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Take here gýme-leást in Dict., and add:
the not taking proper care of,
carelessness with. Cf. gíman;
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  • For ðǽre giémeléste his hǽlo

    per negligentiam suae salutis

    ,
      Past. 463, 3.

  • Be speres gýmeleáste

    of carelessness with a spear

    ,
      Ll. Th. i. 84, II.
the want of care to do or not to do something, negligence.
Cf. gíman;
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  • Bútan hit gelimpe þæt man lator áríse þonne hit gebyrige . . . þæt ne geweorðe, þæt þyllic gýmelést gelimpe . . . gif hit gelimpe, dǽdbéte sé . . . þe hit þurh his gýmeléste (gýmeleástum

    neglectum

    ,
      R. Ben. I. 42, 7) gelamp, R. Ben. 36, 2-7.

  • Hé Gode nolde ðiówigan. . . hé ðone demm his giémeliéste (

    damna neglegentiae

    ) gebétan ne mæg,
      Past. 251, 17.Ðæt wé geðencen ðá gód ðe wé forgiémeleásodon, næs ðá wé dydon . . . wé gemunað úre giémeléste, 467, 10.

  • Mid dǽdbóte his gýmeleáste,

      R. Ben. 68, 15.

  • Hý méde habbað, gif hý swá dóð, eác swylce wíte, gif hí . . . for gýmeleáste hit ne bétað (

    si neglegant

    ),
      R. Ben. 119, 16.

  • Gémeleáste,

      68, 20.

  • Þæt hý ǽr on óþrum tídum mid gémeléste forléton

    omnes neglegentias suas aliorum temporum

    ,
      76, 7.

  • Hí for gímeléste and for récceléste forléton unwriten hiora dǽda,

      Bt. 18, 3; F. 64, 34.

  • Giémeléste (-líste,

    v. l.

    ),
      Past. 165, 6 : 339, 21.

  • Gif geneátmanna hwilc forgýmeleásað his hláfordes gafol . . . gif se hláford . . . þá gýmeleáste tó forgyfenesse lǽte,

      Ll. Th. i. 270, 18.

  • Gif hwá cwydeleás . . . gewíte . . . þurh his gýmeleáste (-lýste,

    v. l.

    ),
      412, 28.
  • Gímelíste, ii. 292, 7.

  • Oðþæt hé þæs gyltes gýmeleáste gebéte

    until he make reparation for the negligence he was guilty of when he committed that fault

    ,
      R. Ben. 69, 15.
want of interest or
concern, indiference. Cf. gíman ;
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  • Oft ðá cræftas and ðá mægenn weorðað te færwyrde ðǽm ðe hí hæfð ðonne hí for hira giémeléste hié fortrúwiað on þǽm cræftum ðe hí habbað, and hí nyllað iécan,

      Past. 463, 6.

  • Folc ðe on clǽnum felda sige gefeohtað, and eft innan hira burgum belocene ðurh hiera giémeliéste (

    negligentiam

    ) hié lǽtað gebindan, 229, I.
want of anxiety, security. Cf. gíman;
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  • Hé forhtode ꝥ hé forlure þá gýmelǽste his þearfednesse

    metuebat paupertatis suae securitatem perdere,

      Gr. D. 201, 14.
heedlessness, inattention, neglect. Cf. gíman ;
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  • Hé lǽt his mód tóflówan on ðæt ofdele giémeliéste and ungesceád-wísnesse æfter eallum his willum

    neglectam (animam) se inferius per desideria expandit

    ,
      Past. 283, 15.

  • Hé lǽt his hláfordes gebod tó giémeliéste,

      121, 14.

  • Gé forsáwon eall mín geðeaht, and léton eów tó giémeléste ðonne ic eów cídde (

    increpationes meas neglexistis

    ),
      247, 23.

  • Synn ðurhtogen hwílum for giémeléste (

    negligentia

    ), hwílum for un-trymnesse,
      435, 15.

  • Gé ðás getácnunga tó gýmeleáste dóð,

      Hml. Th. ii. 70, 15.

  • Ðæt hé ðára giémeliéste wolde gediéglan ut horum negligentiam velaret, Past. 207, 22. V a. wont of proper consideration, presumption :-- Þæt biþ swíðor tó gýmeléste and tó ídlum gylpe tó tellanne

    presumtioni deputabitur et vane glorie

    ,
      R. Ben. 77; 5.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gíme-líst.” 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/50782.

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