díc
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S. 27, 39. an earthwork with a trench Gihaðrigað ðec fióndas ðíne mið díce (dícg, L.) circumdabunt te inimici tui uallo, Lk. R. 19, 43.
un-ceás
Absence of quarrel ⬩ inhostility
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H.) áð the kinsmen of the dead man shall swear to the slayer an oath that they will have no quarrel with him, L. M. 35; Th. i. 124, 8.
stéda
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A stallion, an entire horse; the word is also used of a camel Hors equus, stéda emisarius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 55: misarius, 56, 39: i. 287, 40. Stéda faussarius, hengst canterius, 23, 9.
Linked entry: stéþa
wíc-geréfa
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From the Latin words which are translated by wícgeréfa, it seems that the official so denominated was concerned in collecting taxes, and from a passage in the laws that it was one of his duties to act as witness at sales.
sprǽce
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Apollonius hyre árehte ealle his gelymp, and æt þáre sprǽcan ende him feóllon teáras of ðám eágum, Ap. Th. 15, 26
sucga
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[In later times the word seems to apply to the whitethroat, which is called hazeck (Worcest.) and hay sucker (Devon), and to the hedge-sparrow, isaac or hazock (Worcest.), segge (Devon), E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, pp. 23, 29.
Linked entry: sugga
widuwa
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A widower Ðæt bið rihtlíc líf ðæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde, óð ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige; and habbe ða syððan, ða hwíle ðe seó libbe: gif hire ðonne forðsíð gebyrige, ðonne is rihtost ðæt hé þananforð wydewa þurhwunige, L. I.
fleá
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Hine byton lýs and lyftene gnættas and eác swylce fleán, Hex. 24, 31. Hwí ne lufast þú flæá (pulices) ?, Solil. H. 16, 7. Take II under fleáh albugo; with I take fleó in Dict., and add;
fyrhþ-lufe
Love of the soul ⬩ mental love ⬩ anĭmi ămor
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Love of the soul, mental love; anĭmi ămor Ic to ánum ðé staðolige fæste fyrhþlufan I keep the steadfast love of my soul firmly fixed to thee only, Andr. Kmbl. 165; An. 83
Linked entry: ferhþ-lufe
níþ-plega
Battle
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Battle, Andr. Kmbl. 827; An. 414
un-tíma
a wrong time ⬩ an improper time ⬩ a bad time ⬩ an unhappy condition of things ⬩ a mishap
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a wrong time, an improper time Se lǽce ðonne hé on untíman lácnaþ wunde, hió wyrmseþ and rotaþ secta immature vulnera deterius infervescunt, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 2.
Linked entries: un-tíme un-tímness
Pante
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The river Blackwater in Essex Hí Pantan streám bestódon, Eástseaxena ord and se æschere, Byrht. Th. 133, 50; By. 68. Wódon wælwulfas ofer Pantan, 134. 41 ; By. 97.
fulla
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oþþe hwæt mæg beón geómrung and wánung, gyf ꝥ næs se fulla ǽgðres?, Hml. S. 23, 104
ár-wéla
The wealth of oars ⬩ the sea ⬩ divitiæ remorum ⬩ mare
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The wealth of oars, the sea; divitiæ remorum, mare, Andr. Kmbl. 1705; An. 855
Beda
Venerable Bede
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ðon and syððan ealle tíd mínes lífes on ðæs ylcan Mynstres eardunge, ic wæs dónde, and ealle geornnesse ic sealde to leornianne and to smeágianne hálige gewríto and betwyh gehald regollíces þeódscipes and ða dæghwámlícan gýmenne to singanne on cyricean
ge-síþa
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Gesíþan comite, Angl. xiii. 369, 59. Gesíþan comitem (i, socium) (angelicae castitatis), An. Ox. 1185. Gesíðan on gangum comites gressibus, Hy. Srt. 38, 27. Gesíþum comitibus (castae sodalitatis). An.
niht-genga
A creature that goes at night ⬩ a goblin ⬩ evil spirit
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A creature that goes at night, a goblin, evil spirit Wið feóndes costunga and nihtgengan and maran, Lchdm. ii. 306, 12. Wyrc sealf wið nihtgengan, 342, 1. Wið ælfcynne and nihtgengan and ðám mannum ðe deófol mid hǽmþ, 344, 7.
collecta
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A collect Ǽr þám seó collecta ( collecta ) beó geended, Angl. xiii. 406, 590. Cweðe se sácerd þone collectan, and geendige þá mæssan mid ánre collectan, Ll. Th. ii. 360, 1-4. Collectan (gebedu, R. Ben. I. 42, 18) letania, R. Ben. 37, 2.
melda
a narrator ⬩ an informer ⬩ announcer ⬩ a betrayer
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Kmbl. 856; El. 428. a betrayer Gé sind meldan and manslagan ( betrayers and murderers, Acts vii. 52), Homl. Th. i. 46, 24
wicu
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On ðam seofoðan dæge God geendode his weorc and seó wucu wæs ðá ágán, Lchdm. iii. 234, 16 : Anglia viii. 310, 23. Seó wucu on Grécisc hátte ebdomada and on Lýden septimana; seofon daga ryne ys seó wucu, and feówer wucan wyrcaþ ánne mónð, 319, 3.