græfa
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The word may be of Celtic origin, and so may be compared with Old French grave, of which gravel is a diminutive. Celtic forms are Bret. grouan gravel: Corn. grow gravel, sand: W. gro pebbles
fyrn-sceaða
An old enemy or fiend ⬩ antīquus inĭmīcus
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An old enemy or fiend; antīquus inĭmīcus Fáh fyrnsceaða a hostile fiend, Andr. Kmbl. 2691; An. 1348
in-coðu
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An internal disease Wið incoðe, L. M. 2, 55; Lchdm. i. 276, 6. Fela incoða hé gehǽlde untrumra sáwla mislícra manna many diseases of sick souls of diverse men he healed, Homl. Th. ii. 560, 33. Incoða infirmitates; incoðe fibras [ = febris ? ], Hpt.
tunne
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Nim fela tunnan, and dó hí ðǽr on innan . . . Hí wurdon ðá gebrohte ealle tó ðám tunnum, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 259-307
CEÁCE
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Ðæt biþ gód sealf wið ðara ceácna [= ceácena] geswelle that is a good salve for swelling of the cheeks, L. M. 1, 5; Lchdm. ii. 48, 11
pise
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Healde hi hinc wið pisan and wid ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, 214, 2
Linked entry: pyse
purpure
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Hié woldon ða onwaldes forlǽtan, and ða purpuran álecgan ða hié weredon purpuram imperiumque deponerent, Swt. 280, 21
ymb-hoga
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Gif ðú hwilcne cræft cunne, begá ðone georne; swá swá sorge and ymbhogan geýcaþ (-eð, MS. ) monnes mód, swá geýcð se cræft his áre, Prov. Kmbl. 59. Wind wornldearfoþa, oððe ymbhogena ungemet rén, Met. 7, 36. Ymbhogona, 16, 6.
rǽd-bora
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A counsellor; also translates consul Rǽdbora consiliarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 22. Hé ( the Messiah ) biþ geháten wundorlíc, rǽdbora, strang God, Homl. Th. ii. 16, 7 : Dóm. L. 42, 38. Aðelwold ðe is mín rǽdbora a secretis noster Athelwoldus, Chart.
wicce
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Wiccean and wælcyrian, Chart. Erl. 231, 10. Wiccan, Wulfst. 165, 34. Wiccena parcarum, Anglia xiii, 31, 104. v. Grmm. D. M. p. 985
æl-myrca
All sallow ⬩ a black man ⬩ an Ethiopian ⬩ omnino fuscus ⬩ Æthiops
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All sallow, a black man, an Ethiopian; omnino fuscus, Æthiops On ælmyrcan éðel-ríce in the realm of the Ethiopian, Andr. Kmbl. 863; An. 432
stíga
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A path Faestin vel ánstígan, festin (-s, MS.) vel ánstíga termofilas, Txts. 104, 1042
weorold-wela
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Waa ieów welegum, ðe iówer lufu eall and tóhopa is on eówrum woruldwelum, Past. 26; Swt. 181, 24. Ðiossum woruldwelum, 45 ; Swt. 339, 6.
ǽta
An eater ⬩ edax
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An eater; edax
ambeht-héra
An obedient minister
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An obedient minister
Linked entry: héra
mid-spreca
One who speaks on behalf of another
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One who speaks on behalf of another Paulus wæs midspreca and bewerigend ðære ealdan ǽ Paul was an advocate and defender of the old law, Homl. Th. i. 388, 32
þridda
third
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Grammar þridda, as an ordinal Se forma ... se óðer ... se þrydda (ðirda, Lind.: þridde, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 22, 26. Se þridda (ðirdda, Lind.: ðirda, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 12, 21. Twégen men ... mǽg wæs his ágen þridda, hé feórða sylf, Cd.
Linked entry: þirda
míre
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An ant, mire in pis-mire. The word occurs in the nickname Mýran heáfod, Chr. 1010; P. 140, 13, applied to Þurcytel, who is called in Fl. Wig. Danicus minister. The nickname is in that chronicle glossed by ' equae caput, ' but in H.
apa
An APE ⬩ simia
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An APE; simia Wið apan bíte against bite of an ape, Med. ex quadr. 11, 7; Lchdm. i. 366, 24: Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 18; Wrt. Voc. 22, 59
ága
A possessor ⬩ an owner ⬩ possessor
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A possessor, an owner; possessor