bile-hwít
Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle ⬩ simplex, mitis
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Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle; simplex, mitis Arnwi munec wæs swíðe gód man and swíðe bilehwít monk Arnwi was a very good man and very meek, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 12
mis-þyncan
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to have mistaken ideas Ðá cwæð hé tó ðám cynge: 'Þes man is swíðe æfestful." Ðá cwæí se cyngc: 'Ðé misþingð ( you are mistaken); þes iunga man ne æfestigað on nánum ðingum,' Ap. Th. 14, 25
ge-þingþu
honour ⬩ dignity ⬩ rank ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas
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may give and for the 'grith' that is given in a burghassembly, let 'bót' be made, L.
ge-merran
to mar, spoil,
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to mar, spoil, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 7
ciric-wæcce
A church-watch or wake ⬩ vigilia
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A church-watch or wake; vigilia We lǽraþ ðæt man, æt ciricwæccan, swíðe gedreóh sí we teach that a man, at the church-wakes, be very sober, L. Edg. C. 28; Th. ii. 250, 12
Linked entry: cyric-wæcce
ge-týhtlod
Accused ⬩ accūsātus
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Se getýhtleda man the accused man, i. 23; Th. i. 212, 8, note 19
Israélisc
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Sum Egiptisc man gestrínde sunu be Israhéliscum wife . . . þá flát hé wið ánne Israhéliscne man, Num. 24, 10. Þá Israeliscan bearn Israel, Ps. L. 123, l
mónaþ-seóc
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Wiþ þon þe mon sié mónaþseóc; nim mere-swínes fel, wyrc tó swipan, swing mid þone man; sóna bið sél, Lch. ii. 334, i. Mónoþseóc inerguminum (cf. deófelseócne, 4934), An. Ox. 2, 404. Man ferode . .
sám-weaxen
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Half-grown up Ǽlc man hæfð swáþeáh his ágene lenge on þǽre mycelnesse þe hé man wæs ǽr, oððe hé beón sceolde, gif hé full weóxe, sé ðe on cildháde oððe sámweaxen gewát, Nap. 55
cote
A cot ⬩ cottage ⬩ house ⬩ casa ⬩ domus
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A cot, cottage, house; casa, domus Gif hwilc man forstolen þingc hám to his cotan bringe if any man bring a stolen thing home to his house L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 18
Linked entry: cete
cine-líc
Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequate ⬩ congruus, cornpetens
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Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequate; congruus, cornpetens Ðæt we wilnian to heorn fultum be swá manegum mannum swá us cinelíc þince æt swá micelere spræce that we desire aid from them of so many men as may seem to us adequate for so great a
bútan
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</b> :-- Hý man gecnáwan ne mæg, búton -tonne heo gréwð, Lch. i. 98, 4. <b>III 2.</b> :-- Ne can ic nǽnigne e
trede
Firm to tread on ⬩ that may be walked on
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Firm to tread on, that may be walked on Sǽ cýðde hwí hine gesette, tírmeahtig cyning, for ðon hé hine tredne him ongeán gyrede, ðonne God wolde ofer síne ýðe gán ready for his coming the sea made itself firm for his tread, when God would walk over its
flǽsc-hama
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Sáwle of flǽschoman scyndan, Jul. 489. corporeal state of man Biþ se flǽschoma áscýred swá glæs, ne mæg ðæs unrihtes beón áwiht bedígled, Bl. H. 109, 36. Þurh leáslice líces wynne, earges flǽschoman ídelne lust, Cri. 1298.
FÚL
Foulness ⬩ impurity ⬩ guilt ⬩ offence ⬩ fault ⬩ illŭvies ⬩ impūrĭtas ⬩ culpa
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Sleá man of ða hand ðe he ðæt fúl mid worhte let the hand be struck off with which he wrought that offence, i. 14; Th. i. 206, 21
in-lendisc
Native ⬩ indigenous
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Sí hé gemang eów swá inlendisc sit inter vos quasi indigena, Lev. 19, 34, Ðǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie where a foreigner injures a native, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 29.
mageþe
maythe ⬩ chamomile ⬩ ox-eye
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Plant-names under mathes and May-weed.]
stunian
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to crash, make a loud sound Sum biþ wíges heard, beadocræftig man ðǽr bord stunaþ where the shield resounds, Exon. Th. 295, 29; Crä. 40.
Linked entry: stinan
hand-cræft
Skill or power of the hand, handicraft ⬩ strength, power of hand
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Eác him gerísaþ handcræftas góde ðæt man on his híréde cræftas begange good handicrafts are also befitting him, that crafts may be practised in his household, L. I. P. 8; Th. ii. 314, 23
EORL
an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis
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make compensation with twelve shillings, L.
Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm