A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: For the Use of Students (part 3 of 5)
hind-hæleðe, -heoloð(e) f. ‘ambrosia,’ water agrimony, WW. [v. ‘hindheal’]
±hindrian to ‘hinder,’ check, repress, Chr, LL.
hindsīð (#Bl#) = hinsīð
hine I. as. of hē. II. = heonan [[under “heona”]]
hīne = hīwene [[form of “hīwen”?]]
hinfūs † ready to depart or die.
hingang † m. departure, death.
hingrian (Bl; Æ) = hyngrian [[under “hyngran”]]
hinn- = hin-
hinon = heonan [[under “heona”]]
hinsīð † m. departure, death. [heonan] [[under “heona”]]
hinsīðgryre m. fear of death, #Sat# 456.
hīo v. hē.
hio- = heo-
hionne? f. ‘dura mater,’ LL 5[36].
hior = heorr
hīored = hīred
hīowesclīce = hīwisclīce [[form of “hīwisc”]]
hip- = hyp-
hipsful (OEG 11^180) = hyspful
hīr = hȳr
hir- = hier-
hīr- = hēor-, hīer-
hira gp. of hē, hēo, hit.
hire gds. of hēo. [‘her’]
hīred (ēo, īe, ȳ) m. household, family, retinue, AO, Bo, Mt, WW: brotherhood, company, Æ, Ct. [‘hird’]
hīredcniht m. member of a household, Æ.
hīredcūð domestic, familiar, #Sc# 203^13.
hīredgerēfa m. ‘ex-consul,’ WW 110^6.
hīredlic pertaining to a household or court, domestic, familiar.
hīredman m. retainer, follower, Æ, Ma. [‘hirdman’]
hīredprēost m. chaplain, EC 255.
hīredwīfman m. female member of a household, TC 531^6.
hīredwist f. familiarity, #Sc# 203^12.
his gs. of hē. [‘his’]
hīs (BH) = īs
hīsc- = hȳsc-
hispan = hyspan
hisse = hyse
hit v. hē. [‘it’]
hittan (y) to fall in with, meet with, ‘hit’ upon, Chr 1066. [ON. hitta]
hīð- = hyð-
hiðer = hider
hiu (NG) = hēo
hīw (ēo, īe, ȳ) n. appearance, form, species, kind, Æ, Bl, WW: apparition, WW 236^8: ‘hue,’ colour, A, Bl: beauty: figure of speech.
hīwan mp. (gen. hīwna, hī(g)na) members of a family, household or religious house, Chr, G; Æ. [‘hind,’ ‘hewe’]
hīwbeorht † radiant, beautiful.
hīwcund (hīl-) familiar, domestic.
hīwcūð (īe) familiar, well-known, Æ, CP.
hīwcūðlic domestic: familiar, GD 32. adv. -līce familiarly.
+hīwcūðlician to make known or familiar to, NC 294.
hīwcūðnes f. familiarity, GD 71^24; 140^7.
hīwcūðrǣdnes f. familiarity, WW 191^24.
hīwen n. household, Æ. [‘hewen’]
hīwere m. dissembler, hypocrite, Æ.
hīwfæger comely of form, MFH 167.
hīwfæst comely, fair, OEG.
hīwgedāl n. divorce, G.
±hīwian I. to form, fashion, WW: colour: dissimulate, feign, pretend, Æ: figure, signify, Æ: (+) transform, transfigure. [‘hue,’ ‘hued’] II. to marry, CP 318^1.
hīwiend, hīwigend ‘informator,’ OEG 365? ‘meditator,’ GPH 390.
hīwisc n. household, Æ: hide (of land v. hīd). adv. -līce familiarly.
+hīwlǣcan to form, shape, fashion, NC 294.
hīwlēas shapeless, WW: colourless, Lcd. [‘hueless’]
hīwlic comely, #Lcd#, OEG.
hīwna v. hīwan.
hīwrǣden f. family, household, religious house, Æ.
hīwscipe m. family, household: hide (of land), CC 127.
hīwð pres. 3 sg. of hēawan.
hīwung I. (ēo, ȳ) f. (±) appearance, likeness, form, figure: pretence, hypocrisy, Æ. II. f. marriage, AO 64^24.
hlacerian to deride, mock, #LPs# 24^3.
hlacerung f. unseemly behaviour, or words, #LPs# 43^14.
±hladan^6 (æ, ea) to ‘lade,’ draw, or take in water, Æ, JnR: heap up, lay on, build, load, burden, B, Gen, Rd; CP.
hladung f. drawing (‘haustus’), DHy 58^6.
hlǣ = hlǣw
hlæd n. heap? burden? CP 21^160. [‘lade’]
hlædder (Bl), hlæddre = hlǣder
hlæddisc m. loaded dish? WW 126^39.
hlædel m. ‘ladle,’ A, ZDA.
hlæden I. m. bucket, WW 123^5. II. pp. of hladan.
hlǣder f. ‘ladder,’ A, Æ; CP.
hlǣderwyrt f. ladder-wort, Jacob’s ladder, #Lcd#.
hlædhweogl n. water-wheel, wheel for drawing up water, WW 347^7.
hlædst = hlætst pres. 2 sg. of hladan.
hlædtrendel m. wheel for drawing water, OEG 502.
hlǣfdige (ā, ē) f. mistress (over servants), LL, VPs (ā), WW: chatelaine, ‘lady,’ queen, Chr, Ct: the Virgin Mary, Cr. sēo ealde h. the queen dowager, #Chr# 1051#c#.
hlæfl = læfel
+hlǣg n. derision, scorn, #Dom# 15.
hlægulian (Cp 317) = hlagolian
hlæhan (N, #VPs#) = hliehhan
hlæhter = hleahtor
hlǣnan I. to cause to lean, #Jul# 63. II. = lǣnan
-hlǣnan v. ā-hl.
hlǣne ‘lean,’ Æ; AO.
±hlǣnian to become lean, CP: make lean, starve, CP. [‘lean’]
hlǣnnes f. ‘leanness,’ Æ, OEG.
±hlǣnsian to make lean, weaken, OEG. [‘lense’]
hlǣpewince (WW) = lēapewince [[headword spelled “hlēapewince”]]
hlæst n. burden, load, freight, B, Rd. holmes h. finny tribe. [‘last’]
+hlæstan (e) to load, burden, BH: adorn, #Jud# 36. [v. ‘last’ vb.]
hlæsting f. toll on loading a ship, TC 359.
hlæstscip n. trading-vessel, Cp 147#h#.
hlæt = læt
hlætst pres. 2 sg. of hladan.
hlǣw † (ā) mn. mound, cairn, hill, mountain, B: grave-yard, barrow, Met: hollow mound, cave. [‘low’]
hlāf m. ‘loaf,’ bread, food, A, JnL, MtL; Æ, AO, CP.
hlāfǣta m. (‘loaf-eater’), dependant, LL.
hlāfbrytta m. slave in charge of the bread-store? EC 255.
hlāfdie (#VPs#) = hlǣfdige
hlāfgang m. attendance at, or participation in, a meal, RB: procession with the host, LL.
hlāf-gebrece ‡, -gebroc n. bit of bread.
hlāfhwǣte m. bread-wheat, TC 144^34.
hlāflēast f. want of bread.
hlāfmæsse f. ‘Lammas’ (August 1), AO; Æ.
hlāfmæssedæg m. Lammas-day.
hlāfofn m. baker’s oven, WW 411^8.
hlāford m. ‘lord,’ master, ruler, A, AO, B, Chr, G; Æ, CP: husband, Ct: the Lord, God, Æ. [hlāf, weard]
hlāforddōm m. lordship, authority, CP: patronage. [‘lorddom’]
hlāfordhyldo f. loyalty, AO.
hlāfording m. lord, master, W 298^7.
hlāfordlēas without a lord, leaderless, B. [‘lordless’]
hlāfordlic ‘lordly,’ noble, OEG 187^1.
hlāfordscipe m. ‘lordship,’ authority, rule, CP: ‘dominatio’ (title of an order of angels), ÆH 1·342^32.
hlāfordsearu fn. high treason, LL.
hlāfordsōcn f. act of seeking the protection of a lord, LL.
hlāfordswica m. traitor, Lcd; Æ. [‘lordswike’]
hlāfordswice m. high treason, treachery.
hlāford-swīcung (MFN 167; W 225^28), -syrwung (LL 16n5) f. betrayal of one’s lord, treason.
hlāfordðrimm m. dominion, power, NC 302.
hlāfræce f. oven-rake, OEG 53^43 (hlāb-).
hlāfsēnung f. blessing of bread (on Lammas-day), MH 136^1.
hlāfurd = hlāford
hlagol inclined to laugh, W 40^8.
hlagolian (æ) to sound.
hlāmmæsse = hlāfmæsse
hlanc ‘lank,’ lean, thin, Jud, PPs.
hland (o) n. urine, Lcd. [‘lant’]
hlaðian = laðian
hlāw = hlǣw
hleadan = hladan
hleahter = hleahtor
hleahterful scornful, #Guth#.
hleahterlic ridiculous, #Guth#.
hleahtor (e) m. ‘laughter,’ jubilation, B, Bl, CP, Sc: derision.
hleahtorsmið m. laughter-maker, #Ex# 43.
hleahtrian (e) to deride, #LPs# 21^8.
hlēapan^7 to ‘leap,’ run, go, jump, dance, spring, Æ, B, BH, Chr, CP: (+) leap upon, mount (a horse).
hlēapere m. runner, courier, Chr: ‘leaper,’ dancer, WW: itinerant monk, RB 135^20.
hlēapestre f. female dancer, WW 311^33.
hlēapettan v. to leap up, BH 390^9.
hlēapewince f. ‘lapwing,’ WW.
hlēapung f. dancing, Æ. [‘leaping’]
hlēat pret. 3 sg. of hlēotan.
hlec leaky, CP, OEG. [v. ‘leak’]
hlecan^5 to cohere, CP 361^20.
hleda, hlede m. seat, #ÆGr# 34^3.
hlēf = hlǣw
-hlēfan (oe) v. ā-hl.
hlēga (LkL 6^16) = lǣwa
hlehhan = hliehhan
hleht- = hleaht-
hlem m. sound, CP.
hlemman to cause to sound, clash, #Whale# 61. [hlimman]
hlēnan = lǣnan
hlence f. coat of mail, #Ex# 218.
hlennan = hlynnan
hlenortēar m. hyssop, #LPs# 50^8.
hlēo † m? n? (hlēow), gs. hlēowes (only found in sg.) covering, refuge, defence, shelter, protection, Cr, PPs: protector, lord. [‘lee’]
hlēo- = hlēow-
hlēobord n. book-cover, #Rd# 27^12.
hlēoburh † f. protecting city.
hlēod = hlōd
+hleodu pl. of +hlid.
hlēofæst consoling, protecting, #Cr#, RB.
hlēohræscnes f. ‘supplantatio’? #LPs# 40^10.
hlēolēas † without shelter, comfortless.
hleomoc m? hleomoce f. speedwell, Lcd. [v. ‘brooklime’]
hlēon = hlēowan
hleon- = hlin-
hlēonað m. shelter, #Gu# 222.
hlēonian to thrive, #Ph# 25.
hlēop pret. 3 sg. of hlēapan.
hlēor n. cheek, Lcd, WW: face, countenance, Ep, Gu. [‘leer’]
hlēoran (ÆL) = lēoran
hlēorbān n. (cheek-bone), temple, #LPs# 131^5.
hlēorbolster m. pillow, B 688.
hlēordropa m. tear, #Gu# 1315.
hlēorsceamu f. confusion of face, #PPs# 68^8.
hlēorslæge m. a blow on the cheek, CP 261^6.
hlēortorht beautiful, #Rd# 69^6.
hlēosceorp n. sheltering robe, #Rd# 10^5.
hlēotan^1 to cast lots, Æ, AO: (±) get by lot, obtain.
hlēoð = (1) hlēowð; (2) pres. pl. of hlēowan.
hlēoðor n. noise, sound, voice, melody, song: hearing.
+hlēoðor harmonious, BH 60^18.
hlēoðorcwide † m. speaking, words, discourse, song, prophecy.
hlēoðorcyme m. coming with trumpet-sound, #Da# 710.
hlēoðorstede ‡ m. place of conference.
hlēoðrian to sound, speak, sing, cry aloud, resound, proclaim, Æ.
hlēoðrung f. reproof, #SPs# 37^11.
hleoðu v. hlið.
hlēow == hlēo
+hlēow I. warm, sunny, Nar. adv. hlēowe Lcd. [v. ‘lew’] II. = +hlōw
±hlēowan (ī, ȳ) (±) to warm, make warm, cherish, Bl: become warm or hot. [‘lew’]
hlēowdryhten m. protector, patron, #Wid# 94.
hlēowfeðre fp. sheltering wings, #Gen# 2740.
hlēowlora m. one who has lost a protector, #Gen# 1953.
hlēowmǣg † m. kinsman who is bound to afford protection.
hlēowon pret. pl. of hlōwan.
hlēowstede m. sunny place, WW 336^50.
hlēowstōl m. shelter, asylum, #Gen# 2011.
hlēowð (ī, ȳ) f. shelter, covering, warmth, Æ. [‘lewth’]
±hlēowung (ī) f. shelter, protection, favour.
hlestan = hlæstan, hlystan
hlet (#KGl#) pres. 3 sg. of hladan.
hlēt (#VPs#; MkR) = hlīet
+hlēða † m. companion, denizen. [hlōð]
hlēðrian = hlēoðrian
hlēw = hlǣw
hlēwesa = lēwsa
hlēwð pres. 3 sg. of hlōwan.
hlid I. n. ‘lid,’ covering, door, gate, opening, Æ. II. = hlið
+hlid n. (nap. hlidu, hleodu) covering, vault, roof.
hlīdan^1 to come forth, spring up, #PPs# 79^11?
hlidfæst closed by a lid, Æ.
hlidgeat n. swing-gate, folding-door, EC; Æ; Mdf. [‘lidgate’]
+hlidod (eo) provided with a lid, BH 320^10. [‘lidded’]
hliehhan^6 (e, i, y) to laugh, Æ, CP: (±) laugh at, deride, Æ, MtL: rejoice. [‘laugh’]
hlīep (ȳ) mf., hlīepe f. ‘leap,’ bound, spring, sudden movement, Cr, Lcd: thing to leap from, AO: (?) v. CC 54.
-hlīepe v. stæð-hl. [[headword spelled “stæðhlȳpe”]]
-hlīeplīce v. stæð-hl. [[headword spelled “stæðhlȳplīce”]]
hlīepen pres. pl. of hlēapan.
hlīepgeat (ȳ) n. a low gate, KC. [‘leapgate’]
hlīet (ē) m. lot, chance, fortune, CP.
hlīfend (hlīb-) threatening, Cp 223#m#.
hlīfian to rise high, tower, overhang.
hlīgan^{1?} to attribute (to), CP, #Da#.
hligsa (CP) = hlīsa
hlihan, hlihcan, hlihhan = hliehhan
hlimman^3 (y) to sound, resound, roar, rage.
hlimme † f. stream, torrent.
hlin I. m. maple-tree, #Rd# 56^9. [Ger. lehne] II. = hlynn
hlinbedd n. sick-bed, couch, B 3034.
hlinc m. ridge, bank, rising ground, hill, EC, Ph; Mdf. [‘link’]
hlincrǣw f. bank of turf, EC 370.
hlinduru † f. latticed door.
±hlinian (eo, y) to ‘lean,’ B (eo); Æ: recline, lie down, rest, Jn, MkL; CP.
hlinræced † n. prison.
hlin-scūa †, -scuwa † m. darkness of confinement.
hlinsian = hlynsian
hlinung f. ‘leaning,’ Lk: seat, couch.
hlīosa = hlīsa
hlīpð pres. 3 sg. of hlēapan.
hlīra = līra
hlīsa (īo, ȳ) m. sound: fame, rumour, renown, glory, CP.
hlīsbǣre renowned, OEG.
hlīsēadig renowned, famed, #Bo#.
hlīsēadignes f. renown, #Bo# 75^28.
hlīsful of good repute, famous, Æ. adv. -līce, Æ, AO.
hlīsig renowned, OEG 8^250.
hlistan = hlystan
hlið I. † n. (nap. hleoðu) cliff, precipice, slope, hill-side, hill, An, B; Mdf. [‘lith’] II. == hlid
hlīw == hlēow
hloccetung f. sighing.
hlōd pret. 3 sg. of haldan.
hlodd = hlot
hlōgon pret. pl., hlōh pret. 3 sg. of hliehhan.
hlom (WW 117^25), hlond = hland
hlōse f. pigsty, LL 454[10]; NC 302; Mdf.
hlosnere m. listener, OEG 2333.
hlosnian to listen: wait, Æ: be on the look out for, spy, Æ. hlosniend ‘attonitus.’
hlot, hlott n. ‘lot,’ part, portion, share, Æ, BC, Bl, G: (+) choice, decision, Æ, AO.
hloten pp. of hleotan. [[headword spelled “hlēotan”]]
+hlotland n. allotted land, inheritance, Æ.
hlōð f. troop, crowd, band, company, AO: booty, spoil: complicity with a band of robbers.
hlōðbōt f. penalty imposed on a member of a gang of malefactors, LL.
hlōðere m. robber. [hlōð]
hlōðgecrod n. mass of troops, #Rd# 4^63.
hlōðian to spoil, plunder, BH.
hlōðsliht m. murder by a member of a gang of malefactors, LL 18[29].
+hlōw n. lowing, bellowing, Æ.
hlōwan^7 to low, roar, bellow, Æ.
hlōwung f. lowing, bleating, bellowing, WW 192^7; 195^13.
hlūd adj. comp. hlūdre, hluddre ‘loud,’ sonorous, CP; Æ.
hlūdclipol loud, noisy, RBL 35^11 (hlūt-).
hluddre v. hlūd.
hlūde adv. loudly, aloud, Bl; Æ, CP. [‘loud’]
hlūdnes f. clamour, noise, A 8·332. [‘loudness’]
hlūdstefne loud sounding, WW 416^18.
hlūdswēge adv. loudly, Æ.
hlummon pret. pl. of hlimman.
hlupon pret. pl. of hlēapan.
hluton pret. pl. of hlēotan.
hlūtor, hlūttor (e^2) gsm. hlūtres pure, clear, bright, sincere, Æ, CP. [Ger. lauter] adv. -līce.
hlūtorlicnes = hlūtornes
hlūtornes f. clearness, brightness, simplicity, purity, Æ.
hlūtre I. adv. clearly, brightly. II. ds. of hlūtor.
hlūtter, hlūttor = hlūtor
±hlūttrian wv. to clear, purify, make bright: to become clear.
hlyd = hlid
±hlȳd f. noise, sound: (+) tumult, disturbance, dissension. [hlūd]
Hlȳda m. March, Lcd. [‘Lide’; hlūd]
hlȳdan to make a noise, sound, clamour, vociferate, Æ, CP. [hlūd]
hlȳde f. torrent, BC (Mdf).
hlȳdig garrulous, OEG 1418. [hlūd]
hlȳding f. noise, cry, MtL 25^6 (lȳ-).
hlyhhan = hliehhan
hlymman = hlimman
hlyn = hlynn
hlynian = (1) hlynnan; (2) hlinian
±hlynn I. m. sound, noise, din, tumult, AO. II. f. torrent, JnL. [‘linn’]
hlynnan to make a noise, resound, shout, roar.
hlynrian to thunder, WW 519^34.
hlynsian † (i) to resound.
hlȳp == hlīep
hlȳsa (Æ) = hlīsa
hlȳsfullīce = hlīsfullīce [[form of “hlīsful”]]
hlysnan to ‘listen,’ MtL; Cp.
hlysnere m. hearer, DR 29^4 (ly-).
±hlyst f. sense of hearing, Æ, Lcd: listening. [‘list’]
±hlystan (e, i) to listen, hear, CP; Æ: attend to, obey, Lk. [‘list’]
+hlyste audible, NC 294.
hlystend, hlystere m. listener, Æ.
+hlystful attentive, gracious, #LPs# 89^13.
hlystung f. act of listening, #Kl#.
hlȳt, hlȳte m. lot, portion, Æ: band, troop.
hlyta = hlytta
+hlyta m. companion. [hlot]
hlȳtere m. clergyman, priest, NC 302.
hlytm m. casting of lots, B 3126?
hlytman to decide by lot, MFH 167.
hlytta m. diviner, soothsayer, AO 184^26. [hlot]
+hlytto fellowship, DR.
hlyttor (#HGl# 418) = hluttor, hlūtor
hlȳttrian to purify, #ÆGr# 222^7.
hlȳttrung f. cleaning, refining, WW 179^36.
-hlȳðan (= īe) v. be-hl.
hlȳðre = lȳðre
hlȳw- = hlēow-
hlȳwing = hlēowung
hnacod = nacod
hnǣcan = nǣcan
±hnǣgan I. to bow down, bend, humble, curb, vanquish. [hnīgan] II. to ‘neigh,’ ÆGr. III. = nǣgan
hnǣgung f. ‘neighing,’ ÆGr, Cp.
hnæpp m. bowl, OEG, WW. [‘nap’; Ger. napf]
hnæpp- = hnapp-
hnæppan to strike, #Bo# 130^19,20.
hnæsce = hnesce
+hnǣst, +hnāst n. collision, conflict, battle. [hnītan]
hnāg, hnāh I. bent down, abject, poor, humble, lowly: niggardly. II. pret. 3 sg. of hnīgan.
hnappian (æ, e, ea) to doze, slumber, sleep, CP, Mt; Æ. [‘nap’]
hnappung (æ, ea) f. napping, dozing, slumbering, CP.
hnāt pret. 3 sg. of hnītan.
hneap- (#VPs#) = hnap-
hnēaw mean, niggardly, stingy, miserly, CP. [Ger. genau] adv. -līce.
hnēawnes f. meanness, CP.
hnecca m. ‘neck,’ Æ, CP.
hnēgan = (1) nǣgan; (2) hnǣgan
hneofule f. = hnifol
-hnēopan v. ā-h. [cp. Goth. dishniupan]
hneoton pret. pl. of hnītan.
hnep (GD 186^27) = hnæpp
hneppian (#KGl#) = hnappian
hnesce (æ, i, y) soft, tender, mild, CP: weak, delicate, Æ: slack, negligent, CP: effeminate, wanton, Æ. [‘nesh’]
±hnescian to make soft, soften, Æ, CPs: become soft, give way, waver, CP, Lcd; ÆL. [‘nesh’]
hnesclic soft, luxurious, effeminate, AO. adv. -līce softly, gently, tenderly, CP. [‘neshly’]
hnescnes f. softness, weakness, effeminacy, CP, Lcd, MtL; Æ: soft part of anything. [‘neshness’]
hnett (MtL 4^18) = nett
hnexian (Æ) = hnescian
hnifol m. brow, forehead.
hnifol-crumb, -crump inclined, leaning over, prone, WW.
hnīgan^1 to bow oneself, bend, bow down: fall, decline, sink. [Ger. neigen]
hnigian to bend down (the head), #Lcd# 7a.
hniglan = hnygelan
hnipend bending, lowly, #HGl# 436.
hnipian to bow down, Met, OEG; Æ: bow the head, look gloomy, CP. [‘nipe’]
hnippan? to sink down, OEG 1579n.
hnisce (MkR 13^28) = hnesce
hnītan^1 to thrust, butt, knock, come into collision with, encounter.
hnitol thrusting forwards, addicted to butting (of an ox).
hnitu f. louse-egg, ‘nit,’ Ep, Lcd; Æ.
hnoll m. top, crown of the head, Æ, VPs. [‘noll’]
hnossian to strike, #Rd# 6^7.
hnot bare, bald, ‘close-cropped,’ ÆGr. [‘not’]
hnutbēam m. nut tree.
hnutcyrnel mn. kernel of a nut, #Lcd#.
hnutu f. gs. and nap. hnyte ‘nut,’ Erf, Lcd, MtR; Mdf.
+hnycned wrinkled? #Lcd# 97a.
hnydele = hydele
hnygelan (i) pl. clippings, WW.
hnȳlung f. reclining, WW 153^24.
+hnyscan to crush, MtR 21^44. [hnesce]
hnysce = hnesce
+hnyst contrite, †#PsC# 127.
hnyte gs. and nap. of hnutu.
hō = hōh
hōbanca m. couch, WW 280^12. [hōh]
hōc m. ‘hook,’ BH, WW: angle, Mt, Nar.
hocc m. mallow, Cp, Lcd. [‘hock’]
hōcede curved, KC. [‘hooked’]
hōcer = hōcor
-hōciht v. heoru-h.
hōcīsern n. small sickle, WW 235^1.
hoclēaf n. mallow, #Lcd#.
hōcor n. insult, derision, W 164^17.
hōcorwyrde derisive, scornful, W 164^13.
hōd m. ‘hood,’ Ep, WW.
hof n. enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house, hall: temple, sanctuary. [Ger. hof]
hōf I. m. ‘hoof,’ Run, WW; Æ. II. pret. 3 sg. of hebban.
hofding m. chief, leader. [ON. höfðingi]
hōfe f. ‘hove,’ alehoof (plant), Lcd, WW.
hofer m. hump, #Gl#: swelling.
hoferede humpbacked, CP, Lcd, WW. [‘hovered’]
hoferiend, +hoferod (ÆL) = hoferede
-hōfian v. be-h.
hōflic pertaining to a court, OEG 2996.
+hōfod hoofed, ÆL 25^44.
hōfon pret. pl. of hebban.
hofor == hofer
hōf-rec, -ræc n. hoof-track, bridle-track, #Lcd#.
hofrede confined to the house, bedridden, WW 162^8.
hōfring m. print of a horse’s hoof (= hōfhring) OEG 18.
hofweard m. ædile, WW 111^20.
hog- = hoh-
hoga I. careful, prudent, DR, MtL. [‘howe’] II. m. fear, care: attempt, struggle, OEG 8^283.
hoga- = hog-, hoh-
hogade = hogode
hogde pret. of hycgan or hogian.
hogelēas free from care, NC 303.
hogg hog, NC 302.
±hogian to care for, think about, reflect, busy oneself with, Æ: intend, strive, wish for. [hyge]
hogode pret. of hogian.
hogu f. care, Æ.
hogung f. endeavour, DHy 8^12.
hōh m., gs. hōs, nap. hōas, hōs, dp. hōum hough, heel, Æ, Jn, Ps. on h. behind: point of land, Ct, Nar; Mdf. [‘ho,’ ‘hoe’]
hoh-fæst, hog(a)- (NG) prudent, cautious, wise.
hōhfōt m. heel, #LPs# 55^7.
hohful (hoga-, N) careful, thoughtful, Æ: full of care, anxious, pensive, sad, Ct, Sc. [‘howful’]
hohfulnes f. care, trouble, KC 3·349^11.
hōh-hwyrfing, -hwerfing f. heel-turning, circle? v. OEG 18n.
hohlīce (hog-) prudently, LkL 16^8.
hohmōd sad, sorrowful, W 72^8.
hōhscanca m. leg, shank, #Lcd# 14a.
hohscipe (hoga-) m. prudence, N.
hōhsinu f. sinew of the heel, Æ, Lcd. [‘hough-sinew’]
-hōhsnian v. on-h.
hōhspor n. heel, WW 160^26.
hol I. hollow, #Lcd#: depressed, lying in a hollow, CP, Ct, MH. [‘holl’] II. n. hollow place, cave, hole, den, Ct, Lk, Met, WW; AO, Æ: perforation, aperture, Cp. [‘hole,’ ‘holl’]
hōl n. calumny, slander, Æ.
-hola v. oter-h.
+hola m. protector, defender, Æ. [helan]
holc n? holca? m. hole, cavity, Lcd. [‘holk’]
hold I. gracious, friendly, kind, favourable, AO, B; Æ: true, faithful, loyal, Æ, LL; CP: acceptable, pleasant. [‘hold’; ON. hollr] adv. holde graciously, loyally, Ps. [‘holde’] II. n. dead body, carcase, Mt; Æ. [‘hold’; ON. hold] III. m. holder of allodial land, ranking below a jarl (Danish word), LL: military chief, MkR 6^21. [ON. holdr]
holdāð m. oath of allegiance, #Chr#.
holdelīce = holdlīce
holdhlāford m. gracious lord, liege lord, #Chr# 1014#e#.
holdian to cut up, disembowel, ÆL 23^73. [hold II.]
holdlic faithful, friendly, OEG 50^29. adv. -līce graciously, Æ, WW: faithfully, loyally. [‘holdely’]
holdrǣden f. fidelity, faithful service, ÆH 2·150^30.
holdscipe m. loyalty, allegiance, #Chr#.
holecerse a plant, #Lcd#.
holegn = holen I.
holen I. m. ‘holly,’ Cp, WW; Æ; Mdf. adj. of holly, Lcd. II. pp. of helan.
hōlenga = hōlinga
holenlēaf n. holly leaf, #Lcd# 127a.
holenrind f. holly bark, #Lcd# 29b.
holenstybb m. holly-stump.
holh (CP), holg n. gs. hōles hole, ‘hollow.’
holian to hollow out, scoop out, Æ: to become hollow, be perforated, Æ. [‘hole’]
hōlian to oppress, Ps. [‘hole’]
+holian to obtain, CP 209^19.
holing f. hollow place, GD 113^11.
hōlinga adv. in vain, without reason.
holl = hol II.
hollēac n. onion? WW 270^29. [‘holleke’]
holm m. †wave, sea, ocean, water, B: in prose, esp. in place-names island (esp. in a river or creek), Chr. [‘holm’]
holmærn n. ship, #Gen# 1422.
holmclif † n. sea-cliff, rocky shore.
holmeg adj. of the sea, #Ex# 118.
holmmægen n. force of the waves, #Rd# 3^9.
holm-ðracu † f., gs. -ðræce restless sea.
holmweall m. wall of sea water, #Ex# 467.
holmweard (#An# 359) = helmweard
holmweg m. sea-path, #An# 382.
holmwylm m. billows, B 2411.
holnes f. hollow place, GD 99^22 (o).
hōlonga = hōlinga
holpen pp. of helpan.
holrian = heolorian
holstæf m. ‘apex,’ tittle, MtR 5^18.
holt nm. forest, wood, grove, thicket, Æ, B; CP; Mdf: wood, timber, Jul. [‘holt’]
holt-hana, -ana m. woodcock, WW 344^30.
hōltihte f. calumny, WW.
holtwudu † m. forest, grove, Ph: wood (timber). [v. ‘holt’]
hōlunga = hōlinga
hom == ham
hōm == ōm
hōman = ōman
hōn I. (sv^7) pret. heng, pp. hangen to hang, suspend, crucify, Æ: adorn. II. pl. tendrils of a vine? A 4·143.
hon- = han-
hona = (1) heonu; (2) hana
hōnede having heels, WW 161^26. [hōh]
+honge = +hange
hop n. privet, v. OEG 36^14.
hōp m. hoop? v. NC 303.
-hop v. fen-, mōr-h.
hopa m. ‘hope,’ Æ. [usu. tōhopa]
hōpgehnāst † n. dashing of waves.
hopian to ‘hope,’ expect, look for, A, Æ; CP: put trust in, Æ, Bo, Bl.
hōpig eddying, surging, #PPs# 68^5.
+hopp n. small bag, WW 405^3.
hoppāda m. upper garment, cope, WW 188^14.
hoppe f. a kind of ornament, AO: dog-collar, LL 194[8].
hoppestre f. female dancer, Æ. [‘hoppestere’]
hoppetan to leap for joy: to throb.
hoppian to hop, jump, leap, dance, Æ: limp, ÆL 21^417. [Ger. hüpfen]
hopscȳte f. sheet, counterpane, Æ (9^307).
hōr n. adultery.
hora- = horu-
horas v. horh.
hōrcwene f. whore, adulteress, LL.
hord nm. ‘hoard,’ treasure, B, Chr, Gen, MtR, WW.
hordærn = hordern
hordburg f. treasure-city, B, BC, #Gen#.
hord-cleofa, -clyfa m. treasure-chest, treasury, secret chamber, Æ.
hordcofa m. treasure-chamber, closet: (†) breast, heart, thoughts.
hordere m. treasurer, chamberlain, steward, Æ, KC. [‘hoarder’]
hordern n. treasury, storehouse, Æ.
horderwȳce f. office of treasurer, #Chr# 1137.
hordfæt n. treasure-receptacle, Æ.
hord-geat n., gs. -gates door to a treasure-chamber, #Rd# 43^11.
hordgestrēon † n. hoarded treasure.
hordian to ‘hoard,’ Æ.
hordloca m. treasure-chest, coffer: (†) secret thoughts, mind.
hordmægen n. riches, #Da# 675.
hordmāðm † m. hoarded treasure.
hordweard m. guardian of treasure: king: heir, first-born.
hordwela m. hoarded wealth, B 2344.
hordweorðung f. honouring by gifts from the hoard, B 952.
hordwitt n. treasure of wisdom, #Kl#.
hordwynn f. delightful treasure, B 2270.
hordwyrðe worth hoarding, B 2245?
hōre f. whore, prostitute, OEG.
horeht = horwiht
+horgian to defile, #Bk#: spit.
horh (horg) mn., gs. hor(w)es, instr. horu, nap. horas phlegm, mucus, Æ, El, Ep, Lcd: dirt, defilement, uncleanness; Mdf. [‘hore’]
horheht = horwiht
horian to cry out, #Ps#.
+horian (N) = +horgian
horig foul, filthy, Æ, LL. [‘hory’]
hōring m. adulterer, fornicator, W 309^21.
horn m. horn (musical instrument, drinking-horn, cupping-horn), beast’s horn, Ct, Lcd, LL, VPs; AO: projection, pinnacle, Ps.
hornbǣre horned, #ÆGr# 27^16.
hornblāwere m. horn-blower, trumpeter.
hornboga † m. bow tipped with horn?
hornbora m. horn-bearer, trumpeter, WW.
hornfisc m. garfish, #An# 370.
hornfōted hoofed, WW 213^22.
horngēap † broad between the pinnacles or gables.
horngestrēon n. wealth of pinnacles (on a house)? [or ?= hordgestrēon], #Ruin# 23.
+hornian to insult, MkL 12^4.
hornlēas without horns, ES 39·349.
hornpīc m. pinnacle, MtL. [v. ‘pike’]
hornreced n. hall with gables, B 704.
hornsæl n. = hornsele
hornscēað f. pinnacle, MtL 4^5.
hornscip n. beaked ship, #An# 274.
hornsele m. house with gables, #Gen# 1821.
hornungsunu m. bastard, WW 456^10.
horo- = horu-
horpytt m. mud-hole, EC 445^15.
hors n. horse, OET, WW, VPs; Æ, AO, CP; Mdf.
horsbǣr f. horse-litter, BH; ÆL. [‘horse-bier’]
horsc sharp, quick, active, ready, daring: quick-witted, wise, prudent.
horscamb m. ‘horse-comb,’ curry-comb, strigil, WW.
horschwæl (= *horshwæl) m. walrus, AO 17^36.
horsclic sordid, squalid, foul, OEG 1789. [horh]
horsclīce briskly, readily, promptly: prudently, wisely.
horscniht m. master of the horse, equerry, groom, esquire, Æ (8^242).
horscræt n. ‘biga,’ chariot, WW 194^26.
horselene f. elecampane, WW. [‘horseheal’]
horsern n. stable, WW.
horsgærstūn m. meadow in which horses are kept, KC 3·414^25.
horshelene = horselene
horshierde (i^2, y^2) m. ostler, groom.
±horsian to provide with horses, Chr. [‘horse’]
horslīce = horsclīce
hors-ðegn, -ðēn m. ostler, groom, equerry: muleteer, GD 191^23.
horswǣn m. chariot, WW 140^4.
horswealh m. groom, equerry, LL 22; 132.
horsweard f. care of horses, LL 445[2].
horsweg m. bridle-road, KC. [‘horseway’]
hortan sbpl. ‘whortle’-berries, v. OEG 2^433.
horu = horh
horusēað m. sink, pit, #Bo# 112^15.
horuweg (o^2) m. dirty road? KC 5·173^17.
horweht = horwiht
horwes v. horh.
horwig = orweg
+horwigian to defile, spit upon.
horwiht (e^2) mucose, defiled, filthy, #Guth# 36^9.
horwyll m. muddy stream, EC 445^19.
horxlic = horsclic
hōs I. f. escort, company, B 924. II. f. bramble, briar. III. v. hōh.
hosa m., hose f. ‘hose,’ WW.
hosebend m. hose-band, garter, OEG 4822.
hosp m. reproach, insult, contumely, Æ: blasphemy, Æ.
hospcwide m. insulting speech, #El# 523.
hospettan to ridicule, Cp 697#s#.
hospsprǣc f. jeer, taunt, ÆH 2·514.
hospul ‘irritus,’ #RPs# 88^35.
hospword n. abusive language, contemptuous expression, Æ.
hosse = hysse
hōstig (ÆL 35^192) = ōstig
hosu f. hose, RB: pod, husk, Cp 1867.
hotor = otor
hoðma † m. darkness, the grave.
hrā = hrǣw
hraca m. throat, Lcd? [‘rake’]
hrāca (ǣ) m. clearing of the throat: spittle, mucus.
hrace, hracu f. throat, Æ, VPs (æ). [‘rake’]
hrad- v. hræd-
hrade = hraðe
±hradian (ea, ð) to be quick, hasten, do diligently: further, prosper, ÆL 20^78.
hradung (æ) f. quickness, despatch, diligence. on hrædinge quickly, ÆL.
hræ- = hra-, hre-, hrea-
hrǣ = hrǣw
hrǣ- = hrēa-, hrēo-, rǣ-
hrǣca m. clearing the throat. [= hrāca]
hrǣcan tr. and intr. to ‘reach,’ bring up (blood or phlegm), CP, Lcd; Æ.
+hræcan = +reccan
hrǣcetung f. eructation, #Lcd# 69b.
hrǣcgebræc n. sore throat, WW.
hræcing f. detention, DR 65^13.
hrǣctan to eructate, #Lcd# 84a.
hrǣctunge f. uvula, #Lcd# 17a.
hrǣcung f. clearing of the throat, Lcd. [‘reaching’]
hræd (e) (hrad- occly. in obl. cases) quick, nimble, ready, active, alert, prompt, CP, Gl, Mt. [‘rad’]
hrædbīta m. blackbeetle, WW (hræð-).
hrædfērnes f. swiftness, #Bo# 72^17.
hrædhȳdig hasty.
hrædhȳdignes f. haste, precipitation, CP.
hræding f. haste, W 22^14.
hrædlic (ð) quick, sudden, premature, B, Bo; Æ, AO, CP. adv. -līce quickly, hastily, soon, speedily, forthwith, Æ, CP. [‘radly,’ ‘rathely’]
hrædlicnes (e) f. suddenness, #Guth#: earliness, #EPs# 118^147.
hrædmōd hasty, ÆL 16^342.
hrædnes f. (±) quickness: brevity.
hrædrīpe (ræd-) ripening early, WW.
hrædtæfle quick at throwing dice? #Cra# 73 (v. ES 43·339).
hrædung = hradung
hrædwǣn m. swift chariot.
hrædwilnes f. haste, precipitation, CP.
hrædwyrde hasty of speech, #Wa# 66.
hræfn I. hræfen (e) m. raven, Æ, B, G, VPs: sign of the raven (the Danish banner). II. = hæfern
hræfncynn (e) n. raven-species, Æ.
hræfnesfōt m. ravensfoot, cinquefoil, OET p8.
-hrǣgan v. ofer-hr.
hrægel = hrægl
hrægelgefrætwodnes f. fine clothing, LL (396^27).
hrægelðegn m. keeper of the robes, ‘vestiarius.’
hrægl n. (e) dress, clothing, Gl, Jn; AO, CP: armour: sail. [‘rail’]
hræglcyst f. clothes-box, trunk, Ct.
hræglgewǣde n. dress, WW 430^33.
hræglhūs f. vestry, RB.
hræglscēara fp. shears for cutting cloth, WW 241^40 (rægl-).
hrægltalu f. vestment-fund, KC, RB.
hræglung f. clothing, WW 151^5.
hræglweard m. keeper of vestments or robes, WW 279^19.
hrægnloca = brægnloca
hræmn, hrǣm = hræfn
hræn = hærn
hrǣron pret. pl. of hrēran.
hrǣs v. hrǣw.
hræscetung = ræscetung [[Cross-reference uncertain.]]
-hræscian v. ā-hr.
hrætelwyrt f. rattlewort, WW 301^3.
hræð == hræd. [‘rathe’]
hrǣw I. (ā, ēa) nm. gs. hrǣs living body: corpse, carcase, carrion. II. = hrēaw I.
hrǣwīc (hrēa-) n. place of corpses, B 1214.
hrāfyll m. slaughter, B 277.
hrāgīfre deadly, WW 408^10.
hrāgra m. heron, #Gl#.
hramgealla = ramgealla
hrāmig = hrēmig
hramma m. cramp, spasm.
hram-sa (o) m., -se f. onion, garlic, Ep, Lcd, WW. [‘rams,’ ‘ramson’]
hramsacrop m. head of wild garlic, #Gl#.
hran (o) m. whale, #Gl#.
hrān I. m. reindeer, AO. II. pret. 3 sg. of hrīnan.
hrand I. = rand. II. pret. 3 sg. of hrindan.
hrandsparwa (o^1) m. sparrow, MtL 10^29.
hranfix (o) m. whale, B 540.
hrānhund? m. deerhound? v. LL 2·117.
hranmere (o) m. sea, #Met# 5^10.
hranrād † f. (whale’s-road), sea.
hratele f. ‘bobonica’ (plant), WW 296^2.
hratian to rush, hasten, OET (= hradian?).
hraðe (æ, e) adv. comp. hraðor, superl. hraðost hastily, quickly, promptly, readily, immediately, soon, Æ, B, Bo, Cr, VPs; CP: too soon, Bo. swā h. swā as soon as, Æ. [‘rathe,’ ‘rather,’ ‘rathest’]
hraðer = hreðer
hraðian = hradian
hrāw = hrǣw
hrāwērig weary in body, #Ph# 554.
hrāwlic = hrēowlic
hrēa I. f. indigestion? #Lcd# 94b. [hrēaw I.] II. = hrēaw I. and II.
hrēac m. ‘rick,’ heap, stack, TC, WW.
hrēaccopp m. top of a rick, LL 453[21,4].
hrēacmete m. food given to the labourers on completing a rick, LL 452´.
-hrēad v. earm-hr. [hrēoðan] [[variant of “hrēðan”?]]
hrēaf == rēaf
hrēam m. noise, outcry, alarm, Æ, CP: cry, lamentation, sorrow, B, Cr. [‘ream’]
hrēamig clamorous: lamenting.
hrēanes = hrēohnes
hrēas pret. 3 sg. of hrēosan.
hrēat pret. 3 sg. of hrūtan.
hreaðemūs (a^2) f. bat.
hreaðian (#VPs#) = hradian
hrēaw I. (ēo) ‘raw,’ Æ, Lcd. II. = hrǣw nm. III. pret. 3 sg. of hrēowan.
hrēaw- = hrēow-
hrēawde pret. 3 sg. was raw, WW 215^43 (rēaw-).
hrēawīc = hrǣwīc
hrēawnes I. f. rawness, crudity, OEG 3283. II. = hrēownes
+hrec = +rec
hrēc- = hrǣc-
hred (#KGl#) = hræd
-hreda v. æfreda.
hreddan to free from, recover, rescue, save, Cr; Æ: take away. [‘redd’]
hreddere m. defender, NC 303.
hreddung (æ) f. salvation, liberation, Æ.
hredmōnað = hrēðmōnað
±hrēfan to roof, Æ. [hrōf]
hrefn = (1) hræfn; (2) hæfern
hrefnan = ræfnan
hrefncynn = hræfncynn
hregresi? groin, MLN 11·333; ZDA 33·244.
hrēh = hrēoh
hrem = hræfn I.
hrēman I. to boast. [Ger. rühmen] II. = hrīman
hrēmig † boasting, vaunting, exulting.
hremm == hræfn I.
±hremman to hinder, cumber, Æ.
hremming f. hindrance, obstacle.
hremn = hræfn I.
hrenian to smell of, be redolent of, #Sc# 106^5.
hrēo = hrēoh, hrēow
hrēocan = rēocan
hrēod n. ‘reed,’ rush, Æ, BH, Gl; CP; Mdf.
±hrēodan^2 to adorn (only in pp. ±hroden).
hrēodbedd n. ‘reed-bed,’ Æ.
hrēodcynn n. kind of reed, NC 303.
hrēod-ig, -iht, -ihtig (e^2) reedy.
hrēodwæter n. reedy marsh, #Nar# 20^23.
hrēof rough, scabby, leprous, Whale; CP. as sb. = leper. [‘reof’]
-hrēofian v. ā-hr.
hrēofl I. f. scabbiness, leprosy, CP. II. adj. leprous.
hrēofla m. roughness of the skin, leprosy, Æ: leper, Æ. [hrēof]
hrēof-lic, -lig (Æ) leprous.
hrēofnes f. leprosy, Æ.
hrēofol, hrēoful = hrēofl I.
hrēog = hrēoh
hrēoh (ē) I. adj. rough, fierce, wild, angry, Met; Æ, AO, CP: disturbed, troubled, sad (v. hrēow): stormy, tempestuous, _B, Bo, Chr_. [‘reh’] II. n. stormy weather, tempest.
hrēohful stormy, ES 39·349.
hrēohlic stormy, tempestuous, W 136^27.
hrēohmōd savage, ferocious: sad, troubled.
hrēohnes (ēa) f. rough weather, tempest, storm, Æ.
hrēol sb. ‘reel,’ A, WW; Æ.
hrēon- = rēon-
hrēones = (1) hrēohnes; (2) hrēownes
hrēop pret. 3 sg. of hrōpan.
hreopian = hrepian
hrēorig adj. in ruins, #Ruin# 3. [hrēosan]
±hrēosan^2 to fall, sink, fall down, go to ruin, Æ, B, Cr, VPs; AO, CP: rush. [‘reose’]
hrēosendlic perishable.
hrēosian = hrēowsian
hrēosð (#KGl#) pres. 3 sg. of hrēosan.
-hrēoða (ē, ēa) v. bord-, scild-hr.
hrēoung (īu) f. hardness of breathing, asthma.
±hrēow I. f. sorrow, regret, penitence, repentance, penance, B, Bl, CP, Cr. [‘rue’] II. sorrowful, repentant. III. adj. = hrēoh? IV. = hrēaw I. and III.
hrēowan^2 (often impersonal w. d. pers.) to affect (a person) with regret or contrition, Bo, CP, Gen, LL: distress, grieve, Cr, Gen: (intr.) be penitent, repent, MkL. [‘rue,’ ‘i-rew’]
hrēowcearig † troubled, sad.
hrēowende penitent, LkL (æ). [‘rueing’]
hrēowesung = hrēowsung
hrēowian to repent, MkL 1^15.
hrēowig sorrowful, sad, #Gen# 799.
hrēowigferhð † sad, sorrowful.
hrēowigmōd † sad, sorrowful.
hrēowlic (ī, ȳ) grievous, pitiful, sad, wretched, miserable, cruel, Chr, Ps. adv. -līce, AO, Chr.
hrēownes (ēa) f. penitence, contrition, repentance, LL, Gl; CP. [‘rueness,’ ‘rewniss’]
hrēowon = rēowon pret. pl. of rōwan.
hrēowsende = hrēosende [[form of “hrēosan”]]
±hrēowsian (ȳ) to feel sorrow or penitence, AO, Mt; CP. [‘reusie’]
hrēowsung f. repentance, penitence, sorrow, CP, Lk; Æ. [‘reusing’]
±hrepian (eo), hreppan to touch, treat, Mt; Æ: attack, #Bk# 6. [‘repe’]
hrepsung (ÆL) = repsung
hrepung f. sense of touch, touch, Æ.
hrēr lightly boiled, Lcd. [‘rear’]
±hrēran (tr.) to move, shake, agitate. [hrōr; Ger. rühren]
hrērednes (ȳ) f. haste, #LPs# 51^6.
hrēremus f. bat, WW. [‘rearmouse’; hrēran]
hrērnes (ȳ) f. disturbance, commotion, tempest.
hresl = hrisil [[headword spelled “hrīsel”]]
+hresp n. tearing, destruction, NC 294.
+hrespan to tear, #PPs# 43^12.
hrēst = hrȳst pres. 3 sg. of hrēosan.
hreð = hræd
hrēð † mn. victory, glory.
hrēða m. covering of goat-skin, #Gl#.
hrēðan to exult, rejoice, #Ex# 573.
hreðe = hraðe
hrēðe = rēðe
hrēðēadig † glorious, victorious.
hrēðemōnað = hrēðmōnað
hreðer † (a, æ) m. breast, bosom: heart, mind, thought: womb.
hreðerbealo n. heart-sorrow, B 1343.
hreðercofa m. breast, #Cr# 1323.
hreðerglēaw wise, prudent, #Ex# 13.
hreðerloca † m. breast.
-hrēðig v. ēad-, sige-, will-hr. [[headword spelled “wilhrēðig”]]
hrēðlēas inglorious, #Gu# 878.
hrēðmōnað m. month of March.
hrēðnes f. cruelty, inclemency, N, ÆP 136^23.
hreðor = hreðer
hrēðsigor m. glorious victory, B 2583.
hricg == hrycg
hrīcian to cut, cut to pieces, ÆL 23^73.
hricsc rick, wrench, sprain, #Lcd# 27a.
hriddel n. ‘riddle,’ sieve, LL 455[17].
hrīder (Gl), hridder (Æ) n. sieve. [‘ridder’]
hrīdrian to sift, winnow, Lk. [‘ridder’]
+hrīered destroyed, WW 496^18.
hrīewð pres. 3 sg. of hrēowan.
hrif n. belly, womb, Æ, AO.
+hrifian to bring forth, #LPs# 7^15.
+hrifnian to tear off, AO 142^26.
hriftēung f. pain in the bowels, WW 112^23.
hrīfðo f. scurfiness, #Lcd# 90b. [hrēof]
hrifwærc (e^2) m. pain in the bowels, WW 112^23.
hrifwund wounded in the belly, LL 6[61].
hrig == hrycg
hrīm m. ‘rime,’ hoar-frost, Ph; Æ.
hrīman (ē, ȳ) to cry out, shout, rave, Æ (ȳ), CP (ē), JnL (ē): bewail, lament. [‘reme’; hrēam]
-hrīman v. be-hr.
hrīmceald icy cold, #Wa# 4.
hrīmforst m. hoar-frost, #LPs# 77^47 (rīm-).
hrīmgicel m. icicle, #Seaf# 17.
hrīmig rimy, frosty, #Bl#.
hrīmigheard frozen hard, #Rd# 88^7.
+hrin n. morsel, #EPs# 147^17.
+hrīn (NG) = +rīn = +rēn
hrīnan^1 (w. a. g. or d.) to touch, lay hold of, reach, seize, strike, Ps. [‘rine’]
hrincg == hring
hrind = rind
hrindan^3 to thrust, push, #Rd# 55^4.
hrine m. sense of touch.
±hrinenes f. touch, contact, BH.
hring I. m. ring, link of chain, fetter, festoon, B, CP, G, Lcd: circle, circular group, Ph: border, horizon, Gen: (†) (pl.) rings of gold (as ornaments and as money): (†) corslet, B: circuit (of a year), cycle, course: orb, globe. II. † m. (only in wōpes hr.) sound.
hringan to ‘ring,’ sound, clash, B, Sol: announce by bells, RB.
hringbān n. ring-shaped bone, WW 157. [‘ringbone’]
hringboga m. coiled serpent, B 2561.
hringe f. ring.
hringed † made of rings.
hringedstefna † m. ring-prowed ship.
hring-fāg, -fāh ring-spotted, variegated.
hringfinger m. ‘ring-finger,’ Lcd, WW.
hringgewindla m. sphere, WW 426^25.
hringīren n. ring mail, B 322.
hringloca m. coat of ring-mail, #Ma# 145.
hring-mǣl ‡, -mǣled ‡ adorned with a ring (of a sword).
hringmere n. bath, #Ruin# 455.
hringnaca m. ring-prowed ship, B 1863.
hringnett n. ring-mail, B 1889.
hringsele † m. hall in which rings are bestowed.
hringsetl n. circus, OEG.
hringsittende sitting round, looking on, OEG 65.
hringðegu † f. receiving of rings.
hringweorðung f. honouring by the gift of rings, B 3017.
hringwīsan adv. ringwise, in rings, #Nar# 16^1.
hrīning f. touch, JnL. [v. ‘rine’]
+hriorde (w) = +reorde [[form of “±reord”?]]
hrīp- = rīp-
hrīs n. twig, branch. [Ger. reis]
hrisc = risc
hrīscan = hrȳscan
hrīseht bushy, bristly, WW 513^8.
hrisel = rysel
hrīsel, hrīs(i)l f? shuttle: bone of the lower arm, radius. [hrisian]
[[Spelled “hrisil”, “hrisl” in first edition: see entry for “hresl”.]]
hrisian (y) (tr. and intr.) to shake, move, be shaken, clatter, An, B, Ps, VPs. [‘rese’]
hrīsig (rȳsig) bushy, OEG 8^337.
hrīst pres. 3 sg. of hrēosan.
hristende, hristlende noisy, creaky.
hristle f. rattle, WW 391^18.
hristung f. shaking, quivering, rattling noise, #Lcd# 97a.
hrið (u) m. fever, #Lcd# 80a.
hrīð I. ‡ f. snow-storm, tempest. II. = hrīðer
hriðādl f. fever, #Lcd# 80a.
hrīðer (ȳ) n. neat cattle, ox, bull, cow, heifer, Bl, Ct, Lcd, WW. [‘rother’]
hrīðeren of cattle, Lcd. [‘rotheren’]
hrīðerfrēols (ȳ) m. cattle-festival, OEG 4719.
hrīðerhēawere (y) m. butcher, Æ.
hrīðerheord (ȳ) herd of cattle, Æ. [v. ‘rother’]
hrīðerhyrde (ȳ) m. herdsman, Æ.
hrīðfald m. cattle-pen.
hrīðheorde (ie) = hrīðerhyrde
hriðian to shake, be feverish, have a fever, Æ.
hrīðig (ȳ) storm-beaten? ruined? #Wa# 77. [hrīð]
hriðing f. fever, #Lcd# 96b.
hrīung = hrēoung
hrīw- = hrēow-
hrīwð pres. 3 sg. of hrēowan.
hrōc m. ‘rook,’ Cp, ÆL.
hrōd = rōd
hroden I. (±) covered, adorned, ornamented (pp. of hrēodan). II. = roden [[II. Cross-reference uncertain.]]
hroder = rodor
hrōf m. ‘roof,’ ceiling, Æ, B, Cr, G; AO, CP top, summit, Bo, Cr, Mk: heaven, sky, Cr.
hrōffæst with a firm roof, #Met# 7^6.
hrōflēas (rōf-) roofless, WW 186^30.
hrōfsele m. roofed hall, B 1515.
hrōfstān m. roof stone, ÆH 1·508.
hrōftīgel f. roofing tile, WW.
hrōftimber n. material for roofing, OEG 2256.
hrōfwyrhta m. roof-maker, builder, WW.
hromsa = hramsa
hron == hran
hrop = rop
hrōp m. clamour, outcry, lamentation, Bl. [‘rope’]
hrōpan^7 † to shout, proclaim: cry out, scream, howl, Gu, Ps. [‘rope’]
-hrops v. ofer-hr.
hropwyrc = ropwærc
hrōr stirring, busy, active: strong, vigorous, brave.
