undern-mete
Food eaten in the morning ⬩ breakfast
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Food eaten in the morning, breakfast Under-mete prandium, ǽfenmete cena, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 65. Uton brúcan ðisses undernmetes swá ða sculon ðe hiora ǽfengifl on helle gefeccean sculon prandete tamquam apud inferos coenaturi, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 86, 1. Undernmete
Linked entry: undern-gereord
un-dóm
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
þúsend-ealdormann
A captain of a thousand men
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A captain of a thousand men Þúsend-ealdermen chiliarcho, Hpt. Gl. 515, 76
þúsend-gerím
Numeration by thousands ⬩ counting with the unit a thousand
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Numeration by thousands, counting with the unit a thousand Ðría ðreóténo ðúsendgerímes thirty-nine thousand, Salm. Kmbl. 582; Sal. 290
þú-þistel
Sow-thistle
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Sow-thistle Þúðistel (-þistil) lactuca, Txts. 73, 1179: Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 57
þwearm
A cutting instrument
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A cutting instrument Thuearm, duæram, þuarm scalprum, Txts. 94, 891
Linked entry: þwarm
þyl-cræft
Rhetoric
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Rhetoric Þelcræft rethorica, Hpt. Gl. 479, 55
Linked entry: þyle
þýmel
A thumbstall ⬩ fingerstall ⬩ thimble
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A thumbstall, fingerstall, thimble Wiþ scurfedum nægle ... wyrc þýmel tó, and lege eald spic onufan ðone nægl, Lchdm. ii. 150, 6
Linked entry: þúma
þyng
Growth ⬩ progress ⬩ profit
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(?) Growth, progress, profit Mið ðynge proficiendo, Rtl. 83, 40
þyrs
A giant ⬩ an enchanter ⬩ a demon
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A giant, an enchanter, a demon Ðyrs, heldióbul Orcus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 64. Ðyrs sceal on fenne gewunian ána innan lande, Menol. Fox 545; Gn. C. 42. Þyrses Caci, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 62. Þyr[ses] colossi, Hpt. Gl. 445, 2. Gehégan ðing wiþ þyrse ( Grendel
úht-gebed
A prayer repeated in the early morning ⬩ matins
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A prayer repeated in the early morning, matins Úhtgebed vel þénung matutinum officium, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 29. Se eádiga wer his úhtgebedum befeal, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 12
Linked entry: úht-þegnung
úht-sang
One of the services of the church ⬩ nocturns or matins
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One of the services of the church, nocturns or matins Hú fela sealma on nihtlícum tídum tó singenne synt. On wintres tíman is se úhtsang þus tó beginnenne ... quanti psalmi dicendi sunt nocturnis horis. Hiemis tempore premisso in primis versu..., R.
un-belimp
Mischance ⬩ accident
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Mischance, accident Of unbelimpum (fortunae) casibus (oppressos, Ald. 42), Hpt. Gl. 478, 25
Linked entry: be-limp
un-ǽt
Excessive eating ⬩ revelling
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Excessive eating, revelling Hé begǽð unǽtas and oferdrincas and gálscipe comessationibus vacat et luxuriae atque conviviis, Deut. 21, 20
un-arodscipe
Inactivity ⬩ spiritlessness
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Inactivity, spiritlessness Oft mon bið suíðe wandigende æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde, and wénaþ men ðæt hit sié for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe, and bið ðeáh for wísdóme and for wærscipe sæpe agendi tarditas gravitatis consilium putatur, Past
un-friþ
absence of peace ⬩ hostilities ⬩ the state of being out of the king's peace
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absence of peace, hostilities Hér wæs micel unfrið on Angelcynnes londe þurh sciphere, and wel gehwǽr hergedon and bærndon in this year there were constant hostilities in England through the Danes, and they harried and burned pretty well everywhere,
unfriþ-here
A hostile army ⬩ an army that is carrying on hostilities
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A hostile army, an army that is carrying on hostilities Com se ungemetlíca unfriðhere tó Sandwíc, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 16. On ðissum geáre wæs ðet gafol gelǽst ðam unfriðehere, 1007; Erl. 141, 13
unfriþ-mann
A man of a country not at peace with another ⬩ a man of a hostile country
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A man of a country not at peace with another, a man of a hostile country Gif hé his ǽhta bere geman[g] ðara unfriðmanna ǽhta intó húse, þolie his ǽhta si pecuniam suam inter pecuniam unfriðfmannorum, i.e. pacem non habentium, in domo mittat, perdat pecuniam
unfriþ-scip
a ship which is carrying on hostilities ⬩ a ship belonging to a hostile country
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a ship which is carrying on hostilities Ðam cynge com word ðæt unnfriðscipa lǽgen be westan and hergodon, Chr. 1046; Erl. 173, 5. a ship belonging to a hostile country Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe ðe binnan múðan cuman(-e?), þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gyf hit
Linked entry: friþ-scipe
un-wærscipe
Heedlessness ⬩ inconsiderateness ⬩ imprudence
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Heedlessness, inconsiderateness, imprudence Ða gé forluron þurh unwærscipe, Homl. Th. i. 68, 4
Linked entry: wær-scipe