wiþ-sacan
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D. 78, 21. with dat. infin. Hé þá wiðsóc hit tó underfónne, Gr. D. 78, 19
gyden
A goddess ⬩ dea
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A goddess; dea Iuno wæs swíðe heálíc gyden Juno was a very lofty goddess, Salm. Kmbl. 121, 32. Sceolde bión gydene was said to be a goddess, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 19; Bt. Met. Fox 26, 105; Met. 26, 53.
hæft
A haft, handle ⬩ manubrium ⬩ manubrium ⬩ a haft or kilt ⬩ capulum, manubrium ⬩ handle
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A haft, handle; manubrium Hæft and helfe manubrium, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 31; Wrt. Voc. 35, 20. Nim ðæt seax ðe ðæt hæfte síe fealo hryðeres horn take a knife, the handle of which is yellow ox-horn, L.
hamer
A hammer
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A hammer Hamor porticulus, Ælfc. Gr. 104; Som. 78, 13; Wrt. Voc. 56, 59. Cf. porticulus a maylat, 275, 1. 'Porticulus, malleus in manu portatus quo signum detur remigantibus,' Du Cange. Heoru hamere geþuren the sword forged by the hammer, Beo.
Linked entries: scip-hamer hamele homer
of-unnan
to begrudge a person (dat. ) anything (gen.), wish to deprive a person of anything ⬩ to refuse to grant ⬩ invidia, livor
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in a bad sense, to begrudge a person (dat. ) anything (gen.), wish to deprive a person of anything Se biþ ðæm ísene gelíc se ðe ofan his níhstan his lífes ferro utitur, qui vitae proximi insidiatur, Past. 37. 3: Swt. 269, 7.
EARM
poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretched ⬩ pauper, mĭser ⬩ the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision ⬩ paupĕres
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Nú eart tú earm sceaða now art thou a miserable wretch, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 19; Sat. 57: 226; Th. 301, 9; Sat. 579: Ps. Th. 136, 8. Earm biþ se him his frýnd geswícaþ miserable is he whom his friends betray, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 22; Gn. Ex. 37.
aloþ
ale
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ale Wulfréd scolde gifan twá tunnan fulle hlutres aloþ, and ten mittan Wælsces aloþ Wulfred should give two tuns full of clear ale, and ten mittan or measures of Welsh ale, Chr. 852; Ing. 93, 16: Th. Diplm. A. D. 791-796; 40, 4, 5, 6: A.
ceorl-boren
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Country or free-born, common, low-born, opposed to þegen-boren noble-born Ne þearf he hine gyldan má, sý he þegen-boren, sý he ceorl-boren he need not pay more for him, be he born a thane, be he born a churl, L. O. D. 5; Th. i. 354, 20
dóm-eádig
Blessed with power ⬩ pŏtens, nōbĭlis, beātus, glōria abundans
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Gú. 699: Cd. 63; Th. 75, 29; Gen. 1247
floc-rád
A riding company ⬩ a troop ⬩ turma
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Fóron hie æfter ðæm wealda hlóþum and flocrádum they went through the wood in bands and troops, 894; Erl. 90, 13
Linked entry: rád
leóþian
To sing ⬩ sound
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Folcum ic leóþode to peoples I sang, 94 b; Th. 354, 4; Reim. 40
lopystre
A lobster ⬩ a locust
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A lobster, a locust Loppestre polypus, Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 77; Wrt. Voc. 56, 2: 77, 69. Lopust locusta, ii. 113, 11. Hwæt féhst ðú on sǽ? Crabban and lopystran quid capis in mari? Cancros et polypodes, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 13.
bíge
A bending, turning, bend, an angle, a corner ⬩ flexus, sinus, angulus
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A bending, turning, bend, an angle, a corner; flexus, sinus, angulus Se engel eóde into ánum nyrwette, ðe he ne mihte forbúgan on náðere healfe, forðamðe ðǽr nán bíge næs angelus ad locum angustum transivit, ubi nec ad dexteram nec ad sinistram poterat
bolt
A bolt ⬩ an arrow
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A bolt, an arrow þǽr is ǽlc treów swá riht swá bolt there is every free as straight as a bolt (cf. bolt-upright), E. S. viii. 477, 13. Speru, boltas catapultas (cf. An. Ox. 4238 (where the same passage is glossed)arewan, gauelucas) Wrt.
ge-síþ
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Add: [The word seems to be a ja- stem, like the O. Sax. gi-síði, but to be treated as if the root-syllable were short. Cf. ge-siþþas in the preceding word.]
gríma
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Add: a visor, mask Gríma mascus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 54: 55, 46. a spectre, goblin, nightmare Gríma masca (masca striga; nocturna imago quae animam dormientis perturbat; larva, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 53: 55, 48: larbula, 70, 42.
scimrian
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Add: to shimmer, shine with a flickering light as a mote in the sunlight Scimerað uibrat (minor . . . modico Phoebi radiis qui uibrat atomo, Ald. 272, 32), An. Ox. 23, 51. Þá se dægredleóma beorhte scymrode matutina luce radiante, Chrd. 26, 22.
swaþu
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The word occurs in a list giving the names of various parts of a pig: — Rysle ausungia, flicce perna, spic larda, meargh lucanica, wrót bruncus, rop jus, swína swaþu suesta, byrst seta, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 50-57.
sceáp-wæsce
A place for washing sheep
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A place for washing sheep the word remains as a place-name in Sheepwash, in Worcestershire Of ðam stáne on sceápwæscan ; andlang sceápwæscan, Cod. Dip. v. 48, 6. Andlang sceápwæscan tó sceápwæscan forda, 174, 11. Tó ðære sceápwæscan, 298, 4.
Linked entry: wæsce
hǽren
Made of hair ⬩ cilicius
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Made of hair; cilicius Hé hine ðá gegyrede mid hǽrenum hrægle swíðe heardum and unwinsumum he clothed himself then with a garment of hair very hard and unpleasant, Blickl. Homl. 221, 24.