á-drýgan
to dry up ⬩ to extract the moisture from material ⬩ to dry up a fluid ⬩ to dry up moisture on material, wipe off ⬩ to dry material on which there is moisture, wipe dry
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Ǽlc mon ádrýge of óðerra monna móde ðone wénan be him ǽlces yfeles, Past. 451, 22. Ðæt hé mæge ádrýggean (-drýgean, Hatt. MS.) tergat of monna heortan ðæt fúles sié, 74, 21. Hát gefeormian mín blód and ðonon ádrýgan, Bl.
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ge-þoht
THOUGHT ⬩ thinking ⬩ mind ⬩ determination ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ mens
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Manna cynnes [MS. kynnes] costere hafaþ acenned on ðé ða unablinnu ðæs yfelan geþohtes the tempter of mankind [lit. of the race of men] hath begotten in thee the unrest of this evil thought, Guth. 7; Gdwn. 46, 10: Bd. 1, 27: S. 496, 32: Exon. 73 b; Th
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Ia. of evil beings :-- Yfel wiht phantasma Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 26 : Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 49. Wiht unhǽlo ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 241; B. 120. Werge wihta ( devils ), Exon. Th. 455, 29; Hy. 4, 57.
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twégen
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Ðissa twéga yfela áuþer, Bt. 6; Fox 16, 2. Ys ðeós wyrt twégea (twégra, MSS. B. O.) cynna, Lchdm. i. 204, 9. Twégra (tuoegara, Lind.: twoegra, Rush.: tweire, later MS.) manna gewitnes, Jn. Skt. 8, 17. Twoega nétna duorum animalium, Ps.
ge-métan
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Ðá yfelan nǽron ná yfele, gif hí geméttan ꝥ gód ꝥ hí wilniaþ, ac for þý hý sint yfele þe hí hit ne gemétaþ certum est adeptione boni bonos fieri. . . adipiscuntur boni quod appetunt . . . mali vero si adipiscerentur, quod appetunt bonum, mali esse non
ge-swícan
To leave off ⬩ desist ⬩ stop ⬩ cease ⬩ rest from ⬩ turn from ⬩ withdraw ⬩ relinquish ⬩ fail ⬩ deceive ⬩ betray ⬩ intermittere ⬩ desistere ⬩ cessare ⬩ quiescere ⬩ requiescere ⬩ deserere ⬩ discedere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ deficere ⬩ fallere ⬩ prodere ⬩ with the genitive ⬩ with the dative
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Gerǽddon [gerædden, MS.] ða witan ðæt man ǽlces yfeles geswác the witan decreed that men should cease from every kind of evil, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 33: Ps. Th. 58, 4.
tawian
to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.
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Ðæt folc hine hæfde swá yfele swilce hé sumes þinges scyldig wǽre; and ealle men hine fram stówe tó stówe brudon, and tó wundre tawedon treated him wondrous ill, i. 23, 654.
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un-þeáw
A bad habit ⬩ an evil practice ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault
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Ðý læs hié forlǽten untǽlde óðerra monna yfele unðeáwas (yfle ðeáwas, Cott. MSS.) ne pravos hominum mores nequaquam redarguant, Past. 46; Swt. 351, 21.
under-fón
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Hé hæfde mid him sume underfangene (some who had been baptized) þe synfulle wǽron and æfter heora fulluhte fela tó yfele dydon, Hml. S. 31, 730. <b>II a.</b> to submit to punishment :-- Underfón hí beheafdunge, Hml. Th. i. 420, 7.
willa
will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way
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Nǽnig wæs weorð, gif mon his willan begeat yfelne, Met. 8, 37. Gelfcnyssa willena qualitates afectionum, Scint. 28, 18.
ge-mearcian
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Þú hæfst yfele gemearcod uncer sylfra síð, 791. <b>I a.</b> to measure. Cf. míl-gemearc Þæt þanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla gemearcodes, Sae. 724. to make a mark on Hú Martirius gemearcode þone hláf, Gr. D. 86, 12.
óþer
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Swylc coðe cóm on mannum ꝥ fullneáh ǽfre þe óðer man wearð on þám wyrrestan yfele, Chr. 1086; P. 217, 29. Sume fæston swá ꝥ hí forsáwon tó etanne búton on ðone óðerne dæg, Hml. S. 13, 97. Add Sem se yldesta, óðer Cham, þridda Iafeth, Gen. 1241.
ge-limpan
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H. 129, 6. where the subject is not expressed Ðá yfelan habbaþ gesǽlþa, and him gelimpþ oft æfter hiora ágnum willan, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 214, 5. Sum sáre angeald ǽfenræste, swá him ful oft gelamp, B. 1252.
fremming
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Ðurh geswicenysse yfeles and ðurh fremminge gódes, 332, 4. Fremmincgum effectibus (operum ), An. Ox. 1332. Tó gódum fremmingum fulfremedra dǽda. Hml. A. 48, 581
ge-wanian
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Hit dereð ðæt sió sibb ne sié gewanod betwux ðǽm yfelum est noxium, si unitas non desit mails, 361, 10.
sécan
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Add Þǽr bið sóht fram ánra gehwylcum hwæt hé yfeles gedyde oðþe gódes, Verc. Först. 148, 15. 1.
hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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Hí habbaþ sum yfel hefigre and frécendlicre þonne ǽnig wíte sié, Bt. 38, 3; F. 200, 27. Þá hefegastan gravissimam (valetudinem), An. Ox. 4348. having the aspect of heaviness, thick mist, fog, cloud, &c.
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þreá
rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threat ⬩ chastisement ⬩ correction ⬩ punishment ⬩ an infliction that has been deserved ⬩ justifiable severity ⬩ an infliction (where no idea of correction is implied) ⬩ evil ⬩ ill ⬩ pang ⬩ plague ⬩ calamity ⬩ affliction
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Næs ǽnig ðæt mec þus bealdlíce bendum bilegde, þreám forþrycte, 273, 22; Jul. 520. an infliction (where no idea of correction is implied), evil, ill, pang, plague, calamity, affliction Tó ne geniólaecað tó ðé yfel and ðreá ( flagellum ) ne geneólaeceþ
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dǽlan
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Ic wille dǽlan ðá yfelan ðám yfelum on twá; óþer dǽl þára yflena hæfð éce wíte, . . . óþer dǽl sceal beón geclǽnsod, Bt. 38, 4; F. 202, 27. to break up union, association Ne ceara þú fleáme dǽlan somwist incre, Gen. 2279. intrans. to separate (intrans
ge-mengan
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(l α) of non-material objects, to combine, associate :-- Gif ðá ðweoran and ðá unryhtwísan hiera yfel mid sibbe gefæstnigað and tósomne gemengað (-eað, v. l. ) si perversorum nequitia in pace jungitur, Past. 361, 12. one or more substances with other(