FYRWET
Curiosity ⬩ cūriōsĭtas
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Curiosity; cūriōsĭtas Hyne fyrwet bræc curiosity urged him, Beo. Th. 5562; B. 2784 : 3975; B. 1985. Mec ðæs on worulde full oft fyrwit frineþ my curiosity enquireth very often about this in the world, Salm. Kmbl. 117; Sal. 58. Hine fyrwyt bræc curiosity
smeáh
creeping in, penetrating ⬩ subtle, crafty ⬩ insinuating
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creeping in, penetrating Wið smeógan wyrme Lchdm. iii. 10, 17. Similar entries v. smea-wyrm subtle, crafty [Ðe man is ʒiep toʒenes him seluen; þat is smegh oðer man to bicharren and to biswiken E. Homl. ii. 195, 5. Cf.
Linked entries: smeálíce smeá-wrenc smeá-wyrm smeóh
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Ne wendaþ hine wyrda, ne hine wiht (or acc. ?) dreceþ, ádl ne yldo, 334, 1; Gn. Ex. 9. Nis íæt onginn wiht, 119, 2; Gú. 248. Nó hé him ðæs wyrmes wíg for wiht dyde. Beo. Th. 4685 ; B. 2348. with a genitive Ne bið wiht forholen monna gehygda, Exon.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
ár-wurþ
Honour-worth ⬩ honourable ⬩ venerable ⬩ reverend ⬩ honorabilis ⬩ honorandus ⬩ venerabilis ⬩ venerandus
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Honour-worth, honourable, venerable, reverend; honorabilis, honorandus, venerabilis, venerandus Se árwurþa wer vir venerabilis, Bd. 4, 18; S. 586, 22: 5, 1; S. 613, 11. Se góda biþ simle árwyrþe the good is always honourable, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 23.
Linked entry: ár-weorþ
petersilige
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Ðás wyrte man petroselinum nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 240, 6. Petresilige, iii. 24, 9. Petorsilian sǽd, ii. 314, 29 : 228, 26. Ða wyrt petersilian, 206, 27 : 234, 8
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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God gesihþ ealle úre wyrc(weorc, Cott. MS.) Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 1. where action is contrasted with speech or thought Gif hwá hæðendóm weordige wordes oððe weorces L. E. G. 2; Th. i. 168, 2.
wítan
to see to ⬩ take heed to ⬩ guard ⬩ keep ⬩ to lay t ⬩ charge ⬩ lay the blame of ⬩ impute ⬩ to go ⬩ depart
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to see to, take heed to, guard, keep, Grammar wítan, absolute God wíteþon ðam héhstan heofna ríce ufan Alwalda, Cd. Th. 32, 31 ; Gen. 511. [ He (God) witeð and wialdeð alle þing, Anglia i. II, 40. Ihesu, wel þu witest hem, Jul. 51, 15. > Wel is him
Linked entry: ge-wítan
wósig
Juicy ⬩ succulent
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Juicy, succulent Ðeós wyrt is wel wósig, Lchdm. i. 270, 21. Genim ðás wyrte swá wósige gecnucude, 278, 23. Ða beóð fulle of gehwǽdum leáfum wel wósigum, 258, 3
wille-wæter
Spring-water
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Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wylle wætre, 74, 27. Seóðe on yrnendum wyllewætere, i. 330, 14
þǽr-of
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Thereof, of or from that Genim ðás ylcan wyrte, wyrc clyþan þǽrof, Lchdm. i. 196, 23. Ðæt ic macige mete ðínum fæder þǽrof ut faciam ex eis escas patri tuo, Gen. 27, 9
Linked entry: of
cealre
calmaria, gabalacrum
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Nim þa wyrta and wyrce togadere swá micel swá cealras take the herbs and wort them together as thick as curds, Lchdm. iii. 118, 14. Calwer gabalacrum, Cot. 96
wiþer-ræhtes
Opposite
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Opposite Hí geségan wyrm on wonge wiðerræhtes licgean, Beo. Th. 6071; B. 3039
ofer-geáre
Old, superannuated ⬩ superannuated
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Old, superannuated Gif wyrm ete ða tēþ genim ofergeáre holenrinde, Lchdm. ii. 50, 14
Linked entry: -geáre
weall-clif
A steep cliff
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A steep cliff Hí scufon wyrm oferweallclif, léton wǽg niman, Beo. Th. 6255; B. 3132
Linked entry: weall
þrowend
A scorpion
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A scorpion Hí habbaþ tæglas ðám wyrmum gelíce ðe men hátaþ þrowend, Wulfst. 200, 15. Scorpius, ðæt is þrowend, Lchdm. iii. 246, 1. Se wyrm ðrowend slihþ mid ðam tægle tó deáðe ... Ondrǽd ðé ðone ðrowend ...
dún-land
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Genim swínes scearn þæs þe on dúnlande and wyrtum libbe, Lch. ii. 62, 28. Ðeós wyrt ( betony ) biþ cenned on mǽdum and on clǽnum dúnlandum, i. 70, 2. Hé hine geond ealle eorðan sóhton, ge on dúnlandum gé on wudalandum, Ap. Th. 7, 14. Add
ǽtren
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Nǽnig ǽtern wyrm. Nar. 28, 6. Ǽterno wǽte. Lch. ii. 16, 13. Ǽtternes venenosi , Rtl. 122, 26. Ne ðǽr ( Ireland) monn ǽnigne ǽtterne (ǽtrene, v. l. ) wyrm ne gesihþ, Bd. l, I; S. 474, 33. Wæs þǽra wyrma oroð and éþung ǽterne, Nar. 14, 16.
wóh-bogen
Bent ⬩ crooked
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Bent, crooked Wyrm wóhbogen the crooked (cf. Job 26, 13) serpent, Beo. Th. 5646; B. 2827
scyld-frecu
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f Guilty greed Mé ( Eve ) scyhte tó scyldfrece fáh wyrm þurh fægir word, Cd. Th. 55, 23; Gen. 898
Linked entry: frecu
ge-wife
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Gewife fortune (the word seems glossed as dative, but is genitive, the passage being: Ipsos fortunae casibus oppressos, Ald. 42, 5), wyrdum cassibus, 81, 44, 45. Gewif, wyrd furtunum, fatum, Wülck. Gl. 245, 44.