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tó-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

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.

ge-hlyst

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlyst, es; n.
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Hearing Þæs þe hí ágyltan áþor oþþe þurh gesihþe, oþþe þurh gehlyste ǽniges yfeles þinges, oþþe þurh ídele sprǽce, R. Ben. 128, 2

on-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
on-ryne, es; m.

a running on, coursea running on or against, an attack

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Surt. 36, 8. a running on or against, an attack Ne ðé ǽniges yfeles onryne (anryne, MS. H. ) dereþ, Lchdm. i. 328, 1, MS. B

wamb-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
wamb-ádl, e; f.

Disease of the stomach

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Disease of the stomach Hér sint tácn be wambe coþum and ádlum, and hú mon ða yfelan wǽtan ðære wambe lácnian scyle. Ðonne wambádl tóweard sié, ðonne beóþ ða tácn . . . Lchdm. ii. 216, 19

tó-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-geótan, p. -geát, pl. -gulon; pp. -goten.

to diffusespreadto pour away,to exhaust

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Ǽr ðon sió yfele wǽte, se de on wintra gesomnad biþ, hié tógeóte geond óþera lima, Lchdm. ii. 228, 9. Tógoten is geofu in weolerum ðínum diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis. Ps. Surt. 44, 3.

Linked entry: tó-gotenness

áscung

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Yfele wé dydon mid þissere áxunge, ii. 300, 14 Þá áxunga (áhsunge, v. l.) þǽre ǽscan tó wríðende interrogationi interrogationem jungens, Hml. S. 23 b, 495. Áxungum, spyrungum adinventionum (-ibus?), An. Ox. 5214. Add

a-hyldan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hyldan, -hildan; p. -hylde; pp. -hylded, -hyld.

to inclinereclineinclinarereclinareto declineturn awayavert fromdeclinareinclinare

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Bos. 9.58. to decline, turn away, avert from; declinare, inclinare Ahyld fram yfele declina a mala, Ps. Spl. 36, 28. Beóþ ðé ahylded fram wíta unrím from thee shall be averted the numberless torments, Exon. 68a; Th. 252, 31; Jul. 171.

Linked entries: a-hildan a-hyldendlíce

sticels

(n.)
Grammar
sticels, es; m.
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Se yfela gást hine drehte mid deófollícum sticelsum, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 10. Sticelsas rhamnos, Ps. Spl. 57, 9

Linked entry: sticel

heóflan

(v.)
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Þænne wé heófiað ꝥ wé yfele dydon dum plangimus quod male gessimus, Scint. 47, 17. Árleás sáwl byð heófud inpia anima plangitur, 42, II

for-maneg

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Hí þone Hǽlend wrégdon formanegum yfelum dǽdum, and hé ne wearþ nǽfre náne wyrcende, Nic. 1, 18. Add

fæst-hafolnes

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Swá ðá rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren, swá hí ðá uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen sic prodigis praedicetur parcitas, ut tenacibus periturarum rerum custodia non augeatur, Past. 453, 28. Add

ge-módsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-módsumnes, -ness, e; f.

commodus

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Agreement, concord; concordia He cýððe ðæt he nolde habban náne gemódsumnesse wið ða yfelan he proclaimed that he would have no concord with the wicked, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, 4; Hat. MS. 67 a, 21

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
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Hit hwílum gewurþ ꝥ þǽm gódum becymþ ánfeald yfel, and þám yflum ánfeald gód, and óþre hwíle ǽgþer gemenged, 39, 9; F. 224, 29.

burh-scír

(n.)
Grammar
burh-scír, e; f.
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A city-boundary, city-liberty; urbis territorium Ða yfelan leóda fíf burhscíra ðæs Sodomítisces eardes the evil people of the five city-boundaries of the Sodomitish land, Ælfc. T. 7, 20: Jos. 13; Thw. 152, 9: Cot. 148

þeahtere

(n.)
Grammar
þeahtere, es; m.
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yfelan þehteras! ic nǽfre mé ne gebidde on eówer god, Nar. 42, 6

wyrcend

Grammar
wyrcend, <b>. II.</b>
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Hé ys Godes þén . . . on þám yfelum wyrcendum tó wræce gesett Dei minister est; vindex in iram ei, qui malum agit (Rom. 13, 4), 20, 28. Add

FEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEÓGAN, feógean, fiógan, feón, fión; part. feógende; ic feóge, he feógeþ, feóþ, pl. feógaþ, feógeaþ; p. feóde, pl. feódon, feódun, feódan

To hatepersecuteōdisseŏdio hăbēreinfestāre

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T.] yfel ōdīte mălum, Ps. Spl. C. 96, 10

þeahtian

(v.)
Grammar
þeahtian, p. ode
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Hé ða monnðwǽrnesse ðe hé ǽr ðurhtogen hæfde eft ðeahtigende on yfel gewend mansuetudinem, quam tolerances habuerunt, retractantes in malitiam vertunt, Past. 83; Swt. 225, 22.

wítnung

(n.)
Grammar
wítnung, e; f.

Punishmenttormentpain

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Ðæs ic geléfe, ðætte ǽlc unriht wítnung sié ðæs yfel ðe hit déð, næs ðæs ðe hit þafaþ apparet, illatam cuilibet injuriam non accipientis, sed inferentis esse miseriam, Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 20.

for-scyldigian

(v.)

to condemn

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Biþ ofsprincg forscyldegod þurh forðfædera mándǽda, gif hé mid yfele him geefenlǽhð, Hml. Th. i. 114, 22. Fultuman ðám forðfarenum þe on wítnunge sind, gif hí mid ealle forscyldgode ne beóð, ii. 356, 16