wæter-scipe
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Ðá wǽron twégen gebrððra . . . and hæfdon ǽnne fiscnoþ on ánum brádum mere . . . ac þǽr wurdon eft æt þám wæterscipe . . . micel gefeoht for þám fixnoþe.
dyfen
Desert, reward ⬩ merĭtum
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Desert, reward; merĭtum Æft heora ge-earnungum and dyfene juxta eorum merĭta, C. R. Ben. 2
lim-lama
crippled
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Lame in the limbs, crippled Manege ðǽr wurdan hále, ðe ǽr wǽran limmlaman, Wulfst. 4, 12
regn-meld
A mighty, solemn announcement
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A mighty, solemn announcement Gemyne ðú, mucgwyrt, hwæt ðú ámeldodest æt regenmelde, Lchdm. iii. 30, 30
Linked entry: meld
aler
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Aler (-aer) alnus, Txts. 39, 116. Be ðǽre alra ofesce, C. D. iii. 393, 11. Add
Eáster-freólsdæg
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The feast day of the Passover Ǽr þám Eásterfreólsdæge ante diem festum Paschae, Jn. 13, 1
Linked entry: freóls-dæg
folc-gedréfness
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Troubling of peoples Mycel folcgedrefnesse bið ðonne ǽr dómes dæg (cf. Mt. 24, 7), Nap. 23
Linked entry: ge-dréfnes
healf-weg
Half-way
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Half-way, a point equidistant from two extremes Ægelríc æt healfwege, C. D. iv. 234, 3
hring-stede
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Cf. hring; Æt Ringstyde, C. D. iv. 208, 25
in-siht
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Ic wille mid tintregum æt ðé ofgán ðises ðinges insiht, Hml. Th. i. 590, 23. Add
oþ-berstan
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Gif hwá wóh wyrce, and út oðberste (æt-, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 268, 9. Add
cweþan
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Æt þám táum . . . ealswá æt þám fingrum ys cwiden, 20, 4.
standan
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Add Gange hit intó Scã Marian stówæ æal swá hit stænt mid mæte and mid mannum, C. D. iii. 274, 2: 22: Cht. Crw. 23, 3. Seó sixte yld þissere worulde stynt fram Críste ástreht oð dómes dæg eallum mannum ungewiss, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 41. v. stille.
líne
a line ⬩ rope ⬩ a line ⬩ row ⬩ rule ⬩ canon
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Ðǽr sceal wesan se torhta æsc án an línan ácas twegen hægelas swá some 'æ' must occur once, 'a.' and 'h' twice [in forming the words hæn, hana], Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 25; Rä. 43, 10
fore-spreca
an advocate ⬩ defender ⬩ a sponsor
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Þá þe æt font*-*bæþe úre forespecan (-sprecan, v. l.) wǽran, Wlfst. 67, 9: 109, 16. Forespræcan, Ll. Th. ii. 338, 8
dymlíc
dim, obscure
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Ælf. C. 14; Th. ii. 348, 7
hréren-brǽden
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Not thoroughly cooked On án hrérenbrǽden æg over an egg lightly cooked, Lchdm. iii. 294, 8
Linked entry: hrér
ge-fýnd
foes ⬩ enemies
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foes, enemies Híg wǽron ǽr gefýnd him betwynan antea inimici erant adinvicem, Lk. Bos. 23, 12
Linked entry: ge-feónd
un-gifre
Harmful ⬩ unfortunate
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Harmful, unfortunate Ǽr gé sceonde fremmen, ungifre yfel ylda bearnum, Cd. Th. 149, 5; Gen. 2470
Linked entry: gifre
cwide-leás
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Gewát Eádríc ǽr Ælféh cwideleás, and Ælféh féng tó his lǽne, Cht. Th. 272, 20. Add