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Wright's OE grammar
§66; §280; §306; §345;
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  • Híg oððe gærs

    foenum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 45: ii. 35, 30.

  • Graes,

      108, 48.

  • Gréne gærs

    carrassinum (carpassinum ?

    cf. gærs-gréne),
      13, 40.

  • On þǽre stówe wæs mycel gærs (gers,

    v. l., gærs ł heig, L., hég ł gers, R. foenum ),

      Jn. 6, 10.

  • Græse

    gramine,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 63.

  • Gers ł hég londes,

      Mt. L. 6, 30.

  • Ꝥ gærs (gers,

      R.), Lk. L. 12. 28. 'Underfó hé gærs.'
    Basilius underféng þæt gærs ðus cweðende: 'Ðú ús sealdest nýtena andlyfene,' Hml, Th. i. 450, 5-8.
a herb, plant
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  • Mára allum wyrtum ł græsum (grasum, R.)

    majus omnibus holeribus,

      Mk. L. 4, 32.
the blade of corn
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  • Mið ðý gewóx brord ł níwe gers, and wæstm worhte

    cum crevisset herba, et fructum fecisset,

      Mt. L. 13, 26.

  • Eorðo wæstmas ǽrest gers (

    herbam

    ), æfter ðon ðone ðorn,
      Mk. R. L. 4, 28.
pasture, grazing
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  • .IIII. oxnum gers mid cyninges oxnum,

      C. D. ii. 64, 29.

  • Hiora gemǽnan æceras oððe gærs,

      Ll. Th. i. 128, 8: 434, 17.
the grass-covered ground
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  • Ofer groenum grese (groene gers,

      L.), Mk. R. 6, 39: Mt. L. 14, 19.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gærs.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/46849.

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