lama
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Sum mǽden wearð lama quaedam puella paralytica Gr. D. 228, 9. Seó wæs ǽr fíf geár loma, Shrn. 128, 20. Þes lama wǽdla búton handcræfte (cf. sé læg bedryda fram cildháde oð his geendunge, 96, 21), Hml. Th. ii. 98, 16. Add
munuc-reáf
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Monk's or nun's dress, monastic habit Basilius on munucreáfe ( in monachico habitu ) fleónde gesóhte Ualeriam þá mǽgðe, Gr. D. 27, 17. Eála swustor . . . álege þíne woruldlican gegyrlan, and gegyre þé mid munucreáfe, Hml. S. 33. 82.
Linked entry: munuc-scrúd
sáwlian
To give up the ghost, expire
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Sóna swá hé ðyder com swá sáwlode ðæt mǽden, 22, 101: Homl. As. 59, 202.
wæl-fýr
a fire that slays ⬩ deadly fire ⬩ a fire that burns the slain ⬩ a funeral pile
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Th. 5157; B. 2582. a fire that burns the slain, a funeral pile Hét Hildeburh hire selfre suna on bǽl dón ... wand tó wolcnum wælfýra mǽst, Beo. Th. 2243; B. 1119
mægen
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Add Þæt eorðlice mægn þe þú hér samnast. . . eall þis mægn wát, þe hér tó gemóte cóm, þæt bín heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 13-18. v. full-, god-, heáfod-, helle-, níd-, stíþ-mægen
mód-leást
Want of courage ⬩ pusillanimity
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Want of courage, pusillanimity Ðá wearþ se wælhreówa wódlice geancsumod, ðæt his mágas ne mihton his módleáste ácuman, ac héton ácwellan ðæt mǽden, Homl. Skt. 9, 125.
seoluc
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Gyf man mǽte ðæt hé seoluc oððe godweb hæbbe, Lchdm. iii. 174, 29
Linked entry: seolc
eorþ-scræf
a cave ⬩ tomb ⬩ grave
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Ðá fór Saul forð bí ðæm scræfe, Past. 197, 12. a cave for burial, tomb, grave Ne þearf þæs nán man wénan ꝥ his líchama mæge þá synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan, Bl. H. 109, 31. Ealle erðware úp árísað of ðǽm ealdum eorðscræfum, Nap. 20
ge-setla
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Gif gegilda myd þǽm ete . . . þe his gegildan stlóg . . . gilde án pund, bútun hé ætsacan mæge mid his twám gesetlun ꝥ hé hine nyste, Cht. Th. 612, 16 : 23
rodor
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Add Hé (Gregory) monncynnes mǽst gestriénde rodra wearde, Past. 9, 11. Bið swíðe mycel stefn gehýred on eástweardum heofones roderum erit vox magna in firmamento caeli ab oriente, Verc. Först. 122, 6
seomian
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Add Á his lof standeð mycel and mǽre ond his miht seomaþ éce and edgiong ofer eall gesceaft, Hpt. 33, 73, 27. Add Heó wæs gestelled mid líchamlicre mettrumnesse and seonode (seomode,?)
háte
Hotly
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Swá hé hátost mǽge as hot as possible, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. i. 34, 10: Exon. 59 a; Th. 212, 13; Ph. 209
grind-tóðas
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Substitute: <b>grinde-tóþ</b> (grindig-tóþ) a molar tooth þat þá téþ þoligean ne mæge ne hǽte ne ceald, and swýþest þá grindigtéþ, Lch. iii. 104, 15: 3 (v. grindan; <b>I a</b>). Grindetóþum, tuxum molaribus, Wrt.
steáp
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Gif man óðrum steóp ásette ðǽr mæn drincen ágelde vi. scill. ðam ðe man ðone steáp áset if a man remove(?) a cup from another where men are drinking, let. vi. s. be paid to the man from whom the cup was taken, L. H. E. 12; Th. i. 32, 8-10.
ang-sumnes
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Þæs weges ongin þe tó Críste lǽt ne mæg beón begunnen bútan sumre ancsumnysse (ang-, v. l. ) via salutis non est nisi angusto initio incipienda, R. Ben. 5, 17. Mid hyra anxsumnysse anxietate sua, Scint. 3, 5: Lch. iii. 200, 4.
feógan
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Ne mæg midengeord gifióge iówih, mec fiáð (odit), Jn. R. 7, 7. Geféð ða (oðða ?) fiáð (gefiið, L.), 15, 19. Sé ðe mec fiáð and fæder mínne fiáð, 23: Ps. Srt. 10, 6. Ðá ðe ðé fígað qui te oderunt, 20, 9: 33, 22. Ic fióde odivi, 25, 5.
níþ
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Ne trúwige nán man be ælmesdǽdum bútan lufe; for ðan ðe swá lange swá hé hylt ðone sweartan níð on his heortan, ne mæg hé God gegladian. Hml.
on-sígan
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Uton standan mid gemâglicum wôpum ongeán ðâm onsîgendum swurde swâ miccles dômes, 126, 1. where defect is chargeable to wrong action Wite se abbod gylte(s) hyrdes onsîgan swâ hwæt on sceápum se hîredes ealdor nytwyrð-nesse hwônlîcor swâ mæg gemêtan sciat
wel
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Þonne mæg hé witan ꝥ hé bið on sýðfæte and wel gysthúses beþearf, Ll. Th. ii. 430, 25. Add Sum man wæs blind wel seofon geár fulle, Hml. S. 21, 202. Add Hí lá hí and wel lá well and ðyllice óðre sindon englisce interjectiones, Ælfc. Gr.
á-settan
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. :-- Gif man óðrum steóp ásette þǽr mæn drincen . . . vi. scill. þám þe man þone steáp áset, Ll. Th. i. 32, 8-10. Hé (hí) hét áhón and . . . eft ásettan, Jul. 231