+hror n. calamity, plague, ruin, BH 284^4. [hrēosan]
±hroren pp. of hrēosan.
+hrorenes f. downfall, ruin, #LPs# 31^4.
+hrorenlic perishable, transitory, unstable, NC 294; MFH.
hrōse = rōse
hrōst m. perch, ‘roost,’ LL 454[11].
hrōstbēag m. woodwork (of a roof), #Ruin# 32.
hrot m. scum, #Lcd# 84a.
hrōðer = hrōðor
hrōðgirela m. crown, #RPs# 20^4.
hroðhund (A 8·450) = roðhund
hrōðor † m. solace, joy, pleasure: benefit.
hrūm m. soot, #Shr#, WW.
-hrūmian v. be-hr.
hrūmig sooty, WW 362^12.
hrung f. cross-bar, spoke, Rd 23^10. [‘rung’]
hruron pret. pl. of hrēosan.
hrurul ‘deciduus,’ BDS 30·11^33.
hrūse † f. earth, soil, ground.
hrūt (u?) ‘balidus’ (validus?), WW 361^13.
hrūtan^5 to make a noise, whiz, snore, Æ, Cp. [‘rout’]
hruð = hrið
hrūðer = hrīðer
+hrūxl n. noise, tumult, v. ES 39·344.
hrūxlian (rūx-) to make a noise, MtR 9^23.
hryc = hrycg
-hrycce v. corn-hr. [[variant of “cornhwicce”]]
hrycg (i) m. back, spine, Æ, CP, Lcd; AO: ‘ridge,’ elevated surface, B, Ct, Lk, Ps; Mdf.
hrycgbān n. back-bone, spine, Ps. [‘ridge-bone’]
hrycgbrǣdan (hrig-) pl. flesh on each side of the spine, #Lcd# 3·118^24.
hrycghǣr n. hair on an animal’s back, #Lcd# 1·360^19.
hrycghrægl (i) n. mantle, TC 529^10.
hrycg-mearg (i, -mearð) n. spinal marrow, WW 292^7.
hrycgmerglið n. spine, WW 265^23.
hrycgrib (i) n. rib, WW.
hrycg-rible, -riple flesh on each side of the spine, WW.
hrycgweg m. ‘ridge-way,’ road along a ridge, Ct.
hrycigan to plough over again, GPH 398.
hryding f. clearing, patch of cleared land, WW 147^12.
hrȳfing f. scab, #Lcd# 32b. [hrēof]
hryg = hrycg
hrȳman (ē, ī) to cry out, shout, rave, Æ, CP: bewail, lament, JnL (ē). [‘reme’]
hrȳme = hrūm
hrympelle = rimpel
+hryne = +ryne
hryre I. m. fall, ruin, destruction, decay, Æ, B, Bo; AO, CP. [hrēosan] II. perishable, Æ. [‘rure’]
hrȳre- = hrēr-, hrēre-
hrȳscan to creak, v. ES 39·344.
hrysel = rysel
hrysian, hryssan = hrisian
hryst = hyrst
hrȳst pres. 3 sg. of hrēosan.
hrystan = hyrstan
hrȳte (y?) ‘balidinus,’ WW 163^18 (cp. hrūt).
hrȳðer == hrīðer
hrȳðig = hrīðig
hryðða = ryðða
hrȳwlic = hrēowlic
hrȳwsian = hrēowsian
hrȳwð pres. 3 sg. of hrēowsian.
hū adv. ‘how,’ CP, Æ. hū gerādes; hū meta how. hū gēares at what time of year. hū nyta wherefore. hū ne dōð...? do not...? hū nys...? is not...?: (with comparatives) the: (±) in some way or other, Shr: hū ne nū ‘nonne.’
hūcs, hūcx = hūsc
hūdenian to shake, CP 461^16.
hūf- = ūf I. and II.
hūfe covering for the head, Cp, WW. [‘houve’; Ger. haube]
hūfian to put a covering on the head, Æ.
hū-hwega, -hugu somewhere about. h. swā about.
hui! huig! interj.
huilpe = hwilpe
hulc m. ‘hulk,’ ship, LL, WW; Æ: hut, Æ, LL, WW.
hulfestre f. plover, WW 132^12.
hūlic pron. of what sort.
hulpon pret. pl. of helpan.
hulu f. husk, pod, WW. [‘hull’]
hūluco (AO) = hūlic
huma = uma [[headword spelled “ūma”]]
humele = hymele
hūmen (VHy) = ȳmen [[headword spelled “ymen”]]
hūmeta adv. in what way, how, Æ.
huncettan to limp, halt, #RPs# 17^46.
hund I. n. hundred, A, AO, Mk; Æ; (in comp.) decade. [‘hund’] II. m. hound, dog, Bo, CP, Jud; Æ, AO.
hundæhtatig (VPs) = hundeahtatig
hundællef- (-ændlæf-) = hundendlufon-
hundeahtatig num. ‘eighty,’ Æ.
hundeahtatigwintere eighty years old, Æ.
hundend-lufontig, -leftig (æ^2) hundred and ten.
hund-endlufontigoða, -ælleftiogoða hundred and tenth, CP.
hundesbēo f. dog’s parasite, WW 380^21.
hundescwelcan pl. colocynth berries, WW 364^31.
hundesflēoge f. dog’s parasite, AO.
hundeshēafod n. snapdragon, #Lcd#.
hundeslūs f. dog’s parasite, Æ.
hundes-micge, -tunge f. cynoglossum (plant), #Lcd#.
hundeswyrm m. dog’s parasite, dog’s worm, WW 122^25.
hundfeald hundredfold, Æ. [‘hundfold’]
hundfrēa m. centurion, MtL 22^19 mg.
hundlic of or like dogs, canine, Æ.
hundnigontēoða ninetieth, Æ.
hundnigontig ninety, Æ.
hundnigontigwintre ninety years old, Æ.
hund-red, -rað n. ‘hundred’ (number), G, Ps, WW, MtL (að); Æ: hundred (political district): hundred-court, or assembly of the men of a hundred. hundredes ealdor, mann head of the hundred court, centurion.
hundredgemōt n. hundred-moot, LL.
hundredmann m. centurion, Æ.
hundredpenig m. contribution levied by the sheriff or lord of the hundred for the support of his office, TC 432; 433.
hundreð (MkR) = hundred
hundseofontig num. seventy, Æ.
hundseofontigfeald seventy-fold, Æ.
hundseofontigoða seventieth, CP (io^2, io^4).
hundseofontigwintre seventy years old, Æ.
hundtēontig hundred, Æ.
hundtēontig-feald, -fealdlic hundredfold. adv. -līce, W 237^9.
hundtēontiggēare being of the age of a hundred, Æ.
hundtēontigwintre a hundred years old, NC 303.
hundtwelftig num. hundred and twenty, Æ, AO.
hundtwentig num. hundred and twenty, Æ.
hundtwentigwintre aged a hundred and twenty, Æ.
hundwealh m. servant who looked after dogs, WW 111^25 (æ^2).
hundwelle a hundred-fold, MtL 13^8.
hundwintre aged a hundred years, Æ.
hūne f. horehound, #Lcd#.
hū ne nū ‘nonne,’ #RPs# 52^5; Hy 6^6.
hunger = hungor
hungerbiten hunger-bitten, starving, #Chr# 1096.
hungergēar n. famine year, Æ.
hungerlǣwe famishing, starving, LHy 3^5.
hungerlic hungry, famishing, WW.
hungor m. ‘hunger,’ desire, An, Cr, VPs, WW; CP: famine, Æ, Mt, Chr.
hungrig ‘hungry,’ famishing, MtL, Gu; Æ, AO.
hungur = hungor
hunig n. ‘honey,’ AO, VPs; Æ, CP.
hunigæppel m. pastille? ball of honey? OET (Cp 1512).
hunigbǣre honeyed, OEG.
hunigbin f. vessel for honey, LL 455[17].
hunigcamb f. ‘honey-comb,’ Sc 50^9.
hunigflōwende flowing with honey, #Gu# 1250.
huniggafol n. rent paid in honey, LL 448[4,5].
hunigsūge f. honeysuckle? clover? privet? Cp, WW. [‘honeysuck’]
hunigswēte ‘honey-sweet,’ mellifluous, Æ.
hunigtēar m. honey which drips from the comb.
hunigtēar-en, -lic nectar-like, #Gl#.
huni-sūge, -sūce = hunigsūge
hūnspora m. ‘dolon,’ pike? Cp 356#d#.
hunta m. huntsman, Æ, AO: a kind of spider, Lcd 54a. [‘hunt’]
huntað = huntoð
huntaðfaru f. hunting expedition, LL 252[22].
±huntian, huntgan to ‘hunt’ (intr.), Lcd, WW; (tr.) Æ.
hunticge f. huntress, A 6·188.
huntigspere n. hunting-spear, WW.
huntigystre = hunticge
huntoð, huntnoð, huntnold, huntnað m. hunting, what is caught by hunting, game, prey, Æ, Ct, Lcd; AO. [‘hunteth’]
huntung f. ‘hunting,’ WW: a hunt, chase, DR: what is hunted, game, ES 37·188.
hūnðyrlu np. holes in the upper part of a mast, WW 288^15.
hūon == hwōn
hupbān, huppbān = hypbān
-hupian v. on-h.
hupseax n. hip-sword, short sword, dagger. [hup- = hype-]
hurnitu = hyrnetu [[under “hyrnet”]]
hūru adv. at least, at all events, however, nevertheless, yet, even, only, LL; Æ: about, not less than, AO: surely, truly, certainly, indeed, especially, CP. h. swīðost most particularly. [‘hure’]
hūruðinga at least, especially, Æ.
hūs n. ‘house,’ B, G, RB; Æ, AO, CP: dwelling-place, El, Ph: household, JnL: family, race, Ps.
±hūsa m. member of a household, G.
hūsærn n. dwelling-house, NC 303.
hūsbonda (ō^2?) m. householder, master of a house, Mt, Chr. [‘husband’]
hūsbonde f. mistress of a house, Æ.
hūsbryce (e^2, i^2) m. housebreaking, burglary, LL. [‘housebreach’]
hūsbrycel m. housebreaking, burglary, WW 205^28.
hūsbryne m. burning of a house, Ct.
hūsbunda = hūsbonda
hūsc n. mockery, derision, scorn, insult, Gen, WW. [‘hux’]
hūscarl m. one of the household corps, member of the king’s bodyguard, Chr, KC. [‘housecarl’; ON.]
hūsclic shameful, ignominious, Æ. adv. -līce.
hūscword n. insulting speech, An. [v. ‘hux’]
hūsel = hūsl
hūselbox receptacle of the host, ÆP 178^6.
hūselhālgung f. attendance at the eucharist, communicating, Æ.
hūsellāf f. remains of the eucharist, LL (358^22).
hūselportic (u^2) m. sacristy, BH 94^10.
hūsfæst adj. occupying a house, Ct.
hūshefen m. ceiling, WW 432^8. [heofon]
hūshlāford m. master of the house, Æ.
hūshlēow n. housing, shelter, LL (282^25); W 74^4.
±hūsian to ‘house,’ receive into one’s house, LL.
hūsincel n. habitation, DR, #VPs#.
hūsl (-sel, -sul) n. ‘housel,’ eucharist, Lord’s supper, Æ, BH: the host, LL: a sacrifice, MtL 12^7.
hūslbearn (-ul) n. communicant, #Gu# 531.
hūsldisc m. housel-dish, paten.
hūsl-fæt n. nap. -fatu sacrificial or sacramental vessel.
hūslgang m. going to, partaking of the eucharist, Æ.
hūslgenga m. communicant, v. LL 2·263.
hūslian to administer the sacrament, LL. [‘housel’]
hūslðēn m. acolyte, LL.
hūslung f. administration of the sacrament, Æ. [‘houseling’]
hūslwer (-el) m. communicant, #Gu# 768.
hūsrǣden f. household, family, #LPs#.
±hūsscipe m. house (e.g. of Israel), race.
hūsstede m. site of a house, #Lcd#.
hūsting n. tribunal, court (esp. in London), Chr. [‘husting’]
hūsul = hūsl
hūsul- = hūs(e)l-
hūswist f. home, #LPs# 5^8.
hūð f. plunder, booty, prey, Æ.
hūx == hūsc
hwā mf., hwæt n. pron. (interrog.) ‘who,’ what, Æ, AO, CP: (indef.) any one, some one, anything, something, Æ, AO, CP: each. swā hwā swā whosoever. swā hwæt swā whatsoever. tō hwǣm wherefore.
+hwā each one, every one, any one, whoever.
+hwǣde slight, scanty, small, young, Æ.
hwæder (CP) = hwider
+hwǣdnes f. fewness, insignificance: fineness, subtlety.
hwǣg (ē) n? ‘whey,’ LL.
hwæl I. (usu. hwal-in obl. cases) m. ‘whale,’ walrus, Æ, AO. II. pret. 3 sg. of hwelan. III. = hwall. IV. (#Ex# 161) = wæln?
hwælan like a whale? #Sol# 263.
hwælhunta m. whale-fisher, whaler, Æ, AO.
hwælhuntað m. whale-fishery, whaling, AO.
hwælmere † m. sea.
hwælweg (wæl-) m. sea, #Seaf# 63.
hwæm = hwemm
hwǣm ds. of hwā, hwæt.
+hwǣmlic each, every, LkL 9^23.
-hwǣnan v. ā-hw.
hwæne = hwone, asm. of hwā.
hwǣne = hwēne
hwænne, hwæne (‘when’) = hwonne
hwær == hwer
hwǣr (ā) adv. and conj. ‘where,’ whither, Æ: somewhere, anywhere, everywhere, Æ, CP. wel h. nearly everywhere. swā hw. swā wheresoever, wherever. elles hw. elsewhere. hwǣr...hwǣr here...there.
+hwǣr everywhere, in all directions, Æ: on every occasion, always.
hwærf == hwearf
hwærfan = hwierfan
hwærflung = hwyrflung
hwæs I. sharp, piercing, #Cr# 1444. II. gs. of hwā, hwæt.
hwǣsan^7 (ē) to ‘wheeze,’ breathe hard, Æ.
hwǣst? blowing, v. OEG 2452n.
hwǣstrian (ā) to murmur, mutter, NG.
hwǣstrung (ā) f. murmur, whispering, muttering.
hwæt I. (neut. of hwā, which see) adv. why, wherefore: indeed, surely, truly, for: interj. what! lo! (calls attention to a following statement) ah! behold! Æ. II. adj. (obl. cases have hwat-) sharp, brisk, quick, active: bold, brave, AO. III. (CP) pres. 3 sg. of hwettan.
+hwæt (Cr) neut. of +hwā. [‘i-hwat’]
hwǣte (ē) m. ‘wheat,’ corn, Æ, CP. [hwīt]
hwætēadig very brave, #El# 1195?
hwǣtecorn n. corn of wheat, #Lcd# 13a.
hwǣtecynn n. wheat, #PPs# 147^3.
hwǣtegryttan pl. wheaten groats, WW 141^20.
hwǣtehealm m. wheat straw, #Lcd# 49a.
hwǣteland m. wheat-land, KC 3·159^21.
hwǣtemelu n. wheat-meal, #Lcd# 126a.
hwǣten ‘wheaten,’ Æ.
hwǣtesmedma m. wheat-meal, #Lcd#.
hwǣtewæstm m. corn, #CPs# 77^25.
hwæthwara = hwæthwugu
hwæt-hwugu, -hwigu, -hugu, -hwega, -hwegu, -hwygu pron. and adv. somewhat, slightly, a little, something.
hwæt-hwugununges (CP), -hweganunges, -huguningas adv. somewhat.
hwætlīce adv. quickly, promptly.
hwætmōd † bold, courageous.
±hwætnes f. quickness, activity.
hwætrēd ‡ firm, determined. [rēd = rǣd]
hwætscipe m. activity, vigour, boldness, bravery, AO, CP.
hwæðer (e) I. adj. pron. which of two, ‘whether,’ Æ. swā hw. swā whichever. hwæðer...ðe whether...or: each of two, both: one of two, either, CP. II. conj. (with subj.) and adv. whether, Æ, CP.
+hwæðer both, either, each.
hwæðere, hwæð(ð)re I. adv. however, yet, nevertheless, still, Æ, AO, CP. II. = hwæðer adv.
+hwæðere nevertheless.
+hwæðeres everywhere.
hwal- v. hwæl.
hwalf = hwealf I.
hwall (= æ) forward, bold, WW 499^17; 532^32. [hwelan]
hwām ds. of hwā, hwæt.
hwamm (o) m. corner, angle, prominence, Æ, CP: porch.
hwamstān (o^1) m. corner-stone, MtL 21^42.
hwan = hwon instr. of hwæt.
hwān = hwām
hwanan = hwanon
hwane = hwone asm. of hwā.
hwanne = hwonne
hwanon, hwanone adv. whence, Æ.
+hwanon adv. from every quarter.
hwanonhwegu adv. from anywhere.
hwār, hwāra = hwǣr
hwāst- = hwǣst-
hwasta? m. eunuch, Mt, WW.
hwat- v. hwæt.
hwat-a I. m. augur, soothsayer, Æ. II. (æ), -an fpl. augury, divination.
hwatend ‘iris Illyrica’ (plant).
hwatung f. augury, divination, LL.
hwēal (WW 162^25) = ðwēal
hwealf I. concave, hollow, arched, vaulted. II. f. vault. [cp. Ger. gewölbe]
hwealhafoc = wealhhafoc [[headword spelled “-hāfoc”]]
hwealp = hwelp
hwearf I. † m. crowd, troop, concourse. [hweorfan] II. (a, e, eo) m. exchange: what is exchanged: (+) vicissitude: error, MtR 27^64: going, distance, LkLR 24^13. III. pret. 3 sg. of hweorfan.
hwearfan = hwierfan
hwearfian to turn, roll or toss about, revolve, wave, CP: change: wander, move, pass by, AO.
hwearflic changing, mutable, transitory: quick, agile, #Fin# 35? adv. -līce in turn.
+hwearfnes f. conversion, CP 447^13.
hwearft m. revolution, circuit, circle: lapse (of time).
hwearftlian (y) to revolve, turn round, Æ.
hwearfung f. revolution: change, vicissitude: exchange.
hwebbung = webbung
hweder = hwider
+hwēdnes (#KGl#) = +hwǣdnes
hwēg = hwǣg
hwegl = hwēol
hwelan^4 (y) to roar, rage.
hwelc (AO, CP) == hwilc
±hwelian, hwellan? to suppurate, CP: cause to suppurate.
hwelp (ea, y) m. ‘whelp,’ the young of an animal, cub, AO.
hwelung f. din, WW 423^20.
hwem = hwemm
hwemdragen sloping, slanting, #Bl# 207^17.
hwemm (æ) m. corner, angle, Æ. [hwamm]
hwemman to bend, turn, incline, #Chr# 1052.
hwēne (ǣ) adv. somewhat, a little, Æ, AO, CP. [instr. of hwōn]
hweogl = hwēol
hwēol, hweogul, hweohl n. ‘wheel,’ #Bo#; Mdf.
hwēolfāg having a circular border or decoration, WW 375^32.
hwēollāst m. orbit, DHy 93^17.
hwēolrād f. rut, Cp 233#o#.
hwēop pret. 3 sg. of hwōpan.
+hweorf converted, MtR 18^3 (+werf): active? #Cra# 68.
hweorfa m. whorl of a spindle.
±hweorfan^3 (o, u) to turn, change. feohtan mid hweorfendum sigum to fight with varying success, AO: move, go, come: wander about, roam, go about: turn back, return, turn from, depart: die: be converted.
hweorfbān (u, y) n. joint, kneecap.
hweorfian (e) to return, AS.
hwēos pret. 3 sg. of hwǣsan.
hweoða = hwiða
hweowl, hweowol = hwēol
hwer (æ, y) m. pot, basin, bowl, kettle, caldron, Æ.
+hwēr = +hwǣr
hwerbān = hweorfbān
hwerf I. m. ‘wharf,’ dam or bank to keep out water, EC 299. II. = hwearf
hwerf- = hwearf-, hweorf-, hwierf-
hwergen adv. only in phr. elles hwergen elsehere.
hwerhwette f. cucumber.
hwēsan (Æ) = hwǣsan
hwēt == wǣt
hwēte (#KGl#) = hwǣte
hwete-, hwet-stān m. whetstone, AO.
±hwettan to ‘whet,’ sharpen, incite, encourage, Æ, CP. [hwæt]
-hwette v. hwer-h.
hweðer = hwæðer
hweðre = hwæðere
hwī = hwȳ
hwicce f. locker, chest, trunk, OEG 18b^11.
hwicung f. squeaking (of mice), GD 185^4 (#c#).
hwider (æ) adv. ‘whither,’ Æ, AO, CP. swā hw. swā wherever, whithersoever.
+hwider in every direction, everywhere, anywhere, whithersoever.
hwiderryne adj. directed whither, Ln 43^33.
hwīe = hwȳ
-hwielfan (e, y) v. ā-, be-, of-hw. [hwealf]
±hwierfan (æ, e, ea, i, y) to turn, change, convert, return, CP: wander, move, go, depart, AO: exchange, barter: (+) overturn, destroy. [hwearf]
+hwierfednes (y) f. conversion, BH.
-hwierfere v. pening-hw. [[headword spelled “-hwyrfere”]]
hwig = hwȳ
hwīl f. ‘while,’ time, Æ, CP: a long time. hwīle (ðe) while, whilst, meanwhile. nū hwīle just now, a while ago. ealle hwīle all the while. ōðre hwīle...ōðre hwīle at one time...at another time.
hwilc (e, y) interrog. pron. and adj. which, what: (indef.) whosoever, whichever: any (one), some (one). swā hw. swā whosoever, whatever.
+hwilc each, every (one), all, many, whoever, whatever. ānra +hw. each one.
hwilchwega = hwilchwugu
hwilc-hwene, -hwone pron. some, some one.
hwilc-hwugu, -hugu (hwilc is declined) pron. any, some, some one, AO, CP.
±hwilcnes f. quality, Æ.
hwīlen passing, transitory, #Whale# 87.
hwīlende (#Sc#), hwīlendlic (CP) = hwīlwendlic
hwileð pres. 3 sg. of hwelan.
hwīlhwega adv. for some time.
hwīlon (Æ) = hwīlum
hwilpe f. curlew? #Seaf# 21. [Du. wilp]
hwīlsticce n. interval, short space of time, odd moment, WW 420^28, GD 254^24.
hwīltīdum adv. sometimes, at times, Æ, CP. hwīltīdum...hwīltīdum at some times...at others.
hwīlðrāg f. period of time, GD 243^19.
hwīlum adv. (dp. of hwīl) ‘whilom,’ sometimes, once, Æ, CP. hwīlum...hwīlum now...now, at one time...at another. [‘whilom’]
hwīlwende transitory, temporary, Æ.
hwīlwendlic transitory, temporary, temporal, Æ. adv. -līce, Æ.
hwimpel = wimpel
hwīnan^1 to hiss, whizz, whistle. [‘whine’]
hwinsian to whine, NC 303.
hwinsung f. whining, NC 303.
hwirfan = hwierfan
hwirfð pres. 3 sg. of hweorfan.
hwīrlic (#HGl# 434) = hwearflic
hwiscettung f. squeaking (of mice), GD 185^4 (#o#).
hwisprian to ‘whisper,’ murmur, NG.
hwisprung f. whispering, murmuring, JnR 7^12.
hwistle f. reed, whistle, pipe.
hwistlere m. whistler, piper.
hwistlian to ‘whistle,’ hiss, #Nar# 43^17.
hwistlung f. whistling, piping, music.
hwīt I. ‘white’: bright, radiant, glistening, flashing, clear, fair. II. n. white of egg, Æ.
±hwītan to whiten: brighten, polish.
hwītcorn n. manna, JnL 6^31mg.
hwīt-cwidu, -cudu m. mastic, #Lcd#.
hwītehlāf m. white bread.
hwītel (ȳ) m. blanket, cloak, Æ. [hwīt]
hwītfōt white-footed, #Gl#.
hwītian to whiten, become white, be white, Æ.
hwītingmelu n. whiting-powder, #Lcd# 119b.
hwītingtrēow n. whitten tree.
hwītlēac n. onion, WW 353^8.
hwītling m. a kind of fish, whiting? NC 303.
hwīt-loc ‡, -loccede ‡ fair-haired, blonde, #Rd#.
hwītnes f. whiteness, Æ, #Bl#.
hwiða m., hwiðu (eo) f? air, breeze, Æ, CP.
hwol? ‘infigens,’ OEG 37^6.
hwomm = hwamm
hwon form of instr. case of hwā, only found in adverbial phrases like ‘tō hwon, for hwon’ why.
hwōn I. adj. little, few. II. n. a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while. III. adv. somewhat.
hwonan = hwanon
hwone asm. of hwā.
hwōnlic little, small, Æ. adv. -līce, moderately, slightly, little, Æ.
hwōnlotum (= -hlotum) adv. in small quantities, #Gl#.
hwonne adv. when, then, at some time, CP: at any time. nū hw. just now: as long as, until.
hwonon = hwanon
hwōpan^7 † to threaten.
hworfan = hweorfan
hwōsta m. cough, WW. [‘hoast?’]
hwōstan to cough, #Lcd# 96b (hwōsað).
hwoðerian to foam, surge, ÆH 2·388^19. [hwiða]
hwoðrung f. murmur, a low sound, OEG 26^14.
hwu (LWS) = hū
hwugudǣl m. small part, HL 18^346.
hwurf- = hwearf-, hweorf-, hwyrf-
hwurfon pret. pl. of hweorfan.
hwurful fickle, CP. [hweorfan]
hwurfulnes f. inconstancy, mutability, CP.
hwȳ (inst. of hwæt) adv. and conj. ‘why.’ tō hwȳ wherefore.
hwyder (Æ) = hwider
hwylan = hwelan
hwylc == hwilc
hwylca m. tumour, boil, WW 161^17.
hwȳlon = hwīlum
hwylp = hwelp
hwyr = hwer
hwyrf- = hweorf-, hwierf-
hwyrfel m. circuit, exterior, higher part? #Bl# 125^21: (meaning doubtful), EC 328´.
hwyrfepōl m. whirlpool, eddy, WW 383^34.
hwyrflede ‘rotundus,’ v. OEG 23^42.
hwyrflung (æ) f. turning, revolution, month? v. OEG 1992: wandering.
hwyrfnes f. dizziness, giddiness, #Lcd#.
±hwyrft m. turning, circuit, revolution, motion, course, orbit: way out, outlet. +hw. gēares anniversary.
hwyrftlian = hwearftlian
hwyrftweg m. escape, #Rd# 4^6.
hwystl- = wistl-
hwȳtel = hwītel
hȳ = hīe
+hȳan = hēan III.
±hycgan (i) to think, consider, meditate, study: resolve upon, determine, purpose: remember: hope. h. fram be averse to.
hȳd I. ‘hide,’ skin, Chr, LL; AO, CP, Æ. hȳde ðolian to undergo a flogging. II. = hīd
+hȳd I. furnished with a skin, #Nar# 50^5. II. pp. of hēan. III. = +hygd
±hȳdan I. to ‘hide’ (‘i-hede’), conceal, preserve, Bo, CP: (refl. and intr.) hide oneself, CP, Ps: sheath (a sword), bury (a corpse), Æ. II. = hēdan
hȳddern = hēddern
-hydele v. hǣwen-h.
+hȳdelicnes = +hȳðelicnes
hȳdels m. hiding-place, cave, MkR, LL. [‘hidels’]
hyder = hider
hȳdgild (y^2) n. fine to save one’s skin (i.e. instead of flogging), LL. [‘hidegild’]
hȳdig I. leathern, WW 125^35. II. = hygdig
+hȳdnes f. comfort, Cp 210#o#: security, CP 387.
hȳdscip = hȳðscip
hȳf f. ‘hive,’ Cp, Lcd, WW.
+hygd (i), hygd (at #PPs# 120^4) fn. mind, thought: reflection, forethought.
hygdig heedful, thoughtful, careful: chaste, modest. adv. -līce chastely.
hygdignes f. chastity, modesty, DR.
hyge (i) † m. thought, mind, heart, disposition, intention, Seaf, Da: courage: pride, #Gen# 354. [‘high’]
hygebend mf. heart-strings, B 1878.
hygeblind mentally blind, #Jul# 61.
hygeblīðe † blithe of heart, glad, joyful.
hygeclǣne pure in heart, #PPs# 104^3.
hygecræft † m. power of mind, wisdom.
hygecræftig † wise, prudent.
hȳgedriht f. band of household retainers? #Rim# 21. [hīw]
hygefæst wise, #Rd# 43^14.
hygefrōd wise, #Gen# 1953.
hygefrōfor † f. consolation.
hygegǣlsa hesitating, slow, sluggish, #Ph# 314. [gǣlan]
hygegāl loose, wanton, #Rd# 13^12.
hygegār m. wile, #Mod# 34.
hygegēomor † sad in mind.
hygeglēaw † prudent in mind.
hygegrim savage, cruel, #Jul# 595.
hygelēas (e, i) thoughtless, foolish, rash, Æ.
hygelēaslic (i) unbridled, OEG 3170.
hygelēast f. heedlessness, folly, Æ.
hygemǣðum (i) reverently, B 2909.
hygemēðe sad, saddening, B 2442.
hygerōf † stout-hearted, brave.
hygerūn f. secret, #El# 1099.
hygesceaft f. mind, heart, #Gen# 288.
hygesnottor † sagacious, wise.
hygesorg † f. heart sorrow, anxiety.
hygestrang (i) brave, #Men# 42.
hygetēona † m. injury, insult.
hygetrēow f. fidelity, #Gen# 2367.
hygeðanc † m. thought.
hygeðancol † thoughtful, wise.
hygeðihtig (i^1) courageous, B 746.
hygeðrymm (i^1) m. courage, B 339.
hygeðrȳð (i) f. pride, insolence, #Gen# 2238.
hygewælm ‡ m. agitation of mind, anger.
hygewlanc † haughty, proud.
hyggean = hycgan
hȳglā (#LPs#) = hīglā
hȳhsan = hȳscan [[headword spelled “hyscan”]]
hȳhst v. hēah.
hyht (e, i) mf. (±) hope, trust, Bl, Ps; Æ, CP: joy, exultation: (±) desire, expectation: (+) comfort. [‘hight’]
±hyhtan (i) to hope, trust, Ps: rejoice, exult, be glad: soften (hardship), #Guth# 86^8. [‘hight’]
+hyhtendlic to be hoped for, GD 269^13.
hyhtful (e, i) hopeful: full of joy, mirthful, pleasant, glad.
hyhtgiefu f. pleasing gift, #Rim# 21.
hyhtgifa m. giver of joy, #El# 852.
hyhting (i^1) f. exultation, WW 233^42.
hyhtlēas (i^1) unbelieving, #Gen# 2387.
hyhtlic † hopeful, joyful, pleasant. adv. -līce.
+hyhtlic commodious.
hyhtplega † m. joyous play, sport.
hyhtwilla † m. hoped-for joy.
hyhtwynn † f. joy of hope, joy.
hȳhðo = hīehðu
hyl = hyll
hylc (i) m. bend, turn, #Gl#.
+hylced divergent, GPH 398.
hyld (e, i) m. grace, Gen: loyalty, fidelity, Chr (e), LL. [‘held’]
hyldan I. (e) = hieldan. II. to flay, skin, Æ, WW. [‘hild’; hold II.]
hyldāð m. oath of allegiance, LL 396#b#.
hylde f. declivity, slope, KC, WW (e). [‘hield’]
+hyldelic secure, safe, GD 348^10.
hyldemǣg † m. near kinsman.
hyldere m. flayer, butcher, #Gl#. [hold II.]
+hyldig patient, #SPs# 7^12.
hylding f. curve, inclination, WW 382^2. [heald]
hyldo f. favour, grace, kindness, protection: allegiance, loyalty, reverence, AO, CP. [hold I.]
hyldrǣden f. fidelity, TC 610^31 (e^1).
hyldu (Æ) = hyldo
hylest pres. 2 sg. of helan.
hylf (Æ) = hielf
hyll I. mf. ‘hill,’ Æ; Mdf. II. = hell
hyllehāma (i) m. ‘cicada,’ cricket, grasshopper, #Gl#.
+hylman = helmian
-hylman v. for-, ofer-h. [[“oferhylman” only in form “oferhylmend”]]
hylp = help
hylpð pres. 3 sg. of helpan.
hylsten baked (on the hearth), WW 393^31.
hylsung f. ‘tympanum,’ timbrel? (BB 4·82), #EPs# 150^4.
hylt = hielt pres. 3 sg. of healdan.
-hylte v. hēah-h.
hylto = hielto
hylwyrt f. ‘hillwort,’ pulegium, WW.
hym = him
hymblice (#Gl#) = hymlic
Hymbre sbpl. Northumbrians, OET 571.
hymele f. hop plant, WW; Mdf. [L. humulus]
hymelic = hymlic
hȳmen = ȳmen [[headword spelled “ymen”]]
hymlic (e) m., hymlīce f. ‘hemlock,’ Gl, Lcd, WW.
hȳn = hēan
hȳnan (Æ) = hīenan
hynd == hind
-hynde v. six-, twelf-, twi-h.; of-hende.
hynden f. community of 100 men, LL.
hyndenmann m. chief man in the community of 100 men, LL 175; 178.
hyne = hine as. of hē.
±hyngran, hyngrian (i) to be hungry, ‘hunger,’ (impers.) Æ, JnL; (intr.) Cr, Lk: (trans.) hunger for, Mt 5^6.
hyngrig = hungrig
hȳnnes f. persecution, BH 34^5. [hēan]
hynnilǣc (Ep) = ynnilēac [[under “ynnelēac”]]
hȳnð, hȳnðu = hīenðo
+hȳpan (Æ) = +hēapian
hypbān n. hip-bone, WW 201^9.
hype m. ‘hip,’ Bl, WW; Æ, CP.
hȳpe f. heap, Æ.
hypebān = hypbān
hȳpel m. heap, mound, Gl.
hypesex = hupseax
+hypsan (#LPs# 9^25) = hyspan
hypwærc (i^1, e^2) n. pain in the hips, WW 113^15.
hȳr (ī) f. ‘hire,’ wages, Æ, LL: interest, usury, Æ.
hyra gp. of hē, hēo, hit.
hȳra m. servant, follower, mercenary, hireling, CP.
hyran to spit, MkR 14^65. [cp. +horian]
±hȳran = (1) hīeran; (2) hȳrian
hyrcnian = heorcnian
hyrd f. door, #Gen# 2695. [Goth. haúrds]
hyrd-, heord-, hyrwd- = hierd-
hyrdel m. ‘hurdle,’ Æ, WW.
hyre gds. of hēo.
hȳre = hēore
hȳreborg (īe) m. interest an money, WW 515^1.
hȳred = hīered
hȳrefter = hēræfter
hȳre-geoc, -geoht = hȳrgeoht
hȳregilda m. mercenary, hired servant, WW 111^11.
hȳremann = hīeremann [[headword spelled “hīereman”]]
hȳrgeoht n. hired yoke of oxen, LL 24[60].
hyrian to imitate, #Bo#.
hȳrian to ‘hire’ (‘i-hire’), Æ, Mt.
hȳrigmann I. m. hireling, A, Mk. [‘hireman’] II. = hīeremann [[headword spelled “hīereman”]]
hyring f. imitation.
hȳrling m. ‘hireling,’ Mk 1^20.
hȳrmann = hȳrigmann
hyrnan to jut out like a horn, Ct.
hyrne f. angle, corner, CP, Mt; Mdf. [‘hern’]
±hyrned horned, beaked, Lcd; Æ. [‘i-horned’]
hyrnednebba † horny-billed, horn-beaked. [horn]
hyrnen I. of horn, #LRPs# 97^6. II. angular, OEG 7^20.
hȳrnes = hīernes
hyrnet, hyrnetu f. ‘hornet,’ Gl, WW: gadfly? WW 121^12.
hyrnful angular, having many angles, OEG 121.
hyrnig angular, OEG 121.
hyrnstān m. corner-stone, keystone, ÆH 1·106.
hȳroxa m. hired ox, LL 116#b#.
hyrra (#KGl#) = heorra, heorr
hȳrra I. v. hēah. II. = hȳra
hyrst † I. f. (±) ornament, decoration, jewel, treasure: accoutrements, trappings, armour. [Ger. rüstung] II. m. hillock, eminence, height, wood, wooded eminence, Rd, OET; Mdf. [‘hurst’]
hyrst- = hierst-
±hyrstan I. to decorate, adorn, ornament, equip. [Ger. rüsten] II. (+) to murmur, LkLR 15^2. III. = hierstan
hȳrsum == hīersum
hyrtan = hiertan
hyrten = heorten
hyrð f. skin, hide, ES 41·323.
hyrðil (Cp) = hyrdel
+hȳrung f. hiring, WW 213^12.
hyrw- = hierw-
hys = his
hȳsan ?= hȳscan [[headword spelled “hyscan”]]
±hyscan (ea, i) (tr.) to jeer at, deride, reproach, Jul, Ps: (intr.) to rail, utter taunts, W. [‘heascen’]
[[Spelled “hȳscan” in 3 of 5 cross-references, and in compound onhȳscan; first edition also has “hȳscan”.]]
hȳscend (ī) m. reviler, GPH 398.
hyscild (WW 170^12) = hysecild
hyse † nap. hyssas m. son, youth, young man, warrior.
hysebeorðor n. the bearing of male offspring: boy, young man.
hyse-berðling, -byrding m. the bearing of male offspring.
hyseberðre f. woman who bears a son, SHy 50^17. [byrðere]
hysecild n. male child, Æ, AO.
hyserinc m. young man, GD 338^22.
hysewīse adv. after the manner of young men, WW 417^35.
hysope = ysope
hyspan (e, i) pret. hyspde and hyspte to mock, scorn, deride, revile, AO. [hosp]
hyspend m. calumniator, #RPs# 71^4.
+hyspendlic abominable, #LPs# 13^1.
hyspful ridiculous, OEG 11^180.
hysp-nes, -ung f. contumely.
hysse = hyse
hyt I. f. heat, B 2649. [ON. hita; or ? read hāt] II. = hit pron.
hȳt pres. 3 sg. of hȳdan.
hyttan = hittan
hȳð I. f. landing-place, harbour, creek, port, Cp, Guth, Met, Ps; Æ, CP. [‘hithe’] II. f. booty, prey.
+hȳð appropriate, convenient, Æ.
hȳðan (ī) plunder, ravage. [hūð]
±hȳðegian to facilitate.
hȳðegung f. advantage, #Sc# 12^6.
±hȳðelic suitable, proper, convenient, advantageous. adv. -līce.
+hȳðelicnes f. ‘opportunitas,’ NC 345.
hȳðgild n. harbour offering, sacrifice or service, OEG.
hȳðlic belonging to a harbour, WW.
+hȳðlic = +hȳðelic
+hȳðnes f. advantage, ÆL 23b^252: occasion, #EPs# 9^27.
hȳðscip (ī) n. a light, piratical vessel, #Gl#.
hȳðð f. gain, advantage.
+hyððo n. subsistence, ÆL 23b^492.
hȳðweard m. warden of a harbour, B 1915.
hȳw == hīw
+hȳwan = +īewan
hȳxan = hȳscan [[headword spelled “hyscan”]]
=I=
īa (Æ) = gēa
īacessūre = gēacessūre
īacinctus, īacintus m. jacinth, CP. [L. hyacinthus]
īagul = gēagl
iara = gearo
iarwan = gierwan
īb- = īf-
ic pron. (1st pers.) ‘I,’ Cp, Jn. [Ger. ich]
īcan, icean = īecan
īce = ȳce
īcend m. ‘auctor,’ #ÆGr# 48^12. [īecan]
īcestre f. ‘auctrix,’ #ÆGr# 48^12.
icge only in phr. ‘icge gold,’ treasure-gold? rich gold? B 1108.
īdæges adv. on the same day, Æ.
īdel I. (often īdl- in obl. cases) worthless, useless, vain, _Æ, Cp, Gen, Mt, VPs_: empty, desolate, bare, void, destitute, devoid (of), Æ, B, VPs; CP: ‘idle,’ unemployed, Mt. on ī. adv. in vain, Æ. II. n. emptiness, frivolity, idleness, Lcd, LL, Sol (ȳ): inattention, carelessness.
īdelgeorn slothful, idle.
īdelgielp (e^3, i^3) n. empty boasting, vainglory, CP, DHy, WW.
īdelgild n. vain worship, idolatry, Æ.
īdelgildoffrung f. offering to an idol, Æ.
īdelhende empty-handed, empty, Æ, CP.
īdelinga (a^2) ‘frivola,’ GPH 389.
īdellic vain, idle. adv. -līce, VPs. [‘idly’]
īdelnes f. frivolity, vanity, emptiness, falseness, VPs; CP. in (on) īdelnisse in vain: ‘idleness,’ idle, vain existence, LL.
-īdelsprǣce v. fela-ī.
ides virgin: (†) woman, wife, lady, queen.
idig busy? active? (BT); greedy for? desirous of? (GK), #Ph# 407?
īdl- v. īdel.
±īdlian to become useless.
īdol n. idol, LL. [L.]
īe v. ēa.
īecan (ǣ, ē, ēa, ī, ȳ) pret. īecte, īhte to increase, enlarge, add to, augment, prolong, An, Lcd, Lk (ī): (+) fulfil, carry out, RSL 11·486. [‘eche’; ēac]
īecinctus = īacinctus
īecsesūre = gēacessūre
īedel- = īdel-
īeg (īg) f. island. [ēa]
īegbūend m. islander, CP.
īegclif (ēg-) n. sea-cliff, B 2893.
īegland (ē, ī) n. island.
īegstrēam (ē^1) † m. current, river, sea.
īehtan = ēhtan
ielc- = ilc-
ield = ieldo
±ieldan (i, y) to delay, put off, prolong, hesitate, tarry, CP: connive at, dissimulate. [‘eld’; eald]
ieldcian (CP) = elcian
ielde † (e, ea, i, y) mp. men.
ielden (æ) n. delay, BH 400^20.
ieldend (y) m. one who delays.
ieldendlic (e) dilatory, WW 441^2.
ieldest (æ, e, y) superl. of eald (Æ, Mt, CP; ‘eldest’).
ieldesta m. chief.
ieldful (i, y) dilatory, delaying, OEG.
ieldian (y) to put off, delay, Æ.
ielding f. delay, tarrying, CP: dissimulation.
ieldo (æ, e, i, y) f. age, Æ, Gu, Lcd: period: old age, old people, Æ, Bl; CP: an age of the world, Æ, Gu. [‘eld’; eald]
ieldra (y) (comp. of eald) used as sbpl. parents, ancestors, B, Bo, El, Rd. [‘elder’]
ieldrafæder (æld-) m. grandfather, WW 7^34.
ieldu = ieldo
ielfe (y) mp. elves (v. ælf).
ielfen (æ, e, y) f. elf, fairy.
ielfig (y) raving, frantic, mad, WW. [v. ‘giddy’]
iēmung (WW 277^22) = gēmung
ierd = gierd
ierf- v. also yrf-.
ierfe (æ, e, i, y) n. heritage, bequest, property, CP: cattle. [Ger. erbe]
ierfian (i) to inherit, possess: (+) to stock with cattle.
iergan to dishearten. [earg]
iergðu f. remissness, sloth, cowardice, AO. [earg]
ierlic (i) angry, vehement, #ApT#.
±ierman to harass, vex, afflict, CP. [earm]
ierming (eo, e, y) m. person of no account, poor wretch, AO, CP.
iermð, iermðu (e, ea, eo, y) f. misery, distress, poverty, B, Bo, Ps: disease: crime: reproach, calumny, #CPs# 118^134. [‘ermth’; earm]
iernan^3 (æ, i, y; rinnan) pret. 3 sg. arn, orn, pl. urnon; pp. urnen (±) to run, move rapidly, hasten, flow, spread, Æ, AO, CP, Lcd, VPs: pursue, Bo, Ps: cause to move rapidly, turn, grind, AO, BH: (+) get to, attain, meet with: (+) occur (to one’s mind), GD: (+) coagulate, Lcd: (+) grow up. [‘ern’]
ierning (e) f. discharge, flow, NG.
ierre I. (i, y) wandering, erring, perverse, depraved, Ps, Sol: angry, fierce, Æ, Bl, Chr, CP; AO. II. n. anger, Bl, CP, El, Lk. [‘irre’]
ierremōd (y) wrathful, wild, B 726.
ierrenga (eo^1, y^1, i^2, u^2) adv. angrily, fiercely, CP.
ierreðweorh (y) very angry, #Sat# 399?
ierscipe (y) m. anger, #LPs# 9^25.
±iersian (i, io, y) to be angry with, rage: enrage, irritate, CP.
iersigendlic passionate, emotional, Æ (y).
iersung (i, y) f. anger, CP.
iersunga adv. angrily.
ierð- = eorð-, yrð-
iesca (Ep, Erf) = geocsa
iesend, iesende entrails, WW. [= gesen]
ieteð pres. 3 sg. of etan.
īeð adv. comp. (= ēað) easily, An, Met; AO, CP. [‘eath’]
+īeðan (ē) to alleviate, #Gu# 1179: compassionate, GD 216 (ȳ).
īeðe I. easy, good-natured, pleasant, B; AO. II. (†) = ēðe
īeðegean = ȳðgian
īeðelic easy, CP: adv. -līce easily, AO, CP.
īeðnes f. ease, pleasure, CP 425^11.
±īewan (ēa, ēo, ȳ) to show, display, reveal, disclose, point out, CP. [ēage; cp. ēowan]
īfegn = īfig
īfig n. ‘ivy,’ Gl, Lcd, Shr.
īfigbearo ivy-grove, CC 50.
īfig-crop, -croppa m. cluster of ivy berries.
īfiglēaf n. ivy leaf, #Lcd# 117b.
īfig-tearo, -tara n. ivy tar, resin from tar, #Lcd#.
īfiht ivy-covered, KC.
ig = ic
īg = īeg
īgbūend = īegbūend
igdæges = īdæges
igel = īl
igg = īeg
iggað, iggoð, īg(e)oð m. ‘ait,’ eyot, small island, Æ, Chr.
igil, igl (Æ) = īl
īgland (ē) n. ‘island,’ BH, Bo, Chr, Whale.
īgoð, īgð = iggað
ih = ic
īhte pret. 3 sg. of īecan.
īl (igil) m. hedgehog, porcupine, Shr, WW; CP. [‘il’]
īland = īgland
ilca (y) pron. (always wk) the same, An, Bo, Chr, OET; CP. [‘ilk’]
ilce adv. v. swā.
ild- = ield-
ile (y) m. sole of the foot, Æ: callosity, corn, Æ. [cp. Ger. eilen]
ilfetu, ilfe(t)te (y) f. swan, #Gl#; Mdf.
illca = ilca
illeracu f. surfeit, WW 378^15.
+illerocad surfeited, #CVPs# 77^65.
ilnetu (WW 367^27) = ilfetu
ilugsecg v. eolhsecg.
imbe = ymbe II.
imberdling, imbyrdling = inbyrdling
impa? m., impe? f. graft, shoot, scion, CP 381^17. [‘imp’]
impian to ‘imp,’ implant, graft, LL 454[12]: (+) busy oneself with, CP 132^25.
in I. prep. with a. and d. (instr.) (local) ‘in,’ into, upon, on, at, to, among: (temporal) in, at, about, towards, during: (purpose) in, to, for. II. sb. and adv. = inn
in- (v. BH xxxiii ff.) = on-
ināberan^4 (inn-) to bring in, Æ.
inādl f. internal disease, #Lcd#.
inǣlan (#VPs#) = onǣlan
ināgān = ingān
ināgēode = inēode pret. 3 sg. of ingān.
ināsendan to send in.
ināwritting f. inscription, LkL 20^24.
inbærnednes (#CPs# 66); inbærnes (#Gl#) f. burning, incense, frankincense. [= onb-]
inbecweðan^5 to inculcate, WW 429^36.
inbelǣdan to lead in.
inbelūcan^2 to shut, #Bl# 217^26.
inbend mf. internal bond, #Gu# 928.
inber- = on-, in-byr-
inberan to carry in, LL 386[1].
inbernes (#VPs#) = inbærnes [[under “inbærnednes”]]
inbeslēan to hack into (any one), LL 86[74].
inbestingan^3 to penetrate, LL 7[64,2].
inbetȳnednes f. life of a recluse, GD 212^5.
inbewindan^3 to enfold, enwrap.
inbirdling = inbyrdling
inblāwan^7 to inspire, breathe upon, JnR: inflate, puff up, EC. [‘inblow’]
inboden proclaimed. [onbēodan]
inbolgen exasperated. [= onb-]
inboren ptc. indigenous, native, GPH 390. [‘inborn’]
inborh m. bail, security in cases of theft, LL. [‘inborgh’]
inbrēdan^3 to burst in upon, GPH 393.
in-brengan, -bringan to bring in, present, Mk. [‘inbring’]
inbryne (byr) m. conflagration.
inbryrd- = onbryrd-
inbūan to inhabit, MtL 23^21.
inbūend m. inhabitant, WW 210^13.
in-burg, -burh f. hall, WW.
inbyrde born on the estate, Ct.
inbyrdling (e) m. slave born in a master’s house, Æ.
inbyrne (DR) = inbryne
inbyrð pres. 3 sg. of inberan.
inc (Mt, Mk) da. of git, dual pers. pron. [‘inc’]
inca m. question, scruple, suspicion, doubt: grievance, quarrel, grudge, BH. incan witan to have a grudge.
incaðēode = ingeðēode [[form of “ingeðēod”]]
ince = ynce
incēgan to call upon, DR 119^3. [cīgan]
incēgung f. invocation, DR.
incempa m. soldier of the same company, WW 207^6.
incer (y) I. gen. of git, dual pers. pron. II. adj. pron. of or belonging to both of you, Mt. [‘inker’]
+incfullian to offend, scandalize, MtR. [inca]
incga = inca
incit acc. of git, dual personal pronoun.
incleofa (i, y) m. chamber, closet: cave, den.
incniht m. household servant, Æ.
incofa m. inner chamber, ÆL: breast, heart, #Met# 22^18.
incoðu f. internal disease, Æ.
incuman^4 to come in, go into, enter, Æ. [‘income’]
incund interior, internal, inward, secret, Æ, CP. adv. -līce, Æ.
incundnes f. inward conviction, sincerity, W 105^30: inward part, recess, DHy.
incūð strange, extraordinary. adv. -līce.
incyme m. entrance, LV 32.
indǣlan to infuse, DR.
indēpan to dip in, LkL 16^24.
Indisc Indian, Æ.
indrencan = ondrencan
indrīfan^1 to ejaculate, utter, #Sat# 80.
indrihten = indryhten
indrincan^3 to imbibe, drink. indruncen plied with drink.
indryhten distinguished, noble, excellent.
indryhto † f. honour, glory.
ineardian to dwell in, inhabit, #VPs#.
inēddisc n. household stuff, furniture, WW 147^32. [ȳddisc]
inelfe = innelfe
inerfe = innierfe
infær n. ingress, entrance, entry, Æ, WW. [‘infare’]
infæreld n. in-coming, entrance, Æ: interior: vestibule.
infangene-ðēof, infangen-ðēf sb. right of judging thieves caught within the limits of one’s jurisdiction, and of taking the fines for the crime, Ct; v. LL 2·523. [‘infangthief’]
infaran^6 I. to enter, Æ, Jn. [‘infare’] II. = innefaran
infaru f. incursion, inroad, #Chr# 1048.
infeallan^7 to fall in, #VPs#.
infeccan to fetch in, #Bl# 175^1.
infēran to enter in, Æ.
infiht n. brawl in a house, LL 597´.
infindan^3 to find, discover, NG.
inflēde † full of water.
inflēon^2 to fly from, #Rim# 44.
infōster n. bringing up, rearing, LL 396´.
infrōd † very aged, experienced.
ing I. name of the rune for =ng=. II. = ging, geong
-ing suffix, as in earming, lytling (originally patronymic).
in-gān anv. pret. -ēode to go in, enter, BH, Mt. [‘ingo’]
ingang m. ingress, entrance, access, beginning, BH, Ps (inn-): entrance fee. [‘ingang’]
ingangan^7 to go in, enter, Æ.
ingebed n. earnest prayer, #PPs# 87^2.
ingeberigan (NG) = onbyrgan
ingebringan^3 to bring in, LL 150´.
inge-cīgan, -cēgan ‘invocare,’ #VPs#; #CPs# 90^15.
ingedōn anv. to put in, BH 434^20.
ingedrincan (GPH 391) = indrincan
ingefeallan^7 ‘incidere,’ #Ps#.
ingefeoht n. internal war, BH.
ingefolc n. native race, #Ex# 142.
ingehrif (-gerif) n. womb, #LPs# 21^8.
inge-hygd, -hȳd (Æ), -hīd f. consciousness, mind, conscience, sense, understanding: intention, purpose, design.
ingehygdnes f. intention, #LPs# 48^5.
ingelǣdan = inlǣdan
ingelaðian to invite.
ingemang v. gemang prep.
ingemynd † fn. recollection, memory, mind.
ingemynde well-remembered, #El# 896.
ingenga m. visitor, intruder, B 1776.
ingeongan (NG) = ingangan
ingēotan^2 to pour in, fill.
ingēoting (yn- ?= ymb-) f. inpouring, OEG.
ingerec n. broil, BH. [= ungerec]
ingerif = ingehrif
ingeseted placed in, inserted.
ingesteald household goods, B 1155.
ingeswel n. internal swelling, WW 113^5.
ingeðanc mn. thought, mind, conscience, intention, Æ, CP.
ingeðēod † f. nation.
ingeweaxen implanted, WW 427^8.
ingewinn n. civil war, AO 88^29.
ingewitnes f. consciousness, conscience, BH.
ingong (CP) = ingang
ingyte m. pouring in, infusion, inspiration, CM 424. [gēotan]
inhǣtan to inflame, GD 29^9.
inhebban (#Cr# 313) = onhebban
inheldan = onhieldan
inheord f. herd kept by the lord on his lands, LL 449[7].
inhīred m. family, household, Æ.
in-hīwan, -hīgan sbpl. members of a household or community, servants.
inhold loyal in heart, #Lcd# 3·442^28.
inhȳrnes f. possession, EC 364´.
inilfe = innelfe
ininnan = oninnan
inlād f. right of water-passage inland: entrance-fee.
inlǣdan ‘inducere,’ to introduce, NG.
inlænd- = inlend-
±inlagian to reverse sentence of outlawry, Chr, LL. [‘inlaw’]
inland n. land in the lord’s own occupation, domain, demesne.
inlaðian to invite.
inlaðigend m. inviter, #Sc# 170^12.
inlec = inlic
inlēgan (#VPs#) = onlīegan [[error for “onlicgan”?]]
inlēhtan = inlīhtan
inlenda m. native, #Gl#.
in-lende, -lendisc native, indigenous.
inlēohtan = inlīhtan
inlic internal, interior, inward, BH: native. adv. -līce inwardly: thoroughly, sincerely, heartily, BH, Bo. [‘inly’]
inlīchomung f. incarnation, DR.
