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un-gewiss

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, adj.

Uncertainnot having knowledgeignorantnot knownof which there is not certain knowledgenot conveying certain knowledgeignominious

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Voc. ii. 48, 17. of persons, not having knowledge, ignorant Gif hé hit nát, hwelce gesǽlþa hæfþ hé æt ðam welan, gif hé biþ swá dysig and swá ungewiss ðæt hé ðæt witan ne mæg si nescit, quaenam beata sors esse potest ignorantiae caecitate?

cosp

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cosp, Dele 'Lat. compes,' and add
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Voc. ii. 82, 3: 18, 32, Copsas (conpedes ) synd on fótum dysiges, Scint. 96, 16. Cospa cipporum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 6: 19, 46: An. Ox. 17, 26. Bútan mín líchama beó on þínum bendum genyrwod and on þínum copsum ágrápod, Hml. S. 8, 121

þurh-drífan

(v.)

to drive throughpiercetransfixto penetratepermeateimbueto drive violentlyperpellere

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I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 30. fig. to penetrate, permeate, imbue : -- Ðeáh ic ǽr mid dysige þurhdrifen wǽre, Elen.

fíf

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Fífe (fífo, L.) þáræ wérun dysige and fífe snottre, Mt. R. 25, 2. Fífum lustris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 41. Nime fífe and beó him sylfa syxta, Ll.

stunt

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Swá þá stuntan (dysigan, v. l.) mód (stultae mentis homines) leógað, þonne hí wénað ꝥ þæs mannes ærnung beó of his líchaman missenlicnysse, Gr. D. 46, 6. Hí sceolon stýran stuntra manna anginne, Hml. A. 63, 270. Stýran þám stuntum mannum, 7, 179. Add

lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
lícettan, p. te

To feignpretendsimulate

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Ðæt is wísdóm ðæt wís man lícette dysig it is wisdom for a wise man to feign folly, Prov. Kmbl. 37. Ðeáh hé líccete untrymnesse, Ps. Th. 40, 9. Nelle wé mid leásungum ðyllíc líccetan we will not feign such things with falsehoods, Homl.

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flítan

(v.)
Grammar
flítan, part. flítende; ic flíte, ðú flítest, flítst, he flíteþ, flít, pl. flítaþ; p. flát, pl. fliton; pp. fliten

To strivecontenddisputerebelcontendĕrecertāredispŭtārejurgāre

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Me þincþ nú ðæt ðín gecynd and ðín gewuna flíte swíðe swíðlíce wið ðæm dysige methinks now that thy nature and thy habit contend very powerfully against error, Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 28

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á-lǽdan

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Gang on ðá ceastre and álǽde hine of ðáre ceastre, 237, 3. of guidance Ꝥ dysig ðá earman men gedwelaþ and álǽt of þám rihtan wege, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 7.

un-gerád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerád, adj.

stupidrudeunskilledfoolishignorantdiscordantdisagreeingat variance

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Dysig bið se wegférenda man, se ðe nimð ðone sméðan weg, ðe hine mislǽt ... Swá eác wé beóð ungeráde, gif wé lufiaþ ða hwílwendlícan lustas, Homl. Th. i. 164, 10. Ða dwollícan béc rǽdaþ ungeráde menn, ii. 444, 25.

Linked entry: ge-rád

un-gelǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelǽred, adj.

Untaughtunlearnedignorantunskilled

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Dysine and ungelǽredne ic ðé underféng, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 9. Tó hwon ðú sceole for ówiht ðysne man habban ungelǽredne fiscere ( St. Peter ), Blickl. Homl. 179, 14. Ungelǽrede wé syndon idiotae sumus, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 8.

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ge-tǽlan

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Ic nát hú ic mæge heora dysig swá swíþe getǽlan swá ic wolde quid dignum stolidis mentibus imprecer ?, Bt. 32, 3 ; F. 118, 27.

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

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.), and ðá wurdon hié dysige, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 2: 30; Swt. 203, 10. Wín nys drenc cilda ne dysigra, ac ealdra and wísra, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 21;Ps. Th. 106, 42. Mæg ic wísran findan, ðonne ðú eart? Gen. 41, 39; Andr. Kmbl. 947; An. 474.

un-lǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽd, -lǽde; adj.

poormiserableunhappyunfortunatepoormiserablewretched

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Lócaþ fram ðam unlǽdan hláford his lord turns his looks from the unhappy man, 765; Sal. 382. in a moral sense, poor, miserable, wretched Mé þincð swíðe dysig man and swíðe unlǽde ðe nele hys andgyt ǽcan ða hwíle ðe hé on ðisse weontlde byð, Shrn. 204

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þæt

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Add Hwá is swá dysig ꝥ wille etan þá stánas and lǽtan þá hláfas, H.R. 11, 15. add Geseah ic freán efstan, þæt hé mé wolde on gestígan, Kr. 34. Ábreóðe his anginn, þæt hé hér swá manigne mann áflýmde, By. 243. 2. add: cf. hú; III 2 a a

deófol-gild

(n.)
Grammar
deófol-gild, deóful-gild, diófol-gild, -geld, -gield, -gyld, es; n. [deófol, gild tribute, worship]

Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol, an image of the devildiabŏli vel dæmōnum cultus, idololatrīa = είδωλoλατρεία, idōlum, simulacrum

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Beóþ deófolgyld dysigra þeóda gold and seolfur simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, Ps. Th. 134, 15 : 113, 12 : Bd. 3, 30; S. 561, 43 : Cd. 145; Th. 180, 18; Exod. 47 : Elen. Grm. 1041 : Cot. 118

Linked entry: diófol-gild

sceáp

(n.)
Grammar
sceáp, scép, scíp,es; n.

A sheep

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Ðæt dysige scép, Ps. Th. 118, 176. Sceáp sceal gongan mid his fliése óþ midne sumor, L. In. 69 ; Th. i. 146, 10. Emban ceápgild ... sceáp tó sciłł., L. Ath. v. 6,2 ; Th. i. 234, 2.

Linked entry: scép

wítegian

(v.)
Grammar
wítegian, wítgian; p. ode

To prophesy

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Th. 250, 13; Dan. 546. " Eówre wítgan eów wítgodan dysig " . . . Hié scolden leásunga wítgian, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 3-8. Hié eal, ðæt tóweard wæs, beforan wítgodan, Blickl. Homl. 161, 15. Se swég wæs þurh wítgan wítgod, 133, 31.

Linked entry: wítgian

un-efn

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

Unequalunlikedissimilardiverseirregular

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Dysigra monna mód bið suíðe unemn and suíðe ungelíc ... Ac ðara monna mód bið suíðe unemn, for ðæm hit gedéð hit self him selfum suíðe ungelíc for ðære gelómlícan wendinge, for ðæm hit nǽfre eft ne bið ðæt hit ǽr wæs cor stultorum dissimile erit ...

seldan

(adv.)
Grammar
seldan, (-on, -un, -um) ; cpve. seldnor ; adv.
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Ðæt dysie folc ðæs hit seldnor gesihþ swíðor wundriaþ, Met. 28, 66

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ídel

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Fífo wéron ídlo (dysige, W. S. R fatuae ), 25, 2 : 3: 8.