for-wyrd
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Add Hú unásecgendlica synt þysses lífes ídelnessa and forwyrda. Verc. Först. 131, 9
un-wyrd
Bad fortune ⬩ misfortune
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Bad fortune, misfortune Gyf him þince ðæt hé leád habbe, sum unwird him byð tóweard, Lchdm. iii. 170, 5. Ðæt mé nú þyncþ ðætte ic ðás unwyrd áræfnan mæg ðe mé on becumen is ut jam me imparem fortunae ietibus non arbitrer, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 13
ge-wyrde
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cyric-weard
a churchwarden
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a churchwarden, Chr. 1044; Th. 300, 26, col. 1
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ge-wyrd-wrítere
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A historiographer Stǽrwrítere ł gewyrd-[wtere] istoriographus An. Ox. 60, I
cyrc-weard
A churchwarden, sacristan ⬩ ecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius
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-wyrd] féng to ðam abbodríce æt Abban dúne Æthelstan, warden ofthe church, succeeded to the abbacy at Abingdon, Chr. 1044; Th. 300, 26. Cyrcweard sacri scriniarius, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 23; Wrt. Voc. 61, 4. Cyrcwerd ædituus, R. Conc. 1.
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wyrt
Wort (in brewing)
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Bewylle on hwǽtene wyrte, Lchdm. ii. 268, 12
wyrt
a wort (e.g. St. John's wort), plant, herb ⬩ a garden herb, herb for food ⬩ a root
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John's wort), plant, herb Gærs vel wyrt herba, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 35: 78, 71. Ðeós wyrt, ðe man betonicam nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 70, 1: 90, 2, and often. Seó wyrt (herba) weóx, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 26. Gemolsnad wyrt, Ps. Th. 89, 6. Wyrta wynsume, Exon.
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wyrm
a reptile ⬩ serpent ⬩ a creeping insect ⬩ a worm
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Kmbl. 1538; An. 770. a creeping insect, a worm Wyrm vermis, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 24. Wyrm ðe boraþ treów termes vel teredo, 24, 8. Hundes wyrm ricinus, 24, 33. Se wyrm (a book-worm) forswealg wera gied sumes, Exon. Th. 432, 8; Rä. 48, 3.
wyrp
A throw, cast, the distance which a thing may be thrown
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A throw, cast, the distance which a thing may be thrown Swá mycel swá is ánes stánes wyrp (weorp ł wyrp, Lind.) quantum jactus est lapidis, Lk. Skt. 22, 41
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wyrt
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Cum in nutriendis oleribus peritus esset, audivit, 180, 23-26. v. lǽce-, spere-, wealh-, wyn-, wyrm-wyrt. Add
-wyrde
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Add: v. fore-wyrde, fracoþ-wyrde
wyrt
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Healde hé hine georne wiþ geswét eala, drince hlúttor eala, and on þæs hlúttran ealað wyrte wylle geonge ácrinde and drince, Lch. ii. 292, 21. Add
Wihtmǽres wyrt
spoonwort (?)
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Witmǽres wyrt nioþoweard, Lchdm. ii. 32, 10. [Uihtméres wyrt ł heauen hindele brittannica iii. 300, col. 2.]
brún-wyrt
BROWNWORT or water-betony ⬩ scrofularia aquatica ⬩ wood-betony or brownwort ⬩ scrofularia nodosa
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Brúne wyrt, 1, 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 7.
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cyninges wyrt
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Cyninges wyrt sampsuchum, Mone A. 529
wyrp
recovery ⬩ to recover ⬩ to throw
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recovery, wyrpan to recover, wyrpan to throw, -wyrpan, -wyrpe
wyrm
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