nídes
Of necessity ⬩ not willingly
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Of necessity, not willingly Se ðe hine nédes (nýdes, MS. G.) ofslóge, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 22
un-eáðmilte
Not easily digested ⬩ indigestible
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Not easily digested, indigestible Sió melt mete wel, swíþost ða ðe hearde beóð and uneáðmylte, Lchdm. ii. 220, 23
un-bewilled
Not boiled away
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Not boiled away Seóþ on wætre óþ ðæt ðæs wætres sié þridda[n] dǽl unbewelled, Lchdm. ii. 248, 18
un-geweaxen
Ungrown ⬩ not grown up
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Ungrown, not grown up Ungeweaxenra deáþ acerva mors (i.e. the death of the young), Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 31
un-oferwinnende
Not to be overcome
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Not to be overcome Ða unoferwinnene (-winnende(?), -wunnene(?). v. un-oferwunnen) ineluctuabilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 54: 46, 78
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un-heánlíce
Not in an abject manner ⬩ gallantly
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Not in an abject manner, gallantly Hé unheánlíce hine werede he defended himself gallantly, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 33
Linked entry: heán-líce
rúmmód-ness
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Nolde hé nó ðá rúmmódnesse hátan mildheortness, ac ryhtwísnes non largitatem vocare misericordiam, sed justitiam maluit, Past. 337, 1
un-forcúþ
Not despicable ⬩ not ignoble ⬩ not wicked ⬩ honourable ⬩ noble ⬩ good
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Not despicable, not ignoble, not wicked, honourable, noble, good Ic eom heard and strong, forðsíðes from, freán unforcúð, Exon. Th. 479, 22; Rä. 63, 2. Hér stynt unforcúð eorl ðe wile gealgian éþel ðysne, Byrht. Th. 133, 16; By. 51.
full-fremedlíce
Fully ⬩ completely ⬩ perfectly ⬩ perfecte
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Fully, completely, perfectly; perfecte Nán man ne mæg fullfremedlíce secgan embe ðone sóþan God no man is able to speak perfectly about the true God, Hexam. 3; Norm. 4, 26.
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nealles
Not ⬩ not at all
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Not, not at all Grammar nealles, in the second clause of a sentence. Ðonne telle ic ða weorþ-mynd ðæm wyrhtan, nealles ðé I ascribe the honour to the maker, not to thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 19 note.
Linked entry: nalas
be-murnan
To bemoan ⬩ bewail ⬩ mourn ⬩ to care for ⬩ lugere ⬩ curare ⬩ sollicitum esse de re
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Síþ ne bemurneþ he bewails not his lot 117 a; Th. 449, 31; Dóm. 79. Feorh ne bemurndon grǽdige gúþrincas the greedy warriors cared not for the soul Andr. Kmbl. 308; An. 154
hwem-dragen
Sloping
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Sloping, not perpendicular Wæs ðæt ilce hús hwemdragen nalas æfter gewunan mennisces weorces ðæt ða wagas wǽron rihte ac git swíðor on scræfes onlícnesse ðæt wæs æteówed that same house had sloping walls, not at all after the custom of men's work so
lǽne-
Transitory ⬩ transient ⬩ not enduring
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Transitory, transient, not enduring Cwæþ se godspellere Martha and Maria getácniaþ ðis lǽnelíce líf and ðis gewítendlíce, Blickl. Homl. 73, 9.
cwén-líc
OUEENLY ⬩ feminine; muliebris
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OUEENLY feminine; muliebris Ne biþ swylc cwénlíc þeáw such is not a feminine custom, Beo. Th. 3885; B. 1940
tealtian
To be unsteady, to shake, not to stand firm
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To be unsteady, to shake, not to stand firm Mid tealtendum grundwealle nutabundo (titubando)fundamento, Hpt. Gl. 497, 49
un-sceamiende
not being ashamed
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not being ashamed Ðæt hé mæge fore eágum eorðbúensdra unscomiende éðles brúcan bysmetleás, Exon. Th. 81, 17; Cri. 1325
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un-dolfen
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Not dug Hí ádulfon gehwylcne dǽl þæs wyrt-geardss þæs þe þær ǽr undolfen wæs, Gr. D. 202, 4
ge-stiéran
To correct; ⬩ corrĭgĕre
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To correct; corrĭgĕre He him nolde gestiéran he would not correct him, L. In. 50; Th. i. 134, 5
blǽcan
To BLEACH, whiten, fade ⬩ pallidum colorem inducere, albicare
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Ne mæg ne sunne blǽcan no sun can bleach, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 20: blǽcean, note 20
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ge-lýfedlíc
Allowable, permissible ⬩ lĭcĭtus, permissus
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Allowable, permissible; lĭcĭtus, permissus Nis hit náht gelýfedlíc it is not allowable, L. E. I. 39; Th. ii. 436, 35