nearu-searu
A wile that causes restraint or confinement
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Hýdde wǽron þurh nearusearwe næglas on eorþan ( of the nails in the cross that had been buried ), Elen. Kembl. 2215; El. 1109
ge-sceaþian
To injure, harm, scathe
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To injure, harm, scathe Hú he on manna sáulum mǽst gesceaþian mǽge how he can most injure the souls of men, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 31
Linked entry: sceaþian
un-sceandlíce
Shamelessly
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Shamelessly Ic mé unsceandlíce [ the un- has been erased (properly. v. sceandlíce) in one MS. ], swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tómiddes heora gemengde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 372
rosig
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The MS. quoted has roseū, but two other MSS. have rosenū, which is more likely to be right. [Dr. Craigie kindly furnishes this note.]
ós
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Óðinn var göfgastr af öllum, ok af honum námu þeir allir íþróttirnar: því at hann kunni fyrst allar ok þó fiestar. . . . Hann ok hofgoðar hans heita ljóðasmiðir, því at sfi íþrótt hófst af þeim í norðrlöndum, c. 6. See also c. 7, and Salm.
Linked entry: ésa
a-ráfian
To unrove ⬩ unravel ⬩ unwind ⬩ dissolvere
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To unrove, unravel, unwind; dissolvere Aráfaþ ðæt cliwen ðære twífaldan heortan unwinds the clew of the double heart; dissolvit corda duplicitatibus involuta, Past. 35, 5; Hat. MS. 46 b, 1
beado-searo
A war-train ⬩ an engine or weapon of war ⬩ bellicus apparatus
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A war-train, an engine or weapon of war; bellicus apparatus Þurh ða heora beadosearo wǽgon through which their war-train had moved, Cd. 170; Th. 214, 21; Exod. 572
Linked entry: beadu-searo
óþ-rídan
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to ride away Cyning in óþrád forþ onutte the king (Christ after the doors of Hell had opened) rode away into Hell, hastened on, Exon. Th. 461, 24; Hö. 40
ge-rádscipe
Prudence ⬩ prudentia
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Prudence; prudentia He áwuht nafaþ on his módsefan rihtwísnesses ne gerádscipes he has not aught in his mind of wisdom or prudence, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 96; Met. 22, 48
ge-mynd-drepen
A mind stroke, a swoon, delirium ⬩ mentis percussio
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Grn. has,-On gemynd drepen; pp. of drepan
swólig
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Hát lyft and swólga ( sultriness? ) bringaþ ádle on ðam milte, ðonne se mon wyrð tó swíþe forhǽt, Lchdm. ii. 244, 7
Linked entry: swól
oft-síþ
A time that often occurs ⬩ ofttimes
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A time that often occurs Hwæt he hæfde Godes þeówum on oftsíþas tó láðe gedón what he had ofttimes done to hurt God's servants, Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 290, 29
riht-ǽw
legitimate matrimony ⬩ a legitimate wife
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Ðonne hé his rihtǽwe ǽrest hám bringþ, 21; Th. ii. 190, ii. Gif hwylc man wið óðres rihtǽwe hǽmþ, ii. 10; Th. ii. 186, 6
munuc-líc
Monastic
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Hé heóld his munelíce ingehýd swá ðeáh betwux mannum he preserved the habit of mind which he had when a monk though mixing with men, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 13. On munuclícum hádum in monachico habitu, Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 21
be-windan
girdle ⬩ encircle ⬩ surround
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Th. ii. 24, 22. þé God hæfde wære bewunden God had kept thee on every side, An. 535.
fela-geonge
Having travelled much ⬩ valde peregrīnātus
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Having travelled much; valde peregrīnātus Wilt ðú fricgan felageongne ymb forþgesceaft wilt thou ask one who has travelled much about the creation? Exon. 92 b; Th. 346, 23; Sch. 3
gár-heáp
A spear-band ⬩ armed band ⬩ hastĭfĕra turma
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A spear-band, armed band; hastĭfĕra turma Hæfdon him beácen arǽred in ðam gárheápe they had a signal reared in the armed band, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 11; Exod. 321
ge-lómlícian
To become frequent
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To become frequent Manig yfel we geaxiaþ hér on lífe gelómlícian and wæstmian many an evil we learn has become frequent in this life and flourishes, Blickl. Homl. 109, 2
þuhsian
To make misty ⬩ dark
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L. 8, 105, which has geþuxsað), deorc and dimhíw and dwolma sweart, Wulfst. 137, 9
Linked entry: þuxsian
spícing
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The MS. has swicyngas (v. Archiv cxxv. 51 n. 4), the passage glossed being Clauos colligere uel facere, laborem significat. Spicyngas seems the correct form. [v. N. E. D. spiking.]