læpe-wince
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A lapwing Laepaeuincae, lepeuuince, laepiuince cucuzata Txts. 52, 264. v. hleápe-wince (of which læpewince seems the earliest form)
Linked entry: hleápe-wince
mann-myrþra
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A homicide, murderer Þá wíf þe dód áwegáworpnesse heora bearna . . . sýn hý geteald to manmyrðrum habeantur pro homicidis, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 36
Linked entry: myrþra
mearce
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a limit, v. mearc; 2. a territory. v. (?) Dene-mearce
mearc-grǽfa
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A boundary grǽfa (q. v. ) Of ðes westlangan hlinces ende on ðonne mearcgréfan, C. D. iii. 135, 26
mid-irfenuma
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A co-heir Þ on yrfwerdnysse his mid-yrfenuma (coheres) þú sý, Scint. 148, 4
Linked entry: irfe-numa
nefe
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A grand-daughter Se cyng blissode on his ylde ꝥ hé geseah his nefan (nefenan?) mid hire were, Ap. Th. 27, 9
Linked entry: fór-nefe
of-ǽte
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What one eats of (f), food God hét spryttan menigfealde treówcynn mid heora wæstmum mannum tó ofǽtan (cf. universa ligna . . . ut sint vobis in escam, Gen. 1, 29), Hex. 12, 2
Linked entry: of-eten
of-féstre
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A nurse not living in the house (?), one who received a child into her own house to nurse Ælflǽde offéstran, Cht. Crw. 23, 22. Cf. cild-féstre
Linked entry: féstre
óretla
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Ill-usage (?) Hé slóh þone Godes wer mid his brádre hand ofer his wange, ꝥ hé mid óretlan gebysmrod út eóde of þǽre cyrican virum Dei alapa percussit, ut de ecclesia cum contumelia exiret, Gr. D. 200, 16
pos-hlíwe
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Some kind of shelter (?) Tó poshlíwan; of poshlíwan, C. D. iii. 82, 2. Cf. (?) Tó posses hlǽwe; of ðǽm hlǽwe, 415, 30
sǽ-bróga
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A sea-terror Ðeáh hine ealle séýðan nioðan cnyssende wǽron mid eallan sǽbrógan ðe hé (se sǽ, cf. Verc. Först. 110, 12) forðbrinð, Sal. K. 84, 13
sicera
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Intoxicating drink; sicera Ne drincon hí . . . siceran. Sicera . . . is ǽlces cynnes drinc . . . þe man of druncnian mæg, Chrd. 74, 6
spíþra
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A spider Gif hunta gebíte mannan, ꝥ is spíþra ( printed swiþra), Lch. ii. 142, 18
stamera
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One who stammers (as a nickname) Ic geann Æþelwearde stameran, C. D. iii. 363, 15
strǽt-lanu
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A street Seó strætlanu is on ðǽre byrig of clǽnum golde geworht, Nap. 59
swilige
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A pit(?) Of mǽrdíc on ðá wæterswylian; of ðǽre swylian on mǽrðom, C.D. vi. 220, 23
Linked entry: swylige
telgestre
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A dyer Manige þára tælgestrena (-eona, MS.) þe hér eardiað tinctorum, qui hic habitant, plurimi, Gr. D. 342, 3. Cf. bæcestre for the suffix
þeóf-sceaþa
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A robber; latro Sé bið þeófsceaþa, Lch. iii. 158, 12
saga
A saying, story, statement
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A saying, story, statement Ðín saga biþ geswutelod, gif ðú ðone sylfan encgel bitst, ðæt hé mínne sunu ansundne árǽre, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 193
ontre
Radish
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Radish, Lchdm. ii. 78, 26: 76, 5