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ídel

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ídel, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §431; §639;
Idleness, vanity, futility, frivolity
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  • Ðæt ýdel fét unþeáwas

    idleness nourishes bad habits,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 1
      • .

  • Ǽlc ýdel fét unhǽlo,

    • 61.

  • Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóstas ðǽr ne geþafian ne ídele spǽce ne ídele dǽde ne ǽnig ídel

    we enjoin that priests do not permit there [in the church] idle talk or action or any frivolity,

    • L. Edg. C. 26
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 250, 27
      • .

  • Gif ðú gesihst manega gét ýdel getácnaþ

    if thou seest many goats it betokens frivolity,

    • Lchdm. iii. 214, 1.

  • Nys eác mid ídele tó forlǽtenne ðæt wundor ðæt þurh wítedómes cræft hé wiste

    nor is the miracle, that he knew things by prophetic power, to be lightly dismissed,

    • Guthl. 17
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 70, 2 [cf. 76, 10]
      • .

  • Ða ídlo

    vanitates,

    • Rtl. 162. 32.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ídel.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20429.

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