un-gewirded
Uninjured
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Uninjured Ne mæg him bitres wiht sceððan, ac gescylded á wunaþ ungewyrded þenden woruld stondeþ, Exon. Th. 210, 5; Ph. 181
Linked entry: ge-wirdan
fleardere
wantonly
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One who acts with (wicked) folly, wantonly Warnige hé eác ꝥ hé þurh geþafunge ne wurðe þǽra fleardera geféra, Nap. 23
fracoþ-scipe
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Shameful conduct Þæt him nán unhlísa ne fylge þnrh ǽnigne fracodscype boni sint testimonii ob detractionem vitandam, R. Ben. 141, 5
ge-grundstaþelian
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To found, build on a firm foundation Hí ne magon áfyllan mín fæstrǽde geþanc þe is gegrundstaþelod, Hml. S. 8, 21
Linked entry: grund-staþelian
hnut-scill
A nut-shell
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A nut-shell. Perhaps the word may be inferred from the form hnutscyllingas in hnutscyllinga mearc, C. D. iv. 105, 5
hwarne
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at all Wæs ne huarne long from him sunes berga erat non longe ab illis grex porcorum, Mt. L. 8, 30
wiþer-rǽde
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Ꝥ úre nán ne beó wiþerrǽde wiþ þá hálgan drohtnunga, ac wilsumlíce dó ꝥ hé dó, Hml. S. 33, 72. Add
sceamlíce
Shamefully, disgracefully
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Shamefully, disgracefully Ða ðè ǽwbryce ne wyrceaþ wólíce and sceamlíce, Homl. As. 19, 140. Hésceandlíce (scamelíce, MS. N. ) sáwlode, 59, 202
on-þyncan
to seem, appear
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to seem, appear Ðý læs ðæt eów seó sægen monigfealdlícor biþ onþúhte tó wrítanne ne sim scribendi multiplex, Nar. 3, 29
ge-sundfullíc
Safe ⬩ sound
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Safe, sound Ne biþ ǽfre ówiht gesundfullíces in ðam deófle there is never aught sound in the devil, Shrn. 38, 35
húslian
To housel
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To housel, to administer the sacrament Hý mihton wel habban wíf on ðam dagum forðan ðe hý nǽfre ne mæssodon ne menn ne húslodon they might well have wives in those days for they never celebrated mass nor administered the Eucharist to men, L. Ælfc.
nám
Seizure of property belonging to one which is in the hands of another
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Ne nime nán man náne náme, ne innan scíre ne út of scíre, ǽr man hæbbe þríwa on hundrede his rihtes gebeden; (but on the failure of legal means ) nime ðonne leáfe ðæt hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan, L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 9-17. Cf.
stelan
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Þeóf ne cymþ búton ðæt hé stele fur non uenit nisi ut furetur, Jn. Skt. 10, 10. Gif frigman cyninge stele, L. Ethb. 4; Th. i. 4, 3
Linked entry: a-stælan
súþan
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Ne dohte náðer ðisse leóde ne súðan ne norðan, Chr. 1013; Erl. 149, 27. Healdaþ hine norðan and súðan on twá healfa twá hund wearda, Salm. Kmbl. 520; Sal. 259
weorold-wíse
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What is usual in the world, a fashion of the world Hé bæd ðæt Godes yrre ofer hí ne cóme, ne him wǽre hwæs (hwæt ?) gneáðes ne óþerra worldwísena. Ðá com stefn of heofonum and seó cwæð: . . .
ellen
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Ic syngode þurh ásolcennysse þá þá mé gód ne lyste dón ne nán ellen niman tó ǽnigum godan weorce did not apply myself zealously to any good work, Angl. xi. 113, 45. Add
wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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Ne scríde nán wǽpman mid wífmannes reáfe (veste feminea), Deut. 22, 5. Be wífmannes beweddunge, L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254. Be ungewintredes wífmannes nédhǽmde. Gif mon ungewintrædne wífmon tó niédhǽmde geþreátige, L. Alf. pol. 26 ; Th. i. 78, 16.
Linked entry: wím-man
sprecan
To speak. ⬩ to exercise the faculty of speech ⬩ to use words in conversation, discourse, etc. ⬩ to mention ⬩ to say ⬩ to speak ⬩ to sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to
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Ðæt nán man on his yrfenuman ne spece that no man bring an action against his heir, L. Eth. iii. 14; Th. i. 298, 10. Ðone áð syllan, ðæt hé mid folcrihte on ðæt land sprece, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 13
Linked entries: on-spreca æfter æfter-spræc æfter-sprecan on-spreca on-swætende specan
losian
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Hú ne forealldodon ðá gewritu and losodon ?
be-murnan
To bemoan ⬩ bewail ⬩ mourn ⬩ to care for ⬩ lugere ⬩ curare ⬩ sollicitum esse de re
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Síþ ne bemurneþ he bewails not his lot 117 a; Th. 449, 31; Dóm. 79. Feorh ne bemurndon grǽdige gúþrincas the greedy warriors cared not for the soul Andr. Kmbl. 308; An. 154