un-medume
Unmeet ⬩ unfit ⬩ unworthy
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Unmeet, unfit, unworthy Se ðe him ondrǽdan sceal ðæt hé unmedome (-eme, Cott. MSS.) sié hoc indignus pertimescat, Past. 11; Swt. 73, 21. Him ðúhte selfum ðæt hé wǽre swíðe unmedeme parvulum se in suis oculis viderat, 17; Swt. 112, 11. Ic swíðe unmeodum
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leógan
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Add Ic leóge fallo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 180, 3. of speech. to say what is not true in order to deceive Gif ic Dáuide légu si Dauid mentiar. Ps. Vos. Srt. 88, 36. Ne leóh þú (non loqueris falsum testimonium), Wlfst. 66, 18. Ðeáh hé nyte hwæt hé sóðes secge,
á-swindan
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Mód áswint mens torpet, Hy. Srt. 23, 27. Þú 3 gedést þæt hé áswint on his móde tabescere fecisti animam ejus, Ps. Th. 38, 12. Hraðe se líchama áswint, gif him bið oftogen his bigleofa, Hml. Th. i. 266, 3. Áswindeð se níðfulla tó náhtlicum ðingum, Hex.
Linked entry: ǽ-swind
wrecan
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His ðeng sum þám hé hæfde beboden ꝥ hé sceolde earmra manna ǽrende wrecan (beódan, ábeódan, v.ll.), Bd. 3, 6; Sch. 209, 20. <b>Id.</b> add :-- Þá folc him betweónum ful .x. winter þá gewin wrecende wǽron, Ors. I, II; S. 50, 21. <b>
un-efn
Unequal ⬩ unlike ⬩ dissimilar ⬩ diverse ⬩ irregular
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Unequal, unlike, dissimilar, diverse, irregular Hú ðǽr wæs unefen racu unc gemǽne, ic onféng ðín sár ðæt ðú móste gesǽlig mínes éþelríces neótan, Exon. Th. 89, 20; Cri. 1460. Dysigra monna mód bið suíðe unemn and suíðe ungelíc ... Ac ðara monna mód bið
un-rihtwísness
Unrighteousness ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice
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Unrighteousness, iniquity, injustice Nis nán unrihtwísnys ( injustitia ) on him, Jn. Skt. 7, 18. Unryhtwísnys ( iniquitas ) ríxaþ, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 12. Unrihtwísnys, Ps. Spl. 7, 3: 35, 3. Ðonne hwæm hwæt cymþ máre ðonne ðé þincþ ðæt hé wyrþe sié, ne biþ
Linked entry: rihtwís-ness
twi-rǽde
of two minds ⬩ uncertain ⬩ undecided ⬩ irresolute ⬩ of divided counsel ⬩ without unanimity
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of two minds, uncertain, undecided, irresolute Geþenc be ðé selfum hwæðer ðú ǽnig ðing swá fæste getiohhod hæbbe ðæt ðé þynce ðæt hit nǽfre ðínum willum onwended weorþe ... Oððe hwæðer ðú eft on ǽngum geþeahte swá twiorǽde sié ðæt ðé helpe hwæðer hit
Linked entry: twio-rǽde
and-wyrdan
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Add: (-weard-, -ward-, -word- in North Gospels) Ne andwyrtst (-wyrdest, R. ) þu nán þing ongén þá nihil respondes ad ea f , Mt. 26, 62. Ondueardest (-wordes, R. ), Mk. L. 14, 60. Se smiþ andwyrt (respondit), Coll. M. 31, 15. Ðonne andwyrt se cyning
ge-hefigian
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Add: to make of serious import Ðonne hié willað him selfum ðæt yfel ðæt hié ðurhtugon tó suíðe gelíhtan ðæt hié ðonne ondrǽden for ðæs láreówes ðreáunga ðæt hié hit him gehefegien (-hefgien, v. l.) cum sibi quis malum, quod perpetravit, laevigat, hoc
on-sittan
to occupy ⬩ to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person) ⬩ to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)
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to occupy Ic onsitte insideo, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 29, 6. Ðó þré acres ðe hé onsit, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 259, 20. Ðone hagan ðe hé sylf onsæt, 39, 13. Hit wæs his lǽn ðæt hé onsǽte, Chart. Th. 173, 5. Onsite sǽnacan, Exon. Th. 474, 7; Bo. 26. to oppress
