dim-hofe
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Add: dim-hofu (?), e; f.: -hof, es; n. On dimhofe (dat. or acc.?) in latibulum (on dimhoue; dimhof latibulum, Hpt. Gl. 494, 77-8), An. Ox. 3768. Dimhoua latibula, i. secreta, 1677
drefela
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A driveller (?), slobberer Ic geann Godwine Dreflan (Drefelan, l. 28), Cht. Th. 561, 14
Linked entry: dréfliende
drence
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A drink, potion Gesing .xii. mæssan ofer ealle þá drencan þe tó þǽre ádle belimpaþ, Lch. ii. 138, 21
eald-gefá
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An old foe Métte hiene his ealdgefána sum and hiene ofstang, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 34
eald-geféra
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An old comrade Hié hæfdon þrítig cyninga ofslagen heora ágenra ealdgeférena, Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 24
earmella
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A sleeve Wege þú þínne earmellan, Tech. ii. 127, 16. Hý habbaþ síde earmellan ( fluxas manicas ), R. Ben. 136, 23
eáste
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The east. See first passage under eást; adj
Eáster-gewuna
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An Easter custom Hé tó þám mynstre férde on þǽre ylcan tíde þe heora Eástergewuna wǽron (wæs ?) tógædere becuman, Hml. S. 23 b, 643
Linked entry: ge-wuna
efen-cempa
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A fellow-soldier Embe his efencempan hé hæfde welwillendnysse . . . and his efencetnpan hine árwurðodon, Hml. S. 31, 44, 49: Hml. Th. ii. 500, 15
efen-gelíca
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A coequal, fellow Þúhte him ( Lucifer ) þæt hé mihte beón þæs efengelíca ðe hine gescóp, Wlfst. 84, 4. Godes euengelíca, 306, 26. Þæt ungesǽlig man mǽðe ne geseó on his under*-*þeóddum ne on his efengelícan, 53, 25: Mt. 11, 16. (In Dict. under efen-gelíc
Linked entry: ge-líca
efen-wǽge
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An equipoise Ebnwége aequipensum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 47. Efenwǽge equipensium, 143, 71
egeþe
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For 'Som. . . . Lye' substitute Egðe, egdae erpica, Txts. 59, 761. Egþe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 15. Egeþe, 29, 44. Egiðe raster, 118, 61. Egþe (-a, MS.) hircipes vel tribula, i. 16, 25. Eiþe (printed ciþe) traha, 15, 11. [Theose foure harowede . . . with
Linked entry: egþa
ele-greófa
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An oil-pot (v. greófa); or fibrous material saturated with oil (?) (cf. O. H. Ger. grinbo v. pfanna frixorium, cremium vel siccamina lignorum: Ger. griebe fibrous remains of lard, &c. after being fried) Elegreóuena naptarum (the passage is: incendia
Linked entry: greofa
ele-tredde
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An oil-press, press in which olives are crushed Wǽron feáwa eleberian . . . hét hé þá gegaderian and dón on eletreddan ( in praelo ), Gr. D. 50, 29. Of þǽre eletreddan ( ex prelo ) nǽnige gemete ǽnig dǽl eles út eóde, 251, 2
fót-sceanca
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The leg from the knee downwards, the shank Nim blæces hundes deádes þone swýþran fótscancan (fóten (fótes?) sceancan, v.l. ), Lch. i. 362, 27
fulla
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The full, the highest stage reached by anything, the perfection, perfect specimen of a kind or class Hwæt mæg beón wóp oððe sárignys, gif þæt næs se mǽsta ǽgðres? oþþe hwæt mæg beón geómrung and wánung, gyf ꝥ næs se fulla ǽgðres?, Hml. S. 23, 104
fulwa
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A fuller Hire bróhte Godes engel swylcne gerelan swylcne nǽfre nǽnig fulwa, þæt is nǽnig webwyrhta, þæt mihte dón on eorðan, Shrn. 56, 9
ge-bedda
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Substitute: ge-bedda, an ; m. this is the usual form, but gebedde occurs in C. D. iii. 50, 3. Cf. ge-maca, [ ge-mæcca for gender], and add: one who lies in bed with another, a bedfellow. of a married woman Migdonia leng nolde cuman tó hire weres bedde
frowe
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A lady Seó frowe þe ús freán ácende ( the Virgin Mary ), Dóm. L. 291. [From (?) O. H. Ger. frouwa domina, matrona.] Cf. freó a lady