lifer
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Wiþ þǽre lifre swile, Lch. ii. 200, 1 (and often). His lifere iecor eius, Kent. Gl. 218. Swát ýðum weóll þurh báncofan, blód lifrum swealg (the blood streaming out brought with it parts of the inside of the body ? C f.. Add: —
weall-steáp
high as regards its walls ⬩ buildings, with lofty walls ⬩ with lofty cliffs, lofty.
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high as regards its walls orbuildings, with lofty walls Hié on weallsteápe burg (cf. seó steápe burh on Sennar, 102, 15; Gen. 1700) wlítan meahton, Cd. Th. 145, 7; Gen. 2402. with lofty cliffs, lofty.
ge-stund
A noise ⬩ din
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A noise, din Hí swá ungemetlícum gestundum fóron ðæt him þúhte ðæt hit eall betweox heofone and eorþan hleóðrode ðám egeslícum stefnum they came with such immoderate noises that it seemed to him that between heaven and earth it all resounded with their
teón-word
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Næs heó swá nú æðelborene men synt mid oferméttum áfylled . . . ne mid teónwordum she was not, as nobly born men now are, filled with haughtiness . . . or with insolent words, Lchdm. iii. 428, 33
DREÓR
Blood ⬩ cruor
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Dreóre fáhne stained with gore, Beo. Th. 898; B. 447. Dreóre druncne drunk with blood, Andr. Kmbl. 2005; An. 1005
ge-bregdness
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Suddenness of movement or action (or terror) Þonne árísað ealle þá men, þá þe mid gebregdnessum on deáþe swulton ( those who died with suddenness (with terrifying circumstances ): the cases mentioned are deaths by burning, drowning, hanging, slaying,
Linked entry: bregdness
dióre
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dearly, with great price, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 37; Met. 26, 19
ge-négan
To approach one with anything, to address,
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To approach one with anything, to address, Elen. Kmbl. 769: El. 385
tynge
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Skilful with the tongue, rhetorical Tingcum rhetoricis, facundis, Hpt. Gl. 460, 41
Linked entry: tingce
þrilig
Woven with three threads
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Woven with three threads Þrielig hrægil triligium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 53
Linked entry: þrielig
un-deáded
Not deadened
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Not deadened Wiþ springe ge ádeádedum ge undeádedum, Lchdm. ii. 8, 7
Linked entry: -deáded
be-seolfrian
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to cover with silver Besi(l)frede deargentatae, Ps. Srt. 67, 14
beorc
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a bark Wiþ hundes beorc (gebeorc, v. l. ). Lch. i. 28, 20
Linked entry: birce
breóst-nirwett
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Oppression of the chest, angina pectoris Wiþ breóstnyrwette, Lch. iii. 76, 3
Linked entry: nirwett
hypebán-ece
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Sciatica Wiþ hypebánece, Lch. i. 170, 8. Cf. hype-wærc. þeóh-ece
sundorcræftiglíce
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With special skill, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 451, 18. See preceding word
un-earfoþlíce
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With great difficulty Ná unearfoþlíce non difficulter, An. Ox. 5382 : 2, 462
un-gehefegod
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Not pregnant, not with child Ungehefegude non grauidam, An. Ox. 27. 31
gylden-beáh
A crown
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A crown Mid gehálgodon gildenbeáge with the hallowed crown, Lev. 8, 9
comb
A low place inclosed with hills ⬩ a valley ⬩ vallis
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A low place inclosed with hills, a valley; vallis Som. Ben. Lye