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ful-neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-neáh, full-neáh, ful-néh; adv.

Full nearlyvery nearlyalmostprŏpefĕre

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Se yfela willa unrihthǽmedes gedréfþ fulneáh ǽlces libbendes monnes mód the evil desire of unlawful lust disquiets the mind of almost every living man, Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 25: 4; Fox 8, 18: 11; Fox 30, 18: Bt. Met. Fox 18, 8; Met. 18, 4

ádlig

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ádlig, (dele ádlíc and addle).
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Mín ádlige cneów is yfele gehæfd, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 32. Tácn ádlies magan, Lch. ii. 174, 20. Hé ðonehis ádligum mǽge on ðone múð begeát, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 10. Gesáwon hí hine ádligne, 24, 28. Middaneard ádligne mundum languidum, Hy. S. 34, 24.

wǽta

(n.)
Grammar
wǽta, an; m.:wǽte, an; f.

wet, moisturea liquid a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drinkmoisture in an animal body, humourwater, urinemoisture of plants, juice, sap

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Of yfelum wǽtan slítendum ðone magan, . . . gif se seóca man áspíwð ðone yfelan bítendan wǽtan áweg, 60, 20-23. Of yfelre wǽtan slítendre, 4, 30. Wiþ yflum wǽtan and swile . . . hit eal ðæt worms and ðone yfelan wǽtan ádrífþ, 72, 12-15.

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ofer-módig

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Betere ys on yfelum dǽdum clǽne andetnyss þænne on gódum weorcum ofermódig gylp (superba gloratio), Scint. 40, 20. Hé hæfde ánne ofermódine cniht, Gr. D. 36, 5.

wǽta

Grammar
wǽta, wǽte;
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Add Gif hié cumað of biterum and yfelum wǽtum, Lch. ii. 178, 13. <b>III a.

ge-openian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-openian, -openigean; p. ode; pp. od, ad.

To open, manifest, shew, revealTo open

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Se anweald geopenaþ his yfel and gedéþ hit sweotol power reveals his evil and makes it plain, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 20: Salm. Kmbl. 266, 2.

Linked entry: openian

un-lybba

(n.)
Grammar
un-lybba, (and un-lybbe, an; f., or un-lybb; dat. -lybbe ; n.?), an; m.

poisonpoison used for purposes of witchcraftwitchcraftsorcery

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Unþeáwas weaxaþ on yfel, swa swa átres unlibba on men; swá hé leng ðæs áttres þigene bedíhlaþ, swá wyrð his untrumnes máre, R. Ben. 135, 16. Unlybbe delatera (deletera?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 138. 55.

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stuntness

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Þá yfelan ungifa þæs deófles syndan þus genamode . . . stultitia, þæt is stuntnys, Wlfst, 52, 17. Menige . . . þám ásolcenan þeówan geefenlǽcað. Hí. . . ne wandiað tó licgenne on stuntnysse heora ásolcennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 554, 3: Hml. A. 96, 154.

swǽslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swǽslíce, adv.
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sóþlíce Fæder and Sunu and Háligne Gást confitemur proprie et veraciter Patrem et Filium et Spiritum Sanctum Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 36. of persons, kindly, in a gracious, friendly manner, blandly; of things, agreeably, pleasantly. v. swǽs, Ða nán lust yfel

un-eáðness

(n.)
Grammar
un-eáðness, e; f.

uneasiness of mindanxietytroublegriefdifficultyseverityharshness

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Ðú manigfeald yfel hæfdest and micle unéþnesse on ðam ríce, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 13. Ealle angnysse and uneáðnysse, Lchdm. iii. 156, 13. Gif hit geberige ðæt hé ða unǽtnessa ábidan scel, Chart. Th. 509, 33.

andian

(v.)
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Yfel bið se anda þe andað ongeán gódnysse, and se anda is gód ðe mid lufe andað ongeán yfelnysse . . . þá ðe þus andiað ongeán unriht. . . , Hml. Th. ii. 54, 22-25. Gif hwylc bróþor þýhþ, on þæt hý andiaþ, R. Ben. 139, 26.

ge-þafung

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Z. 9, 2-7. consent Ús is gecynde ðæt wé ǽlc yfel on ðrió wísan ðurhtión : ðurh gespan and ðurh lustfulnesse and ðurh geðafunga (consensu) . . . Sió geðafung bið ðurh-togen ðurh ðone gǽst . . . mid ðǽre geðafunge wé bióð gebundne, Past. 417, 19-31.

weorc

Grammar
weorc, <b>. IV.</b>
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Lbmn. 244, 34), ciricsceat-, eorþ-, leóþ-, morþ-, yfel-weorc

wirsian

(v.)
Grammar
wirsian, p. ode

To get worse

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To get worse Hit fareþ yfele ealles tó wíde. Swá swýðe hit wyrsaþ, ðæt ðæs hádes men, ðe hwýlum wǽron nyttoste, ða syndon nú unnyttaste, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 18. And aa hit wyrsode mid mannan swíðor and swíðor, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 23.

sprecan

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D. iii. 336, 26. add: to speak of Gif hié hwæt swá heálicra yfela on him ongieten ðæt hié hit niéde sprecan scylen si qua valde sunt eorum prava, apud semetipsos dijudicent, Past. 197, 6.

pleó-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pleó-líc, adj.
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Gif hié (seó menigo ðínra monna) yfele sint ðonne sint hié ðé pleólícran and geswincfulran gehæfd ðonne genæfd si vitiosi moribus sunt, perniciosa domus sarcina, Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, 22.

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Having powerpowerfulstrong

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Ðæt ðæt gesceád beó wylldre ðonne seó yfele gewilnung, Basil admn. 3; Norm. 40, 3. Útancumene men beóð wildran ðonne gé and eów genyðriaþ advena ascendet super te eritque sublimior; tu autem descendes et eris inferior Deut. 28, 43.

on-scunian

(v.)
Grammar
on-scunian, -scynian, -sceonian.

to regard with loathing, to abhor, detest, execrateto regard with disfavour, to refuse, reject, shunto regard with fearto irritate

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Se ðe ðis gewrit gehýreþ hé flýhþ ðæt yfel and onscunaþ devitando quod noxium est, Bd. pref.; S. 471, 16. Ðá onscunode hé ðæt and cwæþ qui renuens ait, Gen. 48, 19. Hé onscunede unrihthǽmed ille recusabat stuprum, 39, 10.

hreówan

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Hié ( sins ) ne magon ealla on áne tíd emnsáre hreówan, 413, 29. where no subject is expressed and the cause of sorrow is in the accusative Þonne hreóweð hyre swíðe þá yfelan dǽda, Verc. Först. 105, 9

hergung

(n.)
Grammar
hergung, heregung, e; f.

Harryingharrowingplunderingdevastationwaging waran irruptionincursioninvasiona raidplunder

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Ðæt mǽste yfel ðe ǽfre ǽnig here dón mihte on bærnette and hergunge and on manslihtum the greatest evil that any army could do in the way of burning and plundering and manslayings, 994; Erl. 133, 18.

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