under-serc
An under-garment
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An under-garment Undersyrc colophium ( = colobium ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 45
under-þeów
One reduced to slavery ⬩ one who serves under or is subject to another ⬩ a slave ⬩ servant
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One reduced to slavery, one who serves under or is subject to another, a slave, servant Hé geniédde Arhalaus ðone látteów ðæt hé wæs his underþeów, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 238, 2. Ða burgware bǽdon ðæt hié mósten beón hiera underþeówas ðá hí hié bewerian ne
Linked entry: þeów
un-brygd
A not unfair turn ⬩ fair dealing
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A not unfair turn, fair dealing(?) Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unbrýde and unforboden, and ic hit ágnian wille tó ǽgenre ǽhte so I have it, as he gave it, who had the right to give, without fraud and unforbidden, and I mean
un-áblinn
A not ceasing
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ðæs yfelan geþóhtes I see the wicked device of thy heart; the tempter of the race of mess hath begotten in thee those incessant recurrences of (that never ceasing from) that evil thought, Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 46, 10
Linked entry: á-blinn
unfriþ-land
A hostile country ⬩ a country with which hostilities are being carried on
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Eth. ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 7
un-gesceád
Indiscretion ⬩ unreason
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Indiscretion, unreason Ða ðe on ðám sylfum cildum mid ungesceáde gehátheortaþ qui in ipsis infantibus sine discretione exarserit, R. Ben. 130, 7. Hé on ánum dæge mid ungesceáde forspilð þreóra daga andlifene, Homl. Ass. 145, 30: Lchdm. iii. 442, 32
Linked entry: ge-sceád
un-gestreón
Ill-gotten treasure
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Ill-gotten treasure Ða wóhgeornan woruldrícan mid heora golde and seolfre and eallum ungestreónum, Wulfst. 183, 9
un-getǽse
An inconvenience ⬩ a trouble
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nisi correctis haereditatem dare disponerit, erudire eos per molestias non curaret, Past. 36; Swt. 251, 24.
un-geteón
Foul injury
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Foul injury Wið nétana ungetiónu ... Engel se ðe ásetted is ofer nétno úsra gihalda ða ðætte ne mæg diól onrád ða ( ut non poterit diabolus inequitare illa ), Rtl. 119, 15
un-geþeaht
Evil counsel
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Evil counsel Forbeóde hé and álecge ða ðwyrnysse heora ungeþeahtes prohibeant pravorum prevalere consensum, R. Ben. 118, 10
Linked entry: ge-þeaht
un-mǽg
One who is not a kinsman ⬩ an alien ⬩ a bad kinsman
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One who is not a kinsman, an alien; or a bad kinsman Unmǽgas, Wald. 102; Vald. 2, 23
un-mann
a bad man ⬩ an inhuman person ⬩ one who is not a mere man ⬩ a hero
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a bad man, an inhuman person Swá fela ðúsend engla mihton eáðe bewerian Crist wið ðám unmannum ( those who came to seize Jesus ), gif hé ðrowian nolde sylfwilles for ús, Homl. Th. ii. 246, 30. [Cf. O. H. Ger. un-mennisco: Ger. un-mensch: Icel. ú-mannan
unnend
One who grants
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One who grants Unnend ł forgefend prestabilis, Rtl. 5, 10
un-swefen
A bad dream
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A bad dream Sing ðis ylce gebed on niht ǽr ðu tó ðínum reste gá, ðonne gescylt ðé God wið unswefnum ðe nihternessum on menn becumaþ, Lchdm. iii. 288, 22
Linked entry: swefen
untíd-weorc
Unseasonable work ⬩ work done at a wrong time
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Unseasonable work, work done at a wrong time Geswícan untídweorces ( work done on Sunday ), Wulfst. 209, 27. Geswícan untídweorca, 221, 19
un-týdre
An evil growth ⬩ evil progeny ⬩ a monstrous birth
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An evil growth, evil progeny, a monstrous birth Ðanon untýdras ealle onwócon, eotenas and ylfe and orcneas, swylce gigantas (cf. Milton: Where nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, P. L. Bk. 2), Beo.
un-weód
A noxious weed
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A noxious weed (lit. or metaph.) Seó eorðe ús winð wið, ðonne heó forwyrneþ eorðlíces wæstmes and ús unweóda tó fela ásendeþ, Wulfst. 92, 19. Man sceal ǽlc unriht mid rihte bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sǽd árǽran, 73, 2
Linked entry: weód
unriht-gestreón
Unrighteous gain
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Unrighteous gain Ða ðe heora sylfra sáula forhycggaþ for feós lufan, and unrihtgestreón lufiaþ, Blickl. Homl. 63, 8
unriht-hǽmdere
An adulterer
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An adulterer Mid unrehthǽmderum cum adulteris, Ps. Surt. 49, 18
Linked entry: hǽmdere
unriht-hǽmed
Unlawful cohabitation ⬩ illicit intercourse ⬩ adultery ⬩ fornication
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Forligr flǽsces unrihthǽmed is fornicatio carnis, adulterium est, Scint. 87, 14. Unrihthǽmed wífes fornicatio mulieris, 86, 15: Met. 9, 6. Mid ðý sweorde unryhthǽmedes (-hǽmdes, Cott. MSS.) luxuriae mucrone, Past. 43; Swt. 313, 9.
Linked entry: riht-hǽmed