un-steaððigness
unsteadiness ⬩ instability ⬩ inconstancy ⬩ want of sedateness ⬩ levity ⬩ wantonness
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Ðá wearð se hálga wer geháthyrt ðurh his unstæððignysse, and hét hine áweg faran, Homl. Th. ii. 176, 18. want of sedateness, levity, wantonness Of gálnysse cumaþ ungemetegod lufu and eágena unstæððignys, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 7.
un-áteald
Uncounted
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Uncounted Gif se dæg bið forlǽten unáteald, ðǽrrihte áwent eal ðæs geáres ymbrene ðwyres, Boutr. Scrd. 28, 32
Linked entry: á-tellan
bræclian
To crackle ⬩ rattle ⬩ resound
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To crackle, rattle, resound Áweóx and bræclade mára swég and hefegra gravior sonitus excrevit, Gr. D. 236, 12
a-wǽcan
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Dele' substitute Seó miígð áwéht (wǽced, v.l.) wæs (premeretur ) mid þí wæle. Bd. 3, 30; Sch. 331, 4
EGE
Fear, terror, dread, AWE ⬩ tĭmor, terror, formīdo
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Fear, terror, dread, AWE; tĭmor, terror, formīdo Eorþcynincgum se ege standeþ terribĭli ăpŭd rēges terræ, Ps. Th. 75, 9.
for-meltan
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Voc. ii. 53, 22. ꝥ ís formealt on eallum þám mere and þ wæter waerð áwend tó wynsumum baðe, Hml. S. II, 198. Add
tún-rǽd
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Þe ǽlce geáre oftost wæs áwést þurh hagol ... þá sende se túnrǽd sumne getrýwne ǽrendracan tó Martine his helpes biddende, Hml. S. 31, 1219. Add
fleótan
to float ⬩ to swim ⬩ to flow
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Add: to float, to be supported on the surface of a liquid Heó fleát áweg ofer ꝥ wæter tó lande. Shrn. 31, 21. Eahta daga fulla ꝥ ilce scip fleát (enatavit) wætres full, Gr. D. 249, ll. Nim eádoccan moran þá þe fleótan wille, Lch. iii. 6, 28.
rúmgifolness
Liberality, bounty, munificence
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Hwá áwent gítsunge mid rúmgifulnysse bútan strece? Homl. Th. i. 360, 6
wífa
A woman
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A woman Gif ríce wíf and earm ácennaþ tógædere, gangon hí áweig, nást ðú hwæðer bið ðæs rícan wífan (-es ?) cild, hwæðer ðæs earman, Homl. Th. i. 256, 14
á-þerscan
to thresh out
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to thresh out Sum tún wæs þe ǽlce geáré wæs áwést þurh hagol, swá ꝥ heora æceras ǽr wǽron áþroxene ǽr ǽnig ryftere ꝥ gerip gaderode, Hml. S. 31, 1217
ge-hæftnys
Captivity ⬩ captīvĭtas
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Captivity; captīvĭtas Ðonne awent oððe acyrreþ God gehæftnysse oððe hæftnóde folces his cum convertit Deus captīvĭtāctem plēbis suæ, Ps. Lamb. 52, 7
Linked entry: -hæft-nes
wín-líc
Of wine
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Hé gemét ðæt wæter tó wínlícum swæcce áwend (cf. 1. 16), Homl. Th. ii. 58, 31: 64, 29
líc-mann
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Ðalícmenn ðá ealle flugon áweg, 348, 20: 548, 15. Ðá bær sum wuduwe hire suna líc tó bebyrgenne ... Seó dreorige módor mid ðám lícmannum hí ástrehte æt ðæs hálgan apostoles fótum ...
neáh-lic
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Hé dyde gelíce þon swylce hé swýþe leóhtlíce slépe and wæs áweht tó þǽre neálecan stefne (ad vicinam vocem), Gr. D. 8S, 9. Add
hæppan
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, to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan handum, Hml.
híred-mann
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Se cyningc ábræc intó þám búre þǽr heó inne læg, and hét his hýredmen ealle áweg gán, Ap. Th. 2, 1
in-eardiend
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An inhabitant Hwylc wæs þǽr áweht tó þám eorre bútan þám ylcan temples ineardiend? quis alius ad irascendum nisi ejusdem templi inhabitator excitatur? Gr. D. 63, 12
ge-niþerung
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Add: humiliation Ne áwend þú mannan tó geniþerunge (-nyðerunga, Ps. Spl.) ue auertas hominem in humilitatem, Ps. L. 89, 3. condemnation Þǽre sáwle is micel genyðrung ꝥ mon þá wuldorfæstan Godes weorc bedíglige, Hml. S. 23b, 11
Linked entry: niþerung
un-wynsumness
Unpleasantness
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Unpleasantness Se stenc wearð áwend tó wynsumum brǽðe, and eall seó unwynsumnyss him weard tó blysse, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 215. Se mann gewyrðeþ tóswollen and tó stence áwended mid unwynsumnysse, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50; 23
Linked entry: wynsumness