mægen-fæst
Strong ⬩ vigorous ⬩ firm
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Ǽlc líchamlíce gesceaft ðe eorþe ácenþ is fulre and mægenfæstre on fullum mónan ðonne on gewanedum every bodily creature that earth produces is more complete and more vigorous at the full moon than when the moon has waned, Homl. Th. i. 102, 21
peorð
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chess-man; but it is doubtful whether the knowledge of chess was early enough among the Teutons to allow of this interpretation. v. Zacher Das Runenalphabet, pp. 7-9.
ge-fælsian
To cleanse ⬩ purify ⬩ expiate ⬩ lustrāre ⬩ pūrĭfĭcāre ⬩ expiāre
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To cleanse, purify, expiate; lustrāre, pūrĭfĭcāre, expiāre He wolde gefælsian foldan mǽgþe he would purify the race of earth, Exon. 10 a; Th. 9, 33; Cri. 144 : 12 b; Th. 20, 19; Cri. 320. Heorot is gefælsod Heorot is purified, Beo.
Linked entry: ge-felsode
hirtan
to refresh ⬩ revive ⬩ comfort
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Earme men þú scealt hyrtan, Angl. xii. 516, 21. Hyrttende refocilando, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 43. Suá se micla cræftiga hiertende tó scýfð magnus regendi artifex favoribus impellit, Past. 53, 16. Hyrtendum cohortante, An. Ox. 791.
carles wǽn
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the churl's wain, the constellation of the Great Bear; Ursa Major Carles wǽn ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ the churl's wain never goes down under this earth, as other constellations do, Bd. de nat.
ende-byrdes
Orderly, for order ⬩ per ordinem, ordĭnātim
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Ðú ðysne middangeard todǽldest swá hit getǽsost wæs endebyrdes thou hast divided this middle earth as it was most suitable for order, 20, 23; Met. 20, 12
Linked entry: ende-byrd
eorþ-nafela
Earth-navel, asparagus ⬩ aspărăgus officinālis
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Earth-navel, asparagus; aspărăgus officinālis Nim eorþnafelan take asparagus, Lchdm. iii. 40, 23. Genim eorþnafolan wyrtruman take roots of asparagus, Herb. 126, 2 ; Lchdm. i. 238, 5.
Linked entry: nafela
lissan
to soften ⬩ weaken ⬩ tame ⬩ subdue
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to soften, weaken, tame, subdue Yldo beoþ on eorþan ǽghwæs cræftig ... lisseþ eal ðæt heó wile beám heó ábreóteþ ... friteþ wildne fugol ... heó oferwígeþ wulf on earth age has power over everything ... .she subdues all that she will; the tree she destroys
eorþ-burh
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earth-work Scídwealles eorðbyri vallum, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 34. On eorðburge geat, C. D. v. 256, 11. Of ðǽre díc besúþan ðǽre eorðbyrg, vi. 129, 21. Ðone wudu æt ðǽre eorðbyrig, iii. 4, 11. Anlang hrycges tó ðǽre eorðburh middeweardre, 411, 23.
wóh-gestreón
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Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wíse wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóhgestreón and mǽst falses lufað ; þý sculan Godes freónd . . . ná geþafian ꝥ ðurh fals and ðurh wóhgestreón men tó swýðe forwyrcean hí sylfe, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 27-32.
wǽg-þel
A wave-plank ⬩ a ship
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Under earce bord eaforan lǽdan, weras on wǽgþel, Cd. Th. 82, 6; Gen. 1358
á-stípan
To bereave
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Se earma man ástýped (-stǽped, v. l.) and bereáfod his suna miser orbatus, Gr. D. 75, 27. Se ástýpta (-stépta,v. l.) ceorl orbatus rusticus, 165, 19. þám ástýptan (-stéptan, v. l. ) wífe, 18, 15. Þ ástépede wíf, 14.
twi-sprǽce
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Gehega ðíne eáran mid þornigum hege, ðæt ðú ne gehýre lustum móde ðæra twysprǽcena word, Wulfst. 246, 10
wóp-líc
Mournful ⬩ doleful ⬩ lamentable
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In faran ðæt tungla wóplícan heofones eáhþerl ðú eart geworden intrent ut astra flebiles, coeli fenestra facta es, Hymn. Surt. 76, 5. Grammar wóp-líc, of that which is an expression of grief Hé spræc mid wóplícre stemne, Homl. Th. i. 402, 9 : Homl.
ge-lygnian
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To charge with falsehood Ðá ne gecneów se portgeréfa þára namena nán ðing þe hé namode, ac hé sóna gelignode hine, and cwæð: 'Nú þurh þínre leásan tale ic ongyten hæbbe ꝥ þú eart án forswíðe leás mon,' Hml. S. 23, 686.
on-wæcnan
to rise, spring, be derived
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Fordytte ðæt eáre mid ðære wulle ðonne ðú slápan wille, and dó eft of ðonne ðú onwæcne, Lchdm. ii. 42, 26. to rise, spring, be derived Ðonne hé ( the Phenix ) of ascan onwæcneþ, Exon. Th. 240, 34; Ph. 648.
Linked entry: on-wacnian
ge-þyld
Patience ⬩ resignation ⬩ patientia
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Patience, resignation; patientia Ðú me eart fǽle ge-þyld tu es patientia mea, Ps. Th. 70, 4: Ps. Spl. 61, 5: Job Thw. 167, 16. Sum þafaþ in geþylde ðæt he sceal one allows what he must with patience, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 20; Crä. 71.
DARU
Hurt, harm, damage ⬩ damnum, noxa
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Gemétte he his earm and his hand swá hále and swá gesúnde swá him nǽfre bryce ne daro gedón wǽre he found his arm and his hand so hale and so sound, as if breach or hurt had never been done to them, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 17.
be-feolan
To commit ⬩ commend ⬩ deliver ⬩ grant ⬩ committere ⬩ commendare ⬩ tradere
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To commit, commend, deliver, grant; committere, commendare, tradere Morðor under eorþan befeolan to commit murder under the earth, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 23; Gn. Ex. 115 : Cd. 202; Th. 251, 7 ; Dan. 560.
eóh
The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree ⬩ taxus
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which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree; taxus, — hence this Rune not only stands for the diphthong eo, but for eoh a yew-tree, as, — RUNE [Eóh] biþ útan unsméðe treów, heard, hrusan fæst yew is outwardly an unsmooth tree, hard, fast in the earth