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un-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþ, -wurþ, -wyrþ, -wierþe, -wyrþe; adj.

of no valueof no dignitylittle esteemedunworthynot of sufficient meritworthlessbadcontemptibledespicableignobleignominiousdishonouring

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Æt ðæm feórðan cirre hié sendon Hannan heora ðone unweorðestan þegn, and hé hit ábæd novissime Annonis, minimi hominis inter legatos, oratione meruerunt, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 182, 13.

Linked entries: un-wurþ un-wyrþ

FÚL

(adj.)
Grammar
FÚL, adj.

FOULdirtyimpurecorruptrottenstinkingguiltyconvicted of a crimefœdusimmundussordĭdusobscœnusspurcuspūtĭdusfœtĭdusculpæ consciuscrīmĭne convictus

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Swá fúle swá gǽt as foul as goats, Exon. 26 a; Th. 75, 34; Cri. 1231. Fúl wín spurcum vīnum, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 127; Wrt. Voc. 27, 54. Ic eom wyrslicre ðonne ðes wudu fúla I am viler than this rotten wood, Exon. 111 a; Th. 424, 33; Rä. 41, 48.

Linked entries: a-fúl FÚL fúl

gár-secg

(n.)
Grammar
gár-secg, -sæcg, es; m. [gár a spear, secg man] .

a spear-manthe oceanhŏmo jăcŭlo armātusoceănusa seamăre

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Nam et ab orīgĭne rērum, pro diis immortālĭbus vĕtĕres hastas coluēre; ob cujus religiōnis memŏriam adhuc deōrum simulacris hastæ adduntur, l. xliii : c. iii Úre yldran ealne ðysne ymbhwyrft ðyses middangeardes, cwæþ Orosius, swá swá Oceanus ymbligeþ

Linked entry: secg

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, es; m.

A raven

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Swá swá grǽdige ræmmas, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 3. Besceáwiaþ ða hrefnas considerate corvos, Lk. Skt. 12, 24

Linked entries: hræm hrefn hrem hremn

ildra

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ildra, m. ildre; f. n. comp.

elderoldergrandgreatersuperior

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Gewurþe hé swá swá gingra seðe yldra ys betwux eów qui major est in vobis fiat sicut junior, 26. Ða ðe synt yldran habbaþ anweald on him qui majores sunt, potestatem exercent in eos, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 25

Linked entries: eldra eldre ildest

á-beran

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Th. i. 198, 1. to bring to light Se goldhord ne mæg beón forholen, nú hit swá upp is áboren, Hml.

and-efn

(n.)
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Ðonne sió úpáhæfenes bið átyht ofer hire andefnu (-efenu, v. l.) dum elatio supra se tenditur, 301, 19. of things, quantity, amount, nature, extent Tódǽlað hí his feoh on fíf oððe syx, hwýlum on má, swá swá þæs feós andefn bið, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 29.

ferian

(v.)

to carrymoveconveyto leadconduct

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Þon gelícost swá wé on laguflóde ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, geond sídne sǽ sund*-*hengestum flódwudu fergen, Cri. 854

ge-neósian

(v.)
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</b> to visit the sick :-- Heó untrume menn mihte gehǽlan, swá hwylcne swá heó geneósode licgende on sáre, Hml.

geó

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Swá fulfremedlíce hé drohtnode on anginne his gecyrrednysse swá þæt hé mihte ðá gyú beón geteald on fulfremedra hálgena getele, 120, 4. Spræc hé swelce hé hit ðá giet nyste ðæt hié hit him ðá ió (iú, v. l. ) ondrédon, Past. 213, 24.

ge-samnung

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assembling :-- Þæt wé sendan and wilnian fultum be swá manegum mannum swá ús cinelic þince . . . ꝥ þám forworhtum mannum beó þe mára ege for úre gesomnunge (or under ), Ll. Th.

ge-scot

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Swá hié on híran stede gestondað, swá him máre gescot and má flána hiera feónda tó cymð ( eo crebrioribus sagittis insidiatoris impetuntur). Past. 407, 23. a shot, shooting or hurling of a missile Mid ídelum gescotum iactibus uacuis, An. Ox. 49, 2.

ge-síþ

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., O.Sax. te gisíðea (also te gisíða).] one who goes with another (v. síþ), a companion Swá swá hé wǽre gesið (comes) lícumlicre gegaderunge. Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 145, 9. <b>I a.

líc

(adj.)
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Wacodon menn swá swá hit gewunelíc is ofer án dead líc, Hml. S. 21, 290. Gif man ǽnig líc of rihtscryftscíre elles hwǽr lecge, Ll.

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e: ;f, :; es; ;n.;

Speech, tongue, language, voice;

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Ðæt him ða swá cúþe wǽron swá his ágene reorde ðe hé on ácenned wæs ;ut tam notas ac familiares sibi eas; (Latin and Greek), ;quam nativitatis suae loquelam haberet,; Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 17.

Linked entry: ge-reord

ǽlc

allany

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Unscildig eówres ǽlces blódes, 379, 14. combined with án :-- Nim ðyssa wyrta ǽlcre ánre swá micel swá ðára óþra, Lch. iii. 72, 14.

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

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Ða bodan ðæs ídlan fætes the messengers of the useless vessel, Past. 47, 3 ; Swt. 361, 16. Hig ðá æfter ridon ídelum færelde they rode after, but their journey was to no purpose, Jos. 2, 7.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

ganet

(n.)
Grammar
ganet, es; m.

A gannetsea-fowlwater-fowlswanfŭlĭcacygnus

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A gannet, sea-fowl, water-fowl, swan; fŭlĭca, cygnus Ganet cygnus, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 144, 32. Ofer ganetes bæþ [MS. baþ] over the sea-fowl's bath, Chr. 975; Erl. 125, 21. Ganetes hleóðor the gannet's cry, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 8; Seef. 20.

helfe

(n.)
Grammar
helfe, es; m. n.

Helvehandle

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Sió æcs áwient of ðæm hielfe ferrum lapsum de manubrio, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 1. Gaderode me hylfa tó ǽlcum ðara tóla ðe ic mid wircan cúðe I gathered me handles for each of the tools that I could work with, Shrn. 163, 6

mid-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
mid-wyrhta, an; m.

One who works with othersa co-operator

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One who works with others, a co-operator On ðæt gerád ðæt hé wǽre his midwyrhta ǽgðer ge on sǽ ge on lande on the condition that he would co-operate with him by sea and by land, Chr. 945; Erl. 116, 31: Past. 38, 8; Swt. 279, 25.