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un-gerisene

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerisene, -gerisne; adj.

unsuitableinappropriateunseemlyindecent

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Nis ungerisne ðæt wé án wundor of monegum ásecgan nec ab re est unum e pluribus miraculum enarrare, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 38. unseemly, indecent Ðý læs hé ówiht unwyrþes oððe ungerisenes dyde mid his múþe ne aliquid indignum suae personae vel ore proferret

Linked entry: ge-risene

un-gedafenlíce

(adv.)
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un-gedafenlíce, adv.

Unbecominglyunseasonablyinordinatelyin an unseemly mannerindecently

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Unbecomingly, unseasonably, inordinately, in an unseemly manner, indecently Óðer ðara irsunga bið tó ungemetlíce and tó ungedafenlíce átyht on ðæt ðe hió mid ryhte irsian sceall illa ira in hoc, quod debet, inordinate extenditur, Past. 40; Swt. 293,

Linked entry: ge-dafenlíce

un-stæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-stæððig, adj.

not steadyremissirregularunstableinconstantfickleunsteadyunstaidnot soberlightwanton

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Skt. i. 5, 67. unsteady, unstaid, not sober, light, wanton Wearð hé gegripen mid ðære gálnysse his unstæððigan heortan, Homl. Ass. 110, 247. Hé his sylfes geweóld on ungerípedum freódóme and unstæððigum þeáwum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 13.

weorold-wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wlencu, (-o); indecl.: -wlenc; e; f.
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Syððan hý hit habbaþ, hí glencgaþ heora wíf mid ðam ðe hí weofoda sceoldan, and maciaþ eall heom sylfum tó woruldwlence, 19 ; Th. ii. 328, 9.

yfel-wyrcende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-wyrcende, adj. (ptcpl. )
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Mið yfelwyrcendum and synfullum cum publicanis et peccatoribus, 9, 11. Hé hataþ ða yfelwyrcendan and ða unrihtwísan, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 48. of things, noxious, hurtful, mischievous Ðerh wyrto yfelwyrcendo per herbas malificas, Rtl. 103, 1

be-ládung

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Mid þæs cáseres beládunge ( excuse or defence of his conduct ), 31, 624. Þú sécest beládunge, ꝥ þú ne þurfe getíðian þæs þe ic þé bidde, Gr. D. 28, 7. Beládunge habban uncyste to have an excuse for parsimony. Hml. Th. i. 330, 9: ii. 76, 10. Add

be-mǽnan

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Synna bemǽnan, Wlfst. 133, 14. to feel pity for Hé þá buruhware mid teáron bemǽnde. Hml. Th. i. 408, 7. Synt tó bemænenne þá ðe þá earman ofðricceað. Hml. A. 148, 119

bréden

(adj.)
Grammar
bréden, broad.
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Gewrohte hé (Severus) weall mid turfum and bredweall (breden weall, v. l.) ðǽronufon (cf.

clifian

(v.)
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mid hyra móde him on clifiað (cleof-, v. l. ), 138, 30. Of þám hege þe hé fæste on clifode (clyf-, v. l. ), 25, 12. Hé cleofode on ðǽre eorðan and ne mihte ná onstyrian his fét tó gánne, 224, 22. Cleofede lentesceret, An. Ox. 3108.

ealdor-lic

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Mid gáste alderlice spiritu principali, Ps. Srt. 50, 14. Twá and hundseofontig þeóda ealdorlicra mǽgða ... xv mǽgða ealdorlicera (-e, MS) and mycele, Angl. xi. 2, 46, 48. authentic, v. ealdor, III Ealderlicum authentico, An. Ox. 5151

Linked entry: aldor-líc

ealneg

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Hit God wræc on him swá hé ǽr ealneg dyde, swá oft swá hié mid monnum ofredan, 4, 7; S. 184, 8. Alneg (ealling, v. l. ), Gr. D. 280, 10. Beóð his wegas ealneh unclǽne polluuntur viae ejus in omni tempore, Ps. Th. 9, 24. Add

ést-mete

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Éstmettas þæs écan gereordes, ii. 372, 17. of other things 'Geoffra ðíne lác úrum godum, oððe ðú bist mid eallum ðisum pínungtólum getintregod. ' Se diácon cwæð: ' Þás éstmettas ic symle gewilnode,' Hml. Th. i. 424, 23

for-secgan

accuse

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Ne sceal nán acolitus forsecgan (accusare) nánne subdiácon, ne nán exorcista forsecgan nánne acolitum ... mid nánre wróhte (accusatione), ii. 166, 21. Heó begann hí tó wrǽgenne and wolde forsæcgan, Hml. S. 2, 184. Add:

for-sittan

(v.)

to stop up

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Gehnescige mid þý ꝥ forsetene yfel, 212, 16

for-neáh

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Forneáh mid ealle, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 7. Forneáh tó náuhte gedón, Bt. 38, 3; F. 190, 19. Add

for-weorpan

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Add: to throw away Mið ðý forwarp rejecta [sindone ], Mk. L. R. 14, 52. <b>I a.</b> fig., of reckless or fruitless expenditure :-- Ðýý God nele ꝥ wé beón grǽdige gýtseras, ne eác for woruldgylpe forwurpan úre ǽhta, Hml. S. 16, 330.

ge-edcwician

(v.)
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Mid geedcucedre rediuiua (sospitate), An. Ox. 4338. to recover consciousness, feeling Raþe wund geedcucað (reuiuescit) gif raþor lácnung byð gegearwud, Scint. 45, 8. Hé læg dumb swá oð deáþ beswungen . . . hé þá geedcucode, Hml. S. 25, 794

hǽþen-nes

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Hé monige wæs gecígende fram hǽþenesse (hǽðennesse, v. l.) and fram gedwolan heora lífes multos ab errore reuocans, 5, 11; Sch. 611, 5. people among whom (or district in which) heathenism prevails: — Wit begétan ðás béc æt haeðnum herge mid uncre claene

Linked entry: hǽþen-dóm

grund-weall

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Th. ii. 588, 19-22. of things Mid tealtriendum grundwealle nutabundo (integritatis) fundamento, An. Ox. 3880

hilfe

(n.)
Grammar
hilfe, es; n.
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Ðá þá se Gota mid eallum his mægene heów . . . þá fǽringa rǽsde forð ꝥ ísen of þám hylfe (manubrio) . . .

Linked entries: hylfe helfe