bisceop-scír
a diocese
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Wæs tódǽled in tuá bisc̃scíra West-Seaxna lond; ǽr hit wæs án, Chr. 709; P. 40, 26. Add
ís
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On ðǽm mere wæs micel ís and yfel . . . þá on forewearde niht snáð ꝥ ís ðára háligra líchoman, Shrn. 61, 35-62, 2.
riht-gelífed
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Wæs geworden ꝥ seó ryhtgelýfde (-lýfede, v. l.) lǽr wæs weaxende; and ealle þá þe þǽre rihtgelýfdon (-lýfedan, v. l.) láre wiþerwearde wǽron perplura catholicae obseruationis ecclesiis Anglorum contulit . . .
áþ-swyrd
An oath ⬩ juramentum
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An oath; juramentum Gemyndig wæs áþswyrdes [MS. áþswyrde] his memor fuit juramenti sui, Ps. Surt. 104, 9
eardigendlíc
Inhabitable ⬩ habitābĭlis
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Inhabitable; habitābĭlis Seó stów eardigendlíc wæs geworden lŏcus habitābĭlis foctus est. Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 21
in-líxan
to shine
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to shine, grow light Sunnadæg inlíxade [wæs in-líxende, Rush.] sabbatum inlucescebat, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 54
Linked entry: líxan
íð-dǽde
Easy to do
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Easy to do Hit wæs Gode ýðdǽde, ðá hé hit swá gedón habban wolde, Wulfst. 15, 18
ge-gaf
Base ⬩ wanton ⬩ lewd
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Base, wanton, lewd He wæs gegaf spræce he was wanton in talk, Homl. Th. i. 534, 2
þyrstig
Thirsty
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Thirsty Ic wæs ðyrstig sitivi, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 35. Ðyrstende ł ðrystig (þyrstigne, Rush.) sitientem, 37
un-gecnáwen
Unknown
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Unknown Hé fela þinga forðteáh ðe ðam folce ungecnáwe[n] wæs and ungewunelíc, Ap. Th. 17, 13
Linked entry: ge-cnáwan
un-áseowod
Unsewed ⬩ without seam
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Unsewed, without seam Seó tunece wæs unásiwod (-seowod, MS. A.) erat tunica inconsutilis, Jn. Skt. 19, 23
Linked entry: á-seówan
un-gesceþþed
Uninjured ⬩ entire
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Uninjured, entire Wæs his líchama geméted ungesceþþed corpus inventum est inlesum, Bd. 3, 19; S. 550, 11
Linked entry: ge-sceþþan
wiþ-gemetness
Comparison
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Comparison In ða wiþgemetnesse wæs lytel gesewen in comparatione tenuissima videbatur, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 36
wundor-clam
A wondrous clasp
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A wondrous clasp Wæs gebunden deóran since duru ormǽte, wundurclommum bewriþen, Exon. Th. 19, 33; Cri. 310
earfoð-fynde
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Hard to find Earfoðfynde wæs ðár se man þe swilc ne mihte hreówan, Hml. S. 23, 82
Linked entry: fynde
geáp-ness
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Cleverness, cunning, astuteness Wær geápnes argumentum (cf. argumento orðonce, gleáwnesse, 2, ll), Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, I
dæl
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Óþer dæl (dell, den, v.ll. latus (vallis) ) wæs lígum ful, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 4. Add
hám-weardes
Homewards ⬩ domum versus
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Homewards Sió óðeru fierd wæs hámweardes the other force was returning home, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 1
wíg-cirm
The din of battle
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The din of battle Ðǽr wæs wígcyrm micel, hlúd hilde swég. Cd. Th. 120, 6 ; Gen. 1990