwilcum ende on every side, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 68: 108, 121
Linked entry: wel-hwilc
cúþ-lǽtan
To enter into friendship ⬩ societatem facere, Som. Ben. Lye
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To enter into friendship; societatem facere, Som. Ben. Lye
æfst
envy
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envy, Past. 13, 2 ; Hat. MS. 17 a, 12 : Cd. 1 ; Th. 3, 1; Gen. 29
ádle
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Hú ðeós ádle scyle ende gesettan? Gú. 995. (Ádle Rä. 44, 4 might be pl.) Add
hám-faru
Forcible entry into a man's house ⬩ an inroad
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Forcible entry into a man's house; the same as hám-sócn, q. v
blæse
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Blasan (-en, MS.) globi, An. Ox. 3085 : facula, 976 :3, 39. Blæsan, 2, 22. Blæsum faculis, 3522 : 4427. Blesum tedis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 12. ¶ figurative: Hé wearð mid þǽre blæsan sóþere lufe ontend, Lch. iii. 432, 30.
wín-leáf
A vine-leaf
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A vine-leaf Wínleáf pampinus, Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 73
-a
A person ⬩ an agent ⬩ actor
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Some abstract nouns, and words denoting inanimate things, end in -a; and these words, having the same declension as those which signify Persons or actors, are masculine; as Hlísa, an; m. fame: Tíma, an; m. fame: Líchama, an; m. a body: Steorra, an; m.
wlitigian
to make beautiful ⬩ to grow beautiful
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Fyl nú ða frurnsprǽce, wlitega ðíne wordcwidas (give glorious effect to eny words), and ðín wuldor ús gecýð, 188, 9; Az. 43. Wlitiga ðínne wordcwyde and ðín wuldor on ús gecýð, Cd. Th. 236, 26; Dan. 327.
efen-þegen
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Énne of his efneðegnum, 28