un-gelíca
One not like another
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One not like another Ic hæbbe óðerne lufiend, ðínne ungelícan ( a very different person from you ), Homl. Skt. i. 7, 28
unfriþ-flota
A hostile fleet
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A hostile fleet Se[o] unfriðflota wæs ðæs sumeres gewend tó Rícardes ríce, Chr. 1000; Erl. 137, 5
Linked entry: flota
unriht-wyrhta
An evil-doer ⬩ a worker of iniquity
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An evil-doer, a worker of iniquity Gewítaþ fram mé ealle unrihtwyrhtan ( operarii iniquitatis ), Lk. Skt. 13, 27. Unryhtwyrhtan, Past. 1; Swt. 27, 23. Unrihtwyrhtan iniqui, Ps. Th. 118, 86
un-gemaca
Not a match ⬩ not an equal
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Not a match, not an equal Ungemaca impar, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 17; Zup. 43, 1: Germ. 389, 76
wlæcce
Lukewarmness
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Lukewarmness Wlæccan frigum, Germ. 397, 448
bisceop-setl
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Landfranc wæs geháded on his ágenurn bisc̃setle, Chr. 1070; P. 204, 4. Se apostol gesæt biscepsetl in Antiochia, 35; P. 6, 15. Þæt biscepsetl on Hrofesceastre, 633; P. 24, 21. Add
folme
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Of werlicum folman sine uirili uolo, An. Ox. 1549. Add:
hwicce
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A box, chest: — Huice trio (tria columbarium species, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 76. Hwicce clustella (ut t In loco ubi ruricoli nominantur Huiccewudu, C. D. ii. 10, 5
Linked entry: hwæcce
streóna
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One who acquires Strína conquisitor, An. Ox. 27, 1. Cf. Streóna as a nickname of Eádríc, the treacherous alderman of Mercia
Linked entry: strína
riht-tíma
A right, proper time
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A right, proper time Ǽlc wuht from Gode wiste his rihttíman, Bt. 5, 3 ; Fox 12, 8
Linked entry: riht-tíd
up-gange
Landing.
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Landing. Hí bǽdon ðæt hí upgangan ágan móston they asked for leave to land, Byrht. Th. 134, 20; By. 87
Linked entry: up-gang
up-waras
The dwellers above ⬩ the celestials
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The dwellers above, the celestials Tó upwarum ad superos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 67
wala
A root (?)
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A root (?) Ad (æt ?) walan to the root of a matter, to certainty ; ad liquidum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 46. Similar entries v. weall-, wyrt-wala
wealda
A ruler.
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A ruler. Similar entries v. án-, an-, Bret-, bryten-, eal-wealda. [O. Sax. ala-waldo: O. H. Ger. -walto: Icel. valdi.] as a proper name(?) Innan Wealdan hricg on Eádríces gemǽre, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 259, 9
fyrs-sceaga
A furze-thicket
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A furze-thicket (?) Onbútan færsscagan on ðá díc ðæt hit cymð tó ðǽre ródæ, C. D. iii. 229, 29
wíf-hearpe
A woman's harp
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A woman's harp On glígbeáme (owif*-*hearpan = on wifhearpan? MS. C. ) in tympano, Ps. Spl. 150, 4
Linked entry: hearpe
gealga
Sadness, gloom
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Sadness, gloom Ðæs sweartan galgan (cf. the gloss to the same passage in An. Ox. 2960 :--Sweartes geallan) melancoliae Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 8 : 56, 72
gryre-bróga
Terror, horror
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Terror, horror, Exon. 20a; Th. 53, 12; Cri. 849
ofer-blice
A superficies, surface
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A superficies, surface Oferbliocan superficiem, Txts. 181, 44
Linked entry: -blice