un-gewitfull
foolish ⬩ insensate ⬩ mad ⬩ insane ⬩ not in one's senses
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Welan and weorþscipes hí willniaþ, and ðonne hí hine habbaþ, ðonne wénap hí swá ungewitfulle ðæt hí habban ða sóþan gesǽlþa, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 30. mad, insane, not in one's senses Ða wódðrága ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gehǽlð furor insanorum
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weorold-riht
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Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 5. the law that should govern the world Dryhten sceáwaþ hwǽr ða eardien ðe his ǽ healden; gesihð hé ða dómas wonian and wendan of woruldryhte, ða hé gesette, Exon. Th. 105, 25 ; Gú. 28
cwéman
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Ðá men ðé wénað ðæt hí cwéman Gode ðonne hí cwellað hyra oxan, Prov. K. 67. Manege tiligaþ Gode tó cwémanne, Bt. 39, 10; F. 228, 13. Cuoemendra ðé placentium tibi, Rtl. 91, 31
of-hreósan
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Add His munecas nán óðer ne wéndon búton hé wurde ofhroren (crushed under the falling tree ), Hml. S. 31, 412. Mid þæs wáges hryre hé ( the devil ) tócwýsde ǽnne munuccnapan.
for-þencan
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Hé fela word spraec, forþóht ðearle (cf. ormód, Bt. 1; S. 8, 4), ne wénde ǽfre cuman of ðǽm clammum, Met. 1, 82. Hwæt mæg ic, earm, forðóht, máre geðencan?, Hml. S. 23 b, 477.
hwanne
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Þeáh hí seldum hwonne ( on rare occasions ) beswemde weorþon, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 28. in other connections Ic wéne nú hwonne ꝥ dysige men willon wundrian quod quidem cuipiam mirum forte videatur, Bt. 36, 6; F. 182, 15.
Dorn-sǽte
Inhabitants or men of Dorsetshire, people of Dorsetshire in a body, DORSETSHIRE ⬩ Dorsetenses, Dorsetia
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Hí up eódon into Dorsǽton [Dorsǽtan, Th. 247, 19] they went up into Dorsetshire, 998; Th. 246, 19: Cod. Dipl. 1302 ; A. D. 1006; Kmbl. vi. 155, 6: 1334; A. D. 1046; Kmbl. vi. 195, 31. On Dorsǽtan in Dorsetshire, Cod.
Linked entry: sǽta
ge-frignan
to ask ⬩ interrogare ⬩ to learn by asking ⬩ hear of
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Ðá ic néðan gefrægn hæleþ to hilde then I heard that heroes went daringly to war, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 9; Gen. 2060 : 92; Th. 118, 4; Gen. 1960 : Beo. Th. 148; B. 74 : 4961; B. 2484. Gefregn, Cd. 224; Th. 298, 1; Sat. 526.
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tweónung
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Went nú moncyn on tweónunga men will be in doubt, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 18. Hí búton ǽlcere tweónunge sceolon on écnesse forwurðan, Homl. Ass. 145, 37. Bútan twýnunge absque ambiguitate, Ælfc. Gr. 272, 13: sine dubitatione, R. Ben.
un-gerisene
inconvenience ⬩ disagreeableness ⬩ unseemliness ⬩ indignity ⬩ disgrace
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Him is leófre ðæt hé leóge ðonne him mon ǽnigra ungerisna tó wéne eligit falsa de se jactari, ne mala possit vel minima perpeti, Past. 33; Swt. 217, 16.
un-þearf
Disadvantage ⬩ hurt ⬩ harm ⬩ detriment
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Hé férde for his bróðær unþearfe intó Normandige he (William) went to Normandy on account of the injury his brother had done him (see Henry of Huntingdon), 1091; Erl. 227, 5.
collen-ferhþ
Fierce-minded ⬩ bold of spirit ⬩ bold ⬩ animi ferox ⬩ audax
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Kmbl. 698; An. 349 Collenferþ bold of spirit Exon. 96b; Th. 361, 9; Wal. 17 Eódon mid collenferhþe the bold went together Elen. Kmbl. 755; El. 3?8; 1694; El. 849 Hwæðer collenferþ cwicne gemétte whether he should find the bold [warrior]living Beo.
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ge-lǽnan
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Wénst ðú ꝥ hí ( earthly goods ) á þe deórwyrþran seón þe hí tó þínre note gelǽnde wǽron, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 2
Gallias
The Gauls ⬩ the Franks ⬩ Galli ⬩ Galliæ
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Gallia ríces geferde and gesóhte Adrian the abbot went and visited the parts of the kingdom of the Gauls; partes Galliārum [regni] adiisset, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 16. Gallia rice the kingdom of the Gauls, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 31
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self-líce
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Ðæm lytegan is ǽresð tó beleánne hiera selflíce ðæt hié ne wénen ðæt hié sién wiése . . . hé biþ ǽr úpáhæfen on selflíce for his lotwrencium in sapientibus hoc primum destruendum est, quod se sapientes arbitrantur, 30, 1; Swt. 203, 9, 18.
swífan
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to move in a course, wend, sweep Hond hwyrfeþ geneahhe swíféþ mé geond sweartne the hand passes over me (a skin), Exon. Th. 394, 4 ; Rä. 13, 13. On ðære ilcan eaxe hwerfeþ rodor, recene scríþeþ, súðheald swíféþ swift (sweeps swift), Met. 28, 17.
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un-myndlinga
undesignedly ⬩ without meaning to do something ⬩ unexpectedly
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where an act is not intended or expected by the doer of it, undesignedly, without meaning to do something Nis hit nán wundor ðeáh hwá wéne ðæt swylces hwæt unmyndlinga gebyrige, þonne hé ne can ongitan for hwí God swylc geþafaþ nec mirum, si quid ordinis
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witodlíce
certainly ⬩ indeed ⬩ surely ⬩ truly
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Wéne ic ful swíðe and witodlíce, Exon. Th. 461, 5; Hö. 30. with a somewhat indefinite sense, translating many Latin words, indeed, surely, truly Witodlíce (wotetlíce, Lind.) autem, Mt. Kmbl. 1, 21. Wiototlíce, Lind. 2, 3.
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Eást
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B. ii. 305, 22-26. of looking Wend þín heáfod eást, Lch. iii. 154, 25.
on-rǽs
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Add: of violent movement Férde eall seó heord myclum onrǽse (impetu) niwel on þá sǽ all the herd went with a great rush headlong into the sea, Mt. 8, 32. of hostile movement. by a living creature, attack, assault Án hrem bewerode ꝥ líc . . . and þá