niþerness
Lowness ⬩ a low position ⬩ the bottom
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Lowness, a low position, the bottom Ðá geseah hé swá þýstre dene under him in nyþernesse gesette vidit quasi vallem tenebrosam subtus se in imo positam, Bd. 3. 19; S. 548, 9
ge-eádmódian
to humiliate ⬩ deign
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Ðæt he ge-eádmódige ut ipse dignetur, 2, 2; S. 502, 19
Linked entry: ge-eáþmódian
hwíl-stycce
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Leáf ꝥ hé moste him sum hwílstycce gebiddan licentia paululum orandi Gr. D. 254, 24. Þéh þe þes middangeard sum hwílstycce cwéme, 258, 26. Hwílsticcu intervalla . Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 61. Add
slídan
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Add Hé spræc þýsne cwyde be þám wrǽnan and slídendan (slidenan, v. l., cf. slidor) men de luxurioso ac lubrico sententiam protulit, Gr. D. 323, 2. Add Sliden lapsum, An. Ox. 1467
spédig
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Þám sþédigum gedafenað þæt héspende and dǽle; ðám wǽdlan gedafenað þæt hé gebidde for ðane dǽlere, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 30-33. Add
Súþ-Dene
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the South Danes Hé gesóhte Súd-Dena folc, B. 463. Ic wæs mid Súð-Denum, Víd. 58. Ic þé bæd þæt þú léte Súð-Dene sylfe geweorþan gúðe wið Grendel, B. 1996
swífan
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Se bróc þeáh hé swífe (swíþe, MS.) of his rihtryne (cf. bróc bið onwended of his rihtryne vagatur defluus amnis, Met. 5, 19), Bt. 6; S. 14, 15. v. ymb-swífan. Add
tó-hwega
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a little Hé cóm geornlíce biddende ꝥ him sceolde beón seald tóhwega eles ( aliquantulum olei ), Gr. D. 159, 11. Ꝥ hí þone swétan mete húru geómriende hwæthugu (tóhwega, v.l. ) onbyrgdon, 170, 11
Linked entry: for-hwǽga
út-líc
External ⬩ foreign
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Hé his ðeóde fram útlícre hergunge (ab externa invasione) álýsde, 4, 26; S. 603, 20
wearrig
Callous
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Callous Hé gelóme ðingode for ðæs folces gyltum, bígende his cneówu on gebedum symle, swá ðæt him weóxon wearrige ylas, on olfendes gelícnysse, on his liðegum cneówum, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 26
hǽðen-nes
Heathenism, paganism ⬩ gentilitas
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Hé tó hǽðennysse wæs gehwyrfed ad apostasiam conversus est, 3, 30; S. 561, 39
ofer-gíman
to neglect, disregard
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Gif hé áðor dyde, oððe ofergímde, oððe forgeat, 71, 15. Ðæs git ofergýmdon Hǽlendes word, Cd. Th. 295, 14; Sat. 486
Linked entry: ofer-gumian
-swát
sweaty, sweating
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Gebeþe ða hamma mid ðam stánbaðe; ðonne hié sién geswáte, ðonne recce hé ða bán, 68, 6
tweógendlíce
Doubtingly ⬩ doubtfully
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Doubtingly, doubtfully Sume hí twíendlíce be his lífe sprǽcon, and ðæt cwǽdon, ðæt hí nyston hwæðer hé on Godes mihte ða þing worhte ðe þurh deófles cræft, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 16
Linked entry: twíendlíce
þearlwísness
Severity, ⬩ strictness
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Hé hine wæs frignende mid ða apostolícam ðearlwísnesse sciscitabatur apostolica districtione, 2, 6; S. 508, 14
ge-efenlíc
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Ꝥ hé swá geefenlíca wǽre (hí swá geefenlíco wǽron, v. l.) mid þá gyfe his þingeres aequatus gratia suo intercessori, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 531, 8. For 'Bd. 4, 29; ... Ca' substitute
þeód
a nation, ⬩ people ⬩ the gentiles ⬩ a race ⬩ people, ⬩ men ⬩ the district occupied by a people, ⬩ a country ⬩ a language
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Hé þeóda gehwam (to every one on earth) hefonríce forgeaf, Cd. Th. 40, 19; Gen. 641; Exon. Th. 429, 4; Rä. 42, 8. Geþola þeóda þreá endure men's oppression, Andr. Kmbl. 213; An. 107.
folc-riht
According to folk-right ⬩ lawful ⬩ secundum publĭcum jus ⬩ lēgālis
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According to folk-right, lawful; secundum publĭcum jus, lēgālis Síe he wyrðe folcryhtre [-rihtre MS. G.] bóte let him be worthy of lawful compensation, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 25
hræd-wyrde
Quick ⬩ hasty of speech
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Quick, hasty of speech Ne sceal nó tó hátheort ne tó hrædwyrde he must not be too passionate nor too hasty of speech, Exon. 77 b; Th. 290, 17; Wand. 66
Linked entry: wær-wyrde
óþ-éhtian
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to drive away Se ðe ðis feoh óþfergean þence, oððe ðis orf óþéhtian þence he that thinks of carrying off this cattle, or of driving it away Lchdm. i. 384, 15