un-forhtigende
Not fearing ⬩ fearless
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Not fearing, fearless Hé wolde leódum bodian on fyrlenum lande unforhtigende, Homl. Th. ii. 140, 29
heolor-bledu
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The scale of a balance Mid þá efnan helurblede justa lance, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 40
óþ-standan
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Ðæt is lang tó sæcganne, hú ða wurdon generede in ðære Noes earce, ða ðe ðǽr tó láfe ófstódon. Wulfst. 206, 30. to remain standing and so prove an obstacle Ðæt swefn swíðe óþstód manegum mínra leóda ( the dream interpreted by Daniel), Cd.
sworettung
A deep drawing of the breath. ⬩ as a sign of trouble, a sigh ⬩ breathing hard from illness or labour, gasping, panting
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Hé mid langre sworetunge ðæt orð of ðám breóstum teáh, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 80, 13. Hé wæs swíðe gewǽced on ðam langan geswince, and hé mid sworettungum wæs genyrwed, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 770.
swǽr
- Halliwell
- Jamieson's Dictionary
unwilling ⬩ dull, heavy, ⬩ lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.] ⬩ heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive ⬩ heavy, grievous, painful, unpleasant ⬩ heavy, sad, feeling or expressing grief ⬩ of sin or evil, grave, grievous ⬩ of physical or mental inactivity, heavy, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent ⬩ inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak ⬩ of sleep, heavy ⬩ grave, honoured ⬩ grievous (sin, sickness) ⬩ gravis, onerosus ⬩ (a poetic word) heavy, grave.
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heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive Swǽr is seó byrðen ðe Godes bydel beran sceall, gif hé nele georne unriht forbeódan, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 35: Wulfst. 178, 8. Hé bið deófles tempel, and byrð swíðe swǽre byrðene on his
GÁD
A point of a weapon ⬩ spear or arrow-head ⬩ sting ⬩ prick ⬩ GOAD ⬩ cuspis ⬩ acŭleus ⬩ stĭmŭlus
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Hafaþ gúþmecga gyrde lange, gyldene gáde the warrior has a long rod, a golden goad, Salm. Kmbl. 183; Sal. 91
fore-beácen
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Hér wǽron réðe forebécna (-býcna, v. l.) cumene ofer Norðanhymbra land ... ꝥ wǽron orméte lígræscas, and wǽron geseowene fýrene dracan on þám lyfte fleógende, Chr. 793; P. 55, 32. Forebeácna portentorum, An. Ox. 4969.
ge-wilwan
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to roll Hé hine sylfne nacodne áwearp and wylede (wylewede, v. l.) on þǽra þorna ordum, and wæs þǽr gewylwed (welwed, v. l.) lange nudum se in spinarum aculeis projecit, ibique diu volutatus, Gr.
of-gán
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Add Ábæd Ósgár abbud æt Ælfhere ealdormenn ꝥ hé móste ofgán ꝥ land æt him mid sceatte. Ðá tíþode se ealdorman him, and se abbod sealde him ðá án hund mancosa goldes, C. D. B. iii. 547, 6
sceadwung
An overshadowing
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R.) in one land days are longer, in another shorter, because of the way in which the shadow falls on the earth, Lchdm. iii. 258, 4.
búgan
To inhabit ⬩ inhabitare, incolere
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To inhabit; inhabitare, incolere þenden git móston án lond búgan while ye might inhabit one land, Exon. 123a; Th. 473, 20; Bo. 17. Ðǽr ic wíc búge there I inhabit a dwelling, 104 b; Th. 396, 22; Rä. 16, 8: 103a; Th. 389, 23; Rä. 8, 2.
sweflen
Sulphurous, of brimstone
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Hé eal ðæt land mid sweflenum fýre forbærnde Deus pluit super hanc terram ignem et sulphur, totamque regionem exustam aeterna perditione damnavit, I. 3; Swt. 32, 10: Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 17. Swæflenum. Boutr. Scrd. 22, 32.
síclian
To sicken ⬩ be or fall sick
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To sicken, be or fall sick Lange hé síclaþ diu egrotat, Lchdm. iii. 151, 8. Sícclaþ (síclaþ, MS. T.), 13. [Ðá wæs Leófríc abbot of Burh æt ꝥ ilca feord, and sǽclode dǽr, and com hám, and wæs dǽd sóne dǽr æfter Chr. 1066, Erl. 203, 12.
ge-anwyrde
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Add Þá sé þæs (þær, K.) geanwyrde wæs þe him Lande sealde, C.D. iv. 235, 6
snofl
mucus, snivel
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mucus, snivel Wið langum sáre ðæs heáfdes þurh horh oððe þurh snofl Lchdm. ii. 24, 4
brægen-loca
The head ⬩ skull
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The head, skull Ic (a lance) þrísta sum under brægnlocan (hrægn-, MS.) [bealde þringe?], Ru. 72, 21
wíg-gár
A lance
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A lance Wígár lancea, wegures (wīgáres?) gewrið amentum Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 46 - 47. Cf. wíg-spere
leger
a lying ⬩ dead ⬩ sickness ⬩ death ⬩ a couch ⬩ a lair ⬩ a grave
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Be ðære róde ðe ǽr in legere wæs lange bedyrned [of the cross that had been buried ], Elen. Kmbl. 1200; E1. 602: 1442; El. 723. Líc legere fæst, 1762; El. 883.
aferian
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., and add) Se geneát sceal wyrcan swá on lande swá of lande, . . . and rídan and auerian and láde lǽdan, Cht. E. 377, 3
a-mearcian
To mark out ⬩ delineate ⬩ describe ⬩ determine ⬩ annotare ⬩ denotare ⬩ designare ⬩ describere ⬩ definire
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Ðone, ðe grúnd and sund, heofon and eorþan, amearcode mundum sínum him, who land and sea, heaven and earth, marked out with his own hands, 1499; An. 751: R. Concord. 2