±inlīhtan (= on-) to shine, illuminate, enlighten.
inlīhtend m. illuminator, DR 2^6.
inlīhtian (= on-) to illuminate, enlighten, NG.
inlīhtnes f. illumination, #VPs#.
inliðewāc = unliðuwāc [[headword spelled “unliðowāc”]]
inlīxan to become light, dawn, LkL 23^54.
inlocast superl. adv. innermost, most heartily. [inlīce]
inlȳhtan = inlīhtan
inmearg n. marrow, GPH 397.
inmēde close to one’s heart, important in one’s estimation, RB; #Bk# 15.
inn I. n. dwelling, apartment, lodging, chamber, house, Æ, Mt; AO: quartering oneself (of soldiers). [‘inn’] II. adv. in, inwards, within, inside of: into. inn on into.
inn- = in-
inna (LkL) = innoð
innan I. prep. (w. a. g. d.) from within, B: within, in, into, G, Gen, Lcd; CP. II. adv. within, inside, in, AO. [‘inne’]
innanbordes adv. (within borders), at home, CP.
innanburhware sbpl. residents within the walls of a town, TC 510^31.
innancund inner, inward, internal: thorough, hearty.
innane = innan II.
innanweard = inweard
innað = innoð
innāwritting (LkL) = onwrīting
inne adv. in, inside, within, in-doors, A, AO, BH, Chr, Ct, Lcd.
inne- = inn-, in-
innecund adj. inward, CP 139.
inne-faran, -foran bowels, #Lcd#.
innelfe n. bowels: womb.
innemest (superl. of inne) adj. ‘inmost,’ Sc: most intimate, deep or close, CP. adv. inmost.
innera (compar. of inne) ‘inner,’ interior, WW: mental, spiritual, BH, LL, Sc.
inneð = innoð
inne-weard, -werd = inweard
innheardmann m. one of the household troops, MtL 8^9. [inhīred]
innhere m. home force, native army, #Chr# 1006#e#.
innian to go in, Bo: (±) put up, lodge, Chr 1048: (+) include: (+) fill, restore, make good, Æ. [‘inn’]
innierfe (e^2) n. household stuff, furniture, goods, #Bo# 31^19.
innifli (Cp 115#i#) = innelfe
inniht (WW 450^21) = incniht?
innīwian to renew, DR 168^12.
innon = innan
innor (ÆGr) compar. of inne. [‘inner’]
innoð mf. inside, entrails, stomach, womb, breast, heart, BH, Bo, G; Æ, CP.
innoðmægen (e^3) n. strength, EHy 5^16.
innoðtȳdernes f. weakness of the bowels, #Lcd# 105a.
innoðwund f. internal wound, #Lcd# 88b.
innra = innera
innung f. dwelling: contents, takings, revenue, Bo, KC. [‘inning’]
innweardlīce = inweardlīce
innweorud n. retainers, household, #Wid# 111.
innylfe = innelfe
inorf n. household goods, furniture.
inra (Æ) = innera
inræcan ‘ingesserunt,’ WW 420^18 (v. A 31·532).
inrǣsan to rush upon.
inrēcels n. incense, LkR 1^9.
insæglung = inseglung
insǣte adj. dependent, WW 185^9.
insætnes = insetnes
inscēawere m. inspector, DR 194.
inscēawung f. inspection, view, NG.
insceðende = unsceððende [[redirected to “unscæððende”]]
in-segel, -segl (æ) n. seal, signet, Æ, Ct. [‘inseil’; L.]
±inseglian (æ) to seal, LL; ÆL. [‘inseil’]
inseglung f. sealing, seal, Æ (æ).
insendan to send in, put in, #VPs#.
insetnes f. regulation, DR.
insettan to institute, BH, JnL.
insigle n. seal, signet. [insegel]
insiht f. narrative, JnL.
insittende sitting within, #Rd# 47^7.
insmoh m. slough, MH 162^11.
insōcn f. brawl in a house, LL 597[80,12].
insomnian to gather in, BH 274^1.
inspinn n. spindle, WW.
instæpe I. m. entrance, ÆH 1·84. II. = instæpes
instæpes adv. forthwith, directly.
instæppan (Æ) = insteppan
instandan^6 (o^2) to be present, DR.
instandendlic (o^2) required for present use, MtR 6^11.
instede (y) immediately, NG.
in-stepe, -stepes = instæpes
insteppan^6 (æ) to go in, enter, Æ.
instice m. internal stitching pain, #Lcd#.
instīgan^1 to climb in, GD 24.
instihtian to appoint, arrange, LkL p2^6.
insting = onsting
instyde = instede
inswān m. lord’s swineherd, LL 447.
inswōgan^7 to invade, BH 278^8.
inswōgennes f. onrush, BH 110^33.
intiga (#KGl#) = intinga
intimb- = ontimb-
intinga m. matter, business, Æ: cause: fault. butan intingan in vain, emptily.
intō prep. with d. (instr.), a. into, to, against, in, Æ.
intrahtnung f. interpretation, MtL p2^7.
inðer adv. apart, MtR 17^1.
inðicce crass, thick, MtL 13^15.
inðīnen f. female servant, GPH 401.
inðing (N) = intinga
inðwēan = onðwēan
in-wærc, -wræc m. internal pain.
inwǣte f. internal humour, #Lcd# 97a.
inweard I. (innan-, inne-) adj. internal, inward, inner, intrinsic, deep, sincere, earnest, Æ, B, Bo, Cr. as sbn. inward parts, Æ, WW. II. adv. within: mentally, spiritually, LkL. [‘inward’]
inweardlic (e) internal, Lcd: sincere, W. adv. -līce ‘inwardly,’ Æ: deeply, thoroughly, heartily, sincerely, Æ, Met.
inwendan to change, #VPs#.
inweorc n. indoor work, LL 454[11].
inwerd- = inweard-
inwid == inwit
inwidda m. adversary, enemy.
inwise f. condiment, #Lcd# 69a.
inwit I. n. evil, deceit, guile. II. adj. wicked, malign, deceitful.
inwitfeng m. spiteful clutch, B 1447.
inwitflān m. treacherous shaft, #Mod# 37.
inwitful wicked, crafty.
inwitgæst m. evil guest, B 2670.
inwitgecynd n. evil nature, #Sol# 329.
inwitgyren f. treacherous snare, #PPs# 139^5.
inwithlemm ‡ (id) m. treacherous wound.
inwithrōf m. unfriendly roof, B 3123.
inwitnet n. net of malice, B 2167.
inwitnīð † m. cunning hostility.
inwitrūn † f. evil, crafty counsel.
inwitscear m. murderous attack, B 2478.
inwitsearo n. artful intrigue, B 1101.
inwitsorh † f. sorrow.
inwitspell n. tale of woe, #Gen# 2024.
inwitstæf † m. wickedness, evil.
inwitðanc † m. malicious thought, hostile intent.
inwitwrāsn † f. hostile fetter.
inwræc = inwærc
inwrītere m. writer, secretary, ZDA 31·23.
inwritting f. inscription.
inwund f. internal wound, #Lcd# 70a.
inwunenes f. persistence, WW 426^5.
inwunung f. residence in, NC 304.
io- = geo-
īo (= īu) == gēo
ioc == geoc
iom = eom
ionna (N) adv. within.
ionnað = innoð
īor † m. name of a river-fish (eel?): name of the rune for =io=.
iorning = ærning
iornð = iernð pres. 3 sg. of iernan.
iorsian (#KGl#) = iersian
Īotas mpl. the Jutes.
īow m. = īw
īowan = īewan
ippingīren = yppingīren
īren == īsen
irfe = ierfe
irgian = eargian
Iringes weg m. milky way, WW 53^23.
irm- = ierm-; iern-
irn- = iern-, eorn-
irre == ierre
irs- = iers-
irsenhelm = īsenhelm
irðling = yrðling
is pres. 3 sg. of eom, anv.
īs n. ‘ice,’ BH, Met, PPs: (pl.) pieces of ice, BH: name of the rune for =i=.
īsærn (#Gl#) = īsearn
īsceald † icy cold, Met, Seaf. [‘icecold’]
ise (N) = gise [[headword spelled “gīse”]]
īsearn (æ, e) m. halcyon, kingfisher.
īsen I. (īsern, īren) n. ‘iron,’ Æ, BH, CP, Gl, LL: iron instrument, Lcd: fetter, Ps: (†) iron weapon, sword, B: ordeal of red-hot iron, LL 230[6]. [Ger. eisen] II. adj. of iron, ‘iron,’ Æ, B, Bl, CP, Da.
īsenbend † (īr-) mf. iron bond, fetter.
īsenbyrne (īsern-) f. iron corslet, B 671.
isend = iesend
īsenesmið = īsensmið
īsenfetor (īsern-) f. iron fetter, #Gl#.
īsengelōma (īr-) m. iron instrument, #Nar# 9^19.
īsengræf m. iron-mine? KC 5·234^28.
īsengrǣg (grēi) ‘iron-grey,’ WW.
īsenheard (īr-) hard as iron, B 112. [‘iron-hard’]
īsenhearde f. (‘iron-hard’), black centaury, vervain, knapweed, Lcd.
īsenhelm (irsen-) m. iron helmet, WW 142^2.
īsenhere (-ern) m. iron-clad army, #Ex# 348.
īsenhyrst adj. with iron fittings, KC.
īsenordāl (ȳ) n. ordeal by iron, LL.
īsenōre f. iron mine, #Gl#.
īsen-panna m., -panne f. frying pan, #Gl#.
īsenscofl f. iron shovel, #Gl# (īsernscobl).
īsenscūr f. shower of arrows, B 3116 (-ern).
īsensmið m. blacksmith.
īsenswāt m. dross of iron? #Lcd#.
īsentang f. snuffers, WW 327^14.
īsenðrēat m. iron clad troop, B 330 (īr-).
īsenwyrhta m. blacksmith, WW 310^33.
isern = iesende [[under “iesend”]]
īsern (1) == īsen; (2) = īsearn
īsgebind n. fetters of ice, B 1113.
īsgeblǣd (ȳ) n. ice-blister, chilblain? #Lcd#.
īsig ‘icy,’ Met: shining? glistening? covered with ice? B 33.
īsigfeðera with frosted wings, #Seaf# 24.
īsiht icy, ÆL 23b^572.
īsīðes adv. immediately, LL (338^11).
īsmere m. icy lake, #Met# 28^62.
±īsnian to cover with iron. pp. īsnod iron-clad, WW 236^19.
itest, itst pres. 2 sg., iteð, itt pres. 3 sg. of etan.
īð == īeð
īðan (ǣ, ē, ȳ) to lay waste, ravage, devastate, desolate, destroy, Æ.
iu- = geo-
iū = gēo
iuc == geoc
Iūdēas sbmp. the Jews, G.
Iūdēisc Jewish, G.
iugian = geocian
īuih (NG) = ēowic, ēow
īuwian (AS 7^19) = īewan
īw (ēow) m. ‘yew,’ yew-tree, Æ; Mdf.
īwberge (ēow) f. yew-berry, #Lcd#.
=K=
Words beginning with =k= will be found under =c=.
=L=
lā interj. lo! behold! oh! ah! Æ. lā lēof O Lord! O sir!: indeed, verily, Æ. hwæt lā what! wā lā wā! alas!
label = (*lafel), læfel
laber (Lcd) = lǣfer
lāc nf. play, sport: (†) strife, battle: sacrifice, offering, Æ, CP: gift, present, Mt; Æ: booty, B: (†) message. [‘lake’]
+lac † n. tumult, commotion. sweorda +l. battle: crowd, host, #Cr# 896.
lācan^7 pret. 3 sg. leolc to move up and down, leap, jump, swing, fly, Jul: play (instrument): (†) fight, contend, B: (+) incite to, AO: be rewarded. [‘lake’]
lācdǣd f. munificence, OEG 3833.
lācgeofa m. generous giver, #PPs# 67^18.
+lācian to present, bestow.
lāclic sacrificial, LL (380^18).
±lācnian (ǣ, ē) to heal, cure, treat, look after, Æ, BH, LkL; AO, CP: foment, dress (a wound). [‘lechne’]
lācnigendlic surgical, #HGl# 478.
lācnimende only in bēon l. ‘munerari,’ BHy 3^19.
lācnung f. healing, cure: medicament, remedy.
lācsang m. offertory hymn, WW 130^2.
lactuc, lactu-ce, m. -ca f. lettuce, Æ. [L.]
lacu f. running water, stream, pool, ‘lake,’ Chr 656#e#.
lād I. f. course, journey, An, B: (±) way, street, water-way: leading, carrying, LL: maintenance, support. [‘load,’ ‘lode’] II. f. clearing from blame or accusation, purgation, exculpation, CP.
ladan (NG) = hladan
±lādian to clear oneself from blame or accusation, exculpate oneself: let off, excuse, Æ, AO, CP.
lādiendlic excusable, WW 233^31.
lādmann m. conductor, guide, Æ. [‘lodeman’]
lād-rinc? -rincman m. conductor, escort, LL 3[7] (v. 2·441).
ladsar = laser [[headword spelled “lāser”]]
lādscipe m. leadership, WW 481^6.
lādtēow, lādðēow == lāttēow
lādung f. exculpation, excuse, defence, apology, Æ, CP.
lǣc = (1) lēac; (2) lāc
lǣca = lǣce
-lǣca v. āg-, ellen-l. etc.
+lǣca emulous, GPH 391.
lǣcan to spring up, rise, flare up, #Sat# 716.
+lǣcan to emulate, GPH 391: join with, make common cause with? #CPs# 140^4. [lāc]
±læccan to seize, grasp, comprehend, Æ: capture, catch, Chr, G, LL: receive, ÆL. [‘latch,’ ‘i-lecche’]
lǣce (ē, ȳ) m. physician, doctor, BH, LkL; Æ, CP: ‘leech,’ WW; Æ.
lǣcebōc f. book of prescriptions, #Lcd#.
lǣcecræft m. ‘leech-craft,’ art of healing, Bo, Lcd; Æ: medicament, remedy, prescription, Æ.
lǣcecræftig skilled in medicine, #Lcd# 186b.
lǣcecynn n. race of physicians, #Rd# 6^10.
lǣcecyst f. medicine chest, GD 344^17.
lǣcedōm m. medicament, medicine, BH, WW (e); Æ, CP: salvation. [‘leechdom’]
lǣcedōmlic salutary, A 5·458.
lǣcedōmnes f. cataplasm, WW.
lǣcefeoh n. doctor’s fee, LL (148^19).
lǣcefinger m. (‘leech-finger’), fourth finger, Lcd.
lǣcegeatwa? (-getea) fp. medical apparatus, v. NC 304.
lǣcehūs n. sick room, hospital.
lǣceiren n. surgeon’s knife, lancet, GD 32.
lǣcesealf f. medicinal ointment, WW 514^21.
lǣceseax n. lancet, CP 187^9.
lǣcewyrt f. medicinal herb, drug, Æ: ribwort.
lǣcnian = lācnian
lǣdan (±) to ‘lead,’ guide, conduct, carry, lift, take, bring, Æ, BH, Bl, Chr, VPs; CP. wīf l. take a wife, marry: (±) produce, bring forth: pass, lead (life), BH, Met: to mark or beat the bounds of land, EC 155: perform, do, An: place, lay, Æ: sprout forth, grow, spread.
lǣde (BH 400^2) = lǣwede
lǣden I. (ē, ēo) n. ‘Latin,’ A, BH, CP: any foreign language, Lcd (‘leden’). II. adj. Latin.
lǣdenboc (e) f. Latin book, Æ.
lǣdend I. m. bringer. II. m. excuser, apologist. [*lǣdan]
lǣdengereord n. Latin language, #Lcd#.
lǣdengeðēode n. Latin language, CP.
lǣden-isc, -lic Latin.
lǣdenlār f. knowledge of Latin, W 124^12.
+lǣdenlic ‘ductilis,’ #EPs# 97^6.
lǣdennama m. Latin noun, #ÆGr# 292^18.
lǣdensprǣc (ē) f. Latin language, Æ, CP.
lǣdenstæfum (ē) adv. in Latin, Jn 19^20.
lǣdenware mpl. Latin people, Romans, CP.
lǣdenword (ē) n. Latin word, #ÆGr# 122^6.
lǣdnes f. bringing forth, BH.
lǣdtēow = lāttēow
lǣf = (1) lāf; (2) lēaf
±lǣfan (ē) I. to ‘leave,’ bequeath, B, Jn; Æ, CP: spare, leave behind, have left, Lk, Mk: remain, Æ. [lāf] II. = līefan
læfel (e) m. spoon, basin, vessel, bowl, cup. [Ger. löffel; L. labellum]
lǣfend (WW 168^17) = lǣwend
lǣfer f. rush, reed, iris, gladiolus, Lcd, WW; Æ: metal plate, Æ. [‘laver’; ‘levers’]
lǣferbed n. reed-bed, WW 138^29.
lǣfnes = lēafnes
læg pret. 3 sg. of licgan.
lǣg = (1) lēag; (2) līeg
lægde = legde pret. sg. of lecgan.
lǣgon pret. pl. of licgan.
lǣgt = līget
læht pp., læhte pret. sg. of læccan.
lǣl (ē) f., lǣla m. rod, whip, switch: bruise, weal, stripe, #Ex#.
lǣlan, lǣlian to become black and blue, be bruised.
lǣmen (ē) of clay, earthen, Æ. [lām]
lǣmian = lēmian [[headword spelled “lemian”]]
lǣn (ā) I. nf. loan, borrowing, lease, grant, gift, present, benefit, Æ, CP. [lēon] II. = lǣnland
±lǣnan (ē) to ‘lend,’ WW; CP: give, grant, lease, Gen, Æ.
lǣndagas † mpl. loan-days, transitory days, days of a man’s life.
lænde-, lænden- = lenden-
lǣne (ē) lent, temporary, inconstant, transitory: perishable, frail, poor: weak, sinful, CP. [lǣn]
lǣnelic passing, transitory.
lǣnend m. lender, WW. [‘lenend’]
lǣnendlic = lǣnelic
lǣnere m. ‘lender,’ WW 189^21.
læng = leng
længten- = lencten-
lǣnian = lēanian
lǣnland n. leased land, v. LL 2·323.
lǣnlic = lǣnelic
-lǣnung v. feoh-l.
læpeldre f. dish, Æ.
læpewince (e) f. lapwing, #Gl#.
læppa (a) m. lappet, piece, section, lobe, portion, district, CP, Lcd; Æ. [‘lap’]
-læppede v. fīf-l.
±lǣran (ē) to teach, instruct, A, BH: enjoin, advise, persuade, urge, preach. l. forð hand down (to others): (+) convert: (+) †recall, ES 37·197. ±lǣred learned (opposed to lǣwed), hence clerical (as opposed to lay), spiritual (as opposed to temporal), Æ, CP. [‘lere’]
+lǣre empty, hungry, NC 295. [Ger. leer]
+lǣrednes f. learning, skill, BH.
lǣrest = lǣst
lǣrestre f. instructress, Æ.
lǣrgedēfe adapted for instruction? FT 61.
lǣrig m. edge, border (of a shield)? v. A 37·55.
-lǣrigian v. ymb-l. [[headword spelled “ymblǣrgian”]]
lǣringmǣden n. female pupil.
lǣringmann m. disciple, RB 20^6.
lǣrnes f. emptiness, Lcd 22b. [‘leerness’]
læs pret. 3 sg. of lesan.
lǣs I. (ē) adv. and sbn. less, lest, Æ, AO, CP. ðȳ lǣs (ðe) conj. w. subj. lest. II. f. gs. lǣswe pasture, JnL (ē), WW; Æ; Mdf. [‘lease,’ ‘leasow’] III. f. (blood-)letting, #Lcd#.
lǣsboren of lower birth, LL (246^21).
lǣsest (MtR) = lǣst I.
lǣsian = lǣswian
lǣson pret. pl. of lesan.
lǣssa adj. (comp. of lȳtel) ‘less,’ smaller, fewer, Æ, Bo, Chr: inferior, MtL, MtR (ē). sb. A, Æ. adv. BH.
læst f. fault, sin, NC 305. [ON.]
lǣst I. superl. of lȳtel ‘least,’ Gu, Lcd; CP, AO. ðe lǣste lest, CM. II. f. performance, fulfilment, #Ex# 308. III. = lāst
±lǣstan (ē) to follow, help, serve, B, Bl, Met, OET; AO perform, do, carry out, accomplish, AO: endure, last, continue, Cr; Æ: furnish, pay, W [‘last’; Ger. leisten]
lǣste f. ‘last’ (for the foot), WW.
lǣstend m. doer, performer, BH.
+lǣstfullian to testify, #LPs# 80^9.
lǣstwyrhta (eo^2) m. shoemaker, WW.
lǣswe v. lǣs II.
±lǣswian to depasture, graze, feed, Æ, LkL. [‘leasow’]
læt I. (lat- in obl. cases) comp. lætra; sup. lætest, lætemest slow, B, Bl, CP, Lcd; Æ: slack, lax, negligent: ‘late,’ Lk. II. m. man of the class between the slave and the ceorl, LL (v. 2·564). [‘laet’]
lǣt pres. 3 sg. of lǣdan.
+lǣt = +lǣte II.
lǣtan^7 pret. 3 sg. lēt, leort (tr.) to allow to remain, leave behind, depart from, ‘let’ alone, Bl, CP: leave undone, BH: (±) bequeath, EC: allow, Bl, LL: cause to do, BH: regard as, consider, BH, Chr, CP: behave towards, treat: (intr.) allow to escape, emit, let out, set free, Æ, Lcd: ‘let’ (on lease), BC: assert, pretend, Lk: (+) allot, assign. l. from refrain from (late); +l. nēah land approach the shore? (ES 37·191); on bæc l. leave behind.
lǣtanīa = lētanīa
lætbyrd f. slow birth, #Lcd# 185a.
+lǣte I. n. manners, bearing, NC 295. [ON. lǣti] II. n. junction of roads, Æ.
lætemest I. adv. lastly, finally, NG. II. v. læt. [‘latemost’]
læthȳdig slow-minded, dull, #Cra# 10.
lætlīce adv. slowly, Gu. [‘lately’]
lætmest = lætemest
lætnes f. slowness, delay, ÆL 23b^647: sloth, GD 174^23.
lætra (Æ, LL) v. lǣt. [‘latter’]
lætrǣde slow, deliberate, CP 149^14.
lætsum backward, Chr. [‘latesom’]
lǣtt f. (pl. latta) beam, ‘lath,’ WW.
lǣttēow = lāttēow
lǣttewestre f. guide, conductress, Æ. [lāttēow]
lætting = letting
-lætto v. un-l.
lǣð n. a division of a county containing several hundreds, ‘lathe,’ BC 3·162: landed property? (meadow) land? LL 400[3,2].
lǣðan to abuse, revile, hate: cause to shun, RB 11^18. [lāð]
lǣðð, lǣððo (CP) f. wrong, injury: hatred, malice, Bl. [‘leth’; lāð]
lǣuw = lēow
lǣwa (ē) m. betrayer, traitor, Lk; Æ. [v. ‘lewe’]
±lǣwan to betray. [Goth. lēwjan]
-lǣwe v. druncen-, hunger-l.
lǣwede lay, laic, unlearned. as sb. layman, BH; Æ, CP. [‘lewd’]
læwel = læfel
lǣwend m. betrayer, traitor, #Gl#.
lǣwerce = lāwerce
læwil = læfel
læx = leax
lāf f. what is left, remnant, legacy, relic, remains, rest, Bl, Chr; Æ: relict, widow, Æ, AO. tō lāfe alone. tō lāfe bēon to remain over. wǣpna, daroða l. survivors of battle. hamora lāfa results of forging, swords. [‘lave’; līfan]
lāferce = lāwerce
±lafian to pour water on, wash, ‘lave,’ bathe, B, Lcd: ladle out, Lcd.
lag- = lah-
-laga v. lund-l.
lage- = lagu-
lagen pp. of lēan II.
±lagian to appoint, ordain, W. [‘law,’ ‘i-lahen’]
lago- = lagu-
-lagol v. ǣ-l.
lāgon = lǣgon pret. pl. of licgan.
lagu I. f. (old neut. pl. lagu; #Chr# 1052#d#) ‘law,’ ordinance, rule, regulation, Æ; Chr, LL, RB: right, legal privilege, LL: district governed by the same laws. II. m. water, flood, sea, ocean, Gen, Met: name of the rune for =l=. [‘lay’]
+lagu np. extent, surface (of sea), #Seaf# 64? [OS. gilagu]
lagucræftig skilled in seafaring, B 209.
lagufæsten † n. sea, ocean.
lagufæðm m. enveloping waves, #Rd# 61^7.
laguflōd m. wave, stream, waters, sea, ocean.
lagulād † f. water-way, sea.
lagumearg m. sea-horse, ship, #Gu# 1306.
lagusīð † m. sea-journey.
lagustrǣt f. sea-path, B 239.
lagustrēam † m. water, sea, ocean.
laguswimmend † m. swimming in the sea (fish).
lāh pret. 3 sg. of lēon.
lah- = lag-
lahbreca m. law-breaker, impious man, #Sc# 9^10.
lahbrecende impious, profane, #Sc# 9^9.
lahbryce m. breach of the law, LL.
lah-cēap, -cōp m. money paid (by an outlaw) for restitution of legal rights, LL.
lahlic lawful, legal, #Sc# 46^2. adv. -līce.
lahmann m. an official declarer of the law, LL 376. [v. ‘lawman’]
lahriht n. legal right, LL.
lah-slitt fn., -slite m. fine for breach of the (Danish) law, LL.
lahwita m. lawyer, LL (308^13).
lām n. ‘loam,’ clay, earth, Æ, WW; Mdf.
lama (o) wk. adj. and sb. m. crippled, lame, paralytic, weak (man), Æ, BH, Cp, El, Mt, WW.
lamb (Æ), pl. lamb(e)ru, lambor (A) n. ‘lamb,’ Æ, G, Gl, Gu, WW.
lambyrd f. imperfect birth, #Lcd# 185a.
lāmfæt n. † vessel of clay (the body).
lamp I. pret. 3 sg. of limpan. II. (#KGl#) = lamb
lamprēde f. lamprey. [L.]
lām-pytt, -sēaða m. ‘loampit,’ Ct.
lāmwyrhta m. potter, G.
lān = lǣn
lanan obl. cases of lanu.
land (o) n. earth, ‘land,’ soil, B, BH, VPs, WW; Mdf: territory, realm, province, district, Cp, Chr, Bl, VPs: landed property, Æ, Bl: country (not town), Æ, BH: ridge in a ploughed field.
+landa m. compatriot, kinsman, WW 211^20.
landādl = hlandādl? [[Cross-reference unidentified.]]
landælf f. land-elf, WW 516^27.
landāgend m. native, BH.
landāgende owning land, LL.
landār f. landed property, Æ.
landbegenga (i^2) m. husbandman, peasant, native, CP.
landbegengnes f. habitation, #BPs# 119^5 (o^1).
landbigong m. dwelling in a country, #BPs# 118^54 (o^1)
landbōc f. ‘land book,’ written grant of land, Ct, WW.
landbrǣce m. first ploughing (after land has lain fallow), WW 105^11.
landbūend I. mf. inhabitant, native: husbandman. II. f. colony.
landbūende dwelling on the land, native.
landbūnes f. colony, settlement, #Nar#.
land-cēap, -cōp m. fine paid to the lord on the alienation of land, BC. [‘landcheap’]
landefen m. measure or proportion of land, #Chr# 1085.
landesmann = landmann
landfæsten n. natural fortress, AO 80^14 (o^1).
landfeoh n. recognitory rent for land, KC.
landfolc n. people of the country, inhabitants, Æ. [‘landfolk’]
landfruma m. ruler, prince, B 31.
landfyrd f. army.
landgafol n. land-tax, tribute, LL. [‘land-gavel’]
landgehwerf n. exchange of land, Ct.
landgemaca m. neighbour, OEG.
land-gemǣre, -gemirce n. boundary, limit, frontier, AO.
landgesceaft f. earthly creature, #Da# 360.
landgeweorc n. fortified place, B 938.
landgewyrpe n. heap of earth? Ct.
landhæbbende owning or ruling land.
landhæfen f. real property, LL 22[32].
landhere m. native force: land force (opposed to naval force).
landhlāford m. lord of a country, lord of a manor, landlord.
landhredding f. redemption of land.
landlagu f. local law, LL.
landlēas not owning land, LL. [‘landless’]
land-lēod m., nap. -lēode, -lēoda, -lēodan inhabitant of a country, native, AO.
landlyre m. loss of territory, #Chr# 1105.
landmann m. inhabitant of a country, native, Ex, LL. [‘landmann’]
landmearc m. boundary.
+landod having landed property, LL 182[11].
landopenung f. first ploughing of land, WW 147^9.
landrǣden v. ealdlandrǣden.
landrest f. grave. #An# 782.
landrīca m. landed proprietor.
landrīce n. territory, AO.
landriht n. ‘land-right,’ right to own or occupy land or connected with its occupation, B, Ex, Gen: that which is due from land or estates.
landscearu (a^2) f. tract of land, province, country, CP: boundary, landmark. [v. CC 48]
landscipe m. region, #Gen# 376.
landscoru = landscearu
landsēta m. settler, WW 111^15. [sǣta]
landseten f. occupation of land: occupied land, estate.
landseðla m. occupier of land, TC 593^6.
landsidu m. custom of a country, CP.
landsittende occupying land, #Chr#.
landsōcn † f. search for land to settle on.
landspēd f. landed property, KC 3·349^24.
landspēdig rich in land, Æ.
landsplott m. plot of land, KC 4·39^12.
landstede m. region, #Wif# 16 (o).
landstycce n. small plot of ground, GD, LL.
landwaru f. inhabitants, population, B 2321.
landweard m. coast-warden, B 1890.
landwela m. earthly possessions, #Ph# 505.
lane = lanu
lang (o) comp. lengra, superl. lengest ‘long,’ tall, AO, BH, Lcd, MH; CP.
+lang (usu. w. æt or on) dependent on, attainable from, present in, belonging to, Æ, AO, Gu. [v. ‘along’]
langafrīgedæg m. Good Friday.
langað = langoð
langbolster mn. feather-bed, WW 276^36.
lange (o) adv. comp. leng, lenge, superl. lengest ‘long,’ a long time, far, B, BH, Bl, Bo.
langfǣre lasting, protracted, Æ.
langfērnes f. length, long duration, #Sc# 29^1.
langfirst m. long space of time, #Gu# 920.
langgestrēon n. ancient store of wealth, B 2240.
langian (o) (impers. with acc. of pers.) to ‘long’ for, yearn after, grieve for, be pained, AO (o): grow longer, Lcd: summon: belong.
+langian to send for, summon, call, Æ: apprehend, seize, LL 202[6,2].
langieldo f. advanced age.
langlīce adv. for a long time, long, at length, Æ.
langlīfe long-lived.
langmōd constant, patient, long-suffering. adv. -līce.
langmōdig long-suffering (v. late), NC 347.
langmōdnes f. long-suffering, #Sc# 10^17.
langnes f. length, Æ. [‘longness’]
langoð m. longing, unsatisfied craving, discontent.
langsceaft having a long shaft.
langscip n. man of war, #Chr# 897#a#.
langstrang ‘longanimis,’ #LPs# 102^8.
langsum long, lasting, tedious, protracted, B (o), Lcd; Æ. [‘longsome’] adv. -līce, AO 58^17 (o).
langsumnes f. length, Ps; Æ. [‘longsomeness’]
langsweored (y^2) long-necked.
langtwidig lasting, assured, B 1708.
langung (o) f. ‘longing,’ desire, Bl: weariness, sadness, dejection, Æ: delay, CP (o). [langian]
langunghwīl f. time of weariness, #An# 125.
langweb n. warp (in weaving), WW 187^12.
langwege ‘peregre,’ MkL 13^34 (o^1, œ^2).
langwyrpe oblong, NC 305^347.
lānland = lǣnland
lann (o) † f. chain, fetter.
lanu (o) f. ‘lane,’ street, Bl.
lapian to ‘lap’ up, drink, Lcd; Æ.
lappa (#Gl#) = læppa
lār f. ‘lore,’ learning, science, art of teaching, preaching, doctrine, Bl; Æ, CP: precept, exhortation, advice, instigation, JnL; AO: history, story: cunning, #Gen# 2693.
lārbōc f. book containing instruction (used of St Paul’s Epistles, and Bede’s works), Æ.
lārbodung f. teaching, preaching, NC 305.
lārbysn f. example, WW 163^43.
lārcniht m. disciple, LkL p 2^2.
lārcræft m. knowledge, #Sol# 3.
lārcwide † m. teaching, precept.
lardōm m. teaching, instruction, LL 258[51].
lār-ēow, -ow, -uw (a) m. teacher, master, preacher, BH, JnL; Æ, AO, CP. [‘lorthew’]
lārēowdōm m. function of teacher, instruction, CP: ecclesiastical authority, Æ, CP.
lārēowlic like a teacher, OEG.
lārēowsetl n. teacher’s seat, pulpit.
lārēwes = lārēowes gs. of lārēow.
lārfæsten n. prescribed fast, A 11·99.
lārhlystend m. catechumen, OEG 2881.
lārhūs n. school, #HGl# 405.
lārlēast (ē, ȳ) f. want of instruction, ignorance.
lārlic conducive to learning, instructive, Æ. betwux larlīcum gefylcum amongst soldiers in training, Æ.
lārsmið † m. (nap. -smeoðas) teacher, counsellor.
lārspell n. homily, sermon, treatise, Æ. [‘lorespell’]
lārsum teachable, NC 305.
lārswice m. trickery, W 309^14.
lārðēaw (MF), lāruwa (N) = (*lārðēow), lārēow
lārðegn m. teacher, NC 305.
lārwita m. learned man, LL (308^13).
lāser (o^2) m? weed, tare, #Gl#.
lāst (ǣ, ē, ēa) m. sole of foot: spoor, footprint, track, trace, B, Bl; Æ, CP. on lāst(e) behind, after, in pursuit of. on l. lecgan to follow. lāstas lecgan to go: gait, step. [‘last’]
±lāst (ǣ, ē) n. accomplishment, observance, RB 5^5: duty, due, obligation, vow.
+lāstful helpful, serviceable, LL; AO. [‘lastfull’]
lāstweard m. successor, heir: pursuer.
lāstword n. fame after death, #Seaf# 73.
lasur = laser [[headword spelled “lāser”]]
lat- v. læt-.
late adv. comp. lator, sup. latest ‘late,’ Chr, Jul: slowly, Lcd: at last, AO. [læt]
latemest = lætemest II.
lātēow = lāttēow
±latian to be slow, indolent: linger, delay, hesitate, Æ.
lator, adv. comp., latost (æ), superl. slower, later, A, Bo, MtR; AO, CP. [‘latter,’ ‘last’]
latt = lætt [[headword spelled “lǣtt”]]
lattēh f. guiding rein, WW 120^9. [lād]
lāttēow, lāttēowa (ǣ) m. leader, guide, general, Bo, VPs (lad-); AO, CP. [‘lattew’]
lāttēowdōm m. leadership, guidance, instruction, CP.
latung f. delay, hindrance, OEG 7^129.
lātðēow, lātuw = lāttēow
lāð I. (±) hated, hateful, hostile, malignant, evil, AO, B: loathsome, noxious, grievous, unpleasant, Ep; CP. [‘loath’] II. n. pain, harm, injury, misfortune, AO: insult, annoyance, harmful thing, BH, Lcd; CP. [‘loath’; Ger. leid]
lāðbite m. wound, B 1122.
lāðe adv. inimically, in detestation.
lāðēow = lāttēow
lāðettan to hate, loathe: make hurtful or repulsive, Æ.
lāðgenīðla † m. persecutor, foe.
lāðgetēona † m. enemy.
lāðgewinna m. enemy, #Rd# 16^29.
laðian to invite, summon, call upon, ask, Æ, CP. [Ger. laden]
lāðian to hate, be hated, AO; Æ. [‘loathe’]
lāðlēas inoffensive, innocent.
lāðlic ‘loathly,’ hateful, horrible, repulsive, unpleasant, BH; Æ. adv. -līce.
lāðscipe m. misfortune, #Gen# 2048.
lāðsearu n? hateful, contrivance, #Da# 436.
lāðsīð m. painful journey, death, #Ex# 44.
lāðspel n. sad tidings, AO.
lāððēow = lāttēow
±laðung f. calling, invitation, CP: assembly, congregation, church, Æ. [‘lathing’]
lāðwende † hateful, hostile, bad.
lāðwendemōd hostile minded, #Gen# 448.
lāðweorc n. evil deed, #PPs# 105^26.
laur m. laurel, bay, laver, #Lcd#.
laurbēam (lawer-) m. laurel.
laurberige f. laurel-berry, #Lcd#.
laurice (Cp) = lāwerce
laurtrēow n. laurel-tree, #Lcd#.
lauwer, lawer = laur
lāwerce (ǣ) f. ‘lark,’ WW; Mdf.
lēa I. (#VPs#) = lēo. II. gdas. of lēah.
lēac I. (ǣ, ē, ēo) n. ‘leek,’ onion, garlic garden-herb, Lcd; Æ. II. pret. 3 sg. of lūcan.
lēac- = lēah-
lēacblæd n. leek leaf, NC 305.
lēaccærse (e^2) f., cress, nasturtium, #Lcd#.
leac-trog, -troc, -tric = leahtroc
lēactūn (lēah-, lēh-) m. kitchen-garden, garden of herbs, LkL, WW. [‘leighton’]
lēactūnweard (ē^1) m. gardener, WW 127^14. [‘leightonward’]
lēacweard (e^1, o^2) m. gardener.
lēad (ē) n. ‘lead,’ BH; Æ, CP: leaden vessel, cauldron, A 9·264.
lēaden (ē) ‘leaden,’ Æ, LL.
lēadgedelf n. lead-mine, KC 3·401^7.
lēadgeota (o) m. plumber, LL 455[16].
lēadgewiht n. lead-weight, a scale of weight, v. CC 77.
lēadstæf m. loaded stick for beating with, WW 441^20.
lēaf (ī) I. (±) f. ‘leave,’ permission, privilege, BH, Chr; Æ, CP. II. n. ‘leaf,’ shoot, pl. foliage, MtL (ēo), VPs; Æ: sheet of paper, BH.
±lēafa m. belief, faith, Æ, Mt; AO. [‘leve’; Ger. glaube]
±lēafe (ǣ) f. leave, permission, licence, Æ.
±lēafful believing, JnR: faithful, trustworthy, MtL. [‘leafful’] adv. -līce.
+lēaffulnes f. faith, trust, faithfulness, Æ.
lēafhelmig leafy at the top, GPH 390.
±lēafhlystend (e) m. believing listener, catechumen, OEG.
+lēaflēas unbelieving, Æ.
+lēaflēasnes f. unbelief, W 294^2.
+lēaf-lēast, -lȳst f. unbelief, Æ.
lēafleoht light, easy, RB 5^19.
+lēaflic credible, faithful, Æ. adv. -līce.
lēafnes (ē, ȳ) f. leave, permission, BH.
+lēafnesword n. password, B 245.
lēafscead n. leafy shade, #Ph# 205.
+lēafsum believing, faithful: credible.
lēafwyrm (i^2) m. caterpillar, #ASPs# 77^51.
lēag I. (ē) f. ‘lye,’ alkalized water, Ep, Lcd. II. = lēah I. III. pret. 3 sg. of lēogan.
lēagung f. lying, #Nar# 2^21. [lēogan]
lēah I. lēage (#Chr#) m. piece of ground, ‘lea,’ meadow, BC; Mdf. II. = lēag I. and III.
leahte pret. 3 sg. of leccan.
leahter == leahtor
leahtor (e^1) m. vice, sin, offence, crime, fault, Æ, CP: reproach: disease, injury, #Lcd#.
leahtorbēre laughable, causing laughter, RB 18^8. [hleahtor]
leahtorcwide m. opprobrious speech, #Jul# 199.
leahtorful (e^1, e^2) vicious, seductive.
leahtorlēas faultless, blameless.
leahtorlīce foully, wickedly, Æ.
-leahtorwyrðe v. un-l.
leahtras nap. of leahtor.
leahtrian (e) to accuse, revile, reprove, blame, Æ; AO, CP: corrupt. [‘lehtrie’]
leah-troc, -tric, -trog m. lettuce. [L. lactuca]
lēahtrung (ē) f. blaming, detraction, WW 150^1.
lēahtūn = lēactūn
lēan I. n. reward, gift, loan, compensation, remuneration, retribution, B, Mt; Æ. [‘lean’; Ger. lohn] II. sv^6 (pret. 3 sg. lōg, lōh) and wv. to blame, censure, reproach, AO, CP.
lēangyfa m. rewarder, #Lcd# 3·436^23.
±lēanian (ǣ) to reward, recompense, repay, requite, Æ, CP. [Ger. lohnen]
lēap m. basket, W: basket for catching or keeping fish, WW: measure: trunk (body), #Jud# 111. [‘leap’]
lēas I. adj. (w. g.) without, free from, devoid of, bereft of: (±) false, faithless: untruthful, deceitful, WW; Æ: vain, worthless. II. n. falsehood, lying, Bo; CP. [‘lease’]
lēasbrēd (-bregd) I. lying, false, deceitful, Æ. II. m. cheating, trickery.
lēasbrēda m. trickster, ES 43·306.
lēasbrēdende wily, deceitful, #ÆGr# 286^6.
lēasbrēdnes f. deception, falsehood.
lēasbregd == lēasbrēd
lēascræft m. false art, Æ.
lēasere m. liar, hypocrite, MtL: buffoon, mime, jester, fool. [‘leaser’]
lēasest (MtL) = lǣst I.
lēasettan to pretend, Æ, RB.
lēas-ferhð, -fyrhð, false, NC 305.
lēasferðnes f. levity, folly, CP.
lēasfyrhte = lēasferhð
lēasgewitnes f. false witness, Æ.
lēasgielp m. vainglory, CP.
lēasian to lie, Ps. [‘lease’]
lēaslic false, deceitful, sham, empty, Æ, CP. adv. -līce, Æ, CP.
lēaslīccettan to dissemble, WW 388^33.
lēaslīcettung f. dissimulation.
lēasmōdnes f. instability, CP 308^6.
lēasnes f. lying: levity, BH 322^23.
lēasōleccan to blandish, flatter, GD 34^27.
lēasōlecung f. empty blandishment, WW 430^21.
lēassagol (u^3) lying, false, Æ.
lēasscēawere m. spy, B 253.
lēasspell n. lie, fiction, fable.
lēasspellung f. empty talk, AO.
lēassponung f. allurement, WW 452^3.
lēast = lāst
lēast- = læst-
lēastyhtan to cajole, WW 431^4.
lēastyhtung f. cajolery, WW 430^21.
lēasuht (= wiht?) enticer, seducer, OEG 4014
lēasung f. ‘leasing,’ lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, JnL: a lie, Ps: empty talk, frivolity.
lēasungspell n. idle tale, AO 40^8.
lēat pret. 3 sg. of lūtan.
leatian = latian
+leaðian = +laðian
lēaðor n. soap, soda, Lcd, WW. [‘lather’]
lēaðorwyrt (lēoðo-) f. soap-wort? #Lcd# 16a.
lēawede = lǣwede
lēawfinger m. index-finger, forefinger, #PPs# 72^11.
leax m. salmon, Cp (æ), Met, WW (e); ÆL. [‘lax’]
leb- = lef-, læf-
lec = hlec
+lec pret. 3 sg. of +lacan.
lēc I. m. look, regard, Æ; A 11·118^50. II. = lēac I. and II.
+lecc- = +læcc-
leccan pret. 3 sg. leahte, le(o)hte to water, irrigate, wet, moisten, slake, CP. [cp. Ger. lechzen]
leccing f. irrigation, watering, WW (KGl). [‘leaching’]
lēce == lǣce
lēcetere (#KGl# 65^29) = līcettere
±lecgan to ‘lay,’ put, place, deposit, set, Æ, Gen, Lcd, MtL, Rd; CP. l. on (w. d.) put upon, charge with, Chr, Gu; CP: bury, Jn: put before, submit, Æ: betake oneself, go. lāstas l. go, journey. on lāst l. follow: lay (egg), Lcd: prostrate, cast down, lay low, kill, Bo, Lk, LL. [causative of licgan]
lēciwyrt (Cp) = lǣcewyrt
lēcnian (NG) = lācnian
lectric = leahtroc
lēctūn- = lēahtūn-
lecða m. ‘sentina,’ #Gl#, WW.
lēd = lēad
lēdan = lǣdan
lēde = legde, pret. 3 sg. of lecgan.
lēden == lǣden, lēaden
lēf I. (ī) feeble, infirm, weak, injured. II. = lēaf
lēf- = lēaf-
lēfan = (1) līefan; (2) lǣfan
+lēfed weak, sickly, aged.
lefel, lefil = læfel
+lēfenscipe m. justification, JnL 15^22.
lēfmon m. sick person, #GnE# 45.
left (K; ?= lyft*) ‘inanis,’ QF 1^443.
lēft (#SPs#) = lēst, lǣst
lēfung f. paralysis, ÆH 2·486^18.
leg (= læg) pret. 3 sg. of licgan.
lēg = (1) līeg; (2) lēah
lēg- = līg-, lēog-
lēga (A) = lǣwa
legde pret. 3 sg. of lecgan.
+lege f? lair, bed, Mdf.
lēgelēoht n. light (of flame), MFH 168.
legen pp. of licgan.
leger n. lying, illness, AO, B; Æ: ‘lair,’ couch, bed, Wif: grave, LL; Æ. clǣne legere consecrated grave. on līfe ge on legere in life and in death, LL. [licgan]
legerbǣre sick, ill, TC 611^20.
legerbedd n. bed, sick bed, Æ: bed of death, grave.
+legered confined to bed, Æ.
legerfæst sick, ill, RB 64^7.
+legergield n. ‘lupercalia,’ WW 437^14.
legerstōw f. burial place, Æ.
legertēam m. cohabitation, marriage.
legerwīte fm. fine for unlawful cohabitation, LL. [‘lairwite’]
lēges = lēages gs. of lēah.
legeð pres. 3 sg. of lecgan.
legie f. legion, AO. [L.]
-legu v. ealdor-l.
leh- = leah-
lēh = lēah
lēh- = lēac-
lēhnan = lȳgnian [[headword spelled “lygnian”]]
lēht == lēoht
lehtan = lihtan [[headword spelled “līhtan”]]
lehte pret. 3 sg. of leccan.
lehtor = leahtor
lēl (#KGl#) = lǣl
leloðre f. silverweed? #Gl#.
lemb = lamb
lēmen (#KGl# 82^40) = lǣmen
±lemian (æ) to subdue, CP 303^11: lame, disable, B 905.
lempedu f. lamprey, WW 438^17. [‘limpet’; lampreda]
lemphealt limping, Gl, WW. [‘limphalt’]
lēnan (#KGl#) = lǣnan
lencten (æ) I. m. springtime, A, Lcd; Æ: the fast of Lent, W. II. adj. pertaining to Lent, A, RB (æ). [‘lenten’]
lenctenādl f. spring fever, tertian ague.
lenctenbere m. Lent barley, ANS 84^326.
lenctenbryce m. breach of the Lenten fast, LL 344[47].
lenctendæg m. day of Lent.
lenctenerðe f. land ploughed in spring, WW 105^7. [eorðe]
lenctenfæsten n. Lent, Æ.
lenctenhǣto f. heat of spring, AO 102^6?
lenctenlic of spring, vernal, Æ: lenten, Æ.
lenctenlifen f. Lenten fare, NC 306.
lenctensufel (længt-) n. Lent food, LL 450[9].
lenctentīd f. spring, Lent, Æ.
lenctentīma m. spring, OEG 3837.
lenctenwuce f. a week in Lent.
lenctin- = lencten-
+lend I. furnished with land (by the lord), LL 448´. II. = +lynd
+lenda m. one rich in land, OEG 3154.
lendan to land, arrive, Chr; Æ, AO, CP: (+) endow with land, Æ. [‘lend’; land]
lende- = lenden-
lendenbān n. loin-bone, WW 159^13. [‘lendbone’]
lenden-brǣde, -brēde f. loin.
lendensīd reaching to the loins, NC 306.
lendenu (æ) np. loins, reins, Mt, WW; Æ. [‘lend’; Ger. lenden]
lendenwyrc m. a disease of the kidneys, WW 113^12. [wærc]
-lendisc v. dūn-, ūp-, ūre-, ūt-l.
lēne = lǣne
leng I. (æ) f. length, height, Æ. II. adv. (comp. of lange) longer, Æ, Lk. [‘leng’]
±lengan to lengthen, prolong, protract, delay, Da: extend, reach, attain: belong. [‘leng’]
lengcten- = lencten-
lenge (æ) I. adj. (±) belonging, related: near (of time), B 83. II. v. lange.
+lenge belonging to, related to, Æ: addicted to.
lengest (Chr, Mk) superl. of lang, lange. [‘lengest’]
lengfære more durable, ANS 119·435.
lengian (impers. w. a.) to long for, ask for, #Sol# 270 (GK).
lenglīfra comp. of langlīfe.
lengo = lengu
lengra (BH) comp. of lang. [‘lenger’]
lengten == lencten
lengtogra comp. adj. drawn out farther, more prolix, #Sc# 161^18.
lengðu f. ‘length,’ AO 144^1.
lengu f. length, Bo, BH: height, Sol. [‘lengh’]
lent f. lentil, #Gl#. [L. lentem]
lenten = lencten
lēo mf. gdas. lēon, also ds. lēone, lēonan, asf. lēo, and dp. lēonum ‘lion,’ lioness, AO, Æ. [L.]
lēoc (WW 283^21) = lēac
lēod I. m. man, LL 14[25]: ‘wergeld’ for manslaughter, LL (= lēodgeld): (+) fellow-countryman, compatriot: (†) chief, prince, king, B. [‘lede’] II. f. (usu. in pl. lēode) people, nation, B, Bl; Æ, AO. [‘lede’]
leoda = lida
lēoda I. = +lēod I. II. (LWS) = lēode
lēodan^2 to spring up, grow: spring from.
lēodbealu † n. calamity to a people.
lēodbisceop m. suffragan bishop, provincial, Æ.
lēodburg † f. town.
lēodbygen f. sale of one’s compatriots, slave-traffic, LL 20[11Ld] (v. 2·133).
lēodcyning m. king, ruler, B 54.
lēode fp. men, people, country, B, Lk; AO (v. lēod).
lēoden = lȳden
lēodfruma † m. prince, patriarch, chief.
lēodgeard † m. country.
lēodgebyrga † m. lord, protector, prince, king.
lēodgeld n. ‘wergeld’ for manslaughter, LL.
lēodgeðincð f. order, rank, LL.
lēodgewinn n. strife, #Jul# 201.
lēodgota = lēadgeota
lēodgryre m. general terror, #Sol# 278.
lēodhata m. persecutor, tyrant, GD.
lēodhete † m. popular hatred, hostility.
lēodhryre † m. fall of a prince (or nation?), B 2030, 2391.
lēodhwæt very valiant, #El# 11.
-lēodisc v. ðider-l.
lēodmǣg † m. relative, comrade.
lēodmægen † n. might of the people, host power, virtue.
lēodmearc † f. domain, country.
lēodrǣden f. country, region, GD 204^23.
lēodriht n. law of the land.
lēodrūne f. pythoness, sorceress.
lēodscearu f. tribe, nation, #Ex# 337.
lēodsceaða † m. public enemy.
lēodscipe m. nation, people, Æ: country, region.
lēodstefn m. race, tribe, #PPs# 82^7.
lēodðēaw m. popular usage.
lēodweard † f. government.
lēodweras † mp. men, human beings.
lēodwerod n. host of people, #Ex# 77.
lēodwita m. wise man, elder, chief, LL 456.
lēodwynn f. home joy, †Hy 4^89.
lēodwyrhta = lēoðwyrhta
lēof I. adj. dear, valued, beloved, pleasant, agreeable, _Æ, B, Chr, CP_. II. m. beloved one, friend: (in addressing persons) _sir! sire! Æ, EC_: impure companion, GPH 394. [‘lief’]
leofen = lifen
leofian (Bl) = libban
lēofian to be or become dear, #Gu# 110.
lēoflic dear, lovable, pleasant, beautiful, delightful, B: precious, valued. adv. -līce lovingly, kindly, gladly, willingly, BH. [‘liefly’]
lēofspell n. good news, #El# 1017.
lēof-tǣl, -tǣle kind, lovable, loving, dear, grateful, agreeable, CP.
lēofwende kind, loving, gracious, acceptable, estimable, agreeable.
lēofwendum ardently.
±lēogan^2 to ‘lie,’ Bl, WW: (w. d.) deceive, belie, betray, Æ, CP: be in error, #ÆGr#.
lēogere (e^1, o^2) m. ‘liar,’ false witness, W, MtL; Æ: hypocrite, MkL 7^6.
lēoht (ē, ī) I. ‘light,’ not heavy, AO, BH, Rd; CP: slight, easy, trifling, inconsiderable, CP, Mt, Lcd: quick, agile, Ph: gentle, Wid. II. n. ‘light,’ daylight, Æ, B, Bl, Chr, G, Ps, W: power of vision, Bl: luminary, Lcd. III. luminous, bright, ‘light,’ clear, resplendent, beautiful, BH, Lcd, VPs; AO, CP.
lēohtan = līhtan
lēohtbǣre brilliant, luminous.
lēohtbēamede bright-shining, ÆH 1·610.
lēohtberend m. light-bearer, Lucifer, Æ.
lēohtberende light-bearing, luminous, Æ.
lēohtbora m. light-bearer, LV 36.
lēohtbrǣdnes f. levity, frivolity, wantonness.
leohte = lehte, pret. 3 sg. of leccan.
lēohte I. adv. lightly, easily, comfortably, BH. [‘light’] II. adv. brightly, clearly, brilliantly, Bl, Cr. [‘light’]
lēoht-fæt n. nap. -fatu lantern, torch, lamp, light, Æ, CP.
lēohtfætels m. lamp, #LPs# 17^29.
lēohtfruma † m. source of light.
lēoht-gesceot, -gescot n. payment for providing lights in church.
lēohtian I. to be lightened, relieved. II. to become light, dawn, CM 474: (†) give light, illuminate.
lēohting = līhting
lēohtīsern (ē^1, NG) n. candlestick.
lēohtlēas devoid of light, dark, Æ. [‘lightless’]
lēohtlic I. light, of little weight or importance, Æ, CP. adv. -līce lightly, slightly, BH, Lcd: inconsiderately: easily, quickly: gently, softly, slowly, CP; Æ. [‘lightly’] II. bright, radiant, Rd.
leohtmōd easy-going, #GnE# 86.
leohtmōdnes f. levity, inconstancy, frivolity, CP.
lēohtsāwend author of light, GPH 389^2.
lēohtscēawigend light-seeing, WW 434^20.
lēohtsceot = lēohtgesceot
lēohtwyrhta = lēoðwyrhta
leolc pret. 3 sg. of lācan.
