earfoþ-wilde
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Hard to subdue His foregengan þe wǽron . . . on ǽnegum gewinne earfoþwylde nǽfre þisne andweald on swá micelre sibbe smyltnesse gehealdan ne mihton, Lch. iii. 436, 12
Linked entry: -wilde
eár-slege
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Gif him mon ásleá óðer eáre of, geselle .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 92, 21
geár-torht
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v. geár; III.6) Hé seów sǽda fela, sóhte georne þæt him ... bróhte geártorhte gife gréne folde, Gen. 1561. Substitute:
ofer-wealdan
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to rule over, control Ne lǽte hé nǽfre his hýrmen hyne oferwealdan, Angl. ix. 260, 27. Cf. wealdan; <b>III d.</b>
on-drincan
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Ðis deór mid þý ðe hit þæs wætres ondronc haec bestia potata aqua, Nar. 15, 18. Add
tó-gelan
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To diffuse, spread a fluid Se streám gewunode ꝥ hé tðgolen and tógoten wæs geond his æceras fluvius per agros diffundi consueverat. Gr. D. 192, 18
Linked entry: gelan
un-wérig
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Add: unwearied Þone æftran dæg mid his nihte anwérig on bénum hé þurhstód secundo die cum node subsequenti indefessus in precibus perstitit, Gr. D. 200, 7
bisenian
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add: to give an example in respect to Heó him bysnode mid gódre gedrohtnunge tó Godes þeówdóme, Hml. S. 2, 125: Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 28
færeld
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Ne mæg hé begýman his lyma færeldes membra deliberare non potest, Chrd. 75, 4. Mid heora bilwitton gyrlan and færelde simplici habitu incessuque, 77, 3. Add
wel-weorþ
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Of high esteem, of great account Hé swá wuldorfulle and Gode swá welweorþe (wel weorþe ? v. weorþ III a) leóde geneósian wolde Lchdm. iii. 432, 31
wil-wang
A pleasant plain ⬩ pleasant land
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., nǽfre him deáþ sceþeþ on ðam willwonge, Exon. Th. 203, 24; Ph. 89
gagolbǽr-nes
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Sé ðe eall his mód bið áflogen tó gæglbǽrnesse qui totis cogitationibus ad lasciviam defluens, Past. 73, 11. Add
Linked entry: gagol-bǽre
heáh-stede
A high place ⬩ a high place
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A high place Ðenden ðǽr wunaþ on heáhstede húsa sélest whilst there in its lofty place the best of houses continues, Beo. Th. 575; B. 285
heáh-weofod
The high altar
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The high altar Gesceot bæftan ðæm heáh-weofode propitiatorium vel sanctum sanctorum, vel secretarium, vel pastoforum, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 27; Wrt. Voc. 59, 1
of-steppan
trample upon
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Ðâ dydon ða ealdormen swá, swâ; him dihte Josue, and ðæra cynega swuran forcúðlíce trǽdon. Jos. 10, 24
slífan
To slive ⬩ findo, effisso ⬩ avulsio, abscissio ⬩ slice
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Palsgrave, "I slyve a gylowfloure or any other floure from his branche or stalke."' Baker, Northants Gloss.)
Linked entry: sléfan
ge-streáwian
To strew
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To strew Swylc hit eall gestreáwod wǽre mid wynsume blóstmen and wyrtgemangum as if it all were strewed with pleasant flowers and spices, Shrn. 15, 31
fugelian
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Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf on his hláfordes lǽne getimbred hæfð, þæt hé móte huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil. H. 2, 10. Add
á-ýtan
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Ðonne áríseð þeód wið þeóde and hié beóð þonne áýtte fram heora gemǽrum (quoted in note to preceding). Add
Linked entry: ýtan
eorþe
the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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Add: the ground, as a surface Hé ástrehte his líchaman tó eorðan, Hml. Th. i. 66, 22. Wæs his ræst on nacodre eorðan, Bl. H. 227, 11. Þín blód fléwþ ofer eorþan swá swá wæter, 237, 6.
Linked entry: eorþ-lic