un-gleáw
without understanding ⬩ without skill ⬩ not sagacious ⬩ ignorant ⬩ blind ⬩ dull ⬩ not apt for service
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of persons, without understanding, without skill, not sagacious, ignorant, blind (fig.) Ungleáw imperitus, Wrt. Voc. i. 55. 49. Ungleu caecus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 14. Synt gé þus ungleáwe (inprudentes)? Ne ongyte gé ðæt...?
lár-lic
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Cf. lár; Þá sind blinde þe þæt leóht ðæs lárlican andgites nabbað, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 30. persuasive. Cf. lár; lǽran ; 1 Hé hine getrymede mid his lárlicum wordum ( verbis persuasoriis ), Gr.
wincian
to wink ⬩ make a sign ⬩ to close the eyes ⬩ blink
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Voc. i. 22, 27. to close the eyes, blink Ic wincige conniveo, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 14:Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5.
wancol
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Nú ðú hæfst ongyten ða wanclan (wonclan, v. l.) treówa ðæs blindan lustes deprehendisti caeci numinis ambiguos vultus, 7, 2 ; Fox 18, 3
fyrhto
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Blindre fyrhto ceca formidine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 81. Be fyrhto þæs tintreglican wítes de terrore futuri judicii, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 487, 15. Hé mid mycelre fyrhte wæs geslegen, Guth. 88, 18. Add
þearm
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Blind þearm cecum, 16, 59. Lǽcedómas wiþ þearmes útgange, and gif men bilyhte sié ymb ðone þearm, Lchdm. ii. 170, 27. Þearmas fibrae, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 16: intestina, ii. 49, 50: exta, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 85, 10. Ðearmas, Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 14.
deór-friþ
Deer-protection, game-protection ⬩ cervōrum tūtēla
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sætte mycel deórfriþ, and he lægde lags ðǽrwið, ðæt swá hwá swá slóge heort oððe hinde, ðæt hine man sceolde blendian king William constituted much protection to game, and he laid down laws therewith, that whosoever should slay hart or kind should be blinded
ge-léfed
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Hé gehǽlde mistlíce gebrocode men, blinde and deáfe and dumbe and mistlíce geléwede, Wlfst. 99, 4. Hér syndan þurh synleáwa sáre geléwede tó manege, 165, 26. of age, advanced.
un-gewit
madness ⬩ insanity ⬩ folly ⬩ stupidity
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madness, insanity Nán unhál cild, ne deáf, ne blind, ne ungewittes, Homl. Ass. 179, 322.
wǽdlian
to be poor ⬩ indigent ⬩ needy ⬩ in want ⬩ to be in want of something ⬩ to lack ⬩ not to have enough ⬩ to beg
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Sum blind man sæt wið ðæne weg wǽdligende (mendicans), Lk. Skt. 18, 35; Wǽdliende, Blickl. Homl. 17, 31, 34. Hé wédlat mendicabit, Kent. Gl. 731
sunn-beám
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Hwæt fremaþ ðam blindan seó beorhta sunbeám? Homl. Skt. i. 4, 275. Se rénboga cymþ of ðam sunbeáme and of wǽtum wolcne, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 26
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wirp
A change for the better ⬩ recovery ⬩ improvement
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Se Waldend him (the blind man) mæg wyrpe syllan, hǽlo on heáfodgimme (of heofodgimme, MS.) 336, 5; Gn. Ex. 43. Se snotera bád hwæþre him Alwalda ǽfre wille æfter weáspelle wyrpe gefremman make his lot better, Beo. Th. 2635; B. 1315. v. next word
un-treów
Bad faith ⬩ faithlessness ⬩ perfidy ⬩ fraud
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Bad faith, faithlessness, perfidy, fraud Mé ðás woruldsǽlþa blindne on ðis dimme hol forlǽddon, and mé ðá berýpton rǽdes and frófre for heora untreówum, Met. 2, 13.
geornful-nes
Eagerness, diligence, earnestness, zeal, fervour, devotion ⬩ sollertia, dīlĭgentia, industria, fervor, devōtio
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Hat.] eorþlícra þinga ablent ðæs módes eágan mid ðære costunga the eagerness for earthly things blinds the eyes of the mind with temptation, Past. 18, 2; Swt. 128, 15; Cot. MS. Ðeós geornfulnyss hæc dīlĭgentia, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 6.
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LEÓHT
LIGHT ⬩ a light
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Se blinda bæd his eágena leóhtes the blind man asked for his eye-sight, Blickl, Homl. 21, 6: Elen. Kmbl. 596; El. 298. Se dæg wæs fruma ðyses lǽnan leóhtes the day was the beginning of this transitory light, Blickl. Homl. 133, 10.
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LÓCIAN
To LOOK ⬩ see ⬩ gaze ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ take heed ⬩ look (to) ⬩ belong ⬩ pertain
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Blinde men gehǽlde ðæt hié lócodan healed blind men so that they saw, 173, 28 : Wulfst. 5, 1. Ðǽr men tó lócedon where men were looking on, 98, 21. Lócæ feónd mínne respice inimicos meos, Ps. Spl. T. 24, 20. Lóca nú receive thy sight, Blickl.
hind
A hind, ⬩ the female of the hart
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Hé lægde laga ðæt swá hwá swá slóge heort oððe hinde ðæt hine man sceolde blendian he made laws that whoever should kill hart or hind should be blinded. Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 27. Secan heorotas and hinda to hunt harts and hinds, Bt. Met.
cweartern
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Gebringan on þám blindan cwearterne, Hml. A. 8, 204. On fæstum cwearterne (cweartene, v. l. ) beclýsan, 187, 185. On cwearterne gesettan, 189, 236. Þǽre gehæftan wylne cild þe sæt on cwerterne, Ex. 12, 29. On cweartern settan, Hml. A. 79, 165.
hel-lic
of hell ⬩ infernal ⬩ diabolic
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On þám blindan cwearterne þǽre hellican súsle, Hml. A. 8, 205. On ðám hellican líge, Hml. S. 17, 34.
sǽl
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gé wel habbað gewunnen, blinnað nú sume hwíle ait: "Gaudete, fratres, multum laborastis, jam quiescite"' Gr. D. 202, 5