meagol-ness
Earnestness
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Homl. 65, 23. v. preceding word
þurh-lócung
A looking through or over, a preliminary examination(?) of a book ⬩ prohemium
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of a book; but the word glosses prohemium Ðurhlócung prohemium, forespǽc praefatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 38
herigend-
Praiseworthy ⬩ laudable
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Hergendlíc in worlda world laudabile in secula seculorum, Blickl. Homl. 139, 11. Hergiendlíc laudabilis, Rtl. 181, 27. Ða giftu beóþ herigendlíce that marriage is praiseworthy, Homl. Th. ii. 54, 10
on-médan
(?) to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan)
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to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan) Ondsware ýwe se hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him give answer, who will take upon himself to say in words, what the name of that wood is, Exon.
Linked entry: médan
ge-drófenlíc
Troublous
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Troublous Ðeós world is gedrófenlíc this world is troublous, Blickl. Homl. 115, 3
græfa
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Earle in his note on this word, p. 300, suggests a translation other than that given by previous editors. By them it has been translated 'coal,' he suggests 'gravel.'
risne
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B. v. ge-risene and next word
canter-stæf
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A staff used by a cantor (v. preceding word)] III. canterstafas III. baculi cantorum (baculi quibus in ecclesia utebantur cantores, Migne), Cht. Th. 429, 23
geond-leóhtend
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One who gives light over or through; the word, however, is used to gloss perlustrator: O Thoma Christi perlustrator (geondleóhtend) lateris, Hy. S. 128, 12
Linked entry: leóhte
líc-lic
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Likely, apparently suitable for a purpose Ídele word oððe hlehtre oððe gamene lí(c)lic verba vana ant risui apta, R. Ben. 1. 21, ii
rex-geníþla
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geníþlan Elene; either word alliterates with cwéne), hé wæs on þǽre cwéne gewealdum, El. 610. (?)
posel
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a small lump, a pill Gǽten smeoro geþýd tó poslum swelge let him swallow goat's grease squeezed to pills, Lchdm. i. 354, 9. v. next word
sundor-freódóm
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B. i. 155, 17: 154, 22. v. next word
Linked entry: freó-dóm
á-latian
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Cf. the gloss to the same word: Uilesceret i. tardaret vel latode, Angl. xv. 208, 13
Linked entry: latian
circol-wyrde
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Angl. viii. 306, 26. v. next word
ofer-glésan
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to write an English word over a Latin one to explain the latter, make an interlinear gloss Aldred hit oferglóesade on Englisc, Jn. p. 188, 7
Linked entry: glésan
swíþrian
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Word unrihtwísra swýðradon ofer ús uerba iniquorum praeualuerunt super nos, Ps. L. 64, 4. Swýrian prevalere, R. Ben. I. 59, 14. Swýðrenda, prevalens, 12, 16. Add
sweord-wyrhta
A sword-wright, maker of swords, armourer
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A sword-wright, maker of swords, armourer Móna se án and twentigoða unnytlíce tó wyrcenne bútan swurdwyrhtan (but the word glosses gladiatoribus), Lchdm. iii. 194, 10
twín-wyrm
buprestis
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The word glosses buprestis ( = βούπρηστις a poisonous beetle, which when eaten by cattle in the grass caused them to swell up), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 35
windel-stán
A tower with a winding staircase
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A tower with a winding staircase Windelstán coclea, gewind circuitus ascensus (the word occurs in a list of names of buildings), Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 3