prica
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Hé sǽde ðæt eal ðes miðdaneard nǽre ðé máre dríges landes ofer ðone mycelan gársecg, ðonne man ǽnne prican ápricce on ánum brádum brede, Wulfst. 146, 21.
Linked entry: pric-mǽlum
ge-reáfian
To rob, steal, spoil
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Ðone deórwyrþan gym ðone ðe deófol wolde gereáfian the precious jewel that the devil would steal, Shrn. 155, 21
un-witende
Unwitting ⬩ not knowing ⬩ not aware of what is done ⬩ unconscious
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Unwitting, not knowing, not aware of what is done, unconscious Hé monig tácen self gedyde, þéh hé hié unwitende dyde, Ors. 5, 14; Swt. 248, 14. He oft unwitende slóg mid his heáfde on ðone wág, 5, 15; Swt. 250, 12.
swíma
swimming in the head, dizziness, giddiness, vertigo ⬩ a state of unconsciousness, a swoon ⬩ a swoon ⬩ a stunning blow.
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Wið ðone swíman, nim . . . and cnuca . . . wyrta . . . ofgeót mid wætere . . nim ðone wǽtan and lafa ðen heáfod, Lchdm, iii. 48, 3. a state of unconsciousness, a swoon Licgan on swíman to lie unconscious, Judth Thw. 21, 22; Jud. 30 - 23, 5 ; Jud. 106
leás
loose ⬩ destitute ⬩ void of ⬩ without ⬩ vain ⬩ false ⬩ lying ⬩ deceitful ⬩ deceptive ⬩ faulty
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Fiscere ðone leásostan a fisherman most false, 179, 14
Linked entry: -leás
pocc
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Mid hunige smire ðǽr hit út sleá on ðone poc ... Sealf wið pocádl ... Drenc wið poccum ...
horh
A clammy humour, phlegm, rheum
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Gif him ofstondeþ on innan ǽnigu ceald wǽte ðonne spíwaþ hie ðæt horh . . . ðæt ofstandene þicce horh, 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 15-21. Ðonne spíwaþ hie sóna ðone þiccan horh, 2, 28; Lchdm. ii. 224, 15. Horas pituita, i. e. minuta saliva, Ælfc.
Linked entries: ge-horwian hrum horas horu
a-behófian
To behove ⬩ concern ⬩ decere
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To behove, concern; decere Mid máran unrǽde ðone him abehófode with more animosity than it behoved him, Chr. 1093; Th. 360, 4
Nazarenisc
Of Nazareth
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Ðone Nazareniscean (Natzarenisca, Lind.) Hǽlend, Jn. Skt. 18, 5
ge-lǽfa
Belief ⬩ faith ⬩ fĭdes
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Belief, faith; fĭdes He wolde ðone Cristes gelǽfan gerihtan he would set right the faith of Christ, Chr. 680; Erl. 41, 14
stýficung
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In ðone norðran stýfecing, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 399, 35. Stýfecinc, 18, 33
un-cræftig
Powerless
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Powerless Se earma flýhð uncræftiga slǽp sleác mid sluman slincan on hinder somnus iners torporque gravis, desidia pigra cessabunt, Dóm. L. 239
wiþ-bláwan
To strain at
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To strain at Ðæt hí wiðbleówen ðære fleógan and forswulgun ðone olfend liquantes culicem, camelum autem glutientes, Past. 57; Swt. 439, 24
brynig
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Burning, fiery Wyrmas heora bán gnagað brynigum tuxlum (cf. byrnendum tóðum, Wlfst. 139, 10) vermes lacerant ignitis dentibus ossa, Dóm. L. 209
-incel
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Add: v. bóg-incel, cof-incel, dóc-incel, hæft-incel, liþ-incel, stán-incel, súl-incel, tún-incel, þeów-incel, wíl-incel
þistel-twige
A goldfinch or some other bird that eats thistle-down.
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A goldfinch or some other bird that eats thistle-down. Þisteltuige, distiltige cardella, Txts. 47, 381. Þisteltwige, Wrt. Voc. i. 281, 19
un-eáðlácn
Not easily cured
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Not easily cured Biþ ðonne se milte uneáþlǽcne, ðonne ðæt blód áheardaþ on ðǽm ǽdrum, Lchdm. ii. 250, 5. Cyrnelu uneáðlácnu, 240, 21. Ða dolh beóþ uneáðlácnu, 242, 10. Uneáðlácno, 242, 3. Seó wǽte wyrcþ uneáþlácna áðla, 226, 15
emb-feran
To go round, surround ⬩ circuīre
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To go round, surround; circuīre Híg geond feówertig daga embferdon ðone eard they went round the country for forty days, Num. 13, 26
niþer-sige
A going down ⬩ setting
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A going down, setting Sunne oncneów niþersige ( occasum ) hire, Ps. Lamb. 103, 19 : 113, 3. Ofer niþersi[g]e super occasum, 67, 5
Linked entry: sige
ge-gripennis
A taking ⬩ seizing ⬩ snare ⬩ correptio ⬩ captio
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A taking, seizing, snare; correptio, captio Gegripennis ðone ðe he behýdde togegrípe hine captio quam abscondit apprehendat eum, Ps. Spl. T. 34, 9
Linked entry: ge-grip