ymb-hringan
to ring round, surround, encompass ⬩ to turn round in a ring, wind round
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Mé ymbhringde manig yfel circumdederunt me mala, Ps. Th. 39, 13. Mé ymbhringdon sár and sorga and gránung, 17, 4, 5. Mé ymbhringdon swíðe mænige calfru, 21, 10, 14. Míne fýnd mé ymbhringdon útan on ǽlce healfe, 16, 9. Emhrinced circumseptus, Hpt.
in-wǽte
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An inward humour Gif hit biþ cumen of yfelre inwǽtan if it is come of an evil inward humour, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 258, 27
Linked entry: wǽta
georn-ness
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R. 11, 8. desire for something Giornisse lofes mennisces appetitio laudis humanae, Mt. p. 14, 19. v. feoh-geornness, firwet-geornness, lust-geornness, sib-geornness, wíf-geornness, yfel-geornness; girn-ness
hæslen
Of hazel
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Lǽt ðæt blód on grénne sticcan hæslenne weorp ðne ofer weg áweg ðonne ne biþ nán yfel let the blood run into a green spoon of hazel-wood, then throw it away over the road; then no harm will come of the bite, 68; Lchdm. ii. 142, 19-21
þindan
to swell up ⬩ to swell with indignation, pride, etc.
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Gif ómihte blód and yfel wǽte on ðam milte sié þindende, þonne sceal him mon blód lǽtan, 252, 25: 168, 11. figurative, to swell with indignation, pride, etc.
Linked entry: a-þindan
scearfung
Scraping, scarifying
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Scraping, scarifying Ða wǽtan ða yfelan weorðaþ gegaderode on ðone magan, and ðǽr ríxiaþ mid scearfunga innan, Lchdm. ii. 176, 7. Áberan ða stranganscearfunga ðæra wǽtena, 176, 10
ofer-swíþe
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Þá yfelan for hyra yflum weorcum wǽron gewítnode oferswíþe, Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 6. Add
gedwol-sprǽc
Heretical speech, heresy
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Heretical speech, heresy Twégen ðsér wǽron bisceophádes men þe ǽlces yfeles heáfodhebban wǽron . . . hí Godes gelaðunge drehton and mid heora gedwolsprǽce eall folc ámyrdon, Hml. S. 23, 369
ge-habban
To hold ⬩ be [ill] ⬩ habere ⬩ tenere
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Mín cneów is yfele gehæfd my knee is diseased, 134, 33 : 150, 7
Linked entry: ge-hafa
hleów
cover ⬩ shelter ⬩ Protection ⬩ a protector
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Hé (Alfred) becóm tó Æðelingége, and on sumes swánes húse hid hleów gernde (desired the protection of the swineherd) and eác swylce him and his yfele wífe hérde, Shrn. 16, 13. in a personal sense, a protector: Wígendra hleó cwóm heaðoláces hál tó hofe
þeów
Servile, ⬩ not free ⬩ bond
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Nelt ðú nán ðing yfeles habban ... ne yfele cild, ne yfele ðeówe men, 410, 16
ge-mynan
To remember, remind
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Gemyne ðé sylfne hú mycel yfel ðé gelamp remember how great an evil befell thee, Blickl. Homl. 31, 12. Gemyne ðis remember this, 113, 23, 24: 225, 21: Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 25; Fä. 93: Beo. Th. 1322; B. 659.
un-gecyndelíc
unnatural ⬩ not in accordance with the nature of a thing ⬩ not natural ⬩ supernatural ⬩ unnatural ⬩ contrary to nature ⬩ monstrous
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Swíþe ungecyndelíc yfel, ðæt ða bearn sieredon ymbe ðone fæder, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 12. Gecyndelícra synna oþþe ungecyndelícra, L. de Cf. 6; Th. ii. 262, 24: Anglia xi. 98, 19. On ungecyndelícum þingum in rebus naturae contrariis, L. M. I.
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eáwunga
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Ðá ðe dearninga yfel dóð, and gód eáwunga ( publice ), Past. 179, 8. Twá cynn sind martirdómes, án dearnunge, óðer eáwunge, Hml. Th. ii. 544, 14. Hí þá sceattas eáwunga and dearnunga spendon, Hml. S. 23, 199.
leahter
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Gelácnigan leahtra gehwylcne, yfel unclǽne, 1309. Líchoman leahtra clǽne, Ph. 518. Fácnes clǽne, leahtra leáse, Jul. 566. Leahtrum flagitiis An. Ox. 2678. Lahgtrum ł gyltum facinoribus 4, 50. Lehtrum scyldige, An. 1218.
ǽg-hwanan
from all sides ⬩ on all sides ⬩ on all sides, in every respect, utterly
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Nú is ǽghwonon hreám and wóp, nú is heáf ǽghwonon, nú is ǽghwonon yfel and slege, and ǽghwonon ðes middangeard flýhþ from ús, Bl.
Linked entry: ǽg-hwonene
tó-cnáwan
To discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ know the difference between, ⬩ understand
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Ðurh ða gesceádwísnesse wé tócnáwaþ good and yfel and geceósaþ ðæt gód and áweorpaþ ðæt yfel per discretionem virtutes eligimus, delicta reprobamus, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 22.
be-warenian
avoid ⬩ to watch ⬩ guard
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D. 209, 8. ꝥ hí hí sylfe bewarnian, ꝥ hí ne þurfan cuman ne ipsi veniant, 310, 21. to ward off from one's self þá óþre geseóð þi yfel, tó þon ꝥ hí heom bewarnian þá, and þás beóð þe má wítnode þe hí noldon heom bewarnian þá hellewítu ut isti videant
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á-secgan
to speak out ⬩ utter a word ⬩ to tell ⬩ narrate ⬩ to offer
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Ðá yfel ásecgean oððe áreccean, Ors. 1, 8;S. 42, 7. with prep. Mé sceal áðreótanymbe Philopes gewin tó ásecgenne taedit Pelopes referre certamina, Ors. i. 8;S. 42, 13. Grammar á-secgan, on-secgan to offer Ásægcas (-sægas, R.) immolant, Mk.