rignan
Entry preview:
Þí geáre manig seah meoloc rínan of heofonum, Shrn. 30, 10
be-þearfaþ
he needs, wants ⬩ opus habet
Entry preview:
he needs, wants; opus habet Hwæt helpeþ vel beþearfeþ [MS. beþearfaþ] menn what does it help to a man or what needs a man [of what use is it to a man]? quid prodest homini? Mt. Rush. Stv. 16, 26
Linked entry: þearfian
weax-berende
bearing a wax candle
Entry preview:
bearing a wax candle; the word (in the form uæx biorende) glosses cerarius in the passage: Accoluthus grece, cerarius ad recitandum evangelium (cf.Acolitus is gecweden se ðe candele oððe tapor byreþ þonne mann godspell rǽt, Ælfc.
hreów-lic
Entry preview:
Add: exciting pity, lamentable Him tó hreówlic þúhte ꝥ man swá geongne man cwealde . . . swá hé geáxod hæfde þe man gehwǽr dyde, Ll. Th. i. 240, 25. suffering distress, hapless, miserable Hreówlice calamitosum (uulgus ), An. Ox. 4868
Linked entry: hrýw-líc
ǽrne
Early
Entry preview:
Early On ǽrne mergen primo mane, Mt. Bos. 20, 1;
wunden-feax
With plaited mane
Entry preview:
With plaited mane Wicg wundenfeax, Beo. Th. 2804; B. 1400
ǽfen-líce
In the evening
Entry preview:
In the evening Árlíce mane, éfenlíce vespere Rtl. 166, 3
Róm-gescot
Peter's pence
Entry preview:
Peter's pence Man syððan ðæt Rómgesceot be him sende, swá man manegan geáran ǽror ne dyde, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 33
Linked entry: Róme-scot
pinsian
Entry preview:
To weigh, judge, estimate, consider, examine Geþænce ǽlc man hú swíðe man pinsaþ ða sáwle on dómes dæg, ðonne man sett ða synne and ða sáwle on ða wǽge and hý man wegaþ, swá man déþ gold wið penegas, Wulfst. 239, 26.
Linked entry: pís
wyndle
A wound
Entry preview:
A wound Gif man preóst gewundige, gebéte man ða wyndlan, L. N. P. L. 23; Th. ii. 294, 4
Linked entry: wundel
a-syndran
To put ASUNDER ⬩ to separate ⬩ disjoin ⬩ sever ⬩ separare
Entry preview:
To put ASUNDER, to separate, disjoin, sever; separare Ic com mann asyndrian ongén his fæder veni separare hominem adversus patrem suum, Mt. Bos. 10, 35: Ps. Spl. 67, 10.
Linked entries: a-sindrian ge-asyndrod
út-lagian
To outlaw ⬩ banish ⬩ proscribe
Entry preview:
To outlaw, banish, proscribe Útlagode mann Ælfgár eorl, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 3: 1069 ; Erl. 207, 7. Norðhymbra útlagodon heora eorl Tostig, 1064; Erl. 194, 14.
feorh-scyldig
Life-guilty ⬩ liable in one's life ⬩ vitæ reus ⬩ morte dignus
Entry preview:
Se ðe ofslehþ man binnan ciricwagum, he biþ feorhscyldig he who slays a man within church-walls, he is liable in his life, vii. 13, 15; Th. i. 332, 8, 14
Linked entry: scyldig
CERFILLE
CHERVIL ⬩ cærefolium = χαιρέφυλλον ⬩ chærophyllum sylvestre
Entry preview:
To monnes stemne nim cerfillan for a man's voice take chervil, 1, 83; Lchdm. ii. 152, 15: 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 272, 10
hosp-sprǽc
Contemptuous, insulting language
Entry preview:
Contemptuous, insulting language Se eádmóda biscop ðe wé ymbe sprecaþ wæs swiðe geþyldig wið þwyrum mannum and him ne eglede heora hospsprǽc ac forbær blíðelíce ðeáh ðe him man bysmor cwǽde the lowly-minded bishop that we are talking about was very patient
for-syngian
To make sinful ⬩ to sin ⬩ burdened with sin ⬩ sinful
Entry preview:
. ¶ forsyngod burdened with sin, sinful Swá se man sý swýðor forsingod, swá he geornor Godes hús séce, Wlfst. 155, 8. Wearð þes þeódscype swýðe forsyngod þurh mænigfealde synna, 163, 19. Forsyngodes mannes nýdhelp, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 2.
Linked entry: for-singian
hæle
A man, brave man, hero ⬩ a man
Entry preview:
A man, brave man, hero [a word occurring only in poetry] Fród hæle the aged man, Cd. 62; Th. 74,14; Gen. 1222. Boitius se hæle hátte that man was called Boethius, Bt. Met.
slápere
Entry preview:
Þá gedwyldmen man hǽt on Grécisc Nictates, and on úre geþeóde hí man mæg sláperas hátan ( somniculosi uocantur ), Chrd. 26, 3. Add
þíxl
Entry preview:
Hit is mycel nédþearf ꝥ hié man forspille, and mid írenum þíslum and ordum hié man sleá, Bl. H. 189, 30. Add