géme-leáslíce
Negligently ⬩ neglĭgenter
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Negligently; neglĭgenter For hwon sǽdest ðú Ecgbyrhte swá gémeleáslíce and swá wlætlíce ða þing ðe ic ðé bebeád him to secganne quāre tam neglĭgenter ac tĕpĭde dixisti Ecgbercto quæ tibi dīcenda præcēpi? Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 9.
swerian
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swear, support what they said with oath) about a certain thing, whether of the twain were stronger, fate or caution, Salm. Kmbl. 851; Sal. 425
un-gedéfe
Troublesome ⬩ disagreeable
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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, gif hí nellaþ wel wexan oþþe ðǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing on gedón bið, i. 398, 2. Mannum ungedéfum hominibus importunis, Scint. 38, 15.
un-álífedlíc
Not allowable ⬩ unlawful ⬩ illicit
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Not allowable, unlawful, illicit Unálýfedlíc þing hoc nefas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 51, 2. Swýnen flǽsc Iudéum unálýfedlíc ys tó etanne, Ps. Th. 16, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 456, 35. Hí ne móstan for him náht unálýfedlíces begangan, Shrn. 65, 11.
weorold-lagu
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Hláfordes searwu æfter woruldlagu is bótleás þing, Wulfst. 274, 24. Wíse woroldwitan ðe gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, L. Eth. vii. 24; Th. i. 334, 22. Leófan menn, lagiaþ góde woroldlagan, Wulfst. 274, 7
á-cumendlic
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Ealle þing synd ðám geleáffullan ácumendlice omnia possibilia credenti, Angl. vii. 30, 280
heáfod-hebba
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S. 23, 365. of a thing, a beginning Ǽrest wé wyllað fón on Ianuarium, for þon hé is heáfodhebba and eác þás geáres geendung, Angl. viii. 305, 29
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un-nyt
a vain thing ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ iniquity
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Lamb. ii. 3. an evil thing, iniquity Hí unnyt sæcgeaþ loqueutur iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 93, 4
eafora
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Nǽfre geréfan rǽdaþ þíne eafora yrfe, 2187. Lǽd eaforan þíne, frumgáran þrý, 1333. Idesa eaforan bróhtan heora ealdan fæder, 2606
mǽl
A speech ⬩ talk ⬩ conversation
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A speech, talk, conversation Gemuna ða mǽla ðe wé oft æt meodo sprǽcon think of the talks that we oft had at table, Byrht. Th. 137, 66; By. 212
mótan
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Gif man óðerne sace tihte and hé ðane mannan móte (meet with; Price translates cite, see his note) an medle oððe an þinge, L.H.E. 8; Th. i. 30, 11
géme-lést
Negligence, carelessness ⬩ neglĭgentia, incūria
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Negligence, carelessness; neglĭgentia, incūria Þurh ðíne ágene gémeléste through thine own negligence, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 2. Þurh heora gémelést through their carelessness, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 34
hord-cófa
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and add Ic ( the devil) wolde . . . þæt hý (the wicked) wunedon on mínum hordcouan (hwæt woldon hý on mínum hordcleofan, v. l. ) and þíne circean forgeáton, Wlfst. 255, 14
edlesendlíce
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Relatively Seó sáwul oððe ꝥ líf synd ge*-*cwædene tó hyre sylfra, and ꝥ gemynd oððe ꝥ andgit beóð gecwædene tó sumum þinga edlesendlíce, Hml. S. 1, 119
níwe
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</b> new to a thing, inexperienced in :-- Níwe on geleáfan neophitus, Hpt. 31, 13, 304.
geornful-nes
Eagerness, diligence, earnestness, zeal, fervour, devotion ⬩ sollertia, dīlĭgentia, industria, fervor, devōtio
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Hat.] eorþlícra þinga ablent ðæs módes eágan mid ðære costunga the eagerness for earthly things blinds the eyes of the mind with temptation, Past. 18, 2; Swt. 128, 15; Cot. MS. Ðeós geornfulnyss hæc dīlĭgentia, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 6.
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riht-þeów
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a lawful slave Sæge ꝥ ic þín rihtþeówa (-þeów, v. l.) sý servum me juris tui esse profitere, Gr. D. 180, 6
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ge-mǽnelíce
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Ben. 69, 10. where persons are affected together Ic nú þás þing wríte tó þé gemǽnelice and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum, Nar. 3, 7. where things are done together Seó hiés and þá fulfremedan weorc gemǽnelíce (communiter) butú þá þing beóð gefyllede
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sceand
shame, disgrace, infamy, ignominy ⬩ a shameful, infamous, or abominable thing,
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Sylfum tó sconde to thine own disgrace 90, 27; Cri. 1480. Ðú sceonde æt mé [ne] anfénge ac gefeán eallum thou gottest not disgrace from me, but gladness ever Cd. Th. 54, 9 ; Gen. 874.
loft
air
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air Heó ne líþ on nánum þinge ac on lofte heó stynt it (the earth) does not rest on anything, but stands in the air, Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 20