wille-streám
A bubbling, running stream
Entry preview:
Se æþela fugel æt ðam ǽspringe wunaþ wyllestreámas, 204, 30; Ph. 105
wermód
Entry preview:
Se fúla wermód, ii. 312, 18. Dríges wermódes blóstman, 250, 3. Gif hit sié sumor, dó wermódes sǽdes dust tó . . . gif hit sié winter, ne þearft þú ðone wermód tó dón, 180, 27. Grénne wermód oððe drígne, 206, 24: 296, 13.
wealwian
To wallow, roll
Entry preview:
[Hie secheð to þe fule floddri and þaron waleweð, O. E. Homl. ii. 37, 27: H. M. 13, 34. They walweden as pigges in a poke, Chauc. Reeves T. 358. Þe grete wawes walweth (walketh, v. l.), Piers P. 8, 41.]
ǽg-hwæþer
(and) both . . . and
Entry preview:
Add: of two, substantival Wæs ǽghwæþer sáwla full, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 39: Cri. 1577: Sal. 108. Ǽghwæþer óþerne oftrædlíce út drǽfde, Chr. 887; P. 80, 28. Fæder ðára æðelinga ǽghwæðres, Rä. 47, 5. Ǽghwæðres . . . worda and weorca, B. 287.
Linked entry: ǽg-þer
wír
Wire ⬩ metal thread
Entry preview:
Eorðsele wæs innan full wrǽtta and wíra (ornaments made of gold or silver wire), weard unhióre goldmáðmas heóld, Bec. Th. 4817; B. 2413. Næbbe ic fǽted gold, ... ne wíra gespann, landes ne locenra beága, Andr. Kmbl. 604; An. 302: Elen.
ǽr-gedón
Done before ⬩ anteactus ⬩ prior
Entry preview:
Done before; anteactus, prior Wæs seó éhtnysse unmetre and singalre eallum ðám ǽrgedónum quæ persecutio omnibus fere anteactis diuturnior atque immanior fuit, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 24: 1, 12; S. 481, 25
Linked entry: ge-dón
for-cwolstan
To swallow down ⬩ haurīre
Entry preview:
To swallow down; haurīre Fífleáfan seáwes þrý bollan fulle lytle sceal forcwolstan he shall swallow down three little bowls of the juice of cinque-foil, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 48, 18
fint
Entry preview:
Þonne is se finta fægre gedǽled, sum brún, sum basu, sum blacum splottum searolice beseted caudaque porrigitur fulvo distenta metallo, in cujus maculis purpura mista rubet, Ph. 295. For passage under I substitute
cýpa
Entry preview:
Þǽr tó láfe wǽron XII cýpan fulle, 3657 note: Lk. 9, 17 (in Dict.)
ge-sundlíce
Prosperously; ⬩ prospere
Entry preview:
We ða niht on ðære wícstówe gesundlíce wícodon we stopped safely in the camp that night; quieta nox fuit usque ad lucem, Nar. 21, 30
ám-ber
a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria
Entry preview:
XII ámbra Wilisces ealaþ, ámber fulne buteran twelve ambers of Welsh ale, an amber full of butter, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 17, 19.
fætt
plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich
Entry preview:
Gl. 525. of things, plump, full-bodied, substantial Ðá beóð fulle of fǽttum leáfum and wel wósigum, Lch. i. 258, 3. Hafað seó lǽsse smæle leáf and gehwǽde, and seó óðer hafað máran leáf and fǽtte, 264, 20.
ge-sweðerian
To weaken ⬩ destroy
Entry preview:
To weaken, destroy Gesweðerad wæs se swyle fuga tumoris secuta est, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 39. Ðonne beoþ mín sorg gesweðrad my sorrow will be stilled, Exon. 48; Th. 164, 17; Gú. 1013
Linked entry: ge-swæðrung
tunge
Entry preview:
a tongue Tunge lingua, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 56. Gif monnes tunge biþ of heáfde óðres monnes dǽdum dón, ðæt biþ gelíc and eágan bót, L. Alf. pol. 52 ; Th. i. 94, 20: Exon. Th. 373, 25 ; Seel. Ex. 115. His tungan (tungæs, Lind. : tunga, Rush. ) bend uinculum
fullíce
Fully ⬩ perfectly ⬩ completely ⬩ plēne ⬩ perfecte
Entry preview:
Fully, perfectly, completely; plēne, perfecte Se ðe Englisc fullíce ne cúðe qui Anglōrum linguam perfecte non nōvĕrat, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 39: 2, 3; S. 504, 32. Fullícor plēnius, 4, 25; S. 600, 10
ǽt-giefa
A food-giver ⬩ feeder ⬩ cibi dator
Entry preview:
A food-giver, feeder; cibi dator Óþ ðæt se fugel his ǽtgiefan eáþmod weorþeþ till that the bird becomes obedient to his feeder, Exon. 88b; Th. 332, 26; Vy. 91: 90b; Th. 339, 22; Gn. Ex. 98
snaca
Entry preview:
Dele ban-snaca at end, and add Swylce fram ansýne snacan fleáh synna quasi a facie colubri fuge peccata, Scint. 42, 4. Gif hwá mid his fét ofstepð ǽttrig bán, snacan oððe nǽddran, Lch. i. 152, 2
stihtian
Entry preview:
Hé wæs wrítere in þissere hálgan Rómáne cyrican, þǽre íc þeówige Gode stihtigendun mínum ordfruman (þǽre ic þeówie under Godes anwealde, v. l.) sanctae Romanae ecclesiae, cui Deo auctore deservio, notarius fuit, Gr. D. 52, 5. Add
GANOT
A gannet ⬩ sea-fowl ⬩ water-fowl ⬩ fen-duck ⬩ ăvis mărina ⬩ fŭlix ⬩ fŭlĭca
Entry preview:
A gannet, sea-fowl, water-fowl, fen-duck; ăvis mărina, fŭlix, fŭlĭca Ganot fŭlix, Wrt. Voc. 62, 7 : 280, 13.
fénix
the fabulous bird phœnix ⬩ φoινιξ ⬩ a genus of palms ⬩ the date tree ⬩ date palm ⬩ phœnix dactylĭfĕra
Entry preview:
Se fugel se is fénix háten the bird which is called phœnix, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 19; Ph. 86.