un-fáh
Not regarded as a foe
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Not regarded as a foe, used of the kinsmen of a criminal when not involved in the feud which their kinsman's guilt occasioned Gif hwá heonanforð ǽnigne man ofsleá, ðæt hé wege sylf ða fǽhðe ...
orne
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Not mean, excessive. of amount Wið ornum útgange, and wið þon þe mon gemígan ne mæge, Lch. iii. 70, 25. of quality or character, not in due measure, harmful (?)
nese
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Add: saying no to a question 'Hwæþer ðín woruld eall wǽre æfter ðínum willan.' Ðá andsworode Boetius: 'Nese, lá, nese; næs ic nǽfre gít náne hwíle swá emnes módes . . .
hreppan
to touch ⬩ treat
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Ða wé ne hreppaþ those [nouns] we shall not treat of, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 12, 30. Ðeáh hí hwá hreppe heó hit ne gefrét though any one touch it [the soul] it does not feel it, Homl. Swt. 1, 220.
un-besacen
unmolested by litigation ⬩ not made the subject of litigation ⬩ uncontested
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In. 53; Th. i. 136, 7 note
dyrn-gewrit
A secret writing, in the pl. books whose authors are not known, the apocryphal books ⬩ occulta scripta, apocrypha
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A secret writing, in the pl. books whose authors are not known, the apocryphal books; occulta scripta, apocrypha, Cot. 10
eáster-niht
Easter-night ⬩ nox paschālis
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Easter-night; nox paschālis In ðære eáster-niht in the easter-night, Exon. 120 a; Th. 460, 10; Hö. 15
friénd
friend
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friend Ne murnþ náuðer ne friénd ne fiénd he regards neither friend nor foe, Bt. 37, 1. Fox 186, 7
mis-scrýdan
to clothe improperly
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to clothe improperly Bindaþ ðone misscrýddan ( the man who had not on the wedding garment ), Homl. Th. i. 530, 13
ge-yrfian
To stock with cattle
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To stock with cattle Swá geirfað swá hit nú stent so stocked as it now stands, Th. Chart. 158, l0
be-sión
to look about
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to look about Ðæt he hine ne besió that he look not about him Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 17
blindan
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is not found, but the Gothic ga-blindyan to blind, exists; so also A. Sax. blendan to blind, q. v
un-mǽþlíc
Not in due measure ⬩ immoderate ⬩ excessive
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Not in due measure, immoderate, excessive Of gítsunge beóð ácennede ... leás gewitnyss and unmǽðlíc neádung, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 11
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and-ǽges
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In the face Nǽnig dorste ꝥ hire andǽges eágum starede none dared to look her in the face, B. 1935
horn-bora
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In El. 54 the MS. has hleópon not hleówon. Add
earn-cyn
Eagle-kind ⬩ gĕnus aquĭlæ
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Eagle-kind; gĕnus aquĭlæ Ne ete ge nán þing earncynnes do not eat anything of the eagle-kind, Lev. ll, 13
fæt-hengest
A road horse ⬩ itĭnĕris ĕquus
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A road horse; itĭnĕris ĕquus Ne fæt-hengest nor a road horse. Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 27; Rä. 23, 14
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helfling
A halfpenny
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A halfpenny Ne becýpaþ hig fíf spearwan tó helflinge are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, Lk. Skt. 12, 6
un-gelíca
One not like another
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One not like another Ic hæbbe óðerne lufiend, ðínne ungelícan ( a very different person from you ), Homl. Skt. i. 7, 28