hræd-wyrde
Quick ⬩ hasty of speech
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Quick, hasty of speech Ne sceal nó tó hátheort ne tó hrædwyrde he must not be too passionate nor too hasty of speech, Exon. 77 b; Th. 290, 17; Wand. 66
Linked entry: wær-wyrde
ge-wyrp
A heap thrown up[?]
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A heap thrown up[?] Andlang gewyrpes, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 78, 29
yfel-wyrde
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In the bracket for -oðr l. -orðr
bió-wyrt
bee-wort ⬩ apiastrum
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bee-wort; apiastrum,Glos. Epnl. Recd. 153, 20
biscep-wyrt
marsh-mallow
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marsh-mallow, Wrt. Voc. 286, 15
biter-wyrde
Inclined to bitterness ⬩ ad amaritudinem pronus
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Inclined to bitterness; ad amaritudinem pronus Ne he biterwyrde næs he was not inclined to bitterness, Homl. Th. i. 320, 15: ii. 44, 22
blód-wyrt
BLOODWORT or bloody-dock from its red veins and stems ⬩ rumex sanguineus
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BLOODWORT or bloody-dock from its red veins and stems; rumex sanguineus, Lin
reng-wyrm
A maw-worm, a worm in the intestines
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A maw-worm, a worm in the intestines Wið ðæt rængcwyrmas (rengc-, MS. B. ; rýnwyrmas with a gloss lumbrici, MS. H.) dergen ymb nafolan, Lchdm. i. 168, 9. Wið ðæt reng-wyrmas ymb ðone nafolan wexen, 218, 14
regn-wyrm
An earth-worm
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An earth-worm Regnwyrm lumbricus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 26 : 71, 13. Rénwyrm, 51, 23. Rénwyrm vel angeltwicce, i. 24, 31
slá-wyrm
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A slow-worm, blind-worm (cf. a slaworme cecula, Cath. Angl. 343), a kind of snake: — Sláwyrm stellio, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 25: 78, 60: spalangius, 24, 27: Hpt. Gl. 450, 26: regulus (cf. regulus est serpens, avis, et rex parvulus omnis, Wrt. Voc. i. 221, 9
simering-wyrt
Similar entry: symering-wyrt
stæl-wyrt
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Water starwort Stælwyrt callitriche (cf. wæterwyrt callitriche, 67, 18), Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 15
stic-wyrt
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Stitch-wort; stellaria holostea; but the word glosses agrimonia, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 2
stunt-wyrde
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Using foolish words, foolish in speech Se ðe wǽre stuntwyrde, weorðe se wíswyrde, Wulfst. 72, 17
swǽs-wyrde
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Of pleasant speech, pleasant in speech; facetus, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 18
tuning-wyrt
Similar entry: tunsing-wyrt
treów-wyrm
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A caterpillar Hé salde treówyrme westmas heara dedit erugini fructus eorum, Ps. Surt. 77, 46
þunor-wyrt
Thunder-plant ⬩ house-leek ⬩ sempervivum tectorum
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Thunder-plant (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names), house-leek; sempervivum tectorum Nime þunorwyrt, Lchdm. ii. 118, 2. [On plants that were a protection against thunder, see Grmm. D. M. pp. 167, 1147.]
wyrt-fæt
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A scent-bottle Wyrtfata olfactoriola (cf. olfactoriola ðe hiera elesealfa on wǽran, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 35), Hpt. Gl. 517, 27
wyrt-forbor
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Restraint from an action by the operation of herbs Wiþ wyrtforbore (cf. Gif mon sié wyrtum forboren, 114, 8) and yflum gealdorcræftum, Lchdm. ii. 306, 12. Cf. next word