helle-hinca
The hell-limper, -hobbler ⬩ the devil lamed by his fall from heaven,
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Grimm [Deutsche Mythologie, 944-5] speaking of the devil observes 'Am ersten fällt sein lahmer fuss auf, daher der hinkende teufel [diable boiteux], hinkebein, vom sturz aus dem himmel in den abgrund der hölle scheint er gelähmt, wie der von Zeus herabgeschleuderte
ge-scrincan
To shrink, dry up
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For ðæm ciéle him gescruncan ealle ða ǽdra ðæt him mon ðæs lífes ne wénde [ cum in præfrigidum amnem descendisset]obriguit, contractuque nervorum proximus morti fuit, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 38. Gescriungon aruerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 6.
híwcúþlíce
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Hé híwcúðlíce mid him wæs ei familiarissimus fuit, 14, 10. Þá þe Gode híwcúþlícor (hiówcúðlucor, v. l.) and freóndlícor þeówiað qui Deo familiarius serviunt, 164, 31. Add
weaxness
Growth, increase, waxing
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Hé mycle wonunge and ǽwyrdlan wæs wyrcende ðære mærwan cyrican weaxnesse magno tenellis ecclesiae crementis detrimento fuit, 2, 5; S. 506, 38
wind
wind ⬩ air in motion ⬩ wind ⬩ flatulence ⬩ wind ⬩ breath
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Gif hús full ungemetlíc wind gesteut, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 16. Swift wind. Met. 7, 20. Se stearca wind, 12, 14. Winneþ wind wið wǽge, 25, 58. Ðonne wind styreþ láð gewidru, Beo. Th. 2753; B. 1374. Ðonne wind ligeþ, weder bið fæger, Exon.
óþ-beran
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Sumne fugel óþbær (bore off) ofer heánne holm, 291, 13; Wand. 81
bi-settan
To set, beset, surround ⬩ inserere, circumdare
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Mid wyrtum se wilda fugel his nest biseteþ útan the wild bird surrounds its nest without with herbs, 63 b; Th. 233, 26; Ph. 530
þweorh-furh
a cross furrow ⬩ a rough place
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See also þwyres fura salebroso (the passage is: Genus explanat salebroso pagina versu), 90, 60. (?)
Linked entry: -fýre
wit-seóc
Lunatic ⬩ possessed
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Wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðam fúlan gáste . . . Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, Homl. Th. i. 458, 2-8. Hí deóflu fram wittseócum mannum áflígdon, ii. 490, 23. Exorcista is se ðe rǽt ofer ða witseócan men, L. Ælfc.
dǽd-bót
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Bútan hé mid fulre dǽdbóte his ungeþanc gebéte si non cum satisfactione emendaverit, R. Ben. 21, 6. Þá men þe dǽdbóte underfóð for hefelicum gyltum homines qui poenitentiam pro gravibus peccatis suscipiunt; Ll. Th. ii. 174, 17.
geómor-lic
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Mid þǽm þe þá burgware swá geómorlic angin hæfdon non secus ac si capta esset, turbata civitas fuit, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 15. expressing sorrow, mournful, sad Ðá ongan ic heófonde forðbringan þá geómorlican siccetunga, Hml. S. 23 b, 429
tó-gán
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Add Swilce man bláwe áne bytte fulle windes and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml. S. 34, 319
langung
Longing ⬩ desire ⬩ weariness
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Longunge fús longingly eager, Exon. 119 a; Th. 458, 8; Hy. 4, 97. Á hafaþ longunge se ðe on lagu fundaþ ever hath he weariness whose way is on the water, Exon. 82 a; Th. 308, 29; Seef. 47.
strengu
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Full strenge plenus fortitudine, Rtl. 43, 34. Mid míne ágne mægene and strengo (-eo, Cott. MSS.), Past. 4; Swt. 39, 18: Cd. Th. 98, 19; Gen. 1632. Strengeo, 150, 21; Gen. 2495. Hé gemunde mægenes strenge, Beo. Th. 2545; B. 1270.
Linked entry: streng
ealu
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Twégen fǽtels full ealað oððe wæteres, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 16. Lytel níwes ealoð, Lch. i. 388, 8. Healde hé hine wiþ geswét eala, drince hlúttor eala, and on þæs hlúttran ealað wyrte wylle ácrinde, ii. 292, 21.
ǽ-spring
A water-spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ aquæ fons ⬩ fons
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A water-spring, fountain; aquæ fons, fons Se æðela fugel æt ðam ǽspringe wunaþ the noble fowl remains at the fountain, Exon. 57a; Th. 204, 28; Ph. 104. Ǽspringe útawealleþ of clife a fountain springs out of a cliff, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 23; Met. 5, 12.
un-gerǽdness
Discord ⬩ disagreement ⬩ variance
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Sóna swá hié him betweónum ungerǽdnesse up áhófon swá forwurdon hié ealle discordia exitio fuit, 5, 3; Swt. 222, 19: 6, 6; Swt. 262, 14. For his feóndum gebidde hé, mid ðám ðe wið hyne ungerǽdnysse hæbben, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 15
Linked entries: ge-rǽdnes un-gerádness
andgit-fullíc
Fully or clearly understood ⬩ intelligible ⬩ omnino intellectus ⬩ intelligibilis
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Fully or clearly understood, intelligible; omnino intellectus, intelligibilis Ǽlc stemn is oððe andgitfullíc oððe gemenged.
a-temian
To tame thoroughly ⬩ make very tame or gentle ⬩ to subdue ⬩ tame ⬩ edomare
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Sum sceal wildne fugel atemian one shall tame the wild bird, Exon. 88 b ; Th. 332, 15; Vy. 85: 89 b; Th. 336, 11; Gn. Ex. 46: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 38; Met. 13, 19: 13, 71; Met. 13, 36
sýring
Butter-milk
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Sceáp-hyrdes riht is ðæt hé hæbbe bléde fulle hweges oððe sýringe ealne sumor, L. R. S. 14; Th. i. 438, 25.