cýs-wuce
Cheese-week, the last week of eating cheese before Lent ⬩ septimana dominicæ quinquagesimæ
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'Abstinentiam ovorum et casei incipimus feria secunda post quinquagesimam:' — Ðis sceal on Wódnes dæg, on ðære syxteóðan wucan ofer Pentecosten; and on Fríge dæg innan ðære cýs-wucan this [Gospel] must be on Wednesday, in the sixteenth week after Pentecost
Fornétes folm
Fornet's palm ⬩ Fornēti palma
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It must, however, be one of the chief species, as Fornjótr was a chief god of the heathen Icelanders
frum-cyn
original kind ⬩ lineage ⬩ descent ⬩ origin ⬩ prosāpia ⬩ ŏrīgo ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ gĕnus ⬩ gens
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Ic eówer sceal frumcyn witan I must know your origin, Beo. Th. 509; B. 252. a race, tribe; gĕnus, gens Ðæt he ahredde frumcyn fira that he saved the race of men, Exon. 8 a; Th. 3. 12; Cri. 35: Cd. 190; Th. 236, 6; Dan. 317.
widlian
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To defile, pollute, violate, profane Ne ðæt ingaas in múð widlas (coinquinat) ðone monno. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 11. Measapreóstas sunnadæg widlas (violant), 12, 5. Ðás yflo wiðlað (widlas, Rush., communicant) ðone monno, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 23.
ge-winna
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Helle dióful . . . gecwæð 'Sleáð synnigne ofer seolfes múð folces gewinnan' ( St. Andrew ), 1303. Sáwla gewinnan ( the devil ), Jul. 555. a rival, competitor Gewinna emulus, Wrt.
Linked entry: winna
scearplíce
sharply, keenly, smartly, effectually, quickly ⬩ sharply, keenly ⬩ sharply, painfully
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Stingaþ hine scearplíce on ðone múð, Wulfst. 141, 7
Linked entry: scearp
ge-tilian
to strive after ⬩ to get by striving ⬩ to obtain ⬩ procure ⬩ acquire ⬩ acquīrĕre ⬩ to treat a patient; ⬩ curāre
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[Goth. ga-tilon to obtain.]. to treat a patient; curāre Ic wát hú ðín man getilian sceal I know how you must be treated, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 32
Linked entry: ge-teolod
tó-dón
to put asunder, ⬩ divide, ⬩ separate ⬩ to undo, ⬩ open
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Hi tódydon heora múð ongeán mé apenierunt in me os suum, Ps. Th. 21, ii. þat deor todede (undude, 2nd MS.) his chæfles, Laym. 6507. Ic unlle mine riche todon allen minen dohtren, 2945
be-cirran
to turn round ⬩ about ⬩ to go round ⬩ pass by ⬩ avoid ⬩ to turn ⬩ pervert ⬩ seduce ⬩ to beguile ⬩ deceive ⬩ to get round a person
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[Þurh þe smel of þe chese he bicherreð monie mus to þe stoke, O. E. Homl. i. 53, 22. Þe deuel mid his hinderworde bicherde Adam, ii. 59, 19. Hii wolleþ us bicheorre (biwiȝelien, 1st MS.) þorh hire wise craftes, Laym. 969.
hwíl-tídum
At times ⬩ sometimes
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Eác hé sceal hwíltídum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan also at certain times he must be prepared for many kinds of work at the lord's pleasure, L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 436, 3.
efen-etan
to eat as much as any one
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to eat as much as any one
Hróð-
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Hróð-gár, -mund, -wulf
bleó-stǽning
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Bleóstǽning musac, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 7. Substitute
swinsung-cræft
Music
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Music Swinsungcræft musicam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55. 29
mǽstlíce
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Very much Mǽstlícust magnopere, Angl. xiii. 447, 1169
cwic-feoh
Living property, cattle ⬩ vivum munus, pecus, Som. Ben. Lye
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Living property, cattle ; vivum munus, pecus, Som. Ben. Lye
ge-munan
To remember, bear in mind, consider ⬩ recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari
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; with gen. and acc. To remember, bear in mind, consider; recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari Gemunan his hálegan cýðnesse memorari testamenti sui sancti, Lk. Bos. 1, 72. Gif he ne wile mid inneweardre heortan gemunan and geþencean if he will not
cor-wurma
A purple colour ⬩ múrex
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A purple colour; múrex Corwurmum mūrĭ-cĭbus Mone B. 6170
Linked entry: wurma
land-ælf
A land-elf
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A land-elf Landælfe ruricolas musas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 83
cwíðan
To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament ⬩ lamentāre, plangĕre
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Ic sceolde ána míne ceare cwiðan I must alone mourn my care, Exon. 76b; Th. 287, 4; Wand. 9. We cwíðdon [MS. cwiðdun] lamentavimus, Mt. Bos. 11, 17. Fǽmnan ne synd cwýðede [cwyðde MS.] virgines non sunt lamentatæ, Ps. Spl. C. 77, 69.