sár
Sore, painful, grievous, distressing
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Sore, painful, grievous, distressing, of physical pain Se lǽca ðe scealsáre (yfela, MS. Y.) wunda wel gehǽlan, hé mót habban góde sealfe ðǽrtó, L. Pen. 4; Th. ii. 278, 15.
of-þyncan
to cause regret or sorrow ⬩ to cause displeasure or offence
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Ofþinceþ ðé les ðe ðû tô yfele hæfst geworht? L. Ecg. C. proem.; Th. ii. 130, 43. Ðá ofþúhte Pharao ðæt hé ðæt folc swá freólíce forlét, Homl.
eall
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Wurdon hig ealles tó oft on yfel áwende, Jud. pref. 8. dat. inst. entirely, altogether Ealle hé wæs swelce Rómáne þá wyrþe wǽron qui vere dignus Romanis punitor adhibitus videretur, Ors. 6, 3; S. 256, 23.
un-twifeald
not double ⬩ simple ⬩ sincere ⬩ honest ⬩ pure ⬩ not double ⬩ united ⬩ without division
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Ne magon wé nǽfre gereccan ðone yfelan mon clǽnne and untwifealdne malos esse, pure atque simpliciter nego, 36, 6; Fox 182, 18. Gif hí góde beóþ and hláfordholde and untwifealde si probi sunt, 14, 1; Fox 42, 24.
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hræd-ness
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Wundorlícre hrædnysse hé ongyt þæs innoðes líðunge in a wonderfully short time he will perceive relief in the stomach, Lch. i. 112, 1. promptness, readiness Ic eom ondetta þæt ic onféng on mínne múð wealworda and yfelre rædnesse (cf. reþnesse, 101, 43
DÓN
To DO, make, cause ⬩ agĕre, facĕre
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Alýfþ on restedagum wel dón, oððe yfele licel sabbātis benefacĕre, an male? Lk. Bos. 6, 9. He sǽde ðæt he hit náhte to dónne he said that he ought not to do it, Chr. 1070; Ed. 208, 5: 1091; Erl. 227, 13: Mt.
ge-sceádwíslíce
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Past. 69, 23. reasonably, in accordance with reason Gif hwylc bróðor unsceádelíce hwæs bidde, hé gesceádwíslíce (rationabiliter) his yfelan béne forwyrne, R. Ben. 54, 15: R. Ben. I. 61, 12: 102, i: Bt. 13; F. 38, 3. <b>III a.
nyten-ness
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Ꝥ hé on his ylde of ðám yfelan slǽpe his ǽrran nytennysse áríse, Hml. A. 53, 81: Hml. S. 14, 36 : 25, 788. Þý lǽs þe ǽnig ungecyrred woroldman mid his nytnesse and ungewitte regules geboda ábrǽce, Lch. iii. 442, 2.
ord-fruma
source, origin ⬩ author, source, ⬩ applied to the Deity ⬩ chief, head, prince
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Danaus ðæs yfeles ordfruma scelerum fabricator Danaus, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 40, 16: Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 14: 29; Thw. 17, 4. chief, head, prince Wæs mín fæder æþele ordfruma, Beo. Th. 531; B. 263. Daniel wæs ordfruma earmre láfe, Cd. Th. 225, 10; Dan. 152.
slæc
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Ðú yfela þeówa and sleac thou wicked and slothful servant. Homl. Th. ii. 554, 7. Sægdon ðæt hé sleac wǽre, æðeling unfrom. Beo. Th. 4381; B. 2187. Ðæt ðæm sleacan preóste ne þince tó mycel geswinc, ðæt hé undó his eágan, Anglia viii. 317, 4.
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tunge
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Wǽron hyra tungan tó yfele gehwam scearpe, 56, 5. representing the words expressed by the tongue, words, speech, language Hí mid tungan heora fácenfullíce dydon, Ps. Spl. 5, 10. Mé inwit næs on tungan, Ps. Th. 138, 2.
un-cyst
A vice ⬩ defect ⬩ fault ⬩ a disorder ⬩ a fault ⬩ solecism ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault ⬩ the vice of avarice ⬩ niggardliness ⬩ parsimony ⬩ want of liberality
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Voc. ii. 88, 27-33: 52, 49. of morals, a vice, fault Ðæt on ús ne sý geméted nǽnigu stów ǽmetig gástlícra mægena, ðæt ðǽr mæge yfelu uncyst on eardian, Blickl. Homl. 37, l0. Ðeós deáþberende uncyst ( envy ), 65, 13.
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ge-mǽnsumian
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Sé þe gemǽnsumað mid ofermódigum qui communicauerit cum superbo, Scint. 83, 5. to defile Þás yfelu gemǽnsumiað (communicant, i. contaminant) mann, Scint. 102, 17
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full-gán
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Gif hwá forlǽt ǽlc gód and fulgǽþ þám yfele, 36, 6; F. 182, 7. Ꝥ mon fulgá eallum his lustum, 24, 2; F. 82, 13. Ne fulgá hé eallunga ðæs líchoman wilnunga nec totum se ad hoc, quod agit, conferat, Past. 395, 10.
hreówsian
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Hé sceal his ágnu yfelu hreówsian, 461, 22: 421, 13. with gen. Ðǽt mód innan hreówsað ðæs unnyttes þe se líchoma ǽr dyde magis intus quod fecimus, dolemus, Past. 259, 23. Ðæt mód ðæs hreówsað, 415, 27.
weorþan
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I. add Hé ne wearð náfre náne yfele dǽda wyrcende, Nic. l, 19. (2 b) :-- On þǽm swicdóme wearð Numantia duguð gefeallen. Ors. 5, 3 ; S. 222, 8. Binnan feáwum dagum hí wúrdon forðférde, Gr. D. 152, 20.
sóþ-fæst
true, without deception ⬩ true in deed ⬩ just ⬩ righteous ⬩ pious ⬩ without wickedness ⬩ true in speech ⬩ veracious
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Yfele geréfan ða ðe rihte dómas sóþfæstra manna onwendaþ, 61, 27. On ða swíþran healfe Drihtnes mid sóþfæstum sáwlum, 95, 22. Mon mid gódum and sóþfæstum dǽdum geearnige him ða écean ræste, 101, 26.
geond
Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond ⬩ per, trans, inter, post, ultra ⬩ κατά
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Sittaþ yfele men giond eorþrícu wicked men sit in earthly kingdoms, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 74; Met. 4, 37. Giond ðas wídan worulde through this wide world, 11, 89; Met. 11, 45
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ge-swincfull
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on his lífe (cf. cild ácenned (on the 24th day) winnende, 194, 27), 158, 13. causing trouble, troublesome Gif hié yfele sint ðonne sint hié þé pleólicran and geswincfulran (Fox prints geswicnefulran, but Sedgefield gives only ge*-*swincfulran) gehæfd
or-þanc
Original, inborn thought ⬩ mind, genius, wit, understanding ⬩ ingenium ⬩ a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design ⬩ skilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art
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Yfele orþance malo ingenio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 8. Orþancas ingenia, Germ. 397, 423. Orþancum ingeniis, Wülck. Gl. 250, 5. a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design Orþanc molimen (cf. searo molimen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 29), Ælfc.