hærfest-tíma
Entry preview:
Autumn Autumnus. ꝥ ys hærfesttíma, cymð tó mancynne binnan seofen nihta fyrste autumn comes on the seventh of August, Angl. viii. 311, 18
heáh-freá
Entry preview:
A high and mighty lord Heofona heáhfreá ( Christ ), Cri. 253: 424. Cf. heáh-cyning ; 2
heáh-þreá
Entry preview:
Extreme punishment Gráp heáhþreá on hǽðencynn, Gen. 2545
gropa
Entry preview:
A pot Mycel gropa congius (the gloss is: Congium reddit tala vel mycel gropa), Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 78
gráfa
Entry preview:
A grove, copse Be-westan ðá leáge eft tó gráfan hrycge (cf. grǽfan hrycg, 388, 29), C. D. iii. 389, 2. Tó dyrnan gráfan; of dyrnan gráfan, v. 262, 9. ¶ in a compound :-- Tó erscgráfan, C. D. iii. 434, 22
hæcce
Entry preview:
A fence of rails (?) Andlang hæccan (heccan, v. l. ), 3. D. B. iii. 147, 25. [Cf. (?) On haccan bróc; andlang haccan bróces, 3. D. v. 298, 4. v. hæc.]
gupe
Entry preview:
A buttock Gupan clunis, renibus, coxe. Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 77
hratele
Entry preview:
The name of some plant Hratele bobonica, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 1. Hrate[le?] bobonaca, Lch. iii. 300, col. 2
Linked entry: hrætele
humele
Entry preview:
The hop-plant
hring-gewindla
Entry preview:
Something rolled into a circular form (v. ge-windan; 1 a), a sphere On hringgewindlan in spera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 61
Linked entry: ge-windla
hróþ-girela
Entry preview:
Splendid dress, a crown Ðú settest on heáfde his hróðgirelan ( coronam ) of stáne deórwyrðum, Ps. Rdr. 20, 4
lǽttewestre
Entry preview:
A female guide Ongan ic biddan míne lǽttewestran, Sancta Maria, Hml. S. 23 b, 508
land-leóda
Entry preview:
A native of a country Þǽre stówe landleódan incolae Gr. D. 97, 31. Heom cóm tógénes Eádgár cild . . . and ealle þá landleóden, Chr. 1068; P. 204, 16. Godwine betealde hine wið Eádward cyng his hláford and wið ealle landleódan, 1052 ; P. 183, 8
Linked entries: land-bygen land-leód
læpe-wince
Entry preview:
A lapwing Laepaeuincae, lepeuuince, laepiuince cucuzata Txts. 52, 264. v. hleápe-wince (of which læpewince seems the earliest form)
Linked entry: hleápe-wince
leád-gota
Entry preview:
A lead-founder Gif hé smeáwyrhtan hæfð . . . Mylewerde, sútere, leádgotan (leód-, MS.) and óðran wyrhtan ǽlc weorc sylf wísað hwæt him tó gebyreð, Angl. ix. 263, 18
Linked entry: gota
mæcca
Entry preview:
A consort Ic hæbbe crístenne fæder. . . and his mæcca mín módor is of þyssum lífe gewiten, Hml. S. 33, 103
mann-myrþra
Entry preview:
A homicide, murderer Þá wíf þe dód áwegáworpnesse heora bearna . . . sýn hý geteald to manmyrðrum habeantur pro homicidis, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 36
Linked entry: myrþra
mearce
Entry preview:
a limit, v. mearc; 2. a territory. v. (?) Dene-mearce
mearc-grǽfa
Entry preview:
A boundary grǽfa (q. v. ) Of ðes westlangan hlinces ende on ðonne mearcgréfan, C. D. iii. 135, 26
mid-irfenuma
Entry preview:
A co-heir Þ on yrfwerdnysse his mid-yrfenuma (coheres) þú sý, Scint. 148, 4
Linked entry: irfe-numa