±lēoma m. ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, B; Æ: lightning.
±lēoman, lēomian? to shine, SkED. [[from first edition]]
+lēomod having rays of light, #Lcd# 3·272^4.
leomu nap. of lim.
lēon I. (sv^1) to lend, grant. [Ger. leihen] II. gdas. of lēo.
lēona mf. lion, lioness, Æ.
lēonesēað m. lions’ den, GD 150^9.
lēonflǣsc n. lion’s flesh, Lcd 1·364. [v. ‘lion’]
lēonfōt m. lion’s foot (plant).
lēonhwelp m. lion’s cub, WW 434^6.
±lēoran (wv., but rare pp. loren) to go, depart, pass, vanish, die (A; v. JAW 44).
±lēorednes f. departure, transmigration: death, ÆL: vision.
lēorende, +lēorendlic transitory.
leornan = leornian
leornere m. ‘learner,’ disciple, Æ, CP: scholar, BH: reader.
lēornes = lēorednes
±leornian to ‘learn,’ read, study, think about, Æ, BH, MkR; AO, CP.
leorningcild n., leorningcniht (Æ, CP) m. student, disciple.
leorningende teachable.
leorninghūs n. school, WW.
leornung f., ds. leornunga ‘learning,’ reading, study, meditation, CP; AO.
leornungcræft m. learning, #El# 380.
leornungmann m. learner, disciple (used even of women), Æ.
leornungscōl f. school, GD 14^6.
leort pret. 3 sg. of lǣtan.
lēosca (ē) m. groin.
leoð = leoðu v. lið.
leoð- = lið-
lēoð n. song, lay, poem, B, WW; Æ, AO. [‘leoth’; Ger. lied]
lēoðcræft m. poetic art or skill: poem, poetry, Æ.
lēoðcræftig skilled in song, #Deor# 40.
lēoðcwide m. lay, poem, AO 120^2.
leoðe- = leoðu-
lēoðgidding f. lay, song, poem, #An# 1481.
lēoðian † to sing, recite: sound forth, resound.
lēoðlic versified, ÆH 2·134.
leoðo- = leoðu-
lēoðorūn f. wise counsel given in song, #El# 522.
lēoðowyrt = lēaðorwyrt?
lēoðrian = hlēoðrian
lēoðsang m. song, poem, poetry, BH.
leoðu I. f. retinue, following? #Rim# 14 (GK). II. v. lið.
leoðubend † mf. chain, fetter, bond.
leoðucǣge f. limbs which served as a key, #Cr# 334.
leoðucræft † m. skill of hand.
lēoðucræft = lēoðcræft
leoðucræftig agile, #Ph# 268.
leoðufæst able, skilful, #Cra# 95.
leoðulic appertaining to the limbs, bodily.
leoðusār n. pain in the limbs, WW 213^8.
leoðusyrce † f. corslet.
leoðuwāc (i) with supple limbs, flexible, pliant, Cra 84. [‘leathwake’]
leoðuwācian to mitigate.
leoðuwācunga (liðe-)? ‘compeditorum,’ #EPs# 78^11.
±leoðuwǣcan to become pliant, be submissive, grow calm, soften.
lēoðweorc n. poetry, WW 188^30.
lēoðwīse f. verse, poetry, Æ.
lēoðword n. a word in a poem, #An# 1490.
lēoðwrence m. poem, A 8·334.
lēoðwyrhta m. poet, #ÆGr#.
lēow (ǣu) n. ham, thigh.
-lēow (ē, ā) v. mund-l.
leowe f. league (distance), WW 147^22.
lēower pl. of lēow.
lepewince = læpewince
leppan to feed (a hawk), #Wy# 89 (v. ES 37·195).
lēran (#KGl#) = lǣran
lere (#KGl# 83^19) = lyre
lērēow- = lārēow-
lēs- = līes-
lesan^5 to collect, pick, select, gather, glean, Æ. [‘lease’; Ger. lesen]
lēsca = lēosca
-lesende, -lesendlic, -lesung v. ed-l.
lēst = lāst
lesu = lysu
lēsw- = lǣsw-
lēt I. pret. 3 sg. of lǣtan. II. = lǣt pres. 3 sg. of lǣdan. III. = lēat pret. of lūtan.
lētan = lǣtan
lētanīa m. litany. [L. litania]
letig (#KGl#) = lytig
±lettan (æ) to ‘let,’ hinder, delay, impede, oppress, Æ, Bo, Gu (w. g.), W; AO, CP.
lettend m. hinderer, ES 39·349.
letting (æ) f. ‘letting,’ hindrance, delay, RB; CP.
lēð = lǣð
-leðer v. heals-, weald-l.
leðera = liðera [[under “liðere”]]
leðercodd m. leather bag, WW 117^3. [v. ‘leather’]
leðeren = leðren
leðerhelm m. leathern helmet, WW 142^1.
leðerhose f. leathern gaiter, WW.
leðern = leðren
leðerwyrhta m. leather-maker, tanner, currier, #Gl#.
lēðr- = lȳðr-
leðren (i) ‘leathern,’ WW.
lēud = (1) lēod; (2) lǣwede
lēw f? weakness, W 165^9 (cp. lēf I.).
+lēwed weak, ill? Æ (#Ex# 22^10, cp. limlǣweo or ? read +lēfed.
lēwend = lǣwend
lēwer = lēower
lēwsa m. weakness: ‘inops,’ #EPs# 139^13 (hlēw-). [lēf I.]
lex = leax
lēxnian (WW 241^21) = lācnian
lib- = lif-
libb- = lyb-
libban (y) pret. 3 sg. lif(e)de to ‘live,’ be, exist, Æ, B, BH, Lcd, VPs; AO, CP.
libr- = lifer-
līc n. body, B, Cr: corpse, AO, B; Æ, CP. [‘lich’; Ger. leiche]
+līc adj. (w. d.) ‘alike,’ similar, equal, Mt; Æ, CP. +līcost double, twin.
+līca, +līce wk. forms used as sb. an equal, Æ, CP. adv. ±līce (usu. +; and +līc in NG), Bl. +līce and like as if.
līcam- = līcham-
līcbeorg f. coffin, sarcophagus, Cp 45#s#.
+līcbisnung f. imitation, DR 76^1.
līcburg f. cemetery, Cp 433#c#.
liccere, liccetere = līcettere
liccettan (Æ) = līcettan
liccian to ‘lick,’ Æ, Ps: lap, lick up, Lcd.
liccung f. licking, ÆH 1·330^22.
līcema = līchama
līcendlic == līciendlic
līcettan to feign, pretend, dissimulate, CP: flatter, BH.
līcettere m. deceiver, hypocrite, CP.
līcettung, līcetung f. feigning, deceit, hypocrisy, flattery.
līcewyrðe = līcwyrðe
līcfæt † n. body.
licgan^5 (±) to ‘lie,’ be situated, be at rest, remain, be, Ph; Æ, AO, CP: (±) lie down, lie low, yield, subside, lie prostrate, fail, lie dead, Æ, AO, B, Chr, G: lead, extend to, Æ; AO: flow, go, run, AO: belong to. l. for take the part of, LL 152[3]. l. mid cohabit with. wið licgendum fēo for ready money.
līchama m. body, corpse, Bo, Mt; Æ, CP. [‘licham’; Ger. leichnam]
līchamlēas incorporeal, Æ.
līchamlic (o^2) corporeal, bodily, carnal, material, Bo, Lk; Æ. adv. -līce bodily, personally, in the flesh, BH; Æ. [‘lichamly’]
+līchamod incarnate.
-līchamung v. in-l. [[headword spelled “inlīchomung”]]
līchom- = līcham-
līchord † n. interior of the body.
līchrægel n. winding-sheet, MH 76^26.
līchryre m. bodily decay, death, #Gen# 1099.
līchryst = līcrest
līchwamlic = līchamlic
līcian (w. d. or impers.) to please, Æ, Bl, Bo; CP. [‘like’]
līciendlic agreeable, pleasant. adv. -līce.
+līclǣtan^7 to liken, compare, MkLR 4^30.
līclēoð n. dirge, OEG.
līclic relating to the dead, funeral, GPH 401.
+līclic fitting, proper. adv. -līce equally.
līcmann m. bearer, pall-bearer, Æ.
līcnes (±) f. ‘likeness’ (‘i-likeness’), figure, stature, image, Æ, MtL: (+) parable.
līcpytt m. sepulchre, grave, #ÆGr# 66^10? (or ? dīc, pytt).
līcrest f. sepulchre, tomb, Æ: ‘carrum,’ hearse, ÆL 26^181.
līcs- = līx-
līcsang m. dirge, OEG.
līcsār † n. wound.
līcstōw f. place of burial, GD 340^35.
līcsyrce f. corslet, B 550.
līctūn m. burial-ground, Æ.
līcðēnung f. obsequies, funeral, Æ: laying out (of corpse), ÆL 31^1429.
līcðēote f. pore, WW 159^13.
līcðrōwere m. leper, Æ.
līcðrūh f. coffin, GD.
līcum- = līcham-
±līcung f. pleasure, CP. [‘liking’]
līcwīglung f. necromancy, LL (248^3).
līcwund f. wound, #Ex# 239.
±līcwyrðe (e, eo, o, u) pleasing, acceptable, Bo; CP: estimable, praiseworthy: accepted, recognised, sterling. [‘likeworth’]
līcwyrðlīce pleasingly, Æ.
līcwyrðnes f. good pleasure, #LPs# 88^18.
lid † n. ship, vessel. [līðan]
lida † m. sailor.
liden pp. of līðan.
līdeð pres. 3 sg. of lēodan.
lidmann † m. seafarer, sailor, pirate.
lidrin = leðren
lidweard m. ship-master, #An# 244.
lidwērig weary of sea-voyages, #An# 482.
līefan (ē, ī, ȳ) to allow, grant, concede, Mt (ȳ), CP. [‘leve’; lēaf]
±līefan (ē, ēo, ī, ȳ) tr. and intr. to believe, trust, confide in, Bl, MH (ȳ). [‘leve’]
+līefed (ȳ) believing, faithful, pious, Æ.
+līefedlic permissible, LL (436^30).
+līefedlīce trustfully, credulously, AO (ȳ).
+līefen excused, LkR 14^19 (ē).
+līefenscipe m. justification, JnLR 15^22.
līeffæstan = līffæstan
līeg (ǣ, ē, ī) mn. fire, flame, lightning, B, Bl (ē); CP. [‘leye’]
līeget = līget
liegeð I. = legeð pres. 3 sg. of lecgan. II. pres. 3 sg. of licgan.
līeht- = lēoht-, līht-
līehð pres. 3 sg. of lēogan.
±līesan (ē, ȳ) to loosen, release, deliver, liberate, Cr (ȳ), LkR (ē). [‘leese’]
+līesednes (ȳ) f. redemption.
līesing I. (ī, ȳ) m. freedman, LL. II. f. deliverance, release, LkL (ē). [‘leesing’]
+līesnes (ē, ī) f. redemption.
līeð- = līð-
līexan = līxan
līf I. n. ‘life,’ existence, Æ, B, Chr, JnL: lifetime, RB. on līfe, tō līfe, līfes alive, BH: way of life (e.g. monastic), BH, Chr, Lk, W; CP: place where the life is according to fixed rules, monastery, #Chr#. II. = lēf. III. = lēaf I.
līf- = līef-
līfbrycgung f. conversation, way of life, DR 7^15.
līfbysig struggling for life, B 966.
līfcearu † f. care about life.
līfdæg m. nap. līfdagas (usu. in plur.) ‘life-day,’ lifetime, B, Cr.
lifde, lifede pret. sg. of libban.
lifen f. food, nourishment. [[from first edition]]
lifer I. f. ‘liver,’ Bo, WW; Æ. II. f. a weight, WW 432^28. [L. libra?]
liferādl f. liver complaint, #Lcd#, WW.
liferbȳl m. protuberance of the liver, #Lcd# 76b.
liferhol n. hollow in the liver, #Lcd# 76b.
liferlæppa m. lobe of the liver, WW.
liferwærc m. pain in the liver, #Lcd# 60a.
liferwyrt n. liverwort, ANS 84·326.
lifesn = lyfesn
līffadung f. regulation of life.
līffæc n. lifetime, life, LL, W.
±līffæst living, quickened, full of life, vigorous: settled.
±līffæstan to quicken, endow with life, Æ.
+līffæstnian to quicken, #RPs# 142^11.
liffet- = lyffet-
līffrēa † m. Lord of life, God.
līffruma † m. source of life (God).
lifgan = libban
līfgedāl n. death, GD.
līfgesceaft † f. life’s conditions or record.
līfgetwinnan mp. twins, #Sol# 141.
lifian † (A) = libban
lifiende (y) that lives or has life, BH: when alive, BH, VPs: as sb. the ‘living,’ VHy.
līflād f. course of life, conduct, RB. [‘livelihood’]
līflǣst = līflēast
līflēas not endowed with life, ‘lifeless,’ inanimate, Æ: dead, Æ.
līflēast f. loss of life, annihilation, death, Æ.
līflic living, Æ: necessary to life, vital, Hex, DHy. adv. -līce vitally, so as to impart life, Æ. [‘lively’]
līflyre m. loss of life, LL 466[2].
līfneru f. food, sustenance, #An# 1091.
lifre gs. of lifer I.
lifre- = lifer-
lifrig clotted? A 30·132.
lift = lyft
līfweard m. guardian of life, #El# 1036.
līfweg m. way of life, way in life.
līfwela † m. riches.
līfwelle living (of water), JnL 4^10.
līfwraðu † f. protection of life.
līfwynn † f. enjoyment of life.
līg (Æ) = līeg
lig- = lyg-
līgbǣre, līgberend flaming, #Gl#.
līgbryne † m. burning, fire.
līgbysig (ē) busy with fire, #Rd# 31^1.
līgcwalu f. fiery torment, #El# 296.
līgdraca (ē) † m. fiery dragon.
līgegesa m. flaming terror, B 2780.
līgen (ē) flaming, fiery, Æ.
ligenword = lygeword
+lig-er, -ere n., -ernes f. concubinage, fornication, adultery, AO.
līget nm., līgetu (ē) f. lightning, flash of lightning, BH, Bl, Mt; Æ, AO. [‘lait’; līeg]
līgetræsc m. lightning, flash of light, coruscation, Lk 10^18. [līget]
līgetsleht (ē^1, æ^3) f. lightning-stroke, thunder-bolt.
līgetung f. lightning, EHy 6^41.
ligeð pres. 3 sg. of licgan.
līg-fǣmende, -fāmblāwende vomiting fire, BH 432^7.
līgfȳr n. fire, #Ex# 77.
ligge = līege ds. of līeg.
līgit = līget
līglic (ē) fiery, #Guth# 131^196.
līg-locc, -locced having flaming locks, WW.
līgnian = lȳgnian [[headword spelled “lygnian”]]
līgræsc (ē^1, e^2) = līgetræsc
līg-ræscetung, -ræscung (ȳ^1) f. lightning.
līgspīwel vomiting flame.
ligð pres. 3 sg. of licgan.
līg-ðracu † f. gds. -ðræce fiery onset, violence of flames.
līgȳð f. wave of fire, B 2672.
līh imperat. sg. of lēon.
līht == lēoht
līhtan (ē, ēo, ȳ) I. (±) _to make ‘light,’ easy, relieve, alleviate_, CP, Lcd, LL: dismount, ‘alight,’ BH (y). II. (ie, ȳ) to lighten, illuminate, give light, shine, Æ, Jn (ȳ): grow light, dawn, Da (ȳ): ‘light,’ kindle.
līhting I. f. relief, alleviation, release, LL. [‘lihting’] II. (ēo) f. shining, illumination, light, Æ: dawn: lightning. [‘lihting’]
līhtingnes f. lightness of taxation, LL (306^21).
līhtnes f. brightness, W 230^12. [‘lightness’]
līhð pres. 3 sg. of lēogan.
lilie f. ‘lily,’ Bl, Lcd; Æ. [L. lilium]
lim (y) n. nap. leomu ‘limb,’ member, Æ, BH, Bl; AO, CP: branch, B: agent, offspring? Bl, 33: bone? #CPs# 6^3.
līm m. anything sticky, ‘lime,’ mortar, cement, gluten, Ep, WW.
+līman to cement, join, stick together.
limbstefning f. hanging, curtain, WW 191^32.
līmfīn f. lime-heap, BC 1·518^41.
limgelecg n. shape, WW.
limgesihð f. body, A 2·364.
limhāl sound of limb, #Gu# 661.
+līmian = +līman
līming f. smearing, plastering, WW. [‘liming’]
limlǣw f. injury to the limbs, mutilation, LL (278^26).
limlǣweo maimed, LL 132[10].
limlēas without limbs, Æ 2·270^22.
limmǣlum adv. ‘membratim,’ limb by limb, WW. [‘limbmeal’]
limmlama crippled, W 4^12.
limnacod stark naked, #Gen# 1566.
+limp n. occurrence: misfortune, accident, CP.
±limpan^3 to happen, occur, B, Bo, Chr, Met; Æ, AO, CP: belong to, suit, befit, OET, Ct: concern, CP. [‘limp,’ ‘i-limp’]
±limpful fitting, convenient, AS 2^1.
limplǣcan to unite, connect, OEG 80.
+limplic fitting, suitable, ÆL. adv. -līce (±).
+limplicnes f. opportunity.
limrǣden f. cloak? form? disposition of the limbs? v. OEG 2530.
limsēoc † lame, paralytic.
limwǣde n. clothing, #PPs# 103^2.
limwæstm m. stature, #Sat# 130.
limwērig weary of limb, #Rood# 63.
līn n. flax, linen, cloth, napkin, towel, Gl, JnR, MtR; CP. [‘line’]
līnacer m. flax field, EC 239.
lind I. f. lime-tree, linden, Gl; Æ; Mdf: (†) shield (of wood). [‘lind’] II. = lynd
lindcroda ‡ m. crash of shields, battle.
linde lime-tree, linden.
linden made of ‘linden’-wood, GnE.
lindgecrod n. shield-bearing troop, #An# 1222.
lindgelāc n. battle, #Ap# 76.
lindgestealla † m. shield-comrade, companion in war.
lindhæbbende † m. shield-bearer, warrior.
lindplega † m. shield-play, battle.
lindrycg m. ridge where limes grow, KC 3·79^20.
lindwered n. troop armed with shields, #El# 142.
lindwiga m. warrior, B 2603.
lind-wīgend †, -wiggend † m. shielded warrior.
līne f. line, cable, rope, Sol, WW: series, row: rule, direction.
līnece (WW 286^21) = līnete
līnen adj. ‘linen,’ made of flax, Ep; Æ, CP.
līnenhrægl n. linen cloth, NG.
līnenwerd dressed in linen, LL (370^11).
līnete (-ece) f. linnet, WW 286^21.
līnet-wige, -wigle f. linnet, Cp, Erf, WW. [‘lintwhite’]
-ling suffix (1) for forming personal nouns (dēorling, rǣpling). (2) for forming advbs. (hinderling).
līnhǣwen flax-coloured, #Lcd#.
līnland n. land in flax, KC 3·19^4.
līnlēag m. flax ground, EC 166.
linnan^3 (w. instr. or g.) to cease from, desist, lose, yield up (life), B. [‘lin’]
līnsǣd n. ‘linseed,’ A (e^2), Lcd.
līnwǣd f. linen cloth or garment, NG.
līnwyrt f. flax, #Lcd#.
līo (WW 438^22) = lēo
lippa m., lippe? f. (LL 2·136) ‘lip,’ Lcd, RB, WW.
līra m. any fleshy part of the body, muscle, calf of the leg, WW.
+lire = +ligere [[under “+liger”]]
līreht fleshy, #Lcd# 91a.
līs = liss
līs- = līes-
lisan (#Gl#) = lesan
+lise (e) nap. +leosu n. reading, study, BH.
+līsian to slip, glide, CP 437.
-lisnian, -listnian v. be-l.
liss (līðs) f. grace, favour, love, kindness, mercy, Æ: joy, peace, rest, Ph, W: remission, forgiveness: saving (of life). [‘liss’; līðe]
līssian to subdue, #Sol# 294.
list mf. art, cleverness, cunning, experience, skill, craft, Cr. [‘list’] listum cunningly, skilfully.
listan = lystan
līste f. ‘list,’ fringe, border, Ep.
listelīce adv. carefully, #Lcd# 11a.
listhendig skilful, #Cra# 95.
listum v. list.
listwrenc m. deception, W 81; 128^9.
lisð pres. 3 sg. of lesan.
lit colour, dye, NC 306 (late).
līt = lȳt
lītan to bend, incline, #Met# 26^119.
lite- = lytig-
lītel = lȳtel
litig = lytig
litigere m. dyer, NC 306 (late).
lītl- = lȳtl-
litsmann = liðsmann
lið I. nm. nap. leoðu, liðu limb, member, BH, Cr; Æ, AO, CP: joint, Lcd. [‘lith’] II. n. fleet. [ON. lið]
līð I. n. cider, native wine, fermented drink, CP: beaker, cup. II. pres. 3 sg. of licgan. III. = līðe adj. IV. = līhð
līða m. name of months June (ǣrra l.) and July (æftera l.).
liðādl f. gout, #Lcd#, WW.
līðan^1 to go, travel, sail, B, BH. [‘lithe’]
līðe I. adj. gentle, soft, calm, mild, ApT, B, Mt; Æ, AO, CP: gracious, kind, agreeable, sweet, Bo, Gen; Æ. [‘lithe’] II. adv. gently, softly.
liðe- = leoðu-
liðebīge flexible, yielding, Æ. [‘litheby’]
liðebīgnes f. flexibility of limbs, #Guth# 90^21.
līðeg == līðig
līðelic gentle, soft, mild, CP. adv. -līce, CP. [‘lithely’]
+liðen (y) having travelled much. [līðan]
līðercian to smooth down, flatter, #Gl#.
liðere f., liðera m. sling, slinging pouch, BH, Cp; Æ. [‘lither’; leðer]
liðeren = leðren
liðerlic of a sling, WW 247^4.
+liðewācian to calm, appease, mitigate, ÆL.
liðewǣcan = leoðuwǣcan
liðgeat = hlidgeat
līðian (CP; Æ) = līðigian
+liðian (eo) to incline, accustom, A 2·68.
līðig lithe, flexible, bending, yielding, Æ, W. [‘lithy’]
līðigian (±) to soften, calm, assuage, appease, CP; Æ: be mild. [‘lithe’]
liðincel n. little joint, WW.
līðlic = līðelic
liðmann = lidmann
līðnes f. mildness, softness, gentleness, kindness, Æ, CP.
liðo- = leoðu-
liðre = liðere
līðre = lȳðre
liðrin = leðren
līðs = liss
liðsēaw n. synovia.
liðsmann m. seafarer, pirate, #Chr#.
liðu v. lið.
liðule m? synovia, #Lcd#. [lið, ele]
līðung f. alleviation, relief, #Lcd# 1·112^2.
līðwǣge n. drinking-cup, B 1982.
liðwærc m. pain in the limbs, #Lcd# 49b.
līðwyrde mild of speech, NC 348.
līðwyrt f. dwarf elder.
līxan to shine, flash, glitter, gleam.
līxende splendidly, LkL 16^19.
līxung f. brilliance, brightness, N.
-lō pl. -lōn v. mæst-, sceaft-l. [[“mæastlō” under “mæstlōn”]]
lob (#Gl#) = lof
lobbe f. spider, LPs. [‘lob’]
loc I. n. ‘lock’ bolt, bar, Æ, BH; AO: enclosure, fold, prison, stronghold, CP: bargain, agreement, settlement, conclusion. [lūcan] II. = locc I.
lōc, lōca interj. look, see, look you. l. hū however. l. hwænne, hwonne whenever. spel l. hwænne mann wille a discourse for any occasion you please, Æ. l. hwǣr wherever. l. hwǣðer whichever. l. hwā, l. hwæt, whoever, whatever. l. hwylc whichever.
loca m. enclosure, stronghold.
lōca-hū v. lōc interj.
locbore f. one who wears long hair, free woman, LL 7[73].
locc I. m. ‘lock’ of (hair), hair, curl, Bl, CP, Ep; Æ. II. = loc I.
loccad ‘crinitus,’ OEG 56^13.
loccetan (MtL) ?= rocettan (JAW 77).
±loccian to attract, entice, soothe, CP.
locen I. pp. of lūcan. II. (#Sat# 300?) = loc
locer = locor
locfeax n. hair, WW 379^42.
locgewind n. hair, WW 199^7.
lōc-hū, -hwænne etc. v. lōc hū, lōc hwænne, etc.
lochyrdel m. sheepfold, LL 454[9].
lōcian (±) to see, behold, look, gaze, Æ, Bl, CP, Mt; AO: observe, notice, take heed, Bl; Æ. l. tō regard with favour, CP: belong, pertain, Æ.
locor plane, #Gl#.
locstān m. keystone, ÆL 23^345.
-lōcung v. ðurh-l.
loddere m. beggar, Æ; Mdf. [lȳðre]
+lodr f. backbone, spine, #Lcd# 65a.
lodrung f. rubbish, nonsense, WW 478^8.
+lodwyrt f. silverweed.
loerge (Ep) np. of lorg.
lof I. n. (m. B 1536) praise, glory, repute, Cp; Æ, CP: song of praise, hymn. [‘lof’] II. † n. protection, help.
lōf (OEG 5241) = glōf (?), v. ES 37·186.
lofbǣre praising, giving praise.
lofdǣd f. praiseworthy deed, B 24.
lofgeorn eager for praise, ÆL 16^302: lavish? RB 54^9; 55^3.
lofherung f. praising, #LPs# 55^12.
lofian to praise, exalt, Gen, PPs; CP: appraise, value. [‘love’]
loflāc n. offering in honour of any one, W 107^6.
loflǣcan to praise, #LPs# 118^175.
loflic laudable. adv. -līce gloriously.
lofmægen n. praise, #PPs# 105^2.
lofsang m. song of praise, canticle, hymn, psalm, BH; Æ: lauds. [‘lofsang’]
lofsealm m. the 148th Psalm, RB 36^19.
lofsingende singing hymns of praise, OEG 4912.
lofsum praiseworthy, #Gen# 468.
lofte (on) adv. phr. in the air, aloft, Hex, MLN. [‘loft’]
lofung f. praising, laudation: appraising, Æ.
lōg pret. 3 sg. of lēan.
-loga v. āð-, trēow-, word-l. [leogan] [[headword spelled “lēogan”]]
lōges v. lōh.
logeðer = logðer
±lōgian to lodge, place, put by, Æ: put in order, arrange, Æ: discourse, Æ: divide, portion out. +l. ūp lay by, deposit. +logod sprǣc (well)-ordered speech, style.
logðer (o^2) cunning, artful, WW.
+logung f. order, CM 599.
lōh I. n., gs. lōges place, stead (only in phr. on his lōh). II. pret. 3 sg. of lēan II.
lōhsceaft m. bolt, bar? AS 1^2.
loma = lama
±lōma m. tool, utensil, article of furniture, BH; #Gl#. [‘loom’]
lomb, lomber = lamb
±lōme (1) adj. frequent, ÆL 31^1019; (2) adv. often, frequently. oft (and) +l. constantly, diligently.
+lōmed = +lēomod
lōmelic = lōmlic
±lōmlǣcan to frequent, Æ: be frequent.
+lōmlǣcende frequent, Æ: frequentative (vb), #ÆGr# 213^7.
+lōmlǣcing f. frequency, frequenting, #ÆGr# 213^7.
+lōmlic repeated, AO, CP. adv. -līce frequently.
+lōmlīcian to become frequent, #Bl# 109^2.
+lōmlicnes f. frequented place? frequency? #CPs# 117^27.
lomp pret. 3 sg. of limpan.
lond == land
londādl f. strangury? #Lcd# 108a. [hland]
lone = lane
long == lang
Longbeard-an, -as sbmpl. Lombards, AO.
lonn = lann
lonu = lanu
loppe f. flea (spider? silkworm?), Bo, WW. [‘lop’]
loppestre f. ‘lobster,’ WW; Æ: locust.
lopust, lopystre = loppestre
lor n. (only in phr. tō lore, tō lose) loss, destruction, Bl; CP. [‘lor’]
-lora v. hlēow-l.
loren pp. (str.) of lēoran.
lorg, lorh fm. pole, distaff, weaver’s beam, #Gl#.
los = lor [‘loss’]
losewist = loswist [[under “losing”]]
losian (u) wv. (±) to be lost, perish, Bo, CP; Æ: (±) escape, get away: ‘lose,’ LkL 15^4: destroy, LkL 7^27.
losigendlic ready to perish, Æ.
losing, loswist f. perdition, loss, destruction, NG.
lot n. fraud, guile, ÆL, CP.
loten pp. of lūtan.
lotwrenc m. deception, deceit, cunning, artifice, trick, Æ, AO, CP.
loða m. upper garment, mantle, cloak, CP.
lox m. lynx, BH, WW. [Ger. luchs]
luba-, lube- = lufe-
lūcan^2 I. (±) (tr.) to lock, close, enclose, fasten, shut up, An: (intr.) close up, form one mass, Ph: interlock, intertwine, twist, wind, CP: conclude. [‘louk’] II. pluck out, pull up, Met. [‘louk’^2]
ludgæt n. side-gate, postern gate, #Gl#.
ludon pret. pl. of lēodan.
lufelic = luflic
lufen f. hope? (BT; GK), #Da# 73, B 2886.
lufestice f. ‘lovage’ (plant), Lcd. [L. levisticum]
lufestre f. female lover, OEG.
luffendlic = lufiendlic
±lufian to ‘love,’ cherish, show love to, Æ, JnL, VPs; CP: fondle, caress: approve, practise.
lufiend m. lover, Æ.
lufiende affectionate, ÆGr. [‘loving’]
lufiendlic, lufigendlic lovely, beautiful, Æ: lovable, amiable, Æ.
luflic amiable, loving, Lcd: lovable, Ps. adv. -līce lovingly, kindly, CP: willingly, gladly, BH. [‘lovely’]
lufrǣden f. love, LPs. [‘lovered’]
lufsum loving, lovable, pleasant, Cr. [‘lovesome’] adv. -līce graciously.
lufsumnes f. pleasantness, kindness, #Gl#.
luftācen n. ‘love-token,’ B 1863.
luf-tȳme (Æ), -tēme (RB) pleasant, sweet, grateful, benevolent.
luftȳmlic embracing, OEG 56^254.
lufu f. love, strong liking, affection, favour, Æ, BH, Jn, VPs, WW; AO, CP: love (of God), JnR: amicable settlement, LL 392´.
lufwende lovable, pleasant.
lufwendlic friendly, #KGl# 73^34. adv. -līce gently, #KGl# 80^21.
lugon pret. pl. of lēogan.
luh n. loch, pond, NG; Mdf. [Keltic]
+lumpenlic occasional. [limpan]
lumpon pret. pl. of limpan.
luncian to limp? #LPs# 17^46. [cp. Norw. lunke?]
lundlaga m. kidney, Æ.
lungen f. ‘lung,’ Lcd, WW.
lungenādl f. lung-disease, #Lcd#.
lungensealf f. lung-salve, #Lcd# 141a.
lungenwyrt f. ‘lung-wort,’ Lcd.
-lunger v. cēas-l.
lungre † adv. soon, forthwith, suddenly, quickly.
lunnon pret. pl. of linnan.
lūpe f. loop, leash, #Gl#.
lūs f. nap. lȳs ‘louse,’ Æ, Cp, Hex.
lusian (GPH) = losian
lust I. m. desire, appetite, Æ, BH, JnL: pleasure, Bo, Lk (pl.): sensuous appetite, lust, Jul, Lcd, WW. II. adj. willing, W 246^10.
lustbǣre desirable, pleasant, agreeable, cheerful, joyous, Æ, AO: desirous, ÆL 4^116.
lustbǣrlic pleasant, AO. adv. -līce.
lustbǣrnes f. enjoyment, pleasure, desire, CP.
lustful wishful, desirous, AO 100^27. [‘lustfull’]
±lustfullian to rejoice, enjoy, Æ: be pleasing to, CP 70^24.
±lustfullīce joyfully, gladly, heartily, Bl. [‘lustfully’]
±lustfullung f. desire, pleasure, Æ.
±lustfulnes f. desire, pleasure, BH; CP. [‘lustfulness’]
lustgeornnes f. concupiscence, G.
lustgryn f. snare of pleasure, #Soul# 23.
lustlīce willingly, gladly, Bl; Æ, AO.
lustmoce f. lady’s-smock (plant), #Lcd#.
lustsumlic pleasant. adv. -līce willingly.
lustum adv. with pleasure, gladly.
lūsðorn m. spindle-tree, EC 445^31.
±lūtan^2 to bend, stoop, decline, Æ, AO: +loten dæg after part of day: bow, make obeisance, fall down, Bl, VPs: (+) lay down, MtL 8^20: entreat. [‘lout’]
±lūtian to lie hid, hide, lurk, Æ, VHy; AO, CP. [‘lout’^2]
lutter = hluttor [[under “hlūtor”]]
luttor = hlūtor
lūðer- = lȳðer-
lybb n. drug, poison, charm: witchcraft.
lybban = libban
lybbestre f. sorceress, WW 200^25.
lybcorn n. a medicinal seed, wild saffron? #Gl#.
lybcræft m. skill in the use of drugs, magic, witchcraft, #Bl#.
lybesn = lyfesn
lyblāc nm. occult art, use of drugs for magic, witchcraft.
lyblǣca m. wizard, sorcerer, #Gl#.
lybsin, lybsn = lyfesn
lȳc- = lǣc-, līc-
lycce = lyge II.
lȳcð pres. 3 sg. of lūcan.
lȳden (LWS) = lǣden
lȳf = līf
lȳf- = lēaf-, lēf-, līef-, līf-
lyfde, lyfede pret. 3 sg. of libban.
lyfesn (i) f. charm, amulet, knot.
lyffetere m. flatterer, Æ.
lyffet-tan, -tian to flatter, Æ.
lyffetung f. adulation, flattery, Æ.
lyfian = lifian, libban
lyft fmn. air, sky, clouds, atmosphere, B, Lcd; Æ, AO, CP. on lyfte on high, aloft. [‘lift’; Ger. luft]
lyftādl f. paralysis, palsy, BH, #Lcd#.
lyftedor m. clouds, #Ex# 251.
lyften of the air, aërial, Æ.
lyftfæt n. vessel in the air (moon), #Rd# 30^3.
lyftflēogend m. flier in the air, bird, #Sol# 289.
lyftfloga m. flier in the air, dragon, B 2315.
lyftgelāc † n. flight through the air.
lyftgeswenced driven by the wind, B 1913.
lyfthelm † m. air, mist, cloud.
lyftlācende † sporting in the air, flying.
lyftlic aërial, NC 314.
lyftsceaða m. aërial robber (raven), #Wy# 39.
lyftwundor n. aërial wonder, #Ex# 90.
lyftwynn † f. pleasure in flying.
lyge I. (i) m. ‘lie,’ falsehood, BH, Sat. II. lying, false (A; = *lygge, JAW 25). III. ‘sicalia,’ secale? corn? rye? WW 301^2.
lygen (i) f. lie, falsehood.
lygenian = lygnian
lygesearu † n. lying wile, trick.
lygespell (i) n. falsehood, WW 449^2.
lygesynnig (i) lying, false, #El# 899.
lygetorn (i) feigned anger or grief, B 1943.
lygeword (i) † n. lying word, lie.
lygewyrhta (i) m. liar, #Leas#.
lygnes (i) f. falseness: false things.
±lygnian (i) to give one the lie, convict of falsehood, Æ.
+lygnod perjured, Æ (i).
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lȳht- = līht-
lyhð pres. 3 sg. of lēan.
lȳhð pres. 3 sg. of lēogan.
lym = lim
lȳman = lēoman
lymp- = limp-
±lynd (i) f. fat, grease.
+lyndu np. joints of the spine, WW 159^22.
lynibor n. borer, gimlet, WW 273^13.
lynis m. axle, axletree, ‘linch’-pin, Ep, WW.
lypenwyrhta m. tanner? v. JGPh 5·467.
lyre (e) m. loss, destruction, damage, hurt, WW; Æ. [‘lure’; lēosan]
lyrewrenc m. hurtful intrigue, MFH 169.
-lyrtan v. be-l.
lȳs v. lūs.
lȳs- = līes-
lysferht = leasferhð [[headword spelled “lēasferhð”]]
lysnan = hlysnan
lysnere = hlysnere
lȳssa (#KGl#) = lǣssa
lyssen = lyswen
±lystan impers. w. a. (d.) of pers. and g. of thing or inf. to please, cause pleasure or desire, provoke longing, Æ, Bl, Bo; AO, CP. +lysted desirous of. [‘list’; lust]
lystere (OEG 4674) = ? lyftere, lyffetere
+lystfullīce = lustfullīce
lysu I. base, false, evil. II. n. evil deed.
lyswen I. purulent, corrupt, #Lcd#. II. n. pus, matter, #Lcd#.
lȳt adv., adj. and indecl. sb. little, few, B, DD, Gen, Run; Æ, AO.
lȳtan = lūtan
lyteg == lytig
lȳtel I. adj. ‘little,’ not large, Æ, AO, Lk, Met: short (distance, time), B: not much, Mt, Ps. II. adv. little, slightly, Ps. III. sb. AO, Lcd, Ps.
lȳtelhȳdig pusillanimous, #Cra# 10.
lytelic = lytiglic
lytelīce = lytiglīce
lȳtelmōd pusillanimous, CP.
lȳtelne = lȳtesne [[under “lȳtesnā”]]
lȳtelnes f. smallness, ÆGr 228^14. [‘littleness’]
lȳtesnā, lȳtes(t)ne adv. nearly, within a little, almost.
lȳthwōn adv. and sb. (w. g.) little, but little, very few, Æ, CP.
lytig (e) crafty, cunning, AO.
lytigian to feign, act crookedly, #Ma# 86.
lytiglic (lytelic) deceitful, crafty. adv. -līce, CP.
lytignes f. cunning, CP.
±lȳtlian to lessen, decrease, diminish, Bo, JnL; CP: shorten, curtail, abrogate: fall out of use, LL 267[37]. [‘little’]
lȳtling m. little one, infant, child, Æ, CP.
lȳtlum adv. (d. of lȳtel) little by little, gradually, Æ; CP. [‘litlum’]
+lȳtlung (ī) f. insufficiency, want, #Sc# 57^1 (cp. EHy 5^12).
lyttl- = lȳtl-
lyttuccas mpl. particles, small pieces, GPH 400.
lyð = lið
lȳða = līða
+lyðen = +liðen
lȳðerful evil, vile, W 40^5.
lȳðerlic bad, sordid, mean, vile, AO. adv. -līce (ū^1).
lȳðernes (ū^1) f. wickedness, HL 18^8.
lȳðran (ē) to anoint, smear, ‘lather,’ JnL (e), Lcd. [lēaðor]
lyðre = liðere
lȳðre I. (ē, ī) adj. bad, wicked, base, mean, corrupt, wretched, Æ, AO, Lk, WW. [‘lither’] adv. wretchedly, badly, #Sat# 62. II. comp. of līðe.
lȳðwyrt = līðwyrt
lȳxan = līxan
=M=
mā I. adv. [comp. of micle] more, rather, longer, hereafter, further, Æ, BH, Bo, Bl, CP, VPs (mǣ). ðe mā ðe more than. II. sb. (indecl.) more, Æ, An, BH, Bl. III. adj. more, Æ, Bl. [‘mo’]
mabuldor = mapulder
maca = +mæcca
macalic convenient, MkR 6^21.
macian to ‘make,’ form, construct, do, A, Æ: prepare, arrange, cause, Æ, Gen, Mt: use, Æ: behave, fare, Æ, Bo; CP. macian ūp to put up, Æ.
mācræftig (= mægencr-) † mighty.
macung f. making, doing, #Chr# 1101.
+mād = +mǣd
mādm == māðm
mādmōd n. foolishness, #Mod# 25.
mǣ = mā
±mæc well-suited, companionable: similar, equal.
mæcan = mecgan, mengan
+mæcca (a, e) mf. mate, equal, one of a pair, comrade, companion, ÆGr (a), MtR (e): (±) husband, wife, Æ, Mt, OET. [‘match’]
mǣcefisc = mēcefisc
mæcg † m. man, disciple: son.
mæcga m. man, Wy 52.
mæcian = mecgan, mengan
+mæclic conjugal, #Sc#.
+mæcnes f. cohabitation, BH.
+mæcscipe m. cohabitation, #Cr# 199.
mǣd (ē) f. ds. (EWS) mēda; nap. mǣd(w)a, mǣdwe ‘mead,’ ‘meadow,’ pasture, BC, OEG; Æ, AO; Mdf.
+mǣd, +mǣded ‘mad,’ Rd, WW: foolish, Cp.
mæddre f. ‘madder,’ Lcd; Æ.
+mǣded = +mǣd
mǣden (Æ, AO, CP) == mægden
mǣdencild n. female child, girl, AO; Æ. [‘maiden-child’]
mǣdenhēap m. band of virgins, DD 289.
mǣdenlic maidenly, virgin, Æ.
mædere = mæddre
mæderecīð m. sprig of madder, #Lcd#.
+mædla m. chatter, #Lcd# 122b. [mæðel]
mǣdland m. meadow-land, KC.
mǣdmǣwect (= -wett) mowing of a meadow, LL 448[5,2].
mǣdrǣden f. mowing, tract of mown grass, KC 6·153^10.
mǣdsplott m. plot of meadow-land, KC 4·72^7.
mædwa m., mǣdwe f. = mǣd
mǣdweland = mǣdland
mæg I. pres. 3 sg. of magan. II. (#Sc# 4^19: 12^17) = mægen
+mǣg I. m. nap. māgas (v. LL 2·651) male kinsman, parent, son, brother, nephew, cousin, B, Ep (ē); Æ, AO, CP: [‘may’] II. † f. female relation, wife, woman, maiden.
mǣgbana m. destroyer of kinsfolk, W 242^5.
mǣgbōt f. compensation paid to the relatives of a murdered man, LL.
mǣgburg f. family, tribe, race, people, nation: genealogy.
mǣgcild n. young kinsman.
mǣgcnafa m. youthful kinsman, BC 2·329´.
mǣgcūð related, OEG.
mǣgcwalm m. murder of a relation, Cp 179#p# (ē).
mægden (ǣd) n. maiden, virgin, LL; Æ: girl, Mt: maid, servant, Bl.
mægden- see also mǣden-.
mægdenǣw f. marriage with a virgin.
mægdenhād m. ‘maidenhood,’ virginity, Cr; CP.
mægdenmann m. ‘maid,’ virgin, AO. [‘maidenman’]
mǣge = māge
mægen I. (e) n. bodily strength, might, ‘main’ force, power, vigour, valour, B; Æ, CP: virtue, efficacy, efficiency, Lcd: picked men of a nation, troop, army, AO: miracle. [magan] II. subj. pl. of magan.
mægenāgende mighty, B 2837.
mægenbyrðen † f. huge burden.
mægencorðor n. strong troop, #Gen# 1986.
mægencræft † m. main force, great strength, might.
mægencyning † m. mighty king.
mægendǣd f. mighty deed, #Cra# 12.
mægenēaca m. succour, #Az# 138.
mægenēacen † mighty, vigorous.
mægenearfeðe † n. great misery or trial.
mægenellen n. mighty valour, B 659.
mægenfæst vigorous, strong, steadfast, Æ.
mægenfolc n. mighty company, #Cr# 877.
mægenfultum m. mighty help, B 1455.
mægenhēap † m. powerful band.
mægenheard very strong, #Run# 5.
mægenian (gn-) to gain strength: (+) establish, confirm, BH 306^18.
mægenlēas powerless, feeble, helpless, WW; Æ. [‘mainless’] adv. -līce.
mægenlēast f. weakness, feebleness, Æ: inability, RB.
mægenrǣs m. mighty onslaught, B 1519.
mægenrōf † powerful.
mægenscype m. might, power, #Da# 20.
mægenspēd f. power, virtue.
mægenstān m. huge stone, #Met# 5^16.
mægenstrang † of great virtue or strength.
mægen-strengo, -strengðu f. main strength, great might.
mægenðegen m. mighty minister, #Gu# 1099.
mægenðise f. violence, force, #Rd# 28^10.
mægenðrēat † m. mighty host.
mægenðrymm m. power, might, greatness, glory, Æ, CP: heavenly host: (†) Christ: (†) heaven.
mægenðrymnes f. great glory, majesty, Æ.
mægenweorc † n. mighty work.
mægenwīsa m. general, #Ex# 553.
mægenwudu m. strong spear, B 236.
mægenwundor n. striking wonder, #Cr# 927.
mæger meagre, lean, #Lcd# 90b.
mægerian to macerate, make lean, WW. [Ger. magern]
mægester = magister
mægeð = mægð
mǣgeð = mǣgð
mǣggemōt n. meeting of kinsmen, AO 248^18.
mǣggewrit n. genealogy, pedigree.
mǣggieldan^3? to contribute towards the fine for manslaughter by a kinsman, LL 122[74,2].
mǣghǣmed n. incest, BH 280^1.
mǣghand (mēg-, mēi-) f. natural heir, relative.
mægister = magister
mǣglagu f. law as to relatives, LL 266[25].
mǣglēas without relatives, LL.
mǣglic belonging to a kinsman, Æ.
mǣglufu f. love, #Jul# 70.
mǣgmorðor n. murder of a relative, #Gl#.
mǣgmyrðra m. murderer of a relative, parricide, OEG, GD 239^4.
mægn == mægen
mægnan = mengan
mægon = magon pres. pl. of magan.
mǣgracu f. generation, genealogy, Æ.
mǣgrǣden f. relationship, AO.
mǣgrǣs m. attack on relatives, W 164^4.
mǣgscīr [mēg-] f. division of a people containing the kinsmen of a particular family (BT), DR 193^10.
mǣgsibb f. relationship: affection of relatives.
mǣgsibbung f. reconciliation, peace-making, JGPh 1·63.
mǣgsiblic related, WW 375^17.
mǣgslaga m. slayer of a relative, parricide, fratricide, Æ.
mǣgsliht m. murder of a relative, W 130^2.
mægster = magister
mægð † I. f. gp. mægða, dp. mægðum, otherwise uninflected maiden, virgin, girl, woman, wife. [Goth. magaðs] II. (±) f. power, greatness.
mǣgð (ȳ) f. family group, clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people, Æ, AO: province, country, Æ.
mægða m. mayweed.
mægðblæd (geð) n. pudendum muliebre, GPH 400^8.
mægðbōt f. fine for assault on an unmarried woman? LL 7[74].
mægðe f. mayweed. [cp. mægða]
mægðhād m. virginity, chastity, purity, MH; Æ, CP: band of young persons. [‘maidhood’]
mǣgðhād m. relationship, Æ.
mægðhādlic maidenly, OEG 1469.
mægðlagu = mæglagu [[headword spelled “mǣglagu”]]
mǣgðlēas not of noble birth, WW 219^8.
mægðmann m. maiden, virgin, LL 8[82].
mǣgðmorðor (ē^1) nm. murder of kin, OEG 2^412.
mǣgðmyrðra m. murderer of kin, OEG 2^335.
mǣgðrǣden f. friendship, OEG.
mǣgðsibb (y^2) f. kindred, #HGl# 523.
mǣgwine † m. friendly relative, clansman.
mǣgwlite (ā, ē) m. aspect, appearance, species, form.
mǣgwlitian [mēg-] to fashion, MtL 17^2.
mǣgwlitlice [mēg-] figuratively, MkL p4^10.
mæht == meaht, miht
mæhð = mægð
mǣl I. (ā, ē) n. mark, sign, ornament: cross, crucifix: armour, harness, sword: measure, Lcd: (†) time, point of time, occasion, season: time for eating, ‘meal,’ meals, CP; Æ. II. f. (†) talk, conversation: contest, battle. [mæðel] III. = māl
+mǣl stained, dyed, #An# 1333.
+mǣlan to mark, stain, #Jul# 591.
±mǣlan † to speak, talk, Gen. [‘i-mele’; mæðlan]
mǣlcearu f. trouble of the time, B 189.
mæld- = meld-
mǣldæg † m. appointed time, day.
mǣldropa m. phlegm, saliva, WW 240^9.
mǣldropiende phlegmatic, WW 161^33.
mǣle m. cup, bowl, bucket, Ep; #Lcd# (ē). [‘meal’]
mǣlgesceaft f. fate, B 2737.
mǣlsceafa (æ?) m. canker, caterpillar, WW. [‘malshave’]
mæltan (#VPs#) = meltan
mǣl-tang m., -tange f. pair of compasses, WW.
mǣl-tīd f., tīma m. mealtime, NC 348.
mæn = menn nap. of man.
mæn- = man-, men-
±mǣnan (ē) to ‘mean,’ signify, intend, Æ, Bo, Sol; CP: mention, relate, declare, communicate to, speak of, B: associate (something) with, AO: complain of, lament, bewail, sorrow, grieve, Bo; Æ, AO, CP.
mǣne I. (±, usu. +) common, general, universal, Mt, WW; Æ, AO, CP. [‘i-mene’] II. (+) n. fellowship, intercourse. III. false, mean, wicked. [mān] IV. (+) subdued, overpowered. [= *+mægne, ES 43·308]
±mǣnelic (usu. +) common, mutual, general, universal, Æ. adv. -līce.
+mǣnelicnes f. ‘generalitas,’ OEG.
mænibrǣde relating to many things, WW 115^8.
mǣnlic = mǣnelic
+mǣnnes f. community, fellowship, intercourse, union, Shr: land held in common, BC 1·597´. [v. ‘i-mene’]
+mǣnscipe m. community, fellowship: union, W 248^23.
±mǣnsumian to participate in, have fellowship with: live with, marry: partake of Eucharist, Æ.
±mǣnsum-nes, -ung f. fellowship, participation, Æ.
mænu = menigu
mǣrāc f. boundary-oak, KC 3·379^29.
mǣran (ā) I. (±) to declare, proclaim, celebrate, glorify, honour. II. (+) to determine, fix limits, #Wid# 42.
mǣrapeldre f. apple-tree forming part of a boundary, KC 3·390^5.
mǣrbrōc m. boundary-brook, KC.
mærc (1) == mearc; (2) = mearg
mǣrcnoll m. boundary-knoll, EC 445.
mǣrdīc f. boundary-dyke, KC.
mære = (1) mare; (2) mere I.
mǣre I. (ē) famous, great, excellent, sublime, splendid, Æ, AO, CP. [cp. Ger. märe, märchen] II. pure, sterling (of money). [v. ‘mere’ adj.] III. (±, usu. +) boundary, border, Mk, VPs; Mdf. [‘mere’ sb.]
mǣrelsrāp m. ship’s rope, cable, WW.
mæretorht = meretorht
mærgen = morgen
mærh (Cp, Ep) = mearg
mærh- = mearh-
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mǣr-hege, -haga, -hege m. boundary-hedge, EC 447.
mǣrhlīsa m. notoriety, WW 382^10.
mǣrian to be distinguished, DHy.
mæringcwudu n. mastic of sweet basil? #Lcd# 131a.
+mǣrlacu f. boundary stream, EC 387.
mǣrlic (ȳ) great, splendid, glorious, famous, Æ, AO, CP. adv. -līce, Æ.
mǣrnes f. greatness, honour, fame.
mǣrpul m. boundary-pool, EC 445.
mǣrpytt m. pit that forms part of a boundary (BT), KC.
mærsc = mersc
mǣrsere (ē) m. herald, DR 56^17.
±mǣrsian (ē) I. to make famous, celebrate, proclaim, declare, announce, Æ, CP: celebrate: glorify, honour, exalt, praise, Æ: spread (of fame): enlarge. II. to mark out, bound, limit.
mǣrstān m. boundary stone, BC. [‘mere-stone’]
mǣrsung (ē) f. fame, report, renown: celebration, festival, Æ: exalting, magnifying: (±) magnificence, celebrity.
mǣrsungtīma m. time of glorifying, ÆH 2·360^25.
mærð = mearð
mǣrð f. glory, repute, fame: famous exploit, glorious achievement, Æ, AO, CP.
mǣrðorn m. boundary-hawthorn, KC.
mǣrðu = mǣrð
mǣrðum (instr. of mǣrð) adv. gloriously.
mæru = mearu
+mǣrung? ‘consummatio,’ RHy 5^10.
mærw- = mearu-
±mǣrweg m. boundary road, Ct.
mǣrweorc m. noble work, #PPs# 110^4.
mǣrwyll m. boundary stream.
mæscre (ǣ?) f. mesh, WW 450^10.
mæsen brazen (Earle); of maple (BT), EC 250.
mæslere m. sacristan, GD.
mæsling, mæslen (MkL) = mæstling
mæssanhacele = mæssehacele
mæsse (e) f. ‘mass,’ Eucharist, celebration of Eucharist, Æ, BH, OET; CP: special mass day, festival of the church. [L. missa]
mæsseǣfen m. eve of a festival.
mæsse-bōc f. nap. -bēc ‘mass-book,’ missal, LL.
mæssecrēda m. creed said at mass, Nicene creed.
mæssedæg m. ‘mass-day,’ festival, Bl.
mæssegierela m. mass-vestment, surplice, CP 87^19.
mæssehacele f. mass-vestment, cope, chasuble, LV 40, WW 327^22.
mæssehrægl n. vestment, surplice, CP.
mæsselāc n. mass-offering, host, WW.
mæsseniht f. eve of a festival.
mæsseprēost m. ‘mass-priest,’ clergyman, high priest, Æ, AO; CP.
mæsseprēosthād m. office or orders of a mass-priest, BH.
mæsseprēostscīr f. district for which a mass priest officiated, LL.
mæsserbana m. murderer of a priest, W 165^28.
mæssere m. priest who celebrates mass, Az. [‘masser’]
mæsserēaf n. mass-vestment, Æ.
mæssesang m. office of mass.
mæssesteall m? seat in a church choir, v. NC 307^348.
mæssetīd f. time of saying mass, LL (140^20).
mæsseðegn m. mass-priest, LL 460[5].
mæsseðēnung f. service of the mass, celebration of mass, A 11·8.
mæsse-ūhta? m. or -ūhte? n. hour, or service, of matins on a feast-day, NC 307.
mæssewīn (e) n. wine used at mass, WW.
mæssian (±) to celebrate ‘mass,’ Æ: (+) attend mass.
mæst I. m. (ship’s) ‘mast,’ B; Æ, AO. II. m. ‘mast,’ food of swine, acorns, beechnuts, BC.
mǣst (ā, ē) I. adj. (superl. of micel), AO, Chr, Bo, Mt. [‘most’] II. adv. mostly, for the most part, in the greatest degree, chiefly, especially. eal m., m. eal almost, nearly. m. ǣlc nearly every one, Æ, AO, CP. III. n. most.
