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un-wynsum

(adj.)
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un-wynsum, adj.

Unpleasant

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Ǽlc wyrd, sam hió sié wynsum, sam hió sié unwynsum omnis fortuna vel jucunda vel aspera, 40, 1; Fox 236, 2. Réþu wyrd and unwynsumu, 40, 2; Fox 238, 2. Hé hine gegyrede mid hǽrenum hrægle swíþe heardum and unwinsumum, Blickl. Homl. 221, 24

DEÓR

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓR, diór,es ; n.

An animal, any sort of wild animal, a wild beast, DEERfĕra, bestia

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Uton wircean man to andlícnisse, and to úre gelícnisse, and he sig ofer ða deór faciāmus homĭnem ad imagĭnem, et similitudĭnem nostram, et præsit bestiis, 1, 26.

Linked entries: dýr diór

un-gesǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlig, adj.

Unhappyunfortunateunhappysufferingmisfortunecalamitysuffering want of moral goodcausing unhappinessunfortunatecalamitousunprofitableevil

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ðonne se óðer si miseriae cujuspiam bonum aliquid addatur, nonne felicior est eo, cujus pura ac solitaria sine cujusquam boni admissione miseria est?

Linked entries: ge-sǽlig un-sǽlig

fóre-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-sittan, part. -sittende; p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten

To sit before or in frontto presidepræsĭdēre

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To sit before or in front, to preside; præsĭdēre Wæs fóresittende se Arcebiscop Þeodórus the Archbishop Theodore was presiding, Bd. 4, 5; S. 571, 25. Fóresittendum Theodóre præsĭdente Theodōro, 4, 17; S. 585, 24

fyrwitnys

(n.)
Grammar
fyrwitnys, -nyss, e; f.

Curiositycūriōsĭtas

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Curiosity; cūriōsĭtas Hefigtyme leahter is ungefóh fyrwitnys immoderate curiosity is a grave sin, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 3. Ðæt he his fyrwitnysse fæderlíce miltsode that he would paternally compassionate his curiosity, ii. 138, 19

húsel-genga

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-genga, gengea, an; m.

a communicant

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One who goes to the Lord's supper, a communicant Gif hé húslgengea síe, L. Win. 23; Th. i. 42, 7: L. In. 19; Th. i. 114, 11. Be húslgengum, 15; Th. i. 112, 4

Linked entry: húsel-gang

fór-sceótan

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fór-sceótan, l. for-sceótan

preventstop

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Ðéh sió díc forscoten wǽre, C. D. iii. 168, 35

Linked entry: for-scít

hors-hirde

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Add: an ostler Ne ne sý þín horshyrde wǽpenleás neque sit tuus agason (= prouisor equorum) inermis, Hpt. 31, 12, 269. Horshierde mulio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 29. Horshiordas pabulatores, 116, 59. Horshyrdas, 67, 70

syn-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
syn-dǽd, e; f.

A sinful deed, sin, wicked act

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A sinful deed, sin, wicked act For syndǽda ðara eardendra ðe hire on lifdan a malitia inhabitantium in ea, Ps. Th. 106, 33. Se deófol ða syndǽda stǽleþ on ða gástas, Wulfst. 256, 7

ge-mæstan

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Þá sind gemæste mid gife þæs Hálgan Gástes. . . Sé ðe mid fódan þǽre úplican lufe bið gefylled, he bið swilce hé sig mid rúmlicum mettum gemæst.

ge-drencan

(v.)
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Gl. 165, 6). to plunge, sink (trans.), drown Of gedrenced sié in grund sǽes demergatur in profundum maris, Mt. L. 18, 6. (Goth, ga-draggkjan ποτίζειν : O. H. Ger. ge-trenchen potare, ebriare, aquare.)

earm-lic

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Add: miserable. attended with misery Ne wénaþ hí nó ꝥ ꝥ gód wyrd sié, ac wénaþ ꝥ hió sié swíþe earmlico ( populus judicat esse miserrimam ), Bt. 40, 2; F. 236, 27. Bið earmlic gedál líces and sáwle, Wlfst. 187, 15.

lígnian

(v.)
Grammar
lígnian, p. ede

To deny

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To deny Ðú lígnest nú ðæt síe lifgende se ofer deóflum dugeþum wealdeþ, Cd. 212; Th. 263, 18; Dan. 764. Hú hine [Christ] lýgnedon leáse on geþoncum, Exon. 24 a: Th. 69, 13; Cri. 1120

Linked entries: lýgnian un-lígne

þǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
þǽnan, p. de
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To moisten Gif tó stíð sié; þǽn (printed þæm; but see geþǽn mid hunige, 144, 1) mid ðý hunige, Lchdm. ii. 108, 17. Þénda smerwunga wyrce of ele make moist smearings of oil, 182, 16

Linked entry: þénda

ang-mód

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Ne beó hé dréfende ne angmód (ancg-, v. l.) non sit turbulentus et anxius, R. Ben. 120, 12. Wurdon heora eágan áfyllede mid teárum and angmóde geómrodon ealle heora heortan, Hml. S. 23, 244. Add

brytnian

(v.)
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Þás suǽsenda se reogolward brytniæ swǽ hígum mǽst réd sié, Cht. Th. 460, 37. Brytnian inpendere, i. donare, An. Ox. 7, 3. Brytniende dispertiens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 73. Wæs brytnod inpendebatur, 44, 65. Add

fæst-hafolnes

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Swá ðá rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren, swá hí ðá uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen sic prodigis praedicetur parcitas, ut tenacibus periturarum rerum custodia non augeatur, Past. 453, 28. Add

mónaþ-seóc

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mónaþ-seóc, I. add: —
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Wiþ þon þe mon sié mónaþseóc; nim mere-swínes fel, wyrc tó swipan, swing mid þone man; sóna bið sél, Lch. ii. 334, i. Mónoþseóc inerguminum (cf. deófelseócne, 4934), An. Ox. 2, 404. Man ferode . .

æt-feallan

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S. 12, 216. fig to fall away, diminution Ætfealle sió bót þǽm godfæder swá ilce swá ꝥ wíte þám hláforde déð. Ll. Th. i. 150, 18. deterioration Ꝥ geleáfa swá earmlíce ætfeallan sceolde, Hml.

nyt-weorþ

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Hwæþer þæt (anweald) nú sié tó talianne wáclic and unnyt ꝥte nytwyrþost is eallra ðissa woruldþinga ? num imbecillum ac sine viribus aestimandum est, quod (potentia) omnibus rebus constat esse praestantius?, Bt. 25, 4; F. 86, 16. Add

Linked entry: not-wirþe