drync
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Take here examples under drinc, and add: drink, liquid taken as nourishment Be drinces gemete de mensura potus, R. Ben. 64, 9. Wel áfédd mid ðǽm drynce (drence, v. l.) mislicra and manigfaldra gifa (potu multiplicati muneris ), Past. 380, 8. a kind of
nyt-weorð
Useful ⬩ advantageous ⬩ profitable
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Useful, advantageous, profitable Eálá ðú mín wyln beó nytwyrðe O mea ancilla, esto utilis, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 101, 4. Hú se láreów sceal beón nytwierðe (MS. Hatt. -wyrðe) on his wordum ut sit rector utilis in verbo, Past. 15; Swt. 88, 3. Ðá stód ðǽr
ge-wita
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Add: a witness; testis. one that is present when anything is done, an eye-witness Ðá diéglan yfel habbað écne gewutan on ðǽm godcundan Déman occulta mala sua divinis judiciis anteponunt, Past. 449, 1. Hwylcre geearnuqge hé hæfed wǽre mid þone inlican
ge-þwǽre
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Add: in agreement. of living creatures or things personified, of many, in agreement, at peace with one another Ealle crístene men sceoldon beón swá geþwǽre swilce hit án man wǽre, Hml. Th. i. 272, 24. Þǽr beóð geþwǽre sáwul and líchama, þe nú on ðisum
inn
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Hí gelógodon his bæd on þæs mynstres sprǽchúse . . . ꝥ inn wæs swýþe nearo, Hml. S. 31, 856. His healle oððe innes ipsius tabernaculi, R. Ben. I. 4, 2. Týnum and twéntigum on ánum inne ætgædere hí restan . . . Leóht on ðǽm selfum inne (cella) byrne, R
and
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Add: , end Aend suilcae, end suilce atqueve, Txts. 42, 98. introductory to a clause which is not preceded by one with which it can be connected Ðá cwæð Eustachius: 'And ne sǽde ic ꝥ wilde deór hí gelǽhton?', Hml. S. 30, 371. connecting a subordinate
þyncan
to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ to seem fit
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to seem, appear. Grammar þyncan, where the subject of the verb is expressed Ðynceþ him swíðe leoht sió byrðen ðæs láreówdómes pondus magisterii levius aestimant, Past. proem.; Swt. 24, 9. Mé ðeós (ród) heardra þynceþ, Exon. Th. 91, 9; Cri. 1489: 383,
un-gerád
stupid ⬩ rude ⬩ unskilled ⬩ foolish ⬩ ignorant ⬩ discordant ⬩ disagreeing ⬩ at variance
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stupid, rude, unskilled, foolish, ignorant Walah sive ungerád barbarus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 75. Gif se sacerd bið ungerád ðæs láreówdómes sacerdos si praedicationis est nescius, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 24. Sum ungerád mann ... nolde gán tó ðám axum on ðone
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un-gleáwness
Want of understanding ⬩ unskilfulness ⬩ foolishness ⬩ blindness
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Want of understanding, unskilfulness, foolishness, blindness (fig.) Unglædnes (-glǽwnes?) imperitia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 25. Sió ungleáwnes biþ on ðé selfum, ðæt ðú hit ne canst on riht gecnáwan, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 226, 33. Ongleáwnis imperitia, Scint. 5,
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déman
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Add: to judge. absolute Ic déme (doemo, L.) swá swá ic gehýre sicut audio judico, Jn. 5, 30. Gif ic déme (doemu, R.) mín dóm is sóð, 8, 16. 'Mé é Yfele geréfan þá þe on wóh démaþ, 61, 26. Déme gé swá swá gé willon ꝥ eów sý gedémed, 28. to judge a person