±mæstan to feed with mast, fatten, Æ, CP. [Ger. mästen]
mæstcyst f. mast-socket, WW.
mæstelberg m. fattened hog, MtL 6^7. [bearg]
mæsten m. mast, pasture for swine.
mæstenrǣden f. right of feeding swine in mast-pastures, KC 3·451^10.
mæstentrēow n. tree yielding mast, WW 137^23.
mæstland f. land on which there is mast, TC 140^2.
mǣstlicost adv. (superl.) particularly, CM 1169.
mæstling I. n. brass, WW: brazen vessel, Mk. [‘maslin’; Ger. messing] II. fatling, OEG 61^29.
mæstlingsmið m. brass-worker, WW 539^6.
mæstlōn sbpl. pulleys at the lop of a mast, WW 199^30.
mæstrǣden = mæstenrǣden
mæstrāp m. mast-rope, #Ex# 82.
mæsttwist m. rope which supports a mast, WW.
mæt I. pret. 3 sg. of metan. II. = mete m.
±mǣtan to dream (impers.), Æ; (trans.) Lcd. [‘mete’]
mæte == mete
mǣte (ē) mean, moderate, poor, inferior, small, bad. [metan]
+mǣte suitable as to size, RB; ÆL. [‘meet’]
mætfæst- = metfæst-
+mǣtgan † to lessen, limit.
+mætgian (ÆL) = +metgian
mǣting f. dream, Lcd. [‘meting’]
mǣton pret. pl. of metan.
mǣð I. f. measure, degree, proportion, rate, Æ; AO: honour, respect, reverence, LL: what is meet, right, fitness, ability, virtue, goodness, Æ, CP: condition, lot, state, rank, Æ. [‘methe’] II. n. cutting of grass, BC. [‘math’]
mǣð- = mǣgð-
±mǣðegian to honour, respect, spare, W; Æ. [‘methe’]
mæðel (e) n. council, meeting, popular assembly: (†) speech, interview.
mæðelcwide † (e) m. discourse.
mæðelern † n. council-house, prætorium.
mæðelfrið (ðl) mn. security (‘frið’) enjoyed by public assemblies, LL 3 [1], (v. 2·464).
mæðel-hēgende †, -hergende holding conclave, deliberating.
mæðelstede † (e) m. place of assembly: battlefield.
mæðelword (e) † n. address, speech.
mǣðere = mǣðre
mǣðful humane, ÆGr. [‘metheful’]
mǣðian = mǣðegian
mæðl = mæðel
mæðlan (Cr) = maðelian
mǣðlēas immoderate, rapacious, Æ. [‘metheless’]
mǣðlic moderate, proportioned, befitting, ÆGr, TC. adv. -līce humanely, courteously. [‘methely’]
mǣðmēd f. pay for haymaking, LL 452´.
mǣðre m. mower, WW.
±mǣðrian to honour, LL.
mǣðung f. measure, extent, NC 307.
mǣw (ea, e) m. ‘mew,’ sea-gull, Cp, Shr (e).
mǣwpul (ā) m. sea-gulls’ pool, Ct.
māfealdra comp. of manigfeald.
maffian to go astray. maffiende waxing, wanton, NC 307.
mag- = mæg-
maga I. m. ‘maw,’ stomach, Cp, Lcd, WW; Æ, CP. II. powerful, strong.
māga I. † m. son, descendant, young man, man. II. gp. of mǣg.
magan swv. pres. 1, 3 sg. mæg; 2, meaht, miht; pl. magon; pret. 3 sg. meahte _to be able, have permission or power (I ‘may,’ I can), to be strong, competent, avail, prevail_, Æ, B, Bo, G, etc.; CP. mæg wið avails against, cures, #Lcd#.
māgas v. mǣg.
magaðe = mageðe
magdalatrēow n. almond-tree, WW 139^11. [L. amygdala]
mage f. (WW 159^14) = maga
māge (ǣ) f. female relative, B; Æ. [‘mowe’]
māgeēct ptc. augmented, WW. [īecan]
mageðe (æ^1, o^2) f. camomile, mayweed, Lcd, WW. [‘maythe’]
magian to prevail, #ERPs# 12^5; NC 348.
magister (æ) m. leader, chief, master, teacher, Æ, Bo; AO, CP. [L. magister]
magisterdōm (mægster-) m. office of a master or teacher, #Sc# 120^9. [‘masterdom’]
+māglic = +mālic
+magnian to be restored to health, GD 338^30.
mago † (magu) m. gs. maga, nap. mæcgas male kinsman, son, descendant, man: young man, servant: man, warrior.
magodryht f. band of warriors, B 67.
magogeoguð f. youth, #Cr# 1429.
magorǣdend m. counsellor of men, #An# 1463.
magorǣswa † m. chief, prince.
magorinc † m. youth, man, warrior.
magotimber † n. child, son: increase of family, progeny.
magotūdor † n. descendant, offspring.
magoðe, magðe = mageðe
magoðegn † m. vassal, retainer, warrior, man, servant, minister.
magu = mago
māgwlite = mǣgwlite
±māh bad, wanton, shameless, importunate.
mahan = magon pres. pl. of magan.
+māhlic == +mālic
+māhnes f. importunity, persistence: shamelessness.
maht (#VPs#) = miht
māl I. n. suit, cause, case, action, terms, agreement, covenanted pay, Chr. hē scylode ix scypa of māle he paid nine ships out of commission, #Chr# 1049#c#. [‘mail’] II. n. spot, mark, blemish, Æ. III. = mǣl n.
māldæg = mǣldæg
+mālic importunate: wanton, shameless: wicked. adv. -līce.
+mālicnes f. importunity: wantonness, shamelessness, CP.
malscrung f. enchantment, charm.
mālswyrd n. sword with inlaid ornament, TC 560^33. [mǣl]
malt (Gl) == mealt
malwe (WW) = mealwe
mamme f. teat, GPH 401^77. [L. mamma]
mamor, mamra m. lethargy, heavy sleep, #Gl#.
māmrian to think out, design, #PPs# 63^5.
man I. pron. indef. one, people, they, B, Mt; Æ. [‘man’] II. = mann. III. pres. 3 sg. of munan.
mān I. n. evil deed, crime, wickedness, guilt, sin, Æ: false oath, ÆP 216^14. II. adj. bad, criminal, false, AO. [ON. mein]
+man (o) having a mane, WW 492^20.
man- = mann-
+māna m. community, company, Æ: companionship, intercourse, BH: cohabitation. tō +mānan in common, CP. [‘mone’]
manað pres. 3 sg. of manian.
mānāð m. false oath, perjury, LL; HL. [‘manath’; Ger. meineid]
mānbealu n. crime, cruelty, #Da# 45.
manbōt (o^1) f. fine paid to the lord of a man slain, LL (v. 2·576). [‘manbote’]
mānbryne m. fatal, destructive fire, #Chr# 962#a#.
mancgere = mangere
manc-s, -cas, -cos, -cus m., gp. mancessa (CP) a ‘mancus,’ thirty silver pence, one-eighth of a pound, Æ, BC.
mancwealm m. mortality, pestilence, destruction, Chr; AO. [‘manqualm’]
mancwealmnes f. manslaughter, NG.
mancwyld (o) f. mortality, pestilence, BH 190^8.
mancynn n. mankind, Æ, B, Bl: inhabitants, people, men, CP. [‘mankin’]
mancyst f. human virtue, MFH 169.
mand (o) f. basket, Cp, MtL (o), WW. [‘maund’]
māndǣd f. sin, crime, Æ, AO, CP.
māndǣde evil-doing, wicked.
māndeorf wicked, LL (382^12).
mandrēam † m. revelry, festivity.
māndrinc m. poison, #Rd# 24^13.
mandryhten † m. lord, master.
maneg = manig
mānfǣhðu f. wickedness, #Gen# 1378.
manfaru f. host, troop, #Gu# 257.
mānfeld m. field of crime (‘campus sceleratus’), AO 108^20.
mānfolm f. evil-doer, #PPs# 143^8.
mānfordǣdla m. evil-doer, B 563.
mānforwyrht † n. evil deed, sin.
mānfrēa † m. lord of evil, Devil.
mānfremmende † sinning, vicious.
mānful wicked, evil, infamous, degraded, Æ: fearful, dire.
mānfullic infamous, evil, sinful, Æ. adv. -līce, Æ.
mānfulnes f. wickedness, Æ.
manfultum m. military force, AO (o^1).
+mang I. n. mixture, union: troop, crowd, multitude: congregation, assembly: business: cohabitation. in +m. during. on +m. in the midst of. II. prep. (w. d. or a.) among, Æ.
māngenga m. evil-doer, BH 36^5.
māngenīðla m. evil persecutor, #An# 918.
+mangennes = +mangnes
mangere m. trader, merchant, broker, Æ.
māngewyrhta m. sinner, #PPs# 77^38.
±mangian to trade, Æ, CP.
+mang-nes, -ennes f. mingling, mixture, OEG.
mangung f. trade, business, Æ.
mangunghūs n. house of merchandise, Jn 2^16.
mānhūs n. home of wickedness, hell, #Ex# 535.
±manian (o) to remind, admonish, warn, exhort, instigate, Æ, CP: instruct, advise, Æ: claim, demand, ask. [Ger. mahnen]
mānīdel † vain and bad (words).
maniend m. admonisher, CP 400^13: collector.
manif- = manigf-
manig (æ^1, e^1, o^1, e^1) nap. manega ‘many,’ many a, much, Æ, AO, B, BH; CP.
manigean = manian
manigeo = menigu
manigfeald (æ, e, o^1) manifold, various, complicated, Æ, CP: numerous, abundant: plural.
±manigfealdian to multiply, abound, increase, extend, OEG (æ^1); CP(a^3). [‘manifold’]
manigfealdlic manifold. adv. -līce in various ways, CP: (gram.) in the plural number. [‘manifoldly’]
manigfealdnes f. multiplicity, great number, abundance, complexity, WW. [‘manifoldness’]
manigsīðes (mani-) adv. many times, often, W 144^11.
manig-tēaw (æ^1), -tīwe, -tȳwe skilful, dexterous, Æ.
manigtēawnes (mænitȳw-) f. skill, dexterity, OEG.
manlēas uninhabited, WW (o). [‘manless’]
mānlic infamous, nefarious, Æ.
manlīca m. effigy, image, statue.
manlīce adv. manfully, nobly, B. [‘manly’]
manlufu f. love for men, #Gu# 324.
manm- = mannm-
mann (o) m., nap. men(n) person (male or fem.), Æ, Bl, Lcd, Mt, VHy; AO, CP: mankind, Mk, VPs: brave man, hero: vassal, servant: name of the rune for =m=.
mann-, see also man-.
manna I. m., man, Æ. II. n. manna (food), Æ, CP. [L.]
mannbǣre producing men, ÆH 1·450.
mannēaca (mon-) m. issue, progeny, AO 158^20.
mannian to ‘man,’ garrison, #Chr# 1087#e#.
mannmægen (o) n. troop, force, cohort, JnL 18^3.
mannmenigu (o) f. multitude, AO.
mannmyrring f. destruction of men, #Chr# 1096.
manrǣden f. dependence, homage, service, tribute, due, Æ. [‘manred’]
manrīm † n. number of men.
mānsceatt m. usury, #PPs# 71^14.
mānsceaða † m. enemy, sinner.
mānscild f. crime, fault, sin, †Hy 8^23.
manscipe m. humanity, courtesy, BC. [‘manship’]
mānscyldig † criminal, guilty.
manslæht = manslieht
manslaga m. man-slayer, murderer, Æ.
mānslagu f. cruel blow, #An# 1218.
manslēan^6 to kill, murder, RB 16^18 (or ? two words).
manslege m. manslaughter, homicide.
manslieht (e^2, i^2) m. manslaughter, murder, CP. [‘manslaught’]
manslot share in ownership of land? measure of land? v. NC 307. [ON. mannshlutr]
-mānsumian, -mānsumung v. ā-m.
manswǣs meek, #RPs# 24^9.
mānswara (o^2) m. perjurer.
mānswaru f. perjury. [swerian]
mānswerian^6 to forswear, perjure oneself, LL. [‘manswear’]
mānswica m. deceiver, traitor (mann-? v. LL 2·142).
mansylen (i^2) f. traffic in men, act of selling men as slaves. [sellan]
manðēaw † m. habit, custom (? sometimes mānðēaw sinful custom).
manðēof m. man-stealer, v. LL 2·542.
manðwǣre (o) gentle, kind, humane, mild, meek, ÆL, CP. [OHG. mandwāri]
+manðwǣrian to humanize, CP 362^21.
manðwǣrnes (o) f. gentleness, courtesy, weakness, ÆL (ȳ^2), CP.
manu f. ‘mane,’ Erf 1182.
manung f. admonition, CP: claim: place of toll: district for purposes of tribute or taxation: residents in a taxing district.
mānwamm (o^2) m. guilty stain, #Cr# 1280.
mānweorc I. n. crime, sin. II. adj. sinful.
manweorod (o) m. collection of men, troop, congregation, assembly, AO.
manweorðung f. adoration of human beings, LL (248^3).
manwīse (o) † f. manner or custom of men.
mānword n. wicked word, #PPs# 58^12.
mānwrǣce wicked, WW 426^19.
mānwyrhta † m. evil-doer, sinner.
manwyrð n. value or price of a man, LL.
mapulder (o^2) m. maple tree.
mapuldern made of maple.
mapul-dre, -dor, -dur f., -trēo m. (Mdf) = mapulder
māra m., māre fn. (compar. of micel) greater, ‘more,’ stronger, mightier, Æ, Bl, CP. adv. in addition, Mt.
māran = mǣran
mārbēam (#VPs#) = mōrbēam
marc n. a denomination of weight (usu. half a pound), mark (money of account).
marcian = mearcian
mare I. f. silver weed, #Lcd# 2·74^9. II. f. nightmare, monster, Ep (e), Lcd. [‘mare’]
māre v. māra.
mārels = mǣrelsrāp
marenis = mearuwnes
margen- = morgen-
market n. market, TC 422^20. [L. mercatum]
marma m. marble. [L. marmor]
marman-stān (marmel-, marm(or)-) m. marble, piece of marble, Æ, Bl. [‘marmstan’]
marmstāngedelf n. quarrying of marble, ÆH 1·560^32.
-marod v. ā-m.
martir, martyr(e) m. ‘martyr,’ BH; Æ, AO. [L.]
martirlogium m. martyrology, IM 122^45.
martr- = martyr-
martyrdōm m. ‘martyrdom,’ BH; Æ, CP.
martyrhād m. martyrdom.
+mar-tyrian, -trian to ‘martyr,’ AO, BH.
martyrracu f. martyrology, ÆL 23^334.
martyrung f. passion (of Christ), AO 254^24. [‘martyring’]
mārðu = mǣrð
mārūfle horehound. [L. marrubium]
masc = max
māse f. name of a small bird, #Gl#. [Ger. meise]
-masian v. ā-m.
massere m. merchant: moneylender, #Bk# 10.
māst = mǣst
matte (Cp) = meatte
mattuc (æ^1, ea^1, e^1, eo^1, o^2) m. ‘mattock,’ A, AO; Æ: fork, trident.
māð pret. 3 sg. of mīðan.
maða m. maggot, worm, grub, WW. [‘mathe’]
maðal- = maðel-
+maðel n. speech, talking. [mǣl]
maðelere m. speaker, haranguer, WW. [v. ‘mathele’]
maðelian † (æ^1, e^1, a^2, o^2) to harangue, make a speech, speak, An (e), B, Cp, Cr (æ). [‘mell,’ ‘mathele’]
maðelig tumultuous, turbulent, #KGl# 75^23.
maðelung f. garrulity, loquacity, OEG. [v. ‘mathele’]
māðm = māðum
māðm- see also māððum.
māðmǣht † f. valuable thing, treasure.
māðmcleofa (mād-) m. treasure-chamber, Æ (9^277).
māðmcyst f. treasure-chest, Mt 27^6.
māðmgestrēon n. treasure, B, MFH.
māðmhord n. treasure-hoard, #Ex# 368.
māðmhūs n. treasure-house, treasury, AO, CP.
māðmhyrde m. treasurer, #Bo# 64^13.
maðolian = maðelian
māððum == māðum, māðm
maððum-fæt n., pl. -fatu precious vessel, Æ.
māððumgesteald n. treasure, #Jul# 36.
māððumgifu f. gift of treasure, B 1301.
māððumgyfa m. giver of treasure, prince, king, #Wa# 92.
māððumsele m. hall of treasure, #Sol# 189.
māððumsigle n. costly ornament, B 2757.
māððumsweord n. costly sword, B 1023.
māððumwela m. valuables, B 2750.
maðu f. = maða
māðum m., gs. māðmes treasure, object of value, jewel, ornament, gift, Gn, Met; CP. [‘madme’]
māðum- = māðm-, māððum-
māwan^7 to ‘mow,’ AO, BH.
māwpul = mǣwpul
max n. net, WW. [‘mask’]
māxwyrt f. mash-wort (malt soaked in boiling water), #Lcd#.
me I. das. of pers. pron. ic me. II. (RB 35^9; 127^13) = menn [[II. form of “man”]]
meagol (e) mighty, strong, firm, emphatic, impressive. [magan]
meagollīce adv. earnestly, #Bl#.
meagolmōd earnest, strenuous.
meagolmōdnes f. earnestness, #Bl#.
meagolnes f. earnestness, strength of will, #Bl#, HL.
meaht I. == miht. II. pres. 2 sg. of magan.
meahte pret. 3 sg. of magan.
mealc pret. of meolcan.
mealclīðe ?= meolclīðe
mealehūs = meluhūs
mealewe = mealwe
mealm = mealmstān
mealmeht sandy? chalky? KC 3·394^13. [v. ‘malm’]
mealmstān m. soft stone, sandstone? limestone? AO 212^28. [v. ‘malm’]
mealt I. n. steeped grain, ‘malt,’ Ct, Ep. [meltan] II. pret. 3 sg. of meltan.
mealtealoð m? n? malt-ale, ANS 84^325.
mealtgescot n. payment in malt, W 171^2.
mealthūs n. ‘malt-house,’ WW.
mealtwurt f. ‘malt-wort,’ WW. [wyrt]
mealu = melu
mealwe f. ‘mallow,’ Lcd; Æ. [L. malva]
mear = mearh
mearc (æ, e) f. (±) ‘mark,’ sign, line of division, Æ, MkL (e): standard, ÆGr: (±) boundary, limit, term, border, BC, Gen; CP; Mdf. tō ðæs +mearces ðe in the direction that: defined area, district, province, AO.
mearca m. space marked out.
mearcere (æ) m. writer, notary, OEG.
mearcgemot court for settling boundaries of properties? v. LL 2·143.
mearchof n. dwelling, #Ex# 61.
±mearcian to ‘mark,’ stain, brand, seal, BC, LL, MtL, Ph; Æ: mark a boundary, delimit, define, describe, designate, Æ, Gen: mark out, design, Bo: create: note, observe.
mearc-īsern, -īsen n. branding-iron.
mearcland n. border-land, march, moor: (†) province, country, district: sea-coast, #Rd# 4^23.
mearcpæð † m. road, path.
mearcstapa † m. march-haunter.
mearcstede m. border-land, desolate district, #Sol# 217.
mearcðrēat m. army, troop, #Ex# 173.
mearcung (æ, e) f. marking, branding: mark, characteristic: (±) description, arrangement: constellation: title, chapter, NG.
mearcwadu ‡ np. shallows, water by the shore.
mearcweard m. wolf, #Ex# 168.
meard = (1) meord, mēd; (2) mearð
[[(1) Printed as shown: “meord” (meorð) and “mēd” are different words.]]
mēares v. mearh.
mearg, mearh (æ, e) nm. I. ‘marrow,’ pith, Lcd. II. sausage. [= mærg] [[headword spelled “mærh”]]
mēargealle (e^1, e^2) m. gentian, #Lcd#. [mearh]
+meargian to be rich, marrowy, #LPs# 65^15.
mearglic marrowy, fat, #VPs# (e).
mearh, mearg m., gs. mēares horse, steed.
mearhæccel n. sausage-meat, WW 411^20.
mearhcofa m. bone, #PPs# 101^3.
mearhgehæc n. sausage-meat, WW 427^30.
mearmstān = marmanstān
mearn pret. 3 sg. of murnan.
+mearr I. n. stumbling-block, obstruction, error, CP. [Goth. gamarzeins] II. wicked, fraudulent, LL 140[1,5].
mearrian to err, #Bo# 55^23.
mearð (æ, e) m. marten, Ep, AO. [‘mart’]
mearu (æ, e, y), mear(u)w- in obl. cases tender, soft, Lcd: frail, GD 119^17. [‘meruw’]
mearulic (merwe, mærw-) frivolous. adv. -līce delicately, luxuriously, GD.
mearuwnes f. tenderness, frailty, CP.
mēast = mǣst
meatte (a) f. ‘mat,’ mattress, WW. [L. matta]
mēaw = mǣw
mec as. of ic pers. pron.
+mec = +mæc
mēce m. sword, blade. [Goth. mēki]
mēcefisc (ǣ) m. mullet, #ÆGr# 308^5.
mecg = mæcg
mecgan to mix, stir.
mech = me
mechanisc mechanical, Æ. [L.]
mēd I. f. ‘meed,’ reward, pay, price, compensation, bribe, ÆL (gs. mēdes), B, BH, Bl; CP. II. = mǣd
med- in comp. principally indicates mediocrity, but often comes to have a distinct negative value; see, e.g., medtrum, medwīs. [midde]
mēda v. mǣd.
-mēdan v. on-m.
medder = mēder
medder-, meddr- = mēdr-
meddrosna fp. dregs of mead, #Lcd# 48a.
+mēde I. n. consent, permission, agreement, covenant. II. agreeable, pleasant.
medel = mæðel
medeme (eo) middling, average, mean, little: sufficient, considerable, respectable, proper, fit, worthy, trustworthy, perfect, CP.
±medemian (eo^1) to mete out, allot, assign, place: moderate: respect, honour, Æ: (+) condescend, Æ: (+) advance, promote.
medemlic moderate, mediocre: worthy. adv. -līce moderately, incompletely: suitably, worthily, kindly.
medemlīcnes f. mediocrity, OEG.
medemmicel (Æ) = medmicel
medemnes f. dignity, worth, #Bo#: benignity, condescension, #Bl#.
medemung f. measuring, measure.
mēden = mægden
mēder ds. and LWS gs. of mōdor.
mēderce = mȳderce [[headword spelled “myderce”]]
medere = mæddre
mēderen, mēdern = mēdren
mēderwyrhta = mēterwyrhta
medewyrt = meduwyrt
mēdgian to bribe. [mēd]
mēdgilda m. pensioner, hireling, Æ.
mēdl- = mǣðl-
-mēdla v. an-, ofer-m.
medlen = midlen
medm- = medem-
medmicel I. moderate-sized, short, small, limited, unimportant, slight, mean, poor. II. n. a little.
medmicelnes f. smallness (of mind), #SPs# 54^8.
medmicle comp. medmāre, adv. humbly, meanly, slightly.
medo = medu
medom- = medem-
mēdren I. maternal, of a mother. II. n. _the mother’s side (by descent)_, LL 156[11].
+mēdren born of the same mother, AO 114^13.
mēdrencynn n. mother’s kindred.
mēdrengecynd n. mother’s nature, W 17^7.
mēdrenmǣg m. maternal kinsman.
mēdrenmǣgð f. maternal kindred, LL 392[3].
+mēdrian to have the same mother, Æ.
medrīce of low rank, WW 115^26.
mēdsceatt m. payment, fee, reward, bribe, gift, Æ, CP.
medsēlð (ǣ) f. ill-fortune, AO.
medspēdig poor, #Cra# 9.
medstrang of middle rank, Æ.
medtrum weak, infirm, sickly, ill, CP: of lower rank. [cp. medmicel]
medtrumnes (met-; y^2) f. weakness, infirmity, sickness, illness, disease, AO, CP.
medu (eo) mn. gs. med(e)wes ‘mead’ (drink), B, Rd (eo); AO.
meduærn n. mead-hall, banqueting-house, B 69 (o^2).
medubenc † f. bench in a mead-hall.
meduburg † f. mead city, rejoicing city.
medudrēam † m. mead-joy, jollity.
medudrenc (eo^1) m. mead, W 245^4.
medudrinc (o^2) m. mead-drinking, #Seaf# 22.
meduful † n. mead-cup.
medugāl † mead-excited, drunk.
meduheall † f. mead-hall.
medum- = medem-
medurǣden (eo^1) f. strong drink? (BT), dealing out of mead? (GK), #GnE# 88.
meduscenc (eo^1) m. mead-cup, B 1980.
meduseld n. mead-hall, B 3065.
medusetl n. (eo^1, o^2) mead-seat, B 5.
medustīg f. path to the mead-hall, B 924.
meduwērig † overpowered with mead, drunk.
meduwong (eo^1, o^2) m. field (where the mead-hall stood). B 1643.
meduwyrt (eo^1, e^2) f. meadow-sweet, Lcd: ‘rubia,’ madder, OEG 56^40 (e^2). [‘mead-wort’]
medwīs dull, stupid, foolish, CP. [cp. medmicel]
mēdwyrhta m. a hireling, #Sc# 123^12.
meg == mæg
mēg = (1) mǣw; (2) mǣg
mēg- = mǣg-
megol == meagol
meh = mec, me, as. of ic.
meht == meaht, miht
mēi, mēig = mǣg
meige (#KGl# 81^32) = mæge pres. 3 sg. subj. of magan.
meiðhād (#KGl# 56^7) = mægðhād
mēl = mǣl n.
mela = melu
melc == meolc
melcingfæt = meolcfæt
meld f. proclamation, #Da# 648.
melda m. reporter, informer, betrayer, Æ.
meldan (æ) (Rd) = meldian
melde f. orache (plant), Lcd. [‘milds’; Ger. melde]
meldfeoh n. informer’s reward, LL 96[17].
±meldian to announce, declare, tell, proclaim, reveal, Ps; Æ: inform against, accuse. [‘meld’; Ger. melden]
meldung f. betrayal, BH 240^4.
mēle = mǣle
meledēaw mn. honey dew, nectar, Ph, WW (mild-). [‘mildew’]
melewes = melwes gs. of melu.
-melle, -melnes v. ǣ-m.
melo = melu
melsc = milisc
±meltan I. (y) (sv^3) tr. and intr. to consume by fire, ‘melt’ become fluid, digest, dissolve, burn up, B, CP, El, Lcd, WW; Æ. II. = miltan
meltestre = myltestre
meltung f. digestion, #Lcd#.
melu (ea, eo) n., gs. mel(u)wes ‘meal,’ flour, Lcd; Æ. [Ger. mehl]
melugescot n. payment in meal, W 171.
meluhūdern n. meal-house, LL 455[17].
meluhūs (ea^1, e^2) n. meal-house, WW 185^27.
meluw (LWS) = melu
men v. mann.
mēnan = mǣnan
mend- = mynd-
+mēne- = +mǣne-
mene (y) m. necklace, collar, ornament, jewel. [Ger. mähne]
menegian = mynegian
menego = menigu
menen (i) n. maiden, handmaid, slave.
menescilling m. moon-shaped ornament, coin worn as ornament, #Gl#.
±mengan (æ) tr. and intr. to mix, combine, unite, Lk, Sat: (±) associate, consort, cohabit with, BH, Ps: disturb, B: (†) converse. [‘meng’]
+mengedlic mixed, confused. adv. -līce.
+mengednes, +meng(d)nes f. mingling, mixture, connection, Æ, BH.
mengeo, mengo, mengu = menigu
mengung f. mixture, composition, ZDA: fellowship, GD: (+) confusion. [‘menging’]
meni (LWS) = manig
menian = mynian
menig (LWS) == manig
menigdu f. band of people, WW 448^27.
menigu (a^1, æ^1, eo^3) f. usu. indecl. in sg. company, multitude, host, Æ, AO, CP. [manig]
menio, meniu (LWS) = menigu
menisc = mennisc
menn v. mann.
mennen, mennenu = menen
mennesc == mennisc
mennisc I. adj. human, natural, Bo, CP; Æ. II. n. mankind, folk, race, people, Bl; Æ CP. [‘mannish’]
mennisclic human, Æ, CP. adv. -līce, Æ.
mennisc-licnes (EHy 15^35), -nes f. state of man, human nature, incarnation, BH; Æ: humaneness, humanity. [‘mannishness’]
menniscu f. humanity, human state, CP.
mentel (æ) m., gs. mentles mantle, cloak, CP. [L. mantellum]
mentelprēon m. mantle-pin, brooch, Ct.
menung = (*mynung), mynegung
mēo mf? gs. and nap. mēon shoe-sole, sock? sandal? RB, WW.
meocs = meox
+meodnes f. dignity, DR 192´. [= medemnes]
meodo, meodu = medu
meodom- = medem-
meodoma = meoduma
meodren = mēdren
meodum- = medem-
meoduma m. weaver’s beam, treadle? WW.
meolc I. giving milk, milch. II. (i, M) f. ‘milk,’ BH; Æ, AO.
meolcan^3 (e, i) to milk.
meolcdēond (i; -tēond) m. suckling, #JVPs# 8^3.
meolcfæt n. milk-pail, WW 123^28.
meolchwīt ‘milk-white,’ GPH.
meolcian (i) to ‘milk,’ Lcd, Shr: (±) give milk, suckle, Bl.
meolclīðe (ea) milky, CM 49.
meolcsūcend m. suckling, WW.
meolo (Bo) = melu
meoloc (CP) = meolc
meolu = melu
meoluc = meolc
mēon v. mēo.
meord f. reward, pay. [Goth. mizdō]
meoring f. danger? #Ex# 62?
meorð = meord
mēos I. m. moss, Æ; Mdf. II. adj. mossy.
mēose = mēse
meotod, meotud == metod
meottoc (Cp) = mattuc
+meotu = +metu nap. of +met.
meotud- = metod-
meoðon (BH) = miðon pret. pl. of mīðan.
mēowle † f. maiden, virgin: woman. [Goth. mawilō]
meox (e, i, y) n. filth, dirt, dung, Æ, Bo, Lk. [‘mix’]
meoxbearwe f. dung-barrow, WW 336^8.
meoxen = mixen
meoxscofl (e^1) f. dung-shovel, LL 455[17].
meoxwilie (cs) f. dung-basket, #LPs# 80^7.
mēr- = mǣr-
mera m. incubus, #Gl#.
merc (A) == mearc
merce = merece
+merce = +mierce
mercels = mircels
mercong (NG) = mearcung
mere I. m. (†) sea, ocean, An: lake, pond, pool, cistern, B, Ep, Jn; CP; Mdf. [‘mere’] II. = mare. III. = miere
mēre (#VPs#) = mǣre I.
merebāt m. sea-boat, vessel, #An# 246.
merecandel f. sun, #Met# 13^57.
merece m. smallage, wild celery, Æ, Gl, Lcd.
mereciest f. sea-chest, ark, #Gen# 1317.
meredēað † m. death at sea.
meredēor n. sea-animal, B 558.
merefara m. sailor, B 502.
merefaroð † m. surging of the waves.
merefix m. sea-fish, B 549.
mereflōd † m. sea, body of water, deluge.
mere-grēot (Æ), -grot n., -grota m. pearl.
meregrund † m. lake-bottom, depths of the sea.
merehengest † m. sea-horse, ship.
merehrægl n. sail, B 1905.
merehūs † n. sea-house, the ark.
merehwearf m. sea-shore, #Ex# 516.
mērehwīt pure white, sterling (of silver). [mǣre II.]
merelād f. sea-way, #Hu# 27.
merelīðende m. seafaring (man), sailor.
mere-menn, -mennen, -menin n. mermaid, siren, Cp, WW. [‘mermin’]
mere-næddra m., -næddre, -nǣdre f. ‘murena,’ sea-adder, lamprey.
meresmylte quiet as the sea, calm, #Met# 21^12.
meresteall m. stagnant water, MFH 169.
merestrǣt † f. sea-path.
merestrēam † m. sea-water.
merestrengo f. strength in swimming, B 523.
mereswīn n. porpoise, dolphin, Cp, Lcd. [‘mereswine’]
meretorht (æ) † (rising) bright from the sea.
meretorr m. towering wall of the (Red) sea, #Ex# 484.
mereðyssa † m. ship.
mereweard m. sea-warden, #Whale# 53.
merewērig sea-weary, #Seaf# 12.
merewīf n. water-witch, B 1519.
merg (Cp 195#m#) = mearg
merg- = mearg-, meri-, morg-, myrg-
mer-gealle, -gelle = meargealle [[headword spelled “mēargealle”]]
merian to purify, cleanse, Sat: test. [‘mere’]
merice (#Gl#) = merce
merien = morgen
merig = (1) myrge; (2) mearg
merig- = myrg-
merigen (Æ, AO) = morgen
merisc = mersc
merne = mergenne ds. of mergen. [[under “morgen”]]
merr- = mierr-
mērs- = mǣrs-
mersc (æ) m. ‘marsh,’ swamp, Bl, Cp; CP.
merschōfe m. marsh hove, #Lcd# 35b.
merscland n. marsh-land, #Chr# 1098.
merscmealwe f. ‘marsh-mallow,’ Lcd.
merscmeargealle f. gentiana pneumonanthe, #Lcd#.
merscware pl. inhabitants of marshes. (1) Romney marsh, #Chr# 796. (2) the fens? #Chr# 838.
mertze f. merchandise, WW 32^25. [L. mercem]
merð = mearð
merðern made of skins of martens.
mērðu (N) = mǣrð
meru (MtR) = mearu
meruw-, merwe- = mearu(w)-
mēs (K) = mȳs, v. mūs.
mesa fpl. dung, #Lcd# 37a.
mēsan to eat, #Rd# 41^52. [mōs]
mēse (ēo, ī, ȳ) f. table: what is placed on a table. [L.]
mess- = mæss-
mēsta (#KGl#) = mǣsta superl. of micel.
±met (usu. +) measure (vessel or amount), Æ: act of measuring, appointed share, quantity, Mt: space, distance, LL: boundary, limit, Bo, Met: manner, degree, way: ability, capacity: rule, law: mood (gram.): metre: moderation, MtR. ealle +mete in all respects. on +m. in vain, #RPs# 88^48. nānum +m. by no means, on no account. [‘met,’ ‘i-met’]
+met suitable, fit, proper, apt, meet. adv. -mēte.
+mēt = +mōt
-mēt v. wēa-m. [[under “wēamēt”]]
meta (#Sc# 153) = mete
metærn = meteærn
±metan^5 to measure, ‘mete’ out, mark off, Æ, Ex, Mt, VPs: compare, Bo; CP: es imate, Bl: m. wið pass over, traverse, B.
±mētan I. to ‘meet,’ find, find out, fall in with, encounter, _Bo, Bl_; Æ, AO, CP. [gemōt] II. to paint, design, ÆGr. [‘mete’] [[I. “gemōt” listed as “+mōt”]]
metbælg m. wallet, LkR 22^35.
mete (æ) m. nap. mettas ‘meat,’ food, BH, Lk, Sc; Æ, AO, CP.
mēte = mǣte
meteærn n. refectory, GD, WW.
meteāflīung f. atrophy, WW.
meteclyfa m. food-store, pantry, OEG 56^270.
metecorn n. allowance of corn to dependents, TC. [‘metecorn’]
metecū f. cow for killing, LL.
metecweorra m? surfeit, indigestion.
+mētednes f. finding, discovery, #LPs# 27^4.
metefæt [met-] n. dish, GPH 403.
metefǣtels m. cupboard for food, WW 107^5. [‘metefetill’]
meteg- = metg-
metegafol n. payment in food, LL 448[4,5].
metegearwa fp. preparations of food, #Lcd# 78b.
metegyrd = metgeard
metelǣst = metelīest
metelāf f. leavings of a meal.
metelēas without food, Æ.
mete-līest (AO), -lē(a)st, -līst, -lȳst f. lack of food, starvation.
metend m. measurer: God.
mētenēad f. requisites in the way of food, LL 383´? (v. 2·145).
mēter n. ‘metre’ (poet.), A, BH. [L.]
meterǣdere m. reader at mealtimes, NC 309.
mētercræft m. art of versifying, BH 258^15.
mētercund relating to metre, WW.
mētere m. painter.
mēterfers n. hexameter verse, BH.
mētergeweorc n. verse, BH 484^9.
mēterlic metrical, OEG.
metern = meteærn
mēterwyrhta m. metrician, poet, WW.
metesōcn f. craving for food, appetite, #Lcd# 65a.
metesticca m. measuring-rod, WW 126^35.
meteswam m. edible mushroom, WW.
metetīd f. meal-time, GD 277^24.
meteðearfende † needing food, destitute.
meteðegn m. seneschal, steward, #Ex# 131.
meteðing n. operation connected with cooking, NC 309.
meteūtsiht f. dysentery, WW.
+metfæst moderate, reasonable, modest.
+metfæstan (æ^1, e^2) to compare, #LPs# 48^21.
+metfæstlic moderate. adv. -līce modestly, humbly, meekly.
+metfæstnes f. moderation, modesty, BH.
metfæt = metefæt
+metfæt n. a measure (vessel), Æ.
+metfest- = +metfæst-
metgeard f. measuring-stick, rod, pole, perch, WW 147^20.
±metgian to moderate, control, govern, Æ, CP: weigh in mind, consider: assign due measure to.
+metgiend m. ruler, governor, AS 11^6.
±metgung f. moderation, temperance, AO, CP: reflection, meditation: rule, regulation.
metgyrd = metgeard
metian I. to supply with food, provision. II. = metgian
mēting I. (±) f. meeting (friendly or hostile), assembly, congregation, RB 46^2: (+) finding, discovery. II. painting, picture, Æ.
+metlǣcan to moderate, CP 101^12.
+metlic fitting, suitable: moderate. adv. -līce.
+metnes f. moderation, MF (Vesp. D xiv).
+mētnes = +mētednes
metod † m. fate: Creator, God, Christ.
metodsceaft † f. decree of fate, doom, death. gewītan m. sēon, tō metodsceafte to die, B.
metodwang (meotud-) m. battlefield, #An# 11.
metrāp m. measuring-rope, sounding-line, Cp 178#b#.
mētsceat = mēdsceatt
metscipe m. feeding, meal, LL 178, 8, 1. [‘meteship’]
metseax n. meat-knife, AO.
±metsian to supply with food.
metsung f. feeding, provisioning, #Chr#.
+metta m. sharer in food, Æ. [‘mette’]
mettac = mattuc
mettas v. mete.
mette- = mete-
mētte pret. 3 sg. of mētan.
metten f. one of the Fates, #Bo# 102^22.
mettian = mētan I.
+metting = +mēting
-mētto v. wēa-m. [[under “wēamēt”]]
mettoc (Ep) = mattuc
mettrum == medtrum
metud (N) = metod
mēðe (†) tired, worn out, dejected, sad: troublesome. [Ger. müde]
meðel = mæðel
±mēðgian to exhaust, tire out, impair.
mēðian to grow weary, #Lcd# 57a.
mēðig tired, weary, AO.
meðl = mæðl, mæðel
meðl- = mæðl-, maðel-
mēðnes f. fatigue, OET (Bd^2).
+meðrian to honour.
mēw = mǣw
mexscofl = meoxscofl
miccl- = micel-, micl-
micel (y) adj. comp. māra, superl. mǣst(a) great, intense, much, many, Æ, BC, Bo, Chr, Lcd; AO, CP: (of time) long: loud. sb. with gen. much, AO, CP. adv. greatly, much, CP, Gen. [‘mickle’]
micelǣte (y) greedy, #Shr# 16^20.
miceldōend (i^2) doing great things, DR 45^7.
micelhēafdede big-headed, WW 380^12.
micelian = miclian
micellic great, splendid, magnificent. adv. -līce greatly, grandly, splendidly: very, exceedingly.
micelmōd magnanimous, #PPs# 144^3.
micelnes (y) f. greatness, size, Æ, CP: multitude, abundance: magnificence.
micelsprecende boasting, #LPs# 11^4.
micelu (y) f. largeness, size, #Lcd#.
micg == mycg
micga m., micge f. urine, Lcd. [‘mig’]
micgða = migoða
micl- = micel-
micle, micles, miclum adv. (obl. cases of micel) much, very, greatly.
±miclian (y) to become great, increase, An; AO: make great, make larger, magnify, extol, Bl. [‘mickle’]
±miclung f. the doing of great things.
micul = micel
mid I. prep. w. d. inst. (WS) and a. (A only) with, in conjunction with, in company with, together with, Æ, BC, BH, Chr: into the presence of: through, by means of, by, BH, Gen: among, in: at (time): in the sight of, opinion of, ÆL, MtL. m. ealle, eallum altogether, completely, entirely, Æ, Chr. m. ðām with that, thereupon. m. ðām ðe when. m. ðām ðæt through that, on that account, because, when. m. ðȳ (ðe) when, while. II. adv. at the same time, together, simultaneously, likewise, Lcd. [‘mid’] III. = midd
midd superl. mid(e)mest mid, middle, midway, BH, CP, Lcd. tō middes adv. in the midst. [‘mid’]
middæg m. ‘mid-day,’ noon, Lcd: one of the canonical hours, sext, WW. fram middæge oð nōn from noon to 3 p.m., Æ.
middæglic adj. mid-day, meridian.
middægsang m. mid-day service, sext.
middægtīd f. noon, WW 450^5.
middægðēnung f. dinner, NC 309.
middan (on) v. onmiddan.
middandæglic = middæglic
middaneard (Jn) == middangeard
middangeard m. the globe, world, earth, B; Æ, AO, CP: mankind. [‘middenerd’; ON. miðgarðr]
middangeardlic earthly, BH 118^19.
middansumer m. midsummer (24 June).
middanwinter m. midwinter, Christmas.
midde I. adj. mid, middle. II. f. middle, centre (only in phr. on middan).
middel I. n. ‘middle,’ centre, El, Mk, Ps, WW: waist, Bl. II. adj. (superl. midlest) middle, intermediate, BC, BH.
middeldæg m. mid-day, noon, #Lcd#.
middeldǣl m. middle, AO 10^6.
middelfinger m. middle finger.
middel-flēra m., -flēre f. partition, septum, WW.
middelfōt m. instep, WW 160^25.
middelgemǣru npl. central region, #Sol# 255.
middelgesculdru np. part of the body between the shoulders, WW 159^17.
middelniht † f. midnight.
middelrīce n. the middle kingdom, #Chr# 887#a#.
midden- = middan-
midde-niht, -neaht, middernæht (LkL) f. ‘midnight.’ [v. ES 39·350]
middesumer = middansumer
middeweard I. adv. in the middle of, through the midst, AO. II. adj. middle. III. sb. middle, LPs. [‘midward’]
middewinter = middanwinter
middun- (N) = middan-
mideard = middangeard
midel = middel
midemest v. midd.
midfæsten m. mid-Lent.
mid-feorh, -feorwe (CP), -ferh(ð) mn. youth, middle age, (‘juventus’ #Gl#).
midfyrhtnes f. middle age, #Bl# 163.
midgearwung f. preparation, MkL p 5^10.
midgesīð n. companion, OEG 680.
midhelp [mið-] f. help, assistance, DR 29^18.
midhlȳte m. ‘consortium,’ NC 309.
midhrif nm. ‘midriff,’ diaphragm, Lcd: bowels.
mid-hriðre, -hryðre n. diaphragm, Cp, WW. [‘midred’; hreðer]
-midian v. ā-.
mīdl n. bit (of a bridle), Æ: oar-thong.
midle = middele, ds. of middel.
+midleahtrian to reproach? #Sc# 200^6.
midlen (e) n. middle, centre, midst.
midlencten n. mid-Lent.
midlest superl. of middel.
mīdlhring m. ring of a bit, WW 456^14.
+midlian to halve, divide, #VPs#.
±mīdlian to bridle, check, curb, CP: muzzle, W 191.
midligend m. mediator, BH 206^26.
midlung f. middle, midst. adv. -lunga to a moderate extent.
midmest v. midd.
midmycel = medmicel
midnedæg m. mid-day.
midnes f. middle, midst.
midniht f. midnight, Æ.
midor compar. of midd, adj.
midrād f. riding in company, LL 175[4].
mīdrece = mȳderce [[headword spelled “myderce”]]
midrif = midhrif
midsingend m. one who sings with another, WW 129^25.
±midsīð(eg)ian to accompany, associate with.
midspecend m. interlocutor, MP 1·592.
midspreca m. advocate, ÆH 1·388.
midsumer (e^3) m. ‘midsummer,’ A.
midswēgan *‘concinere’ #EPs# 57^3.
midðām, midðy = mid ðam, mid ðȳ
midðeahtian to consent, RHy 6^27.
midweg m. midway, CP 399^13, GD 314^11.
midwinter m. ‘midwinter,’ Christmas, Lcd.
midwist f. presence, society.
midwunung f. living in company, Æ.
midwyrhta m. worker together with, co-operator, CP.
midyrfenuma m. coheir, #Sc# 148^4.
mieht = miht
mielt pres. 3 sg. of meltan.
Mierce, Miercan pl. Mercians: Mercia, #Chr# (lit. borderers; cp. mearc).
+mierce (e) n. boundary, limit, A 4·141^35: sign, token, MkL 16^17.
Miercisc Mercian, LL (e).
miere (e, i, y) f. ‘mare,’ BH, WW. [mearh]
mierra m. deceiver, MtL 27^63 (e).
±mierran (e, i, y) to ‘mar,’ disturb, confuse, CP: scatter, squander, waste: upset, hinder, obstruct, Æ; AO: err, MtL.
mierrelse (y) f. cause of offence, #Jul# 338.
mierrend (y) prodigal, wasteful, NC 311.
mierring (e, i, y) f. hindering: squandering, waste, CP.
±mīgan^1 to make water, #ÆGr#.
migeða = migoða
migga (Æ) = micga
miggung, mīging f. making water, WW.
migol diuretic, #Lcd#.
migoða m. urine, #Lcd#.
miht (a, æ, ea, e, ie, y) I. f. ‘might,’ bodily strength, Bl, Lcd: power, authority, ability, BH; Æ: virtue, Lcd: mighty work, miracle, G. II. adj. †mighty, powerful: possible.
mihte pret. sg. of magan.
mihtelēas = mihtlēas
mihtelic, mihtlic possible. adv. -līce ‘mightily,’ powerfully, by might, miraculously, Æ, BH.
mihtesetl n. seat of power, EETS 34·301.
mihtig (æ, ea) ‘mighty,’ important, BH, VPs (æ): able, effective, Lcd: possible. adv. -līce, Bo. [‘mightily’]
mihtlēas powerless, weak, exhausted, Æ.
mihtmōd n. violent temper, passion, #Ex# 149.
mihtu = miht ðu
mīl I. f. ‘mile,’ Bl, WW; AO. [L.] II. n. millet, WW. [‘mile’]
milc (#VPs#) == meolc
milde I. adj. ‘mild,’ merciful, kind, generous, gentle, meek, B, Bl, Gu, LL; AO, CP. II. adv. mercifully, graciously, Cr.
mildēaw = meledēaw
mildelic propitious. adv. graciously, affably, kindly, AO; Æ. [‘mildly’]
+mildgian to mitigate, #VPs#.
mild-heort, -heortlic merciful, clement, compassionate, MtL (milt-); AO, Æ. [‘mild-heart’] adv. -līce, Æ, CP.
mildheortnes f. loving-kindness, mercy, pity, LL; Æ, AO. [‘mildheartness’]
mildian to become mild, GPH 399.
mildnes f. mildness, mercy, NC 309.
milds == milts
milescian to become mild, mellow, WW. [milisc]
mīlgemæt m. mile-measure, milestone? KC 3·252^21.
mīlgemearc n. measure by miles, B 1362.
mīlgetæl n. mile, #Nar# 33.
milisc (e, y) sweet, mild, mulled.
mīlite soldiers, NC 309.
mīlitisc military, GD. [L. miles]
mīlpæð † m. distance reckoned by miles? road with milestones on it? #El, Ex, Run#.
+milscad honeyed, mixed with honey, WW (v. milescian).
milscapuldor f. sweet apple tree, #Gl#.
milt- = mild-
±miltan (e, y) (tr. and intr.) to melt, Æ: digest: refine, purge.
milt-coðe, -coðu f. disease of the spleen, #Lcd#.
milte mf. ‘milt,’ spleen, Gl, Lcd; Æ. [Ger. milz]
miltesēoc splenetic.
miltestre = myltestre
miltewærc m. pain in the spleen, CP.
milts f. mercy, compassion, benevolence, kindness, favour, CP: (†) joy. [milde]
±miltsian (w. d.) to compassionate, pity, show mercy, Bo, Mt, Ps; Æ, CP: soften, make merciful. [‘milce,’ ‘i-milce’]
±miltsiend m. pitier.
miltsigendlic pardonable, venial, Æ.
miltsung f. (±) mercy, sympathy, pity, indulgence, pardon, Æ, CP: moderation, reduction (of punishment), LL 468[10].
miltwræc = miltewærc
milz = milts
mīma m. ‘mime,’ MH.
+mimor (w. d.) known. adv. -līce by heart.
min †? small: common, vile.
mīn I. pron. my, ‘mine,’ Æ, B, G. mīnes ðances by my will. II. gs. of ic of me.
mind == mynd
mindōm? m. state of exile, #PPs# 54^7.
mine = myne
minet- = mynet-
minlic petty.
mīnlīce adv. in my manner, WW 449^16.
minnæn ‘manipulos,’ sheaves? #EPs# 128^7; ‘magnalia,’ 105^21.
minne I. nap. of min. II. = myne
minnen = menen
±minsian to diminish.
minsung f. parsimony, OEG 3748.
mint? (MtR), minte f. ‘mint,’ CP; Mdf. [L.]
mio- = meo-
mircapuldur (Cp) = milscapuldor?
Mirce, Mircan = Mierce
mirce I. (y) adj. murky, dark, black, uncanny, evil, B, Ph. II. adv.? #An# 1315. III. n. murkiness, darkness, Da 448. [‘murk’]
mircels (e, y) mf. sign, token, seal, signet: mark, marked place, ÆL: trophy, #Gu# 429. [mearc]
mire = miere
mīre = mīnre gdfs. of mīn.
mirg-, mīrig- = myrg-
mirgð, mirhð = myrgð
mirr- = mierr-
misbegān anv. to disfigure, MtL 6^16.
misbēodan^2 (w. d.) to ill-use, injure, do wrong to, LL, W. [‘misbede’]
misboren abortive, Lcd: degenerate. [‘misborn’]
misbrōden drawn aside, WW 224^21.
misbyrd f. abortion, #Gl#.
misbyrdo f. malformation, #Lcd#.
misbysnian to set a bad example, ÆH 2·50.
miscalfian to cast a calf, WW 456^12.
miscenning f. flaw in an indictment: payment for correction of such a flaw, v. LL 2·148; 184.
miscian to mix, apportion. [L.]
miscrōcettan to croak or shriek horribly, #Guth# 36^1. [crācettan]
miscweðan^5 to speak ill, curse, NG: speak incorrectly.
miscyrran (= ie) to pervert, #Met# 2^8.
misdǣd f. ‘misdeed,’ evil deed, sin, CP; Æ.
misdōn anv. to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err, JnL, LL, W. [‘misdo’]
mīse = mēse
misefesian to cut the hair amiss, LL (254^13).
misendebyrdan (i^4) to arrange amiss, LL 382.
misenlic, misendlic = missenlic
misfadian to order amiss, LL.
misfadung f. misconduct, irregularity.
misfaran^6 to go wrong, transgress, CP: fare ill, Æ, W. [‘misfare’]
misfēdan (oe) to nourish ill, #EVPs#.
misfeng m. misdeed, sin, NC 309.
misfēran to do wrong, err, transgress, Æ. [‘misfere’]
misfōn^7 to make a mistake, be deceived: fail to get.
misgedwield n. error, perversion, #Jul# 326.
misgehygd fn. evil thought, #An# 772.
misgelimp n. misfortune, W 211^30.
misgemynd f. evil memory, #Sol# 495.
mis(ge)wider m. bad weather, storm.
misgrētan to greet amiss, insult, Ct.
misgȳman to neglect, LL. [‘misyeme’]
mishæbbende being ill, MtL 8^16.
mishealdan^7 not to keep, to neglect, Æ (9^130).
mishealdsumnes f. want of observation, carelessness, LL (196^3).
mishērnes f. act of disobedience, W.
mis-hweorfed, -hwyrfed, -hworfen perverted, inverted.
mishȳran to hear amiss, not to listen to, disobey, RB, W. [‘mishear’; hīeran]
mislǣdan to ‘mislead,’ Æ.
mislǣran to teach amiss, give bad advice to, ÆL 5·119.
mislār f. ill teaching, evil suggestion.
mislēc- = mislīc-
mislic unlike, various, manifold, Bl, Bo; Æ, CP: wandering, erratic. [‘mislich’] adv. -līce in various ways, diversely, aimlessly, Bo, Chr. [‘misliche’]
mislīcian (w. d.) to displease, disquiet, Æ, CP. [‘mislike’]
mislicnes f. variety, diversity, Æ.
mislimp n. misfortune.
mislimpan^3 impers. w. d. to go wrong, turn out badly, AO.
mislybban to lead a bad life, Æ. [‘mislive’]
mismicel of varying sizes? #Ex# 373.
misrǣcan to abuse, ÆH 2·590^25.
misrǣd m. misguidance, Æ: misconduct, Æ.
misrǣdan to advise wrongly, RB.
miss n. absence, loss (Swt).
miss- = mis-
missan (w. g.) _to ‘miss’ (a mark), B: (w. d.) escape the notice of a person.
missare = missere
misscrence distorted, shrivelled, #Guth#.
misscrȳdan to clothe amiss, ÆH 1·530.
misse- = mis-
missenlic various, manifold, different, diverse, AO. adv. -līce, CP.
missenlicnes f. variety, diversity: ‘qualitas’? GD 46^9.
missere † n. half-year, year.
misspōwan^7 to fare badly, AO 82^34.
missprecan^5 to grumble, murmur.
mist m. ‘mist,’ Æ, Met, WW: dimness (of eyesight), Æ, Lcd.
mist- = mis-
mistǣcan to teach amiss, Æ. [‘misteach’]
mistel m. mistletoe, Cp, Ep: basil, Lcd. [‘missel’]
mistellām n. birdlime, WW 279^15.
misteltān m. ‘mistletoe,’ WW (i^2).
mistglōm m? misty gloom, #Whale# 47.
misthelm m. covering of mist, #Jul# 470.
misthlið † n. misty cliff, cloud-capped slope.
mistian to be or grow misty, Æ. [‘mist’]
mistīd f. evil time, FM 360^12.
mistīdan (impers.) to miscarry, fail, LL 348´. [‘mistide’]
mistig ‘misty,’ B.
mistihtan to lead astray, dissuade, Æ.
mistihtendlic dehortative, #ÆGr# 225^12.
mistil- = mistel-
mistīmian [impers. w. d.] to happen amiss, Bas. [‘mistime’]
mistlic == mislic
mistran to grow dim, Æ.
mistrīwan to mistrust, DR 39^16.
mistūcian to ill-treat, #Chr# 1083, GD 15.
misðēon^3 to mis-thrive, degenerate.
misweaxan^6 to grow improperly, Æ.
miswendan to pervert, abuse, Æ: be perverted, err, Æ.
miswende erring, ill-behaving, Æ.
miswenian to misuse, abuse, #Sc# 224^10 (?= miswerian, MLN 25·80).
misweorc n. misdeed, JnR 3^19.
misweorðan^3 to turn out amiss, W.
miswider = misgewider
miswissian to mislead, LL 130; 381.
miswrītan^1 to write incorrectly, ÆGr. [‘miswrite’]
miswurðian (= eo) to dishonour, illtreat, LL 381[25].
miswyssigan = miswissian
mīte f. ‘mite’ (small insect), WW 122^6.
mitta m., mitte f. a measure, bushel, Ct, WW; Æ, CP. [‘mit’; metan]
mittan = mētan
mitte = mitta
mitting (Æ, AO) = mēting
mittȳ = mid ðȳ
mið (LkL) = mid
mīðan^1 to hide, conceal (tr. and intr.), keep to oneself, dissemble, BH, Bo, WW; CP: conceal oneself, remain concealed, Lcd: (†)avoid, shun, refrain from. [‘mithe’]
mīðl = mīdl
mix = meox
mixen (y) f. dung-heap, dung, Æ, LkL. [‘mixen’]
mixendynge (y^1) f. dung, LL 454[9].
mixenplante f. nightshade (plant), #Lcd#.
mixforce (y) f. dung-fork, WW 106^39.
mixian = miscian
mōd n. (±) heart, mind, spirit, ‘mood,’ temper, B, BH, Bl; Æ, AO, CP: courage, B; AO: arrogance, pride, AO: power, violence.
