stóc
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A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?)
Linked entries: stóc-líf stóc-weard stóc-wíc
Ægles wurþ
The village of EYLESWORTH, Northamptonshire
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The village of EYLESWORTH, Northamptonshire, Chr. 963; Ing. 155, 9
at-berstan
To break out ⬩ escape ⬩ erumpere
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To break out, escape; erumpere, Chr. 607; Ing. 30, 9
castel-burg
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Hec sunt confinia . . . inde in montem susibrem urbs antiqua et postea bi þǽre aldan cestelbyrig on nunnena beorgas, C. D. B. i. 205, 8. [Ne moste na mon cumen wiðinne þon castelburi, Laym. 6714.]
un-álífedlíce
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Þá þá hé barn witodlíce útan, hé ádwǽscte ꝥ hé unálýfedlíce (illicite) barn innan, Gr. D. 101, 27. Sum Godes wer . . . æt in wege unálýfedlíce þurh unhýrsumnesse, and hine þá sóna ácwealde án leó, 294, 23. Add
Bedan ford-scír
BEDFORDSHIRE ⬩ comitatus nomen
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Wende him út into Bedan fordscíre egressus est in Bedanfordsciram, 1016; Th. 278, 16, col. 1
Linked entries: Bæda-ford-scír Beada ford-scír Bede-ford-scír
fǽr
Sudden, intense, terrible, horrid ⬩ sŭbĭtus, terrĭbilis, horrĭdus
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Used in the compounds,-Fǽr-bifongen, -bryne, -cóðu, -cwealm, -cýle, -deáþ, -dryre, -fyll, -gripe, -gryre, -haga, -inga, -líc, -líce, -níþ, -sceaða, -scyte, -searo, -slide, -spel, -unga, -wundor, -wyrd
cwealm-stów
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Inn an ðá cwealmstówe, of ðére cwealmstówe, v. 107, 22. Add
Cénréd
Cenred
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Cenred, son of Ceolwald and father of Ine, king of Wessex Cénréd wæs Ceolwalding Cenred was the son of Ceolwald, Chr. Th. 2, 2.
Linked entry: Ceolwald
offrung-sceát
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An offering-sheet [explained in the following passage: Their offerings of bread and wine, which they brought . . . having their hands muffled up in a very fine linen cloth or offering-sheet, v. N. E.
bod-lác
A decree, ordinance ⬩ decretum
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A decree, ordinance; decretum, Chr. 1129; Ing. 359, 21; Erl. 258, 13
blæc-horn
An ink-horn
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An ink-horn Ðónne þú blechorn habban wille, Tech, ii. 128, 18
smæl
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Add In smalan æsc, C. D. iii. 381, 1
be-lǽdan
To bring ⬩ lead by ⬩ mislead ⬩ lead ⬩ seducere ⬩ inferre ⬩ inducere ⬩ impellere
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To bring, lead by, mislead, lead; seducere, inferre, inducere, impellere Ðú belǽddest us on grin thou hast mislead us into a snare ; induxisti nos in laqueum R. Ben. 7. Belǽd beón mid unþeáwum impelli vitiis R. Ben. 64
Linked entry: lǽdan
dál-mǽd
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Meadow-land held in common and divided into doles or shares among the holders Gebirað se fífta æcer ðǽre dálmǽd*-*we tó ðǽre híde, C. D. iii. 260, 3. [v. N. E. D. dole-meadow.] Cf. gedál-land
ǽrend-wreca
A messenger ⬩ ambassador ⬩ nuntius ⬩ legatus
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He sende ǽrendwrecan in Gallia ríce he sent ambassadors; into the kingdom of the Gauls, 2, 6; S. 508, 33
Linked entry: wreca
ofer-cirran
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L. 12, 44, and ofer-cirr in Dict.) wé ofer ꝥ luh transfretemus trans stagnum, Lk. L. 8, 22. Ðona hider ofercerre inde huc transmeare, 16, 26
Linked entry: ofer-cearfa
oróþ
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Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan ꝥ níhste oroð and ágyfan his gást . . . in þám breóste ánum fnæs hwylchugu líflic hǽtu þæs oreþes cum exfremum spiritum ageret. . in solo tantummodo pectore vitalis calor anhelabat, Gr. D. 324, 15-19.
bealo
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Sé inc forgeaf balewe geþóhtas, Sat. 488. Add
cantel-cap
CANTEL-COPE, a sort of priest's garment ⬩ caracalla
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CANTEL-COPE, a sort of priest's garment; caracalla, Chr. 1070; Ing. 274, 1