full-gangan
To fulfil ⬩ accomplish ⬩ finish ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ fīnīre
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To fulfil, accomplish, finish; perfĭcĕre, fīnīre Ðæt hí móstan ðám gewinne fullgangan that they might finish the war, Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 54, 21
dol-willen
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Add: dol(h)-wíte (?) pain of a wound. The Latin on which this part of the riddle (dryhtfolca helm, nales dolwíte) seems based is 'sanis victum et laesis praestabo medelam.'
teón-hete
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Harmful or wrongful hate, dire hostility Wið ðam teónhete ( the hostility of the Egyptians in pursuit of the Israelites ), Cd. Th. 191, 34; Exod. 224. Wið teónhete, Ps. Th. 147, 2
wyn
delight ⬩ pleasure ⬩ delightfully ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ a delight ⬩ that which causes pleasure ⬩ the best of a class, ⬩ the pride of its kind. ⬩ the name of the w-rune
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Eálá wífa wynn, fǽmne freólicast ah, pride of womankind, maiden most noble, 5, 18; Cri. 71.
Linked entry: mód-wén
twisprǽcness
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Uton beorgan ús wið tǽlnysse and wið twysprǽcnysse and wið leáse gewitnysse caveamus nobis a vituperatione et a biloquio et a falso testimonio, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 32. Twyspécnessæ, Wulfst. 290, 30.
un-becweden
Unbequeathed ⬩ not left by will
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Unbequeathed, not left by will On ǽlcum þingum ðe ðær unbecweden bið, on bócum and an swilcum lytlum, Chart. Th. 538, 24. Ðæt land æt Sendan and æt Sunnanbyrg unbecwedene and unforbodene wið ǽlcne man, 208, 38
ælf-siden
The influence of elves or of evil spirits ⬩ the nightmare ⬩ impetus castalidum ⬩ diaboli incubus
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Wið ælfsidenne, L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm, ii. 138, 23
Linked entry: -siden
ge-figo
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A disease with fig-shaped swellings Wiþ þeor-ádle on eágum þe mon gefigo hǽt, on Læden hátte cimosis ( = σύκωσις), . . . Eft wið gefigon, Lch. ii. 38, 5-8. Wið gefigom, 2, 10
un-meahtigness
Weakness ⬩ impotence
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Heó fremaþ wið ða unmihticnysse ðæs migðan and wið ðæra innoða ástyrunga, 272, 16
Linked entry: meahtig-ness
ge-þeówrǽden
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: ge-þeóde, v. l.) nádor ne wið ꝥ mynster ne wið þá geférrǽdene non debet sociari corpori monasterii, R. Ben. 108, 18. (?)
þeór-gerid
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Gódne morgendrænc ... wið ðam micclan líce and wið óþrum giccendum blece and þeórgeride and ǽghwylcum áttre, Lchdm. iii. 70, 28. v. þeór; and cf.(?) O. H. Ger. rito febris
Linked entry: ge-rid
tóþ-wyrm
A worm in a tooth
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A worm in a tooth Wið tóþwærce, gif wyrm ete ða léð . . . Wið tóðwyrmum . . . lǽt reócan on ðone múð, dó blæc hrægl under, ðonne feallaþ ða wyrmas on, Lchdm. ii. 50, 10-20
ge-werian
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Hí ðá geweredon tó sumre tíde wið Pehtum turn inito ad tempiis foedere cum Pictis, Sch. 42, 21
un-sóm
Disagreement
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Disagreement Gyf hyra ǽnig wið ǽnigne mon ǽnige unsóme hæbbe, ðæt hé wið ðone geþingie ... Man sceal ǽlce unsóme and ealle geflytu gestyllan, L. E. I. 36; Th. ii. 434, 2-7
Linked entry: sóm
Babilón
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This celebrated city of antiquity, in Mesopotamia, was built on both banks of the Euphrates. Its foundation by Nimrod is mentioned immediately after the Deluge, Gen. 10, 9, 10: 11, 9 Nimrod [MS. Membrað], se ent, ongan ǽrest timbrian Babilónia; and Ninus
Linked entries: Babilónia Babilónie Babilónige Babilónis Babylón
weorold-dǽd
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A worldly deed, a deed which is concerned only with affairs of this world Hé hyne sylfne ǽgðer ge wið woroldsprǽce ge wið worolddǽda warnige, L. E. I. 21 ; Th. ii. 414, 38
on-flyge
Infectious disease, disease which, as it were, flies at people ⬩ flying at a person, fighting
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Infectious disease, disease which, as it were, flies at people Ðú miht wið áttre and wið onflyge, Lchdm. iii. 32, 2, 16, 30. and cf. Icel. á-flog, flying at a person, fighting
Linked entries: flyge flygen on-geflogen
nǽnig
not any ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ no one ⬩ not any one
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Grammar nǽnig, with other negatives Nǽnig mon ne sceal lufian ne ne géman his gesibbes, 23, 16. Ðæt wíte ðe nǽfre nǽnig ende ne becymeþ, 51, 31. Ne hé nǽnigne man unrihtlíce fordémde, ne hine nǽnig man yrne ne funde, 223, 32.
Linked entry: nán
secg
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A sword Wit sculon secge ofersettan, gif hé gesécean dear wíg ofer wǽpen, Beo. Th. 1372 ; B. 684. Secgum ofslegene, Cd. Th. 120, 27 ; Gen. 2001. [Cf. Icel. ] Cf. secg sedge, and sagu; and see secg-hwæt, -plega
giccan
to itch ⬩ prurire
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to itch: prurire Wið giccendre wombe for an itching stomach ; [Cockayne prefers to translate the verb to hiccup, v. his Glossary] Lchdm. iii. 50, 13. Wið óðrum giccendum blece for other itching blotch, 70, 27