+mōd of one mind, harmonious, peaceful, CP.
mōdblind † blind, undiscerning.
mōdblissiende † exulting.
mōdbysgung f. anxiety, #Dom# 84.
mōdcearig † sorrowful of heart.
mōdcearu † f. sorrow, grief.
mōdcræft m. intelligence.
mōdcræftig intelligent.
moddor = mōdor
moddren of mothers, #ApT# 4^12.
moddri(g)e = mōdrige
mōde- = mōdig-
mōdearfoð n. grief of mind, †Hy 4^87.
mōdeg = mōdig
mōder == mōdor
mōdercynd = mēdrengecynd
mōderge = mōdrige
mōdful proud, haughty, #Lcd# 3·188^26.
mōdgehygd † n. thought.
mōdgemynd † n. mind, thought.
mōdgēomor † sad, dejected.
mōdgeðanc m. thought, understanding, intellect, mind.
mōdgeðōht m. thought, understanding, mind.
mōdgeðyldig patient, #An# 983.
mōdgewinna m. care, #Gen# 2797.
mōdgian = mōdigian [[under “mōdigan”]]
mōdgidanc (N) = mōdgeðanc
mōdglæd joyous, #Gu# 1311.
mōdglēaw wise, #Sol# 180.
mōdhæp? brave, #Ex# 242 (GK).
mōdhete m. hatred, #Gen# 1756.
mōdhord n. secret thoughts, #An# 172.
mōdhwæt † brave, bold.
mōdig (CP), mōdi spirited, daring, bold, brave, high-souled, magnanimous, B; Æ: impetuous, headstrong, Æ; CP: arrogant, proud, Æ, CP. [‘moody’]
mōdigan, mōdigian to grow proud or overbearing, be high-minded, glory, exult, show bravery, Æ: take offence through pride, Æ.
mōdiglic (mōde-) high-souled, lofty, proud: brave, bold: splendid, magnificent. adv. -līce, Ma (mōde-). [‘moodily’]
mōdignes f. greatness of soul: pride, arrogance, haughtiness, Æ. [‘moodiness’]
mōdilic = mōdiglic
mōdlēas spiritless, #KGl# 66^40.
mōdlēast f. want of courage, Æ.
mōdlēof dear, precious, FT 28.
mōdlufu f. heart’s affection, love.
+mōdod disposed, ÆH 1·524^18.
mōdor (e^2) f., ds. mēder ‘mother,’ WW; (of animals), LL; AO, CP.
mōdorcild (mōð-) n. a child of one’s (own) mother, #PPs# 68^8.
mōdorcynn n. maternal descent, #Chr# 1067#d#.
mōdorhealf f. mother’s side, #Chr# 1076#d#.
modorhrif n. womb, #PPs#.
mōdorlēas (e^2) motherless, W 228^22.
mōdorlic (e^2) maternal, ÆGr. [‘motherly’]
modorlufu f. love for a mother, NC 309.
mōdorslaga m. matricide, WW 335^6.
mōdrige, mōdrie f. mother’s sister, maternal aunt, Æ, AO: cousin. [mōdor]
mōdrōf valiant, #An# 1493.
mōdsefa † m. heart, mind, spirit, soul: thought, imagination, purpose, character.
mōdsēoc sick at heart, #Gen# 1235.
mōdsēocnes f. disease of the heart, WW 199^35.
mōdsnotor † wise.
mōdsorg † f. heart-sorrow.
mōdstaðol m. principle, character, LL (318^37).
mōd-staðolnes, -staðolfæstnes f. firmness of mind, W 53^10.
+mōdsumian to agree, CP.
+mōdsumnes f. agreement, concord, CP.
mōdswīð † resolute.
mōd-ðracu f. gs. -ðræce courage, B 385.
mōdðrēa m. anguish, #Rd# 4^50.
mōdðwǣre meek, #LPs# 24^9.
mōdðwǣrnes f. patience, meekness, W.
mōdur = mōdor
mōdwǣg m. proud wave, #Ex# 499.
mōdwelig gifted, talented, wise, †CP.
mōdwlanc † stout-hearted: haughty.
mōdwyn f. heart’s joy, property, #Rd# 87^7.
moetan (Cp) = mētan
mohða, mohðe (N) = moððe
molcen n. coagulated or curdled milk. [cp. Ger. molke]
molda? m. v. molde II.
moldærn † n. grave.
moldcorn n. granular tuber of saxifraga granulata, and the plant itself, #Lcd#.
molde I. f. sand, ‘mould,’ loose earth, dust, soil, Cp, BH; Æ: land, country: world. =II?= f. top of the head, Lcd (or molda?). [‘mould’]
moldern = moldærn
moldgewind n. top of the head, NC 310.
moldgræf † n. grave.
moldhrērende moving upon earth, #Creat# 27.
moldhȳpe f. heap of dust, ÆH 1·492.
moldstōw f. site, sepulchre, GPH 391.
moldweg † m. earth.
moldwyrm m. earth-worm, #Soul# 72.
molegn n. curds, #Gl#.
molegnstycce n. piece of curd, #Gl#.
moling = molegn
molsn n? decay, NC 310.
±molsnian to moulder, decay, Æ.
molten pp. of meltan.
momra = mamra [[under “mamor”]]
mon == man
mōna m. ‘moon,’ Bo, Lcd; Æ, AO, CP.
mōnanǣfen m. Sunday evening, LL.
mōnandæg m. ‘Monday,’ A, Jn.
mōnanniht f. Monday eve, i.e. Sunday evening, LL.
mōnað m. nap. mōn(e)ðas, mōnað ‘month,’ BH, Bo, Lk, Lcd; AO, CP. [mōna]
mōnaðādl f. morbus menstrualis, BH.
mōnaðādlig menstruous, BH 78^5.
mōnaðblōd n. ‘menstruum,’ WW.
mōnaðbōt f. penance lasting a month, LL (278^11).
mōnaðfylen f. time of full moon, OEG.
mōnaðgecynd f. ‘menstruum,’ #Lcd#.
mōnaðlic monthly, lunar, #Gl#.
mōnaðsēoc I. menstruous, Æ. II. = mōnsēoc
mōnaðsēocnes f. lunacy, #Lcd# 1·170^4.
moncus = mancus [[under “mancs”]]
mond = mand
mōndæg = mōnandæg
mōne f. = mōna
mōnelic lunar, Æ.
monetian to despise? #An# 746. [*manetian?]
+mong = +mang
monig == manig
mōnlic = mōnelic
monn == mann
mōnoð = mōnað
mōnsēoc ‘moonsick,’ lunatic, epileptic, MtR.
mont = munt
mōnð = mōnað
monuc = munuc
mōr m. ‘moor,’ morass, swamp, B; Mdf: hill, mountain, AO.
morað (ō?) n. sweet boiled wine with herbs. [L. moratum]
mōrbēam (ā, u) m. mulberry tree, bramble, VPs (ā). [v. ‘more’]
mōrberie f. mulberry (fruit), ÆL 25^576.
more f. carrot, parsnip, Lcd, WW. [‘more’]
moreð = morað
mōrfæsten n. moor-fastness, #Chr#.
mōrflēoge f. ‘cariscus,’ a kind of fly, NC 310.
morgen (a, e) m. ds. morgenne ‘morn,’ morning, forenoon, _Æ, B, MtL, VPs_: sunrise, B: morrow, CP. on mor(gen)ne (1) in the morning, (2) to-morrow.
morgenceald † chill at morn.
morgencolla m. morning terror, #Jud# 245.
morgendæg m. morrow: morning.
morgendlic = morgenlic
morgendrenc m. morning drink, #Lcd#.
morgengebedtīd f. morning prayer, #Guth# 40^25.
morgengifu f. gift by a husband to his wife the morning after the wedding, BC, WW. [‘moryeve’]
morgenlēoht n. dawn, morning.
morgenlic matutinal, morning: of the morrow. morgenlica dæg to-morrow.
morgenlong lasting a morning, B 2895.
morgenmæsse f. morning mass, first mass, ANS 84·2.
morgenmete m. morning meal.
morgenrēn m. morning rain, #Az# 82.
morgensēoc sad at morn, #An# 241.
morgenspǣc f. regular meeting of a guild on the morrow after the guild-feast, TC. [‘morn-speech’]
morgenspell ‡ n. news published at morn.
morgensteorra m. morning star, Bo. [‘morn-star’]
morgenswēg m. cry at morn, B 129.
morgentīd (a^1, e^1) f. morning.
morgentīdlic matutinal, #BPs# 129^6.
morgentorht bright at morn, #An# 241.
morgenwacian to rise early, WW.
mōrhǣð f. mountain-heath, #PPs# 82^10.
mōrheald heathy, marshy? #Ex# 61.
mōrhop n. moor-swamp, B 450.
mōrig marshy, Æ.
mōrland n. ‘moor-land,’ mountain-waste, LkL.
morne ds., mornes gs. of morgen.
morod, moroð = morað
mōrsceaða m. robber from mountain heights, NG.
mōrsecg mn. sedge, #Lcd# 3·140^25.
mōrseohtre f. marshy ditch, NC 310.
mōrstapa m. traverser of moors, #Run# 2.
mortere m. mortar. [L. mortarium]
morð nm. death, destruction, homicide, ‘murder,’ AO; Æ: deadly sin. [‘murth’]
morð- = morðor-
morðcrundel mn. barrow raised over a dead body? deadly pool? corpse-pit? KC 3·23´.
morðdǣd f. murder, deadly sin, crime, Æ.
morðor nm., gs. morðres (mp. morðras) deed of violence, ‘murder,’ homicide, manslaughter, B, Bl: mortal sin, crime: injury, punishment, torment, misery.
morðorbealu † n. violent death, murder.
morðorbed ‡ n. bed of death (by violence).
morðorcofa m. prison, #An# 1006.
morðorcræft m. murderous crime, #An# 177.
morðorcwalu f. murder, NC 310.
morðorcwealm m. murder, death, #GnE# 152.
morðorhete m. blood-feud, B 1105.
morðorhof n. place of torment, #El# 1303.
morðorhūs n. house of torment, #Cr# 1625.
morðorhycgende ‡ with murderous thoughts.
morðorlēan n. retribution for sin, #Cr# 1612.
morðorscyldig guilty, #An# 1601.
morðorslaga m. homicide, murderer, NG.
morðorslagu f. homicide, murder, NG.
morðorslege m. homicide, murder, LL (148^14).
morðorsleht (morðsliht) m. slaughter, murder.
morðorwyrhta m. murderer.
morðslaga (Æ) = morðorslaga
morðsliht = morðorsleht
morður = morðor
morðweorc n. deadly work, act which causes death, murder, LL.
morðwyrhta = morðorwyrhta
moru f. parsnip, carrot (= more).
mōrwyrt f. moor-wort, #Lcd# 48b.
mōs n. I. bog, marsh, BC. [‘moss’] II. n. food, victuals. [Ger. mus]
mōst, mōste v. *mōtan.
mot n. mote, speck, atom.
mōt I. (±, usu. +) n. ‘moot’ (‘gemot’), society, assembly, court, council_, Chr, MtL; Mdf. +m. wyrcan to take counsel: litigation, Bo: (+) conflict, encounter. II. f. toll, tribute, MkL. [Ger. maut] III. pres. sg. of *mōtan.
±mōtærn (e^2) n. place of meeting, court-house, AO.
mōtan* swv. pres. 1, 3 sg. mōt, pres. 2 sg. mōst, pres. pl. mōton, pret. mōste (may), to be allowed, be able to, have opportunity to, be compelled to, must, Æ; AO, CP. mōste ic would that I might! [‘mote’]
+mōtan = mētan
mōtbell f. bell for summoning a moot, LL. [v. ‘moot’]
±mōtbeorh m. hill of meeting, BC.
mōtere m. public speaker, WW. [‘mooter’]
mōtern = mōtærn
mōtgerēfa m. moot-reeve, chairman of a moot, EC 342´.
±mōthūs n. moot-hall, place of assembly, WW; W. [‘moothouse’]
±mōtian to speak to, converse with, address, harangue, Æ: debate, argue, plead, Hex. [‘moot’]
mōtlǣðu sbpl. courts, assemblies? TC 433^22.
+mōtlēah m. meadow of meeting, BC.
+mōtmann m. orator, WW 164^35; 310^29.
+mōtstede m. place of meeting, #Soul# 152.
±mōtstōw f. place of meeting, forum.
mōtung f. conversation, discussion, OEG. [‘mooting’]
mōtweorð (u^2) qualified to attend the moot, EC 343´.
moðfreten moth-eaten.
mōðor = mōdor
moððe f. ‘moth,’ MtL (mohðe).
mucgwyrt f. artemisia, mugwort, #Lcd#.
mucxle = muscelle
mūdrica = mȳderce [[headword spelled “myderce”]]
mūga m. ‘mow,’ heap of corn, Æ.
mugan* = magan
mugwyrt = mucgwyrt
mūha (Cp) = mūga
mūl m. mule. [L. mulus]
mūlhyrde m. mule-keeper, #ÆGr# 35^5.
multon pret. pl. of meltan.
+mun (w. g.) mindful, remembering, AO 48^11.
±munan (usu. +) pres. 1, 3 sg. man (mon), 2 manst, pl. munon, pret. munde swv. to think about, be mindful of, remember, Bl, Jul, Lk; Æ, AO, CP: consider. [‘i-mune’]
mund f. I. † hand: palm (of the hand, as a measure): trust, security, protection, guardianship, Æ: protector, guardian: the king’s peace: fine for breach of the laws of protection or guardianship of the king’s peace, v. LL 2·555; 641. [cp. Ger. vormund] II. m. money paid by bridegroom to bride’s father, bridegroom’s gift to bride, #Cr# 93. III. = mynd
mundbeorg m. protecting hill, #PPs# 124^2.
mundberd = mundbyrd
mundbora m. protector, preserver, guardian, advocate, Æ: prefect.
mundbryce (i^2) m. breach of the laws of protection or guardianship, LL: fine for the breach of such laws.
mundbyrd f. protection, patronage, help: fine for a breach of the peace, LL.
+mundbyrdan to protect, #Bo#.
mundbyrdnes f. protection: security, independence: protector, guardian, advocate.
mundbyre = mundbyrde (ds. of mundbyrd)
mundcræft m. protecting power, #Lcd# 1·384^13.
munde v. munan.
+munde = +mynde
mundgripe † m. hand-grasp.
mundheals f. protection? #Cr# 445.
±mundian to protect, watch over, act as guardian of, Æ.
mundiend m. protector, TC 525^8.
mund-lēow, -lēu, -lāu. f. wash-hand basin, WW. [ON. munnlaug]
mundrōf strong with the hands, #Rd# 84^3.
mundwist f. guardianship, protection, NC 310.
munec == munuc
munecian to make a monk of, LL. [‘monk’]
munetere = mynetere
mungung = mynegung
+muning f. remembrance.
munt m. mountain, hill, Æ, AO, CP. [L. montem]
muntælfen f. mountain-nymph, WW 189^4.
muntclȳse f. mountain prison, W 84#h#.
muntland n. hill-country, Lk 1^39.
munuc m. ‘monk,’ BH, RB (e^2): (used also of women), A 27·255. [L. monachus]
munucbehāt n. monastic vow, HL 18^81,95.
munuccild n. child intended for monastic life, Æ.
munuccnapa m. young monk, GD.
munucgegyrela m. monastic garb, BH 34^27.
munuchād m. monastic orders, the monastic life, Æ, BH; CP. [‘monkhood’]
munuchēap m. company of monks.
munucian (e^2) to make a monk of, LL. [‘monk’]
munuclic monkish, monastic, BH; Æ. adv. -līce. [‘monkly’]
munuclīf n. monastic life, Æ: cloister, monastery, Æ, AO.
munucrēaf n. monk’s garb, GD 27^17.
munucregol m. monastic rule, mode of life, Æ: a body of monks under a certain rule, TC 544^12.
munucscrūd n. monk’s garb, ÆP 142^5.
munucstōw f. place of monks, BH 236^25.
munucðēaw m. monastic rule, ANS 84·7.
munucwīse f. fashion of a monk, ÆL 6·247.
mūr m. wall. [L. murus]
mūrbēam = mōrbēam
mūrberie = mōrberie
murc dismal, wretched, #PPs# 145^6. [myrce]
murcian to murmur, complain, repine, grieve, CP.
murcn- = murc-
murcnere m. complainer, RB 21^5.
murcung f. complaining, lamentation, sorrow, CP.
murge = myrge
murnan^3 (and wv.) to care, be anxious or fearful about, An, Bo, Wald: ‘mourn,’ sorrow, bemoan, Wy: long after, An 37.
murra = myrra
murre = myrre
mūs f. gs. mūs, mūse, nap. mȳs ‘mouse,’ Bo; Æ; Mdf: muscle (of the arm), WW 158^6.
mus-celle, -cule f. shell-fish, mussel. [L.]
muscflēote f? a small fly found in wine (must-flēoge? BT), WW 121^22.
muscle = muscelle
mūsepise f. mouse-pea, vetch, WW 148^35.
mūsfealle (a^2) f. mouse-trap, WW.
mūsfealu mouse-coloured, WW 448^9.
mūshafoc n. mouse-hawk, buzzard, WW.
musle = muscelle
musscel (#Gl#) = muscelle
must m. ‘must,’ new wine, Bo; Æ. [L. mustum]
-mūtian v. be-m.
mūtung f. ‘mutuum,’ loan, WW 449^30.
mūð m. ‘mouth,’ opening, door, gate, Æ, BH, CP, Mt.
mūða m. mouth (of a river), estuary, AO, #Chr#: (†) entrance to a house, door.
mūðādl f. mouth-disease, WW.
mūðberstung f. eruption of the mouth, WW.
mūðbona m. devourer, B 2079.
mūðcoðu f. mouth-disease, WW.
mūðettan to blab out, let out, Æ (6^160).
mūðfrēo free to speak, #PPs# 11^4.
mūðhǣl n. wholesome speech, #Ex# 552.
mūðhrōf m. palate, OEG 332.
mūðlēas mouthless, #Rd# 61^9.
mūwa (WW 348^6) = mūga
muxle = muscelle
myce? (ES 43·309), mycel (LWS) = micel
mycg (i) m. ‘midge,’ Cp, Lcd, WW.
mycgern (i) n. internal fat, suet, WW. [‘midgern’]
mycgnet n. mosquito-net, WW 183^13 (i).
mycl- = micl-
myd- = mid-
mydd n. bushel, AO 190^12. [L. modius]
myderce f. money-box, chest, Æ.
mygg (#Gl#) = mycg
mȳgð = mǣgð
myhtig = mihtig
mȳhð pres. 3 sg. of mīgan.
myl n. dust, JAW 32; ES 41·163. [Ger. müll]
mylc = meolc
mylcen adj. of milk.
myldan = miltan
-myldan v. be-m.
myle- = mylen-
mylen mf. ‘mill,’ KC, LL, RB; Mdf.
mylengafol n. mill-tax, mill-rent? NC 310.
mylenhwēol n. ‘mill-wheel,’ Lcd.
mylenscearp † sharpened on the grindstone.
mylenstān m. grindstone, WW. [‘millstone’]
mylentroh n. mill-trough, mill-conduit, WW.
mylenwaru f., mylenwer m. mill-weir, mill-dam, Ct.
mylenwyrd, myleweard m. tenant of a (manorial) mill, WW. [‘millward’]
mylier (EC 179^1) = myle(n)wer?
mylisc, mylsc = milisc
mylma m. retreat? GPH 398^150.
myln = mylen
myltan = (1) meltan; (2) miltan
myltenhūs n. brothel, ES 9·39.
myltestre (e, i) f. prostitute, Æ. [L. meretricem]
myltestrehūs n. brothel, WW 186^2.
mymerian to keep in memory, remember, W 74^15.
+mynan = +munan
±mynd (usu. +) fn. memory, remembrance, Æ, BH, Met: memorial, record, Æ: act of commemoration, Bl, MH: thought, purpose, Bl. on +m. niman to recollect. [‘mind’]
+myndblīðe memorial, #EPs# 101^13; 134^13 (i).
+mynddæg f. commemoration day, anniversary, BH.
+mynde I. mindful, #El# 1064. II. river-mouth, BH 398^17 (v. JAW 31).
+myndewyrðe worth mentioning, BH 486^12.
±myndgian to remember, be mindful of: (w. g.) remind, W: intend: commemorate, mention, PPs: exhort, warn: demand payment, LL 206, 1, 2. +myndgod aforesaid. [‘ming’]
myndgiend m. one who reminds, B 1105.
myndgung f. admonition, CP: remembrance.
±myndig mindful, Mk. se +myndiga the aforesaid. [‘mindy’]
+myndiglic = +myndlic
+myndiglicnes f. remembrance, #SPs# 101^13.
±myndlēas foolish, senseless, Æ.
+myndlic memorable. adv. -līce by heart, Æ.
+myndlȳst f. madness, ZDA 31^22.
+myndstōw f. monument, tomb.
+myndwyrðe = +myndewyrðe
myne I. † m. memory, remembrance: feeling, affection, love, favour. m. witan to love: purpose, desire, wish: memorial. [†munan] II. m. minnow, WW. III. = mene
+myne I. mindful, MtR 5^23. II. pres. subj. of +munan.
mynecen, mynecenu f. female monk, nun, WW; Æ. [‘minchen’; munuc]
mynegian = myndgian
mynegiendlic hortatory, CM 30.
mynegung f. warning, admonition, exhortation, Æ: claim.
mynelic desirable, #Wid# 4.
mynescilling = menescilling
mynet n. coin, money, Cp, Lcd, MtR. [‘mint’; L. moneta]
mynetcȳpa m. money-changer, ÆH 1·412.
mynetere m. ‘minter,’ coiner, Æ: money-changer, Mt; Æ.
mynetian to coin, LL 158[14].
mynetīsen n. coinage, ÆL 23^447.
mynetslege m. minting, coinage, ÆL 23^475.
mynetsmiððe f. mint, LL 158[14,1].
myng- = myneg-, myndg-
mynian to intend, be impelled: direct oneself towards an object, AS 1^9 (e).
mynig- = myneg-
mynit = mynet
mynle f. desire, #Met# 26^67.
mynnan = mynian
mynster (æ^2) n. monastery, nunnery, BH: mother-church, ‘minster,’ cathedral, LL. [L. monasterium]
mynsterbōc f? minster-book, NC 310.
mynsterclǣnsung f. purification of a minster.
mynsterclūse f. monastic enclosure, stall, cell, CM 22.
mynsterfæder m. abbot, GD 293^1.
mynsterfǣmne f. nun, BH 20^19.
mynstergang m. act of joining an order of monks, LL (146^23)
mynstergēat n. monastery gate, GD 145^2.
mynsterhām m. monastic house, monastery.
mynsterhata m. persecutor of monasteries, W 165^28.
mynsterlic monastic, Æ. adv. -līce.
mynsterlīf n. monastic life, Æ: cloister, monastery.
mynstermann m. monk, Æ.
mynstermunuc m. monk who lives in a monastery (i.e. not an anchorite), Æ.
mynsterprafost m. provost of a monastery, TC 434^4.
mynsterprēost m. priest of a church or minster, LL (254^8).
mynsterscīr f. control of a monastery, BH 458^11.
mynsterstede m. monastic buildings, GD 182^19.
mynsterstōw f. place of a minster, town, BH 160^16.
mynstertimbrung f. building of a monastery, GD 147^11.
mynsterðēaw m. monastic custom, BH 452^12.
mynsterðegnung f. monastic service, RB 85^17.
mynsterwīse f. custom of a monastery.
±myntan to intend, determine, resolve, Æ, Bo: think, B, Jud: bring forth, #Sc# 215^1: give up to, LL 400[3]. [‘mint,’ ‘i-munte’]
myranhēafod n. mare’s head (a nick-name), #Chr# 1010#e#.
Myrce, Myrcan = Mierce
myrce == mirce
myre (Æ, AO) = miere
myrenæddra = merenæddra
myrgan to be ‘merry,’ rejoice, PPs.
myrge adj. (e, i, u) pleasing, agreeable, Æ, Bo, Met (e): pleasant, sweet, DHy (e). adv. myriglīce pleasantly, melodiously, GD 286^1. [‘merry’]
myrgelēoð n. epitaph? BH 94^12 (#b#).
myrgen I. f. joy, pleasure, #Met# (Introd.) 5. II. == morgen
myrgnes f. melody, WW 33^31.
myrgð (e, i), myrhð f. ‘mirth,’ joy, pleasure, sweetness (of sound), Æ, Bo.
myrig- = myrg-
mȳrlic = mǣrlic
myrr- = mierr-
myrra I. m. sweet cicely (plant). II. (u) f. ‘myrrh,’ Æ.
myrre f. = myrra
myrrelse f. offence, scandal, stumbling-block, #Jul# 338.
myrten I. n. flesh of an animal which has died of itself, carrion, LL. II. adj. dead (of animals which have not been killed), LL.
myrð = myrgð
myrðra m. homicide, murderer.
-myrðran, -myrðrian v. for-, of-m. [[under “ofmyrðrian”]]
myrðrung f. parricide, murder, WW 467^21.
myrw- = mearuw- (v. mearu)
mȳs v. mūs.
myscan to afflict, #PPs#.
+myscan to defile, OEG 17^47.
mysci sbpl. flies, #PPs# 104^27.
mȳse = mēse
mytting = mitting
+mȳðe n. (usu. pl.) mouth, confluence, junction of two streams, BH, Ct.
myx = meox
myx- = mix-
=N=
nā (ō) adv. conj. not, no, not at all, not even, never, by no means, Æ, AO, CP. nā ðæt ān not only. nā...nā neither...nor. ne nā nor. nā mā no more, ÆGr, Bl. [‘no mo’] nā māre sb. nothing more, Bo, Mk. [‘no more’]
nab- = naf-
nabban anv. pres. 1 sg. næbbe, 2 næfst, 3 nafað, næfð, pl. nabbað, næbbað; pret. næfde (v. habban) not to have, to lack, be without, Bo (+næfd), Jn; AO, CP. [v. ‘have’]
naca † m. vessel, boat, ship. [Ger. nachen]
naced = nacod
±nacian, +nacodian to lay bare, strip.
nacod, nacud (æ) (+) I. adj. ‘naked,’ nude, bare, Æ; CP: empty: not fully clothed. II. f. nakedness.
nacodnes (æ) f. nakedness, Æ.
næ adv. = ne
næbbað, næbbe v. nabban.
nǣbre = nǣfre
næcad (Cp 499#e# ‘exserta’) = nacod
±nǣcan (hnǣcan) to kill, Æ.
næced == nacod
næcedu f. nakedness, MFH 169.
næct = niht
nædder- = nǣder-
nædderfāh snake-coloured, HL 15^183.
næddre (CP) = nǣdre
næddrewinde f. adder-wort, WW 287^16.
nǣderbīta m. ichneumon, WW.
nǣdl (ē) f. ‘needle,’ Soul, WW; Æ.
nǣdre (ē) f. ‘adder,’ snake, serpent, viper, Mt; AO, CP.
nǣdrewyrt (der) f. adder-wort.
næfde pret. 3 sg. of nabban.
næfebor (A 9·263^3) = nafūgar [[headword spelled “nafogār”]]
næfig (NG) = næftig
næfne = nefne
nǣfre (ē) adv. ‘never,’ B, Bo, Bl, G; CP. [ne, ǣfre]
næfst v. nabban.
næft f. need, want, poverty, #Sc# 157^3,7.
næftcyrrend not returning, CP 77^39. [neft, ne eft]
næftig poor, #Sc# 190^1.
±nǣgan I. † (ē) (often followed by wordum) to accost, speak to. II. = hnǣgan
nægel = nægl
nægen = ne mægen
nægl m. ‘nail,’ peg, AO; Æ: finger-nail, toe-nail, claw, Æ: plectrum, #Wyrd# 84: (in comp.) handle.
nægledbord † with nailed sides.
nægledcnearr m. nail-fastened vessel, †#Chr# 937.
nægledcræt n. iron chariot.
nægledsinc n. studded vessel, B 2023.
±næglian ‘to nail,’ fasten with nails, MtLR; Æ.
næglsex n. knife for cutting the nails, WW. [seax; v. ‘nail’]
næglspere n. (sharp) nail, Cp 260#u#.
nǣh = nēah
nǣhsta = nīehsta
næht (NG, VPs) == niht
nǣht = nāht
nællæs = nealles
næm = neom
nǣm f. taking, receiving, NC 311.
+nǣman to take away, #Guth# 14^11.
nǣmel receptive, NC 311. [= numol]
nǣming f. bargain, contract, WW 180^17.
næmne = nefne
+næmnian (LL 455´) = nemnian
næmniendlic = nemniendlic
nǣnig pron. no one, none, not any, no (used as sb. with gen. and as adj.). nǣnige ðinga (S 320) adv. not at all, in no wise. [ne, ǣnig]
nǣnig-wuht, -uht in no wise, nothing.
nǣniht (NG) = nānwiht
nǣnne v. nān.
nǣp m. turnip, rape, Cp, Lcd. [‘neep’]
nǣpsǣd n. rape seed, #Lcd#.
næpte = nefte
nǣre, nǣron (Æ, AO, CP) = ne wǣre, ne wǣron
nǣrende ptc. not being. [ne, wesan]
nǣrra = nēara
næs I. (AO, CP) = ne wæs. II. adv. not, not at all, CP. [= nalæs] III. = næss. IV. pret. 3 sg. of nesan.
næsc fawn-skin, #Gl, Lcd#.
næse (NG) = nese
næsgristle f. nose-gristle, #Gl#.
næs-hlið n. dp. -hleoðum declivity, slope (of a headland), B 1428.
næss (e), næssa m. ‘ness,’ cliff, headland, cape, B: (†) earth, ground.
+næstan to contend (wið), #Rd# 28^10.
næster ‘caucale,’ an umbelliferous plant? wild carrot? WW 202^1.
næsðȳrl n. nostril, Æ.
±nǣtan to annoy, afflict, press upon, subdue, CP.
nǣting f. blaming, CP 353^11.
nǣðl = nǣdl
nafa I. m. = nafu. II. = ne hafa imperat. of nabban.
nafað pres. 3 sg. of nabban.
nafela m. navel, Æ, AO.
nafeða m. nave (of a wheel), WW 106^27.
nafogār m. ‘auger,’ Gl, WW.
nafu f. nave (of a wheel), #Bo#.
nafula = nafela
nafulsceaft f. navel, #Lcd# 3·124^22.
+nāg striking, pressing? #Rim# 57?
nāgan* pres. 3 sg. nāh; pret. nāhte, nāhton not to owe, not to be bound, not to be allowed, to have no right to, not to own, not to have, to lose, be unable to, AO. nāhte ought not. [ne, āgan]
nāht (ǣ, āu, ō) I. n. ‘naught,’ nothing, Æ: wickedness, evil-doing, CP (nāwht). instr. nāhte w. comparatives = nothing. II. useless, bad, poor. III. adv. not, not at all, CP. [nā, wiht]
nāhte v. nāgan.
nāhtfremmend m. evil-doer, #PPs# 58^2.
nāhtgītsung [nāuht-] f. wicked avarice, CP 333^5.
nāhtlic good for nothing, worthless, of no avail, #Chr# 979#e#. adv. -līce wickedly, badly, VPs (ō). [‘noughtly’]
nāhtnes f. worthlessness, #Chr# 449#a#.
nāhtscipe f. worthlessness, #Chr# 449#e#.
nāh-wǣr, -wǣrn adv. ‘nowhere,’ in no case, never, not at all, A, Æ, Bl; GD (ō).
nāhwæðer pron. and conj. neither, CP. [‘nauther’]
nāhwār = nāhwǣr
nāhwider ‘no-whither,’ nowhere, Bo, RB.
nāhwonan adv. from nowhere.
nalæs, nalas, nales (AO, CP), nalles (CP), nals = nealles
nalde (N, #VPs#) = nolde pret. of *nyllan.
nam I. pret. 3 sg. of niman. II. (N) = ne eom
nām f. (legal) seizure, LL.
nama (o) m. ‘name,’ Æ; AO, CP: noun, #ÆGr#.
nambōc (o) f. register of names (in a book), WW 342^11.
nambred (o) n. register of names (on a tablet), WW 499^40. [Ger. brett]
namcūð well-known, celebrated, Æ.
namcūðlīce adv. by name, Æ.
±namian to ‘name,’ mention, Æ: nominate, appoint.
nammǣlum adv. by name, OEG 880.
+namna m. companion, #Rd# 53^3; 54^13?
namnian to address, invoke, Æ.
nāmon pret. pl. of niman.
nāmrǣden f. learning, WW 431^8.
nān as. nǣnne, nānne I. pron. and adj. ‘none,’ not one, no, Bl, Chr, Ct, HL. nāna ðinga on no account. II. sb. w. g. none, no one, nothing, Bo, Jn, RB. [nē, ān]
nān-wiht, -(w)uht I. n. (often w. g.) nothing, naught, AO, CP. II. adv. not at all, in no wise.
nāp pret. 3 sg. of nīpan.
nard m. spikenard, unguent. [L. nardus]
nart (JnL) = neart
naru = nearu
nas = næs = ne wæs [[form of “wesan”]]
nāst (= ne wāst) v. nytan.
nasðȳrl = næsðȳrl
nasu = nosu
nāt (Bo, Jn) = ne wāt, v. nytan.
nāteshwōn (Æ), nāteðæshwōn adv. not, not at all, by no means.
nāthwā adj. pron. some one (nescio quis).
nāthwǣr adv. somewhere or other.
nāthwæt pron. something or other.
nāt-hwilc, -hwylc adj. pron. (indef.) (I know not which), some one or other.
nātōhwōn, nātōðæshwōn = nāteshwōn
nāðēlǣs (AO) = nāðȳlǣs
nāðer (Æ, AO, CP), nāðor (Æ) = nāhwæðer
nāðinc n. nothing, HL 18^48.
nāðȳlǣs notwithstanding, nevertheless, AO (ē^2).
nāuht = nāht
nāwa adv. never, #Lcd# 94b. [ne, āwa]
nāwer = nāhwǣr
nāwērn [= nāhwǣrn] adv. nowhere, WW. [[under “nāhwǣr”]]
nāwht, nāwiht = nāht
nāwðer = nāhwæðer
nāwuht (CP) = nāwiht, nāht [[under “nāwht”]]
ne I. adv. not, no, Æ, CP. II. conj. neither, nor, Æ, CP.
nēa- = nēah-
nēad = nīed
nēad- v. also nīed-, nȳd-.
nēadclamm n. necessity, extremity, #LPs# 106^28.
nēadcofa m. prison, #An# 1311.
nēadgafol n. tax, tribute, LL.
nēadgewuna m. enforced custom, WW 221^8.
nēadgylda m. debtor, WW 221^10.
nēadhād m. compulsion, force, WW 480^21.
nēadhǣs f. order which one must obey, LL 12.
±nēadian to compel, force, constrain, urge, impel, Æ.
nēadignes f. obligation, OEG 2106.
nēadinga (AO), nēadlunga = nēadunga
nēadðearflic necessary, useful. adv. -līce, #ÆGr#.
nēadðearfnes f. opportunity, occasion, #LPs# 9^22.
nēadðing n. necessary thing, RB 57; ÆP 13^7?
nēadung f. compulsion, Æ.
nēadunga, nēadunge adv. compulsorily, forcibly, Æ.
nēadwīs needful, fitting, due, Æ. adv. of necessity, Æ.
nēadwīsnes f. necessity, OEG 2396.
nēadwīte n. inevitable punishment, MF (Vesp. D xiv).
nēadwraca m. avenger by necessity, TC 611^29.
nēah I. (e, i) [comp. nēara, superl. nīehsta q.v.] adj. ‘near,’ nigh, close, BH; AO, CP: late. II. adv. ‘near,’ nigh, about, almost, nearly, lately, AO, Bo, G, Lcd, Met, etc.; CP. nēar and nēar nearer and nearer. æt nīehstan next, at length, finally. III. prep. w. d. near, close to: according to, AO.
+nēah I. † sufficiency, abundance. II. pres. 3 sg. of +nugan.
nēahbūend m. neighbour, #Rd# 26^2.
nēahceaster f. nearest town, BH 52^27 (nēh-).
nēahcyrice f. neighbouring church, GD.
nēahdǣl m. neighbourhood, GD 71^30.
nēahdūn f. neighbouring hill, #Nar# 14^6.
nēahēa f. neighbouring river, #Nar# 22^9.
nēahēaland n. neighbouring island, MH 84^17.
nēahfæder m. ‘vicinus pater,’ GD 179^7.
nēah-feald, -fealdlic (GD) intimate.
nēahfrēond (ē^1) m. near friend, near kinsman, #Guth# 56^22.
nēahgangol (w. d.) placed near, ÆL 23^131.
nēahgebūr m. ‘neighbour,’ CP.
nēahgebȳren (nēhhe-) f. neighbour, LkL 15^9.
nēahgebȳrild (nēhe-) m. neighbour, LkL 15^9.
nēahgehūsa (ē) m. neighbour, #JVPs#.
±neah-he, -hi(g)e (usu. +) sufficiently: abundantly: often, frequently: earnestly.
nēahhebūr = nēahgebūr
+neahhelīce (nehl-) sufficiently, frequently, usually, LL, #Guth#.
nēahhergung f. war close at hand.
neah-hie, -hige = neahhe
+nēahian to draw near to, #LPs# 90^10.
nēahlǣcan = nēalǣcan
nēahland n. neighbourhood, GD 69^28.
nēah-mǣg m. nap. -māgas near relation.
nēahmǣgð f. neighbouring tribe, BH.
nēahmann m. neighbour, BH.
nēahmunt m. neighbouring mountain, GD.
nēahnes f. nearness, neighbourhood, BH.
nēahnunnmynster neighbouring convent, BH 254^10.
nēahsibb I. adj. related. II. f. affinity, relationship.
nēahsta = nīehsta
nēahstōw f. neighbourhood, place near.
neaht (Met) = niht
nēahtīd f. approaching time, BH 290^29.
nēahtūn (ē) m. neighbouring town or village.
nēahðēod f. neighbouring nation, AO.
nēahwæter n. neighbouring piece of water, #Nar# 22^24.
+nēahwian (ē) to draw near, cleave to, NG.
nēahwudu m. neighbouring wood, GD 229^20.
±nēalǣcan (w. d.) to draw near, approach, Æ; AO, CP: be near, GD 85^9: cling to, #CPs# 136^6. [‘nehleche’; nēah, lǣcan]
nēalǣcung f. approach, access, Æ.
nēalic (ē) near, neighbouring. adv. -līce nearly, about, Bl; CP. [‘nighly’]
nealles adv. not, not at all, by no means, CP.
neam = neom
nēam- = nēahm-
nēan adv. from near by: close at hand, near: nearly, about.
+nēan = +nēhwian [[under “nēahwian”]]
neap = hnæpp
nēar comp. of nēah, adv. near, nearer, AO.
+near = +ner
nēara, nēarra (AO), comp. of nēah, adj. later, latter, nearer.
neara- = nearo-
nearo (AO) = nearu
nearobregd f. crafty trick, #Jul# 302.
nearocræft m. skill in enclosing? B 2243.
nearofāh intensely hostile? B 2317.
nearogrāp f. close grasp, #Rd# 81^6.
nearolic oppressive, straitened, #El# 913. adv. -līce narrowly, closely, briefly, accurately, Æ, CP: strictly, stringently, oppressively.
nearonēd f. urgent need.
nearones f. strait, AO: oppression: distress, anxiety, trouble.
nearoðancnes f. wickedness, #LPs# 27^4.
nearoðearf f. dire need, #Cr# 69.
neart art not, Bo. [‘nart’; ne eart]
nearu I. † f? n? gs. nearu, near(o)we strait, danger, distress, difficulty. n. ðrōwian to be in straits: confinement, imprisonment: prison, hiding place. II. adj. narrow, confined, AO, G: limited, petty: causing or accompanied by difficulty, hardship, oppressive, Bl, Rd: strict, severe, CP. [‘narrow’]
nearu- = nearo-
nearusearu † f. dark cunning? imprisonment?
nearusorg f. crushing distress, #El# 1261.
nearuðanc m. wickedness, OEG.
nearuwrenc m. evil trick, #Mod# 44.
nearwe adv. narrowly, closely, strictly, B, Met: carefully, exactly, El; CP: oppressively, forcibly: artfully: anxiously. [‘narrow’]
nearwelīce = nearolīce
nearwian (±) to force in, cramp, confine, afflict: become smaller, shrink.
nearxnewang = neorxnawang
nēasian (#VPs#) = nēosian [[under “nēosan”]]
nēat n. animal, beast, ox, CP, VPs; pl. cattle. [‘neat’]
+nēat m. companion, follower (esp. in war), Chr, WW: dependant, vassal, tenant who works for a lord, v. LL 2·427. [v. ‘geneat’]
nēaten = nīeten
±nēatland n. land of a dependant or vassal, LL 196, 1, 1.
+nēatmann = +nēat
+nēatriht n. regulations as to the tenure of ‘genēatland,’ LL 445[2].
+neatscolu f. band of comrades, #Jul# 684.
nēawest (AO, CP), nēawist (Æ) fm. neighbourhood, nearness, presence: society, cohabitation. [nēah, wesan]
nēawung (N) f. nearness.
nebb n. bill, beak, beak-shaped thing, Cp, Ph: nose, LL: face, countenance, complexion, Æ, CP. [‘neb’]
nebb- = neb-
nebbian to retort upon, rebuke, confront, ÆH 1·256.
nebcorn n. pimple, #Lcd# 1·118.
nebgebræc n. nasal mucus, WW.
nebsealf f. antimony, face-powder, OEG.
nebwlātful barefaced, shameless, OEG 2^317.
nebwlātung f. barefacedness, impudence, OEG 4306.
nebwlite m. face, countenance, Æ.
nechebūr = nēahgebūr
necti- = nihte-
ned = net(t)
nēd = (1) nīed; (2) nēod
nēd- (A) = nēad-, nīed-, nȳd-
nēdl = nǣdl
nēdre (#VPs#), neddre = nǣdre
nefa m. (±) nephew, Æ, AO: stepson: grandson.
nefene f. granddaughter: niece.
nefne = nemne
nēfre = nǣfre adv.
nefte f. cat’s mint. [L. nepeta]
nēfugol m. bird of prey, #Gen# 2158. [*nēo, corpse; Goth. naus]
nēgan = nǣgan
negled- = nægled-
nēh == nēah
+nehe, +nehh(ig)e = +neahhe
nēhst = nīehst
nēhsta = nīehsta
neht == niht
neirxnawong (N) = neorxnawang
nēista = nīehsta
nele (AO, CP) = nelle (Æ) pres. 1, 3 sing., nelt = pres. 2 sg. of nellan.
nellan = *nyllan
nem-nan, -nian (±) to name, call, Æ, AO, CP: enumerate: address, speak to: nominate: mention, relate, Æ. [nama]
nemne (A; = WS nymðe) conj. and prep. unless, except, save, only.
nemnian = nemnan
nemniendlic, nemnigendlic naming, nominative, #ÆGr# 22^10.
nemning f. name.
nemðe = nymðe
nenā (WW 252^1) = ne nā v. nā.
nēnig (#KGl#) = nǣnig
nēobedd † n. corpse-bed, bed of death. [Goth. naus]
nēod I. f. (ē, īe, ȳ) desire, longing: zeal, earnestness: pleasure, delight. [Goth. niuðs] II. == nīed
nēode adv. (instr. of nēod) eagerly, zealously, diligently.
nēodfracu f. yearning, greed, #Met# 31^15 (v. ES 39·335).
nēodfrēond m. kinsman, friend, HL 18^150. [nīed]
nēodful zealous, earnest, #Jul# 720.
nēodhus n. necessary chamber, NC 312.
±nēodian (= ēa; impers. w. g.) to be necessary, require, be required, RB. [‘need’]
nēodlaðu f. wish, B 1320.
nēodlīce adv. eagerly, carefully, zealously, diligently, Æ: (†) greatly.
nēodlof n. zealous praise, #PPs# 148^12.
nēodspearuwa m. (restless?) sparrow, #PPs# 123^6.
nēodðearflic necessary, GD 148^6.
nēodweorðung f. zealous honouring, #PPs# 142^11.
neofa = nefa
nēol == neowol
nēo-lǣcan (#VPs#), -lēcan (MtL) = nēalǣcan
neom = ne eom (am not)
neoman = niman
nēomian to sound sweetly? #Wyrd# 84.
nēon = nīwan
+nēopan^2? to engulf, overwhelm, #Ex# 475.
nēor adv. = nēar
+neorð contented, Cp 544.
neorxnawang m. Paradise, Æ, CP; v. GK.
neorxnawanglic adj. of paradise, GD 179^1.
nēosan, nēosian (Æ) to search out, find out, inspect: (±) visit, go to: attack, visit with affliction.
nēosīð m. death, #Mod# 55.
neosu = nosu
±nēosung f. access: visitation, visit, Æ.
nēotan^2 (usu. w. g.) to use, have the use of, enjoy, employ. [Ger. geniessen]
nēoten = nīeten
neoð-an, -ane (i) adv. below, down, beneath, from beneath, Æ, Bl, Bo (-on). [‘nethen’]
neoðanweard adj. lower, WW 26^6 (io).
neoðe- = niðe-
neoðon == neoðan
neoðor = niðor
neoðor- = niðer-
neoðoweard = niðeweard
neoðra = niðera
nēow- = nīw-
neowel = neowol
nēowērno (WW 454^28) = nāwērn
neowol (i) precipitous: headlong: prone, prostrate, Æ, Bo (i): obscure, deep down, abysmal. [‘nuel’]
neowollic (i^1, e^2) profound, deep, ÆL 7^66.
neowolnes f. depth, abyss, chasm, Æ(i^1).
nēp only in phr. forðganges n. without power of advancing? #Ex# 469.
nēpflōd m. neap-tide, ebb, low tide, #Gl#.
nepte = nefte
±ner (ea) n. refuge, protection, ÆL, AO.
nēr = nēar
+ner-ednes, -renes f. deliverance.
nergend m. saviour, preserver (Christ, God).
±nerian to save, rescue, liberate, Æ, AO, CP: preserve, defend, protect. [Goth. nasjan; Ger. nāhren]
neriend, nerigend = nergend
nērra = nēar(r)a
+nerstede m. refuge, sanctuary, WW 186^23.
nerung f. guard, protection, OEG 5395.
nerw- = nearw-, nirew-
nerx- = neorx-
±nesan^5 (usu. +) to escape from, survive, be saved.
nese (æ) adv. no, Æ, CP. [ne, sī]
ness = næss
nest I. n. ‘nest,’ MtL, Ph; Æ: young bird, brood. II. n. food, provisions, victuals.
nēst = nīehst
nēsta (#VPs#) = nīehsta
nestan to spin, NG.
nestig = nistig
nestlian to make a nest, #LPs# 103^16.
nestpohha m. wallet, MtL 10^10.
net = nett
net- = nyt-
neta m. caul, WW 266^20.
netan = nytan
netel, netele f. ‘nettle,’ Lcd.
nēten (Bo, VPs) == nīeten
netenes = nytennes
nētl (Cp) = nǣdl
netle (Cp) = netele [[under “netle”]]
neton = nyton pres. pl. of nytan.
netrāp m. snare, gin, WW.
nett (y) n. ‘net,’ Æ, Bo, WW: netting, network, spider’s web, PPs. [Goth. nati]
nette (y) f. the net-like caul, WW.
nettgern n. knitting yarn, EC 377. [gearn]
+nettian to ensnare, OEG 4596.
±nēðan to venture on, dare, risk, AO. [nōð]
+nēðedlic = +nīededlic
+neðerian = +niðerian
nēðing f. boldness, daring, AO.
nēðl (A) = nǣdl
neurisn f. aneurism, #Lcd#.
newesēoða (i^1) m. pit of the stomach? bowels? #Lcd#.
nēwest = nēawest
nēxt (LWS) == nīehst
nī- = nīg-, nīw-
nic, nice adv. not I (= no). [ne, ic]
nicor (e^2) m. nap. nicras water-sprite, sea-monster, B, Bl: hippopotamus, walrus, Nar. [‘nicker’]
nicorhūs n. sea-monster’s dwelling, B 1411.
nīd = nīed
nīd- = nēad-, nīed-, nȳd-
nīed I. (ē, ēa, ēo, ī, ȳ) fn. ‘need,’ necessity, compulsion, duty, B (ȳ), BH (ē), NG (ē); AO, CP: errand, business, Æ (ēo): hardship, distress, difficulty, trouble, pain, AO: force, violence, VPs (ē): what is necessary: inevitableness: fetter, #Deor# 5: name of the rune for =n=. II. = nēod
nīed- v. also nēad-, nȳd-.
nīedan (ē, ī, ȳ) to compel, force, urge, press, Æ (ȳ), Bo, NG (ē); AO, CP. [‘need’]
nīedbād (ē, ȳ) f. toll, exaction, blackmail.
nīedbādere (ē) m. toll-collector, TC 29^10.
nīedbehǣfdlic necessary, BH 396^24.
nīedbehǣfednes f. necessity, Æ (ē^1).
nīedbehēfe needful, necessary, Æ(y^1).
nīedbeðearf (y^3) necessary, CP 7^7.
nīede, nīedes (ēa, ēo, ī, ȳ) adv. (instr. and gs. of nīed) of need, needs, necessarily, compulsorily, CP.
+nīededlic (ē) compulsory, BH 62^23 (v.l.).
nīedenga, nīedunga adv. necessarily, by force, forcibly, CP.
nīedfaru † f. compulsory journey, death.
nīedhǣmed (ē, ȳ) n. rape, LL.
nīedhīernes (e^1, e^2) f. slavery, DR 6^5.
nīedling m. slave, AO: sailor.
nīedmicel (ē) urgent.
nīednǣm f. seizure.
nīedscyld f. moral necessity, CP 57^6.
nīedsibb (ēa) f. relationship, OEG.
nīedðearf I. f. need, necessity, compulsion, force, CP: distress: want, thing needed. II. adj. necessary.
nīedðearfnes (ēa, ē, ȳ) f. need, necessity: compulsion: distress, trouble.
nīedðēow (ē, ȳ) m. slave.
nīedðrafung f. reproof, CP 297^22.
nīedwǣdla m. poor wretch, #Gen# 929.
nīehst I. adv. (superl. of nēah) most nearly, in closest proximity: last (in time), Bl, Gen (ē). II. adj. latest, last, Æ, Jud, VPs (ē): nearest, ‘next,’ CP, Chr, KC, MkL (ē). æt nīehstan at last, next.
nīehsta mf. closest friend, CP: (±) neighbour, MkL, VPs: next of kin, LL. [‘next’]
nieht (CP) = niht
nierwan = nearwian
nīeten (ē, ēo, ī, ȳ) n. small animal, beast, cattle, Bo, Lcd; AO, CP. [‘neten’; nēat]
nīetencynn n. kind of animal.
nīetenlic animal, brutish, #Bo# 35^28 (ē). adv. -līce like an animal, W 55^16 (ȳ).
nīetennes f. brutishness, Æ (ȳ).
nieðemest = niðemest
nieðer == niðer
nīewe = nīwe
nīfara m. new comer, stranger, #PPs# 38^15.
nifol dark, gloomy [= neowol]
nift f. niece, BH, Ep, TC: granddaughter: step-daughter. [‘nift’]
nīg- = nīw-
nigan == nigon
nīge- = nigo-
nīgecyrred newly converted, OEG 3447.
nīgefara = nīfara
nīgehalgod newly consecrated (of a king), newly crowned, ÆL 18^326.
nīgehwyrfed newly converted, ÆL 5^126.
nigenda = nigoða
nīghworfen newly converted, ÆH 2·130^27.
nigon ‘nine,’ A, Bl, Chr; AO, CP.
nigonfeald ‘ninefold,’ ÆGr.
nigongylde entitled to ninefold compensation, LL 470[7].
nigonnihte nine days old, ANS 129·22.
nigontēoða ‘nineteenth,’ Chr: ‘ninetieth,’ OEG 2521 (nigen-).
nigontīene (ȳ^3) ‘nineteen,’ A, Men.
nigontig ‘ninety,’ Lk; CP.
nigontȳnlic containing the number nineteen.
nigonwintre nine years old, AO 186^10.
nigoða (y) ‘ninth,’ Bl; MH (y): ninth part, Bl.
nigoðe ninthly, LL 181[9].
nīgslȳcod ptc. freshly smoothed, glossy, MH 206^27.
nigun = nigon
nīh (#KGl# 55^25) = nēah
nihold (#Gl#), nihol = neowol
nīhst = nīehst
nīhsta = nīehsta
nihstig = nistig
niht (æ, e, ea, ie, y) f. (gs. also nihtes) ‘night’ (often used in enumerations where mod. Eng. uses days); darkness, BH, Bl, Cr, Lcd; AO, CP.
niht- = nyht-
nihtbealu n. destruction by night, B 193.
nihtbutorflēoge f. beetle or moth which flies by night, WW 121^13; A 8·450.
nihtēage that can see at night, WW.
nihteald (night-old), that has happened yesterday, LL.
nihtegale (a, æ, e) f. nightingale, Cp: night-jar. [‘nightgale’]
nihtēge = nihtēage
nihtegesa m. nocturnal terror, #PPs# 90^5.
nihtelic = nihtlic
nihterne adv. by night: during a night, #Lcd#.
nihternnes f. night season, #Lcd# 3·288^21.
nihtes (æ) adv. (gs. of niht) by night, Æ.
nihtfeormung † f. shelter at night.
nihtgenga † m. night-goer, goblin.
nihtgenge f. night-prowler, hyæna, WW.
nihtgerīm † n. number of nights.
nihtgild n. night sacrifice or service, #Gl#.
nihtglōm m? gloom of night, #Gu# 916.
nihthelm † m. shades of night.
niht-hræfn, -hrefn, -hremn m. night-raven, night-jar.
nihthrōc m. night-raven, #LPs# 101^7.
nihthwīl f. space of a night, W 147^9.
