swiftness
Swiftness, fleetness, celerity
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Swiftness, fleetness, celerity Hwá unlǽredra ne wundraþ ðæs roderes færeldes and his swiftnesse, Bt. 39. 3; Fox 214, 16. Dysig se ðe getrúwaþ on his horses swiftnesse, Ps. Th. 32, 15. Hé swang ðone top mid swá micelre swiftnesse, Ap. Th. 13, 13. Da óðre
Linked entry: swiftu
turnian
to turn ⬩ revolve round an axis or centre ⬩ to turn
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to turn (intrans.), revolve round an axis or centre Ða árleásan turniaþ on ymbhwyrfte, Homl. Th. i. 514, 23. Seó firmamentum tyrnþ symle onbútan ús . . . and ealle ða steorran, ðe hyre on fæste synd, turniaþ onbútan mid hyre, Lchdm. iii. 254, 16. Hwylces
Linked entry: turnigend-líc
for-þryccan
to injure ⬩ destroy by pressure ⬩ to torture ⬩ to close up
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Add: to injure or destroy by pressure literal Mid þý fylle ðæs wáges forþryccende ( opprimens ) hé geþrǽste ǽnne þára muneca, Gr. D. 125, 6. Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg, for ðon ðe ic eom forseted and forðrycced ( premor ) mid þám scyllum þisses
be-dydrian
to delude ⬩ to conceal from (wið)
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Add: to delude Bedydrode lubricat, lubricos facit, decipit, An. Ox. 50, 30. Se swicola feónd hí swíðe bedydrode, swilce ðǽr sum hús sóðlíce forburne, Hml. Th. ii. 140, 15: 166, 9. Þá dwolmen hine bedydrodon, Hml. S. 3, 316, 320. God sylf forbeád ꝥ wé
Linked entry: bedrian
swelgan
To swallow. ⬩ of taking food, etc., by living creatures ⬩ of absorption or reception by inanimate things, to swallow, take in, drink, absorb ⬩ to take in to the mind, accept, imbibe (wisdom) ⬩ with the idea of violence or destruction, to devour (lit. or fig.), to consume, engulf ⬩ absorbere ⬩ glutire ⬩ to swallow.
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To swallow. in a physical sense, of taking food, etc., by living creatures Se draca hig swealh, and hig eft áspáw, L.E.I. prm.; Th. ii. 398, 40. Hé geféng slǽpendne rinc, bát bánlocan, synsnǽdum swealh, Beo. Th. 1490; B. 743. Hé ( a book-moth ) ðám wordum
Linked entry: swylfende
cwémnys
A satisfaction, an appeasing, a mitigation ⬩ satisfactio
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A satisfaction, an appeasing, a mitigation ; satisfactio Cwémnys uncysta satisfactio vitiorum, Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 495, 32
dolg-sealf
a wound salve, poultice for a wound
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a wound salve, poultice for a wound, L. M. cont. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 8, 26, 29
éh-þyrl
eye-hole, a window
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eye-hole, a window Ðú wircst éhþirl thou makest a window, Gen. 6, 16: Jos. 2, 18
flóde
A place where anything flows ⬩ a channel ⬩ sink ⬩ gutter ⬩ cloāca ⬩ lăcūna
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A place where anything flows, a channel, sink, gutter; cloāca, lăcūna, Cot. 44: 193, Som. Ben. Lye
for-screncend
A supplanter ⬩ supplantātor
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A supplanter; supplantātor Iacob is gecweden, forscrencend Jacob is interpreted, a supplanter, Homl. Th. i. 198, 21
Linked entry: screncend
fyrm
A feast ⬩ ĕpŭlæ
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A feast; ĕpŭlæ Ða Philistei micele fyrme geworhton the Philistines made a great feast, Jud. 16, 25
hróf-stán
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A roof-stone, stone forming part of a roof Of ðám hrófstáne, Homl. Th. i. 508, 33
mearc-díc
A ditch which serves as a boundary
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A ditch which serves as a boundary On ða ealdan mercdíc, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 7
níd-mǽg
A near kinsman ⬩ a cousin
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A near kinsman, a cousin Iohannes úres Dritenes nýdmǽg, L. Ælfc. P. 9; Th. ii. 366, 37
Linked entries: níd-máge níd-sibb ge-nídmágas
rand-hæbbend
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One who has a shield, a warrior Óðer nǽnig sélra nǽre rondhæbbendra, Beo. Th. 1726; B. 861
blód-seax
A blood-knife, a lancet ⬩ phlebotomus
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A blood-knife, a lancet; phlebotomus = φλεβoτόμoν, Ælfc. Gl. 17; Som. 58, 91; Wrt. Voc. 22, 9
Linked entry: blód-æx
sulh-handla
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One who holds the handle of a plough, a ploughman Sulhandla stivarius, arator, Hpt. Gl. 461, 71
Linked entry: -handla
sundor-freóls
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A special immunity, a privilege:?-On ðissum sunderfreólse priuilegio, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 349, 26. Ðysne e
folc-egsa
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Terror felt by a people or that which causes terror in a people. For 'Folk-terror' substitute:
first-hróf
a ceiling
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The ridge-pole of a roof; a ceiling (? v. first; I) On fyrsthrófe tigillo, An. Ox. 2812