un-ásmeágendlíc
Unsearchable ⬩ past finding out ⬩ inscrutable
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His lára and his drohtnunga sind ús unásmeágendlíce, Homl. Th. i. 392, 23
Linked entry: á-smeágendlic
weámódness
Anger, passionateness, irascibility
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Homl. i. 103, 19.]
gyte
A pouring ⬩ shedding ⬩ inundation ⬩ flood
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Homl. 61, 20
tollere
A toll-taker, ⬩ tax-gatherer
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Matheus wæs tollere, Homl. Th. i. 324, 3: ii. 288, 17. God hine áwende of tollere tó apostole, 468, 15. Ðone se Hǽlend geceás of woruldlícum tollere tó gástlícum godspellere, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 129. Ðæs cáseres tolleras áxodon Petrus ...
tó-swellan
To swell out ⬩ grow big
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Wæs án cnapa swíðe tóswollen þurh wyrmes siege, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 3, 481. Ða tóswolnan turgida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 7. Of ðám tóswollenum fótum (feet swollen with dropsy), Homl. Th. i. 86, ll
ge-líhtan
To alight ⬩ approach ⬩ come
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Ðá gelíhte se cuma then the stranger alighted, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 34. He gelíhte to ðæm hearge propiabat ad fanum, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 11.
wundor-geweorc
A wonderful work ⬩ a miracle
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Homl. 67, 6. Gelómlícu wundurgeweorc (sanitatum miracula) gewordene wǽron, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 3. Áwritene gemang ðara apostola wundorgewurcum, H. R. 13, 12. Hé hié tó heofona ríce laþode þurh his wundorgeweorc, Blickl. Homl. 7, 10
Linked entry: wundor-weorc
of-sceamian
to put to shame
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Hé wearþ of-sceamod Homl. Skt. i. 12, 214. Se drý stód eádmód and ofsceamod the sorcerer stood humble and ashamed Homl. ii. 416, 30. Hí gecyrdon him hám hearde ofsceamode 518, 31
Linked entry: on-sceamian
wác-mód
of weak disposition ⬩ morally weak ⬩ fainthearted ⬩ pusillanimous
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of weak disposition, morally weak Ða hnescan (vel wácmód, written above the line) ðæt synd ða ðe náne stíðnysse nabbaþ ongeán leahtras, Hontl.
wealwian
To wallow, roll
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His hors feól wealwigende geond ða eorðan . . . mid ðam ðe hit swá wealwode, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 207. Ða felga hangiaþ on ðám spácan, þeáh hí eallunga wealowigen on ðære eorþan, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 14.
ge-faran
To go ⬩ proceed ⬩ reach by going ⬩ arrive ⬩ ire ⬩ proficisci ⬩ meare ⬩ to depart ⬩ die ⬩ to proceed ⬩ get on ⬩ fare ⬩ To get by going ⬩ experience ⬩ occupy ⬩ reach ⬩ obtain ⬩ go against
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Homl. 131, 25. Bearn hraðe gefaraþ [their] children soon die, Boeth. 11, 1; Fox 32, 10.
Linked entry: ge-fór
wuldor-fæst
Glorious
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Homl. 85, 4. His ða wuldorfæstan onsýne, 103, 29. Ða wuldorfæstan Godes weorc, Homl. Skt. ii. 23b, 11. Wuldorfæstan wíc (heaven), Cd. Th. 2, 30; Gen. 27
un-gehealdsum
Incontinent
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Ðæt gé (maidens) wislíce lybbon and wel geþeáwode beón ... ná tó ungehealtsume (-heald-, in one MS. ), Homl. Ass. 47, 575
wód-líc
Mad ⬩ furious ⬩ frantic
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Mad, furious, frantic Benedictus manode ðone rédan éhtere ðæt hé ðære wódlícan réðnysse geswice, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 1. Heó ne róhte his worda for ðæra wódlícan ontendnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 397.
dígel
hidden, secret
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MS. fol. 1 a, 20; Homl. Th. ii. 314, 17
liccung
Licking
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Licking Hundes liccung gehǽlþ wunda a dog's licking heals wounds, Homl. Th. i. 330, 23
mynd-leás
Senseless ⬩ foolish
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Senseless, foolish Se wísóom hine sylfne ætbret fram myndleásum geþohtum, Homl. Th. ii. 326, 4
nón-tíd
The ninth hour
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The ninth hour On undern, on midne dæg, on nóntíde, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 9
scorian
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Homl. 207, 20
be-stóp
stepped, stepped into, entered
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stepped, stepped into, entered, Homl. Th. ii. 242, 14; Similar entries p. of be-stapan