flówend-lic
Liquid ⬩ melting
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Liquid, melting Flówendlice hé déþ þá lique-faciet ea, Ps. L. 147, 18
rinnan
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Eá rinnende, Lch. iii. 36, 25. Add
CEÓWAN
To CHEW, gnaw, eat, consume ⬩ ruminare, manducare
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Ðec sculon mold-wyrmas monige ceówan many mould-warms shall consume [chew, eat] thee; Exon. 99a; Th. 371, 8; Seel. 72
Linked entry: cuwon
tó-berstan
to burst asunder, ⬩ to break (intrans) in two, or in pieces, ⬩ be rent asunder ⬩ to break out in sores, ⬩ to break out
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Sum man feóll on íse ðæt his earm tóbærst his arm was broken, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 34. Seó eorþe tóbærst and ðonan up wæs biernende fýr wið ðæs befones hiatu terrae flamma prorupit. Ors. 5, 10; Swt. 234, 7.
Linked entries: bersting tó-borstenness
ge-gilda
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Gif hwilc gegilda forþfǽre, gebrynge hine eal se gildscipe þǽr hé tó wilnie, 610, 35. Add
ge-sceorf
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Þis deáh eác þám þe ꝥ gesceorf ðrowiað, 176, 22
on-drysnlíc
Terrible
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Hé wæs of líchoman álǽded, and hé geseah má ondrysnlíces and eác wundorlíces ðonne hé mihte ásecgan, 51, 31
wundrung
wondering ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration ⬩ astonishment ⬩ a wonderful sight ⬩ a spectacle
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Eall hé wæs ful wundrunge and wafunge; and eác ða byrig hé geseah eall on óþre wísan gewend, on óþre heó ǽr wæs, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 509. Heó mid wundrunge wearð befangen, 2, 251.
morgen-gifu
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Þá geúþe Ælféh hire hire morgengife (concessit Ælfegus illi viduæ donum dotis suæ tantum quad ei dederat Eadricus, quando eam primum accepit uxorem), Cht. E. 212, 19. (The Latin version is of much later date than the English.)
hól
Vain speech, ⬩ evil speaking without cause, ⬩ calumny, ⬩ slander
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Ðæs deópne áþ Drihten áswór and ðone mid sóðe swylce gefrymede ðæt hé hine for hóle ǽr ne áswóre gehét Dauide swá hé him dyde syððan juravit Dominus David verítatem, et non frustrabitur eam, Ps. Th. 131, 11; cf. Grff. iv. 849, huolian
mǽtan
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Add: with acc. of person and of dream Tó þǽm sóðum gesǽlðum ic tiohige ðæt ic þé lǽde, þǽr þín mód oft ymb rǽsweð and eác mǽt te ducere aggredimur ad veram felicitatem, quam tuus quoque somniat animus, Bt. 22, 2 ; S. 51, 13.
fǽr-ærning
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Rapid riding Se here mid fǽrærninge (cursu rapido) becóm tó sumre eá, Gr. D. 14, 24
Linked entry: ærning
þearf-lic
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Þ[ea]rfli[ce] commoda, An. Ox. 56, 172
tannere
A tanner(?)
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Be eástan eá and tannera hole, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 411, 22
on-gitenness
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Úrum ongytenessum þú behýdest þá ea nostros cognitionibus abscondis, Gr. D. 139, 16. Add
lús
A louse
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Hé áfylde eal heora land mid froggon, and siððan mid gnættum, eft mid hundes lúsum, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 21
mǽd-mǽwect
the mowing of a meadow
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the mowing of a meadow Eác hé sceal hwíltídum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan tóeácan . . . mǽdmǽwecte also he shall at times be ready for labour of many kinds at his lord's pleasure, besides . . . mowing his meadows, L. R.
Linked entry: mǽwect
réceleásness
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Ongeán ðam wíslícan rǽde se wiðerrǽda deófol sǽwþ réceleásnesse, and eác gemacaþ ðæt se man þurh leáse hiwunge déþ swylce hé rǽdfæst sý, 53, 7. Ic andette mínes módes réceleásnessa Godes beboda, L. Edg. C. 8; Th. ii. 262, 32
seám
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His tunece wæs eal búton seáme (inconsutilis, Jn. 19, 23), Homl. Th. ii. 254, 32. Geclǽm ealle ða seámas mid tyrwan, i. 20, 33
un-wáclíce
not weakly ⬩ resolutely ⬩ without faltering ⬩ not meanly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly
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Th. 245, 25; Jul. 50. not meanly, nobly, splendidly His aferan eád bryttedon unwáclíce, Cd. Th. 258, 12; Dan. 674
Linked entry: wáclíce