un-gearu
not ready ⬩ not prompt ⬩ indisposed to act ⬩ not ready ⬩ not in a fit state for use ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ not ready, not prepared for attack
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Ǽlc here hæfð ðý læssan craft ðonne hé cymð, gif hine mon ǽr wát, ǽr hé cume; for ðæm hé gesihð ða gearwe ðe hé wénde ðæt hé sceolde ungearwe findan.
ge-logian
To place, lodge, dispose, regulate ⬩ ponere, disponere, reponere, collocare
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He wæs gelogod to his folcum he was gathered to his people, Deut. 32, 50
Linked entry: lógian
ge-metgung
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Add: moderation, temperance, v. ge-metgian; I Temperantia, ꝥ is gemetegung . . . witodlíce gemetegung is eallra mægena módor, Hml. S. I. 161 : Wlfst. 247, 15. Sam hí þyrfon, sam hí ne þurfon, hí willaþ þeáh. Hwǽr is ðonne seó gemetgung?
un-wísdóm
folly ⬩ stupidity ⬩ ignorance
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Hit com of ðæs abbotes unwísdóme, ðæt hé misbeád his munecan on fela þingan, Chr. 1083 Erl. 217, 3. Se ðe samnaþ ungemætlíce weolan, for his unwísdóme (stultitia) sylle hé ðone þriddan dǽle þearfum, L. Ecg. P. addit. 7.; Th. ii. 232, 24.
Linked entry: wís-dóm
tó-sendan
to send in different directions ⬩ send away, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ scatter ⬩ to destroy
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to send in different directions, send away, disperse, scatter Áttru hit tósend venena diffundet, Scint. 105, 9. Hé tósende his geféran swilce for huntoðes intingan, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 104. Hé tósende hí geond ealne middangeard. Homl.
bærnett
burning ⬩ cauterizing ⬩ a burn ⬩ burning heat ⬩ consuming by fire
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Hí wrohton ꝥ mǽste yfel on bærnette and hergunge, Chr. 994;P. 129, 6. Hé hét gearcian ðá tunnan tó heora bærnette, Hml. S. 4, 301. Hé hét hí forbærnan, ac þá bán belifon æfter þám bærnette, 11, 261. Isaac bær ðone wuda tó his ágenum bærnete, Hml.
scyldig
guilty ⬩ sinful ⬩ criminal ⬩ guilty of committing a crime ⬩ guilty against ⬩ a person ⬩ responsible for ⬩ liable for ⬩ chargeable with an ill result ⬩ liable for a debt ⬩ bound by an obligation ⬩ liable to forfeiture ⬩ forfeiting ⬩ liable to punishment ⬩ deserving of punishment
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Gif hwelc gód lǽce gesihþ, ðæt his hwam þearf biþ, and ðonne for his slǽwþe ágiémeleásaþ ðæt hé his helpe, ðonne wille wé cweðan ðæt hé sié genóg ryhtlíce his bróðor deáþes scyldig, 49, 1; Swt. 377, 21.
Linked entries: deáþ-scyldig for-scyldigian sceldig scildig
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Hé Godes eorre þurh his selfes weorc áfunde Ps. C. 25. Gif hé ðonne git máre weorc geworht hæbbe if then he have committed a greater crime L. C. S. 30; Th. i. 394, 12. Hwylce ðæs gódan mannes weorc and his dǽda wǽron Blickl. Homl. 55, 13.
fisc-noþ
fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch
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Th. 12, 6. by other living creatures Geseah hé scealfran . . . éhtende þǽra fixa . . . þá bebeád hé þám scealfrum ꝥ hí geswicon þæs fixnoðes, Hml.
á-drífan
to drive, cause to move (with violence) ⬩ to drive off, drive away ⬩ expellere, repudiare
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Ðæt hé ðæt deófol of men ádrífe, Bl. H. 43, 23. Hí woldon heora kynehláford of his cyneríce ádrífan, Chr. 1075; P. 211, 20: Sat. 174. Se frumstól ðe hié of ádrifen wurdon, Gen. 964. út Út ádriofan arcebant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 28.
ge-timbran
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, Hml.
inne
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</b> as preposition (following case) :-- Ánn On ꝥ hús þe heó hié inne reste, Bl. H. 147, 2
æt-wítan
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Se hálga wer him ætwát ꝥ ꝥ hé on þám wege dyde ei vir sanctus hoc quod in via egerat improperavit , Gr. D. 129, 23. Hé ætwát him sylfum þæt hé ne hreówsode his synna, Ps. Th. 31, arg. Þæt hié ætwite inproperasse , Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 39: 47, 9.
ná-hwæþer
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Hé ys swá gelfigod ꝥ hé náðron ne derað, ne Februario ne Martio, Angl. viii. 307, 20. Hé wæs mid þám sáre geswenced þæt hé náðer þára ne gesittan ne standan mihte ( ut sedere out stare nequivisset ), Guth. 153. 14
tíman
to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to
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Swá hé hit ágnode, swá hé hit týmde, L. Ed. I; Th. i. 160, 8. Ðá týmde Wulfstán ðone mann tó Æðelstáne, Chart. Th. 206, 25. Tǽme hé tó ðam mæn ðe him sealde, L. H. E. 16; Th. 1. 34, 6. Ne mót forstolenne ceáp mon tiéman tó þeówum men, L.
Linked entries: teáman téman un-tímende
nearu
narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ confined ⬩ not spacious ⬩ narrow ⬩ limited ⬩ poor ⬩ restricted ⬩ strait ⬩ oppressive ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ oppressed ⬩ not having free action ⬩ strict ⬩ severe
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Hét hié from hweorfan neorxna wange on nearore líf, Cd.
Linked entry: nearu-cræft
ge-wǽcan
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Ongan hé sworettan swá swá eallunga gewǽced, on þám oreðe belocen, Hml. S. 23 b, 234. Hý synt mid untrumnyssum gewǽhte, Hml. A. 146, 57.
mǽnan
To mean ⬩ to intend to convey a certain sense ⬩ to intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement ⬩ to mean ⬩ purpose ⬩ have as an object to which the mind is directed ⬩ intend ⬩ to signify ⬩ have a certain signification or purpose
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MS. mænþ) if he does none of these, then he does not know what he means, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 28. Ðá ongon hé sprecan swíðe feorran ymbútan swilce hé ná ða sprǽce ne mǽnde, 39, 5; Fox 218, 12.
micel
Mickle ⬩ great ⬩ magnus ⬩ much ⬩ many ⬩ multus ⬩ great
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Hé wæs wilniende ðæt hé ðæs gewinnes mehte máre gefremman he was desirous to carry on the struggle, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 82, 8. Hit máre ðæs landes forbærnde ðonne hit ǽfre ǽr dyde, 5, 2; Swt. 220, 16.
þá
Then ⬩ when ⬩ then ⬩ at that time ⬩ marking sequence ⬩ then ⬩ after that ⬩ thereupon ⬩ of time ⬩ when ⬩ of cause or reason ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ as ⬩ marking time ⬩ when ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ as ⬩ when ⬩ if ⬩ then ... when ⬩ when ... then
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Þá þá hé fæste feówurtig daga, þá ongan hyne syððan hingrian, (cum) Mt. Kmbl. 4, 2. Ðá ðá hé ealdode, þá clypode hé his yldestan cniht him tó, Homl. Th. ii. 234, 22 : 286, 6 : 390, 19-22.