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un-stillness

(n.)
Grammar
un-stillness, e; f.

absence of rest ⬩ motion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ noisiness ⬩ clamour ⬩ tumult ⬩ bustle ⬩ commotion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ breach of peace ⬩ restlessness ⬩ unruliness ⬩ disquietude ⬩ disturbance of mind ⬩ trouble

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Læcedemonie hæfdon máran unstillnessa ðonne hié mægenes hæfdon Lacedaemonii, inquieti magis quam strenui, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 98, 34. restlessness, unruliness Hé geteah ðæt hig niorwedon mid fæstenum and mid gebedum hiora líchaman unstilnesse, Shrn. 37,

Linked entry: stillness

ge-wild

Grammar
ge-wild, ge-weold.
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Substitute: <b>ge-wild</b> power, control, in the phrase ánum tó gewildum gedón to get into one's power, subdue, subjugate Æfter þǽm þe Alexander hæfde ealle Indie him tó gewildon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 9.

ofer-híran

(v.)

not to listen to, to disregard, disobey ⬩ to overhear, hear

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Swá weorþlícne sige hæfde swá hé ǽr unweorþlíce ðara goda biscepum oferhírde he disregarded the prohibition of the augurs Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 4.

Linked entry: ofer-hýran

un-tódǽledlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tódǽledlíce, adv.

Indivisibly ⬩ inseparably

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Indivisibly, inseparably Seó ðe hæfð ðás ðreó ðing on hire tógædre wyrcende untódǽledlíce, Homl. Th. i. 288, 25: 500, 14: 368, 2

Linked entry: tó-dǽledlíce

unriht-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-wíf, es; n.

A woman of bad character

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A woman of bad character Godwine hæfð gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár bisceop hine tihte, Chart. Th. 373, 32

un-gesǽllíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gesǽllíce, adv.

Unhappily ⬩ miserably ⬩ wickedly ⬩ improbe

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Unhappily, miserably, wickedly; improbe Hæfð se yfela gást ungifa ... and ða hé dǽlð ðám mannum ðe ungesǽlíce him gehýrsumiaþ, Wulfst. 52, 12

eást-dǽl

(n.)
Grammar
eást-dǽl, es; m.

The eastern part, the east ⬩ terræ pars orientālis, ortus

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The eastern part, the east; terræ pars orientālis, ortus Cirus, Persa cyning, hæfde mǽst eallne ðæne eást-dǽl awést Cyrus, king of the Persians, had laid waste almost all the east, Ors. 2, 4,; Bos. 43, 43: Exon. 55b; Th. 197, 20; Ph. 2.

rǽd-lic

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Þonne cymð óðer ðing þe mé þincð rihtlicre and rǽdlicre, ðonne forlét ic þæt þæt ic ǽr genóh hæfde, Solil. H. 33, 4. v. oft-, un-, wiþer-rǽdlic. Add

ég-streám

(n.)
Grammar
ég-streám, éh-streám, es; m.

A water-stream, a river, the sea ⬩ aquæ fluctus, flūmen, măre

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A water-stream, a river, the sea; aquæ fluctus, flūmen, măre Hæfde Metod égstreám eft gecyrred the just Creator had averted the stream, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 15; Gen. 1415. Here wícode égstreáme neáh the host encamped near the river, Elen.

Linked entries: eá-streám éh-streám

wéden-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wéden-seóc, wédend-seóc; adj.
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Tó úrum Alýsende wæs gecweden fram þám deófla heápe þe þone wédenseócan man ofseten hæfde Redemtori nostro a legioni, quae hominem tenebat, dictum est, 223, 22

ǽrend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend, ǽrende, ǽrynd, es; n: pl. nom. acc. ǽrendu, ǽrendo

An ERRAND ⬩ a message ⬩ an embassy ⬩ news ⬩ tidings ⬩ an answer ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ nuntium ⬩ mandatum ⬩ negotium ⬩ cura

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Hí hæfdon nyt ǽrend they had a profitable errand, 5, 10; S. 624, 21: 3, 6; S. 528, 17: L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 5. He sent on his ǽrenda he sends on his errands, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 25.

Linked entry: ÁR

fíf-læppede

(adj.)
Grammar
fíf-læppede, adj.
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Having five laps or lobes Hió (the liver) biþ fíflæppedu (cf. sió lifer hæfð fíf læppan, 198, 1), Lch. ii. 160, 12

land-bóc

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Ðis is ðǽra feówer hýda landbóc æt Wíðigleá ðe Eádgár cing hæfð gebócod Cénulfe on éce yrfe, C. D. iii. 457, 23. Add

ymb-bǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-bǽtan, p. te

To put restraint upon, curb

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To put restraint upon, curb Se mid his brídle ymbebǽted hæfð ymbhwyrft ealne eorþan and heofenes Dominus orbis habenas temperat, Met. 24, 37

rásettan

(v.)
Grammar
rásettan, p. te
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To move impetuously, to rage (of fire) Hé ( Nero) wolde fandian, gif ðæt fýr (at the burning of Rome ) meahte swá longe reád rásettan, swá hé secgan gehérde, ðæt Troia burg ofertogen hæfde léga leóhtost, Met. 9, 14.

ge-grápian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grápian, p. ode; pp. od

To grope ⬩ touch ⬩ palpāre

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Ðá he hyne ggrápod hæfde palpāto eo, Gen. 27, 22

un-átellendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-átellendlíc, adj.

Innumerable

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Innumerable Seó fyrd wæs unátellendlíc ðe hé gegaderod hæfde, Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 23. Hí bereáfedan hí æt eallon ðan gærsaman ðe heó áhte; ða wǽron unátellendlíce, 1043; Erl. 168, 34.

Linked entry: á-tellendlic

ge-síþ

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A body of followers, retinue Hé earfoða dreág, hæfde him tó gesíððe sorge and longað, wintercealde wræce, Deór. 3

morþ-dǽd

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Add: evil-doing Ofsceamod for þære morðdǽde þe hé gedón hæfde, and for þám manslihte þe hé slóh mid þǽre handa, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 34. an evil deed Irre and anda ús synd forbodene, manslyht and morðdǽda, Hml. A. 8, 190.

wirp

(n.)
Grammar
wirp, wierp, es; m.

A throw ⬩ a blow with a missile

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A throw, a blow with a missile Ðá wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe (wyrpe, v. l.) an ribb forod, ðæt hió siþþan mægen ne hæfde hié tó gescildanne, ac raðe ðæs hió wearð ofslagen hic serpens ad unius saxi ictum cessit, ac mox facile oppressus est, Ors. 4,

Linked entries: werp wyrp