mere-grot
A pebble ⬩ stone of the sea ⬩ a pearl
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Gefrætwod swá swá mid meregrotum, Homl. Th. i. 596, 8
Linked entry: grot
myrre
Myrrh
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Seó myrre getácnode ðæt hé wæs deádlíc, Homl. Th. i. 116, 10. Myrra déþ ðæt ðæt deáde flǽsc ne rotaþ, 118, 11. Murre myrra, Ps. Spl. 44, 10. Wín gemenged mid myrran myrratum vinum, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 59. Uton him bringan myrran, Homl.
Linked entry: murre
stæp-mǽlum
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Homl. 207, 11), Homl. Th. i. 508, 12. step by step (fig.), gradually, by degrees Stæpmǽlum gradatim, per singulos gradus, Hpt. Gl. 497, 54: Scint. l01, 13. Ðæt mód glít niðor and niðor stæpmǽlum, Past. 38; Swt. 279, 3.
teartlíce
Sharply, severely
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Hé ðé tintregaþ teartlíce on wítum, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 154. Hé beó teartlíce geswungen, Wulfst. 248, 13. Teartlícer acrius, Hpt. Gl. 515, 47. Teartlícur, Scint. 210, 12. Wé beóþ forswǽlede teartlícor crememur acrius, Hymn. Surt. 5, 15: Homl.
þúsend-feald
Thousand-fold ⬩ a thousand
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Homl. ii. 191, 26.]
un-gerím
A countless number ⬩ an immense number or quantity
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Hire olfendas bǽron ungerím goldes, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 11. Ungerím feós syllan, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 101
Linked entries: ge-rím un-gerímlíc un-rím un-rím
welwillendness
Benevolence ⬩ benignity ⬩ kindness
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On ðínre welwyllendnysse Homl. Th. ii. 598, 17. Ofer welwillendnysse super benignitatem Ps. Lamb. 51, 5: Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 44: Anglia xi. 114, 94. Wellwillendnysse 84, 13: Basil admn. 9; Norm. 54, 16. Wellwyllendnysse 5; Norm. 44, 22
solian
To make or to become foul ⬩ made filthy
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Nis noht so hot þat hit na coleþ, ne noht so hwit þat hit ne soleþ O. and N. 1276. ]
Linked entry: sol
sóftness
Softness, ease ⬩ luxury, effeminacy
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Softness, ease; in a bad sense, luxury, effeminacy Heora fela wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde, and ðǽr láðode sóftnys Homl. Th. ii. 506, 24. Mid sóftnysse and mid yfelum lustum i. 270, 5; Homl. As. 15, 59.
ge-swicennes
A ceasing ⬩ cessation ⬩ abstaining ⬩ repentance ⬩ cessātio ⬩ resĭpiscentia
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Mid geswicennysse yfelra dǽda with cessation from evil deeds, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 27: Ælfc. T. 29, 18. Þurh geswicenysse yfeles by cessation from evil, Homl. Th. ii. 332, 3. Búton ǽlcere geswicenesse sĭne ulla resĭpiscentia, L. M. I.
þeáw-líc
usual, ⬩ customary ⬩ moral, ⬩ figurative
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Wé willaþ secgan hú ðás lác tó ús belimpaþ æfter ðeáwlícum andgite, Homl. Th. i. 116, 33: ii. 110, 26: 210, 27: Wulfst. 234, 10
lyðre
Evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ base ⬩ mean ⬩ poor ⬩ sordid ⬩ vile ⬩ lewd ⬩ depraved
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Se ðe Crist belǽwde for lyðrum sceatte who betrayed Christ for filthy lucre, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 26: Wulfst. 297, 26. Ðæs mǽran wítegan deáþ ðære lyðran hoppestran [the daughter of Herodias] tó méde forgeaf, Homl. Th. i. 484, 3.
hrýman
To call ⬩ cry out ⬩ to cry out ⬩ boast ⬩ exult ⬩ lament ⬩ murmur
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Mid micelre stemne hrýmende crying with a loud voice, Homl. Th. i. 46. 33
Linked entry: hríman
hrepung
Touch ⬩ touching
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Ða andgitu sint gehátene ðus . . . tactus hrepung on eallum limum the senses are named thus ... tactustouch, in all the limbs, Homl. Swt. 1, 199: Homl. Th. ii. 372, 26.
un-gerím
Countless ⬩ numberless ⬩ innumerable ⬩ incalculable ⬩ immense
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Tó gefremminge ungerímra tácna, Homl. Th. i. 310, 17. Ungerímum innumeris, Wülck. Gl. 255, 14. Se deófol ... wyrcð uugeríma wundra, Homl. Th. i. 4, 16. Ungeríme húðe numerosas praedas, Hpt. Gl. 522, 20
wæstmbǽrness
Fruitfulness, fertility, produktivity
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Wæstembiornis fertilitas, Txts. 180, 19. referring to inanimate things Wæstm*-*bǽrnys on eorþan, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 162. Hí héton secgan ðysses landes wæstmbǽrnysse ( insulae fertilitatem ), Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 15: Homl. Th. i. 286, 19.
ofer-wyrcan
to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay
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Homl. 125, 35. Hús (the temple) oferworht mid golde and mid hwítan seolfre, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 35: Blickl. Homl. 125, 25. Hé wæs bebyrged and oferworht syððan ( a tomb was erected Homl. Skt. i. 21, 19
hosp
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Hosp, lehter probrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 35. Hosp, hearmsprǽc calumpnia, 127, 77. Factio, i. conjuratio, conventus, narratio vel hosp, 146, 67.
ǽg-weard
Sea-ward ⬩ sea-guard or guardianship ⬩ maris [litoris] custodia
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Sea-ward, sea-guard or guardianship; maris [litoris] custodia Ic ǽgwearde heóld I hold guard, Beo. Th. 488, note; B. 241