un-sǽl
Unhappiness
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Unhappiness Ða deóflu wǽron on miclum unsǽlum (v. sǽl, IV, ¶), and ða englas wǽron on swíðe micelre blisse, Wulfst. 236, 26
Linked entry: sǽl
un-síþ
an evil ⬩ ill-advised expedition ⬩ a mishap ⬩ misfortune
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Ecgfrid, cum temere exercitum ad vastandam Pictorum provinciam duxisset, multum prohibentibus amicis, extinctus est, Bd. 4, 26), Homl.
un-geþwǽre
A disturbance ⬩ dissension
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A disturbance, dissension Ðýles ungerec ł ungeþwǽre in ðæm folce gewyrde ne forte tumultus fieret in populo, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 5
un-geweder
Bad weather ⬩ storm ⬩ tempest
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Bad weather, storm, tempest Se stranga winter mid forste and mid snáwe and mid eallon ungewederon, Chr. 1046; Erl. 170, 33. Hefigtýme geár on ungewederan, ðá man oððe tilian sceoldon oððe eft tilða gegaderian, 1097; Erl. 234, 24
ungemet-hleahtor
Immoderate laughter
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E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 32
ungemet-þurst
Excessive thirst
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Excessive thirst Se háta maga ungemetþurst þrowaþ, Lchdm. ii. 160, 4
Linked entry: þurst
un-gerád
stupidity ⬩ folly ⬩ unreason ⬩ discord ⬩ disagreement ⬩ variance
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stupidity, folly, unreason Fela dyslíce dǽda deriaþ mancynne oððe for ánwylnysse oððe for ungeráde; swá swá sume menn dóð, ðe dyslíce fæstaþ ofer heora mihte ... Nú gesettan ða hálgan fæderas ðæt wé fæston mid geráde, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 92. discord, disagreement
un-gerýde
A rough place
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A rough place Ungerýdu beóð on sméðe wegas aspera erunt in uias planas, Lk. Skt. 3, 5
un-lytel
No small amount ⬩ much
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No small amount, much Eft wearð folces unlytel, Wulfst. 10, 17. Hé lǽfde þære wudewan unlytel on feó and on óðrum ǽhtum, Homl. Ass. 108, 200: Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 14
un-mód
Despondency ⬩ dejection
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Despondency, dejection Of ðæs magan ádle cumaþ monige ádla ... on unmóde and on ungemetwæccum, Lchdm. ii. 176, 1
un-gleáwscipe
Want of understanding ⬩ foolishness ⬩ imperitia
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Want of understanding, foolishness; imperitia, Scint. 83, 16
Linked entry: gleáwscipe
un-land
What is not land
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What is not land On ðam fíftan dǽle healfum londes and unlondes ( sea, marsh, etc. ), Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 23. Tó ðam unlonde ( the whale, by whose side seamen,'deeming him some island,' moor their bark ), Exon. Th. 361, 3; Wal. 14
un-widere
Bad weather ⬩ tempest
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Bad weather, tempest Ús unwidera weoldon unwæstma, Wulfst. 129, 4: 159, 12 note
Linked entry: un-gewidre
weriend
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A defender, protector Ic eom ðín wergend ego protector tuus sum, Gen. 15, 1. Utan lufian úre cyrican, for ðam heó bið úre friðiend and werigend, Wulfst. 239, 7. Hig woldon sumne weriend habban, ðe hí geheólde wið ðæt hǽðene folc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 43
weorold-cyning
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an earthly king Án woruldcynincg hæfð fela þegna, Homl. Skt. i. p. 6, 59. Of ðam leódfruman árísaþ ríces hyrdas, wpruldcyningas, Cd. Th. 140, 29 ; Gen. 2335. Woroldcyninga ðæm sélestan, Beo. Th. 3373; B. 1684. Woruldcyninga, 6343; B. 3181. a king of
weorod
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A sweet drink Hé scencte scír wered, Beo. Th. 996 ; B. 496. v. preceding word, and weorod-ness
weorold-bismer
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Worldly reproach For woroldbismere ánum per contumaciam, Past. 10; Swt. 61, 10
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wischere
A wizard
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A wizard Mannum is tó witenne ðæt manega drýmen maciaþ menigfealde dydrunga þurh deófles cræft, swá swá wischeras dóð, and bedydriaþ menn, swylce hí sóðlíce swylc þincg dón, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 466
wirde
An observer
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An observer
ylp
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An elephant Ylp elefans, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, ll: 22, 41. Ylp is ormǽte nýten, máre þonne sum hús, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 566. Ylpes bile promuscida, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 42. Ylpes bán ebur, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 9: Lchdm. iii. 204, 2, 3. Hé sende þrittig ylpas
Linked entry: elp