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lyðre

  • adjective
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lyðre, adj.
Evil, wicked, base, mean, poor, sordid, vile, lewd, depraved
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  • Ðæt Godes feoh ne ætlicge and hé beó lyðre þeówa geháten

    that God's money be not idle, and he be called a wicked servant,

    • Ælfc. Gr. pref
    • ;
    • Som. 1, 30
    • .
  • Lytel is se fyrst ðyses lífes and lyðre is

    few and evil are the days of this life,

    • Wulfst. 109, 2
    • .
  • Hú lǽne and hú lyðre ðis líf is on tó getrúwianne,

    • 189, 3
    • .
  • Eálá ðú lyðra þeówa

    serve nequam,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 18, 32
    • :
    • Lk. Skt. 19, 22
    • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 552, 6
    • .
  • Ic eom se lytla for ðé and se lyðra man, se syngige swíðe genehhe,

    • Hy. 3, 41
    • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 41
    • .
  • Eówre lyðre mód

    incircumcisa mens,

    • Lev. 26, 41
    • .
  • Gif hwylc wíf for hwylcum lyðrum andan hire wífman swingþ

    si mulier aliqua, ex prava aliqua invidia, ancillam suam flagellis verberaverit,

    • L. Ecg. P. ii. 4
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 182, 32
    • :
    • L. M. I. P. 12
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 268, 11
    • .
  • Se ðe Crist belǽwde for lyðrum sceatte

    who betrayed Christ for filthy lucre,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 244, 26
    • :
    • Wulfst. 297, 26
    • .
  • Ðæs mǽran wítegan deáþ ðære lyðran hoppestran

    [the daughter of Herodias]

    tó méde forgeaf,

    • Homl. Th. i. 484, 3.
  • Lyðerne earhscype

    base cowardice,

    • Wulfst. 53, 12
    • .
  • Þurh lyðre yahþe,

    • 166, 26
    • .
  • Ða seofon hlyðran ear

    septem spicæ tenues,

    • Gen. 41, 27
    • .
  • Óðre lyðre cynn

    cetera adulterina genera,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 101
    • ;
    • Som. 77, 31
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 55, 36
    • .
  • Lyðra bearn

    filii excussorum,

    • Ps. Th. 126, 5
    • .
  • Se Hǽlend geþafode lyðrum mannum ðæt hí hine ofslógon,

    • Homl. Th. i. 168, 6
    • .
  • Se ealdorman hí betǽhte liðrum mannum tó behealdenne

    the aldorman entrusted it to base [cf. ða wǽron yfele and earge l. 27] men to hold,

    • Ors. 6, 36
    • ;
    • Bos. 131, 23
    • .
  • Eár lyðre and forscruncene

    spicæ tenues et percussæ uredine,

    • Gen. 41, 6
    • .
  • Þurh líchaman leðre geþohtas

    through the wicked thoughts of the body,

    • Ps. C. 50, 41
    • ;
    • Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 41
    • .
Etymology
[
A. R. Laym. luðer
:
Piers P. luþer, liþer
:
Prompt. Parv. lyder or wyly cautus [see note for lither = lazy in later English]
:
cf. Ger. lüder-, lieder-lich.
]
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