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un-treówþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-treówþ, e; f.

Bad faith ⬩ perfidy

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Gif hé ðá ða áne untreówþa ne gedyde, from ðæm dæge hé mehte bútan gebroce Cartaina onwald begietan, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 11

un-geþyld

(n.)
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un-geþyld, e; f.: es; n. [
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v. ge-þyld
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Impatience

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Gif hé wyrþ on ungeþylde cum dederit, impatientiae manus, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 33. Ðætte ðæt mód ne berǽse on ungeðyld ne ad impatientiam spiritus erumpant, Past. 43; Swt. 313, 21. Þurh ungeþyld per intolerantiam, Scint. 150, 1

un-gleáwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gleáwlíce, adv.

Without understanding ⬩ without sagacity ⬩ unwisely ⬩ imprudently

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Gif hé ðære styringe ne wiðstent, ðonne gescient hé ða gódan weorc ðe hé oft ǽr on stillum móde ðurhteáh, and suá ungleáulíce for ðæm scyfe ðære styringe suíðe hrædlíce tówierpð ða gódan weorc ðe hé longe ǽr foreðonclíce timbrede qui, dum perturbationi

weorold-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gestreón, es ; n.
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Worldly gain, this world's wealth Wéndest ðú, gif ðú mé sealdest ówiht ðínes, ðæt ðé ðonne wǽre ðín woruldgestreón eall gelytlad? Wulfst. 260, 19. Ðás woruldgestreón, Exon. Th. 106, 15 ; Gú. 41.

á-ceorfan

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Gif mon áceorfe án treów, Ll. Th. i. 130, 2. Áceorfan fram ússe heortan unclǽne geþóhtas. Shrn. 47, 23

be-rídan

to surround ⬩ invest ⬩ to seize ⬩ arrest

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Gif hé mægnes hæbbe, þæt hé his gefán beríde and inne besitte si vim habeat, ut hostem suum circumveniat et obsideat, Ll. Th. i. 90, 4.

ge-nǽgan

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Ic ( a sword) má wánan ne þearf þæt mé bearn wrǽce, gif mé gromra hwylc gúðe genǽgeð (gehnǽgeð? v. ge-hnǽgan), Rä. 31, 19. Wé þec níða genǽgað, Gú. 201. Hearde genearwod, níða genǽged, B. 1439.

heals

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Wiþ healswærce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch. ii. 312, 5-7: 8. as part of an animal Hals is mín (a badger's) hwít and heáfod fealo, Rä. 16, 1.

husc-lic

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Take here hux-lic in Dict. and add: of material things, unseemly Gif hwá wyle wyrcan weófodsceátas Gode . . . of his ealdum cláðum, gesylle þá ealdan and geceápige níwe, ꝥ hí tó huxlice tó his lácum ne beón, Hml.

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hrǽcan

(v.)
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Gif heora ǽnegum for unhǽle hráca of breóste derige, hrǽce bæftan him ( post dorsum flegma proiciat ), and þæt fortrede, Chrd. 23, 8. <b>I a.</b> with dat. of what is expectorated :--- trans.

mete

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Add: food Gif mete sý áwyrd, Lch. ii. 142, 14. Nys ríce Godes meta ( esca ) and d inc, Scint. 153, 7. Ǽgþer ge hrægles ge metes ge drinces, Bt. 26, 2 ; F. 94, 4. Wið genumenum mete, Lch. ii. 142, 7. Wermód drincan ǽr þon þe hié mete þicgan, 32, 1.

of-hreówan

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Hé wæs tó þám earmheort ꝥ him ofhreów ꝥ ástépede wíf, gif hé ne gehulpe hire dreórinesse, Gr. D. 18, 13. Add: with dat. of pers. only Gode ofhreów ðá and cwæð tó ðám engle, Hml. S. 13, 254. Þe lǽs þe ofhrýwe þé ne forte peniteat te, Scint. 177, 2

on-settan

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Add: to impose, place one object on another; imponere, superponere Gif mon on níwne weall hefigne hrôf onsett structuris recentibus si tignorum pondus superponitur, Past. 383, 33. Onsettað on (ofer, R. ) scyldrum imponit in umeros, Lk. L. 15, 5.

hæftan

(v.)
Grammar
hæftan, p. hæfte; pp. hæfted, hæft

To seize, bind, arrest, make captive, imprison ⬩ to bind, fetter

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To seize, bind, arrest, make captive, imprison Gif hé nite hwá hine áborgie hæfton hine if he knows not who will be his surety let them arrest him, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 8.

ge-stýran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stýran, -stíran, -steóran, -stióran, -stiéran; p. de; pp. ed [stýran to steer, rule]

To steer ⬩ direct ⬩ rule ⬩ correct ⬩ restrain ⬩ withhold ⬩ rĕgĕre ⬩ corrĭgĕre ⬩ cŏhĭbēre ⬩ rĕtĭnēre

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Gif him Scipio ne gestýrde if Scipio had not withheld them, Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 91, 18: Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 13; Jud. 60. Forstond ðú mec and gestýr him protect thou me and correct them, Exon. 118 b; Th. 455, 31; Hy. 4, 58

turnian

(v.)
Grammar
turnian, p. ode.

to turn ⬩ revolve round an axis or centre ⬩ to turn

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Gif heó turniende (volubile ) is, húmeta ne fealð heó?, Anglia vii. 12, 108-110. Tyrnincg turniendre liðeran vertigo rotantis (volventis) fundibuli, Hpt. Gl. 422, 66. of giddiness, to turn Ad tornionem capitis.

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un-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
un-sǽlan, p. de

To untie ⬩ unbind ⬩ loose

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To untie, unbind, loose Git moeteþ æsul gesǽlde and folan mid hire, unsǽleþ ( solvite ), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 2. Onlésed, unsǽled desolutus, i. liberatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 29. Unmidled vel unsǽled effrenus, 142, 60

manigfealdian

(v.)
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manigfealdian, p. ode
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Þte gié monigfaldiga ut abundetis, Rtl. 13, 17. Mænifeal[dian] amplificare, An. Ox. 5215

fremful-lic

(adj.)
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fremful-lic, adj.

Profitable ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial

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Him ne ðúhte ná fremfullic ꝥ hé fénge tó þǽre gife, Hml. S. 31, 101

mánful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mánful-ness, e; f.

Wickedness

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Wickedness Git Martianus for his mánfulnysse nolde on God gelýfan, Homl. Skt. 4, 389. Hé leornode ǽfre máran and máran on his mánfulnysse and ne lét nánne his gelícan on yfele, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 28