un-þancfull
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Ne sceall ic nǽfre læng unþancfull þǽre þegnurge mé onýwan þám were viro illi ingratus apparere non debeo, Gr. D. 343. 11. Add
bríþel
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fragile, weak, perishable Eall hé weornige swá sýre (? syer, MS.) wudu weornie, swa bréðel seó (þeo, MS.) swá þystel, Lch. i. 384, 14
on-weorpness
A throwing on
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A throwing on Ðæt lég swíðe weóx and him nǽnig mon mid wætra onweorpnesse ( injectu ) wiðstondan meahte, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 20
Linked entry: weorpness
stæppan
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Ðonne stæpþ se sacerd tǽlleáslíce on ðone weg tunc sacerdos irreprehensibiliter graditur, Past. 13, 1; Swt. 77, 18: Homl. Th. i. 374, 21. Hé stæpþ beforan ðison folce praecedet populum istum, Deut. 3, 28. Stepeþ, Exon. Th. 264, 34; Jul. 374.
rýmet
space, extent ⬩ clear space, room ⬩ extension, clearance
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Lchdm. iii. 417 on this charter. extension of a person's well-being Ða (certain property) ic gescarode mé sylfum and mínum foregengum and eftyrgengum tó écum rýmete to the furtherance of the eternal well-being of myself and of my predecessors and successors
Linked entry: rýmetleást
þencan
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Is wén ðæt feala manna þence hwylcum edleáne hé onfó æt Drihtne, Blickl. Homl. 41, 14. Smeágean wé and þencan hwæt ðæt tácnode, 19, 4.
wanian
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Wé sceolon ða fúlan gálnysse symle wanian, Homl. Th. i. 96, 22. Dæghwomlíce wé sceolon úre synna wanian ; for ðan ðe hí beóð gegad*-*erode tó micelre hýpan, gif wé hí weaxan lǽtaþ, ii. 466, 6.
Linked entry: a-wanian
medum-líce
moderately ⬩ in a small degree ⬩ imperfectly ⬩ worthily ⬩ fitly ⬩ kindly
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Wé cunnon ðære leóde gereord, ná medemlíce ac fulfremedlíce, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 3. worthily, fitly, kindly Similar entries (cf. mǽþ-líce, medum-ness) Hí nemágon medomlíce (Cott.
GE-NÓG
Sufficiently, abundantly, ENOUGH ⬩ satis, abunde
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Cwǽdon ðæt we fundon sumne swíðe micelne mere in ðæm wǽre fersc wæter and swéte genóg dixerunt ingens nos stagnum dulcissime aque inventuros, Nar. 11, 27
ge-nugan
To suffice, to be sufficient, not to be wanting ⬩ sufficere
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To suffice, to be sufficient, not to be wanting; sufficere Gif us on ferðe geneah if in our soul we be not wanting [if it is sufficient to us in our soul], Exon. 93 a; Th. 348, 29; Sch. 35:90 a; Th. 337, 26; Gn. Ex. 70.
Linked entry: ge-neah
un-þæslíc
Unsuitable ⬩ unseemly ⬩ unbecoming ⬩ unfit
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Ús ne gedafenaþ ðæt wé úrne líchaman, ðe Gode is gehálgod on fulluhte, mid unþæslícum plegan gescyndan, i. 482, 9. Onunþæslícum tíman horis incompetentibus, R. Ben. 74, 23. Tó ðan unþæslícum ad ineptas, Hpt. Gl. 510, 35.
un-sidu
A bad habit ⬩ vicious custom ⬩ mal-practice
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Nis eác nán wundor, þeáh ús mislimpe, forðam wé witan ful georne, ðæt ... wearð þes þeódscipe swýðe forsyngod ... þurh hǽþene unsida, Wulfst. 164, 2. Áne misdǽda hé dyde þeáh tó swíðe, ðæt hé ælþeódige unsida lufode, Chr. 959; Erl. 121, 1
un-nytness
Uselessness ⬩ frivolity ⬩ vanity ⬩ triviality
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Wé forbeódaþ ǽgðer ge geflitu, ge plegan, ge unnytta word, ge gehwelce unnytnesse in ðám hálgan stówum tó dónne, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 23
Linked entry: nytness
dæg-hwámlíce
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Wé him gyldað singallíce, and hý ús hýnað dæghwámlíce, Wlfst. 163, 11: 156, 12: Gen. 41, 56. Dæghwámlíce (-hwom-, v. l. ) ðæs mónan leóht byð weaxende, Lch. iii. 242, 6.
Linked entry: -hwámlíce
dryhten
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Wé geleófað on Drihten þyses ælþeódigan mannes, Bl. H. 247, 4
gítsian
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Ðæt wé his ne gítseden (gídsoden, v. l. ), 33, 18. Giétsian (gítsian, v. l. ) and reáfian, 341, 4. Giétsiende (gídsiende, v. l. ), 61, 11. with dat. Reáflácum gýtsian rapinas concupiscere, Ps. Spl. 61, 10
grymetung
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Wé rǽdaþ be þǽre león ... ꝥ ðá óðre deór þurh hyre grymetunge beóð swá áfyrhte ꝥ hí fleón ne durron, Hml. A. 63, 278. Láþlice grymetunga truculentos fremitus, An. Ox. 2388. Grymetunge rugitus (seueros ), 4378
munuc
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Nú wille wé úre sprǽce áwendan tó þám iungum munecum þe heora cildhád habbað ábisgod on cræftigum bócum, Angl. viii. 321, 26. Add
tela
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</b> add Getímige ús tela on líchaman, getímige ús untela, symle wé sceolon þæs Gode ðancian, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 15. Oft getímað yfelum teala for lífe, 332, 15. <b>III a.
healfunga
By halves, partially, imperfectly
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Gif wé healfunga and be summm dǽle heora gódan weorc secgeaþ si quædam illorum bona ex latere requiramus, 211, 16