birla
The barrel
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The barrel, body (of a horse) Gif hors sié ofscoten; nim tóbrecenre nǽdle eáge, stinge hindan on þone byrlan, Lch. ii. 156, 30
Linked entry: byrla
átor-berende
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Seó átterberende nǽdre, Wlfst. 192, 22. Add
ge-hyrned
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Nǽdre gehyrnedu. Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 2. Add
ge-rumpen
rough, wrinkled ⬩ rugosus
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rough, wrinkled; rugosus Gerumpenu nædre cerastes, coluber, Cot. 38
eáðelíce
Easily ⬩ făcĭle
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Easily; făcĭle Eáðelícor mæg se olfend gán þurh ánre nǽdle eáge it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, Lk. Bos. 18, 25. He sóhte hú he eáðelícost hine gesealde he sought how he might most easily betray him, 22, 6
Linked entry: éðelíce
here-draca
A war-drake ⬩ an arrow
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[Cf. hilde-nædre.]
slincan
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Add Seó nǽdre ongan slincan in ꝥ scræf coepit serpens in speluncam venire, Gr. D. 211, 16
niman
to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere
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to take, receive, get; sumere, accipere Nimþ sumpserint, Kent. Gl. 1056. Hwár nime wé (hwonon ús tó niomane, Rush.) swá fela hláf ? Mt. Kmbl. 15, 33. Cristes onsægdnesse ðe wé æt ðæm weofode nimaþ, Blickl. Homl. 77. 5. Ðæt ( food ) hé ǽr tó blisse nam
Linked entry: bi-nom
for-sceap
a fault ⬩ crime ⬩ mălefactum
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a fault, crime; mălefactum Me nædre to forsceape scyhte the serpent incited me to crime, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 22; Gen. 898
Linked entry: sceap
þunor-rád
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Add: — Seóþunorád (se dunorrád, v.l.) ofslóh ealle] þá nǽd-ran idem tonitrus omnes serpentes interemit, Gr.
rimpan
to wrinkle, rumple.
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[Gerumpenu nædre coluber cerastis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 68 Ðære gehrumpnan rugosa, 91, 15 . Cf. also hry[m]pellum rugis, 95, 73
Linked entry: ge-hrumpen
holh
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Gif þonne seó nǽdre befleáh hine in hwylc holh, gif hé þonne gebletsode þæs hóles múð mid þǽre halgan róde tácne, sóna ofer ꝥ wæs seó nǽdre getogen deád of þám hóle quem si quando serpens in foramine fugerit, signo cruces os foraminis benedicit, statimque
heáh-galdor
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A powerful charm, a charm of great virtue Seó nǽdre dytteð hyre eáran, þæt heó nele gehýran heáhgaldor sum, þæt snotre men singað wið áttrum, Ps. Th. 57, 4
EÁGE
EYE ⬩ ocŭlus ⬩ the eye of a needle ⬩ forāmen
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Exon. 26 a; Th. 76, 26; Cri. 1245. the eye of a needle; forāmen þurh nǽdle eáge per forāmen acus, Mt. Bos. 19, 24: Lk. Bos. 18, 25
Linked entry: ége
weg-farende
Wayfaring
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Seó nædre ligeþ on ðam wege, and wyle ða wegfarendan mid hire tóðum slítan, Wulfst. 192, 23
geaflas
The jaws ⬩ fauces
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Ðam ða geaflas beóþ nǽdle scearpran whose jaws are sharper than a needle, 100 a; Th. 373, 32; Seel. 118
scyhtan
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To instigate, prompt, urge Mé nædre beswác and mé neódlíce tó forsceape scyhte and tó scyldfrece, Cd. Th. 55, 22; Gen. 808. Óðer him ðás eorþan ealle sægde lǽne . . . Óðer hine scyhte ðæt hé sceaðena gemót nihtes sóhte, Exon. Th. 109, 30; Gú. 98
Linked entry: á-scyhtan
for-spildness
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Seó nǽdre sende hí selfe in forspildnesse ( in praecipitium ), 211, 24
Linked entries: for-spilness -spildness
un-gelygen
Not lying ⬩ true
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Ðú téhtest mé swá ungelygena gewittnesse swá ic nán óðer dón ne mæg búte ic nǽde scall hym gelífan, Shrn. 201, 17
Linked entries: ge-lygen un-geligen un-lygen
rempan
to go headlong (like an animal butting with its horns (?), ⬩ be precipitate
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, cf. gerumpenu nædre coluber cerastes, ), Wrt.