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hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
hwǽr, [or hwær?], hwar; adv.

Where ⬩ anywhere ⬩ somewhere ⬩ wheresoever ⬩ wherever

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Where. in direct questions Gyf ic cweþe ubi posuisti meum librum, hwǽr lédest ðú míne bóc ðonne is se ubi interrogativum ðæt is áxigendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 60. Hwǽr ys se Judéa cyning ðe ácenned ys ubi est qui natus est rex Judæorum? Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entries: hwára hwar

meodu-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
meodu-, meocs, meohs, meolc; adj.

missen-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
missen-, misen-, missend-líc; adj.

Dissimilar ⬩ different ⬩ diverse ⬩ various ⬩ divers

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Dissimilar, different, diverse, various, divers Hwítes hiowes and eác missenlíces candido versicolore, Nar. 16, 1. Draca missenlíces hiwes, 43, 13. For missenlíce heora feaxes hiwe óðer wæs cweden se bleaca Heáwold óðer se hwíta ( pro diversa capillorum

neoþe-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
neoþe-, nioþo-, niþe-weard; adj.

Low ⬩ situated beneath ⬩ bottom of

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Low, situated beneath, bottom of (the noun with which the adjective agrees) Niþeweard fót planta; hóh niþeweard calx, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 73, 75. Is se hals gréne nioþoweard and ufeweard, Exon. Th. 218, 23; Ph. 299. On nyþewerdum ðam munte ad radices montis

nihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
nihtes, (gen. of niht, q. v.); adv.

At night ⬩ night

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At night, night Ne mæg ic búton mynstre nihtes wunian I cannot stop out of the monastery at night, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 34. Ðá gestód hé æt ánum éhþyrle óþ forþ nihtes ( far on into the night ), 184, 27. Hys leorningcnihtas cómon nihtes ( nocte ), Mt.

ge-treówleás

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-treówleás, -trýwleás; def. se -leása; adj.

Without faith ⬩ unfaithful ⬩ perfidious ⬩ perfĭdus

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Without faith, unfaithful, perfidious; perfĭdus Se getreówleása cyning rex perfĭdus, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 11

Linked entries: ge-trýwleás treów-leás

ge-treówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-treówlíce, -triówlíce, -tríwlíce, -trýwlíce; adv.

Faithfully ⬩ fĭdēlĭter

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Faithfully; fĭdēlĭter Ðe him getreówlíce þeówdon qui illi fĭdēlĭter serviērunt, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 36: 3, 23; S. 554, 13: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 81: Blickl. Homl. 185, 24, 28. Getríwlíce, Th. Ch. 202, 26

Linked entries: ge-triówlice ge-trýwlíce

ge-fæd

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fæd, adj. [ge-fadian to set in order]

Orderly ⬩ dispŏsĭtus

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Orderly; dispŏsĭtus Ðæt preósta gehwilc to sinoþe hæbbe gefædne man to cnihte that every priest at the synod have an orderly man for servant, L. Edg. C. 4; Th. ii. 244, 14

ge-neahhe

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-neahhe, -neahe, -nehhe, -nehe; adv.

Enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantly ⬩ satis, sufficienter, frequenter, valde, sedulo, instanter

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Enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantly; satis, sufficienter, frequenter, valde, sedulo, instanter Ðara ðe geneahhe noman scyppendes hergan willaþ of those who sufficiently will praise the creator's name, Exon. 8

Linked entries: ge-neh ge-nehhe

un-dearninga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-dearninga, un-dearnunga, -deornunga; adv.

Without secrecy or concealment ⬩ openly

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Without secrecy or concealment, openly Elene for eorlum spræc undearninga, ides reordode hlúde for herigum, Elen. Kmbl. 809; El. 405: Fins. Th. 45; Fin. 22. Undearnunga, Elen. Kmbl. 1237; El. 620. Ðú ofer ealle undearnunga ðíne bearn sprecest and beslde

un-eáðlácn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðlácn, un-eáðlácne?, -lǽcne; adj.

