HEFIG
HEAVY ⬩ weighty ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ serious ⬩ grieved ⬩ important ⬩ gravis ⬩ molestus
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Eorþe is hefige óðrum gesceaftum earth is heavier than the other elements, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 265; Met. 20, 133.
Linked entry: hefig-mód
ge-namian
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Wé habbað áne gástlice módor, seó is ecclesia genamod, Wlfst. 67, 14. Ðæt land is on þreó genamod, ðæt is Hengest-esíg and Seofocanwyrð and Wihthám the land is divided into three parts named respectively . . . C. D. v. 401, 25.
Hwiccas
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Wilfrid is Hwicca biscop, 5, 23; Sch. 690, 16. ¶ Perhaps the word is used in a limited and in a wider sense.
ban-cóða
A baneful disease ⬩ a fatal or deadly malady ⬩ erysipelas ⬩ lethalis morbus ⬩ ignis sacer
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Wið bancóðe, ðæt is óman, nim eolonan for the baneful disease, that is erysipelas, take elecampane, L.M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 16
Cerdices leáh
Cerdic's ley ⬩ Cerdăci campus
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Cinric] fuhtan wið Bryttas on ðære stówe ðe is gecweden Cerdices leág [MS. Land ford] in this year Cerdic and Cynric fought against the Britons at the place which is called Cerdic's ley, Chr. 527; Th. 26, 30-33, col. 3
herigend-
Praiseworthy ⬩ laudable
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Ða giftu beóþ herigendlíce that marriage is praiseworthy, Homl. Th. ii. 54, 10
gifend
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</b> applied to the Deity, v. gifan; Drihten þe is ealra gereorda gifend, R. Ben. 69, II. one that is in the habit of giving, a liberal person Gifend largus Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 30
Linked entry: gefend
siþ-fæt
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Þara rihtwísra wæg is gerihtlǽced, and þǽra hálgena síðfæt is gegearcod uia justorum recta facta est, ei iter sanctorum preparata est, Hml. S 2, 62. On síðfætum þínum in semitis tuis, Ps. L. 16, 5
tó-stencedness
dispersion ⬩ dissipation ⬩ destruction
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Spl. 146, 2. dissipation, destruction Hit is micel mægena tóstenceunes (-stencednes, MS. T.) plurima destructio est, R. Ben. 128, 6. Ungeþyld is ealra mægna tóstencednys, Homl. Th. ii. 544, 6.
Linked entries: stencedness tó-stencan
wén
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably
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Gyf gé mé cúþon, wén is ðæt gé cúþon mínne fæder si me sciretis, forsitan et patrem meum sciretis Jn. Skt. 8, 19: Ps. Th. 123, 2, 3. Gif ðú wistes, ðú uoen is (woen is mára, Rush.) gif ðú gegiuuedes si scires, tu forsitan petisses Jn. Skt.
Linked entry: wéna
a-corenlíc
Likely to be chosen ⬩ eligibilis
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Likely to be chosen; eligibilis Biþ swíðe acorenlíc is very estimable, Past. 52, 8; Swt. 409, 36
án-steallet
one-stalked
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one-stalked Nim béte, ðe biþ ánsteallet take beet, which is one-stalked, Lchdm. iii. 70, 2
Linked entry: steallet
here-níþ
Hostility ⬩ enmity which is felt by those at war with one another
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Hostility, enmity which is felt by those at war with one another, Beo. Th. 4938; B. 2474
mǽg-tudor
That which is produced from the same stock
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That which is produced from the same stock Mǽgtuðre cognatæ, Hpt. Gl. 469, 52. Cf. magu-tudor
Peác-
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The occupiers of the Peak Pécsǽtna [land is] twelf hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414. 17
ge-cúþian
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to become known Dryhten, hwæt is se mon þæt þú gecúþodes ( innotuisti ) him, Ps. Vos. 143, 3
Linked entry: cúþian
þecgan
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To take, consume Hine þegeþ þurst he is consumed by thirst, Lchdin. ii. 60, 7: 74, 22
Linked entry: a-þegen
west-norþ
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North-west Þonan westnorð is ðæt lond ðe mon Ongle hǽt, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 16, 6
word-loga
One who is false to his word
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One who is false to his word Ðæt gé ne beón wedlogan ne wordlogan, Wulfst. 40, 10
Linked entry: word-fæst
wráþ-mód
Angry-hearted ⬩ incensed
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Angry-hearted, incensed Unc is God wráðmód, Cd. Th. 50, 27; Gen. 815 : 34, 33; Gen. 547