un-gedafenlíce
Unbecomingly ⬩ unseasonably ⬩ inordinately ⬩ in an unseemly manner ⬩ indecently
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Ðeáh hwelc man ungemetlíce and ungedafenlíce wilnige ðæt hé scile his hlísan tóbrǽdan, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 20. Boda Godes word ǽgðer ge gedafenlíce ge ungedafenlíce preach God's word both in season and out of season, Homl. Ass. 12, 306.
Linked entry: ge-dafenlíce
gim-cyn
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Hwelc fremu byþ þám gítsere ꝥ hé ǽlces gimcynnes genóg begite Bt. 26, 3 ; F. 94, 13. Eárhringas of mænigfealdan gimcynne geworhte, Nar. 26. 32.
bet
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Hwæt bið þǽm gítsere on his móde þe bet (cf. hwelc fremu byþ þám gítsere, Bt. 26, 3; F. 94, 12) þeáh hé micel áge, Met. 14, 2. with other verbs Búton hé hine geládige ꝥ hé ná bet ne cúðe, Ll.
scip-gebroc
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Hwelce tibernessa hié dreógende wǽron on hungre ge on scipgebroce, Ors. 1, 11; Swt. 50, 19
ge-hlot
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Cf. ge-hleótan; 3 Sweotollíce ús gedyde tó wittane Alexander hwelce þá hǣðnan godas sindon tó weorþianne; ꝥ hit swíþor is of þ ára biscepa gehlote (from what the priest determine stall be said) and of heora gewyrde ꝥ ꝥ hie secgað þonne of þára goda mihte
un-hǽlu
bad health ⬩ disease ⬩ sickness ⬩ infirmity ⬩ unsoundness ⬩ misfortune ⬩ mishap
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Lind. 8, 17. of animals, unsoundness Gif mon hwelcne ceáp gebygeþ and hé ðonne onfinde him hwelce unhǽlo on binnan .xxx. nihta, L. In. 56; Th. i. 138, 11. [Licome unhele, O. E. Homl. i. 7, 23. Unhæle and ælde, Laym. 11546.
fel
human skin
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Eft ic beó mid mínum felle befangen rursum circumdabor pelle mea (Job 19, 26), i. 532, 13: ii. 270, 19. a beast's skin or hide Gif hrýðera hwelc sié þe hegas brece . . . nime se ágenfrígea his fel and flǽsc, Ll. Th. i. 128, 15.
lǽðan
To speak ill of ⬩ accuse ⬩ abuse ⬩ execrate ⬩ detest ⬩ hate
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Gif hwelc cymiþ tó mé and ne lǽdes [lǽðues, Lind] fæder his si quis venit ad me et non odit patrem suum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 14, 26. Miððý iuih lǽðeþ menn cum vos oderint homines, Lind. 6, 22. Ða ðe lǽðes ł lǽðedon qui oderunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 44.
Linked entry: láðian
níhsta
A neighbour ⬩ proximus
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Hwelc ðara niéhstena (níhstena, Cott. MSS.) ðæs ofslægenan, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 3. Tó nýhstan his, Ps. Spl. 11, 2 : Ps. Th. 11, 2
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HEGE
A HEDGE ⬩ fence
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Gif hryðera hwelc síe ðe hegas brece if there be any beast that breaks hedges, L. In. 42; Th. i. 128, 12. Mid heora hegum ðe hí ymbsette wǽron cum septis quibus erant circumdata, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 39: Homl. Th. ii. 448, 22.
Linked entry: fearn-hege
mús
a mouse ⬩ a muscle
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Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús ðæt wǽre hláford ofer óðre mýs, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 2. Mýs sorices. Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 73. [Ðæt gewrit beó geworpen músen tó gnagene, Chart. Th. 318, 28.] a muscle Mús ðæs earmes torus vel musculus vel lacertus Wrt.
wælhreówness
Cruelty
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Wé witon hwelce wælhriównessa Neron weorhte, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 1
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ǽrendian
to go on an errand (acc.), act as emissary or advocate in a matter ⬩ to go on an errand to (tó) a person ⬩ to go on an errand for a person (dat.) to (tó) another, intercede ⬩ to go on a mission for an object (gen.), negotiate for
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Gif hwelc forworht monn bitt úrne hwelcne ðæt wé hine lǽden tó sumum rícum menn and him geðingien, . . . Gif hé mé cúð ne bið, ic wille him cueðan: 'Ne mæg ic ðæt ǽrendigean (ǽrendian, Cott.
stellan
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Hwelce bisena hé ðǽr stellende wæs, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 24. to take a place(?)
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eówan
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Hwelce hié hié selfe eówien (-igen, v. l.), 273, 4. Hé hine sceal eówian (eówan, v. l.), 118, 7: 449, 31, 32: Bt. 35, 3; F. 160, 9. Ðú eáuande arð manifestaturus es, Jn. L. 14, 22. Add
sǽt
An ambush,
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An ambush, a place where one lies in wait Hý sǽtiaþ mín and sittaþ swá gearwe swá seó leó déþ tó ðam ðe hé gefón wyle and swá swá his hwelp byþ gehýd æt ðære sǽte susceperunt me sicut leo paratus ad praedam, et sicut catulus leonis habitans in abditis
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weorold-sǽlþa
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This world's goods, earthly blestings Eálá hwæþer gé nétenlícan men ongiton hwelc se wela sié and se anweald and ða woruldsǽlþa ? Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 50, 36 note.
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ge-bod
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Ox. 1940. an edict, order, a mandate of temporal or ecclesiastical authority Gif hwelc preóst ofer biscopes gebod mæssige, gilde for þám gebode .xx. ór, Ll. Th. ii. 290, 17. Hí eów gedwealdon mid þám manigfealdum gebodum, i. 56, 17.
un-getímu
Mishap ⬩ misfortune
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Hwelce ungetína (-getíma, MS. C.), ǽgðer ge on monslihtum ge on hungre ge on scipgebroce ge on mislícre forscapunge, 1, 11; Swt. 50, 18
eald-hláford
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Hwelce hláfordhylda hí þóhton tó gecýþanne on hiora ealdhláfordes bearnum, 6, 37; S. 296, 5. Dauid cearf læppan of Saules mentle his ealdhláfordes, Past. 199, 11.