gyrstan-dæg
yesterday ⬩ heri
Entry preview:
Swá he wæs gyrstan-dæg and ǽran dæg sicut erat heri et nudius tertius, Gen. 31, 5
Linked entries: gierstandæg georstan-dæg gysternlíc-dæg gestran-dæg
a-druwian
To dry up ⬩ siccari
Entry preview:
Eorþan brádnis wæs adruwod exsiccata erat superficies terræ, 8, 13
Circe
Entry preview:
. = Κίρκη, ης ; f Cyninges dóhtor sió Circe wæs Circe was the king's daughter, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 112; Met. 26, 56
cwealm-stów
A place of execution ⬩ patibuli vel supplicii locus
Entry preview:
A place of execution ; patibuli vel supplicii locus He to ðære cwealmstówe lǽded wæs he was led to the place of execution, Bd. 1, 7 ; S. 478, note 38
Linked entry: cualme-stów
eador
Together ⬩ una, simul
Entry preview:
Ðá wæs eall eador [geador, Kmbl.] there was all together, Andr. Recd. 3253; An. 1629
Linked entry: geador
eáwesclíce
Openly ⬩ pălam
Entry preview:
Openly; pălam Ðætte seó sáwl in deágolnisse þrówiende wæs, ðætte se líchoma eáwesclíce fóretácnode quod anĭma in occulto passa sit, căro pălam præmonstrābat, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 17
in-bend
Entry preview:
An internal bond Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled inbendum fæst his body was inflamed with disease, fast with the fetters within, Exon. 46 b ; Th. 159, 18 ; Gú. 928
neó-fugol
A bird that feeds on carrion ⬩ a vulture or crow
Entry preview:
A bird that feeds on carrion, a vulture or crow Néfuglas sittaþ þeódherga wæl þicce gefylled carrion-birds sit gorged with the slain, Cd. Th. 130, 12; Gen. 2158
Linked entry: né-fugol
niht-slǽp
Sleep during the night
Entry preview:
Sleep during the night Ðæt ilce geþanc ðe heom amang ðam nihtslǽpe wæs on heora heortan, eall ðá hí áwac. Odon hí ðæt sylfe geþohton, Homl. Skt. 23, 442
ge-wítigian
To prophesy
Entry preview:
Swá hit gewítgod wæs as it was prophesied, Blickl. Homl. 93, 29: 83, 28
ge-drugian
To become dry ⬩ wither ⬩ arescere
Entry preview:
Gedrugad wæs arefacta est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 19
steór-réðra
Entry preview:
A steersman, skipper, captain Crist wæs on ðæm scipe swá se steórréþra . . . Andreas ástág on ðæt scip and gesæt be tfæm steórréþran, Blickl. Homl. 233, 4, 24: 235, 23
sweltend-líc
Entry preview:
Ready to die, about to die Se wæs sweltendlíc erat moriturus (ready to die, A. V.), Lk. Skt. 7, 2. Wambe sweltendlíces flǽsces uentrem moriture carnis, Scint. 53, 2
sweorcend-ferhþ
Entry preview:
Ðá wæs hyra tíres æt ende, Judth. Thw. 25, 19; Jud. 269
wíd-fæðme
Entry preview:
Broad-bosomed Wídfæðme wǽg, Andr. Kmbl. 1065 ; An. 533. Wídfæðme scip, 480 ; An. 240. [Icel. víð-faðmr; víð-feðmir a name of one of the heavens.] Cf. síd-fæðme
cnáwan
Entry preview:
(cneów), cnéw (v. oncnéw, Past. 295, 8) Ꝥ wé cnáwan wæg ðínne ut cognoscamus viam tuam, Ps. Spl. 66, 2. Þá beóð cnáwene noscuntur, An. Ox. 76
ge-genge
Entry preview:
.: ac unc gegenge ne wæs þæt wit him on þegnscipe þeówian wolden, Gen. 743
un-staþolfæst
Entry preview:
Sum munuc wæs unstaþolfæst (-staþel-) on his móde and nolde gewunian on his mynstre quidam monachus mobilitati mentem dederat, et permanere in monasterio nolebat, Gr. D. 155, 25. Add
sár-benn
A painful wound
Entry preview:
A painful wound Wæs ðæs hálgan líc sárbennum soden, swáte bestémed, bánhús ábrocen, blód ýþum weóll, Andr. Kmbl. 2479; An. 1241. Sárbennum gesóht, Exon. Th. 163, 11; Gú. 992
gafol-freó
Free from tax ⬩ tribute
Entry preview:
Free from tax or tribute Ic habbe gifen ... ðat cotlíf ðé ic wæs boren inne ... and áne hýde ... scotfré and gafolfré, C. D. iv. 215, 33. Gauelfré, 191, 18