be-teón
to cover ⬩ to bestow ⬩ assign
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Chr. 1075 ; P. 209, 31. to bestow, assign Eád. werd geaf Ulfe ꝥ ꝥríce, and hit yfele beteáh, Chr. 1049; P. 171, 26. Hér swytelað hú Ælfríc wille his áre beteón . . . Ic gean, Cht. Th. 567, 10
or-wéne
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Rómánum and tó Hannibale gecirdon, for þon þe hié wǽron orwéne hwæðer ǽfre Rómáne tó heora anwealde becómen omnis Italia ad Annibalem, desperata Romani status reparatione, defecit, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 4. dele last passage, and add Sum eáwfæst wer wæs yfele
mid-wunung
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Be midwununge ( consortio ) gódra and yfelra, 191, 1. Leóhtes eces midwuninge lucis consortium, Angl. xiii. 380, 209. Yfelra þeáwas and midwununga ( consortia ), Scint. 192, 4
ge-scamian
To be ashamed, to blush ⬩ erŭbescĕre ⬩ To shame, cause or bring shame to ⬩ pŭdēre
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To be ashamed, to blush; erŭbescĕre Sýn gecyrred underbæc and gescamian, ða ðe wyllaþ me yfelu avertantur retrorsum et erŭbescant, qui vŏlunt mihi măla, Ps. Spl. 69, 3. v. trans. impers.
on-hrine
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Touch Ne ðe ǽniges yfeles onhrine (onryne, MS. B.) dereþ, Lchdm. i. 328, 1
gund
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Átíhð hió þá yfelan wǽtan út and þone gund, Lch. ii. 44, 23. Add: —
ge-líhtan
To lighten ⬩ mitigate ⬩ assuage ⬩ alleviare
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Ðonne hie willaþ him selfum ðæt yfel ðæt hie ðurhtugon to swíðe ge-líhtan when they wish to make too light of the evil they have done, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 20; Hat. MS. Ic mínne ðurst geléhte [?]
feógan
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Fiáð yfel odite malum, Ps. Srt. 96, 10. Dóeþ wæl þǽm þe eówic hateþ ł fiégæ, Mt. R. 5, 44. Fígende hine odientes eum, Ps. Srt. 88, 24. Þá fígendan mé, 17, 41. Fígendra odientium, 105, 10. Of ðǽm fígendum mec, 68, 15. Add
úre
Of us ⬩ our
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Of us Adam can yfel and gód, swá swá úre sum ( quasi unus ex nobis ), Gen. 3, 22. Ús is eallum þearf, ðæt úre ǽghwylc óþerne bylde, Byrht. Th. 138, 42; By. 234: Beo. Th. 2776; B. 1386.
un-geþwǽre
not in harmony ⬩ at variance ⬩ discordant ⬩ not in agreement ⬩ given to discord ⬩ quarrelsome ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ troublesome ⬩ vexatious
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Gód and yfel bióþ simle ungeþwǽre betwux him and simle on twá willaþ bonum malumque adversa fronte dissideant, 37, 3; Fox 290, 13. Fýr and wæter and manega oþra gesceafta ðe beóþ á swá ungeþwǽra betwux him swá swá hí beóþ, 21; Fox 74, 16.
Linked entries: ge-þwǽre un-geþwǽrness un-þwǽre on-geþwǽre
fore-þingian
To plead for anyone ⬩ intercede ⬩ defend ⬩ intercēdĕre ⬩ defendĕre
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Ne cweðe ic ná ðæt ðæt yfel síe ðæt mon helpe ðæs unscyldigan, and him foreþingie I do not say that it is wrong that a man should help the innocent, and defend him. Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 4: L. Alf. pol. 21; Th. i. 76, 3: 24; Th. i. 78, 10
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wiþer-coren
reprobate ⬩ wicked ⬩ rejected ⬩ reprobate
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Ðæt yfel wræc cóme ofer ða wiþércorenan (improbos ), Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 41 note. rejected from heaven, reprobate as opposed to elect Ðæt ða gecorenan ðý geleáffulran wǽron; and ða wiðercorenan náne beládunge nabbaþ, Homl.
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á-fýlan
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Þá yfelan sint fulle ǽlces yfeles, hí bióþ áfýlde. Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 19. Fúle áfýlede hórcwénan, Ll. Th. 1. 172, 21. Áfýledum infectis , An. Ox. 380. Add
á-cwilman
To kill
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Sélre ús ys ðæt wé ús sylfe ofsleán, ðonne hig ús yfelum deáðe ácwylmon, Hml. A. 185, 138. Hé hét Pilatum ðám fúlestan deáðe ácwylman, 190, 257. Titus and Vespasianus hig habbað yfelum deáðe ácwylmede, 191, 293
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ge-hiwian
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Nis nán wyrse yfel . . . þonne þæt gehíwode yfel ( evil that is made to appear good ), for ðám deófol sylf hit gefadað and gehýwað tó þám þæt þæt þincð ǽrest gód þe wyrð yfel on ende, Wlfst. 54, 4-11. to assume an appearance or character not belonging
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ge-freógan
To free ⬩ make free
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Gefreó us wiþ yfela free us from evils, Hy. 6, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 31. Gefreouad liberatus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 74
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snaca
A reptile, a snake
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Gif ðú gesihst snacan ongeán ðe cuman, ongeán yfele wýfmen ðé bewerian mynegaþ Lchdm. iii. 214, 9. Snacan colubros Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 37: scorpiones Lk. Skt. 10, 19
wrégan
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yfelum dǽdum, Nic. l, 18. Add
un-eáðlǽce
Not easily cured
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Not easily cured Gif hit biþ of yfelre inwǽtan hit biþ ðe uneáþlǽcra, Lchdm. ii. 258, 27