-iht
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As wost adjectives with one or other of these forms occur in the oblique cases only, it is impossible to say which form should be given in the nominative; but the -iht is found in þorniht, and the -ihte (-ehte, -ecti) in écilmehti, bogehte, clibecti (
stów
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Th. i. 98, 28. v. andfeng-, burn-, cenning-, costnung-, den-, gebed-, gebeorg-, gecwed-, gemynd-, geþing-, hege- (not heg-)
sá
A tub, pail, vessel
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Sao, soe a tub; commonly used for a brewing-tub only, but sometimes for a large tub in which clothes are steeped before washing, E. D. S. Pub.
wíg-heafola
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Hea is the reading of Thorkelin's transcripts, but now the MS. shews only quite uncertain traces of h, and ea is entirely gone (Zupitza).
on-týnness
an opening, aperture ⬩ discovery
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Schmid takes ontýnesse = ontigenesse, and Thorpe translates 'of accusing a "ceorlish" man;' but the section deals with the discovery of the theft. Cf. too, L.
Linked entry: týnness
snǽd
'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' ⬩ a clearing in a wood.
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'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' Leo, Anglo-Saxon Names of Places, pp. 68-9. Or (?) a clearing in a wood. Cf. snǽdan, II.
hleór-beran
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But may not the verb on which beran depends be gewiton, v. 607, vv. 608-11 be parenthetical, and scionon an adverb, the passage then being translated thus, they went bearing above their faces the boar's shape, fairly [scionon] adorned with gold?
Linked entry: hliét
be-faran
to come upon ⬩ surprise ⬩ catch
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Þá landesmenn hine befóron innan þǽre burh and hine ofslógon, 1068; P. 203, 21.
idig
Busy ⬩ active
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Busy, active Tóþas idge busy teeth [referring to the eating of the forbidden fruit by Adam and Eve ], Exon. 61 b ; Th. 226, 18; Ph. 407
for-bearn
burnt
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burnt, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 33 ;
for-swælan
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To flame, burn Forswǽlende combustos, i. flagrantes, An. Ox. 1434. v. [v. N. E. D. for-sweal. un-forswǽled
bæcestre
A woman who bakes ⬩ pistrix ⬩ a baker ⬩ pistor
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A woman who bakes; pistrix: but because afýrde men performed that work which was originally done by females, this occupation is here denoted by a feminine termination; hence, a baker; pistor Ðá gelamp hit ðæt twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hláford
Linked entry: bæcystre
fót-mǽl
A foot-mark or print ⬩ foot-space ⬩ signum vel mensūra pĕdis
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He næfde ðá ealles landes búton seofon fótmǽl he had not then but seven feet of all his land, Chr. 1086; Erl. 221, 2. Ðæt he nolde fleógan fótmǽl landes that he would not flee a foot-space of land, Byrht. Th. 139, 57; By. 275.
þroht-heard
strong under afflictions ⬩ having fortitude or endurance in trouble ⬩ grievously hard
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strong under afflictions, having fortitude or endurance in trouble Ne geald hé (Stephen) yfel yfele, ac his ealdfeóndum þingode þrohtheard he requited not evil with evil, but strong to bear his sufferings he interceded for his foes, Elen.
ge-wife
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Gewife fortune (the word seems glossed as dative, but is genitive, the passage being: Ipsos fortunae casibus oppressos, Ald. 42, 5), wyrdum cassibus, 81, 44, 45. Gewif, wyrd furtunum, fatum, Wülck. Gl. 245, 44.
norþ
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Hét Eádward cyning átimbrian þá norðan (norðran other MSS. ) burh, 913 ; P. 97, 29. On ðám norðran dǽle wunað eall manncynn, Lch. iii. 260, 25. On ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 21. Add
sceacan
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Add Hý mé underféngon ǽr ðám ic sceóc (the first c is written over e; but cf. Angl. xii. 511, 26 which has sceóc) fram ðé tó hym isti me quando a te fugiebam acceperunt alienum, Solil. H. 12, 9. add: to brandish Sceóc uibrabat (macheram), An.
á-werian
to defend against attack ⬩ to protect from hurt ⬩ secure
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Grammar á-werian, Add: to defend against attack Þá burg áwerede þæt folc þe þǽr binnan wæs, Chr. 921; P. 101, 9.
Linked entries: werian eald-a-wered
BRECAN
to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; ⬩ frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpere ⬩ to press, force, urge; ⬩ urgere ⬩ to rush into ⬩ take ⬩ by storm ⬩ in locum irrumpere, expugnare, ⬩ erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere ⬩ to break ⬩ burst forth ⬩ make a noise ⬩ crash ⬩ to sail; ⬩ navigare ⬩ To retch; ⬩ screare
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, crepare, fremere to break or burst forth, make a noise or crash; Geseah streám brecan of beorge [he] saw a stream burst forth from the mount, Bec.