Old English Dictionary Entry

Gýmeleást

Part of speech: gímelíst, gémelést, e;

Definitions

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1 gýmeleást

f. Carelessness, negligence, neglect; negligentia :-- Hit gelamp þurh gýmeleáste evenit per culpam incuriæ, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 27. For giémeléste for negligence, Past. 21; Swt. 165, 6. Gímeleáste, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 68, 376. On heora ágenre gýmeleáste from their own carelessness, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 11: Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 2. Þurh preósta gýmeléste through the negligence of priests, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 349, 6. Se Hǽlend ne forlét to gýmeleáste his gelufedan apostol the Saviour did not leave his beloved apostle to neglect, Homl. Th. 1. 58, 33. [Orm. ȝemelæste.] gymeleast

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᚣᛗᛖᛚᛖᚪᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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