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un-forrotodlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forrotodlíc, adj.

Not liable to decay ⬩ incorruptible ⬩ imperishable

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Not liable to decay, incorruptible, imperishable Ursforrotedlíces immarcescibilis, imputribilis, Hpt. Gl. 467, 45

Linked entry: for-rotodlic

un-forswíþed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forswíþed, adj.

Unconquered

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Unconquered Ic ðæs þoncunge dó ðæm unforswýþdum úrum weorode ago gratias inuicto exercitui nostro, Nar. 2, 31

Linked entry: for-swíþan

þúsend-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
þúsend-gerím, es; n.

Numeration by thousands ⬩ counting with the unit a thousand

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Numeration by thousands, counting with the unit a thousand Ðría ðreóténo ðúsendgerímes thirty-nine thousand, Salm. Kmbl. 582; Sal. 290

þweores

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
þweores, þwires, þwyres.

across as opposed to along ⬩ athwart ⬩ transversely ⬩ crosswise as opposed to lengthways ⬩ on the flank ⬩ perversely ⬩ wrongly

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Adam wæs on lenge fíf and hundnigontiges fingra lenge ofer þweoras ða fingras (i.e. taking the breadth, not the length, of the fingers ), Anglia xi. 2, 28.

Linked entries: þwires þwyre

ufe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
ufe-weard, uf-weard; adj.

upper ⬩ upper part of ⬩ upper part ⬩ later ⬩ latter part of a time

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Se móna gehrán mid his scíman ðǽm triówum ufeweardum, Nar. 30, 8. temporal, later, latter part of a time.

úht-gebed

(n.)
Grammar
úht-gebed, es; n.

A prayer repeated in the early morning ⬩ matins

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A prayer repeated in the early morning, matins Úhtgebed vel þénung matutinum officium, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 29. Se eádiga wer his úhtgebedum befeal, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 12

Linked entry: úht-þegnung

un-ásecgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásecgendlíc, adj.

beyond the powers of language to describe ⬩ unspeakable ⬩ indescribable ⬩ ineffable ⬩ not proper to tell ⬩ not to be told

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Unásæccendlícum costum ineffabilibus modis, Rtl. 108, 27. not proper to tell, not to be told Ða unásecgendlícan nefandas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 40

un-ásolcenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-ásolcenlíce, adv.

Not lukewarmly ⬩ heartily ⬩ energetically ⬩ with vigour

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Not lukewarmly, heartily, energetically, with vigour Gif ðæt gebodene bið gefremed unforhtlíce and unsleaclíce and unásolcenlíce si quod jubetur non trepide, non tarde, non tepide efficiatur, R. Ben. 20, 19

un-beald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beald, adj.

Not bold ⬩ not confident ⬩ irresolute

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Not bold, not confident, irresolute Oft gebyreþ ðæm manðwǽran, ðonne hé wierð ríce ofer óðre men, ðæt hé for his manðwǽrnesse ásláwaþ and wierð tó unbald (-beald, Hatt.

un-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
un-bealu, gen. -beal(u)wes; n.

Innocence

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Innocence Mid unbealuwe ealre heortan in innocentia cordis mei, Ps. Th. 100, 2

un-begán

(adj.)
Grammar
un-begán, adj.

uncultivated ⬩ unadorned

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Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on dúnum and on unbegánum stówum, Lchdm. i. 230, 4: 238, 17. unadorned Unbegán inculta, non ornata, Hpt. Gl. 435, 26

un-belimp

(n.)
Grammar
un-belimp, es; n.

Mischance ⬩ accident

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Mischance, accident Of unbelimpum (fortunae) casibus (oppressos, Ald. 42), Hpt. Gl. 478, 25

Linked entry: be-limp

un-beorhte

(adv.)
Grammar
un-beorhte, adv.

Not brightly

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Not brightly Ealle steorran weorþaþ gebirhte of ðære sunnan, sume þeáh beorhtor, some unbeorhtor ( less brightly ), Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 6. Sume beorhtor, sume unbyrhtor, 33, 4; Fox 132, 21

Linked entry: beorhte

un-berendness

(n.)
Grammar
un-berendness, e; f.

Barrenness ⬩ sterility

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Unbeore[n]dnisse sterilitatem, Ps. Surt. 34, 12

Linked entry: berendnis

un-besorh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besorh, adj.

Not the object of care ⬩ that one does not care about

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Not the object of care, that one does not care about Ðá hét se cyning clypian him tó unbesorge men ( men that he didn't care about ), Homl. Th. ii. 486, 9

Linked entry: be-sorg

un-beweddod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beweddod, adj.

unbetrothed ⬩ unmarried

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Unbeweddod mǽden puellam virginem, quae non habet sponsum, Deut. 22, 28. unmarried Unbeweddod innuba, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 35. Mǽden seó ðe unbeweddud ys uirgo quae innupta est (1 Cor. 7, 34), Scint. 69, 3.

Linked entry: be-weddian

un-bewilled

(adj.)
Grammar
un-bewilled, adj.

Not boiled away

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Not boiled away Seóþ on wætre óþ ðæt ðæs wætres sié þridda[n] dǽl unbewelled, Lchdm. ii. 248, 18

un-biddende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-biddende, adj.

Not praying ⬩ without praying

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Not praying, without praying Gif hé nele biddan ðæs écan leóhtes, hé sitt ðonne blind be ðam wege unbiddende, Homl. Th. i. 156, 4

un-blanden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-blanden, adj.

Unmixed

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Unmixed Unblonden non mixtum, Rtl. 68, 30

un-geféred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geféred, adj.

Unapproached ⬩ inaccessible

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Unapproached, inaccessible Feldas and wudu and dúna, ða wǽron monnum ungeférde, for wildeórum and wyrmum, Nar. 20, 11. In án nearo fiesten micel ungeféredra móra in angustias inaccessorum montium, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 20

Linked entry: ge-féran