Gīme-līst

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gīme-līst

Take here gȳme-leást in Dict., and add: I. the not taking proper care of, carelessness with. Cf. gīman; I. 4 :-- For dǣre giémelēste his hǣlo per negligentiam suae salutis, Past. 463, 3. Be speres gȳmeleáste of carelessness with a spear, Ll. Th. i. 84, II. II. the want of care to do or not to do something, negligence. Cf. gīman; I. 6 :-- Būtan hit gelimpe þæt man lator ārīse þonne hit gebyrige . . . þæt ne geweorde, þæt þyllic gȳmelēst gelimpe . . . gif hit gelimpe, dǣdbēte sē . . . þe hit þurh his gȳmelēste (gȳmeleástum neglectum, R. Ben. I. 42, 7) gelamp, R. Ben. 36, 2-7. Hē Gode nolde diówigan. . . hē done demm his giémeliéste (damna neglegentiae) gebētan ne mæg, Past. 251, 17.Ðæt wē gedencen dā gōd de wē forgiémeleásodon, næs dā wē dydon . . . wē gemunad ūre giémelēste, 467, 10. Mid dǣdbōte his gȳmeleáste, R. Ben. 68, 15. Hȳ mēde habbad, gif hȳ swā dōd, eác swylce wīte, gif hī . . . for gȳmeleáste hit ne bētad (si neglegant), R. Ben. 119, 16. Gēmeleáste, 68, 20. Þæt hȳ ǣr on ōþrum tīdum mid gēmelēste forlēton omnes neglegentias suas aliorum temporum, 76, 7. Hī for gīmelēste and for rēccelēste forlēton unwriten hiora dǣda, Bt. 18, 3; F. 64, 34. Giémeléste (-līste, ), Past. 165, 6 : 339, 21. Gif geneátmanna hwilc forgȳmeleásad his hlāfordes gafol . . . gif se hlāford . . . þā gȳmeleáste tō forgyfenesse lǣte, Ll. Th. i. 270, 18. Gif hwā cwydeleás . . . gewīte . . . þurh his gȳmeleáste (-lȳste, v. l.), 412, 28. Gīmelīste, ii. 292, 7. Odþæt hē þæs gyltes gȳmeleáste gebēte until he make reparation for the negligence he was guilty of when he committed that fault, R. Ben. 69, 15. III. want of interest or concern, indiference. Cf. gīman ; II. 2 :-- Oft dā cræftas and dā mægenn weordad te færwyrde dǣm de hī hæfd donne hī for hira giémelēste hié fortrūwiad on þǣm cræftum de hī habbad, and hī nyllad iécan, Past. 463, 6. Folc de on clǣnum felda sige gefeohtad, and eft innan hira burgum belocene durh hiera giémeliéste (negligentiam) hié lǣtad gebindan, 229, I. IV. want of anxiety, security. Cf. gīman; II. 3 :-- Hē forhtode ꝥ hē forlure þā gȳmelǣste his þearfednesse metuebat paupertatis suae securitatem perdere, Gr. D. 201, 14. V. heedlessness, inattention, neglect. Cf. gīman ; II. 4 :-- Hē lǣt his mōd tōflōwan on dæt ofdele giémeliéste and ungesceád-wīsnesse æfter eallum his willum neglectam (animam) se inferius per desideria expandit, Past. 283, 15. Hē lǣt his hlāfordes gebod tō giémeliéste, 121, 14. Gē forsāwon eall mīn gedeaht, and lēton eów tō giémelēste donne ic eów cīdde (increpationes meas neglexistis), 247, 23. Synn durhtogen hwīlum for giémeléste (negligentia), hwīlum for un-trymnesse, 435, 15. Gē dās getācnunga tō gȳmeleáste dōd, Hml. Th. ii. 70, 15. Ðæt hē dāra giémeliéste wolde gediéglan ut horum negligentiam velaret, Past. 207, 22. V a. wont of proper consideration, presumption :-- Þæt biþ swīdor tō gȳmelēste and tō īdlum gylpe tō tellanne presumtioni deputabitur et vane glorie, R. Ben. 77; 5. gime-list

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