un-cynlíc
Unsuitable ⬩ improper
Entry preview:
Unsuitable, improper Ðæt wǽre uncynlícre, gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige gesceaft, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 28 note
drýicge
Entry preview:
Þá þe hér bióð þá mǽstan drýicgan, and gealdorcræftigan, Nap. 43
Linked entry: drýegge
firm
Entry preview:
A fixed contribution of food Leófstán dóð tó þis fermfultum án sceppe malt. . . tó fyllincge intó þan ealdan fyrme, Nap. 55. 33
gedwild-mann
Entry preview:
A heretic Þá gedwyldmen man hǽt on Grécisc Nictales (= Nyctages, haeretici qui superfluas existimabant sacras vigilias), Nap. 60, 21. Cf. gedwol-mann
nytt
Entry preview:
What is useful, advantageous, profitable Ic nát hwes ic bydde, hweðer ic bydde nyttes þe unnittes mé sylfum, Solil. H. 13, 18
un-álogen
Entry preview:
Without deception or failure Him is þæt sóþe in heofonum gehealden mid úrum Dryhtne þæt him éce and unálogen bið, Nap. 64
Linked entry: á-leógan
unriht-tíd
Entry preview:
An improper time for doing something Þá þe hér swídost on unrihttídum on oferfyllo bióð forgriwene, Nap. 27, 30 Verc. Först. 176
Linked entry: riht-tíd
ge-fǽtan
To pack up ⬩ convasare
Entry preview:
To pack up; convasare Ðæt gold hí gefætaþ on ða myran the gold they pack on the mares, Nar. 35, 12
Linked entry: fǽtan
westan-weard
Entry preview:
Westward Mín þrym is from eástewearde middangearde óþ ðæt westanweardne majestas mea peruenit ab occidente usque in orientem, Nar. 25, 25
coróna
Entry preview:
A crown Hí geworhton þyrnene corónan . . . hæfde hé þá þyrnenne corónan on his heáfde . . . þone corónan þǽra twelf steorrena, Nap. 13
ge-scippend
Entry preview:
., and add Mid méder ealra gescippendes, Nar. 48, 3
Lǽden-lic
Entry preview:
Latin Nú hæfst þú mé ofte gebedon ꝥ ic þé út árehte mid Lǽdenlicre sprǽce þæs eadigestan Nicholaes gebyrdtída, Nap. 40
slecg-wyrhta
Entry preview:
One who works with a hammer, a worker in metals Tubalcain þe wæs slecgwirhta and smið (malleator et faber), Nap. 57
strúdian
Entry preview:
to plunder Þá þá ðú swíðust strúdadest and óðre men mid wó reáfodest, ðá greówon unc þá écan wítu, Nap. 60
bróc
affliction ⬩ labour ⬩ misery ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ disease ⬩ hurt
Entry preview:
H. 59, 33. disease, bodily trouble or hurt Ǽlc broc cymð of deófle and nán bót . . . hé sent on unwære menn oððon on heora yrfe sum swíðlic brocc . . . byð þæt brocc líðre, Wlfst. ll, 15-12, 5. Þæt broc þæt hé áræfnode, Gr. D. 22, 5.
Linked entry: bróc
syn-sceaþa
One who wickedly does harm, a malefactor, criminal, miscreant
Entry preview:
Ðone synscaðan gúðbilla nán grétan nolde, 1607; B. 801. Ða synsceaðan ( the heathens ) Godes tempel brǽcan and bærndon, Exon. Th. 44, 21; Cri. 706. Metod beslóh synsceaþan ( the apostate angels ) sigore and gewealde, Cd. Th. 4, 17; Gen. 55.
Linked entry: syn-sceaþa
un-sidu
A bad habit ⬩ vicious custom ⬩ mal-practice
Entry preview:
Nis eác nán wundor, þeáh ús mislimpe, forðam wé witan ful georne, ðæt ... wearð þes þeódscipe swýðe forsyngod ... þurh hǽþene unsida, Wulfst. 164, 2. Áne misdǽda hé dyde þeáh tó swíðe, ðæt hé ælþeódige unsida lufode, Chr. 959; Erl. 121, 1
un-nytness
Uselessness ⬩ frivolity ⬩ vanity ⬩ triviality
Entry preview:
Ðæt on ðam hálgan Sunnandæge nán man hine tó unnytnesse tó swíðe ne geþeódde, Wulfst. 227, 6. Wé forbeódaþ ǽgðer ge geflitu, ge plegan, ge unnytta word, ge gehwelce unnytnesse in ðám hálgan stówum tó dónne, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 23
Linked entry: nytness
cyne-hláford
Entry preview:
Ꝥ him nán leófre hláford nǽre þonne heora cynehláuord, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 3 note. Se cyning . . .. God hine áwende of Godes dreáme sé ðe ðis áwende, bútan hit mín áne cynehláford sý, C. D. vi. 149, 31.