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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

scyld-frecu

(n.)
Grammar
scyld-frecu, e; f

Guilty greed

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Guilty greed Mé (Eve) scyhte tó scyldfrece fáh wyrm þurh fægir word, Cd. Th. 55, 23; Gen. 898

Linked entry: frecu

wóh-bogen

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh-bogen, adj.

Bent ⬩ crooked

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Bent, crooked Wyrm wóhbogen the crooked (cf. Job 26, 13) serpent, Beo. Th. 5646; B. 2827

ge-wife

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wife, fate.
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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.

wirgung-galere

(n.)
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The reading wyrinc- seems to be a mistake for wyrm-. Cf. a similar mistake noted under willung heat

gífer

(n.)
Grammar
gífer, es; m.

A glutton

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A glutton Gífer hátte se wyrm the worm's name is glutton, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373. 31; Seel. 118

bróc

(n.)

a brook

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Hleomoce hátte wyrt, sió wéaxeð on bróce, Lch. ii. 92, 14. ꝥ wæter cymþ up æt ðám ǽwelme, wyrþ ðonne tó bróce, ðonne tó eá, ðonne andlang eá oþ hit wyrþ eft tó sǽ Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 19. Sum micel ǽwelm, and irnon manige brócas of, 34, I; F. 134, 10.

for-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon; pp. -writen [wrítan to cut, carve, engrave, write]

To cut asunder ⬩ dissĕcāre

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To cut asunder; dissĕcāre He forwrát wyrm on middan he cut the worm asunder in the middle, Beo. Th. 5403; B. 2705

mán-hús

(n.)
Grammar
mán-hús, es; n.

A house of wickedness ⬩ hell

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A house of wickedness, hell Mánhús fæst under foldan, ðǽr biþ fýr and wyrm, open scræf yfela gehwylces, Cd. 169; Th. 212, 7; Exod. 535

oster-scill

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Genim henne gelyndo and osterscylle, sete on gléda, wyrm hwón, 310, 3. Osterscella, 52, 25. Add

a-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weorpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan ; ðú -wyrpst, he -wyrpþ ; p. ic, he -wearp, ðú -wurpe, pl. -wurpon; impert. -weorp, -wurp, -wyrp ðú; pp. -worpen; v. a. [a from, weorpan to throw]

To throw or cast from or down ⬩ to cast away or off ⬩ cast out ⬩ to degrade ⬩ reject ⬩ divorce ⬩ abjicere ⬩ dejicere ⬩ projicere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ propellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ reprobare ⬩ repudiare

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To throw or cast from or down, to cast away or off, cast out, to degrade, reject, divorce; abjicere, dejicere, projicere, ejicere, propellere, repellere, reprobare, repudiare Ðæt he ðec aweorpe of woruldríce that he shall cast thee from thy worldly kingdom

drípan

(v.)
Grammar
drípan, p. te
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. :-- Nime þysse wyrte wós, dó on, i. 266, 8. Ceáces sure wið wín gemenge, ii. 32, 9. Gewyrce (cf. wyrc, 32, 5) him ... finul, wyl þá wyrta, 34, 9. Lǽt reócan þone steám on ꝥ eáre and fordytte mid þǽre wyrte, 44, 3.]

Linked entry: dryppan

murra

(n.)
Grammar
murra, myrra, an; m.

Cicely

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Cicely Murra hátte wyrt, Lchdm. ii. 18, 3. Nim murran ða wyrt, iii. 8, 1 Myrran, 14, 20

hemlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hemlíc, hymlíc, es; m: hymlíce, an; f.

Hemlock

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Hemlíc hátte wyrt a plant called hemlock, L. M. I, 77; Lchdm. ii. 150, 15. Wyrc hie of hemlíc make the salve of hemlock, 58; Lchdm. ii. 128, 7. Nim hemlíc take hemlock, 31; Lchdm. ii. 74, 6.

Linked entry: hymblícae

un-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþ, -wurþ, -wyrþ, -wierþe, -wyrþe; adj.

of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring

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Se ídela gylp ús beó ǽfre unwurð (-wyrð, MS. U.), Hornl. Skt. i. 16, 367. Philippus him dyde heora wíg unweorð Philip made light of their fighting power, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 3. Bisceopun gebyreþ, ðæt hí ǽghwylc gefleard heom unwyrð lǽtan, L. I.

Linked entries: un-wurþ un-wyrþ

ge-récan

(v.)
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to smoke, fumigate Dó gléda an glédfæt, and lege þá wyrta on; geréc þone man mid þám wyrtum, Lch. ii. 346, 4. Gyf hyt bið mid gereced, i. 356, 14.

hwerwe

(n.)
Grammar
hwerwe,
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a plant name, perhapscolchicum autumnale: — Ða greátan wyrt hwerwe hátte, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 268, 22. [Cf. Ðeós wyrt de man hieribulbum and óðrum naman greáte wyrt nemneþ, Herb. 22, 1; Lchdm. i. 118, 13. v. Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 1.]

wefan

(v.)
Grammar
wefan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to weave a web ⬩ to weave, construct, put together, arrange, plan, contrive

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to weave a web Ic wefe texo, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 47. Ðú wyfst and wǽda tylast, Homl. Th. i. 488, 25. Ðín wyln wefð tui ancilla texit, Ælfc. Gr. 15 ; Zup. 104, 13. Webbu swá hwylc swá wyfð, Lchdm. iii. 210, 28. Hí smalo hrægel wefaþ and wyrceaþ texendis

nyt-weorð

(adj.)
Grammar
nyt-weorð, -wirðe; adj.

Useful ⬩ advantageous ⬩ profitable

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Ic gehýrde fela nytwurðe (wyrðe, -werðe, -wyrða) þing ( multa utilia ), Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 95, 18. Seó wiðerwearde wyrd byþ ǽlcum men nytwyrðre ðonne seó orsorge plus hominibus reor adversam, quam prosperam prodesse fortunam, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 29.

six-benn

(n.)
Grammar
six-benn, e; f.

A wound made by a 'seax'

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A wound made by a 'seax' Ealdorgewinna (the fire-drake) siexbennum seóc (cf. cyning wælseaxe gebrǽd . . . forwrát Wedra helm wyrm on middan, 5400; B. 2703), Beo. Th. 5800; B. 2904

Linked entry: seax-ben