un-nytlíce
uselessly ⬩ vainly ⬩ to no purpose ⬩ to ill purpose
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uselessly, vainly, to no purpose Unnytlíce inaniter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 43: nugaciter, 80, 33: 60, 62.
Linked entry: nytlíce
ge-lífan
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R. 13, 14. with clause Giléf ꝥte úsig ne giberne lég concede ut nos non exurat flamma, Rtl. 100, 22. On ðǽm dagum is geléfed tó wyrcanne ł ꝥ gié wyrce, Lk.
ÁN
ONE ⬩ unus ⬩ una ⬩ unum ⬩ alone ⬩ only ⬩ sole ⬩ another ⬩ solus ⬩ alius ⬩ sole ⬩ alone of its kind ⬩ singular ⬩ unique ⬩ without an equal ⬩ unicus ⬩ eximius ⬩ a certain one ⬩ some one ⬩ quidam ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ unus-quisque ⬩ una-quæque ⬩ unum-quodque ⬩ One ⬩ other
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It does not, however, appear to be generally used as an indefinite article,but more like the Moes. ain, or the Lat. unus — When a noun was used indefinitely by the Saxons, it was without an article prefixed; as, — þeódríc wæs Cristen Theoderic was a
of-dæle
A downward slope, descent, incline ⬩ at ibdaljin this fairgunjis ad descensum montis ⬩ downwards.
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MS.) giémeliéste and ungesceádwísnesse they will not dam up their minds, as one banks up a deep pool, but he lets his mind flow away to the downward slope of carelessness and folly; quia (anima) se ad superiora stringendo non dirigit, neglectam se inferius
ǽðe-líc
Easy ⬩ facilis
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Easy; facilis Gif ðú ne wilt us geþafian in swá ǽðelícum þinge si non vis assentire nobis in tam facili causa, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 26
Linked entry: eáðelíc
ge-nédedlíc
Compulsory, forced ⬩ coactus
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Compulsory, forced; coactus He geleornade ðæt Cristes þeówdóm sceolde beón wilsumlíc, nalæs genédedlíc didĭcĕrat servĭtium Christi voluntārium, non coactitium esse debēre, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 18
riht-stefn
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a properly pronounced word, properly modulated sound Ná mid rihtstefnum ac mid micelum hreáme ongann clypian magnis non vocibus, sed stridoribus clamare incepit, Gr. D. 28, 28
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un-gedered
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Hí ungederede genǽson . . . ungederede on heora gegeraelan laesi non sunt. . . illaesis vestibus, Gr. D. 219, 19-24 Add
windwig-ceaf
A husk winnowed from the grain
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A husk winnowed from the grain Windwig-ceafum paleis (the passage is: Non te hordeo alam, sed paleis et fame conficiam, Ald. 34), Hpt. Gl. 464, 3
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ge-sprǽce
Eloquent ⬩ affable ⬩ eloquens ⬩ affabilis
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Eloquent, affable; eloquens, affabilis Næs ic nǽfre gesprǽce non sum eloquens, Ex. 4, 10. He wæs eallum gesprǽce erat affabilis omnibus, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 34
á-swǽman
to be grieved ⬩ confounded ⬩ to wander away
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Substitute; to be grieved, confounded Ic ne áswǽme non erubescam, Ps. L. 24, 20. Ic áswǽmde tabescebam; I was grieved (A.V.), 118, 158 : 138, 21. Ic ne sý áswǽmed non erubescam, 24, 2. Sé þe sceal áswǽman (or under II.?)
a-swerian
To swear ⬩ jurare
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Ðæt he hine for hóle ǽr ne aswóre non frustrabitur eam, 131, 11
ge-dyrstigan
To dare ⬩ presume ⬩ audēre ⬩ præsumĕre
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To dare, presume; audēre, præsumĕre Ðe gedyrstigedon ðæt hí Eástran heóldan bútan heora rihtre tíde qui Pascha non suo tempŏre observāre præsumĕrent, Bd. 5, 21; S. 642, 40
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under-fangennes
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Add: reception, v. under-fón; I Seó forestæppende underfangennys (seó ǽrre feormung, v.l.) nǽs ná bútan gylte praecedens illa susceplio sine culpa non fuit, Gr. D. 76, 22
ge-ortrúwian
To distrust, despair ⬩ diffīdĕre, dēspērāre
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Ðæt ðú ne geortrýwe nánes gódes on nánre wiðerweardnesse that thou despair not of any good in any adversity, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 35
Linked entry: ge-ortréwan
hunta
A hunter
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóst ne beó hunta ne hafecere we enjoin that a priest be not a hunter nor a hawker [cf. Chaucer's Monk: 'He ȝaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been noon holy men'], L. Edg. C. 64; Th. ii. 258, 7.
for-hicgan
To neglect ⬩ reject ⬩ despise ⬩ condemn ⬩ despĭcĕre ⬩ spernĕre
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Driht ná forhigede and ne forseah béne þearfena Dŏmĭnus non sprēvit neque despexit deprecātiōnem paupĕris, 21, 23. Ná he forhigde béne heora non sprēvit prĕcem eōrum, 101, 18
hirde-leás
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Wæs mynster unfeorr fram heora húse ꝥ wæs forlǽten and hyrdeleás for heora hláfordes deáðe and forþfóre of þám mynstre non longe erat monasierium, quod rectoris sui morte erat destitutum, Gr. D. 205, 23
feoh-gift
A money-gift ⬩ precious gift ⬩ pĕcūniæ dōnum ⬩ largītio ⬩ prĕtiōsum dōnum
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Nó he ðære feohgyfte scamigan þorfte he needed not feel shame at the precious gift, 2055; B. 1025. Æt feoh-gyftum with money-gifts, 2182; B. 1089