leóf
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La leóf nele hé gelýfan mínum wordum long ago 1 knew him, Sir ... Ah! Sir, he will not believe my words, Glostr. Frag. 2, 10, 19. Lá leóf O Lord, Gen. 18, 23, 25, 28, 30, 31.
castel-weorc
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Castle-work; castellorum opus Hí suencten ðe men of ðe land mid castelweorces [for castelweorcum] they oppressed the men of the land with castle-works [castellis ædificandis], Chr. 1137; Th. 382, 20
wyn-dreám
A joyful sound ⬩ jubilation
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Lamb. Spl. Blickl. Gl. 150, 5. On wyndreáme in jubilo, Ps. Spl. 46, 5 : in jubilatione, Blickl. Gl. Wyndreám jubilationem, Ps. Spl. Lamb. 88, 15
a-sittan
To dwell together ⬩ considere
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To dwell together; considere Secgas, mid sigecwén, aseten hæfdon, on Créca land the men had a dwelling together with the victorious queen, in the land of the Greeks, Elen. Kmbl. 1993; El. 998
GEARN
YARN ⬩ spun wool ⬩ pensum ⬩ lāna nēta
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YARN, spun wool; pensum, lāna nēta Gearn pensum, stāmen, lāna, Cot. 85. Unwunden gearn unwound yarn, a ball or clew of yarn; glŏmus, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 67; Wrt. Voc. 59, 36
Linked entry: gern
a-swand
languished away
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Lamb. 106, 26;
ende-mæst
endmost, last ⬩ extrēmus
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endmost, last; extrēmus, Som. Ben. Lye
for-swelhþ
swallows up
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Lamb. 57, 10;
ge-yrfweardian
to inherit
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Lamb. 24, 14
wiþ-steppan
glosses ⬩ praetergredi
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Lamb. 79, 13
setla
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Add: v. ancor-, fót-, land-setla
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
for-ðig
For ⬩ because ⬩ ĕnim ⬩ etĕnim ⬩ quia ⬩ quŏniam
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For, because; ĕnim, etĕnim, quia, quŏniam Forðig he áhte ǽgðer ge Engla land ge Normandige for he owned both the land of the English as well as Normandy, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 3-4
eard-begenga
An inhabitant, dweller ⬩ incŏla
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Lamb. 119, 6. Ðá ðá híg wǽron eardbegendan cum essent incŏlæ, Ps. Lamb. 104, 12. Eardbegængan incŏlæ, Ps. Spl. M. 104, 11
geond-sendan
To overspread ⬩ perfundere
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To overspread; perfundere Wæs gúþ-hergum wera éðel-land wíde geondsended the people's native-land was widely overspread with hostile bands, Cd. 92; Th. 118, 21; Gen. 1968: 119; Th. 154, 6; Gen. 2551
Linked entry: eond-send
sǽ-weard
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Add: In a charter granting land in Cornwall the land is freed 'ab omni regali censu excepta expeditione arcisue munimine et uigiliis marinis,' Cht. E. 295. See, too, Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 63
a-lédon
laid ⬩ posnerunt
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laid, posnerunt,Rood Kmbl. 125; Kr. 63;
a-wændednys
A change ⬩ mutatio
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Lamb. 76, 11
a-ýdlian
To make useless
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Lamb. 38, 12
for-swolgen
swallowed up ⬩ devoured
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Lamb. 106, 27;