Not easily cured

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Not easily cured Biþ ðonne se milte uneáþlǽcne, ðonne ðæt blód áheardaþ on ðǽm ǽdrum, Lchdm. ii. 250, 5. Cyrnelu uneáðlácnu, 240, 21. Ða dolh beóþ uneáðlácnu, 242, 10. Uneáðlácno, 242, 3. Seó wǽte wyrcþ uneáþlácna áðla, 226, 15

un-efn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-efn, -efen, -emn, -emne(?); adj.

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-fæstrǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæstrǽd, un-fæstrǽde, -rád; adj.

Infirm of purpose ⬩ inconstant ⬩ unstable ⬩ weak

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Infirm of purpose, inconstant, unstable, weak Unfæstrǽd inconstans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 4. Ðá ongon hé ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt hé fæsðrǽdes wiste and sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierd[d]e ða ðe hé unfæsðráde (unfæstrǽdes, Cott. MSS.) wisse prius

þweorh

(adj.)
Grammar
þweorh, þwerh, þwyrh; adj.

crooked ⬩ cross ⬩ adverse ⬩ opposed ⬩ cross ⬩ angry ⬩ bitter ⬩ perverse ⬩ wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ depraved ⬩ froward ⬩ wrongly ⬩ evilly

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crooked, cross, Similar entries for the literal sense see þweores. fig. Ðuer wig perversa via, Kent. Gl. 772. On ðweorum wige in via perversi, 812. Þwuru (þweoru, MS. A.) beóþ on gerihte erunt prava in directa, Lk. Skt. 3, 5. adverse, opposed (cf. Icel

Linked entries: hwarum þweora þweorian þweor-líc þweorlíce þweorness þweor-tíme þwer

un-gecýd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecýd, un-gecýdd, -gecýðed; adj.

Undeclared

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Undeclared Gif ceáp ofer . Similar entries v. niht ungecýd on gemǽnre lǽse wunaþ, L. Edg. S. 9; Th. i. 276, 1

Linked entry: ge-cýþan

wíd-gil

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gil, wíd-gill, -giel, -gel, and-gille; adj.
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Wide-spreading, spacious, vast, broad Wídgil passiva, vasta, Hpt. Gl. 527, 52. þeáh ðeós eorðe unwísum wídgel (cf. iúm, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 23) þince. Met. 10, 10. Ðæt is suíðe rúm weg and wídgille lata et spatiosa via est, Past. 18 ; Swt. 133, 20. Ðæt fenn

Linked entries: -gill -gal

wís-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-fæst, (
Similar entries
v. wíse, and cf. þeáw-fæst
); adj.

Perfect

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Perfect Gif ðú wilt wísfæst (perfectus)wosa, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. Rush. 19, 21. Wísfæst éghwelc bið perfectus omnis erit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 40. Folc wísfæst plebem perfectum, I. 17. Wísfæsto (perfecti) wossað gié. Rtl. 13, 19

feferig

(adj.)
Grammar
feferig, febrig (q. v. in Dict.) ; adj.

Feverish

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Feverish Gif hé feforig sý, Lch. i. 334, 21

Linked entry: febrig

ge-lícweorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lícweorþ, ge-lícweorþe, ge-lícwirþe, ge-lícwyrþe; adj.
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Pleasing, agreeable to Enoch wæs Gode gelícwurðe, Hml. S. 16, 17. Ðonne mæg hé eówian ðǽr Gode suíðe gelícweorðe (lícwyrðe, v. l. ) forhæfdnesse, Past. 315, 19. v. wel-gelícwirþe

ge-scrépe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-scrépe, ge-scroepe, ge-scrǽpe, ge-screópe; adj.
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Fit, suitable, adapted Hit is gescrǽpe (scroepe, v.l.) on lǽswe sceápa alendis apta pecoribus, Bd. l, l ; Sch. 8, 8. Gescroepe (-scrópe, v.l.) ærneweg via apta currat equorum, 5, 6; Sch. 575, I. Seó þrfih wæs swá gescreópe (-scrépe, v.l.) þǽre fǽmnan

Linked entries: -scrépe un-gescrépu ge-scroepe

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