wend
a course ⬩ an alternative ⬩ a case
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a course, an alternative, a case Ðonne gerecce hé, gif hé mæge, óþer twéga, oððe ðara spella sum leás oððe ungelíc ðære sprǽce ðe wit æfter spyriaþ; oððe þridde wend (a third course or alternative)ongite and geléfe ðæt wit on riht spirien Bt. 38, 2;
ǽwisc-mód
Disgraced in mind ⬩ ashamed ⬩ abashed ⬩ dedecoratus animo ⬩ pudore suffusus
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Ðæt he aswiscmód eft síðade, heán, hyhta leás that he abashed returned, depressed, void of hopes. Exon. 46a; Th. 157, 23; Gú. 896: 80b; Th. 302, 16; Fä 37.
Linked entry: ǽwisc
þúr
Thor
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Ðúres-leáh, Ðúrgártún, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 342
Linked entry: þúrs-dæg
ofer-bídan
to outlast, outlive, survive
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to outlast, outlive, survive Gif hwylces weres forme wíf biþ deád, ðæt hé be leáfe óðer wíf niman móte; and gif hé ða oferbýt wunige hé á syððan wífleás, si supersit ei L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 3. Yldo oferbídeþ stánas, Salm.
un-mynegod
Undemanded
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Undemanded Gif preóst geárgerihta unmynegode lǽte if a priest leave the yearly dues without payment asked, L. N. P. L. 43; Th. ii. 296, 15
Linked entry: mynegian
be-ebbian
To leave aground by ebbing ⬩ aqua privare
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To leave aground by ebbing; aqua privare Scipu wǽron be-ebbode [be-ebbade] the ships were left aground by the ebb, Chr. 897; Th. 176, 30
hlec
leaky
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leaky: Hlec (hlecen, MS., but hlec, 2, 480: Hpt. Gl. 529, II), tócinen bát rimosa, scissurosa barca An. Ox. 5456. Lecum rimosę Germ. 400, 69. Add:
in-wudu
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Woodland reserved to the lord Se wuda gemǽne þe intó lóceres leáge hýrð oð ðæs cinges inwuda, C. D. B. iii. 189, 2. Cf. in-snǽd
þynne
Thin ⬩ thin ⬩ lean ⬩ the opposite of fat or stout ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of thick ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of broad ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ delicate ⬩ fine
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Gr. 24; Zup. 137, 9. of dimension, thin, lean, the opposite of fat or stout Þynne monn galbus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 11.
ge-mirran
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L. 13, 7. to obstruct right conduct in a person, lead astray, deceive Mód gemyrred in synna seáð, Jul. 412. Unwíslicum gémnisum besuicceno ł gemerredo stultis sollicitudinibus seducti, Lk. p. 2, ii.
Linked entry: ge-myrran
ge-dirfan
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Betere ys þæt for manegra hǽlþe án beó genyþerud, þænne þurh ánes leáfe manega beóð gedyrfede ( periclitentur ), Scint. 115, 20. Scypu beóð gedyrfed (per[i] clitautur) on wídsǽ, Archiv cxx. 297, 19
Linked entries: ge-deorfan ge-dyrfan dirfan
be-frinan
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ learn ⬩ interrogare ⬩ sciscitari ⬩ discere
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To ask, inquire, learn; interrogare, sciscitari, discere Ic befrine sciscitor Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 27, 4. Herodes befran hí Herodes didicit ab eis Mt. Bos. 2, 7
dæg-weorc
A day's work ⬩ diei opus
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A day's work; diei opus Him mihtig God ðæs dægweorces deóp leán forgeald the mighty God recompensed to him a high reward for that day's work, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 30; Exod. 315: 167; Th. 209, 28; Exod. 506: Byrht. Th. 136, 8; By. 148.
fergan
to carry ⬩ convey ⬩ bear ⬩ portāre ⬩ vehĕre ⬩ ferre ⬩ to go ⬩ īre
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Bearn fergaþ and féðaþ fæder and módor father and mother carry and lead the child, 87 a; Th. 327, 21; Vy. 7. to go; īre Ic seah rǽplingas in ræced fergan I saw captives going into a house, Exon. 113 b; Th. 435, a; Rä. 53. 1
ge-lǽfan
To leave ⬩ derelinquĕre
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To leave; derelinquĕre Ðé gelǽfed is se þearfa tĭbi derelictus est pauper, Ps. Lamb. second 9, 14. Ðæt gelǽfed wæs quod superfuit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 37
fearnig
Ferny
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On ðá fearnige leáge, C. D. iii. 376, 5
gop
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Add: The metre makes góp probable, though perhaps not quite certain: at least a short vowel occurs in the similar verse: Is þæs gores sunu, Rä. 41, 72
of-geótan
to moisten by pouring, souse, soak ⬩ to put out a fire by pouring water on it
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Ofgeót hý áne niht mid wýne ðanne on morgen nim ða leáf cnuca hý . . . and ofgeót hý mid ðan ylcan wíne ðe hý ǽr ofgotene wǽron soak them a night with wine, then in the morning take the leaves, pound them . . . and soak them with the same wine that they
FÍC
Fig ⬩ the fruit of the fig-tree ⬩ fīcus ⬩ a disease so called, the piles ⬩ hemorrhoids ⬩ fīcus
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. — fíc-æppel, -beám, -leáf, -treów. a disease so called, the piles, hemorrhoids; fīcus Wið seóndum ómum, ðæt is fíc for running erysipelas, that is the 'fig,' L. M. cont. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 10, 7: L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 12.
slǽting
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William of Malmesbury's statement that he gave the English free leave to hunt), Chr. 1087; Erl. 225, 7