ge-wemmodlíce
Corruptly ⬩ impurely
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Corruptly, impurely Gewæmmodlíce we sprecaþ corrupte loquimur, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 8
steórleás-lic
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Undisciplined In gýmeleáslicum wordum be steórleáslicu cildru gewuniað tó sprecanne, Gr. D. 289, 10
blind-líce
In a blind manner, BLINDLY, rashly ⬩ temere
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In a blind manner, BLINDLY, rashly; temere Hú blindlíce monige sprecaþ how blindly [rashly] many speak, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 17
mán-ídel
Wicked and vain
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Wicked and vain Ðara múþas sprecaþ mánídel word quorum as locutum est vanitatem, Ps. Th. 143, 9, 13
Linked entry: ÍDEL
ofermódlíce
Proudly, arrogantly, insolently ⬩ superbe, proterve, elate, hyperbolice
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Proudly, arrogantly, insolently:— Hí sprecaþ swíðe ofermódlíce os eorum locutum est superbiam, Ps. Th. 16, 9. Hit ofer-módlíce férde. Blickl. Homl. 199, 17: 201, 24
áne
Once ⬩ once for all ⬩ only ⬩ alone ⬩ semel ⬩ solum ⬩ tantum
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Ic bydde ðé, ðæt ðú lǽ te me sprecan áne feáwa worda I pray thee, that thou let me speak only [once for all] few words, Nicod. 11; Thw. 5, 40. Ic ðé ǽne abealh, éce Drihten I alone angered thee, eternal Lord, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 4; Sat. 410
Linked entry: ǽne
weorold-mann
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Wé beóð feor ofdúne gelǽded, þonne wé gemengde beóð tó þysum woruldmannum mid úre gelómlican sprǽce . . . eác ful oft wé gewuniað ꝥ wé þám woruldmannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge multum deorsum ducimus, dum locutione continua secularibus admiscemur
þanc-word
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A word of thanks Swá scríþende hweorfaþ gleómen, þearfe secgaþ, þoncword sprecaþ, simle sumne gemétaþ geofum unhneáwne, Exon. Th. 326, 32; Víd. 137
torn-word
A word that causes distress or grief, ⬩ a contemptuous, scornful word
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A word that causes distress or grief, a contemptuous, scornful word Hí mé hosp sprecaþ, tornworda fela, Exon. Th. 11, 17; Cri. 172
Linked entry: torn-wyrdan
fore-word
A proviso ⬩ condition
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A proviso, condition Ðat land æt Áctúne twégra manna dæg, ealswá ðá foreword sprecað, C. D. vi. 148, 30. Standan ðá forword betweónan ðan abbode and Ceólríce, iii. 352, 3. Syndon ðis þá forword þe Orecy and þá gegyldan gecoren habbað, iv. 277, 30.
Linked entries: ge-forewyrdan fore-weard fore-wyrd
manigfeald-líce
Manifoldly ⬩ in many ways ⬩ in the plural
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Wé mihton be eallum ðám óðrum stafum mænigfealdlíce sprecan we might speak of all the other letters under various heads, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 3, 10. Mænigfealdlíce pluraliter, 5; Som. 3, 42: 13; Som. 16, 9, 12.
un-weorþung
disgrace ⬩ shame ⬩ indignation
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disgrace, shame Sýn gescrýdde mid gescendnysse and unwurþunge ðe yfel sprecaþ ofer mé, Ps. Spl. 34, 30. indignation Hit bið unnyt ðæt mon unweorðunga forlǽte frustra indignatio tollitur, Past. 33; Swt. 222, 12
frécne
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Ne mæg se man wel sprecan ..., ne biþ þeós ádl hwæþere tó frécne, Lch. ii. 46, 13. Ðý lǽs ðá gongen on suá frécne stíge ne in praecipiti pedem ponant, Past. 41, 7. Ðonne se hirde gǽð on frécne wegas cum pastor per abrupta graditur, 29, 23.
rúmlíce
largely, fully, ⬩ liberally ⬩ graciously, kindly, benignly
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Ymbe ðás þing rúmlícor sprecan, 321, 36. Tó-dǽledlícor vel rúm[licor ?] differentius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 15. liberally Gif wé lustlíce and rúmlíce ða welan dǽlaþ earmum monnum ðe God ús ǽr sealde, Blickl.
Linked entry: rúm-líc
hosp-word
A word expressing contempt, contumely, reproach, abuse
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Ongan tó ðam hálgan hospword sprecan began to speak words of contempt to the saint, Andr. Kmbl. 2632; An. 1317
mæðlan
to speak
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Gehýreþ cyning mæðlan, sprecan réðe word, 19 b; Th. 50,9; Cri. 797. Ic God mæðlan gehýrde; Cd. 26; Th. 33,23; Gen. 524. Ongan wordum mæðlan, 101; Th. 134, 2; Gen. 2218: Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 30; Cri. 1364: 50 a; Th. 174, 10; Gú. 1175. Meðlan, Andr.
un-weorþlic
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</b> add Þá ylcan sprǽce wé nimað lustlíce, þeáh þe heó sí us unwurðlicu (-wyrðelice, v.l.) and unrihtlic tó sprecanne hanc ipsam locutionem quae nobis indigna est, etiam delectabiliter tenemus, Gr. D. 209, 22
fetian
To fetch ⬩ bring to ⬩ marry ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ applĭcāre ⬩ uxōrem dūcĕre
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To fetch, bring to, marry; addūcĕre, applĭcāre, uxōrem dūcĕre He héht him fetigean to sprecan síne he bade to fetch his counsellors to him, Cd. 126; Th. 161, 17; Gen. 2666. Fetigan, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 26; Jud. 35. He óðer fetaþ ăliam duxĕrit, Mt.
norþ-ende
the north end or part
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the north end or part Ðý þriddan dæge seó eorþe on ðæm norþerne and on ðam eástende sprecaþ him betweónum, Blickl. Homl. 93, 11. Ðone norþene ðære eaxe ( the north-pole ), Met. 28, 14
gímeleáslic
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In manegum gýmeleáslicum wordum þe steór-leáslicu cildru gewuniað tó sprecanne. Gr. D. 289, 9