un-deór
Not dear ⬩ cheap ⬩ common
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Ðæt hié mon ná undeórran weorðe móste lésan ðonne hié mon be ðam were geeahtige, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 1.
wíte-bróga
Penal horror ⬩ a horrid punishment ⬩ torment
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Penal horror, a horrid punishment or torment Ne mé weorce sind wítebrógan, ðe ðú tó mé beótast, Exon. Th. 250, 31; Jul. 135. Eal ðæt man ús foresegð embe helle wítebrógan (cf.
for-trúwian
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Ðæt hié ðencen tó him selfum and ne fortrúwigen hié for óðerra monna weorcum ut ad suum cor redeant, et de alienis actibus non praesumant, 231, 12
pleó-líc
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Mé þincþ ðæt ðæt weorc ( translating Genesis) is swíðe pleólíc (dangerous, because a foolish person might misapply what he read ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 22, 8. Ne becymst ðú nǽfre tó ðam pleólícum leahtre, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 31.
wuldor-fæst
Glorious
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Ða wuldorfæstan Godes weorc, Homl. Skt. ii. 23b, 11. Wuldorfæstan wíc (heaven), Cd. Th. 2, 30; Gen. 27
módig
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</b> applied to a personal attribute :-- Æfter þám módigan unþeáwe after the vice of pride, Wlfst. 249, 7. applied to an animal Sum módig fearr weorð ángencga and þǽre heorde dráfe oferhogode, Hml. Th. i. 502, II.
rád
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Gif mon on mycelre ráde oððe on miclum gangum weorðe geteorad, Lchdm. i. 76, 4. Ðæt man funde ǽnne man tó ráde oððe tó gange, L. Ath. v. 4; Th. i. 232, 15. Rynestrong on ráde, Exon. Th. 400, 9; Rä. 20, 7. <b>I a.
á-rǽran
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Th. i. 86, 16. to raise, increase price Gif wé gyld árǽrdon . . . swá man ꝥ weorð up árǽran mihte . . . Gif we ꝥ ceápgild árǽrað, Ll. Th. i. 234, 5, 10, 16.
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bísgung
Business, occupation ⬩ negotium, occupatio
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Ne forlǽte se reccere ða inneran giémenne ðæs godcundan þiówdómes for ðære abísgunge ðara úterra weorca let not the ruler forsake the inner care of the divine ministration for the occupation of outer works, Past. 18, 1; Hat. MS. 25 a, 29, 27, 30
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un-gefullod
Unbaptized
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Ðá Sanctus Martinus ðæt geseah ... him wæs ðæt swíþe myccle weorce ðæt hé swá ungefulwad forðféran sceolde, Blickl. Homl. 217, 18-23
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un-tweógende
Undoubting ⬩ unhesitating ⬩ unwavering ⬩ certain
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Hé næfð gearone willan untweógendne tó ðæm weorce, Past. 54; Swt. 423, 26. Hyht untweóndne, Elen. Kmbl. 1592; El. 798. Ðæt wé ðý untweógendran be ús gelýfden ðæt wé be ðǽm leorniaþ, Shrn. 67, 24
un-wérig
Not weary ⬩ fresh
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Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorðe geteorad, nime betonican...; ðonne bið hé sóna unwérig, Lchdm. i. 76, 8.
ge-derian
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Sé ðe heom gederige mid worde oððe weorce, Ll. Th. ii. 240, 6. Gif hit gewierðe ꝥ man gehádedum oþþe ælþeódigum gederode (-ede, v.l.), i. 192, 18. Nán mon ne mæg þám gesceádwísan móde gederian, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 17
mann-slege
Man-slaying ⬩ homicide
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Man-slaying, homicide Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes and hé weorðe ðǽr ofslegen, ne síe hé ( the slayer ) ná mansleges scyldig. Gif hé æfter sunnan upgonge ðis déþ, hé biþ mansleges scyldig, and hé ðonne self swelte, L.
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un-geornful
Not diligent ⬩ negligent ⬩ careless ⬩ remiss
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Ðý læs hine se wærscipe gelǽde on ealles tó micle hátheortnesse, oððe eft sió ánfealdnes hine tó ungeornfulne gedoo tó ongietanne, ðý læs hé weorðe besolcen quatenus nec seducti per prudentiam calleant, nec ab intellectus studio ex simplicitate torpescant
wlite-scíne
Of brilliant beauty ⬩ splendid ⬩ beauteous
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Weorud wlitescýne. Exon. Th. 31, 9; Cri. 493: 35, 6; Cri. 554. Seó wlitescýne wuldres condel (Juliana), 269, 22; Jul. 454. Wlitesciéne wíf (Eve), Cd. Th. 33, 28 ; Gen. 527. On mǽrum dǽge ł on wlitescénan dæge insigni die, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4.
ge-scendan
To shame, put to shame, confound, corrupt
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He us gescende and úre weorc he hath put us and our deeds to shame, Blickl. Homl. 243, 11. Hwá biþ gescended ðæt me forðæm ne scamige who is shamed and I am not ashamed? Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 5; Hat. MS. Ne gescend me non confundas me, Ps.
Linked entries: ge-scandende ge-scindan ge-scyndan scendan
éstfulnes
luxury ⬩ lasciviousness
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Similar entries Cf. ést-ful, II Swutele synd þæs flǽsces weorc, ꝥ is forligr and unclǽnnyss, éstfulnyss oððe gálnyss, hǽðengyld oððe unlybban (fornicatio, immunditia, impudicitia, luxuria, idolorum servitus, veneficia, Gal. 5, 19), Hml. S. 17, 24
á-wirgan
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Hiera áwiergdan weorc, 268, 19. Áwoergedo >(-wærgede, R.) maledicti, Mt. L. 25, 41. Áuoergado (-werged, R.), Jn. L. 7, 49. On gewill ðára áwiergedena (-wierdena,v. l.), Past. 248, 23. Mid áwyridum gástum furiis, i. malignis spiritibus, An.
sóþ-fæst
true, without deception ⬩ true in deed ⬩ just ⬩ righteous ⬩ pious ⬩ without wickedness ⬩ true in speech ⬩ veracious
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Hí on ðín sóðfæst weorc (in justitiam tuam) ne gangan, Ps. Th. 68, 28: 70, 14, 20, 22. Ðín sóðfæst word justificationes tuas, 118, 20. Hé gecýþde ðæt sóþfæste men habbaþ mid him þeófas and synfulle men, Blickl. Homl. 75, 27.