clǽnsung-dæg
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A day for taking cleansing medicine, day for purging Þis wilddeór well fremað, gif þú þínum clǽnsungdagum hys flǽsc gesoden etest, Lch. i. 330, 8. v. next word
geon
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See next word
ge-stynþo
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See preceding word
Linked entry: -stynþo
rysc
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The word occurs as the first part of many local names
róp
Liberal ⬩ bountiful
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Th. 439, 2; Rä. 58, 3. v. next word
wíf-healf
The female side ⬩ female line
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(Cf. wíf-cynn, I. ) v. preceding word
ofer-cæfed
covered with ornamental work
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covered with ornamental work Ofercæfedu innexa, Germ. 394, 353. Cf.be-cæfed falerata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 67; cæfing discriminale (ornamentum capitis mulieris, Wülck. Gl. 656, 13), 141, 1
Linked entry: cæfian
sprecan
To speak. ⬩ to exercise the faculty of speech ⬩ to use words in conversation, discourse, etc. ⬩ to mention ⬩ to say ⬩ to speak ⬩ to sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to
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Th. 269, 25; Sat. 78. with acc. where the object of the verb is word or a similar form Ic ðás word spræce, Exon. Th. 457, 12; Hy. 4, 82. Ðú ða word spricest, 12, 2; Cri. 179. Se ðe God sende sprycþ Godes word, Jn. Skt. 3, 34.
Linked entries: on-spreca æfter æfter-spræc æfter-sprecan on-spreca on-swætende specan
mæðlan
to speak
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a word occurring only in poetry, to speak Ðǽr (at the day of judgment) hé (Christ ) tó ðám eádgestum ǽrest mæðleþ, Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 14; Cri. 1338. Gehýreþ cyning mæðlan, sprecan réðe word, 19 b; Th. 50,9; Cri. 797.
nípan
To grow dark
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To grow dark Ðonne won cymeþ, nípeþ nihtscúa, Exon. Th. 292, 24; Wand. 104. Náp nihtscúa, 307, 29; Seef. 31. Nípende niht, Beo. Th. 1098; B. 547 : 1302; B. 649
por-leác
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Wé hæfdon cucumeres and pepones and porleác in mentem nobis veniunt cucumeres et pepones porrique, Num. 11, 5. v. next word
geó-sceaft-gást
A fatal, dire spirit[?] or ancient spirit[?]
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Ðanon wóc fela geósceaftgásta wæs ðæra Grendel sum thence arose many dire spirits, Grendel was one of them, Beo. Th. 2536; B. 1266
sulh-hæbbere
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Voc. ii. 79, 24. v. next word
Linked entry: hæbbere
úf
An owl ⬩ vultur
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An owl; the word also glosses vultur Uuf bubo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 28. Úf, i. 29, 45. Ðes úf hic uultur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 48, 17 note
á-metendlic
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L. 38, 6. v. next word
Linked entry: -metendlic
ge-beácnung
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Substitute: The word glosses cathegoria Gehíwunge oððe gebeácnunge cathegorias (cf. cathegorias (= Aristotelicas categorias, Ald. 43, 7), i. nuntiationes ł praedicationes lára, bodunga, An. Ox. 3128), Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 12
hǽþ
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Ger. ] See next word, and hǽþung, for-hǽþan
leahter-lic
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Vicious, faulty, defective Ic bidde þone gelǽredan and þone geleáfullan, gif hé hér hwylc hleahterlic word onfinde obsecrans, si illic vitiosus sermo aures eruditi lectoris perculserit Guth. Gr. 101, 11
un-lifigende
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Þá word þára unlifigendra verba mortuorum, 346, 10. Add