undern-mete
Food eaten in the morning ⬩ breakfast
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Uton brúcan ðisses undernmetes swá ða sculon ðe hiora ǽfengifl on helle gefeccean sculon prandete tamquam apud inferos coenaturi, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 86, 1. Undernmete prandium, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 22, 4
Linked entry: undern-gereord
un-mildheort
Hard-hearted ⬩ merciless ⬩ pitiless
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Mé cóman tó Sílhearwan ... hí wǽron unmildheorta, and mé tugon tó ðære sweartan helle, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 289
Linked entry: mild-heort
Cynegils
Cynegils, sixth king of the West Saxons ⬩ Cynegilsus
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D. 611, Cynegils féng to ríce on Wesseaxum, and heóld xxxi wintra here, Cynegils succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons, and held it thirty-one years, 611; Erl. 20, 33. Hér, A. D. 635, Cynegils [MS.
mæcg
A man
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C.) mundbora (Edmund), Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 8, Mecga (those in hell ) gnornunge, Cd. 220; Th. 285, 8; Sat. 334. Mæcgum ( the children in the fiery furnace ), 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265.
Linked entry: mecg
mæðel-stede
A place of assembly ⬩ place where a meeting is held ⬩ a place of hostile meeting ⬩ a battle-place
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A place of assembly, place where a meeting is held (cf. þing-stede) Tó ðam meðelstede manige cómon snottere selerǽdend, Andr. Kmbl. 1315; An. 658: 1393; An. 697. Swá him Offa ǽr ásǽde on ðam meðelstede ðá hé gemót hæfde, Byrht.
Linked entry: hleóðor-stede
for-glendrad
To devour ⬩ consume
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: -glændrede, -gleddrede, v. ll.) hell, Wlfst. 187, 1. Forglendrad conglutinatus (confounded by glosser with glutitus?), Ps. L. 43, 25. ¶ forglendred (-end? a voracious person; lurco?) serviunculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 49. Substitute:
úþ-genge
Fugitive ⬩ transitory ⬩ not to be retained ⬩ passing out of one's possession
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Fugitive, transitory, not to be retained, passing out of one's possession Se éþel úðgenge wearð Adame and Euan, eardríca cyst beorht óðbróden that country could no more be held by Adam and Eve, the choicest realm was taken away from them, Exon.
eald-geníþla
An ancient foe, arch-fiend, Satan ⬩ antīquus inĭmīcus, diăbŏlus
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Ealdgeníþla, helle hæftling the old fiend, hell's captive, Andr. Kmbl. 2682; An. 1343
Linked entry: eald-feónd
geond-leccing
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Moistening Gyndleccincg ofeweard underféhð sáwl þænne heó hí sylfe on teárum heofenríces mid gewilnunge geswencþ; gyndleccing neaþewerd onféhð þænne helle súslu wépende ondrǽt inriguum superius accipit anima, cum sese in lacrimis caelestis regni desiderio
Linked entry: leccing
ge-dríf
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Substitute: A drive, a tract through which something drives or moves (rapidly) God hig ( the apostate angels) tódǽlde on þrí dǽlas; ánne dǽl hé ásette on ðæs lyftes gedríf, óðerne dǽl on ðæs wæteres gedríf, þriddan dǽl on helle neowelnisse, Sal.
bealo
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Swá inc se balewa hét handþegen helle, Sat. 484. Uton gescyldan ús wið þá bealewan synne, Wlfst. 145, 18. Ic bealuwara weorc gebiden hæbbe, sárra sorga, Kr. 79. Hine sár hafað befongen balwon bendum (cf. bealo-bend), B. 977.
fultuman
To help ⬩ assist ⬩ aid ⬩ support ⬩ jŭvāre ⬩ adjŭvāre ⬩ auxĭliāri ⬩ făvēre
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To help, assist, aid, support; jŭvāre, adjŭvāre, auxĭliāri, făvēre Hí woldon me má fultumian me pŏtius jŭvāre vellent, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 9: Ps. Th. 118, 114. Ic fultumige auxĭlior, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 61: făveo, 26, 5; Som. 28, 66.
wil-cuma
One whose coming is pleasant ⬩ a welcome person (or thing)
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Hé wilcuman ( Christ come to hell ) grétte : ‘ Ðé ðæs þonc sié, ðæt ðú ús sécan woldest, ' 462, 26; Hö. 58. Ðegnas cwóman, geségon wilcuman heofones Waldend, 35, 7; Cri. 554. Gé sind wilcuman. Cd. Th. 303, 22; Sat. 617 : Beo. Th. 794; B. 394.
wrixl
change ⬩ alteration ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ alternation ⬩ exchange ⬩ interchange ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ a loan ⬩ what is given in return ⬩ return ⬩ requital
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Wrixle mutuum (Lk. 6, 34), 74, 43. what is given in return, return, requital Hé forgeald wyrsan wrixle wælhlem ðone ; . . . hé him on heáfde helm gescær, Beo. Th. 5930; B. 2969
be-sleán
to strike ⬩ smite ⬩ to strike ⬩ dash ⬩ inflict ⬩ to strike ⬩ to strike
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Ðurh ðone ðyrnenan helm on ðone Hǽlend beslagen, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 10. Mid on beslagenre wunde, 88, 23. intrans. to strike, give a blow Ic on besleá illido, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 171, 4. Gif mon æt blód*-*lǽtan on sinwe besleá, Lch. ii. 148, 19.
eal-sealf
feorh-ner
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Ꝥ hié oncnáwan mihton hwá him tó hǽle and tó helpe and tó feorhnere on þás world ástág, Bl. H. 105, 32. Tó hwon féddest þú þé ǽnne of þǽm þe ic inc bám gesceóp tó welan and tó wiste and tó feorhrere?, Wlfst. 259, 17. Substitute: and add
FYLLAN
To FILL ⬩ replenish ⬩ satisfy ⬩ cram ⬩ stuff ⬩ finish ⬩ complete ⬩ fulfil ⬩ implēre ⬩ replēre ⬩ sătŭrāre ⬩ farcīre ⬩ supplēre ⬩ complēre
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Ðonne heofon and hel hæleða bearnum fylde weorþeþ when heaven and hell shall be filled with the sons of men, Exon. 31 a; Th. 97, 20; Cri. 1593
Linked entry: fullian
bíte
a bite ⬩ the bite
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. :-- 'Eálá deáþ, ic beó þín deáþ, and ic beó þín bite ou helle.' Mycelne bite Drihten dyde on helle þá hé þyder ástág, Bl. H. 67, 17. the bite, cut of a weapon, &c. Ðǽr is benda bite and dynta dyne, Wlfst. 114, 23: 209, 17.
hól
Vain speech, ⬩ evil speaking without cause, ⬩ calumny, ⬩ slander
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H. héle] ne for unrihtre feohgyrnesse I do not accuse N. from hate or with the intention of slandering him or from an unjust desire for money, L. O. 4; Th. i. 180, 11.