+nihtian to become night, grow dark, NC 295.
nihtlang lasting through the night, Æ. adv. -langes, Æ.
nihtlic nocturnal, of the night, at night, Æ, CP.
nihtnehstig having fasted for a night, #Lcd#.
nihtremn = nihthræfn
nihtrest f. couch, #Gen# 2863.
nihtrīm = nihtgerīm
nihtsang m. compline: book of service for compline.
nihtscadu (a^3) night-shade (plant), WW 135^3.
niht-scūa † m., gs. -scu(w)an shades of night.
nihtslǣp m. night’s sleep, ÆL 23^442.
nihtsum = nyhtsum
nihtwacu f. night-watching, Seaf 7. [‘night-wake’]
nihtwæcce f. ‘night-watch,’ vigil, Lk.
nihtwaru f. clothing for night, RB 90^4.
nihtweard m. guardian at night, #Ex# 116.
nihtweorc n. deed done at night, B 827.
nīhð (MP 1·613) pres. 3 sg. of nēahwan. [[variant of “nēahwian”?]]
nīhwyrfed (OEG 3138) = nīgehwyrfed
nīlǣred newly initiated, OEG 3138.
nile = nyle, pres. 1 sg. of *nyllan.
±niman^4 (eo, io, y) to take, assume, undertake, accept, receive, get, Bo, VPs, etc.: hold, seize, catch, grasp, pluck up, carry off, Bl (eo): bear, carry, bring: betake oneself, go, Bo: contain: suffer, tolerate: give: (+) grasp, comprehend: (+) take to wife. frið +n. make peace. hē hine genam he collected himself, reflected. sige n. gain victory. on n. take effect, #Lcd#. [‘nim’]
-nimend, -nimendnes v. dǣl-n.
niming f. action of taking, LkL. [‘nimming’]
nimðe = nymðe
nīol = neowol
nīow- = nēow-
nip? sb. rope, GPH 399^451.
+nip darkness, mist, cloud, obscurity, Æ. [nīpan]
±nīpan^1 † to grow dark, obscure.
+nipful dark, gloomy, ES 39·347.
nirewett (nirw-) n. narrowness: narrow place, defile, pass, AO: hardness of breathing.
nirwan = nearwian
nirwð f. prison house, WW 399^5. [nierwan]
nis (Æ, Bo, VPs) = ne is (is not). [‘nis’]
nisēoða = newesēoða
nīsoden ptc. newly-boiled, OEG 326.
nistan (VPs), nistian (SPs) to build nests. [‘nest’]
nistig adj. fasting, #Lcd#. [ne, wist]
nist-lan (PPs), -lian (EPs) (y) to build nests. [‘nestle’]
nit- = nyt-
nīten = nīeten
niton (Bo) = nyton v. nytan. [‘niten’]
nið n. abyss, #Sat# 634?
nīð m. strife, enmity, attack, war: evil, hatred, spite, Bl, Cr, VPs; AO, CP: oppression, affliction, trouble, grief, AO. [‘nith’]
niðan = neoðan
nīðan to hate, GD 117^5.
niðas = niððas [[headword spelled “nīððas”]]
nīðcwalu f. violent death, destruction, #Cr# 1258.
nīðcwealm ‡ m. violent death, destruction.
nīðdraca m. hostile dragon, B 2273.
niðemest v. niðera.
niðer (io, y) adv. below, beneath, Æ, B, Bo; AO, CP. [‘nether’]
niðera (eo, y) (comp.) adj. niðemest, nyðemest (superl.; positive not found) lower, under, lowest, Bo, WW; CP. [‘nether’]
niðerāscūfan (ēo^4) to push down, Æ.
niðerāstīgan^1 to descend, Æ, CP.
niðerātredan^5 to tread down, tread under foot.
niðerbogen ptc. bent down, KC 4·72^1.
niðerdǣl m. lower part, #PPs# 138^12.
niðere adv. below, down, low down, Bo. [‘nether’]
niðerflōr f. lower story, GD 170^17.
niðergān (y^1) to descend, Æ.
niðergang (y) m. descent, #Lcd# 3·246^8.
niðerheald bent downwards, #Met# 31^23.
niðerhreosende (y) falling down, Æ.
niðerhryre (y^1) m. downfall, precipitation, #Sc# 229^12.
±niðerian (e, y) to depress, abase, bring low, oppress, _Jud, Lk, VPs_; AO, CP: condemn, accuse. +nyðred ignominious, ÆL 23b^14. [‘nither’]
+niðerigendlic (y) deserving condemnation, #Sc# 162^18.
niðerlic low, low-lying, inferior, lowly, CP.
niðernes (y) f. deepness, bottom, BH 212^21.
niðerra = niðera
niðerscēotende (y) rushing downwards.
niðerscyfe m. rushing downwards, descent, #HGl# 468.
niðersige (y^1) m. going down, #LPs#.
niðerstīgan = niðerāstīgan
niðerstige (y^1) m. descent.
niðertorfian to throw down, GPH 390.
niðerung f. humiliation, downthrow, condemnation, BH (y), OEG. [‘nither’]
+niðerung f. abasement, Æ: condemnation, Æ.
niðerweard adj. directed downwards. adv. -weardes.
niðeweard situated beneath, low, nethermost.
nīðful envious, quarrelsome, ill-disposed, evil, Æ. [‘nithfull’]
nīðfullīce maliciously, ÆH 1·46^25.
nīðgæst † (y^2) m. hostile alien, fell demon.
nīðgetēon n. attack, #Gen# 2068.
nīðgeweorc n. evil deed, B 683.
nīðgrama m. anger, malice, W 180^9.
nīðgrim † fierce, hostile.
nīðgripe m. fierce grasp, B 976? [or ? nȳd-]
nīðheard † (and #EPs# 27^4) bold, brave in battle.
nīðhell f. hateful hell, HL 15^150.
nīðhete † m. hostility, evil intent: affliction, torment: foe, #An# 833?
nīðhycgende † evil-scheming.
nīðhȳdig (ē^2) valorous, B 3165.
nīðig envious, malicious, OEG p. 224n.
nīðing m. wretch, villain, coward, outlaw, Chr, LL. [‘nithing’]
+nīðla † m. enemy: enmity, fierceness (? +nīðle).
nīðlīce adv. abjectly, OEG 744.
nīðloca m. place of torment, #Hell# 64.
niðor (eo, y) comp. adv. lower, Æ, CP.
nīðplega m. battle, fight, #An# 414.
niðr- = niðer-
nīðsceaða m. foe, persecutor, #Rd# 16^24.
nīðscipe m. wickedness, #LPs# 7^10.
nīðsele m. hall of conflict, B 1513.
nīðsynn f. grievovs sin, #Sat# 180.
nīððas † mpl. men.
nīðweorc n. battle, †#Chr# 973.
nīðwracu † f. severe punishment.
nīðwundor ‡ n. dire wonder, fearful portent.
nīwan (ēo) adv. newly, lately, Æ, AO.
nīwanācenned new-born, MH 170^12.
nīwancumen (WW) = nīwcumen
nīwane = nīwan
nīwbacen (nīg-) newly baked, Æ.
nīwcend new born, BH 144^23 (nīc-).
nīwcilct newly whitewashed, AO 286^30.
nīwcumen (nī(g)-) neophyte, RB.
nīwe (ēo, īe) I. (nīg-, nī-, in compounds) adj. ‘new,’ fresh, recent, novel, unheard of, untried, inexperienced, Æ, AO, BH, NG, Ph, WW; CP. nīwan stefne again. II. adv. (Bl) = nīwan. [‘new’]
niwel == neowol
nīwerne (ȳ) tender, Æ.
niwesēoða = newesēoða
nīwian to renew, restore, El, Lcd. [‘new’]
niwiht = nāht
nīwlic (ȳ) fresh. adv. -līce lately, recently, Æ, AO. [‘newly’]
nīwlinga (ēo) anew, GD 266^28.
nīwnes f. ‘newness,’ novelty, BH (ēo).
niwol = neowol
nīwtyrwed newly tarred, B 295.
nīwung f. rudiment, OEG 914.
nīwunga (eo) adv. newly, anew.
nixtnig = nistig
nō (CP) = nā
noctern m? n? nocturn (religious service), CM 220^561.
+nōg, +nðh I. adj. enough, sufficient, abundant, An, Bo, RB; CP: much, many. II. adv. sufficiently, Bo: fully, quite, abundantly, Bo. [‘enough’]
+nōgian to be abundant, NC 345.
nōh- = nāh-
nolde v. *nyllan.
nom pret. 3 sg. of niman.
nom-, nome- = nam-
non m. title of senior monks, RB.
nōn fn. (m. RB 73^14) the ninth hour (= 3 p.m.), B, BH, Lcd: nones (service held at the ninth hour), RB, WW. tō nōnes till three o’clock. [‘noon’; L. nona (hora)]
nōnbelle f. noon-bell.
nōngereord n. meal after nones, dinner, RB 74^8.
nōnmete m. afternoon meal, Sol, WW. [‘noonmeat’]
nonne = nunne
nōnsang m. service at 3 p.m., nones.
nōntīd f. ninth hour, Æ, Bl. [‘noontide’]
nōntīma m. ninth hour.
norð I. adj. comp. norð(er)ra, superl. norðmest northern, AO. II. adv. comp. norðor northwards, Chr, Met: in the north, ‘north,’ AO, B, Bl.
norðan adv. from the north, AO. be...norðan prep. (w. d.) north of, AO.
norðanēastan adv. from the north-east, north-easterly, AO.
norðanēastanwind m. north-east wind, WW.
Norðanhymbre, Norðhymbre mp. Northumbrians, Chr: Northumbria. [‘Northumber’]
norðanweard northward.
norðanwestan adv. from the north-west, north-westerly, AO.
norðanwestanwind m. north-west wind, WW 8^10.
norðanwind m. north wind.
norðdǣl m. north quarter, northern part, north, Æ, AO, Chr. [‘northdeal’]
norðduru f. north door, #Bl# 203.
norðēast sbm. and adv. ‘north-east,’ BC, Chr.
norðēastende m. north-east end, AO 14^14.
norðēasthyrne f. north-east corner, LV 71.
norðēastlang extending north-eastwards, AO.
norðemest = norðmest
norðende m. northern quarter.
norðerne ‘northern,’ Northumbrian, Scandinavian, Æ, Chr, Met.
norðerra (BC, Chr) comp. adj. v. norð. [‘norther’]
norðeweard adj. northward, north, AO.
norðfolc n. northern folk: people of Norfolk.
norðgemǣre n. northern limit, AO.
norðhealf f. north side, north, AO, Bl. [‘northhalf’]
norðhere m. army from the north, #Chr# 910#a#.
Norðhymbre = (1) Norðanhymbre; (2) Norðhymbrisc
Norðhymbrisc Northumbrian, Æ.
norðland n. northern land or shore, AO, Chr. [‘northland’]
norðlanu f. north lane, Ct.
norðlēode mp. northern folk, Angles, LL.
norðlic northern, WW 361^1.
norðmann m. dweller in the north, Scandinavian, Æ, AO, Chr. [‘Northman’]
norðmest (AO, Met) superl. of norð adj. and adv. [‘northmost’]
norðor (AO) v. norð. [‘norther’]
norðportic m. north porch, BH 106^2.
norðra v. norð.
norðrodor m. northern sky, #Gu# 1253.
norðryhte adv. direct northwards, due north, AO 17^9,12.
norðsǣ f. northern sea, ‘North Sea,’ Æ, Chr.
norðscēata m. northern point, promontory, AO 28^3.
norððēod f. northern people, BH 50^12.
norððunor m. thunder from the north, ES 39·351.
Norð-wēalas, -wālas mp. North Welsh (i.e. not Cornish): Wales.
Norðwēalcynn n. inhabitants of (North) Wales, #Chr#.
norðweard adj. and adv. north, ‘northward,’ Chr; AO.
norðweardes adv. ‘northwards,’ Chr.
norðweg m. a way leading northwards, #Ex# 68: Norway.
norðwest adv. ‘north-west,’ AO, BC.
norðwestende m. north-west end, AO.
norðwestgemǣre m. north-west limit, boundary, AO 8^31.
norðwind m. north wind, WW 378^8.
nōse † f. ness, promontory.
nosgrisele = nosugrisle
nosle (WW 153) = nostle
nostle f. fillet, band, CP, WW. [‘nostel’]
nos-ðīrl, -ðȳr(e)l, -terl (WW) n. ‘nostril,’ Æ, Lcd.
nosu f. gds. nosa, nose ‘nose,’ Æ, Chr, CP.
nosugrisle f. nose-gristle.
nōt m. mark, note, A 8·333. [L. nota]
nōtere m. one who makes notes, scribe, writer, OEG 2846. [L. notarius]
nōteðǣshwōn = nāteshwōn
notgeorn industrious, W 72^9. [nēotan]
±notian to enjoy: use, employ, Bo, RB, WW; Æ, CP: discharge an office: (+) ‘note,’ MtL.
notu f. enjoyment, use, advantage, utility, AO, RB: employment, office, discharge of a duty, RB; CP. [‘note’; nēotan]
notwrītere m. one who makes notes, scribe, WW 451^35.
nōð † f. daring, boldness: booty, plunder (GK), #Whale# 28?
nōðer (CP) = nāhwæðer. [‘nother’]
nōwend m. shipmaster, sailor, NC 312.
nōwēr = nāhwǣr
nō-wiht (CP, VPs), -wuht, -wyht = nāht. [‘nought’]
nōwðer (BC) = nāhwæðer. [‘nouther’]
nū I. adv. ‘now,’ at present, at this time, A, AO, Bl, VPs; CP: very recently, A, Bo: introducing commands, requests (Bl, Cr, Ps) and arguments (Æ, Bo, CP). nū gēn still. nū gīet as yet, still. nū ðā now, already, Æ (‘nowthe’). II. conj. now that, inasmuch as, because, since, when, Bl, Bo, VPs; AO, CP. III. interj. lo! behold! come! Æ. nū lā now.
+nugan* swv. impers. pres. 3 sg. +neah to suffice, not to lack.
numen I. pp. of niman. II. ‘vulsio,’ MkL p. 2^17 (v. A 16·74).
numol (æ^1, e^2, u^2) ‘capax,’ holding much, quick at learning, ÆGr, WW: ‘mordax,’ quick at seizing, NC 313. [‘nimble’]
nūna adv. now, WW 254^24.
nunfǣmne f. nun, GD 50, 340.
nunhīred m. nunnery, TC 232^6.
nunlīf n. life of a nun, GD 199^16.
nunmynster, nunnanmynster n. convent, nunnery.
nunne f. ‘nun,’ Æ, BH: pagan priestess, vestal, AO.
nunscrūd n. nun’s dress, TC 538^12.
nusēoða = newesēoða
nūðā v. nū.
nybðe (VHy) = nymðe
+nycled (#Gl#) = +cnycled
nȳd I. = nīed. II. = nēod
nȳd- = nēad-, nīed-
nȳdbebod n. command, #Creat# 72.
nȳdbe-hōf, -hōflic needful, necessary.
nȳdboda m. messenger of evil? #Ex# 474.
nȳdbrice (ē) m. requirement, need, ÆH 2·144^31.
nȳdbysgu f. toil, trouble, #Rim# 44.
nȳdbysig distressed, #Jul# 423.
nȳdcleofa † m. prison.
nȳdcosting f. affliction, #Gu# 1126.
nȳddǣda m. one who acts under compulsion, LL 36[26].
+nȳdenlic compulsory, BH 62^23#b#.
nȳdfara m. fugitive, exile, #Ex# 208.
nȳdgedāl † n. forced dissolution, death.
nȳdgenga m. wretched wanderer, #Da# 633.
nȳdgestealla m. comrade in need, B 882.
nȳdgewald m. tyranny, #Cr# 1451.
nȳdgild n. exaction, tribute, W 162^11.
nȳdgrāp f. (#Rim# 73), nȳdgripe m. (B 976) coercive grip.
nȳdhǣmestre (ē) f. mistress, concubine, OEG 4451.
nȳdhelp mf. help in trouble, LL (278^2).
±nȳd-mǣg m., -māge f. blood-relation, cousin, LL.
nȳdmægen (ē^1) n. force, DR 117^13.
nȳdnǣman to force, ravish, LL.
nȳdnes f. necessity, LL (158^10).
nȳdnima (ē) m. one who takes by force, NG.
nȳdniman^3 (ēa) to take by force, abduct, LL 360[73,2].
nȳdnimu (ē) f. rapine, forcible seizure.
nȳdnimung f. rapine, abduction.
nȳdriht n. imperative duty, office: due, tribute.
nȳdðēowetling m. bondslave, TC 628^13.
nȳdðēowigan _to reduce to servitude, exact service from (an ecclesiastical establishment)_, LL 381[21].
nȳdwracu † f. violence, distress.
nȳdwrǣclīce violently, ÆL 23b^404.
nȳdwyrhta m. involuntary agent, LL.
+nyhe = +neahhe
nȳhst == nīehst
nyht == niht
+nyht fn. abundance, fulness, sufficiency, CP. [+nugan]
+nyhtful abundant, plentiful, WW 40^34.
+nyhtlīce abundantly, WW 3^2.
±nyhtsum abundant: (+) satisfied, contented, adv. -līce, #VPs#.
+nyhtsumian to suffice, abound, Æ.
+nyhtsumnes f. abundance, plenty, #VPs#.
+nyhð (W 196^21) = +nyht?
nyllan* anv. pret. nolde to be unwilling, Æ, B, CP, VPs; AO: refuse, prevent, PPs 5^3. [‘nill’; ne, willan]
nyman = niman
-nyme v. fore-n.
nymne = nemne, nefne
nymðe conj. unless, except.
+nyp = +nip
nypel m. trunk (of an elephant), Æ (4^286).
nȳr = nēar = nēah adv.
nyrgend = nergend
nyrðra = norðerra
±nyrwan, nyrwian to narrow, curtail, restrict: repress, oppress, constrain: blame, threaten. [v. ‘narrow’]
nyrwett = nirewett
nys = nis = ne is [[form of “wesan”]]
nysse, nyste (Bo, Bl, VPs) = ne wisse, ne wiste v. nytan. [‘nist’]
nystlan = nistlan
nyt = (1) nytt; (2) nett
+nȳt pres. 3 sg. of +nīedan.
[[main entry is nīedan without +]]
nytan (e, i) anv. pres. 1, 3 sg. nāt, 2 nāst, pl. nyton, pret. nyste, nysse not to know, to be ignorant, Æ, AO, CP. [ne, witan]
nyten ignorant, Æ. [ne, witan]
nȳten (Lcd) == nīeten
nytende adv. ignorantly, Æ.
nytendnes = nytennes
nytenlic ignorant, Æ.
nytennes (e, i) f. ignorance, laziness, ignominy, Æ.
nytlic useful, profitable. [Ger. nützlich]
nytlicnes f. utility, #Lcd# 1·314^8.
nytnes f. use, benefit, convenience.
nytt I. f. use, utility, advantage, AO, CP: duty, office, employment, B: supervision, care, GD 180^28. II. adj. useful, beneficial, helpful, profitable, AO, CP. [nēotan]
nytte = nette
±nyttian to enjoy, use, Lcd: eat. [‘nutte’]
nyttnes = nytnes
nyttol useful, #Lcd# 32b.
nyttung (i) f. profit, advantage, WW 116^37.
nytu (MtR 7^16) = hnutu
nytun = nyton = ne witon [[form of “witan”]]
nytweorð- = nytwierð-
nyt-wierðe (CP), -wirðe, -wyrðe (Æ) useful, profitable.
nytwierðlic useful, profitable. adv. -līce, CP.
nytwurð-, nytwyrð- = nytwierð-
nytwyrðnes (eo) f. utility, WW.
nyðan = neoðan
nyðe-, nyðer- = niðer-, niðr-
nȳw- = nīw-
nywel, nywol == neowol
nȳxt = nīehst
=O=
o = on
ō (N) = ā
ob = of
ob- (K) = of-
obet (Cp, Ep) = ofet
obst (Cp 217#e#) = ofost
oc = ac
ōc pret. 3 sg. of acan.
ōcon pret. pl. of acan.
ōcusta m. armpit, #Gl#.
ōden (ŏ?) f. threshing-floor.
ōdencolc hollow serving as a threshing-floor, EC 121^2.
+ōdon = +ēodon [[form of “±gān”]]
oe- = e-, ē-
oeg (N) = woeg = weg
ōeghwēr = ǣghwǣr
ōeghwelc (Cp) = ǣghwilc
oeht- (N) = ēht-
oembeht (Cp) = ambiht
oemseten (= ymb-) f. shoot, slip? (Swt), row (of vines)? (BT), Cp 534#a#.
oexen = exen v. oxa.
of I. prep. w. d. ‘of,’ from, out of, Æ, AO, Bl, G, etc.: among, concerning, about, AO, BH: by, Chr, etc.: derived from, made of, belonging to, Æ, AO, CP, etc. II. adv. off, away, absent, Bl, LL, Mt.
ofācēapian to buy off, LL 122[74].
ofāceorfan^3 to cut or prune off, AO, CP.
ofācsian to find out by asking, be informed, hear of, learn, Æ.
ofādōn anv. to pull out, tear out, LL 86[70,74]: leave out, except, LL 182[10].
ofādrīfan^1 to hurt, chase, drive.
ofādrincan^3 to drain, Æ: quench, AO.
ofādrygan to dry off, wipe off, CP 71^11.
ofæt = ofet
ofāhēawan^7 to cut off, ÆL 29^293.
ofāsceacan^6 to shake off, CM 993: excuse.
ofāsciran (e, y) to cut off, LL 68[35,5].
ofāsēoðan^2 to purge, purify, BH 288^9.
ofāslēan^6 to smite off, #Chr#.
ofātēon^2 to pull out, withdraw, CP.
ofāxian (Æ) = ofācsian
ofbēatan^7 to beat to pieces, beat to death, kill, AO.
ofblindian to blind, JnLR 12^40.
ofcalan^6 to chill, make or grow cold, Æ, #Rim# 24?
ofclipian to obtain by calling, call for, Æ.
ofcuman^4 to spring from, be derived from, Æ.
ofcyrf m. a section, cutting, Æ: amputation, Æ.
ofdæl inclined (downwards), #Bo# 53^14.
of-dæle, -dele n. decline, declivity, descent, abyss, CP.
of-dōn anv. pret. -dyde to put out, put off, take off (clothes).
ofdrǣdan^7 (but wk. pp. ofdrǣdd) to fear, be afraid, terrified, Æ, CP.
ofdrīfan = ofādrīfan
ofdūne adv. down, AO, CP.
ofdūneheald adv. directed downwards.
ofdūnesettan to set down, VHy.
ofdūnestīgan^1 to descend, #VPs#.
ofdūne-weard, -weardes adv. downwards, GD.
ofdūnrihte downwards, MFH 170.
ofearmian to be pitiful, #ERSPs# 36^22.
ofearmung f. compassion, #BlPs# 102^4.
ofēhtan to persecute, #RPs# 43^17.
ofelēte = oflǣte
ofen m., gs. ofnes furnace, MtLR: ‘oven,’ Æ.
ofenan = ufenan
ofenbacen baked in an oven, Æ.
ofen-raca m., -racu f. oven-rake, WW.
ofer I. prep. [w. d. (rest) and a. (motion)] ‘over,’ beyond, above, upon, in, across, past, Æ, AO, CP, etc. ofer bæc backwards, back: throughout, BH: against, in contravention of, contrary to, beyond, AO, BH, #Bl, Chr#: (time) after, through, during, at the end of, AO, Chr, Lcd: more than: in addition to, besides, beyond, Bo, LL, Mk. II. adv. above, on high, PPs: to or on the other side, AO: from side to side, across, AO: beyond, above (quantity), A, BH.
ōfer (o^2) m. (gs. ōfres) border, margin, edge: brink, river-bank, sea-shore, Æ, B, Lcd; AO. [‘over’; v. Mdf]
oferǣt m. gluttony, feasting, excess, CP; Æ: feast. [‘overeat’]
oferǣte gluttonous, RB 17^15.
oferāhebban = oferhebban
oferbæcgetēung f. tetanus, WW 112^20.
oferbebēodan^2 to rule, WW 178^37.
oferbecuman^4 to come in addition, supervene, CM 134^1060.
oferbecumendlic supervening.
ofer-bēon anv. pres. 3 pl. -sind to be over, command, CM 112; WW 178^37.
oferbīdan^1 to outlast, outlive, TC. [‘overbide’]
oferbiternes (y^3) f. excessive bitterness, SPs. [‘overbitterness’]
oferblica m. surface, OET 181^44.
oferblīðe too light-hearted, CP.
oferbrǣdan to spread over, suffuse, be spread over, overshadow, cover over, CP; Æ. [‘overbrede’]
oferbrǣdels m. outside, surface, covering: coverlet, veil, garment, Æ, CP: cerecloth, MF 153.
oferbrāw m. eye-brow, #Lcd# 3·188^5. [brǣw]
oferbrecan^4 to transgress, violate, AO.
oferbrēdan = oferbregdan
oferbrēdels (#KGl#) = oferbrǣdels
oferbregdan^3 to draw over, cover, overspread: be covered over, show a film over.
oferbrū f. eye-brow, #Gl#.
oferbrycgian to span as by a bridge, Æ. [‘overbridge’]
ofercæfed overlaid with ornament, GPH 394.
oferceald excessively cold, Run 11. [‘overcold’]
ofercerr m. passing over, MtL 1^11. [cierr]
ofercīdan to chide sharply.
ofercīdung f. chiding, reproof, #EPs# 149^7.
oferclif n. steep place, overhanging cliff, WW 480^2.
oferclimban^3 to climb over, AO 134^13. [‘overclimb’]
ofercræft m. fraud, LL (166^20).
ofercuman^4 to overcome, subdue, compel, conquer, AO, B, Lcd, WW; CP: obtain, attain, reach, overtake, BH, Cp, Jud, WW. [‘overcome’]
ofercyme m. arrival, BH 436^28.
ofercȳðan to outdo by preponderance of oaths, v. LL 2·689.
oferdōn anv. to ‘overdo,’ do to excess, Æ. oferdōne ðing excesses, Æ.
oferdrenc (Æ) = oferdrync
oferdrencan to make drunk, intoxicate, AO, CP.
oferdrīfan^1 to overcome, defeat, dispense, Æ, DR: confute, Æ: cover (by drifting sand), AO: outvote, LL. [‘overdrive’]
oferdrinc = oferdrync
oferdrincan^3 to drink too much, get drunk, CP, LL. [‘overdrink’]
oferdrincere m. drunkard, HL 12^95,124.
oferdruncen I. n. drunkenness, LL. II. ptc. drunk.
oferdruncennes f. drunkenness, intemperance, Æ, CP.
oferdrync m. over-drinking, drunkenness, CP: revelry, feasting. [v. ‘overdrink’]
oferdyre n. lintel, WW 280^16.
ofere over, across, v. LV 8.
oferēaca m. surplus, overplus, remainder, addition, increase, Æ.
ofereald (y) very old, RB 61^12.
oferealdormann m. chief officer, BH 264^1 (v.l.).
oferēca = oferēaca
ofereldu (HL 11^60#n#) = oferyldu
oferēt = oferǣt
ofer-etol (CP), -eotol, -ettol gluttonous.
oferetolnes f. gluttony, CP.
oferfær n. passing over, NG.
oferfæreld n. passage, journey over or across, Æ, AO.
oferfǣt too fat, WW. [‘overfat’]
oferfæðman to envelop, overshadow.
oferfaran^6 (intr.) to pass, cross, go over, Ps: (tr.) traverse, go through, penetrate, Gen, W; Æ, AO: come across, meet with, overtake: pass through, withstand, overcome. [‘overfare’]
oferfeallan^7 to attack, #Bl# 203.
oferfeng I. m. fibula, buckle, clasp, #Gl#. II. pret. 3 sg. of oferfōn.
oferfeohtan^3 to conquer, CP.
oferfēran to traverse, cross, pass over or through, Æ, AO: come upon, meet with.
oferferian to carry over, transport, OEG 3680.
oferfērnes f. chance of crossing, fordable place, BH 58^1.
oferfēðre overloaded, v. ES 43·312.
oferfil = oferfyll
oferflēdan to overflow, flood, #Lcd#.
oferflēde in flood, #Lcd#.
oferflēon^2 to fly over, Æ: flee from, yield to, B 2525.
oferflītan^1 to overcome, beat, confute, AO.
oferflōwan^7 to flow over, run over, ‘overflow,’ AO, Lk.
ofer-flōwednes, -flōwen(d)nes f. excess, superfluity.
ofer-flōwend (RB), -flōwendlic (#Bk# 18) superfluous. [‘overflowing’] adv. -līce.
oferflōwnes f. superfluity, CP.
oferfōn^7 to seize, take prisoner, AO.
oferfrēcednes f. pressure, oppression, #V^2Ps# 31^7.
oferfroren frozen over, AO.
oferfull too full, LPs. [‘overfull’]
oferfundennes f. trial, experiment, OEG 543.
oferfylgan to pursue, attack, CP.
ofer-fyll, -fyllu f. surfeit, gluttony, excess, Bo, Lcd; Æ, CP. [‘overfyll’]
oferfyllan to cram, RB, WW.
oferfylnes f. surfeit, excess, GD 339^3.
oferfyrr f. excessive distance, AO 24^21. [feorr]
ofergǣgan to transgress, Æ.
ofergǣgednes f. transgression, Æ.
ofergǣgend m. transgressor, ÆL 30^411.
ofer-gān anv., -gangan^7 to pass over, beyond, across, traverse, cross, Æ, Lcd, VPs; AO, CP: transgress, MtL: overrun, overcome, overspread, conquer, Chr, Ex, Lcd, Rd; Æ: come upon, overtake, seize, attach, Æ, An: pass off, pass away, end, AO, CP. [‘overgo,’ ‘overgang’]
ofergapian to be forgetful of, neglect, RB 112^2.
ofergēare old, #Lcd# 19a.
ofergeatu f. oblivion, #PPs# 128^6.
ofergeatul = ofergitol
ofergedrync n. excess in drinking, #Bl# 99^21.
ofergedyre = oferdyre
ofergemet n. excess, AS, CP.
ofergēmnes f. watching for, NG. [gīeman]
ofergenga m. traveller, #Lcd#.
ofergenihtsumian to superabound, #Sc# 131^15.
ofergeong (= gang) m. going across.
ofergeotan = ofergietan
ofergēotan^2 to pour upon, suffuse, flood, overwhelm, Æ.
ofergeotende forgetful, BH 114^22. [ofergietan]
ofer-geotol, -geottol == ofergitol
ofergesettan to set over, CP, #VPs#.
ofergestondan^6 to stand over.
ofergetilian to overcome, ÆL 23b^185.
ofergetimbran to erect, #Bl# 205.
ofergetol- = ofergitol-
ofergeweorc n. superstructure: sepulchre, Æ.
ofergewrit n. superscription, inscription.
ofergietan^5 to forget, disregard, neglect, CP.
ofergīfre gluttonous, CP.
ofergildan = ofergyldan
ofergīman to neglect, disregard.
ofergitan = ofergietan
ofer-gitol, -gittol (ea, eo, y) forgetful.
ofergitolian (e, eo) to forget, #JVPs#.
ofergitolnes (e, eo, y) f. forgetfulness.
oferglænged over-adorned, LL (386^10). [glengan]
oferglīdan^1 to glide over, traverse, pass over, overshadow, Æ.
ofergrǣdig too covetous, W. [‘overgreedy’]
ofergrōwan^7 to overgrow, CP 336^8.
ofergumian to neglect, disregard, RB 113^2.
ofergyld gilt, Æ.
ofergyldan (i) to encase, overlay or adorn with gold, Æ, CP.
ofergylden overlaid with gold, LL 460[10].
ofergȳman = ofergīman
ofergyrd ptc. girt, GPH 394.
ofergytan = ofergietan
ofergytnes f. oblivion, forgetfulness.
oferhacele f. hood, LL (140^22).
oferhangen covered, GD 202^19.
oferhēafod adv. especially, in particular, Æ. [Ger. überhaupt]
oferhēah very tall, lofty, Run 26. [‘overhigh’]
oferhealdan^7 to put off, neglect.
oferhealfhēafod n. crown of the head, WW 156^11.
oferheargian = oferhergan [[headword spelled “oferhergean”]]
oferhebban^6 to pass over, omit, neglect, AO, LL; CP. [‘overheave’]
oferhelian to cover over, conceal, Sc; CP. [‘overhele’]
oferhelmian to overshadow, B 1364.
oferhelung f. covering, veiling, concealing, #Sc# 223^5.
oferheortnes f. vehemence of feeling, AO 166^20.
oferhergean to overrun, ravage, AO.
oferhīdig = oferhygdig
oferhīeran (ēo, ȳ) to ‘overhear,’ hear, AO: disobey, disregard, neglect, AO.
oferhīernes (ē, ī, ȳ) f. neglect, disobedience: fine for transgression of law or legal orders (= ‘superauditio’), LL.
oferhigd = oferhygd
oferhige? m. pride, #PPs# 87^7. [hyge]
oferhigian to delude, turn the head of, B 2766.
oferhīran (AO) = oferhīeran
oferhlæstan to overload, AO.
oferhlēapan^7 to jump over, surmount, overcome, BH: pass over, Lcd. [‘overleap’]
oferhlēapend m. over-leaper, WW 190^2.
oferhlēoðrian to surpass in loudness.
oferhlēoður failing to hear, #PPs# 93^9.
oferhlīfan^1 (OEG), oferhlīfian (Æ, CP) to tower over, overtop, excel, exceed, surpass.
oferhlīfung f. loftiness, sublimity, #Gl#.
ofer-hlūd, -hlȳde clamorous, noisy, WW. [‘overloud’] adv. -hlūde.
oferhlȳp m. a jump (over something), A 8·308; 316.
oferhlyttrian to clarify, strain, #ÆGr# 222^8.
oferhoga m. despiser, proud man.
oferhogian to despise (Bl, Bo). [‘overhow’]
oferhogiend m. despiser, RB 48^6.
oferhogodnes f. pride, disdain, GD 144^3.
oferholt n. phalanx of shields, #Ex# 157.
oferhrǣgan (w. d.) to tower above? #Sol# 35.
oferhrēfan to roof over, cover.
oferhrēred overthrown, WW.
oferhrops greediness, WW 102^19.
oferhrȳfan = oferhrēfan
oferhrȳred = oferhrēred
oferhycgean to despise, AO, CP.
oferhȳd = oferhygd
oferhȳd- = oferhygd-
oferhygd (i) I. fn. pride, conceit, arrogance, CP. II. adj. haughty, proud.
oferhygdgian to be proud, #CVPs# 9^23.
oferhygdig I. n. pride. II. adj. haughty, proud.
ofer-hygdiglīce, -hīdlīce, arrogantly, NC 313.
oferhygdu f. = oferhygd I.
oferhylmend m. dissembler, #PPs# 118^119.
oferhȳran = oferhīeran
oferhȳre heedless, neglectful, LL (244^22).
oferhyrned having horns above, #Run# 2.
oferhȳrnes f. heedlessness, neglect, disobedience, LL.
+oferian to elevate, #HGl# 428.
oferīdyllīce vainly, emptily, #CPs# 30^7.
ofering f. superabundance, #Bo#.
oferlād f. ‘translatio,’ solemn removal of the body or relics of a saint to a shrine, DR 62^9.
oferlǣdan to oppress, Bl. [‘overlead’]
oferlǣfan to be left over, remain, LkLR. [‘overleave’]
oferlagu f. cloak, #Gl#.
oferlecgan to place over, CM 899: overburden, surfeit, HL 11^99; 12^73.
oferlēof very dear, #Run# 23.
oferlēoran to pass over, or by: transgress, prevaricate.
oferlēornes f. transgression, #CPs# 100^3.
oferlibban to survive, ÆGr, TC. [‘overlive’]
oferlīce excessively, W. [v. ‘overly’]
oferlifa (y^3) m. excess, NC 348.
oferlīfian = oferhlīfian [[under “oferhlīfan”]]
oferlīhtan to light upon, ÆL 23b^558: excel in brightness.
oferlīðan^1 to pass over.
oferlufu f. too great love, W. [‘overlove’]
oferlyfa = oferlifa
oferlyftlic above the air, NC 314.
ofermæcga † m. very illustrious being.
ofermægen † n. overpowering might.
ofermæstan to over-fatten.
ofermǣte excessive, immoderate, AO, CP. [‘overmete’]
ofermǣtlic vast, AO 52^10.
ofermǣto = ofermētto
ofermagan swv. to have greater power, prevail, #Sc# 97^19.
ofermāðum m. costly treasure, B 2993.
ofermearcung f. superscription, MkL p 5^1.
ofermēde I. n. pride, CP. II. adj. proud, arrogant. [mōd]
ofermēdla m. haughtiness, pride.
ofermēdu (CP) = ofermētto
ofermete m. gorging, gluttony, CP.
ofermētto f. (often in pl.) pride, Æ, AO, CP.
ofermicel over-much, excessive, AO, RB. [‘overmickle’]
ofermicelnes f. excess, #Sc# 13.
ofermōd (1) n. pride, insolence, Gen, Ma. [‘overmod’] (2) adj. proud, overbearing, insolent, Bl; Æ, CP.
ofer-mōdgian (CP), -mōdig(i)an to be proud, arrogant.
ofermōdgung f. pride, CP.
ofermōdig proud, arrogant, Lcd; AO. [v. ‘overmod’]
ofermōdignes f. pride, haughtiness, arrogance, Mk. [v. ‘overmod’]
ofermōdlic proud, haughty, insolent, CP. adv. -līce.
ofermōdnes = ofermōdignes
ofernēod f. extreme need, #Bk#, LL.
oferniman^4 (y) to take away, carry off, seize, ravish.
ofernōn fn. afternoon (after 3.0 p.m.), WW 175^47.
oferorn = oferarn pret. 3 sg. of oferyrnan.
oferprūt ‘over-proud,’ presumptuous, arrogant, haughty, Sc.
oferprȳda m. excessive pride.
oferrǣdan to read over, Æ: consider, infer. [‘overread’]
oferranc too luxurious, W 46^1. [‘overrank’]
oferreccan to confute, convince, convict, CP.
oferrencu f. extravagance, W 46^2.
oferrīcsian to rule over, CP 119^19.
oferrīdan^1 to ride across, BH. [‘override’]
oferrōwan^7 to row over, Æ.
ofersǣlic on the other side of the sea, BH 246^3.
ofersǣlig excessively happy, DD 246.
ofersǣlð f. excessive pleasure, #Met# 5^27.
ofersǣwisc from across the sea, foreign.
ofersāwan^7 to sow over, Mt 13^25.
oferscēadan^7 to scatter over, sprinkle over, #Lcd# 67b.
ofer-sceadian (CP), -sceadewian to overshadow.
ofersceatt m. usury, interest, MtR 25^27.
oferscēawian to superintend, LL.
oferscēawigend m. overseer, bishop, LL.
oferscīnan^1 to illuminate.
oferscūan to overshadow.
ofersēam m. bag, LkL 12^33.
ofersēcan to overtax, B 2686.
ofersegl m. top-sail, WW 7^4.
oferseglian to sail across, Mt. [‘oversail’]
ofersēgon = ofersāwon pret. pl. of ofersēon.
ofersendan to transmit, #ÆGr# 172^13.
ofersēocnes f. great illness, LL.
oferseolfrian (y) to cover over with silver, AO.
ofersēon^5 to see over, overlook, survey, observe, see, Bo: despise, neglect, W. [‘oversee’]
ofersettan to set over, #VPs#: overcome, GD 347^30.
ofersittan^5 occupy, possess, Bo, VPs: forbear, desist, refrain from, Æ, B. [‘oversit’]
oferslæge = oferslege
oferslǣp m. too much sleep, #Lcd# 1·342^13.
oferslēan^6 to subdue, overcome, RB 32^15.
oferslege n. lintel, Æ.
oferslop n. loose upper garment, surplice, stole, Lcd, LkL. [‘overslop’]
oferslype m. over-garment, surplice, Æ.
ofersmēaung f. too exhaustive consideration, CP 97^17.
ofersprǣc f. loquacity, CP.
ofersprǣce talkative, tattling, tale-bearing, Æ, CP.
ofersprǣdan to overlay, cover, RB.
oferspreca m. one who talks too much, OEG 28^9.
ofersprecan^5 to say too much, be abusive.
ofersprēce = ofersprǣce
ofersprecol talking too much, tattling, indiscreet, CP.
ofersprecolnes f. talkativeness, CP 308^16.
oferstǣlan to confute, convict, convince, Æ, CP.
oferstæppan^6 to over-step, cross: exceed.
oferstandan^6 to come upon, BH 308^25.
ofersteall m. opposition, ÆH 1·534^20.
oferstealla m. survivor, MH 210^28.
oferstellan to jump over, BH 400^22.
ofersteppan = oferstæppan
oferstīgan^1 to climb over, mount, scale, surmount, overcome, AO: Æ, CP: surpass, excel, exceed, BH; Æ, CP. [‘oversty’]
oferstige m. astonishment, ÆL 23^555.
oferstīgendlic superlative, #ÆGr# 15^18.
oferstigennes ‘extasis,’ passing over, OEG 405.
oferswimman^3 to swim over or across, B 2367. [‘overswim’]
oferswingan^3 ‘transverberare’! GD 344^33.
oferswīðan (ȳ) wv. and sv^1 to overpower, overcome, conquer, vanquish, Æ, AO, CP: excel, surpass.
oferswīðe adv. over-much, excessive.
oferswīðestre f. ‘victrix,’ WW 224^39.
oferswīðnes f. pressure, distress, NG.
oferswīðrian to prevail, conquer.
oferswīðung f. pressure, distress, NG.
oferswōgan^7 to cover, choke, #Bl# 203^9.
oferswȳðan = oferswīðan
ofersylfrian (AO) = oferseolfrian
ofersȳman to overload, oppress. [sēam]
ofertæl n. odd number, #Lcd# 1·288.
ofertǣle superstitious, #Sc# 218^10.
oferteldan^3 to cover over, #Ex# 81.
ofertēon^2 to draw over, cover, Æ: finish.
ofertogennes f. the condition of being covered.
ofertrahtnian to treat of, ÆH 1·202^28.
ofertredan to tread down, GPH. [‘overtread’]
ofertrūwa m. over-confidence, LL 180, 8, 7. [‘overtrow’]
ofertrūwian to trust too much, CP.
oferðearf f. great need, extreme distress.
oferðearfa m. one in great need, #Cr# 153.
oferðeccan to cover over, hide, Æ.
oferðēon^1,3 to excel, surpass, Æ, CP.
oferðoht thought over, considered, GD 316^20.
oferðrēawian (ā^3) ‘increpare,’ #EPs# 67^31.
oferðryccednes (i) f. pressure, oppression, #CPs# 31^7.
oferðrymm m. excessive power, DD 52.
oferwacian to watch over, Æ. [‘overwake’]
oferwadan^6 to wade across, AO 72^33. [‘overwade’]
oferwealdan^7 to get the better of, LL 454[7].
oferwealdend m. over-lord, ruler, #El# 1236.
oferweaxan^6 to overgrow, overspread, Æ, Bl. [‘overwax’]
oferweder n. storm, tempest, #Chr# 794#e#.
oferwelig very rich, NC 314.
ofer-wennan, -wenian to be proud, become insolent or presumptuous.
oferweorc n. sarcophagus, tomb, Æ, OEG. [‘overwork’]
oferweorpan^3 to throw over, overthrow, CP, Lcd: throw down, assault, LL 56[11,1]: cast something over another, sprinkle: stumble? B 1543. [‘overwarp’]
oferwīgan to overcome, #Sol# 299.
oferwillan^7 to boil down. [weallan]
oferwinnan^3 to contend with, overcome, subdue, Æ, AO; CP. [‘overwin’]
oferwintran to go through the winter, WW. [‘overwinter’]
oferwist f. gluttony, excess, CP.
oferwistlic supersubstantial, MtL 6^11.
oferwlencan to be very wealthy, AO 44^12. [wlanc]
oferwlencu f. excessive riches, #Gu# 389.
oferwrecan^5 to overwhelm, WW 35^14.
oferwrēon^1,2 to cover over, conceal, hide, VPs: clothe, Mt. [‘overwry’]
oferwrīgels n. covering, #Gl#.
oferwrit n. epistle, MtL p10^1.
oferwyllan = oferwillan
oferwyrcan to cover over, overlay, Sol; Æ, AO. [‘overwork’]
oferyld (W 147^17) = oferyldu
oferyldu f. extreme old age, MFH 170.
oferyrnan^3 to go or run over, Æ, Lcd: ‘overrun’, cover over, overwhelm, Æ, BH: run past, cross.
oferȳð f. overwhelming wave, #SPs# 54^25.
ofesc f. border? KC 3·393^10.
ofest = ofost
ofestan = ofstan
ofet, ofett (æ) n. fruit, legume, Gen, WW. [‘ovet’]
ofetrip? n. harvest, ZDPh 36·550.
ofeweard = ufeweard
offǣran = āfǣran
offaran^6 to intercept, overtake, fall upon, attack, Æ, AO. hindan o. to intercept from behind, cut off retreat, AO.
offeallan^7 to fall upon, cut off, kill, destroy, end, Æ, Chr; AO: fall away from, be lost to, LL 144[6]. hine offēoll committed suicide, #Chr# 962#a#. [‘offall’]
offellan = offyllan
offēran to overtake (an enemy), Æ.
offerenda m. psalm or anthem sung during the offertory, ÆP 168^15; ANS 84·5^29.
offerian to carry off, B 1583.
offestre f. a woman of some unknown calling? CC 10^22.
offlēogan^3 to fly away.
offrian to ‘offer,’ sacrifice, bring an oblation, Æ, AO, VPs; CP. [L. offerre]
offringclāð m. offertory cloth, NC 314.
offringdagas mpl. offering days, OEG 40^23.
offringdisc m. offering-dish, paten, Ct.
offringhlāf m. shew-bread, Mt 12^4.
offringsang m. hymn while an offering is made, ÆH 1·218^9; ÆP 214^23.
offringsceat m. offering-napkin, BC 3·366.
offrung f. presenting to God, oblation, sacrifice, Æ, Mt: thing presented, ‘offering,’ Æ. [offrung- v. also offring-]
offrunghūs n. house of sacrifice, NC 314.
offrungspic n. sacrificial bacon, ÆL 25^92.
offyligan to follow up, LkLR 1^3.
offyllan to strike down, destroy, kill.
of-gān anv., pret. -ēode; -gangan^7 to demand, require, exact, extort, Æ: attain, obtain, acquire, gain, Æ: start from, begin. [‘ofgo’]
ofgangend-e, -lic derivative, #ÆGr#.
ofgefen (Cp) = ofgifen pp. of ofgiefan.
ofgēotan^2 to moisten, soak, steep, Æ: quench, Æ.
ofgerād fitting, #Bo# 8^8.
ofgestīgnes f. descent, MtL p6^1.
ofgiefan^5 (i, y) to give up, resign, leave, quit, desert, AO. [giefan]
ofhabban to hold back, Æ.
ofhagian to be inconvenient, W.
ofhealdan^7 to withhold, retain.
ofhearmian (impers.) to cause grief.
ofhende (out of hand), lost, absent, #Met# 25^34.
ofhingrian to be hungry, Æ (3^551). [‘ofhingered’]
[[headword in OED is “ofhungered”]]
ofhnītan to gore to death, LL 32[21].
ofhrēosan^2 to overwhelm, cover over, Æ: fall down, fall headlong, Æ.
ofhrēowan^2 to cause or feel pity, Æ. [‘arewe’]
ofhwylfan to roll up? ARHy 2^12.
ofirnan^3 to overtake, Æ, Bo: tire with running, Æ. [‘ofrun’]
oflǣtan^7 to let go, lay aside, leave behind: let flow, #Bo# 66^29.
oflǣte (ā, ē) f. oblation, offering, Ps: sacramental wafer, Æ, Lcd. [‘oflete’; L. oblata]
oflǣthlāf m. sacramental wafer, GD 343^15.
oflangian to long, Æ. [‘oflonged’]
oflāte (VPs) = oflǣte
oflecgan to lay down, #PPs# 68^1.
oflēogan^2 to lie, be false, #PPs# 17^43.
oflēte = oflǣte
oflicgan^5 to overlay (a child), LL. [‘oflie’]
oflīcian (w. d.) to displease, be displeasing to, Æ.
oflinnan^3 to cease, stop, #Bl# 247^8.
oflongian = oflangian
oflystan to fill with desire, please, Bo; Æ. pp. of-lysted, -lyst desirous of, pleased with. [‘oflust’]
ofmanian to exact (a fine), LL.
ofmunan swv. to remember, recollect, CP.
ofmyrðrian to murder, #Chr# 979#e#.
ofn = ofen
ofnēadian to obtain by force, extort, TC 295^22.
ofnet n? closed vessel, #Lcd# 11b. [ofn]
ofniman^4 to fail, LL (170^6).
ofor = (1) eofor; (2) ufor; (3) ofer
ōfor = ōfer
ofost f. haste, speed, zeal, Æ. adv. -līce. on ofoste, of(e)stum speedily, hastily.
ofr (#Gl#) = hofer
ofrǣcan to get through (an ordeal) successfully, LL 333 col 2.
ōfres gs. of ōfer.
ofrian = offrian
ofrung (AO) = offrung
ofrīdan^1 to overtake by riding, overtake, Æ, Chr. [‘ofride’]
ofsacan^6 to deny a charge, LL 108#b# n. 5. [‘ofsake’]
ofscacan^6 to shudder, OEG 4160.
ofsceamian (a) to put to shame, Æ, Bo. [‘ofshame’]
ofscēotan^2 to shoot down, hit, kill, Æ, AO, CP. pp. ofscoten elf-struck (of cattle seized with sudden disease).
ofscleacnes (#APs# 43^22) = ofslegennes
ofscotian to shoot dead, AO.
ofsendan to send for, summon, Chr 1048. [‘ofsend’]
ofsēon^5 to see, behold, Æ. [‘ofsee’]
ofsetenes f. siege, WW 458^28.
ofsetnian to besiege, NC 349.
ofsettan (æ) to beset, oppress, afflict, Hept, Lcd; Æ. [‘ofset’]
ofsettung f. pressure, #Sc# 143^5.
ofsittan^5 to press down, repress, oppress, Æ, CP: occupy, Hept, Bo; CP: hedge in, compass about, besiege. [‘ofsit’]
ofslēan^6 to strike off or out, cut off: strike down, kill, AO, BH, Lcd; Æ, CP. [‘ofslay’]
ofslegennes f. slaughter, #JRVPs# 43^22.
ofslītan^6 to bite (of a serpent), Æ.
ofsmorian to suffocate, strangle, AO.
ofsnīðan^1 to cut off, kill, Æ.
ofspring m. ‘offspring,’ descendants, posterity, Æ, CD.
ofspyrian to trace out, LL 96[17].
ofst = ofost
ofstæppan^6 to trample upon, Æ.
ofstan to hasten, CM 186. [[from first edition; see “ofstende” below]]
ofstandan^6 to remain, persist, continue, Lcd; Æ: restore, make restitution. [‘ofstand’]
ofstede adv. immediately, #Sc# 193^12.
ofstende hastening, CM 186.
ofstician to pierce, stab (to death), transfix, AO.
ofstig swift, GPH 392.
ofstingan^3 to pierce, stab (to death), AO, Chr; Æ, CP. [‘ofsting’]
ofstint (= ofstent) pres. 3 sg. of ofstandan.
ofstlīce = ofostlīce [[form of “ofost”]]
ofstofen impelled, #PPs#.
ofstum v. ofost.
ofswelgan^3 to swallow up, #Bo# 46^15n.
ofswerian to abjure, deny on oath, LL.
ofswingan^3 to scourge (to death), AO 154^8.
oft adv. comp. oftor, superl. oftost often, frequently, CP, G; Æ. oftost symle continually. o. and gelome diligently. [‘oft’]
oftacan^2 to overtake, NC 325 (late).
oftalu f. rejoinder, verdict against a claim, TC 302^22.
oftēon^2 to withhold, withdraw, Æ, CP.
oftfēðre requiring many journeys to carry, v. ES 43·312.
ofthrǣd- = oftrǣd-
oftige m. withholding, LL.
oftorfian to stone to death, Æ, AO.
oftrǣde often or always available: frequent, #Bo# 136^17.
oftrǣdlic frequent, AO. adv. -līce, CP.
oftredan^5 to tread down, trample on, tread to death, Æ, AO. [‘oftread’]
oftsīð m. frequent occasion, AO. on oftsīðas frequently, #Chr# 979#c#.
oftðwēal n. frequent washing, NC 314.
oftyrfan to stone, AO 172^28.
ofðǣnan to moisten, #Lcd#.
ofðe or, OEG 11^177 and n.
ofðecgan to destroy, #Gen# 2002.
ofðefian to dry up? ÆL 34^144.
ofðencan to recall to mind, CP 349^10.
ofðennan = ofðænnan [[variant of “ofðǣnan”]]
ofðincð pres. 3 sg. of ofðyncan.
ofðinen moist (pp. of *ofðīnan).
of-ðreccan (#KGl#), -ðriccan = ofðryccan
ofðringan^3 to throng, press upon, Æ.
ofðryccan (e, i) to press, squeeze, Æ: oppress, afflict, repress, Æ: occupy forcibly.
of-ðryccednes, -ðrycnes f. distress, trouble, oppression, CP.
ofðryscan to repress, subdue, CP.
of-ðrysmian, -ðrysman to choke, stifle. [ðrosm]
ofðylman to choke, suffocate, NC 314.
ofðyncan (impers.) to give offence, insult, vex, displease, weary, grieve, Æ, AO, B, Bo, CP, LL. [‘ofthink’]
ofðyrstan to suffer from thirst, be thirsty, thirst (for), Hept, Soul; Æ. [‘athirst,’ ‘ofthirst’]
ofðȳstrian to obscure, #SPs# 73^21. [ðēostrian]
ofunnan swv. to begrudge, deny, grudge, envy, Æ, CP.
ofweard (MFH 170) = æfweard
ofweorpan^3 to stone (to death), kill by a missile, Æ, AO.
ofworpian to kill (by stoning), LL.
ofwundrian to be astonished, Æ.
ōfȳrit (WW 385^39) = āfȳred pp. of āfȳran.
ōga m. fear, terror, dread, Æ: terrible object, Æ. [ege]
ōgengel m. bar, bolt, WW 459^10.
ō-hilde (e^2, y^2), -heald sloping, inclined, #Gl#.
ōhsta = ōcusta
ōht I. † f. persecution? fear? [cp. Ger. acht] II. = āwuht
ohtrip v. ofetrip.
ō-hwǣr = ā-hwǣr
ō-hwæðer = ā-hwæðer
ōhwanon = āhwonan
ōhylde = ōhilde
ōl pret. 3 sg. of alan.
