serc
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Þes pallium þe ic werige wyle mé gelǽstan, and mín syric ne tósíhð, ne míne sceós ne tóbærstað, ǽr þan þe mín sáwl síðað of þám líchaman, Hml. S. 36, 161. Add
bót
mending ⬩ repair ⬩ remedy ⬩ improvement ⬩ help ⬩ amendment ⬩ amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ repentance ⬩ penance
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Him tó laman limseóce cwómon ... symle hǽlo þǽr æt þám bisceope, bóte fundon, El. 1217 : 299. rescue from evil or peril, amendment of condition help Hý tó anlic-nessum hý gebǽdon, and wéndon þæt heom of ðám cóme bót ... ǽlc yfel cymð of deófle and ǽlc
nídwíslíce
Of necessity
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Of necessity Hé sylf wæs ðære hálgan ǽ underþeód, ðæt hé ða álýsde ðe neádwíslíce ðære ǽ underþeódde wǽron, Homl. Th. i. 94, 16
un-andergilde
Not to be paid back(?) ⬩ that may be retained(?)
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Hwæt hæfst ðú æt ðám gifum ðe ðú cwist ðæt seó wyrd eów gife, and æt ðám welum, ðeáh hí nú éce wǽron?
Linked entry: ander-gilde
bí-breád
Bee-bread ⬩ apium panis
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Bee-bread; apium panis Þynceþ bíbreád swétre, gif he ǽr bitres onbyrgeþ bee-bread seemeth sweeter, if he before has a taste of bitter, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 17; Met. 12, 9
Linked entry: bí
untíd-fyll
Unseasonable repletion ⬩ excessive drinking at improper times
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Wá eów, hé cwæð, ðe lufiaþ untídfylla and ǽr on morgen oferdrenc dreógaþ, Wulfst. 46, 14
weorn
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Hét ðá of ðam líge lifgende bearn Nabocodonossor neár æt gangan; ne forhogodon ðæt ða hálgan, siþþan hí woruldcyninges weorn gehýrdon, Exon. Th. 197, 5 ; Az. 185. Cf. warenian, warenung
ge-gítsian
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to covet and get, to get by unscrupulous means, extort Hié wilniað ðæt hié gegítsien æt ðǽm ungetýdum folce wísdómes naman ut apud imperitum vulgus sciential sibi nomen extorqueant, Past. 365. 22
Linked entry: gítsian
god-dohtor
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'Ic þé wille biddan, Sum geréfman wǽre þára þe onfénge ánum mægdene æt fullwihte ... hé bæd þá ylcan his goddohter, ꝥ heó mid him þá niht wunode, Gr. D. 308, 17. Add
Linked entry: dohtor
wille-streám
A bubbling, running stream
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Se æþela fugel æt ðam ǽspringe wunaþ wyllestreámas, 204, 30; Ph. 105
hnǽgan
To cause to bow, ⬩ bring low, ⬩ humble, ⬩ humiliate
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To cause to bow, bring low, humble, humiliate Ic bebeóde bearnum mínum ðæt hie ðé hnǽgon æt gúþe I command my sons to humble thee in battle, Andr. Kmbl. 2660; An. 1331
mæssian
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Hé stód æt ðám weófode swylce hé wolde mæssian, 21, 355. Smeágung . . . hwilcan tíman on sunnandagan oþþe on óðran dagan man mæssian móte, Angl. xi. 7, 3, 6.
beg-beám
The mulberry-tree ⬩ the blackberry-bush ⬩ a tree bearing berries ⬩ a bramble ⬩ morus ⬩ rubus
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The mulberry-tree, the blackberry-bush, a tree bearing berries, a bramble; morus, rubus Moyses æt-ýwde wið ǽnne beigbeám Moyses ostendit secus rubum Mωσήs έμήνυσεν έπί τήs βάτου Lk. Bos. 20, 37
Linked entry: beig-beám
éðel-cyning
A country's king, king of the land ⬩ patriæ vel terræ rex
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A country's king, king of the land; patriæ vel terræ rex Eall ǽr-gestreón éðelcyninga all ancient treasure of the kings of the land [earth ], Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 6; Cri. 997
be-strýpan
To strip, rob, spoil, bereave ⬩ exuere, spoliare
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Ealle ða bestrýpte he æt lande he bereaved all those of land, Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 11
sib-leger
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And æt siblegerum ða witan gerǽddan, ðæt cyng áh ðone uferan and bisceop ðone nyðeran, L. E. G. 4; Th. i. 168, 13-15. Cf. for-liger ; m
Linked entry: -leger
tæl-mearc
A date
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A date Sume ǽr sume síð sume in úrra æfter tælmearce tída gemyndum some early, some late, some by the date in the memory of our times, Exon. Th. 154, 27; Gú. 849
ceaster-geat
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Ðis is ðæs wuda gemǽre ... ðæt is, ǽrest æt ceastergeate tó ceasterwege; ondlong ceasterweges tó middelwege; of middelwege eft tó ceastergeate; of ðǽm geate tó longan leáge, C. D. iii. 260, 4-7
Linked entry: ceaster-weg
éstful-líce
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Hé mé þus éstfullíce æt þisum baðe þegnað mihi solet tam devotissime ad lavandum obsequi, 343, 13. Add
feormung
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., susceptio; cf. sum man hine laðode ꝥ hé sǽte mid him in his húse æt þám glédan, 75, 17) næs ná bútan scylde, Gr. D. 76, 22