wer-genga
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A stranger who seeks protection in the land to which he has come Deóra gesíð, wildra wærgenga, Nabochodonossor the beasts' comrade, the stranger that sought shelter among wild beasts, Nebuchadnezzar, Cd. Th. 257, 25; Dan. 663.
Linked entry: wær-genga
CYLL
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Se ðe fæstne hider cylle [MS. kylle] brohte. . . gif hwelc þyrelne cylle [kylle MS.] brohte to ðys burnan who has brought hither a water-tight bottle . . . if any has brought to this spring a leaky bottle, Past. 65; Hat. MS
a-gálan
To loose ⬩ dissolve ⬩ remittere
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To loose, dissolve; remittere, Past. 11, 1; Hat. MS. 14b, 24
a-torfian
To throw forth ⬩ to throw ⬩ jactare
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Hat. 12, 24, Lye
fæst-hafolnes
Fast-havingness, sparingness, economy ⬩ parcĭtas
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Fast-havingness, sparingness, economy; parcĭtas Fæsthafolnesse parcĭtātem, Past. 60; Hat. MS
Linked entry: be-hæfednes
wícing-sceaþe
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Piracy Wícincsceaðan (the Erfurt Glossary has uuícingsceadae) piraticam, Txts. 87, 1579
slíc
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The MS of Nar. 50, 19 has snotera, not slicera
brytian
to dispense, distribute
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to dispense, distribute, Past. 44, I; Hat. MS. 61 a. 13
giornfulnes
earnestness
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earnestness, Past. 18, 2; Hat. MS. 25 b, 21. v. georufulnes
gram-bǽre
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Angry, passionate; iracundus, Past. 40, 1; Swt. 289, 5; Hat. MS
an-wealglíce
Wholly ⬩ soundly ⬩ integre
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Wholly, soundly; integre, Past. 33, 5; Hat. MS. 42 a, 33
ó-wérn
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(Smith's Bede, 595, 3, has ówhwǽr.)
giofolnes
Munificence ⬩ liberality ⬩ munificentia
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Munificence, liberality; munificentia, Past. 44, 2; Swt. 321, 22; Hat. MS
demm
damage, mischief, harm
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damage, mischief, harm, Ex. 22, 5: Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 43, 29
ge-heofegian
To make heavy ⬩ load ⬩ weigh down ⬩ gravare
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Hat. 26, 43
un-wiþmetenness
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Unwiðmetenesse in conparatione (but the glosser has read inconparatione), An. Ox. 587
Linked entry: wiþ-metenness
hungor-biten
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Hunger-bitten, suffering from hunger Ac ðes folces ðe be Hungire fór fela þúsenda ðǽr and be wæge earmlíce forfóran and fela hreówlíce and hungerbitene ongeán winter hám tugon but of the people that went by Hungary many thousands perished miserably there
fird-wíc
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Wíf ne sceal faran tó wera fyrdwícum, ac wunian æt hám, 31, 1096. Hé ástyrede his fyrdwíc movit castra, Jos. 3, I. Take here fyrd- wíc, and add
camb
joined ⬩ a comb for cleaning hair, wool, flax, etc ⬩ pecten ⬩ the crest of a cock, the crest or top of a helmet, etc ⬩ crista
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Camb on hætte, vel on helme a crest on the hat or helmet; crista, Cot. 46
Linked entry: cambiht
æmtegian
to be at leisure
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to be at leisure, Past. 18, 4; Hat. MS. 26 b, 16