-mǽre
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Hú beorht, mǽre, ǽnlic o preclara (virginitatis gratia ), 1266. Mǽre celeberrimns, i. excellentissimus (Agathae rumor), 3937. On þǽm mǽran fæstene in celeberrimo (Alexandriae) municipio, 3418. On mǽrum in summo (virginitatis proposito), 5, 21.
norþ-dǽl
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Hú wæs þes middaneard tódǽled æfter þám flóde ? Sem . . . þone eástdǽl middaneardes þe is geháten Asia . . . Cham þone súðdǽl. . . Affrica, . . . Iafeth . . . norðdǽl . . . Europa, Angl. vii. 40, 375.
under-standan
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</b> add Ic geanbidode swíþe wet oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, and hú þú hit understandan woldest; and eác þý furþor ic tiolode geornfullíce ꝥ ðú hit forstandan mihtest I waited till I knew what you would, and in what way you would conceive of it
wæstm
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Add Se cwide hú mon ðæt feoh befæste ðǽm ciépemen ðe hé scolde forð sellan tó wæstme. Past. 379, 8. Add Hé wæs scort on wæstme statura pusillus erat, Hml. Th. i. 580, 30.
elpen-bǽnen
Made of ivory ⬩ ĕburnĕus
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Made of ivory; ĕburnĕus Fram húsum elpenbǽnenum a dŏmĭbus ĕburnĕis, Ps. Lamb. 44, 10
cáser-lic
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Þæs cáserlican húses imperialis hypodromi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 45
forliger-lic
Adulterous
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Forligerlicum húsum prostitutis, 5174
fýr-tang
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Fire-tongs Hé sceal fela andlómena tó húsan habban . . . fýrtange, Angl. ix. 263, 9
niþer-onwend
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Down-turned Hé hangode nyþeronwendum heáfde he hung head downwards, Gr. D. 24, 29
ofdúne-onwend
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Turned downwards Hé hangode ofdúneonwendum heáfde he hung head downwards, Gr. D. 24, 28
late
Slowly ⬩ late ⬩ at length ⬩ at last
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Hú late hí on ðysne middangeard ácennede wurdon and hú raþe hí him eft of gewítan sceolan, Blickl. Homl. 59, 23. Late on geáre late in the year, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 11. Late mylt gǽten flǽsc goat's flesh digests slowly, L.
sweor
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Hí héton hine standan betwux twám stǽnenum swerum: on ðám twám swerum stód ðæt hús geworht. And Samson . . . gelǽhte ða sweras, Jud. 16, 25-29. Ðæt gér is underwryðed mid þrím swerum, ða synd ðus gecíged, id. 'and non̄. and kl.
topp
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, as in the tail of a comet Se bróðor geseah eall ðæt hús mid heofonlícre bryhto geondgoten, and hé ðǽr geseah fýrenne topp (a stream of light (?); cf.
wæter-scipe
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Wæterscipes hús colimbus, i. aquaeductus, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 56. Ðá cwómon ðǽr scorpiones swá hié ǽr gewunelíce wǽron ðæs wæterscipes scorpiones consuetam petentes aquationem, Nar. 13, 11.
ég-þyrl
a window
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a window Þurh ðæs húses égþyrl through the window of the house, Jos. 2, 15
ellen-wód
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Me ðínes húses heard ellenwód æt zēlus dŏmus tuæ cŏmēdit me. Ps. Th. 68, 9
Linked entry: wód
hundteóntigfealde
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A hundredfold Hundteantigfalde (hund*-*rað síða monigfallíce, L. ) onfooð centuplum accipiet. Mt. R. 19, 29
here-toga
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Chr. 975; P. 121, 24. applied to a civilian Hú ꝥ wæs weallende spelboda and ungeþyldig heretoga (John the Baptist), Bl. H. 165, 34
wæcce
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Hú micel sár, and hú micele wæccan, and hú micle unrótnesse hé hæfþ, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 30. where the wakefulness is intentional, watching, watchfulness, a watch, vigil Wæcce vigilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 65: excubia, Engl. Stud. xi. 65, 28.
grátan
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Groats, the grain of oats without the husks Nim átena grátan take groats of oats, Lchdm. iii. 292, 24