býgan
To bow, bend, turn, turn back, bow down, humble, abase ⬩ flectere, inflectere, incurvare, retorquere, deflectere, humiliare
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He herm-cweðend hýneþ and býgeþ humiliabit calumniatorem, Ps. Th. 71, 5
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
sealticge
A dancer
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A dancer Hét Herodes ðæt heáfod beran on disce and sellan ánre sealticgan (the daughter of Herodias who danced before Herod) hire plegan tó méde, Shrn. 123, 2
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án-dæge
For one day ⬩ lasting a day ⬩ diurnus ⬩ unius diei
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Ðe hire ándæges eágum starede who daily gazed on her with his eyes, Beo. Th. 3874; B. 1935
a-leógan
To lie ⬩ tell lies ⬩ belie ⬩ deceive ⬩ mentiri ⬩ confutare ⬩ non præstare
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Heó hyre gehát aleáh she belied her vow, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 7. He beót ne aléh he belied not his promise, Beo. Th. 160; B. 80. Hí aleógaþ him they tell lies to him, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 18: L. In. 13; Th. i. 110, 12
lǽwa
A betrayer ⬩ traitor
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Hér is ðæs lǽwan hand ecce manus tradentis me, Lk. Skt. 22, 21
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fégan
to join ⬩ connect ⬩ to compose
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Similar entries [v. fǽgan.] to compose Hér mæg findan foreþances gleáw hwá þás fitte fégde, Hpt. 33, 72, 3
ge-hendnys
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Hér on gehendnysse syndon [þá] þe þíne deórlingas beón sceoldon, Hml. S. 23, 147. what is at hand Hergiendum gehwylce gehendnysse bereánendum grassatoribus obuia queęque uastantibus An.
stræc
strictness, rigour ⬩ violence, force
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Hér man ýtte út Ælfgár eorl, ac hé com sóna inn ongeán mid strece þurh Gryffines fultum, Chr. 1058; Erl. 192, 36
beó-wyrt
BEE-WORT ⬩ balm mint ⬩ sweet flag ⬩ apiastrum ⬩ ⬩ acorus calamus
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veneriam, and on úre geþeóde beówyrt, nemneþ, heó biþ cenned on begánum stówum, and on wyrtbeddum, and on mǽdum this plant, which in Latin is called veneria, and in our language bee-wort, is produced in cultivated places, and in wort-beds, and in meads, Herb
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in-byrdling
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Mín inbyrdling biþ mín yrfenuma vernaculus meus heres meus erit, Gen. 15, 3. Ǽlc werhádes man on eówrum mǽgðum and inbyrdlingum and geboht þeówa omne masculinum in generationibus vestris, tam vernaculus quam emptitius, 17, 12.
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lang-ness
Length
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Ðonne sceal man ðysne wyrttruman gedrígean and ða langnysse tóceorfan on pysena gelícnysse this plant is to be dried, and its length cut up into pieces about the size of peas, Herb. 140, 1; Lchdm. i. 260, 15.
un-mann
a bad man ⬩ an inhuman person ⬩ one who is not a mere man ⬩ a hero
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Ger. un-mennisco: Ger. un-mensch: Icel. ú-mannan a person fit for nothing.] one who is not a mere man, a hero Ðá gemunde hé ða strangan dǽda ðara unmanna (perhaps iumanna should be read; the Latin is: Valida priscorum heroum facta reminiscens. v. geó
hleów
cover ⬩ shelter ⬩ Protection ⬩ a protector
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Hé (Alfred) becóm tó Æðelingége, and on sumes swánes húse hid hleów gernde (desired the protection of the swineherd) and eác swylce him and his yfele wífe hérde, Shrn. 16, 13. in a personal sense, a protector: Wígendra hleó cwóm heaðoláces hál tó hofe
ælmes-mann
An alms-man ⬩ one supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar
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Ðonne wille ic ðæt man nime tó ǽlcan ðissa háma twelf ælmesmen, and gif hwæt hera ǽnigan getíde, sette man ðǽr óþerne tó, C. D. B. iii. 75, 38
hǽtu
Heat ⬩ æstus, fervor
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Gif se líchoma hwǽr mid hefiglícre hǽto sý gebysgod if the body be troubled anywhere with heavy inflammation, Herb. 2, 6; Lchdm. i. 82, 8. Unácumendlíce hǽtu þrowiaþ and unásecgendlíce cýle they suffer intolerable heat and unspeakable cold, Homl.
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gor
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Mid swínenum gore with swine dung, Herb. 9, 3; Lchdm. i. l00, 11. Feares gor bull's dung, Med. ex Quadr. 11, 10, 11, 12; Lchdm. i. 368, 5, 7, 9. Gor sordem, Wrt. Voc. 65, 34
cammoc
The cammoc, kex, an umbelliferous plant, brimstone wort, hog's fennel, cow weed, cow parsley, sulphur wort, hog's fennel ⬩ peucedănum officinale ⬩ πευκεδανόν ⬩ πευκεδανός
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H.] nemneþ this wort is called peucedanum, and by another name cammoc, Herb. 96, 1; Lchdm. i. 208, 17. Wyrc gódne drenc, elenan iii snǽda, commuces viii make a good drink, three portions of elf dock, eight of cammoc, L. M. 3, 30; Lchdm. ii. 324, 20
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DOCCE
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dunghills, Herb. 14, 1; Lchdm. i. 106, 10-12, note 14: L.
brassica
Colewort, ⬩ brassica, ⬩ cabbage
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Colewort, brassica, cabbage; æ, f Wyrta sindon betste béte and mealwe and brassica beet and mallow and cabbage are the best herbs, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 1