hund-nigontig
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Hé let him behindan ciólas nigon and hundnigontig, Met. 26, 24. where the governed or qualified noun is not expressed Máre bliss bið . . . be ánum synfullan men . . . þonne be nigon and hundnigantigan Þe dǽdbóte ne behófiað, Angl. xi. 114, 68.
wita
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Add Á swá hé gecneordra (bið), swá bið hé weorðra, gyf hé wið witan hafað his wísan gemǽne, Angl. ix. 260, 20. Add Hé nyste hwæs hé geléfan sceolde, þá hine þá swýdost on un-gewisse gebróhton þe his witan beón sceoldon. Hml. S. 23, 398.
á-solcen
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Ásolcen desidiosus, Angl. xiii. 434, 982. Læt and ásolcen tardus et tepidus, 440, 1072. Ásolcen (remissus) on weorcum, Scint. 79, 5. Bróðor swá gýmelés and swá ásolcen (desidiosus) þæt hé nelle hálige béc smeágan, R. Ben. 75, 4.
Linked entry: á-seolcan
gleó-man
A glee-man ⬩ musician ⬩ minstrel ⬩ jester ⬩ player ⬩ buffoon ⬩ musicus ⬩ cantor ⬩ joculator ⬩ histrio ⬩ scurra ⬩ mimus ⬩ pantomimus
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See Turner's History of the Anglo-Saxons, Bk. 7, c. 7
Linked entry: glí-man
Germania
Germany
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Cómon hí of þrím folcum ðám strangestan Germanie ðæt of Seaxum, and of Angle, and of Geátum advenerunt de tribus Germaniæ populis fortioribus, id est Saxonibus, Anglis, Jutis, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 20
a-rédian
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Þone circul þás iunge preóstas ne mihton nǽfre áredian, for þám þe ys uneáðe cúð þám ealdum witum, Angl. viii. 319, 9. Nabbe gé ná gódne tíman áredodne, mín dohtor is nú swíþe bisig, Ap. Th. 20, 5
gleng
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Ic ondette . . . unnyttes gylpes bígong and ídle glengas, Angl. xi. 98, 27. an ornament Glencg monile, Germ. 396, 305. Ǽresð alra glengea scolde scínan gold on his hrægle . . .
hreám
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Seó syn bið mid stemne (voce) þonne se gylt bið on dǽde; and seó syn bið mid hreáme (clamore ) þonne se man syngað freólíce bútan ǽlcere sceame swylce hé his yfel óþrum mannum bodige, Angl. vii. 46, 446-452: Gen. 18, 20-21.
land-here
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opposed to sciphere], or which belongs to the land [opposed to a foreign force] Æfter ðam gegadorode micel here hine of EástEnglum ǽgðer ge ðæs landheres ge ðara wícinga ðe hié him tó fultume áspanen hæfdon after that a great force collected from East Anglia
rotian
To rot, get corrupt, ulcerate, putrify
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Mid ðam ( myrrh ) man smyraþ rícra manna líc ðæt hig rotian ne mágon, Anglia viii. 299, 48
weámódness
Anger, passionateness, irascibility
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Skt. ii. 28, 149: Anglia xi. 113, 32, 38. Ðære sáwle miht is ðæt heó sylf beó geðyldi and ǽlce weámódnysse fram hire áwyrpe, Basil admn. 3; Norm. 38, 27. [ Ira, þet is on Englisc wemodnesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 19.]
orgel-líce
Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently
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He forþ, stæpþ wel orglíce swylce hwyle cyng of his giftbúre stæppe geglenged, Anglia viii. 298, 34
Linked entry: orhlíce
sumer-lida
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving
híwian
to form ⬩ fabricate ⬩ to feign ⬩ to dissemble
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Ongeán þám andgyte se deófol forgifð stuntnysse, and eác ꝥ se man híwige swylce hé andgytful sý, Angl. xi. 109, 49: 51: 59. Ne sceal hé híwian, swilce hit him uncúð sý non dissimulet, R.
FEOH
cattle ⬩ living animals ⬩ pĕcus ⬩ jūmenta ⬩ Money ⬩ value ⬩ price ⬩ hire ⬩ stipend ⬩ FEE ⬩ reward ⬩ pĕcūnia ⬩ merces ⬩ Goods ⬩ property ⬩ riches ⬩ wealth ⬩ bŏna ⬩ dīvĭtiæ ⬩ ŏpes
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We ðé feoh syllaþ we will give thee wealth, Cd. 130; Th. 165, 2; Gen. 2725: Ors. 2, 4; Bos.43, 22. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚠ = f, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is feoh money, wealth,-hence this Rune not only stands for the letter f, but for feoh
twifealdness
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doubleness, doubling, v. twi-feald, Geedlǽcend twyfealdnys iterata dupplicatio Anglia viii. 331, 23, irresolution, v. twi-ftald, Of ðære leóhtmódnesse cymþ sió twiefealdnes and sió unbieldo inconstantia ex levitate generatur Past. 42 ; Swt. 307, 3.
wrigels
a covering ⬩ a garment ⬩ veil
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Be ðý wyrgelse ofer Cristes nesðyrlum, Anglia xi. 173, 9. Ðú hí onwendest swá man wrigels (operlorium) déð. Ps. Th. Surt. 101, 23. Hé his wrigels geopenode. Homl. Ass. 196, 56
Linked entry: wyrgels
rynel
A runner, messenger, courier
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Rynela concurrentium, Anglia viii. 302, 33(v. samod-rynel)
Linked entry: rynele
winter-líc
Of winter ⬩ winter
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Winterlíces cyles hybernalis algoris, Anglia xiii. 397, 461. Fram heánesse ðære winterlícan sunnan uppgange ab alto brumalis exortus, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 42. Tó ðam winterlícan sunnstede, Lchdm. iii. 250, 24.
orpedlíce
Boldly, in full force
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Boldly, in full force Wé willaþ ámearkian ðás epactas and eác ða regulares lunares, ðæt hig openlíc[r]e and orpedlíce standun beforan ðæs preóstes gesyhþe that they may stand out clearly and boldly in sight of the priest, Anglia viii. 301, 31. [Cf.
Linked entry: orped