ná-wiht
nothing ⬩ naught ⬩ a thing of no value ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ not
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Yfel is náuht. Ðǽr yfel áuht wǽre, ðonne mihte hit God wyrcan. For ðý hit is náuht, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 10-11. Heore þincþ eall náuht (nóht, Cott. MS.) ðæt heó hæfþ, 10; Fox 28, 28. Hú ne is se anweald ðǽr náuht? 16, 2; Fox 54, 7.
hneáw-ness
Stinginess, ⬩ parsimony, ⬩ niggardliness
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Swá ða rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren, swá hí ða uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen sic prodigis prædicetur partitas, ut tamen tenacibus periturarum rerum custodia non augeatur, 60; Swt. 453, 29
leán
- Wulfst. 168, 17 .]
To blame ⬩ reproach ⬩ disapprove ⬩ scorn
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Paulus ðæt yfel ðære forlegnesse swá manegum áwiergdum leahtrum lóh Paulus fornicationis vitium tot criminibus execrandis inseruit, 51, 8; Swt. 401, 26.
notian
to make use of ⬩ employ ⬩ enjoy ⬩ to discharge an office
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Gold and seolfor sind góde, gif ðú hí wel notast : gif ðú sylf yfel bist, ne miht ðú hí wel notian, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 8-9. Grammar notian, case undetermined Man ða reáf nime, ðe hé ǽr notode, R. Ben. l01, 24.
un-willa
What displeases ⬩ displeasure ⬩ what is not desired ⬩ against one's will ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ not voluntarily ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ in despite of one
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What displeases, displeasure, what is not desired Nafa ðú tó yfel ellen, ðeáh ðé sum unwilla on becume; oft brincð se woruld ðone willan ðe bið eft, Prov. Kmbl. 40.
ge-hnesctun
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Gehnescige mon mid þý ꝥ forsetene yfel . . . hé þone forheardodan swile gehnesce . . . wirð se swile swá heard swá stán, and ne mæg hine mon gehnescian, ii. 212, 15-22. Hú mon mæg gehnescan þá heardnesse, 168, 8.
be-hreówsian
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Behreówsian heora yfelan dǽda, Hml. A. 8, 206. with clause Hé behreówsode ꝥ hé swá dyslice dǽde gedyde, Gr. D. 143, 19. to pity, compassionate Heora earfeða behreówsian, Hml. S. 23, 90. Behreówsiendes compatientis, An. Ox. 5267
brǽdan
to broaden ⬩ to extend ⬩ enlarge ⬩ unfold ⬩ pitch ⬩ To spread ⬩ increase
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To spread, increase Ða yfelan oferlíce swýðe brǽdað on worulde, Wlfst. 83, 14. Lícceteras árísað and brǽdað tó swýðe, 89, 18
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oþ-íwan
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Wearð Rómánum an yfelum tácne oþiéwed . . . þæt þæs folces sceolde micel hryre beón, Ors. 4, 1; S. 156, 33. Alexandre wearð an swefne án wyrt oðéwed, 3, 9; S. 134, 35.
rihtlǽcan
To make right, rectify, correct, amend
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Úton wé nú ǽlces yfeles geswícan and rihtlǽcan ús sylfe on eallan þingan, 174, 30.
swindan
To waste away, languish, grow languid, be consumed ⬩ tabescere, tabefieri, deficere, conticescere ⬩ to dwindle, decay, die away
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Sáwel heora on yfelum swand anima eorum in mails tabescebat, 106, 26. Ealle oþþe hefige slǽpe swundon oþþe tó synne wacedon omnes aut somno torpent inerti, aut ad peccata vigilant, Bd. 4, 25; S 601, 11.
unriht-hǽmed
Unlawful cohabitation ⬩ illicit intercourse ⬩ adultery ⬩ fornication
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Se yfela willa unrihthǽmedes ( voluptas ) gedréfð fulneáh ǽlces monnes mód ... sceal ǽlce sáwl forweorðan æfter ðam unrihthǽmede, Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 24: Met. 18, 10. On unrihthǽmede in adulterio, Jn. Skt. 8, 3.
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ofer-cuman
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Besing and ofercum ealle yfele wilddeór, Lch. i. 202, 13.
lang
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Gif hí hiora yfel earme gedéð, hú ne biþ ꝥ lange yfel wyrse ðonne ꝥ scorte, 38, 2; F. 198, 11. Se longa gefeá, Ph. 607. Næs ꝥ onbid long, Gú. 876. For longum gesǽlþum . . . on ðam langum geswince, Bt. 39, 11 ; F. 228, 23-26.
ildan
To delay ⬩ tarry ⬩ defer ⬩ put off ⬩ postpone ⬩ procrastinate ⬩ connive at ⬩ dissimulate
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Seó hálige cyrice sum þing þurh sceáwunge yldeþ and swá ábireþ and ældeþ ðæt oft ðæt wiðerwearde yfel áberende and yldende beweraþ sancta ecclesia quædam per considerationem dissimulat, atque ita portat et dissimulat, ut sæpe malum quod adversatur portando
wiþerweard-ness
hostility ⬩ contention ⬩ opposition ⬩ perversity ⬩ frowardness ⬩ depravity ⬩ arrogance ⬩ unfavourable condition ⬩ adverse circumstance ⬩ adversity ⬩ contrariety ⬩ diversity
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Nán yfel ne mæg ðé geneálǽcan, ac ǽlc wiðerweardnys gewíteþ fram ðínre sáwle, Basil admn. 1; Norm. 34, 10. Ðú ðé ne anhebbe on ofermétto on ðínre gesundfulnesse, ne eft ðé ne geortrýwe nánes gódes on nánre wiþerweardnesse, Bt. 6; Fox 16, 1.
for-licgan
fornicari
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Yfel ǽwbryce bið ꝥ ǽwfæst man mid ǽmtige forlicge, and mycele wyrse wið óðres ǽwe, i. 404, 22. Gif twégen gebróðra wið án wíf forlicgan, 168, 19.
ge-miclian
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Hié wéndon ꝥ hié mehten ꝥ yfel mid þǽm gestillan, and þá diófla hit mid ðǽm gemicledan Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 20. Gemycla and gemonigfealda þá hǽlo þæs cynges magnificans salutare regis ipsius, Ps. Th. 17, 48.
gylt
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Gif hé þæs wilniaþ ꝥ him hiora yfel unwrecen sié be þaes gyltes andefne, Bt. 38, 7 ; F. 210, 8. Sceal ǽghwylc man bétan his wðhdǽda be his gyltes andefne, Bl. H. 45, 29
scendan
To put to shame, to abuse, insult, harm:
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Scende (confusi) wǽron ealle ðe mé yfel tó ǽr gesóhton, Ps. Th. 70, 22. With dat. Se deópa seáþ mid wíta fela folcum scendeþ, Exon. Th. 94, 33; Cri. 1549. Also ase þu wult schenden þene schucke, A. R. 316, 11. Men me wolden scenden, Laym. 14167.
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