un-gesǽligness
Unhappiness ⬩ calamity ⬩ misery
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Seó ungesǽlignys becom on ðæt folc, ðæt hig ðone Hǽlend geféngon and on róde áhéngon, Nicod. 1; Thw. 1, 12. Wæs se dóm oncyrred Euan ungesǽlignesse, ðæt heó cende on sáre and on unrótnesse, Blickl. Homl. 3, 8.
Linked entry: ge-sǽlignes
un-tygþa
Unsuccessful in obtaining a request
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Unsuccessful in obtaining a request For ðæm ne meahte Balaham geearnian ða Godes giefe ðe hé biddende wæs, ðá hé Israhéla folc wirgean wolde and for hine selfne gebiddan, for ðæm hé wearð untygða ðe hé hwierfde his stemne nales his mód hujus correptionis
Linked entry: un-tíþe
ofer-findan
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Hé þóhte, siþþan ꝥ folc oferfunden wǽre, ꝥ hié siþþan wolde eall þæt hé wolde, Ors. 6, 37 ; S. 296, 6
Linked entry: ofer-fundenness
Cædmon
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A man employed by the monks of Whitby in the care of their cattle in the early part of the seventh century. He is the first person of whom we possess any metrical composition in our vernacular language. So striking and similar are some of his thoughts
wróht-bora
an accuser ⬩ informer
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Ðonne wróhtbora (the devil) in folc Godes forð onsendeþ biterne strǽl, Exon. Th. 47, 31 ; Cri. 763. one who brings false accusations, a malicious person. Similar entries v. wróht, II Wróhtbora factiosa (cf. ða fǽcnan factiosam, 77, 46), falsa, Wrt.
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wíc
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</b> add Þá cóm him fǽringa tó micel folc manna . . . wǽron ealle hǽdena, and þone Hǽlend ne cúþe nán man of þǽre wíc þe hí of wǽron, Hml. S. 31, 1016.
bútan
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Eall úre folc mid fleáme astwand búton wé feówertig Þe on ðám feohte stódon, Hml. S. 11, 74. <b>C. II 1.</b> :-- Hý man gecnáwan ne mæg, búton -tonne heo gréwð, Lch. i. 98, 4. <b>III 2.</b> :-- Ne can ic nǽnigne e
un-gewit
madness ⬩ insanity ⬩ folly ⬩ stupidity
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Hí mid heora gedwolsprǽce eall folc ámyrdon. And Theodosius, ðá hé swilce ungewitt ǽlce dæge gehýrde, hé wearð sárig, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 370
un-wénlíc
Not giving grounds for hope ⬩ unpromising
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Hwæt wénst ðú be ðære gódan wyrde, ðe oft cymþ tó gódum monnum on ðisse worulde, hweðer ðis folc mæge cweþan ðæt hit sié yfel wyrd? ...
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cyning
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Ne mæg nán man hine sylfne tó cynge gedón, ac þæt folc hæfð cyre tó ceósenne þone tó cyninge þe him sylfum lícað; ac siþþan hé tó cyninge gehálgod bið, þonne hæfð hé anweald ofer þæt folc, Hml. Th. i. 212, 6-9. Tó cynige ad regem, Mk. L. R. 6, 25.
on-sendan
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Wrôhtbora in folc Godes forð onsendeð of his brægdbogan biterne stræ̂l, Cri. 764.
a-byrgan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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Junii 99, fol. 68. Se wulf for Gode ne dorste ðæs hæfdes abyrian the wolf durst not, for God, taste the head, Homl. Brit. Mus. MSS. Cot. Julius, E. 7, fol. 203, Bibl. Bodl. MSS. Bodley 343
sotscipe
Folly ⬩ stupidity
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Folly, stupidity Sotscipe hebetudo, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 60
gál-full
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L. fol. 183, II
ge-leofian
To live ⬩ vīvĕre
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Lamb. fol. 185 a, 16
Linked entry: ge-lifian
wer-borh
þurh-faran
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quia enim secreta ejus adhuc perfecte non penetrant, Gr. D. 138, 29
un-gréne
Not green
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Not green Folde wæs ðágyt græs ungréne, Cd. Th. 7, 36; Gen. 117
dwolung
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Absurdity, folly Dofunge, dwolunge deleramenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 46. 2, and dofung