un-weód
A noxious weed
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A noxious weed (lit. or metaph.) Seó eorðe ús winð wið, ðonne heó forwyrneþ eorðlíces wæstmes and ús unweóda tó fela ásendeþ, Wulfst. 92, 19. Man sceal ǽlc unriht mid rihte bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sǽd árǽran, 73, 2
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un-gód
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
unriht-gestreón
Unrighteous gain
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Unrighteous gain Ða ðe heora sylfra sáula forhycggaþ for feós lufan, and unrihtgestreón lufiaþ, Blickl. Homl. 63, 8
unriht-hǽmed
Unlawful cohabitation ⬩ illicit intercourse ⬩ adultery ⬩ fornication
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Unlawful cohabitation, illicit intercourse, adultery, fornication Cwéna geligr vel unrihthǽmed adulterium, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 33. Forligr flǽsces unrihthǽmed is fornicatio carnis, adulterium est, Scint. 87, 14. Unrihthǽmed wífes fornicatio mulieris, 86
Linked entry: riht-hǽmed
unriht-weorc
Improper work
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Improper work Be Sunnandæges unrihtweorcum de profanis operibus die Dominico, L. Ecg. C. 35, tit.; Th. ii. 130, 25
unriht-wrigels
A veil of error
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A veil of error Hié wǽron stǽnenre heortan and blindre, ðæt hié ðæt ongeotan ne cúðan, ðæt hié ðǽr gehýrdon, ne ðæt oncnáwan ne mihton, ðæt hié ðǽr gesáwon; ac God áfyrde him ðæt unrihtwrigels (cf. ðone unrihtan wrigels, Wulfst. 252, 4) of heora heortan
un-seht
Disagreement
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Disagreement Hí macodon mǽst ðet unseht betweónan Godwine eorle and ðam cynge, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 27
un-sóþ
Untruth ⬩ falsehood
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Untruth, falsehood Mid unsóðe sóð oferswíðan, Wulfst. 55, 16. Leáslíce híwian unsóð tó sóðe, 128, 9. Ic nelle secgan unsóð on me sylfe, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 195
weorold-afol
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Worldly power Ǽnigne man ðe hé ( the priest ) tó bóte gebígan ne mæge oþþe ne durre for worldafole, L. Edg. C. 6; Th. ii. 246, 2. Entas and strece woruldmen ðe mihtige wurdan on woruldafelum, Wulfst. 106, 1
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wíd-land
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broad land, the face of the earth. Cf. wíd*-*sǽ Nǽron Metode wídlond ( or under II) ne wegas nytte, ac stód be*-*wrigen folde mid flóde, Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156. Ic on middangeard nǽfre egorhere eft gelǽde, wæter ofer wídland, 92, 33; Gen. 1538: 85,9
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West-mynster
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Hér forðférde Harold cyning, and hé wæs bebyrged æt Westmynstre, Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 13. Willelm com tó Westmynstre, and Ealdréd arcebiscop hine tó cynge gehálgode, 1066; Erl. 203, 8. Hér man wrǽgde ðone biscop Ægelríc and sende hine tó Westmynstre,
wiþer
Opposition ⬩ resistance
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Opposition, resistance Hé hæfde Higeláces hilde gefrúnen, wlonces wígcræft; wiðres ne trúwode, ðæt hé sǽmannum onsacan mihte, Beo. Th. 5899; B. 2953
wiþer-leán
Recompense ⬩ retribution
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Recompense, retribution Wearð wícingum wiþerleán ágifen; gehýrde ic ðæt Eádweard ánne slóge, Byrht. Th. 135, 11; By. 116. Deáþes háliges wiþerleáne (as recompense) líf eádig geáhniaþ mortis sacre compendia vitam beatam possident, Hymn. Surt. 130, 9.
wír-treów
A myrtle-tree
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A myrtle-tree Wírtreów, myrtu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 83. Cnuca mid rosan wóse oððe wýrtreówes, Lchdm. i. 232, 12
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Wísle-land
The land in which the Vistula rises ⬩ part of Poland
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The land in which the Vistula rises, part of Poland Be eástan Maroara londe is Wíslelond, Ors. I. l ; Swt. 16, 17
wóh-hǽmed
Adultery ⬩ fornication
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Adultery, fornication Se yfla willa wóhhǽmetes (cf. unrihthǽmedes, Bt. 31, 2 ; Fox 112, 24), Met. 18, 2. Sió hreófl getácnaþ ðæt wóhhǽmed per scábiem luxuria designator, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 5. Ða ðe wóhhǽmed begangaþ mid óþerra ceorla wífum, Blickl. Homl
wolcen-gehnást
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The collision of clouds;Exon. Th. 386, 12 ; Rä. 4, 60
wlite-andett
A confession of splendour
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A confession of splendour Ðú ðe weorðlíce wliteandette góde gegyredest confessionem et decorem induisti, Ps. Th. 103, 2
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word-leán
A reward for words (a song)
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A reward for words (a song) Oft ic wóðboran wordleána sum ágyfe æfter giedde. Exon.Th. 489, 18 ; Rä. 78, 9
word-riht
a law expressed in the form of a command ⬩ an ordinance ⬩ a law expressed in spoken words ⬩ a spoken law ⬩ a statement of what is right ⬩ a duty which one has given his word to perform
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a law expressed in the form of a command ( Similar entries v. word, II. 6), an ordinance; or a law expressed in spoken words a spoken law Móyses dómas, wræclíco wordriht, Cd. Th. 177, 31; Exod. 3. a statement of what is right; or (?) a duty which one