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ge-leánian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leánian, p. ode; pp. od

To reward ⬩ repay ⬩ recompense ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ trĭbuĕre ⬩ rependĕre

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Biþ hiora yfel geleánod be heora gewyrhtum their wickedness is recompensed according to their deserts, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 4

Linked entry: leánian

for-legen

adulterous

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Add: guilty of fornication, adulterous Cneórisse yfel and forlegene (adultera), Mt. R. 12, 39. Eallswá scyldig byð geteald se forlegena cniht swá ꝥ forlegene mǽden, Hml. A. 20, 152. For mé earmlicre forlegenre, Hml. S. 23 b, 598.

ne

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Ne scírð hé nó hwæðer hié reáfoden oððe hwelc óðer yfel fremeden, 329, 7. Wé gesyngiað, gif wé óðerra monna welgedóna dǽda ne lufigað and ne herigað, 231, I. Ðeáh ic nú ðis recce, næ (ne, v.l. ) tǽle ic ná micel weorc, 41, 2.

á-teran

(v.)

to tear away

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to tear away Hié mid ðǽm ánum yfele áterað of ðáre menniscan heortan ealle ðá gódan cræftas dum unam nequitiam perpetrant, ab humanis cordibus cunctas simul virtutes eradicant, Past. 359, 20

tyhting

(n.)
Grammar
tyhting, e; f.

Persuasion ⬩ exhortation ⬩ encouragement ⬩ incitement ⬩ instigation ⬩ allurement ⬩ suggestion

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Deófol tiht ús tó yfele, ac wé sceolon geniman náne lustfullunge tó ðære tihtinge ... Seó yfele tihting is of deófle, Homl. Th. i. 174, 30-35: ii. 226, 29. Crist mid ðyssere tihtinge Petrum gehyrte, 374, 17.

Linked entry: tihting

fæsten-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-tíd, e; f.

Fast-tide or time ⬩ jējūnii tempus

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Yfel biþ ðæt man riht fæstentíde ǽr mǽle ete it is bad that any one, at a lawful fast-time, eat before the time, 47; Th. i, 402, 23: L. Edg. C. 25; Th. ii. 250, 2

ge-sígan

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Add: to sink or fall back Gesáh relabitur, Germ. 401, 12. of the depression of a surface, to sink Þý lǽs þider in yfel pohha gesige, Lch. ii. 208, 18. of the movement of a fluid, to run into or out of Gyf wæter on eáran swýþe gesigen (-siged, v.l.

lustlíce

(adv.)
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Yfel biþ gesǽlþ gif hit mon lustlíce déð and geðyldi líce áræfnþ beata sors omnis est aequinamitate tolerantis, Bt. 11. l ; F. 32, 31 : 38, 7; F. 210, 14. Ic lióða fela lustlíce (v. lustbǽrlíce) sanc, Met. 2, l.

þreál

Grammar
þreál, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hé gehét him Godes yrre and yfele þreála, Hml. S. 31, 803

un-besceáwod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besceáwod, adj.

Inconsiderate ⬩ heedless

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Inconsiderate, heedless Se ðe unbesceáwud ys tó specenne hé ongytt yfele qui inconsideratus est ad loquendum sentiet mala, Scint. 78, 7. Unbesceawad, Kent. Gl. 433. Unbesceáwode inprovida vel inconsiderata, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 13

pohha

(n.)
Grammar
pohha, poha, pohcha, pocca, an; m.
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Ðý læs ðider in yfel pohha ( sinus ) gesíge, Lchdm. ii. 208, 18. Sift ðonne, dó on pohhan ( bag ), lege under weofod, 138, 27. Dó on ǽnne pohchan, iii. 48, 5. 'Se ðe médsceattas gaderaþ, hé legeþ hié on þyrelne pohchan ( sacculum ).'

gástende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gástende, l. ge-áscende ?
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and smeágende mislicu and selcúð þing, and ealles swíðust ymbe hyne sylfne, . . . and hwilc good him wére betst tó dónne, and hwylc yfel betst tó forlétende volventi mihi multa ac varia mecum diu, ac per multos dies sedulo quaerente memetipsum ac bonum

mánful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mánful-ness, e; f.

Wickedness

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Hé leornode ǽfre máran and máran on his mánfulnysse and ne lét nánne his gelícan on yfele, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 28

be-swícan

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Ahab yfele wearð beswicen for Naboðes wínearde, Hex. 54, 6-11

egle

(adj.)
Grammar
egle, grievous, painful.
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Ne mæg þé ǽnig yfel egle weorðan non accedent ad te mala, Ps. Th. 90, 10: Rún. 29. Cleopian wé in eglum móde and inneweardre heortan let us cry with painful thoughts from the bottom of the heart, Bl. H. 19, 2. Frécne þúhton egle eáláda, An. 441.

tó-scirian

(v.)
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Först. 105, 8. to distinguish, to recognize the difference between Hí né tóscyriað gód ne yfel nec bona nee mala discernunt, Chrd. 75, 1. to give distinctive marks to Wæs ǽlces hádes reáf synderlíce tóscyred habitus singulorum ordinum ab inuicem discreti

geolstor

(n.)
Grammar
geolstor, gelostr, gillister, es; n.: <b>geolstor,</b> e; <b>gillistre,</b> an; f.
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Weaxeð sió yfele gillestre and ꝥ yfele blód, 148, 6. Hreófligum wyrmse (geolstre) elephantino tabo, i. sanie, An. Ox. 3585. Geol(s)ter uirus (acc.), 4855. Wyrms, geolstre uirus (atrum ueneni uirus infundentia), 4991.

un-gód

(n.)
Grammar
un-gód, es; n.

Evil ⬩ ill

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Evil, ill Wá eów ðe taliaþ ungód tó góde and gód þing tó yfele vae qui dicitis malum bonum, et bonum malum, Wulfst. 47, 6. Heó firenaþ mec wordum, ungód gæleþ, Exon. Th. 402, 25; Rä. 21, 35

be-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feallan, ic -fealle, ðú -feallest, -fylst, he -fealleþ, -fylþ, pl. -feallaþ ; p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. -feallen.

to fall ⬩ cadere ⬩ incidere ⬩ to fall off ⬩ cadere ab aliquo ⬩ deprived ⬩ bereft ⬩ orbatus ⬩ privatus

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Hie oft befeallaþ on micel yfel they often fall into great evil, Past. 40, 3 ; Hat. MS. 53 b, 8 : Cd. 18; Th. 21, 26; Gen. 330 : Lk.

dysig-nes

(n.)
Grammar
dysig-nes, dysi-nes, -ness, e; f.

Folly, DIZZINESS, blasphemy ⬩ stultĭtia, blasphēmia

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Of manna heortan yfele geþancas cumaþ, dysinessa de corde hŏmĭnum malæ cogĭtātiones procēdunt, blasphēmia, Mk. Bos. 7, 22