smirwan
To smear, anoint ⬩ unctus ⬩ to anoint
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Hé worhte fenn and smyrede (smiride, Lind., Rush.) míne eágan Jn. Skt. 9, 11. Mín heáfod ðú mid ele ne smyredest, ðeós smyrede mid sealfe míne fét Lk. Skt. 7, 46. Smyredon (smiredon, Lind.) Mk. Skt. 6, 13.
BOTM
A BOTTOM ⬩ fundus
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Heó to [ðæs fennes] botme com she came to the bottom [of the fen], Beo. Th. 3017; B. 1506
Linked entry: bodan
mennisc
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Gesáwon wé mennisce men feá, healfnacode paucos Indorum seminudos notavimus homines, Nar. 10, 16. ¶ used substantively :-- Ðú tíhst ðis mennisce tó ðǽre ýdelan láre, Hml. Th. i. 588, 5. Add
wǽðan
To hunt
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To hunt Ic wiht (a rake ) geseah . . . seó ðæt feoh fédeþ, hafaþ fela tóþa . . . wǽþeþ geond weallas, wyrte séceþ aa. Exon. Th. 416, 27;Rä. 35, 5. Winde gelícost, ðonne hé hlúd ástígeþ, wǽðeþ be wolcnum, Elen. Kmbl. 2545;El. 1274.
Linked entry: wǽðe-burne
hréran
To move ⬩ shake ⬩ stir
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Hé ne lǽtaþ míne fét láðe hréran non dedit commoveri pedes meos, Ps. Th. 65, 8. Hréran mid hondum hrímcalde sǽ to row on the ice-cold sea, Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 21; Wand. 4.
Linked entry: for-hréred
swífan
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Sceal on ánum fét searo-ceáp (a ship) swífan, swíþe féran, faran ofer feldas, Exon. Th. 415, 6; Rä. 33, 7. [Here are added examples of á-swífan omitted in their place :-- Asuáb exorbitans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 74.
Linked entry: a-swífan
strícan
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Sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þínes fét þám gemete þe hí gesceapene beóð, 126, 9.
fremu
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Sé þe óðerne mid wóge forsecgan wille, ꝥ hé áðor oþþe feó oþþe freme þe wyrsa sý, 266, 23. Freme (feorme, freoma, v.ll. ), 384, 24. Wǽron earme men besyrwde ge æt freme ge æt fóstre ge æt feó. Wlfst. 158, 30.
ge-félan
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S. 23, 257. to feel pain, be conscious of a sensation Ne gefélest (-félst, v. l. ) þú gewin on þínum fótum, Lch. i. 330, 6. Ne hí swól gefélaþ on magan, ii. 194, 12. Hwylc wundor is þéh þe þá sáwla magan gefélan þá líchamlican tintregan?, Gr.
fearn-bracu
A fern-brake
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A fern-brake, bed of fern On fearnbraca súðeweardæ, C. D. v. 173, 18
Linked entry: bracu
á-þweán
to wash ⬩ cleanse an object from impurity ⬩ to wash impurity from an object
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Hé hæfde hyra fét áþwogene, Jn. 13, 12: Hml. Th. ii. 260, 15. to wash impurity from an object Hit ðá gedónan synna áweg áðwiehð, Past. 257, 21. Ðæt sár áðwiehð synna of ðǽre sáule, 259, 3. Ðætte hié yfelu mid hreówsunga áðweán, 413, 8.
Linked entry: on-þweán
drince-leán
Tributary drink, scot-ale, the contribution of tenants to purchase ale for the entertainment of their lord or his steward on the fee, Glos. to Th. Laws, vol. ii. Or, perhaps, the ale given by the seller to the buyer on concluding a bargain ⬩ retrĭbūtio potus vel præmium bibendi
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Tributary drink, scot-ale, the contribution of tenants to purchase ale for the entertainment of their lord or his steward on the fee, Glos. to Th. Laws, vol. ii.
EOLH
ELK ⬩ alces
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Runic poem, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter x, but for eolhx = eolcx = eolcs = eolces of an elk, as, — RUNE [eolhx = eolces] secg eard [seccard MS.] hæfþ oftust on fenne, wexeþ on wætere elk's sedge hath its place [earth] oftest in fen
wǽpned
Male ⬩ a male ⬩ a man
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Wépned and wíf geworhte hiǽ God masculum et feminam fecit eos, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 4. Wíf and wǽpned, Cd. Th. 12, 33; Gen. 195: 166, 9; Gen. 2745. Wífes meoluc ðe wǽpned féde, Lchdm. ii. 338, 8
byrþor
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Child-birth, a fetus; partus, fetus Bútan byrþres intingan sine partus causa, Bd. I. 27; S. 493, 40
Linked entry: beorþor
heorcnian
To hearken ⬩ listen
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Maria gesæt ær Godes fótum his word heorcnigende Mary sat at the feet of God hearkening to his words, ii. 440, 16. Ðæt hit tó hefigtýme ne þince ðám heorcnigendum that it may not seem too tedious to the listeners, 72, 23
Linked entry: hyrcnian
fyrm
A feast ⬩ ĕpŭlæ
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A feast; ĕpŭlæ Ða Philistei micele fyrme geworhton the Philistines made a great feast, Jud. 16, 25
dæg-ðerlíc
Daily, present ⬩ diurnus, hodiernus
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Se gódspellere Lucas beleác ðis dægðerlíce gódspel mid feáwum wordum the evangelist Luke concluded the gospel of this day with few words, i. 90, 8. Ðás dægðerlícan þénunga these daily services, ii. 86, 24.
mere-swín
A sea-pig ⬩ porpoise ⬩ dolphin
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Nim mereswínes fel, L. M. 3, 40; Lchdm. ii. 334, 1. Mereswýn and stirian delphinos et sturias, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9: Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 17