agof
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A word formed in the Riddles by inverting the. order of the letters in the word boga a bow. Agob [MS, agof] is mín noma eft onhwyrfed agob is my name transposed, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 12; Rä. 24, 1
eáwisc-lic
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Manifest, displayed Eáwisclica monstra, Rtl. 78, 32. v. preceding word
eorþ-mata
An earth-worm
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An earth-worm Eorþmata vermis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 44
Linked entry: maþa
rop
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See broþ for instances in which that word translates jus
sceamfæst-ness
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modesty Sceamfestnys (but the word glosses nuditas), An. Ox. 3672
holt-hana
A wood-cock; ⬩ acegia,
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A wood-cock; acegia, Gl. Mett. 41: Gl. Ampion. 138
Linked entry: hana
æg-wyrt
Egg-wort ⬩ dandelion ⬩ leontodon taraxacum
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Egg-wort, dandelion; leontodon taraxacum, Lacn. 40; Lchdm. iii. 28, 26
for-cymen
overcome ⬩ harassed ⬩ worn out
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overcome, harassed, worn out. Exon. 10a; Th. 10, 13; Cri. 151;
here-wulf
A war-wolf ⬩ warrior
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A war-wolf, warrior, Cd. 94; Th. 121, 25; Gen. 2015
hylte
A wood ⬩ shrubbery
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A wood, shrubbery Scoom hylti frutices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 60
wyrmǽte
Worm-eaten
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Worm-eaten Wiþ wyrmǽtum líce, Lchdm. ii. 12, 15: 126, 4
æsp-hangra
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An aspen wood On ðonæ æsphangran, C. D. v. 173, 11
bogiht
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Full of bends Bogehte woeg arta via, Mt. L. 7, 14
calwer-clím
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Voc. ii. 103, 45. v. next word
Linked entry: clím
línete
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Gl. 286, 21 the word is given as línece
strengu
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D. 48, 5: 214, 28 under preceding word
út-weald
An outlying wood
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An outlying wood An útwalda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 73, 36
Linked entry: weald
bróðor-wyrt
BROTHER-WORT, the herb pennyroyal ⬩ mentha pulegium
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BROTHER-WORT, the herb pennyroyal; mentha pulegium, Wrt. Voc. 68, 61
cwíðan
To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament ⬩ lamentāre, plangĕre
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To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament ; lamentāre, plangĕre Wópe cwíðan with weeping to lament, Cd. 48; Th. 61, 13; Gen. 996. Ic sceolde ána míne ceare cwiðan I must alone mourn my care, Exon. 76b; Th. 287, 4; Wand. 9.
un-gewuna
A bad custom ⬩ evil practice
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Se bið siweníge ðonne his mód and his andgit ðæt gecynd áscirpð and hé hit ðonne self gescint mid his ungewunan and wóm wilnungum lippus est, cujus sensum natura exacuit, sed conversationis pravitas confundit, Past. 11; Swt. 69, 9.
Linked entry: ge-wuna