sófte
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Gyf gemetegud sófte byþ si temperies tranquilla fuerit (it is uncertain whether sófte should be taken as adjective translating tranquilla, or as adverb qualifying gemetegud, which mist tes temperies), Angl. xiii. 397, 462. Add God ealla g gað sída gesceafta
cum-líðian
To lodge, to receive as a guest ⬩ hospitari
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To lodge, to receive as a guest ; hospitari R. Ben. Interl. 1
un-geméde
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Perhaps this word should be taken as a noun; see mád-mód
gongel
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found in composition as in fæst-gongel, wíd-. v. gangel-, gongel-wæfre
Linked entry: gangel
lendan
To arrive
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To arrive, come to land Man hine lǽdde tó Eligbyrig ... sóna swá hé lende on scype man hine blende he was brought to Ely ... as soon as he arrived he was blinded on board ship, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 27; Ælf. Tod. 14
yna
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Techm. ii. 126, 14 (see under tún, I.), where it is printed with a space before y, as if a letter were wanting in the MS. Cockayne, Lchdm. iii. 334, col. 2, takes the word as the gen. pl. of yne = onion
C
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the letter c is found as an initial, medial, and final. — As an initial letter it corresponds to the Gothic amd Icelandic k; as, — A. Sax. corn corn, Goth. karn, Icel. korn; A. Sax. ceósan to choose, Goth. kiusan, Icel. kjósa. As a
ing
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf. Gothic form] may be the same as
Angel-
English ⬩ Anglicanus
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English; Anglicanus, — as in the following compounds Angel-cyning, -cynn, -þeód
hunig-teáren
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Sweet as honey or nectar Hunigteárenne nectareum, Gl. Prud. p. 140
Linked entry: -teáren
nóþ
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occurs often as a component of proper names. v. Txts. 642
eofor-hwæt
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Bold as a boar Eoforhuaet (a proper name), Txts. 160, 1
Linked entry: hwæt
línete
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In Wülck. Gl. 286, 21 the word is given as línece
sulh-gang
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A plough-gang (pleuch-, plough-gang as much land as can be properly tilled by one plough, Jamieson's Dict. See too pleuch-gate, ib. Cf. for a similar use of gang in measurements Icel. sólar-gangr = a day) Æt heáfde peninc, æt sulhgange peninc, Wulfst
sceam-full
Modest, chaste
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Modest, chaste Sceomfull pudica, Rtl. 108, 25. Sceomfullre verecundia, 110, 3. Schrift schal beon . . . edmod, scheomeful, dredful, A. R. 302, 23. Chaucer uses the word in its modern sense ignominious As shamful deeth as herte may deusye Come to these
leger-teám
Matrimony
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Matrimony, sexual intercourse [lawful or unlawful] Matheus him sægde ðæt hé wǽre swá synnig wið God gif hé ða gehálgodan fǽmnan tó legerteáme onfénge swá se þeów wǽre se ðe fénge on kyninges quéne tó unryhtum hǽmde Matthew said to him, that he would
a-gǽþ
happens
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happens Hit agǽþ eall swá it happens so as [also], Deut. 13, 2
a-geolwian
To become yellow ⬩ to make to glitter as gold ⬩ flavescere
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To become yellow, to make to glitter as gold; flavescere, Herb. 42, ? Lye
a-wegen
taken away ⬩ weighed as in a balance
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taken away, weighed as in a balance,Job 6, 2 ; Thw. 167, 18
weald
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For wealdestan perhaps weallendestan should be read as a literal rendering of ferventissirno