wealca
a roller ⬩ a wave ⬩ billow ⬩ a garment that may be rolled round a person ⬩ a muffler ⬩ wrap ⬩ veil.
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Kmbl. 3047 ; An. 1526. a garment that may be rolled round a person, a muffler, wrap, veil. Similar entries v. wealcian Ðá dyde heó of hire wydewan reáf and nam hire walcan (theristrum), Gen. 38, 14
weardere
One who holds a country, an inhabitant
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One who holds a country, an inhabitant Columba com tó Pyhtum; ðæt synd wærteras be norðum mórum Columba came to the Picts; they are the people who hold the country to the north of the hills (cf.
Linked entry: wærtere
heáne
Ignominiously, shamefully, abjectly
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Scyldigra scólu áscyred weorþeþ heáne from hálgum the band of the guilty shall with shame be separated from the holy, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 17; Cri. 1609: 75 b; Th. 283, 16; Jul. 681.
un-gerádness
Disagreement
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Disagreement Gyf hyne méte, ðæt hé áwiht beran geseó, ðæt byð ungerádnes, Lchdm. iii. 170, 20
Linked entry: ge-rádness
slápol
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Ne scealt þú nǽfre beón ne tó slápol ne tó sláw, Angl. xii. 516, 33. Add
un-lǽdlic
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Miserable Þá Iúdéas bǽdon swíde unlǽdlicre béne,swá him syþþan eall unlǽdlic on becwóm. . Nap. 65
Linked entry: lǽd-lic
wiþer-broca
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Hí beóð geswæncte fram heora wiðerbrocum (-brecan, v.l.) eos adversarii fatigant, Or. D. 204, 21. Add
gafol-heord
a swarm of bees rented from the lord
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Add: a swarm of bees rented from the lord, the rent (gafol) being paid in honey
gum-þeód
A nation, people
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A nation, people Gumþeóda bearn the children of men, Cd. 12; Th. 15, 1; Gen, 226
tó-sundrian
To separate
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To separate Hwanne hé tósundrode bearn Adames quando separabat filios Adam, Cant. M. ad fil. 8
Linked entry: tó-syndrian
smeágan
to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose
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Biþ smeád meditabitur 36, 30. with a clause introduced by ðæt, hú, hwilc, hwæt, etc.: Smeádon men oft, and gyt gelóme smeágaþ, hú se hláf máge beón áwend Homl. Th. ii. 268, 7 : L. Ed. 4; Th. i. 162, 1.
Linked entry: smeán
tácnian
to make a mark upon something, to mark ⬩ to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark ⬩ to indicate, point out ⬩ to signify ⬩ to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize ⬩ to indicate what is future, to portend
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Skt. 12, 33: 21, 19. to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize Huæt tácnaþ ðæt gold búton ða heánesse ðæs háligdómes quid aura nisi excellentia sanctitatis exprimitur? Past. 18; Swt. 133, 12.
Linked entries: tǽcnan tǽcnian firen-tácnian
án-steallet
one-stalked
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one-stalked Nim béte, ðe biþ ánsteallet take beet, which is one-stalked, Lchdm. iii. 70, 2
Linked entry: steallet
egþa
An instrument to beat out corn ⬩ trĭbŭla
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An instrument to beat out corn; trĭbŭla, Ælfc. Gl. 2; Som. 55, 52; Wrt. Voc. 16, 25
þeóh-wærc
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Pain in the thighs Wið þeóhwræce ... smyre ða þeóh, sóna hý beóð hále, Lchdm. i. 354, 19
word-loga
One who is false to his word
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One who is false to his word Ðæt gé ne beón wedlogan ne wordlogan, Wulfst. 40, 10
Linked entry: word-fæst
hlǽdred
Laddered
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Laddered, provided with steps On þone hlǽddredan (hlædreadan, C.D. vi. 94, 13) beám, C.D.B. iii. 492, 27
on-tíned
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Add: An earlier MS. has: Sǽ and ealle eá beóð mid fixum áfylde, Archiv cxxviii. 66, 7
twelf
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Þriwa feówer beóð twelf, 328, 21
un-gedríme
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Dissonant, discordant, inharmonious Hí gemaciað ꝥ þá óðre beóð ungedrýme aliorum uoces dissonare compellunt, Chrd. '57, 12