ōlǣc- = olece-
olbend = olfend
±ōleccan (æ, i) to soothe, caress, flatter: please, charm, propitiate, CP. [leccan]
ōleccere, ōlecere m. flatterer, CP (i).
ōleccung (æ) f. soothing, flattery, persuasion, allurement, charm, CP.
ōlectend m. flatterer, Cp 1519. [= ōleccend pres. ptc. of ōleccan]
ōlectung (MFH 170) = ōlehtung
ōlehtung f. flattery, MFH 170.
ōlfæt = ālfæt
olfend mf., olfenda m. camel, Bl, Mt; CP. [‘olfend’; L. elephantem]
olfendmyre f. she-camel, Æ.
ōlicc- = ōlecc-
oll n. contumely, contempt, scorn, insult, Æ. on oll ‘nequicquam,’ OEG 2000.
ollonc, ollunc, ollung (LWS; A) = andlang
ōlðwong m. strap, WW 379^32.
ōlyhtword n. flattering speech, #Bl# 99^26. [ōleccan]
ōm m. rust, Æ.
om- = am-
ōma? m. ome? f. a liquid measure, v. NC 314. [L. (h)ama; Ger. ohm]
ōman fp. eruptions of the skin, erysipelas, #Lcd#. [cp. healsōme]
omb- = amb-
ōmcynn n. corrupt humour, #Lcd# 31a.
omer (a^1, e^1) a bird, ‘scorellus,’ #Gl#.
ōmian to become rusty, #Sc# 196^5.
ōmiddan = onmiddan
ōmig rusty, rust-eaten, rust-coloured: inflammatory, #Lcd#.
ōmiht inflammatory, #Lcd#.
ompella = ampella
ompre = ampre I.
on I. prep. (w. d., instr., and a.) (local, etc.) ‘on,’ upon, on to (but ofer is more common), up to, among, AO, CP, Bo, BH, G: in, into, within, Æ, BH, Ps: (temporal) in, during, at, on, about, Æ, AO: against, towards, AO, BH, Mt: according to, in accordance with, in respect to, Æ, Bo, Ps: for, in exchange for. II. adv. on, BH, CP: forward, onward, #An#: continuously, Æ (forð on), on riht rightly. on ǣr adv. formerly. on ān continuously, in concert: at once, forthwith. III. pres. 3 sg. of unnan. IV. (M) = ond, and
on- I. often meaningless, and only rarely = prep. on. II. = an-. III. = un-
onāblāwan^1 to blow on, Æ.
onādōn anv. to put on, ÆL 7^156.
onǣht f. possession, #CVPs# 2^8.
onǣlan to set fire to, ignite, heat, inspire, incite, inflame, burn, consume, Chr (an-), Gen, Sol; Æ, CP. [‘anneal(ed)’]
onǣlend m. ‘incensor,’ GPH 399.
onǣlet n. lightning, #LPs# 143^6.
onǣr adv. formerly. [on]
onæðele (w. d.) natural to, #Met# 13^51.
onāhebban^6 to lift up, exalt, CP 56^19.
onāl n. burning: incense, what is burnt.
onārīsan^1 to rise up (against), #ERPs#.
onarn pret. 3 sg. of oniernan.
onāsāwan^7 to implant, instil, MFH 170.
onāscunung = onscunung
onāsendan to send into, implant in, impart to, CM 203.
onāsendednes (ǣ) f. ‘immissio,’ #LPs# 77^49.
onāsetednes f. a laying on (of hands), NC 349.
onāsettan to set upon, place on, impress upon, Æ, CM.
onāswēgan to sound forth, #LPs# 28^3.
onāwinnan^3 to fight against, #LPs# 34^1; 55^2.
onbæc adv. backwards, back, behind.
onbæcling (e) adv. backward, behind. o. gewend having one’s back turned, Æ.
onbærnan to kindle, ignite, heat, excite, inspire, inflame, burn, AO, CP.
on-bærning (#JPs# 65^15), -bærnes (#SPs#) f. incense.
onbǣru f. self-restraint? #Gu# 1027.
onbāsnung f. expectation, DR 4^34.
onbeblāwan^1 to blow upon, #LPs# 104^19.
onbecling (#EPs#) = onbæcling
onbecuman = oncuman
onbēgan = onbīgan
onbēgnes f. bending, curvature, WW. [bēgan, bīegan]
onbeht = ambiht
onbelǣdan to inflict upon, WW 90.
onbēn f. imprecation, BH 104^3.
onbēodan^2 to command, order, AO: announce, proclaim, Æ, AO.
onbeornan^3 to set fire to, inflame.
onbēotend threatening, impending.
onberan^4 to carry off, plunder: diminish, weaken.
onbergan = onbyrgan
onbescēawung f. inspection, examination, #Sc# 66^10.
onbescēofan^2 to thrust out, WW 220^19,21.
onbestǣlan to convict of crime, LL 30 [15].
onbestingan = inbestingan
onbid == anbid
onbīdan^1 to remain, wait: w. g. wait for, await, expect: attend upon, wait on.
onbīgan (ē) to subdue, subjugate.
onbiht = ambiht
onbindan^3 to unbind, untie, loosen: disclose.
onbirgan = onbyrgan
onbītan^1 (w. g.) to taste of, partake of, feed upon.
onblǣst m. ‘impetus,’ onrush, attack, EHy 5^8.
onblǣstan to break in, WW 428^1.
onblandan^3 to mingle, #An# 675.
onblāwan^7 to blow into, inspire: puff up.
onblāwing f. breathing upon, JnL p 8^6 (in-).
onblāwnes f. inspiration, #Bl# 7^26.
onblinnan (MFH 118) = āblinnan
onblōtan^4 to sacrifice, kill a victim, #Gen# 2933.
onbran = onbarn pret. 3 sg. of onbeornan.
onbrecan^4 to burst upon, attack, destroy.
on-bregdan, -brēdan^3 to move, bow, start up: burst open.
onbring m. instigation, LL.
onbringelle f. instigation, ÆL 23b^291.
onbrosnung f. decay, corruption, #EPs# 29^10.
onbryce m. inroad, OEG 2480.
onbryrdan (āb-, inb-) to excite, inspire, incite, encourage, Æ, CP. onbryrd excited, fired, ardent: contrite. [brord]
onbryrding f. incitement, WW 419^42.
onbryrdnes (e^2) f. inspiration, incitement, ardour, Æ: remorse, contrition.
onbūgan^2,1 to bend: bow, submit, yield, to agree with, Bl, Mt; Æ, AO: bend aside, deviate. [‘onbow’]
onbūtan prep. (w. d. a.) and adv. about, round about: round, around. adv. phr. west o. faran to go west about.
onbyhtscealc = ambihtscealc
onbyrdan = anbyrdan
onbyrgan I. (e, i) to taste, eat, Æ. II. to be surety, v. OEG 7^99.
onbyrging f. tasting, #Lcd# 1·136^12.
onbyrhtan to illuminate, #Bl# 105^31.
onbyrignes f. tasting, #Bl# 209^12.
onceig- (N) = oncīg-
oncennan to bear, bring forth, Æ.
oncer = ancor
oncerran = oncirran
oncīgan (ei^2) to call upon, invoke, DR.
oncīgnes, oncīgung (ei) f. invocation, DR.
oncirran (e, y) to turn, alter, change, transform: turn off or away, avert, prevent: turn oneself, go.
onclēow = anclēow
onclifian (eo, y) to adhere, stick to, persist in.
onclyfiende sticking to, tenacious, Ct.
onclypian to call upon, Æ.
on-cnǣwe, -cnāwe known, recognised.
oncnāwan^7 to understand, know, perceive, observe, Ma; Æ, CP: acknowledge, confess, disclose, Æ. [‘acknow’]
on-cnāwennes (Æ), -cnāwnes (CP) f. acknowledgment, knowledge.
oncnyssan to cast down, afflict, #CPVPs#.
oncnyttan = uncnyttan
oncor = ancor
ōncra = āncra
oncuman^4 to come upon, befal.
oncunnan swv. to know, #Gl#: reproach, blame, accuse, CP.
oncunnes f. accusation, #JVPs#; BH 212^15.
oncunning f. accusation, BH 212^15 (#b#).
oncwealdan to slay, #EPs# 61^4.
oncweðan^5 to answer, resound, echo, Æ: protest.
oncyrran = oncirran
oncȳðan to make known.
oncȳðdǣd f. hurtful deed, #An# 1181.
oncȳðig (#El# 725) = uncȳðig?
oncȳðð † f. pain, distress of mind.
ond == and
ondǣlan to infuse, DR.
ondǣlend m. one who imparts, infuser.
onde- = ande-
onder- = under-
onderslic, ondeslic (DR) = ondrysenlic
ondesn, ondesnes f. fear, DR.
ondgit = andgiet
ondlēan = andlēan
ondliota = ondwleota, andwlita [[“ondwleota” redirected to “andwlita”]]
ondlong = andlang
ondo (NG) = anda
ondōn anv. (1) to undo, open [= un-]: (2) to put on (clothes), CM 390; #Sc# 83^6. [= ondōn]
ondōung f. injection, #Lcd# 97b.
on-drǣdan^7 (and wv.) pret. 3 sg. -drēd, -drǣd, -dreord (A), also -drǣdde, pp. -drǣd (tr.) to dread, fear, B, Chr, Mt: (refl.) be afraid, El, Lk. [‘adread’]
ondrǣdendlic fearful, terrible, Æ.
ondrǣding f. dread, fear, terror, AO.
ondrencan to intoxicate, #Guth# 62^20.
ondresn = ondrysnu
ondrincan^3 (w. g.) to drink, BH.
ondrislic = ondrysenlic
ondruncnian to become intoxicated, #EPs# 35^9.
on-drysenlic, -drys(n)lic terrible.
ondrysne terrible: feared, venerated, venerable.
ondrysnlic = ondrysenlic
ondrysnu = andrysno
ondrystlic = ondrysenlic
onds- = ands-
ondw- = andw-
one = ono
onealdian to grow old, #SPs# 31^3.
oneardian to inhabit, #CSPs#.
oneardiend inhabitant, indweller, GD, #PPs#.
onefen, onefn = onemn
on-ēgan, -ēgnan (oe) to fear, dread. [ōga]
onemn I. prep. (w. d.) abreast of, alongside of, by, near, during, AO. II. adv. together, exactly, directly. o. ðǣm at the same time.
onemnðrōwigan to sympathize, ÆL 23b^243.
onerian to plough up, Æ, CP.
onerning f. attack, DR 36^1. [iernan]
ōnettan to hasten, hurry forward, be quick, Æ: be busy, brisk: anticipate, Æ, CP.
ōnettung f. precipitation, CP 455^15.
oneða † = anda
onēðgung f. breathing on, #ERPs# 17^16.
onfægnian to fawn on, #Bo# 102^15.
onfæreld n. going on, progress, journey: going in, entrance: attack, assault, incursion, #Sc# 212^5.
onfæstnian to pierce.
onfæðmnes f. embrace, #Bl# 7^26.
onfangend m. receiver, ES 9·37.
onfangennes f. reception, acceptance, Æ.
onfealdan^7 to unfold.
onfeall (e) m. swelling, Lcd. [‘onfall’]
onfeallende ptc. rushing on.
onfehtan (#VPs#) = onfeohtan
onfell = onfeall
onfeng I. = (+) andfeng. II. pret. 3 sg. of onfōn.
±onfeng- = andfeng-
onfeohtan^3 (e) to attack, assault, fight with, #Chr#.
onfillende ptc. falling upon, overwhelming, WW 420^19.
onfilte (WW) = anfilte [[under “anfilt”]]
onfindan^3 (but occl. wk. pret. onfunde) to find out, learn, perceive, feel, notice, observe, discover, CP: experience, suffer.
onfindend m. discoverer, GPH 391.
onflǣscnes f. incarnation, #Bl# 81^29; BHy 2^41.
onflyge m., onflygen n. infectious disease (BT), #Lcd#.
onfōn^7 to take, receive, accept, BH, Lcd, Mt; Æ: stand sponsor, #Chr#: harbour, favour unrighteously, LL: undertake, engage in, Bl. onfangenum gebede after engaging in prayer: begin: conceive, Ps. [‘onfang’]
onfōnd m. undertaker, supporter.
onfōndlic (an-) ‘accipendus,’ NC 314.
onfongenes = onfangennes
onforan I. prep. before (time), at the beginning of, Chr. II. adv. before, in front of, Ps. [‘afore’]
onfordōn ptc. destroyed, #LPs# 101^21.
onforeweard-um, -an adv. in front, in the first line, in the fore part, above all, Æ; A 5·455.
onforht = anforht
onforhtian to be afraid, fear.
onforwyrd n. destruction, #CSPs#.
onfundelnes f. experience, #Lcd#.
onfundennes f. explanation: trial, experiment, experience.
onga = anga
ongægn, ongǣn = ongēan
ongalan^6 to charm.
ongalend m. enchanter, #BlPs# 57^6.
ongalnes f. song, #BRPs# 70^6.
ongān I. = ongēan. II. anv. to approach, enter into, ES 38^20: attack, ES 41·325.
ongang m. entrance, incursion, assault, attack.
ongangan^7 = ongān
onge = enge
on-gēan (ā, ē), -geagn (æ, e) I. prep. towards, against, opposite to, contrary to, Æ, Lk; AO, CP: against, in exchange for. II. adv. opposite, back, Æ, Chr, Ct, Lk: ‘again.’ eft o. back again. o. ðæt on the other hand, on the contrary.
ongēancyme m. return, Æ.
ongēancyrrendlic relative, #ÆGr# 231^17.
ongēanfealdan^7 to fold back, roll back, #Sc# 148^11.
ongēanfēran (agēan-) to return.
ongēanflōwende ebbing and flowing, v. OEG 2363.
ongēanhworfennes f. turning again, OEG 2713.
ongēanhwyrf (ag-) m. return.
ongēanhwyrfan (ag-) to turn again, return.
ongēanlecgan to lay up, store up, #Sc# 156^6.
ongēansprecan^5 to speak against, revile, #RSPs# 43^17.
ongēanweard going back or towards, AO: near, #Bk# 4. adv. -weardes, Æ.
ongēanweardlic adversative. adv. -līce, #ÆGr#.
ongēanwerian to revile in return, RB 17^13. [wyrigan] [[redirected to “wyrgan”]]
ongēanwiðerian to oppose, #Sc# 33^20.
ongēanwyrdnes f. opposition, OEG 3975.
ongeboren in-born, OEG.
ongebrecan^4 to attack, ravage.
ongebringan to bring upon: impose, CM 36: enjoin, CM 1185: incline, induce, ÆL 25^549.
ongecīgan to call upon, invoke, RHy 1^4.
ongecīgung (ei^3) f. invocation, DR 99^13.
ongecoplīce = ungecoplīce
ongefæstnian = onfæstnian
ongefeht n. attack, DR. [feoht]
ongeflogen attacked by disease, #Lcd# 1·86^21. [cp. onflygen] [[under “onflyge”]]
on-gegen, -gegn = ongēan
ongehrēosan^2 to rush upon, fall upon.
ongehrīnan^1 to touch.
ongehȳðnes f. advantage, profit, LL 476[12].
ongel, Ongel = angel I., Angel
ongelǣdan = ingelǣdan
ongelihtan (AS 2^2) = onlihtan [[headword spelled “onlīhtan”]]
on-gemang, -gemong prep. (w. d.) and adv. among, during, CP: meanwhile, CM. o. ðisum, ðǣm meanwhile.
ongemet = ungemet
ongēn, ongend = ongēan
ongenǣman to take away (from), #Guth# 14^11.
ongeniman^4 to take away.
ongeotan = ongietan
ongēotung f. pouring in, #Lcd# 88a.
on-gerwan, pp. -gered (#VPs#) = ongirwan
ongesēon = onsēon
ongesetenes f. knowledge, BB 474^15.
ongeslēan^6 to slay, BH 44^17.
ongespanan^1 to draw on, allure, WW 421^22.
onget- = ongiet-
ongetǣcan to enjoin, CM 363.
ongetimbran to build up, AO.
ongeðwǣre = ungeðwǣre
ongewinn n. assault, #Sc# 33^17.
ongewiss = ungewiss
ongewrigennes (GD 139^1) = onwrigennes
ongieldan^3 (i) to atone for, be punished for, pay (the penalty) for, AO: pay, offer (gifts, sacrifice). [Ger. entgelten]
ongien = onginn
ongierwan (AS 59^20) = ongirwan
ongietan^5 (e, eo, i, y) to grasp, seize: understand, learn, recognize, know, distinguish, judge, consider, Mt (y); AO, CP: see, perceive: perceive by hearing, hear: feel, experience: know carnally: get, take away (āg-). [‘anget’]
ongietenes f. knowledge, understanding: meaning.
ongifan^5 (æ) to give back, Æ: forgive.
ongildan = ongieldan
onginn = anginn
onginnan^3 to begin, attempt, endeavour, try hard, Æ, G; AO, CP. (This vb. is often used periphrastically w. another vb. in the inf., to denote the simple action of the latter. The compound is best translated by the historical aorist of the second vb.): attack, assail: act (āg-). [‘ongin’]
onginnendlic inchoative, #ÆGr#.
onginnes f. undertaking.
on-girwan pret. -girede I. to unclothe, divest, strip. [= ungierwan] II. to clothe, #EPs# 131^16.
ongit = andgiet
ongit- = ongiet-
Ongle (AO) = Angle
Onglisc = Englisc
ongnora? ongnere = angnere
Ongol = Angel
ongong = ongang
ongris-, ongrys- = angris-
ongrype m. attack, W 187^2.
ongryrelic horrible, #Guth# 36^24.
ongseta = angseta [[under “angset”]]
ongunnenes = onginnes
ongy- = ongi-
ongyrdan to unbuckle, unfasten, BH 196^28.
ongyrnan to impose, inflict on, #Sc# 10^4.
ongytan = ongietan
onhādian to unfrock, divest of holy orders, LL 66[21].
onhǣldan (#VPs#) = onhieldan
onhǣle † secret, concealed, hidden.
onhǣtan to heat, inflame, AO, CP.
onhagian (impers.) to be possible or convenient, be fitting, suit, please, Æ, CP: be at leisure.
onhātan^1 † to promise.
onhātian to become hot, WW.
onhāwian to behold, ÆL 3^261.
onhealdan^7 (an-) to keep (peace), #Met# 11^42.
onhēaw m. trunk of tree, block of wood for hewing on, WW.
onhebban^6 (occl. wk. pret. onhefde) to raise up, erect, lift up, exalt, Æ: leaven: begin: take away.
onhefednes (an-) f. exaltation, RB 23^2.
onheld- = onhield-
onhergian to waste, ravage, BH.
onheri- = onhyri-
onhetting f. persecution, OEG 2^130.
onhicgan = onhycgan
onhieldan (CP) (i^2) to bend, bend down, lean, recline, incline: decline, sink.
onhieldednes (e^2, y^2) f. declining, #CVPs# 72^4.
onhierwan (u^1, y^2) to deride, blaspheme, W 70^15#c#.
onhigian to despoil, OEG.
onhigiend m. despoiler, OEG 2209.
onhindan, onhinder adv. behind, backward.
onhinderling adv. back, #PPs#.
onhīscan = onhȳscan
onhlīdan^1 to open, reveal, unclose: appear.
onhlinian to lean on, #Gl#.
onhnīgan^1 to bend down, bow, worship.
onhōhsnian to detest? (BT) hamstring, cripple, check? (Bugge), B 1944.
onhōn^7 to hang, crucify.
onhrægl n. covering, wrap, #HGl# 490.
onhrǣran = onhrēran
onhrǣs = onrǣs
onhrēodan^2 to adorn (or ? onrēodan = redden) #Gen# 2931.
onhrēosan^2 to fall upon, rush upon.
onhrēran to move, disturb, agitate, arouse, excite, CP.
onhrīnan^1 (w. g. or d.) to touch, lay hold of, CP.
onhrine m. touch, contact, #Lcd# 1·328^1.
onhrōp m. importunity, Æ.
onhupian to step back, retire, CP 441^28.
onhwelan^4 to bellow back, resound, WW 528^39.
onhweorfan^3 to change, turn, reverse, CP.
onhwerfan (y^2) to turn, change, turn round.
onhwerfednes (æ) f. change, AS 9^5.
onhycgan to consider, #Da# 473 (i).
onhyldan = onhieldan
onhyrdan † to strengthen, encourage. [heard]
onhyrenes f. imitation, CP.
onhyrgend m. emulator, imitator, WW.
onhyrian (e) to emulate, imitate, CP.
onhyring f. emulation, imitation, zeal, Æ, CP.
onhȳrsumian to be busied with, occupied in, RB 71^17.
onhȳscan (ī) to mock at, vilify, reproach: detest: deceive. [hūsc]
oniernan^3 (†) to give way, open (of a door): ‘currere,’ #BPs# 118^32: ‘incurrere,’ LL 410[3,5].
oninnan prep. (w. d.) and adv. within, into, among.
onlǣc (Cp 1725) = onlēac, pret. 3 sg. of onlūcan.
onlæc-can, -san to vex, #EPs#.
onlæccung (e^2) f. ‘irrita,’ #EPs#.
onlǣdan = inlǣdan
onlǣnan to lend, grant, let, lease, CP.
onlǣpnes (BH 128^23) = ānlīpnes
onlǣtan to relax, loosen, let go, permit.
onlang = andlang
onlēc = anlēc
onlec- = onlæc-
onlecgende (salve) to be applied, #Lcd#.
onlegen f. poultice, #Lcd#.
onlēogan^2 to misrepresent, #Bo#.
onlēoht- = onlīht-
onlēon^1 to lend, grant, give.
onlēoðian = onlīðigan
onlēs- = onlīes-
onlic (an-) like, resembling, similar, Mt; CP. adv. -līce, AO, CP. [‘anlike’]
onlicgan^5 to lay on.
+onlīcian (an-; -līcan, GD 75^4) to compare: make like.
onlīcnes f. resemblance, likeness, similitude, Gen: picture, image, idol, WW; AO, CP: parable: stature, form. [‘anlikeness’]
+onlīcung (an-) f. likeness, NC 270.
onlīesan (ē, ȳ) to loosen, set free, release, CP.
onlīesednes (ī^2) f. remission (of sins), AHy 9^77.
onlīesend (ȳ) m. liberator, #CPs# 39^18.
onlīesnes (ē) f. deliverance.
onlīgan (in-) to inflame, #Ps#.
onlīhtan (ēo, ȳ) to illuminate, give light to, enlighten, Bl, Bo; CP: restore to sight: shine. [‘onlight’]
onlīhtednes = onlīhtnes
onlīhting f. illumination, enlightenment, Æ.
onlīhtnes f. illumination.
onlīðigan (intr.) to become pliant, yield: (tr.) loosen, untie.
onlōcian to look on, behold, Æ, CP.
onlōciend m. onlooker, spectator, Æ.
onlong = andlang
onlūcan^2 (= un-) to unlock, open, unfold, reveal, disclose, CP.
onlūtan^2 to bow, incline, bend down, CP.
onlūtung f. ‘involucrum,’ GPH 402.
onlȳ- = onlī-
onlȳs- = onlīes-
onmǣdla = onmēdla
onmǣlan to speak to, #Da# 210.
onmang (Æ) = ongemang
onmearca m. inscription, MkL 12^16 (MkR in-).
onmearcung f. inscription, NG (e^2).
onmēdan to presume, take upon oneself, #Rd# 56^15?
onmēdla = anmēdla
onmeltan^3? to soften, #PPs# 88^38.
onmētan I. to paint, cover over? #PPs# 88^46. II. to come upon, find out, #EPs# 114^3.
onmiddan prep. (w. d.) amid, in the midst, at the middle of, Æ.
onmitta = anmitta
onmōd = anmōd
onmunan swv. pres. 3 sg. onman, pret. onmunde to esteem, think worthy of, consider entitled to, CP: refl. care for, wish: remind, B 2640.
onmyrran to mar, disturb, Ct.
onn = ann, pres. 3 sg. of unnan.
onnhīgan (WW 255^11) = onhnīgan
onniman^4 to receive, take, #PPs#.
onnytt = unnytt [[under “unnyt”]]
ono I. interj. lo! behold! II. = heonu
onoeðung (#VPs#) = oneðung [[variant of “onēðgung”?]]
onōrettan † to perform with effort, accomplish.
onorðung f. inspiration, inbreathing.
onoða (WW) = anda
onpennian to open, CP 277^8.
onrād f. riding on horseback, #Lcd#.
onræfniendlic = unræfniendlic
onrǣs m. onrush, impetus, assault, attack, Æ, CP.
onrǣsan I. to rush (on), VPs. [‘onrese’] II. nap. of wk. sb. irruptions, WW.
onred m. name of a plant, #Lcd#.
onrēodan v. onhrēodan.
onrettan = ōrettan
onrid n. riding horse, CC.
onrīdan^1 to ride (on a raid, etc.), #Chr# 871#a#.
onriht right, lawful, proper: partaking of? #Ex# 35^8. adv. AS 13^8. also -līce, #Bl# 43^16.
onrihtwīsnes = unrihtwīsnes
onrīptīd f. harvest-time, ES 39·352.
onrīsan (Æ) = ārīsan. [‘onrise’]
onryne m. running on, course: incursion, attack, assault.
onsacan^6 to contest, dispute, strive against, resist, repel: (†) attack: refuse, deny, contradict: exculpate, excuse oneself.
onsæc I. denying: excused. II. (LL 24[41] Ld) = andsæc
onsægan † to prostrate.
onsægd- = onsæged-
onsǣge assailing, attacking. [sīgan]
onsægednes (e) f. sacrifice, offering, Æ: oblation, (sacrificial) victim.
onsægnes f. holocaust, sacrifice, #BlPs# 65^15.
onsægung f. sacrifice, WW.
onsǣlan to untie, loosen.
onsæt I. pret. 3 sg. of onsittan. II. = onset
onsagu f. affirmation, accusation, reproach, Mt; Æ. [‘onsaw’]
onsand f. sending against, VPs. [‘onsand’]
onsang m. incantation, GD 73^26.
onsāwan^7 to sow: introduce into, implant, CM 658.
onsceacan^6 (a) to shake, shake off, remove.
onsceacnes f. excuse, #EPs#. [= onsacnes, Swt]
onsceamian = ofsceamian
onsceon- = onscun-
onsceortian to grow short, MH 104^23.
onscēotan^2 (un-) to cut up, open, eviscerate.
onscillan (= y^2) to give back a sound, reply, OEG 8^265.
onscōgan to unshoe. pp. onscōd unshod.
onscrȳdan to clothe, #EPs, Sc#.
onscunian (eo, y) to shun, avoid, fear, detest, hate, LL; Æ, CP: put away, reject, despise: irritate. [‘ashun’]
on-scuniendlic (CP), -scunigendlic (Æ) hateful, detestable.
onscunigend m. hater, #Bl# 111^29.
onscunung f. execration, abomination: exasperation.
onscynian = onscunian
onscyte m. attack, assault: defamation, calumny.
onseacan (Cp 665) = onsceacan
onsēcan require, exact, Jul. [‘onseek’]
onsecgan to renounce, deny: offer sacrifice, AO: impute, Æ: inform, Æ.
onsēgednes = onsǣgednes [[headword spelled “onsægednes”]]
onsēn (#VPs#) = ansīen
onsendan to send out, send forth, transmit, yield up, AO, CP.
onsēon I. (sv^5) to see, look on, behold, regard, take notice of, AO. II. (A) = ansīen
on-set, -setl, n. a sitting on, riding on, GD 183.
onsetenes f. laying on (of hands), MH 84^2.
onsetnes I. f. constitution, founding. II. f. snare, DR 121^19. [sittan]
onsetnung f. snare, DR 147^7.
onsettan to impose, oppress, bear down.
onsīcan^1 to sigh, groan, #Bo#.
onsīen = ansīen
onsīgan^1 to sink, decline, descend: approach, impend, Æ: assail, Æ.
onsit = onset
onsittan I. sv^5 to seat oneself in, occupy, Æ: oppress. II. sv^5 to fear, dread (= ond-).
onsittend m. rider, CHy 4^1.
onslæge m. blow, WW. [slege]
onslǣpan^7 and wv. to go to sleep, sleep, BH.
onslāpan = onslǣpan
onslūpan^7 to become loose, W 83.
onslȳpan to loosen.
onsnǣsan (LL 69[36]) v. snǣsan.
onsnīðan^1 to cut up, #Lcd# (ES 43·321).
onsond = onsand
onspǣc f. imputation, charge, claim.
onspannan^7 to unfasten, unbind, unloose, open, disclose, release.
onspeca m. accuser, claimant, LL 138[1,3].
onspecend m. accuser, TC 169^17.
onspornan = onspurnan
onspornend (= un-) not stumbling, #Sc# 187^8.
onsprǣc f. speech, discourse, GD 332^9 (an-).
onsprecan^5 to accuse: address.
onspreccan to enliven, #Rim# 9?
onspringan^3 to spring forth, originate, rise, burst forth, burst asunder.
onsprungennes f. eclipse, WW 225^39.
onspurnan^3 to strike against, stumble.
onstæl m. order, arrangement, #Gu# 796.
onstǣlan to impute to, accuse of, MFH 170.
onstæpe (e) m. ingress, #ESPs# 67^26.
onstæppan^6 to walk, go.
onstal (= ea?) m. provision, supply, CP 4^1.
onstāl m? charge, reproof, OEG.
onstandende urgent, importunate, #Sc# 111^4.
onstellan to institute, create, originate, establish, give the example of, Bl; AO, CP. [‘onstell’]
onstēpan (= īe) to raise, † Hy 4^38.
onstīgend m. one who ascends or mounts, VHy 4^1.
onsting m. claim, authority, jurisdiction, Ct.
onstīðian to harden, JnLR 12^40.
onstregdan^3 (and wk.) to sprinkle, #BJPs# 50^9; #VPs# (i^2).
onstydfullnes f. instability, DR.
onstȳran to govern, BH 276^11 (v.l.).
onstyr-ednes, -enes f. movement.
onstyrian to move, rouse, disturb, stir, agitate, excite, CP.
onsund == ansund
onsun-dran, -dron, -drum adv. singly, separately, apart: privately: especially.
onsundrian = āsyndrian [[under “āsyndran”]]
onswāpan^7 to sweep on, blow on, #Gl#: sweep away, banish.
onswarian = andswarian
onswebban to put to sleep, bury, #Gl#.
onswīfan^1 to swing forward, turn against: push off, put aside, turn away.
onswīðlic mighty, loud, ÆL 31^281.
onswōgan^7 (in-) to encroach upon, BH.
onswornod confused, NC 315.
onsymbelnes f. celebration (of mass), BH 112^8.
onsȳn = ansīen
onsȳne † visible, evident.
onsyngian = unsyngian
ontalu f. claim at law, TC 302^22.
ontēnan (#KGl# 65^5) = ontȳnan
ontendan to kindle, set fire to, inflame, Æ, Lcd, LL. [‘tind,’ ‘ontend’]
ontendnes (y) f. burning, fire, Æ: inflammation, Æ: incitement, fuel, Æ: passion.
ontēon^2 to draw to oneself, assume, undertake, CP: pull: (= un-) untie.
ontēona m. injury, oppression, #ERPs# 102^6.
ontige m. claim, usurpation, RB 140^9.
ontiht intent, attentive, eager, #Sc# 27^2.
ontihting f. attention, application, aim, intention, instigation, #Sc#.
ontimber matter, material, Æ: cause, reason, occasion, Æ.
ontimbernes f. material, MF 171: teaching, edification.
ontimbr-an, -ian, to instruct, BH.
ontre = antre
ontrēowan to entrust, confide, #Da# 269?
ontȳdran to nourish, foster, AO 182^26.
ontȳdre ‘sine foetu,’ effete, WW. [= ortydre?]
ontȳgnes f. accusation, LL 22[37].
ontyhtan to urge on, incite, B 3086.
ontȳnan (ē) to open, reveal, display, CP. [tūn]
ontyndnes = ontendnes
ontȳnnes f. opening.
onðæslic (#Sc# 33^20) = unðæslic
onðenian to stretch, #EPs# 63^3.
onðēodan to join oneself to, associate with, take part in.
onðēon^1,3 † to be useful, succeed, prosper.
onðēowigan to serve, CM 473.
±onðracian to fear, dread.
onðracung (an-) f. fear, awe, #LPs# 34^26.
on-ðræce, -ðræclic (an-) formidable, dreadful, Æ.
onðrēagung f. reproach, ÆL 23b^672.
onðrecan^5 refl. to fear, #Guth# 132^208.
onðringan^3 to press on or forward, AO: move, be moved? #Gu# 1300.
onðunian to swell up? move round? #Rd# 41^91: exceed bounds.
onðwægennes f. washing, HL 13^138,154.
onðwēan^6 to wash.
onu = heonu
onufan prep. (w. d.) and adv. above, upon, on, Jud; AO: beyond, after. [‘anoven’]
onunder (an-) under, MF (Vesp. D xiv).
onunwīsdōm? m. ignorance, #Bl# 89^10.
onuppan I. prep. (w. d.) upon, on, CP. II. adv. in addition, besides.
onwacan^6 to awake, AO: originate from, be born.
onwaccan f. incitement, arousing, DR 74^12.
onwacnian = onwæcnian [[under “onwæcnan”]]
onwadan^6 to penetrate into, attach, seize, occupy.
onwǣcan to weaken, shake (a resolution), soften, mollify, CP. [wāc]
onwæcenes f. arousing, GD 337^33.
on-wæcnan, -wæcnian (e) to awake, CP: arise, spring, be born.
onwǣld (N) == onweald
onwæmme = unwemme
onwǣre? adj. unripe, #Lcd# 12a.
onwæstm m. increase, DR 69^9. [ōwæstm]
onwæterig = unwæterig
onwald == onweald
onwalh == onwealg
onwarian to guard oneself against, MFH 171.
onwealcan^7 to roll, roll round.
onweald (a^1, a^2) I. mfn. authority, power, rule, sway, command, _AO, Lk_; CP: jurisdiction, territory, CP. II. adj. mighty, powerful. [‘onwald’]
onwealda m. ruler, governor, sovereign: the Lord, God.
onwealdend m. ruler.
+onwealdian (an-) to have dominion over, get possession of, #LPs#, LkLR (æ).
onwealdig (a^1, a^2) powerful.
onwealdnes f. power, possession, #ERPs# 2^8.
onwealg, onwealh whole, sound, entire, uninjured, safe, AO.
onwealglīce (an-) wholly, completely, CP.
onwealhnes f. soundness, wholeness, purity, modesty, chastity.
onweard (= and-) adj. acting against, opposed to.
onwecnian = onwæcnian [[under “onwæcnan”]]
onweg (aweg) adv. ‘away,’ forth, out, off, onward, along, B, Chr.
onwegācyrrednes, -cyrnes f. apostasy, BH 176 (v.l.).
onwegādrīfan^1 to drive away, #VPs#.
onwegādrifennes f. a driving away, GD 185^13.
onwegāfirran to remove away, VHy.
onwegālǣdnes f. removal, BH 446^16.
onwegānȳdan to drive away, repel.
onwegāscūfan^2 to push away, #VPs#.
onwegāwendan to remove, #VPs#.
onwegfæreld n. departure, GD 119^26.
onweggewit n. aberration (of mind), #VPs# 115^11.
onweggewitennes f. departure, BH 170^10.
onwegnȳdan = onwegānȳdan
onwegoncernes = onwegācerrednes [[headword spelled “onwegācyrrednes”]]
onwegpullian to pull away, ES 43·339.
onwendan to change, exchange: upset, end, overturn, turn aside, avert, #VPs#: change for the better, amend: change for the worse, pervert: transgress: deprive: return.
onwendedlic changeable, #Lcd# 3·164^8.
on-wendednes, -wendnes f. movement, change, alteration, #VPs#.
onweorpan^3 (in-) cast in one’s teeth, accuse: turn or throw aside: begin the web.
onweorpnes f. onpouring, BH 118^5.
onwēstan = āwēstan
onwīcan^1 to yield, give, way, #Gl#.
onwille wished for, agreeable, #Gu# 700.
onwindan^3 unwind, loosen: retire, retreat, #An# 531.
onwinnan^3 to attack, assail.
onwinnende assailing, aggressive, Æ.
onwist ‡ f. dwelling at a place, habitation.
onwlite = andwlite
onworpennes f. enticement, allurement, inspiration.
onwrecan = āwrecan
onwrēon^1,2 to uncover, unfold, display, explain, reveal, Æ, CP.
on-wrig(en)nes, -wrihnes f. revelation, exposure, exposition, Æ. [wrēon]
onwrīting f. inscription, Lk 20^24. [‘onwriting’]
onwrītung = onwrīðung
onwrīðan to unbind, unwrap, #Jud# 173.
onwrīðung f. ligament, bandage, WW 439^13 (onwrīt-).
onwunian to inhabit, remain, #Ps#.
onwunung f. dwelling-place: assiduity, OEG 75.
onwurpan = onweorpan
onwyllan to cause to boil, inflame, #Gu# 362.
onwylwan to roll up, roll together, EHy 2^12.
onȳðan to pour in, #Sc# 200^7.
onȳwan to show, manifest.
open ‘open,’ exposed, AO, B, Bl, Jn, WW: evident, well-known, public, manifest, plain, clear, AO, Bo, Jn.
openærs m. medlar, WW 137^36. [‘openarse’]
openere m. opener, A 8·326^5.
±openian to ‘open,’ open up, disclose, declare, reveal, Æ, BH, Ps; CP: (+) intr. become manifest: (+) be open to, exposed to.
openlic open, public, WW. adv. -līce ‘openly,’ manifestly, plainly, clearly, unreservedly, Bl, Bo, RB.
opennes f. openness, publicity, OEG.
±openung f., opening, disclosure, manifestation.
oportanie = aprotane
ōr n. beginning, origin: front. [cp. ord]
or prefix (lit. ‘out of’ = L. ex-) is privative, as in orsorg, orwēna; or denotes origin, antiquity, as in oreald. [Ger. ur-]
ōra I. m. border, bank, shore, #Chr#; Mdf. II. m. ‘ore,’ unwrought metal, BH, Ps, WW: brass, ÆGr, Cp, CP. III. a coin of Danish origin, LkL, LL (v. 2·601). [‘ora’]
orað = oroð
orblēðe bloodless, WW 397^29. [blōd]
orc I. m. pitcher, crock, cup. [Late L. orca; L. urceus] II. m. demon, #Gl#. [L. orcus]
or-cēape, -cēapes, -cēapunga, -cēapungum adv. gratis, without cause.
orc-eard, -erd (Æ, Lcd) = ortgeard
orcēas inviolable, unimpugned, unassailed, #Gl#.
orcēasnes f. immunity, purity, #Gl#.
orcerdlēh f. orchard. [ortgeard, lēah]
orcerdweard m. gardener, WW 333^25.
orcgeard, orcird = ortgeard
orcnǣwe (ā) easily recognised, evident, well-known.
orcnēas mp. monsters, B 112.
orcðyrs m. monster of hell, Orcus, WW.
orcyrd = ortgeard
ord m. point, spear-point, spear, B, CP: source, beginning, Æ, CP: front, vanguard, Æ: chief, prince; in pl. first men, the flower. [‘ord’]
ordǣle not participating, WW.
ordāl (ē) n. ‘ordeal,’ LL. [Ger. urteil]
ordālīsen n. iron used in an ordeal, LL 388[1].
ordbana m. (spear-slayer), murderer, #Gen# 1097.
ordceard = ortgeard
ordēl = ordāl
ordfruma m. fount, source, Æ: author, creator, instigator, AO: (†) head man, chief, prince.
ordstæpe m. spear-stab, wound, #Rd# 71^16.
ordwyga † m. warrior.
-ōre v. īsen-ō.
oreald very old, #Bo# 102^18. [Ger. uralt]
ōred- = ōret-
orel n. robe, garment, mantle, veil, Æ. [L. orarium]
oreldo = oryldu
orene I. excessive. II. n. excess.
orenlīce excessively, MF 171.
ōret † m. contest, battle.
ōret- = ōrett-
ōretfeld m. place of contest, OEG 8^50.
ōretla m. contumely, insult, GD 200^16.
ōretlof n. triumph, CM 497.
ōret-mæcga, -mecg, -mæcg m. champion, warrior.
ōretscipe (orret-) m. infamy, WW.
ōretstōw f. wrestling place, place of contest, OEG.
ōrett- = ōret-
ōretta † m. champion, warrior, hero.
±ōrettan to put to confusion, disgrace.
oreð = oroð
oreðian = orðian
orf n. cattle, live stock, Æ, Chr, LL. [‘orf’]
orfcwealm (a^2) m. cattle-plague, murrain.
orfcynn (i^2) n. cattle.
orfeorme (y) (†) destitute of, lacking: (†) empty, useless: squalid, filthy.
orfeormnes f. squalor, filthiness, Cp 488#s#.
orfgebitt n. grazing, WW 149^33.
orfiermu f. squalor, OET 96^933.
orfyrme = orfeorme
orfyrmð refuse, OEG 609.
organ m. canticle, song: voice.
organa? organe? f., organ-an, -on pl. musical instrument, Æ, ApT, Ps. [‘organ’; L. organum]
organe f. marjoram, Lcd. [‘organ’; L. origanum]
organian = orgnian
organystre player on a musical instrument, Æ (#Gen# 4^21).
orgeate = orgyte
orgel I. pride, WW (o^2). [‘orgel’] II. = organa
orgeldrēam m. sound of a musical instrument, Bl.
orgellic ignominious, CP. adv. -līce proudly, insolently, scornfully, Æ.
orgelnes f. pride, OEG 1108.
orgelword n. arrogant speech, Æ.
orgete = orgyte
orgilde not having discharged a payment (of ‘wergeld’), LL.
orglīce = orgellīce
orgnian to sing to an instrumental accompaniment, #ÆGr# 181^2.
orgol == orgel
orgyte (ea, e) well known, manifest, AO.
orh- = org-
orhlættre = orleahtre
orhlȳte without lot or share in, destitute of, Æ.
orīege out of sight, not visible, ANS 98·128.
orl m. = orel n.
orlæg † (e) n. fate.
orleahter m. ‘discrimen,’ lack of vice or defect, v. ES 37·179.
orleahtre blameless.
orleg = orlæg
orlegcēap m. battle-booty? #Gen# 1994.
orlege I. n. conflict, strife, war. II. adj. hostile, inimical.
orlegfrom keen in battle, #Rd# 21^15.
orleggīfre (æ) fond of strife, #Gen# 2287.
orleghwīl † f. war-time.
orlegnīð † m. war, hostility.
orlegsceaft f. ‘supplicium’? #Sol# 456? (GK).
orlegstund f. time of adversity, #Sol# 374.
orlegweorc n. battle. #Gen# 2020.
ormǣte I. (ā, ē) adj. boundless, huge, excessive, intense, Æ, Chr; AO. II. adv. [‘ormete’; metan]
ormǣtlic excessive, #Chr# 1117.
ormǣtnes f. excess, immensity, Æ.
or-mēte, -mette = ormǣte
ormōd despondent, despairing, hopeless, Bo, Hept; Æ, CP. [‘ormod’]
ormōdnes f. desperation, despair, CP.
orn (= arn) pret. 3 sg, of iernan.
orne = orene
ornest n. trial by battle, LL.
oroð n. breath, breathing, snorting.
orped adult, active. adv. -līce boldly: clearly, definitely.
orrest f. battle, combat, #Chr#. [ON. orrusta]
orret- = ōret-
orsāwle lifeless, dead, Æ.
orsceattinga gratuitously, BH 242^7.
orsorg (w. g.) unconcerned, without care or anxiety, safe, CP. [OHG. ursorg]
orsorglic (w. g.) secure, CP. adv. -līce carelessly, rashly, Æ, CP: without anxiety or hindrance: securely, safely, CP.
orsorgnes f. security, prosperity, CP.
orsorh = orsorg
ortgeard, orcerd m. garden, ‘orchard,’ CP.
ortgeard- = orcerd-
ortrēowe = ortrīewe
ortrēownes f. diffidence, mistrust.
ortrīewan (y) to despair of: (+) disbelieve.
ortrīewe despairing, hopeless, AO, W (ēo, ȳ): treacherous, faithless. [‘ortrow’]
±ortrūwian w. g. to despair, Æ. [‘ortrow’]
ortrūwung f. despair, #Sc# 131^3,4.
ortrȳw- = ortrīew-
ortȳdre barren, A 11·2^42.
orð (#KGl#) = oroð
orðanc I. mn. intelligence, understanding, mind: cleverness, skill: skilful work, mechanical art, Æ. [OHG. urdank] II. adj. ingenious, skilful.
orðancbend (o^2) f. cunning bond, band, #Rd# 43^15.
orðances † thoughtlessly.
orðanclic intelligent? GD 269^13.
orðancpīl (o^2) m. ploughshare? #Rd# 22^13.
orðancscipe m. mechanical art, #Gl#.
orðancum skilfully.
orðian to breathe, gasp, Æ: long for, aspire to, Æ. [oroð]
orðonc (CP) == orðanc
orðung f. breathing, breath, Æ: pore.
oruð = oroð
orwearde adv. unguarded, B 3127.
orweg trackless? A 19·110.
orwegnes f. state of being out of the way, WW 220^34.
orwegstīg f. out-of-the-way track, WW.
orwēna indecl. adj. (w. g.) hopeless, despairing of, Æ.
+orwenan to despair, Æ.
or-wēne, -wēna (w. g.) hopeless, despairing of, Æ: despaired of, desperate.
orwēnnes f. despair, Æ.
orwīge not fighting, unwarlike, cowardly: not liable to the legal consequences (of homicide), LL 76[42,5,7].
orwīte = orwīge
orwurð n. ignominy, #CPs# 82^17.
orwyrð (#VPs#), orwyrðu f. shame, dishonour: abuse.
+orwyrðan to disgrace.
orwyrðlic shameful, MH 156^21.
oryldu f. great age. [ieldo]
ōs m., gp. ēsa a divinity, god: name of the rune for =o=.
oser ‘vimen,’ osier, OEG 10^2.
ōsle f. ‘merula,’ ‘ouzel,’ blackbird, Cp, Ep, WW. [amsel]
ōst m. protuberance, knot, lump.
osterhlāf m. oyster-patty, #Lcd# 79a.
ōstig, ōstiht knotty, rough, scaly, #Gl#.
ostorscyll f. oyster-shell, #Lcd# 1·338^16.
ostre f. oyster, WW. [L. ostrca]
ot I. (#VPs#, N) = æt. II. = oð
oter (KC) = otor
oterhola m. otter’s hole, KC 3·23^28.
otor, otr (Ep), ottor m. ‘otter,’ WW.
otsperning (#KGl# 70^16) = ætspornung
oð I. prep. w. a. and (rarely) d. to, up to, as far as: until, Æ, AO, CP. oð ðisum up to now, ES 43·166. II. conj. until. III. as prefix. usu. denotes departure, separation, as in oðfeallan, oðwendan.
oðberan † to bear away, carry off: bring.
oðberstan^3 to break away, escape.
oð-brēdan, -bregdan^3 to snatch away, carry off, rescue, remove, withdraw, Gu; AO. [‘atbraid’]
oðclīfan^1 to cleave to, stick, adhere, #Cr# 1267.
oðcwelan^4 to die, LL 112[53].
oðcyrran to be turned from, perverted, #Jul# 338. [cierran]
oðdōn anv. to put out (eyes), LL 32[19].
oðēawan = oðīewan
oðēcan to add to, #VPs# 68^27. [ēac]
oðēhtian to drive away, #Lcd# 1·384^15.
ōðel = ēðel
oðēowan = oðīewan
ōðer I. pron. sb. or adj. (always strong) one of two, Æ, AO, BH, Bo, LL: second, Æ, Bo, BH, Mt: ‘other,’ BH, LL, Mt: something else, anything else, BH, Bo: alternate, next: remaining, rest, A, AO, Ps: further, existing besides, Æ, Bl, Bo: another: (in pl.) the rest, the others. ōðer...ōðer the one...the other, Æ, Bl, CP: other...than, CP. ōðer oððe...oððe either...or. ōðer healf one and a half, BH. II. (‘aut’) = āhwæðer. comp. adv. ōðerlīcor otherwise, RB 87^19. [‘otherliker’] III. word, speech (‘eloquium’), #PPs# 118^38. [ON. ōðr]
oðēwan = oðīewan
oðfæstan † to inflict upon: set to (a task), entrust, commit, CP.
oðfaran^6 w. d. to flee from, escape, Ex. [‘atfare’]
oðfeallan^1 to fall off, decline, decay, CP: fall away from, be lost to, be wanting, fail: cease to concern.
oðfēolan^3 to cleave, adhere, WW 416^24.
oðferian to take away, bear off: save (life).
oðflēogan^2 to fly away, #Ph# 347.
oðflēon^2 (w. d.) to flee away, escape, Æ, AO.
oðflītan^1 to gain by legal process, Ct.
oðgān anv. to go away, escape, B 2934.
oðglīdan^1 to glide away, escape, #Sol# 401.
oðgrīpan^1 to rescue, BH 408^27.
oðhealdan^7 to keep back, CP. [‘athold’]
oðhebban^6 to raise, exalt, lift up, CP.
oðhelde = oðhylde
oðhlēapan^7 to escape, LL 218[1,11].
oðhrīnan^1 to touch, HL 16^228.
oðhȳdan to hide from, AO 94^11.
oðhylde (e) contented, #Lcd#.
ōðian to pant. [cp. ēðian]
oðiernan^3 to run away.
oðīewan (ē, ēa, ēo, ī, ȳ) tr. to show, Gen; CP: show oneself, appear, become visible, El (ȳ). [‘atew’]
oðlǣdan to lead away, carry off, snatch from, withdraw.
oðrān = oðhrān, pret. 3 sg. of oðhrīnan.
oðrīdan^1 to ride, proceed, #Hell# 40.
oðrinnan^3 to run off, escape, #Met# 20^138.
oðrōwan^7 to escape by rowing, row away, #Chr# 897#a#.
oðsacan^6 (w. g.) to deny, abjure, AO.
oðscacan^6 to escape, LL 177[6,3].
oðscēotan^2 to escape, slip off, turn aside, Æ.
oðscūfan^2 intr. to move off, #Ph# 168.
ōðsperning f. stumbling-block, #KGl#.
oðspurnan^3 (o) to dash against.
oðstandan^6 to stand fixed, remain, stop, cease, AO: stand behind, Æ: perplex, hinder.
oðstillan to stop, #Lcd# 1·82^5.
oðswerian^6 to abjure, deny on oath, AO.
oðswīgan to cease speaking, become silent, OET 631.
oðswimman^3 (y) to escape by swimming, #Chr# 915#d#.
oðtēon^2 to take away, #Lcd# 87a.
oðða = oððe
oððæt conj. until.
oððe conj. or, Chr, Ct, VPs. oððe...oððe either...or, BH. [‘other’] (= oð ðe) until.
oððēodan to sever, dismember, #An# 1423.
oððet (#KGl# 61^19) = oððæt
oððicgan^5 to take away, #Ex# 338.
oððingian to obtain by unfair means, usurp, LL (412^9).
oððon conj. or. [= oððe]
oððringan^3 to deprive of, AO: drive out, GD.
oðwendan to turn away, divert, deprive of, Gen 403. [‘atwend’]
oðwindan^3 to escape, get away, #Chr# 897#a#.
oðwītan^1 to charge with, blame, reproach with, taunt, AO, CP.
oðwyrcan to harm? #Lcd# 1·384^5.
oðȳwan = oðīewan
ōwæstm m. shoot, branch, twig.
ōwana (N) = āhwonan
ō-web, -wef (ā) n. woof, weft, WW. [‘abb’]
ōwēr, ōwern (BH) = āhwǣr
ōwiht = āwiht
ōwisc f. edge, KC 3·388^25.
ōwðer = āhwæðer
ōwul = āwel
oxa m. nap. oxan, œxen, exen, dp. ox(n)um ‘ox,’ Ct, JnL, Rd, VPs, WW; CP.
oxancelf n. ox-calf, Æ.
oxangang m. an eighth of a ‘plough-land,’ hide.
oxanhyrde m. herdsman, OEG, WW.
oxanslyppe f. ‘oxlip,’ Lcd.
ōxn f. arm-pit, WW.
oxnahyrde = oxanhyrde
oxnalybb n. ox-heal (plant), #Lcd#.
oxstælde equal to? competent for? Cp 1032. (v. ES 43·314).
ōxta = ōcusta
oxum v. oxa.
oxumelle m. oxymel.
=P=
pād f. covering, coat, cloak, WW.
padde, pade, f. toad, frog, BC 2·377^16; #Chr# 1137. [ON. padda]
pǣca m. deceiver, #Bas# 40^21.
pǣcan to cheat, deceive.
pægel m. gill, small measure, wine vessel, WW 124^2 (A 8·450). [v. ‘pail’]
pǣl ?= pāl (v. OEG 19^3).
pæll (e) m. silk robe, cloak, ÆGr: ‘pall,’ hanging, covering, Æ: purple garment, purple, BH, WW. [L. pallium]
pællen (e) of costly stuff, purple, Æ. [‘pallen’]
pællerēad = fellerēad
pælm == palm
pæneg, pæning = pening
-pǣran v. ā-, for-p.
pærl? ‘enula,’ (‘gemmula’? Wülker), #ÆGr# 304^7.
pǣtig = (prǣtig), prættig
pæð (a) mfn. nap. paðas ‘path,’ track, Cp, Chr, Ps; Æ: valley, LkL.
pæððan to traverse, travel over, pass along, Met, Rd. [‘path’]
pāl m. ‘pole,’ stake, post, WW 334^2: spade. [L. palus]
palendse (AO), palentse, pal(l)ente f., pālent (Æ) m. palace. [Late L. palantium or palantia]
pālentlic belonging to a palace, palatial, WW 342^7.
palester = palstr
pallium m. pallium, ÆL 36^166. [L.]
palm (æ), palma m. ‘palm’ tree, Æ, JnL, VPs.
palm-æppel, -appel m. date, WW.
palmbearu m. palm-grove, WW 488^13.
palm-dæg (Æ), -sunnandæg (Lk 19^29) m. ‘Palm Sunday.’
palm-trēo, -trēow m. ‘palm-tree,’ Æ, Jn.
palmtwig n. palm twig, palm branch, Æ.
+palmtwigian † to deck with palm-branches.
palmwuce f. week of which Palm Sunday is the first day.
palstr, palster sb. prick, point, spike, #Gl#.
pandher m. panther, #Pa# 12.
panic m. a kind of millet, #Lcd#.
panmete m. cooked food, WW 409^9.
panne (o) f. ‘pan,’ CP, WW.
pāpa m. ‘pope,’ BH; Æ, CP. [L. papa]
pāpanhād m. papal office, Æ. [‘popehood’]
pāpdōm m. papacy, #Chr#.
paper m? papyrus, WW 523^7.
papig = popig
papolstān m. pebble, Æ. [‘pebblestone’; L. papula]
pāp-seld, -setl n. papacy, #Bl# 205^20.
paralisin ds. of sb. paralysis, ÆL.
pard m. panther. [L. pardus]
-parian v. ā-p.