wala
A root (?)
Entry preview:
A root (?) Ad (æt ?) walan to the root of a matter, to certainty ; ad liquidum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 46. Similar entries v. weall-, wyrt-wala
burh-loca
Entry preview:
Kmbl. 2132; An. 1067: Beo. Th. 3860; B. 1928. He nǽnige forlét under burglocan bendum fæstne he left not one under the city-barriers fast in bonds, Andr. Kmbl. 2075; An. 1040: 1879; An. 942
Linked entry: burg-loca
trúwa
Entry preview:
For ðam micclan geleáfan and for dam sóðan trúwan ðe heó symle hæfþ tóGode, Homl. Ass. 29, 125. Hé hine gefullode mid fullum trúwan ðæt hé geleáfful wǽre, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 9.
Linked entry: trúa
wáwa
Woe ⬩ misery
Entry preview:
Ðonne sceal eów weaxan tó hearme wǽdl and wáwa, Wulfst. 133 3. Ceósan gódes and yfeles, welan and wáwan, Cd. Th. 30, 12 ; Gen. 466. On ǽlcum wáwan bí wǽron geþyldige, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 130. Uae geíácnaþ wáwan, Ælfc. Gr. 48 ; Zup. 278, 17.
Linked entry: weá
hamele
An oar-loop
Entry preview:
An oar-loop, but the word occurs only in a phrase, which may be borrowed from the Scandinavian. Icel. hamsa an oar-loop, is used in the phrase, til hömlu = per man [v. Cl. and Vig.
Linked entry: hamule
gǽst-lufe
Soul's love ⬩ spiritual love ⬩ spīrĭtālis ămor
Entry preview:
Soul's love, spiritual love; spīrĭtālis ămor For gǽstlufan for spiritual love, Exon. 55 b; Th. 196, 11; Az. 172. Mid gǽstlufan with spiritual love, 55 b; Th. 197, 11; Az. 188
Linked entry: gást-lufe
eald-fæder
Entry preview:
fathers, forefathers Ealdfædera cnósle auita stirpe, An. Ox. 1600. Þú forðfærst tó þínum ealdfæderum tu ibis ad patres tuos. Gen. 15, 15. Swá hé behét heora ealdfæderum ( patribus eorum ), Jos. 21, 41
antre
Radish ⬩ raphanus ⬩ raphanis sativa
Entry preview:
raphanus, raphanis sativa Dó ðonne betonican and antran add then betony and ontre [radish? ], L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 3. Ancre [antre?], ðæt is rædic raphanus, Mone A. 493
Linked entry: ontre
Norþriga
A Norwegian
Entry preview:
A Norwegian Cnut cyningc ealles Engla landes cyningc, and Dena cyningc, and Norþrigena cyningc, L. C. E. pref.; Th. i. 358, 4
Élíg
The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire ⬩ insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi
Entry preview:
fongene beóþ hit naman onféng the land Ely is in the province of the East-Angles, of about six hundred hides, in the likeness of an island; it is all encompassed with a fen and with water, and took its name from the abundance of eels which are caught
hydele
Entry preview:
Neoðewearde lilian and hǽwene h[n]ydelan (hydelan altered by a caret mark to hnydelan), 4, 10
Linked entry: hnydele
áttor-drinca
A poisonous drink ⬩ poison ⬩ potio venenata ⬩ venenum
Entry preview:
A poisonous drink, poison; potio venenata, venenum,Martyrol. ad 11 Junii
Linked entries: átor-drinc átor-drinca
myrþra
A murderer ⬩ homicide
Entry preview:
Míne myrþran and mánsceaþan ( the devils ), Exon. 42 a; Th. 141, 4; Gú. 622. Myrþra homicidas, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 22, 7
ungemet-wæcce
Excessive wakefulness
Entry preview:
Excessive wakefulness Monige ádla ... on unmóde and on ungemetwæccum, Lchdm. ii. 176, 2
þweora
Crossness ⬩ peevishness
Entry preview:
Crossness, peevishness Ǽlc ðweora and ǽlc ierre and unweorðscipe ... sié ánumen fram eów omnis amaritudo, et ira, et indignatio ... tollatur a vobis (Eph. 4, 31), Past. 33; Swt. 222, 8. His múð hé sceal from ǽlcum þweoran (or adj.? v. L. E.
Linked entry: þweorh
up-waras
The dwellers above ⬩ the celestials
Entry preview:
The dwellers above, the celestials Tó upwarum ad superos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 67
ágend-freá
The owning lord ⬩ possessor ⬩ dominus ⬩ possessor
Entry preview:
The owning lord, possessor; dominus, possessor He heofona is and ðisse eorþan ágend-freá he is the owning Lord of heaven and of this earth, Cd. 98; Th. 129, 10; Gen. 2141: Beo. Th. 3770; B. 1883
Linked entry: ágend-frió
fóre-steóra
A fore-steerer ⬩ man at the prow of a ship ⬩ prōrēta ⬩ prōræ conductor
Entry preview:
A fore-steerer, man at the prow of a ship; prōrēta, prōræ conductor, Cot. 149
Afen
AVON
Entry preview:
AVON, the name of a river in Somersetshire East óþ Afene múþan east at the Avon's mouth. Chr. 918; Th. 190, 4. also of other rivers in different parts of England Into Afenan múþan into Avon's mouth, Chr. 1067; Th. 342, 5
fliéte
Cream ⬩ curds ⬩ flos lactis ⬩ coagŭlum
Entry preview:
Dó on ðæt fæt swá fela swá ðara fliétna ðǽron clifian mǽge put into the vessel as much of the curds as may cleave thereon, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 20