cráwan
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Onlícnesse ðǽm kokkum ðe on ðístrum niehtum cráwað, Past. 459, 32. Þonne coccas cráwan forman sýðe, þonne drince hé ǽne, Lch. iii. 6, 5. Add
full-weaxen
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Ǽr hira feðra fulweaxene sín, Past. 383, 30
heals-wærc
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Pain in the neck Wiþ healswærce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch. ii. 312, 5
íren
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Áne írene hierstepannan, Past. 160, 7: 162, 23. Mid írenum þíslum sleán, Bl. H. 189, 30. Add
medtrum-ness
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Sió medtrymnes (mettrumnes, v. l.) ðæt mód gehwierfð gehwelces monnes hine selfne tó ongietanne molestia corporalis ad cognitionem sui mentem revocat, Past. 255, 15. Add
þeówian
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Add Ne underféngon gé nó ðone gást æt ðǽm fulluhte tó ðeówigeanne for ege non accepistis spiritum servitutis in timore, Past. 263, 21
geþing-sceat
Ransom
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Ransom He ne sealde Gode nǽnne geþingsceat wið his miltse he gave God no ransom for his mercy, Past. 45; Swt. 339, 10; Hat. MS
ælf-þone
Enchanter's nightshade ⬩ circæa lutetiana
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Enchanter's nightshade; circæa lutetiana Wið ælfádle ním ælfþonan nioðowearde against elf disease take the lower part of enchanter's nightshade, L. M. 3, 62 ; Lchdm, ii. 344, 21
efn-lícnes
Evenness, equality ⬩ æquālĭtas
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Evenness, equality; æquālĭtas Hie healdaþ má geférrǽdenne and efnlicnesse ðonne ealdordóm they observe companionship and equality more than authority, Past. 17, 9; Hat. MS. 24 b, 6
Linked entry: efen-lícnes
medu-stíg
Path to the mead-hall
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Path to the mead-hall Cyning of brýdbúre treddode ... and his cwén mid him medostíg gemæt ... Hróðgár tó healle geóng, Beo. Th. 1845-1855; B. 920-925
meld-feoh
Fee paid for giving information
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Fee paid for giving information Se ðe hit (forstolen flǽsc) ofspyraþ, hé áh ðæt meldfeoh, L. In. 17; Th. i. 114, 4. v. Grmm. R. A. 656
port-geriht
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A town-due, due paid by a town Ðæs túnes cýping and seó innung ðara portgerihta uillae mercimonium censusque omnis civilis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 138, 10
ge-dyrstig
Bold ⬩ audax ⬩ protervus
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Bold; audax, protervus, Exon. 72 a; Th. 268, 12; Jul. 431 : Past. 32, 1; Swt. 209, 15; Hat. MS. 40 a, 8 : Guthl. 20; Gdwn. 84, 20
un-geþinged
Undetermined ⬩ unsettled
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Undetermined, unsettled Se egeslíca dæg, se cymð ofer ealle eorðwaran ungeðinged ( the time is not fixed and known beforehand; repentina dies illa), Past. 43; Swt. 317, 12
weoroldcundlíce
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In a worldly manner Hé brýcððære god*-*cundan áre worldcundlíce ( seculariter ), Past. 9; Swt. 57, 7. Ðeáh hié woroldcundlíce drohtigen cum terrena agunt, 18 ; Swt. 135, 17
weorold-gifu
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A gift of temporal things Sende se eádiga pápa Gregorius Æðelbyrhte cyninge woroldgife monige, Bd. 1, 32; S. 498, 20. Woruldgiua, Chr. 995 ; Th. i. 244, 17
costian
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Ðára ácorenra mód hé wile costian, Past. 465, 11. Costtad conprobatur, Am. Ox. 12, 7. Add
for-spild
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Onlícnesse ... ðára ðe hiera hátheortnes hié suíðe hrædlíce on færspild gelǽd typum eorum quos vehementer arripiens furor in praeceps ducit, Past. 295, 19. Cf. for-spildness. Add
briord
A brim, margin, rim, the highest part of anything; ⬩ labrum, ora, margo, summitas, summum
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A brim, margin, rim, the highest part of anything; labrum, ora, margo, summitas, summum Gefyldon ða to briorde impleverunt eas ad summum, Jn. Lind. War. 2, 7
on-pennian
to unpen, open
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Ac gif sió pynding wierþ onpennad, ðonne tófléwþ hit eall, Past. 38, 6; Swt. 277, 8