regol-bryce
A breach of rule, v.
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Þurh gelǽredra regolbryce and þurh lǽwedra lahbryce through the breach of their rule by clerks and the breach of the law by laymen, Wulfst. 166, 22
wiþere
Against
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Cf. ȝif þe king wolde wið heom wiðerheolden, Laym. 9175
cearricge
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[From Low Lat. carrigium, carruca, carriga ?: cf. O. H. Ger. karruh carruca.]
weóce
The wick of a lamp ⬩ candle
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The wick of a lamp or candle Weóce licinius Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 19. Leóhtfætlucernarium, candelsnytelsemunctorium, weócepapirus, i. 26, 56 Weócan (papyrum) settan to put a wick to a lamp Lchdm. iii. 348, col. 1.
deáþ-scúfa
The shadow of death, death ⬩ mortis umbra, mors
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Lamb. 6, 6
Linked entry: scúfa
gærs-hoppa
A grass-hopper ⬩ locust ⬩ lŏcusta ⬩ cĭcāda
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Lamb. 104, 34 : 108, 23. Cwómón gærshoppan grass-hoppers came, Ps. Th. 104, 30 : 77, 46
Linked entries: græs-hoppa hoppa
nearu-þanc
Illiberal thought ⬩ wickedness
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Lamb. 27, 4), wiðmétednyssa heora da illis secundum nequitiam adinventionum ipsorum, Ps. Spl. 27, 5
Linked entry: nearu-wrenc
ge-brice
A breaking ⬩ breach ⬩ confractio
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A breaking, breach; confractio Gyf ná Moyses gecoren his stóde on gebrice [Lamb. gebryce] on gesihþe his si non Moyses electus ejus stetisset in confractiōne in conspectu ejus, Ps. Spl. 105, 22
Linked entry: ge-bryce
ge-leáfleás
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Nis nán þincg swá láð þám geleáfleásum deófle swá ꝥ hine man gebidde bealdlíce tó Gode, Hml. S. 13, 50. Ic eom begoten mid deáwe . . . and þá geleáfleásan forswǽlede, 7, 231. Add
ǽl
Burning
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cf. on-ál) their eyes shine as bright as is a great lamp a-light, Nar. 37, 18
búende
Inhabiting or dwelling ⬩ inhabitans ⬩ inhabitants, thus used as a noun,
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Lamb. 82, 8
ofer-trúwod
possessed by over-confidence, over-confident
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possessed by over-confidence, over-confident Ðæm lár-eówe is swíðe smeálíce to underséceanne be ðǽm weorcum ðara ofertrúwudena subtiliter ab arguente discutienda sunt opera protervorum, Past. 32, 1; Swt. 208, 13
fóre-stapan
To step before ⬩ prevent ⬩ come or go before ⬩ precede ⬩ prægrĕdi ⬩ prævĕnīre ⬩ præīre ⬩ præcēdĕre
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Lamb. 96, 3: Homl. Th. ii. 82, 18. Paulus fórestóp Stephanum Paul preceded Stephen, Homl. Th. ii. 82, 22
Linked entry: fór-stapan
freólíce
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Laym. freoliche iwapned) kyningc, Chr. 1065; P. 194, 10
ságol
A staff, cudgel, club
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Lamb. 106, 16. [Æk bær an honde ænne saȝel (staf, 2nd MS. ) stronge, Laym. 12280.]
camb
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Lamb. 117, 12
fæn
A fen, mud ⬩ pălus, lŭtum
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Lamb. 17. 43
Linked entry: fænn
ge-cwémedlíc
Well pleased ⬩ beneplăcĭtus
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Lamb. 146, 11. Ne ne on glywcum weres gecwémedlíce oððe welgecwéme biþ him nec in tībiis vĭri beneplăcĭtum ĕrit ei, 146, 10
swǽr-mód
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Of an indolent, sluggish disposition Sum welig man wæs prútswongor and swǽrmód, and him wæs láð þearfendum mannum mete tó syllenne, Wulfst. 257, 12 MS. D. v. swǽr, V. and next word
þǽr-binnan
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Se bisceop bebeád, ðæt hí heora lác geoffrodon binnon ðam temple, and hét hí ðǽrbinnon andbidigan, Homl. Th. i. 450, 25
Linked entry: binnan