wín-sele
A wine-hall ⬩ a hall where there is feasting
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A wine-hall, a hall where there is feasting Nis hér (in Hell) wloncra wínsele, ne worulde dreám, Cd. Th. 270, 21; Sat. 94. Se wínsele (Hrothgar's hall), Beo. Th. 1547; B. 771. In ðæm wínsele, 1394; B. 695.
Linked entry: wín-sæl
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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wearþ to eorle, sangere to sacerde, and bócere to biscope we know that, by the grace of God, a slave has risen to a thane, and a ceorl [free man] has risen to an earl, a singer to a priest, and a scribe to be a bishop, L.
Linked entry: ciorl
níþ-sele
A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe
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A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe [Grein reads niþ-sele a hall low down, beneath the water. ] Hé [in] níþsele náthwylcum wæs, ðǽr him nǽnig wæter wihte ne sceþede, Beo. Th. 3030; B. 1513
Linked entry: niþ
a-gíta
A spendthrift ⬩ prodigus
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A spendthrift; prodigus.Past. 20, 2; Hat. MS. 29 b, 10
a-swǽpþ
sweeps away
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sweeps away,Past. 36, 8; Hat. MS. 48 b, 16;
derodine
scarlet dye
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scarlet dye, Past. 14, 4; Hat. MS. 18 a, 3
for-sión
to despise
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Past. 32, 1; Hat. MS. 39 b, 27
pohha
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Poh[han] fiscos, saccos publicos, An. Ox. 50, 19. Add
-wille
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Add: v. fugel-wille, hár-wille, hund-wille, rúm-wille
fýr-smeortende
smarting like a burn ⬩ ignitos ciniphes
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The Latin has ignitos ciniphes
healf-mann
Half man
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Half man Halfmann semivir, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 23
ge-tǽse
Meet ⬩ convenient suitable ⬩ mild ⬩ easy ⬩ accommodus ⬩ placidus ⬩ lenis
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Meet, convenient suitable, mild, easy; accommodus, placidus, lenis Gif him wǽre niht getǽse if he had had an easy night, Beo. Th. 2645; B. 1320. Swá hit getǽsost wæs as was most fitting, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 22; Met. 20, 11
cuning
a king,
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Hat. Bodl. fol. 9a, 7
diégel
hidden, obscure
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hidden, obscure, Past. 43, 2; Hat. MS. 59 a, 17
healf-scyldig
Half-guilty
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Half-guilty Healfscyldig temeson, medius sons, Hpt. 31, 12, 251
healf-sester
A half-sester
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A half-sester Healfsester mine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 1
leoþu-bíge
humble ⬩ meek
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Flexible at the joints, humble; meek Ðá wearþ ðæt hálige líc hál on eorþan gemét liþebíge on limum the holy body was found in the earth sound, and with the limbs not yet stiff, Homl. Th. ii. 152, 33.
Linked entry: liþe-bíge
ge-mǽtan
To dream ⬩ somniare, somnium videre
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To dream; somniare, somnium videre Hwæt hine gemǽtte what he had dreamed, Cd. 178; Th. 223, 20; Dan. 122 : Rood. Kmbl. 3; Kr. 2. Swá his man-drihten gemǽted wearþ as his lord had dreamed, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 21; Dan. 157
Linked entry: mǽtan
alan
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Dele In the passage there given the glosser seems to have thought that parent might be from either of the two verbs parĕre, parēre, and has glossed it by foedað ł alaþ ł adeáuæð: the Rushworth gloss has only foedað ł aleð
HRÍM
RIME
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Hrím hrusan bond hægl feól on eorþan frost bound the land, hail fell on earth, 81 b; Th. 307, 31; Seef. 32. Ne hægles hryre ne hrímes dryre, 563; Th. 198, 27; Ph. 16. Mid herige hrímes and snáwes with the legions of frost and snow, Menol.