smoega-wyrm
Similar entry: smeá-wyrm
hócor-wyrde
Using scornful, ⬩ mocking language
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Using scornful, mocking language Hér sind on earde hócorwyrde ǽghwǽr there are in the land here everywhere men of scornful speech, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 156
swane-wyrt
- Lchdm. ii. 74, 20.
swét-wyrde
Agreeable of speech, bland
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Agreeable of speech, bland Blandis sermonibus, lenis verbis líþum vel swétwyrdum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 4. Balbus, qui vult loqui et non potest wlips vel swétwyrda ( blandus seems to have been read?), 125, 11
seolc-wyrm
Similar entry: seoluc-wyrm
seoluc-wyrm
A silk-worm
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A silk-worm Siolucwyrm bombix Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 22. Seolcwyrm, i. 24, 6: 40, 1
Linked entry: seolc-wyrm
síd-wyrm
A silk-worm
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A silk-worm Siolucwyrm oððe sídwyrm bombix, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 22. Sýdwyrm, i. 24, 6
Linked entry: síde
ge-wyld
Power ⬩ dominion
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Power, dominion Æfter ðam ðe Alexander hæfde ealle Inde him to gewyldon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67. 21
ge-wyrðe
Amount ⬩ content
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Amount, content Swá micel ðæt sý iii ægscylla gewyrðe as much as three eggshells full, Lchdm. iii. 14, 23. Ánes æges gewyrðe greátes sealtes of rock salt the content of one egg, 40, 10
þeór-wyrm
A worm in a boil
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A worm in a boil Wiþ þeórwyrme on fét, Lchdm. ii. 12, 2: 118, 25
cawel-wyrm
A cabbage-worm, caterpillar ⬩ curculio, eruca
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A cabbage-worm, caterpillar; curculio, eruca Cawelwurrn gurgulu [ = curculio ], Ælfc. Gl. 23; Som. 59, 127; Wrt. Voc. 24, 2
Linked entry: wyrm
wyrm-slite
A snake-bite
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A snake-bite In weán and on wyrmslitum betweónan deádum and deóflum, in bryne and on biternesse, Wulfst. 188, 1
wyrm-galere
A serpent-charmer, sorcerer
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A serpent-charmer, sorcerer Wyrmgalere marsum (the word occurs in reference to the incident given under wyrmgaldere), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 11: 55, 11. Wyrmgalera marsorum (Chaldaeorum et hierophantorum phantasmata, simulque ariolorum et marsorum machinas
Linked entries: wirgung-galere wyrm-galdere wyrm-hǽlsere
wyrm-sele
A serpent-hall ⬩ a place where there are serpents (hell)
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A serpent-hall [cf. the hall, thick swarming now, With ... scorpion, and asp ... Cerastes horned, hydrus, and elops drear, And dipsas, Par. Lost 10, 522 sqq.], a place where there are serpents (hell) Ne þearf hé hopian ðæt hé þonan móte, of ðam wyrmsele
Linked entry: wyrm-geard
wyrm-híw
The form of a reptile or serpent
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The form of a reptile or serpent Hé sceolde hí áwendan of ðam wyrmhíwe (cf. serpentia terrae, Acts 10, 12), Homl. Skt. i. 10, 104
wyrs-hrǽcing
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wyrt-brǽþ
A perfume from plants, an odour, aroma
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A perfume from plants, an odour, aroma Mid brǽðe áfylled swylce ðǽr lǽgon lilie and rose. Ðá cwæð Basilissa: 'Ic wundrie hwanon ðes wyrtbrǽð ðus wynsumlíce stéme,' Homl. Skt. i. 4, 36. Ne mihte nán wyrtbrǽð swá wynsumlíce stéman, ii. 27, 113. Ágeótende
Linked entry: brǽþ
wyrt-cynren
The genus plant, plants, herbs
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The genus plant, plants, herbs Wyrtcynren herbam, Ps. Lamb. 146, 8
wyrt-mete
Vegetable food, food consisting of herbs
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Vegetable food, food consisting of herbs Wyrtmete clerius cibus, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 40: ii. 17, 23. Gesoden wyrtmete fordalium, 38, 56: 150, 2. Wurtmete mid meluwe polentum, i. 27, 25
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wyrt-eceddrenc
An acid potion made with herbs
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An acid potion made with herbs Be ðam súþernan wyrteceddrence, Lchdm. ii. 172, 11
Linked entry: eced-drenc