meord
Reward ⬩ pay
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Reward, pay Byþ ðé meorð wið God, Andr. Kmbl. 550; An. 275. Meard premium, Rtl. 165, 5. Leán ł meard (mearda, pl. Lind.) merces, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 12. Leán ł mearde mercedem, 6, 2; (meard, Lind.), 10, 41.
þing-gemearc
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cf. other compounds of gemearc, e.g. fót-, geár-gemearc, where the first part determines the character of the measurement, measurement by feet, by years; in the case of almost all such compounds it is an (adverbial) genitive that is found) Ðá wæs ágangen
ge-lást
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Rdr. 65, 13. what is paid as a due, a (fixed) contribution. Cf. ge-lǽstan, Ꝥ ǽlc gelást forðcume þára þe wé ealle gecweden habbað . . . be .xxx. pæñ oþþe be ánum hrýðere, Ll. Th. i. 232, 5. Wé cwǽdon ꝥ úre ǽlc scute .iiii. pæng̃ . . .
hýr
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</b> where the thing is money, interest, usury :-- Hýre fęnoris, usurę, Germ. 389, 45. payment contracted to be made for personal services, wages Gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre I will pay ii you back out of my wages
híw-rǽden
A family, ⬩ household, ⬩ house, ⬩ a religious house
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Sib sí ðisse híwrǽddenne pax huic domui, Lk. Skt. 9, 5: 19, 9: Gen. 28, 2: Ex. 2, 1. Híwrǽdene underféhþ familiam susceperit, L. Ecg. P. ii. 16; Th. ii. 188, 2
ofer-módigian
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Ðæt mód ðe for his cræftum ofermódgede virtute superbiens anima, Past. 463, 24. Mid nánes prýte þú ofermódiga nulla elatione superbias, Scint. 152, 16. Ðý lǽs hí dyrren ofermódgian (superbire) for ðǽm æðelestum weorcum, Past. 467, 16.
bealu-síþ
A destructive or deadly path ⬩ death ⬩ fatale iter ⬩ mors
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A destructive or deadly path, death; fatale iter, mors, Cd. 143; Th. 178, 1 ; Exod. 5
deór-fald
A deer-fold, a park, an enclosure for deer ⬩ cervōrum hortus, vivārium, saltus
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A deer-fold, a park, an enclosure for deer; cervōrum hortus, vivārium, saltus, Som. Ben. Lye
Linked entry: fald
efen-láste
The everlasting ⬩ gnaphălium
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The everlasting; gnaphălium Genim efenlástan nyðowearde take the netherward [part] of everlasting. Lchdm. iii. 2, 2
eág-wræc
A pain of the eyes ⬩ ocŭlōrum dŏlor
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A pain of the eyes; ocŭlōrum dŏlor Med. ex Quadr. 9, 4; Lchdm. i. 362, 1
hrif-wirc
yleos
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A pain in the belly; yleos. Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 16; Wrt. Voc. 19, 24
leóht-líc
Light
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Light, of little weight or value Leóhtlícu weorc levitas operis, Past. 43, 1; Swt. 309, 1
níd-beþearf
Necessary
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MSS.) síen, Past. præf, ; Swt, 7, 7
ge-wærlan
To go ⬩ pass
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To go, pass Éghuoelc on weg his giwærlde quisque in viam suam declinavit, Rtl. 19, 39
grundleás-líc
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Bottomless, unbounded, boundless, immense Swá grundleáslícu costung such immense temptation, Past. 53, 6; Swt. 417, 10
risn
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a pair of compasses Risn cercinum [? risl (hrisel q. v.) κερκιs ], Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 30. (?)
bi-wærlan
To pass by ⬩ præterire
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To pass by; præterire, Lk. Lind. War. 10, 31: 11, 42: Lk. Rush. War. 11, 42
Linked entry: wærlan
stodle
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A slay, part of a loom Hé sceal fela tówtóla habban . . . stodlan, Anglia ix. 263, 11
stic-ádl
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Stitch, pain in the side Sticwærc, sticádl telum, i. dolor lateris, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 23
Linked entry: stic-wærc
tǽl-leás
Blameless
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Blameless Biscepe gedafnaþ ðæt hé sié tǽlleás oportet episcopum irreprehensibilem esse, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 10