ge-méder
A godmother ⬩ commater
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A godmother; commater, Som
heard-heáwa
A chisel ⬩ scalprum
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A chisel; scalprum, Som
Linked entry: -heáwa
cóf-líce
quickly
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quickly Som. Ben. Lye
cóf-scipe
quickness
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quickness Som. Ben. Lye
comp-hád
warfare
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warfare Som. Ben. Lye
ge-suirfed
polished ⬩ filed ⬩ politus,
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polished, filed; politus, Som
ge-sylhð
a plough; ⬩ aratrum,
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a plough; aratrum, Som
hohmód-ness
Anxiety, ⬩ trouble, ⬩ care
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Anxiety, trouble, care, Som
slidor
a slippery, miry place ⬩ lubricum ⬩ labina ⬩ a myre
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Gl. 591, 11:a fenne,797, 10, sol volutabrum, moor uligo Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 20-24. Cf. slǽp. In a list giving names of things connected with ships slidor glosses pulvini(pulvini machinae quibus naves deducuntur et sub-ducuntur in portumDu Cange) 56, 54
ge-nyrwian
To make narrow, compress, oppress
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Swá genyrwod so narrowed, Btwk. Scrd. 21, 5. Hearde genyrwad hardly constrained, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 6; Cri. 364
Linked entries: nirwan ge-nearwian ge-nerwde ge-nierede ge-nirwed
hearpian
To play on the harp, to harp
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To play on the harp, to harp Hé mihte hearpian ðæt se wudu wagode he could play on the harp so that the wood moved, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 32: Ap. Th. 16, 16. Fægere hé hearpaþ pulcre citharizat, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 31.
cild-líc
Childish ⬩ infantilis, puerilis
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Gr. 5; Som. 5, 23: 9, 28; Som. 11, 38. For ðære cildlícan yldo propter infantilem ætatem, Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 28
Linked entry: cild-isc
mǽl-tange
A pair of compasses
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Gl. 49; Som. 65, 70; Wrt. Voc. 34, 5: 62; Som. 68, 78; Wrt. Voc. 39, 61. Mǽltanges prica centrum, 39, 62
axian
To ask ⬩ interrogare
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Gr. 28, 3 ; Som. 31, 2. Ic axige percunctor [ = percontor ], 25 ; Som. 27, 6: Mt. Foxe 22, 46
ele-fæt
An oil-vat, cruise or pot ⬩ emĭcădium
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Gl. 26; Som. 60, 79; Wrt. Voc. 25, 19. Stǽnen elefæt ălăbastrum, 24; Som. 60, 40; Wrt. Voc. 24, 40
án-walda
A sole ruler ⬩ the sole ruler of the universe
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A sole ruler, the sole ruler of the universe Him to Ánwaldan áre gelýfde in him as sole ruler reverently trusted, Beo. Th. 2548; B. 1272.
for-swælan
To burn ⬩ burn up ⬩ consume ⬩ scorch ⬩ ūrĕre ⬩ exūrĕre ⬩ combūrĕre ⬩ concrĕmāre ⬩ exæstuāre
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Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 11. Hé wendon to Wealinga forda, and ðæt eall forswældon they turned to Wallingford and burnt it all, Chr. 1006; Th. 256, 26, col. 1.
on-íwan
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S. 23, 263. reflex, with complement, to appear so and so Ne sceall ic nǽfre læng unþancfull þǽre þegnunge mé onýwan þám were viro illi qui mihi solet obsequi ingratus apparere non debeo, Gr. D. 343, 12
Lǽden
Latin
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Gr. 38; Som. 41, 32. Ealle naman lédenre sprǽce [lédensprǽce, MS. O.] ðe on a geendiaþ all latin nouns that end in a, 7; Som. 6, 55. Ða gemetu gebyriaþ tó lédenum leóðcræfte metres belong to latin poetry, 50; Som. 51, 66. On lédenum gereorde, Homl.