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hrís

(n.)
Grammar
hrís, es; n.

A twigbranchRISE

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A twig, branch, RISE Hrís frondes, Cot. 93, Lye

rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽde, adj.
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Add: v. íþ-, twi-, wiþ-rǽde

spæc

(n.)
Grammar
spæc, es; m. (?) n. (?)

A thin twigtendrilrunnersarmentum, cremium, fasciculus ex siccis lignis, malleolus, ramus

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A thin twig, tendril, runner Twig ramus, spæc framen (cf. framen streáberie-wísan, 31, 70), Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 81 : ii. 36, 57: cremium (cremia ligna tenuia et arida), 151, 2.

Linked entries: speld spræc

hearm-tán

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-tán, es; m.

A twig of sorrow or evil

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A twig of sorrow or evil, Cd. 47; Th. 61, 4; Gen. 992

geó-geára

Grammar
geó-geára, [Perhaps this should be taken as two words. v. An. 1388
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Sé þe þá fǽhðo iú wið God geára grimme gefremede.] Add: :-- Geára oððe geógeára jam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 11. Geógeára (iú-, -ieára, v. ll.) geworht antiquitus facta, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 57, 20. Geógeára (iú-, v. l.) jamdudum, 4, 4; Sch. 370, 23. Bryten wæs

hós

(n.)
Grammar
hós, a bramble.
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Twigu ł hosa ramnos (ramos seems to have been read. Cf. ramus twig, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 80: but hosa from its form seems to belong to hosu ), Ps. Cam. 57, 10

wuldor-tán

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-tán, es; m.

A glory-twiga plant with medicinal virtues

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A glory-twig, a plant with medicinal virtues Ðá genam Wóden .viiii. wuldortánas, slóh ðá ða næddran, ðæt heó on .viiii. tófleáh, Lchdm. iii. 34, 24

(n.)
Grammar
tá, gen. tán; f.

a twig, shoot

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a twig, shoot Tán ł twiga vimina, virgulae, Hpt. Gl. 428, 34. a lot Ðæt him déme seó tá, gif hí hwæt dǽlan willaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 86. Ðá dǽldon ða cwelleras Cristes reáf on feówer, heora ǽlcum his dǽl, swá him démde seó tá, Homl.

sester

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D. v. 147, 15. v. gild-, healf-sester; twi-sestre. Add

sprytele

(n.)
Grammar
sprytele, sprítele(?), an; f.

A twigchipa sprout or twigrung of a laddera splinter

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A twig, chip. (v. quotation from Jamieson's Dict. under sprot) Men of ðære ylcan styde sprytlan ácurfon astulis ex ipsa destina excisis, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 43

-læpped

(suffix)
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Add: v. twi-læpped; and take after læppa

heolra

(n.)
Grammar
heolra, heolora, an; m.

The scale of a balancea balance[?]

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Twí-feald heolra bilanx, Lye. Similar entries v. helur-blæd, heoloran

Linked entry: holor

ecgan

(v.)
Grammar
ecgan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [ecg an edge]

To give an edge, to sharpen acuĕre

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Ecged edged, sharpened, only found in compositions, as twig-ecged two-edged; bĭceps, q. v

Linked entries: ge-ecgan ecgung egean

ge-þráwan

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Hwíte twíne geþráwen bisso retorto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 22. Geðráune retorto, 119, 7. Geþráwenum tortis (cincinnorum crinibus ), An. Ox. 1198. Add

-rǽd

(suffix)
Grammar
-rǽd, -rǽde.
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Add: á-, ge-, gelóm-, oft-, twi-, unfæst-, wiþ-rǽd[e]

for-druwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-druwian, p. ode; pp. od

To dry upwitherarescĕre

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To dry up, wither; arescĕre He byþ aworpen út swá twíg, and fordruwaþ mittētur fŏras sīcut palmes, et arescet, Jn. Bos. 15, 6

nigon-gilde

(adv.)
Grammar
nigon-gilde, adv.
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Cf. án-, twi-gilde

hél-spure

Grammar
hél-spure, hél-sporu. Ps. Vos. has hélspuran in the two passages quoted.
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hwearf

Grammar
hwearf, [The word is neuter in the two instances given in the (late) charter]
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Add: Nó man ne worðe suuá dirsty ðat ðis ilk wharf ( commutationem ) and ðis ilk forward breke, C. D. iv. 242, 29

ele-beám

(n.)
Grammar
ele-beám, es; m. [ele oil, beám a tree]

An olive-tree ŏlea, ŏlīva

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Heó brohte elebeámes twíg she brought a twig of olive-tree, Cd. 72; Th. 88, 30; Gen. 1473. Heó brohte án twíg of ánum elebeáme illa portāvit rāmum ŏlīvæ, Gen. 8, 11.