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un-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-dǽd, e; f.

An ill deedevil actiona crimemisdeed

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An ill deed, evil action, a crime, misdeed On yfelan geðance and on undǽde, Wulfst. 165, 5. Ðá Helmstán ða undǽde gedyde ðæt hé Æðerédes belt forstæl when Helmstan committed the crime of stealing Æthered's belt, Chart. Th. 169, 19, 28. Yflo uerco ł undédo

un-derne

Similar entry: un-dirne

un-deáw

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deáw, adj.

Without dew

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Without dew Gewyrc ða wyrt on morgenne ðonne hió gedeáw sié, sume beóð undeáwe, Lchdm. ii. 92, 15

un-dón

Grammar
un-dón, <b>;
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III.</b> add Se preóst nolde undón þá duru mid cǽge, Hml. S. 3, 484

un-deóp

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deóp, adj.

Not deepshallow

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Not deep, shallow (lit. and fig.) Nis ðæt rǽdlíc ðing, gif swá hlútor wæter hlúd and undióp tóflóweþ æfter feldum óð hit tó fenne werð, Past. 65; Swt. 469, 6. Ðý læs mon má geóte on ðæt undiópe mód ðonne hit behabban mæge ðæt hit ðonne oferflówe ne cum

un-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-dóm, es; m.

Unjust judgement

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Unjust judgement Wá ðam ðe rǽreþ unriht tó rihte and undóm démeþ earmum tó hýnðe vae qui condunt leges iniquas; et scribentes, injustitiam scripserunt; ut opprimerent in judicio pauperes (Is. 10, 1-2), Wulfst. 47, 26: 128, 10: 268, 1. Se ðe unlage rǽre

un-dón

(v.)
Grammar
un-dón, p. -dyde; pp. -dón

To undoto undo that which is closedto opento undo that which is boundto releaseto releaseabsolveto undo that which closesto open a doorto undo that which binds or fastensto undo a bolt, a knotto undo what has been doneto abrogatedestroy

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To undo. to undo that which is closed, to open Ðá heó ðone windel undyde aperiens fiscellam, Ex. 2, 6. Ðá undyde hira án his sacc aperto sacco, Gen. 42, 27. Hé undyde his múð, Homl. Th. i. 548, 14. Ðá undydon wé úre saccas aperuimus saccos nostros, Gen

be-niðan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-niðan, adv. [be, neoðan under]

Beneathbelowunderinfrasubter

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Beneath, below, under; infra, subter Ðú bist ǽfre bufan and ná beniðan eris semper supra et non subter: thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath Deut. 28, 13

Linked entry: be-nyðan

stæl

(n.)
Grammar
stæl, Under stalworth (N.
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E. D.) it is said that the quantity of the vowel is certain from the three occurrences in poetry. But in two of these, Reb. 11: Gen. 1113, the word is a 'final lift', of which Sweet remarks 'the quantity is indifferent,' A. S. Rdr. § 361; in His wiðerbrecan

standenness

Grammar
standenness, v. under-, ymb-standenness.

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fræt-genga

(n.)
Grammar
fræt-genga, (frǽt- ? cf. frǽtum given under fiǽte)
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glosses apotas[s]ia (=apostasia?) Fretgenga apotassia, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 11: ii. 8, 32. Fraetgengian apotasia, 100, 47. Frætgengan, 7, 8

Linked entries: fræc-genga frecgenga

næss

(n.)
Grammar
næss, ness, es; m.

a nessland running out into waterheadlandpromontory

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a ness, land running out into water, headland, promontory. [The word ness found in English local names is mostly of Scandinavian origin, Icel. nes ; but, in a charter of 778, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 382, 28, Tucingnæs occurs, and in another of 801 is the

Linked entries: næsse ness

sylfring

(n.)
Grammar
sylfring, (should be given under seolfring), es; m.
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A silver coin Þreó hund sylfringa trecentos argenteos, Gen. 45, 22

Linked entry: seolfring

eár-gebland

(n.)
Grammar
eár-gebland, Take here passage given under ár-gebland.

Linked entry: ár-gebland

be-neoðan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-neoðan, be-nyðan; prep. dat. [be, neoðan under]

BENEATHbelowunderinfra

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BENEATH, below, under; infra Hió biþ swíðe fior hire selfre beneoðan she is very far beneath herself Bt. Met. Fox 20, 444; Met. 20, 222. Gif se sconca biþ þyrel beneoðan cneówe if the shank be pierced beneath the knee L. Alf. pol. 63; Th. i. 96, 16,

self-wendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
self-wendlíce, under one's own direction, <b>self-wildlíce</b>
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under one's own control. Cf. wealdes

un-dirne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dirne, -dierne, -dyrne; adj.

Not hiddendiscoveredrevealedmanifest

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Not hidden, discovered, revealed, manifest Gif mon áfelle on wuda wel monega treówa and wyrð eft undierne (-dyrne, MS. B.), L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 20: 44; Th. i. 130, 3. Ðæt wearð underne eorðebúendum, ðæt Meotod hæfde miht, Cd. Th. 265, 1; Sat. 1. Wíde

Linked entries: dirne un-derne un-dyrne

onga

(n.)
Grammar
onga, [should have been given under anga], an; m.

A sting

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A sting Onga aquilium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 59: 7, 12. Mé of bósme fareþ ǽttren onga ( an arrow ). Exon. Th. 405, 18; Rä. 24, 4

Linked entry: anga

lícham-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líc [cf. cognates under líc-hama]; adj.

Bodilycorporealmaterialcarnal

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Bodily, corporeal, material, carnal, not spiritual Seó [heofene] is geháten firmamentum seó is gesewenlíc and líchamlíc it [heaven] is called the firmament; it is visible and material, Lchdm. iii. 232, 14. Hyre líchomlíce dóhtor filia ipsius carnalis

twi-bót

(adv.)
Grammar
twi-bót, (?) double 'bót.' Perhaps in the passages given under twibóte; adv.
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the word might be taken as a case of this noun. Cf. twi-gilde

Linked entry: twibóte