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un-gedéfe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedéfe, adj.

Troublesome ⬩ disagreeable

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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, gif hí nellaþ wel wexan oþþe ðǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing on gedón bið, i. 398, 2. Mannum ungedéfum hominibus importunis, Scint. 38, 15.

woffian

(v.)
Grammar
woffian, p. ode

To rave ⬩ blaspheme

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Hé woffode ðá swá lange mid wordum dyslíce, óð ðæt hú feóll geswógen. Homl. Skt. i. 21, 298. Woffode debacchatur, Hpt. Gl. 506, 76. Woffie insolescat, superbiat, 461, 59. Woffigende blasphemantem, Scint. 9, 9

Linked entry: a-woffian

emel

(n.)
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Hú Bonefatius áflígde þá emelas . . . Gemétte hé þone wyrttún beón oferwrigenne mid micelre menieo emela . . . Hé þá bewende hine tó þám emelum (ad erucas), Gr. D. 66, 31-67, 11. Substitute: es; m. and add

niþer-lic

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Add Hú swýþe ic sylf licge in þysum nyþerlicum þingum quantum ipse in infimis jaceam, Gr. D. 6, 28

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, grǽtan; p. grét, pl. gréton; pp. gréten, grǽten
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Hú ða womsceaðan hyra eald-gestreón gréten how the wicked doers shall bewail their works of old, Exon. 31 a; Th. 96, 10; Cri. 1572

metgung

(n.)
Grammar
metgung, metegung, e; f.

moderation ⬩ temperance ⬩ meditation

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moderation, temperance Wísdóm is se héhsta cræft, and se hæfþ on him feówer óðre cræftas, ðara is án wærscipe, óðer metgung, þridde is ellen, feórþe rihtwísnes, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 34. meditation Mé is metegung hú ic ǽ ðíne efnast healde lex tua meditatio

Linked entry: ge-metgung

þrýþ-swíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
þrýþ-swíþ, adj.

Exceedingly powerful

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Þrýðswýð beheóld, mǽg Higeláces, hú se mánscaða gefaran wolde, 1477; B. 736. [Cf. the proper names Æþel-swíþ, Beorht-swíþ.]

Linked entry: swíþ

á-wrecan

to drive away ⬩ to strike ⬩ to avenge

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Voc. ii. 3, 54. to avenge Hú hí mihton þæs cynges bismer áwrecan and ealles þeódscipes, Chr. 1048;P. 174, 8

Linked entries: wrecan on-wrecan

eaht

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>eaht,</b> aht, æht, eht, es; m. council, deliberation Þonne úðweotan æht besǽton ( sat deliberating ), on sefan sóhton hú hié sunu Meotudes áhéngon, El. 473. estimation, consideration Bið ðæt æðeleste híw onhworfen, ðonne

un-geþungen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþungen, adj.

Vile ⬩ base ⬩ ignoble

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Vile, base, ignoble Ðú ungeþungena hund, Nar. 42, 12

heort-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
heort-leás, adj.

cowed

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Without courage or spirit, cowed Ic bidde, man, ꝥ þú gemune hú micel bið se bróga beforan dómsetle Drihtnes þænne, stent hé (ealra hergea mǽst.

munuc-líf

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Hú wel hit férde mid ús þá ðá munuclíf wǽron mid wurðscipe gehealdene. Hml. S. 13, 149

ríceter

(n.)
Grammar
ríceter, rícetere, es; n.

power ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ violence ⬩ force

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Hú mæg, oððe hú dear ǽnig láwede man him tó geteón þurh ríccetere Cristes wican ? ii. 592, 27

Linked entry: rícceter

hí-réd

(n.)
Grammar
hí-réd, hírd, es; m.

A household, ⬩ house, ⬩ family, ⬩ the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, ⬩ a court, ⬩ the members of a religious house, ⬩ a company, ⬩ band of associates

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Of Davides húse and híréde de domo et familia David, Lk. Skt. 2, 4. Tó dæg is ðisum híréde hǽl gefremmed hodie solus domui huic facta est, Homl. Th. i. 582, 5.

Linked entry: hý-réd

ge-werdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werdan, p. de; pp. ed

To hurt ⬩ injure ⬩ lædere ⬩ nocere

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To hurt, injure; lædere, nocere Gif hwá on ceáse wíf gewurde if any one in strife hurt a woman, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 17: 26; Th. i. 50, 24

hete-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hete-líc, adj.

Inspired by hate ⬩ hostile ⬩ malicious ⬩ evil

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Atregeas and Thiges-þres hú hí heora fæderas ofslógan and ymb hiora hetelícan forlignessa ic hit eall forlǽte Atrei et Thyestis odia, stupra et parricidia dissimulo, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 20

costnian

(v.)
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Hit is áwriten þæt God áfandode Abrahames, and se apostol Jacob áwrít þæt God ne costnað nǽnne man; hú mæg beón ǽgþer sóð? . . . God ne costnað nǽnne man, for þan þe hé nele nǽnne tó synnum gebígan, Scrd. 22, 46-23, 10: Hml. Th. ii. 560, 20.

eálá

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Eálá hú leás is þysses middaneardes wela, 219, 6. Eálá men þá leófestan, mycel wæs þes ǽrendwreca, Bl. H. 9, 12. Eáwlá, Ps. Srt. 117, 25. Add

felawyrd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
felawyrd-ness, e; f.

Talkativeness

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Talkativeness Ac hú byð ꝥ gif hit gelimpeð ꝥ se man ꝥ wyrignesse word ne gecwið tó his þám néhstan for hete and níþe, ac hit sceóteð forð þurh his tungan (for his felawyrdnesse and his tungan, v. l.) gýmeleásnesse quid si homo non fortasse ex malitia

ge-rǽdod

Grammar
ge-rǽdod, ge-rǽded.
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Hú ú