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Wright's OE grammar
§126; §431; §639;
Dele Past. 457, 20 under
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empty,
of places,
unoccupied, without inhabitants
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  • Stód seó dýgle stów . . . ídel and ǽmen,

      Gú. 187.

  • Oð ídel híwisce,

      C. D. v. 319, 21.

  • Gif hé ðæt hús ídel (ǽmtig

    vacantem.

      Mt. 12, 44)
    gemétt, hé hit gefylleð mid monigum, Past. 283, 24.

  • Duguð eal gecrong . . . ýðde þisne eardgeard ælda Scyppend, oð þæt burgwara breahtma leáse eald enta geweorc ídlu stódon,

      Wand. 79-87.
of persons,
not having anything, empty-handed,
in respect to material things
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  • Nán man náh tó Godes cyrican ídel tó cumene. Wlfst. 238, 2.

  • Samson nolde gán ýdel of ðǽre byrig, ac hé ábær ðá gatu úp tó ðǽre dúne,

      Hml. Th. i. 226, 31.

  • Ðene forleorton geonga ídelne

    eum dimiserunt uacuum

    ,
      Mk. L. R. 12, 3.
in respect to non-material things
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  • Ne fremda þú þǽre gesihðe þe þú mé ǽrest æteówdest, ꝥ ic húru ídel heonone ne hwyrfe,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 671.
without food (fig.)
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  • Gereorde sáwle ídle and sáwle hyngrende gereorde,

      Ps. Srt. 106, 9.

  • Hingriende hé mid gódum gefylde and ofer-móde ídele (ðá ídlo, L., R.

    inanes

    ) forlét,
      Lk. i. 53.
  • Ia. devoid of something, destitute of.
with gen.
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  • Hwonne se dæg cume ꝥ hé sceole þæs ealles ídel hweorfan,

      Bl. H. 97, 26.
with inst. ,
unpro-vided with
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  • Hǽlu byð manna gehwylces mægene ídel vana solus hominis, Ps. Th. 59, 10: 107, II. Man byð merwe gesceaft, mihtum ídel

    homo vanitati similis factus est,

      143, 5.
of actions, feel-ings, thoughts, words, &c., void of worth or
usefulness, vain, ineffective, frivolous
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  • His ǽfæstnes bið suíðe ídlu

    hujus vana est religio,

      Past. 281, 4.

  • Riht sprǽc sý and behéfe, næs ídel

    recta locutio sit et utilis, non anilis,

      Coll. M. 18, 16.

  • Éghnelc word ídil (

    otiosum

    ).
      Mt. L. 12, 36.

  • Ídel wuldor, þæt is gylp,

      Hml. Th. ii. 220, 27.

  • Mid ídelum wuldre coenodoxia, i.

    uana laude

    ,
      An. Ox. 1109.

  • Mid ídelre dǽde,

      Wlfst. 279, 8.

  • Mid ídelre gewilnunge

    effeta (i. exinanita) uoluntate,

      An. Ox. 4677.

  • Mid iédelre (ídelre, v. l.) ólicunge orsorgnesse hié gehátað ðǽm scyldegan

    incassum delinquentibus promissa securitate blandiuntur,

      Past. 91, 10.

  • Onǽled mid ídele gefeán,

      Bt. 14, l; F. 40, 29.
  • For þínum ídlan gilpe (v. ídel-gilp). Bl. H. 31, 14.

  • Ymb ídelne gilp,

      Past. 85, 7.

  • Mid ídelum gescotum

    iactibus uacuis

    ,
      An. Ox. 49, 2.

  • Be ídelstum wordum

    de otiosis uerbis,

      Scint. 217, 2. II a. of persons,
in respect to their actions,
useless, ineffective, unprofitable
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  • Lǽreð ꝥ ðá ídlo hiá gefyldon ðá ðe beboden woeron geondetad sint

    docet ut inutiles (cf. ðorleáso, Lk. L. R. 17, 10) se implentes quae praecepta sunt fateantur,

      Lk. p. 9, 7.

  • Heora hǽþenan gild wǽron ealle ídelu and unnyt, and ꝥ hié náwðer ne him sylfum helpan ne mihton, ne nánum ðára ðe tó him áre wilnodan,

      Bl. H. 223, 2.

  • Ídle, orfeorme, unbiþyrfe,

      Jul. 217.

  • Wutun hí ídle gedón (

    exinanite

    ) oð þæt hí heora eard geceósan,
      Ps. Th. 136, 7.
with regard to thought, words, &c. ,
foolish, without intelligence
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  • Sé ðe cueðas bróðre his ðú unuís ł ídle (ídla, R.

    racha) . . . sé ðe cueðas ðú ídle ł unwís (dysig ł dole, R., þú stunta, W. S. fatue ),

      Mt. L. 5. 22.

  • Fífo wéron ídlo (dysige, W. S. , R

    fatuae

    ),
      25, 2 : 3: 8.

  • Gif hwelc of ðǽm ídlum (

    curiosis

    ) wellæ wutta,
      Mt. p. 3, 2.
of things,
useless, having no useful effect, serving no useful purpose, super-fluous
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  • Þæs restedæges ǽmethwíle ídle (

    superuacuum

    ) wé tellaþ,
      An. Ox. 40, 18.

  • Uton teolian ꝥ ús þás tída ídle ne gewítan,

      Bl. H. 129, 36.

  • Hwǽr beóþ þonne his ídlan gescyrplan?,

      111, 35.
idle, doing nothing
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  • Hwý sceal ǽnig monn bión ídel ꝥ hé ne weorce ?,

      Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 24.
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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/53807.

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