leóþ-cræftig
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Skilled in poetry Leóþcræftig mon, Exon. 100 b; Th. 379, 28; Deór. 40
un-landágende
Not owning land
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Not owning land Gesíðcund mon unlandágende, L. In. 51; Th. i. 134, 9
ofer-neód
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Very necessary Þeáw oferneód mos pernecessarius, Angl. xiii. 377, 176. See next word
Linked entry: -neód
ge-ádlian
To be sick ⬩ to languish ⬩ become impotent ⬩ languescĕre
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Ðæt úre mód þurh wærscipe wacole beón, ðæt hí þurh orsorhnysse ne asleacion, ne þurh nytennysse geádlion that our minds may be vigilant through heedfulness, that through security they slacken, not, nor through ignorance become impotent, Homl.
Linked entry: ádlian
stæp-mǽlum
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Ðæt mód glít niðor and niðor stæpmǽlum, Past. 38; Swt. 279, 3. Suǽ suǽ on sume hlǽdre, stæpmǽlum, proem.; Swt. 23, 17: Shrn. 188, 12
sealt
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Láreówum gedafenað þæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton, Hml. Th. ii. 536, 17. See Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 69 sqq. on the subject of salt-works
swinge
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Add ꝥte ðá sóðfæstnis ðerscingra ł swinca dyde áwoerdeno ut quos justitia verberum faecit afflictos, Rtl. 40, 29. ꝥ mód byð mid manigum swingum forseted mens tot flagellis premitur, Gr. D. 258, 28
wæfre
flickering ⬩ wavering ⬩ quivering ⬩ wavering ⬩ languishing ⬩ active ⬩ nimble
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Hé ne meahte wæfre mód forhabban in hreþre, 2305; B. 1150. active, nimble (? cf, the force of the old adjective quiver) Wearð him tó handbanan wælgæst wæfre, Beo. Th. 2666; B. 1331
wíg-steall
A defensive position ⬩ a bulwark ⬩ bastion ⬩ defence
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Th. 315, 30; Mod. 39. Hé wígsteall séceþ, heolstre behelmed. Salm. Kmbl. 208 ; Sal. 103. Wurdon hyra wígsteal wésten-staþolas, brosnade burgsteal, Exon. Th. 477, 21; Rum. 28. Wígstealla propupnacula Hpt. Gl. 426, 73
Linked entries: wígbed-steall weoh-steall
on-wadan
to make ones way into, to penetrate ⬩ to enter with irresistible force, to make ones self master of, take possession of
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to make ones way into, to penetrate Oft hira mód onwód under dimscúan deófles lárum, Andr.
Linked entry: an-wadan
á-styntan
to blunt ⬩ dull ⬩ to check ⬩ stop
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Mód byð ástynt >mens retunditur, 152, Ástyntid hebitatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 27. Ástynt, 42, 64. to check, stop lc ástynte confuto, Hpt. Gl. 455, 31. Láreówas [hé] ástynte magistros confutat, i. vincit, An. Ox. 2102.
á-þindan
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For ðǽre orsorgnesse monn oft áðint on oferméttum, Past. 35. 3 : 113, 18. Hí áðindað innane on ídlum gilpe, 439, 5. Þá þe áþindað and áswellað þurh þá wilnunge þæs ídlan gylpes, Gr. D. 40, 4. Ðætte hié ne áðinden on heora móde, Past. 319, 17.
ge-ehtian
To estimate ⬩ value ⬩ æstĭmāre
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To estimate, value; æstĭmāre Ðæt hie mon ná undeórran weorþe móste lésan ðonne hie mon be ðam were geehtige which must not be redeemed at any cheaper rate than it is estimated at according to his value, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 2, note 8
wer-tihtle
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Gif mon sié wertyhtlan betogen . . . bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wer gegolden sié, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 1-4
Linked entry: tihtle
endeleás-lic
Endless ⬩ everlasting
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Endless, everlasting Heora yfel is egeslic and endeleáslic morð, Hml. S. 17, 154
FREÓGAN
to free ⬩ make free ⬩ manumittĕre ⬩ lībĕrāre ⬩ to honour ⬩ like ⬩ love ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ dilĭgĕre ⬩ ămāre
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Ðú ðín ágen móst mennen ateón swá ðín mód freóþ thou mayest treat thine own servant as thy mind liketh. Cd. 103; Th. 136, 15; Gen. 2258.
Linked entries: freón freónd fría ge-freógan
múga
A mow
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A mow (as in barley- mow), a heap (of hay, corn) Múha aceruus, Wülck. 3, 10. Múwan acervum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 10. Múwan, hreácas acervos, 9, 55.
Linked entry: múwa
on-tendan
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S. 25, 416. to set on fire what is to give light, light a candle, lamp, &c, Lch. iii. 286, 6 (in Dict.). (2a) of the illumination of the moon by the sun Gyf se môna æfter sunnan setlunge ontend byð. . . ne byð hê nîwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266,
gagol
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Mid gealge móde oferswíþed lasciuo superatus animo, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 576, 8. Add
æf-þanc
Offence ⬩ insult ⬩ grudge ⬩ displeasure ⬩ envy ⬩ zeal ⬩ simultas ⬩ offensa ⬩ odium ⬩ zelus
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Æfþonca gefylled full of grudges, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 4; Mod. 26. Eald æfþoncan edniwedan they have renewed old grudges, 72 b; Th. 271, 20; Jul. 485. Æfþancum herian to vex with insults, Cd. 102; Th. 135, 3; Gen. 2237