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un-geféled

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geféled, adj.

Not possessed of feelinginsensible

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Not possessed of feeling, insensible Ðonne seó ungefélde áheardung ðære lifre tó langsum wyrð, Lchdm. ii. 210, 3. Gif ðæt líc tó ðon swíþe ádeádige, ðæt ðǽr nán gefélnes on ne sié, ðonne scealt ðú eal ðæt deáde and ðæt ungefélde of ásníþan, 82, 27

Linked entry: ge-félan

wóh-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh-líc, adj.

Wrongperverseevil

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Wrong, perverse, evil Hit ys swííe wólíc, ðæt ða geworhtan gesceafta ðam ne beón gehírsume, ðe hí gesceóp and geworhte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, I. Mid wólícum obliqua (invidiá), Hpt. Gl. 527, I. On wólícum dǽdum, Blickl. Homl. 107, 28.

Linked entry: wó-líc

á-ferian

(v.)
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Bt. 36, 3; S. 105, 14. ꝥ ne sý áfered ut non auferetur , An. Ox. II, 56

án-genga

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Ðá tungelwítegan gesáwon níwne steorran beorhtne, on heofenum betwux óðrum tunglum, ac wæs ángenga betwux heofenum and eorðan, Hml. Th. i. 106, 26. Sum módig fearr wearð ángencga and þǽre heorde dráfe oferhogode, 502, 11.

bisceop-lic

episcopalpontifical

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Add: bishop-like, proper to a bishop Hé ne gefremede náht biscoplices, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 20. episcopal, pontifical Biscoplic wurðscipe flamininus honor, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 54. Biscoplic stól pontificalis cathedra, An. Ox. 2029.

fǽran

to terrify

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Add: to terrify Ðæt hé swá egesige ðá ofermódan ðæt hé ðá eáðmódan tó swíðe ne fǽre (ut timidis non augeatur metus), Past. 453, 19. [v. N. E. D. fear, vb.] to take by surprise, seize quickly (?) Uulfes férende lupi rapaces, Mt. L. 7, 15

cyne-setl

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Ne cóm hé ( Christ ) tó ðý þæt hé wǽre on mǽrlicum cynesetle áhafen, Hml. Th. i. 82, 24. Seó sáwul is þæs líchoman hlǽfdige, and heó gewissað þá fíf andgitu swá swá of cynesætle, Hml. S. 1, 196. Add

forþ-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-dǽd, e; f.
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Þá munecas náht syllan ne móston búta þám ánum þe heora bigleofan forð dydon ( were of service to their sustenance ), Hml. S. 31, 325

ge-fýlan

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Ic þé wille biddan ꝥ deóflu . . . mínne clǽn[n]e líchaman ne gefýlan, Hml. A. 172, 65. Speccan blæccan gefýlede (saecularis) scoriae atramento foedatos, An. Ox. 653. Add

gníþe

(adj.)
Grammar
gníþe, gnéde; adj. Of persons, frugal, sparing; of things,
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On ðám mægenum eúðmódnesse and hýrsumnesse nóhte þon lǽssa ne gnéðra (gnédra, v. l.: these forms might be mutated comparatives of gneáþ(-d)) wæs, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 656, 11

Linked entry: gnéþe

mete-rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
mete-rǽdere, es; m.
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Gebróðra gereorde æt hyra mýsum ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge, R. Ben. 62, 2-4, Gyf þú meterǽdere fyldstól habban wille, Tech. ii. 122, 20

niht-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hwíl, e ; f.
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9

scyld

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[The word is masculine in the following Scyld (delictum) mínne cúthorn;ne ic dyde, Ps. Rdr. 31, 5. Scyldas delicta, 24, 7: 58, 13.] Add Þ manna scyldu (-e, v. l.) sín gewítnode ut culpae carnalium puniantur, Gr. D. 323, 13. Scylda, 328, 10

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, adv.
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Add Næs him ealles þe sél þæs þe hé georne hédde, Hml, S. 23, 638

send

(n.)
Grammar
send, e; f.
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A present Ne sí munece álýfed þæt hé ǽnig gewrit oþþe sende oðþe lác from hyra mágum oþþe from ǽnigum óþrum men underfón nullatenus liceat monacho neque a parentibus suis neque quoquam hominum litteras, eulogias, vel quelibet munuscula accipere, R.

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, <b>. I</b> 3.
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Sé þe ongyteð his drohtað, ne scyle hé wundrian his mægn qui conversational ejus agnoverit, virtutem non debeat mirari, 187, 9. Add

wǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽlan, p. de

To vextormentafflict

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To vex, torment, afflict Ðæt hý his líchoman leng ne móstan wítum wǽlan. Exon. Th. 127, 34; Gú. 396. Dogter mín is yfle from deófle wǽled filia mea male a daemonio vexatur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 15, 22. Hé is yfle wǽlid male torquetur, 8, 6

Linked entry: ge-wǽlan

fyrhtan

Grammar
fyrhtan, fyrhtian.

to make afraidto become afraid.

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Þæt hí ne fyrhte þæt gewin ðæs síðfætes, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 50, 3. Fyrhtede wérun conterriti, Lk. R. 24, 37. to become afraid. v. Rtl. 102, 21 (in Dict.)

ge-tillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tillan, p. de; pp. ed

To touchreachattaintangereattingere

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Weras blóda and fácenfulle healfe getillaþ viri sanguinei et dolosi non dimidiabunt, Blickl. Gl

toll-setl

(n.)
Grammar
toll-setl, es; n.

A toll-booth,custom-house

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Matheus nǽfre æfter his gecyrrednysse æt tollsetle ne sæt, 288, 18

Linked entry: toll-sceamol