BÓRIAN
To BORE, to make a hole, perforate ⬩ terebrare, perforare ⬩ to cut, bore
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To BORE, to make a hole, perforate; terebrare, perforare Wyrm ðe bóraþ treów a worm that perforates wood; termes vel teredo, Ælfc. Gl. 23; Som. 60, 4; Wrt. Voc. 24, 8
stincan
To spring, leap, move rapidly
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Se wyrm stonc æfter stáne, Beo. Th. 4565; B. 2288. Add:
un-wénlíc
Not giving grounds for hope ⬩ unpromising
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Hwæt wénst ðú be ðære gódan wyrde, ðe oft cymþ tó gódum monnum on ðisse worulde, hweðer ðis folc mæge cweþan ðæt hit sié yfel wyrd? ...
Linked entry: wén-líc
ge-scipe
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, cf. ge-sceap; l, 2 Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne . . . Gewát þá byrnende gebogen scríðan, tó gescipe (according to its shape? after the manner of reptiles? ) scyndan, B. 2570
un-weorþ
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.
þurh-etan
to eat through ⬩ eat out
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to eat through, eat out Se wyrm ða eágan þurheteþ, Soul Kmbl. 236; Seel. 122. Áholad, þurhetan (-en?) exesum vel comessum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 76. Swyrd ómige, þurhetene, Beo. Th. 6090; B. 3049
telgor
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Gif hwá mid him ðysse wyrte ( verbascum ) áne tealgre byrþ, ne biþ hé bréged mid ǽnigum ógan, Lchdm. ii. 176, 3. Tealgras propagines, Blickl. Gl. Ðeós wyrt (wild gourd ) wið ða eorðan hyre telgra tóbrǽdeþ, Lchdm. i. 324, 3 note
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lilie
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Hwylc wyrt is betst and sélust ? Lilige hátte seó wyrt, for ðám ðe heó getácnað Críst. Sal. K. 186, 9
logðor
wily ⬩ crafty
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Marsi homines, quibus naturalem vim contra serpentes inesse olim creditum, incantatores, Ducange, v. wyrm-galere), 55, 58
un-glæd
Dull ⬩ cheerless
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Dull, cheerless Swá eác se súþerna wind hwílum miclum storme gedréfeþ ða sǽ ðe ǽr wæs smylte wedere glæshlútra on tó seónne; ðonne heó swá gemenged wyrð mid ðan ýðum, ðonne wyrþ heó swíþe hraðe ungladu, þeáh heó ǽr gladu wǽre on tó lócienne si mare volvens
clíða
A plaster, salve, poultice ⬩ emplastrum, malagma = μάλαγμα
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Ðyssa wyrta genim ða læssan, wyrc to clýðan take the lesser of these herbs, make it into a poultice, 143, 5; Lchdm. i. 266, 15: 173, 4; Lchdm. i. 304, 15.
sund-corn
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man saxifragam and óþrum naman sundcorn nemneþ. . . . Wið ðæt stánas on blǽdran wexen, genim ðás wyrte, Lchdm. i. 212, 7-11 (see the plate at the beginning of the volume). Sundcornes leáf, ii. 342, 9.
moþþe
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Swá swá on reáf moþþe ( tinea ), and wyrm forswylhð treów, eall swá unrótnyss derað heortan, Scint. 168, 7. Ne behýde gé eówerne goldhord ... þǽr ðǽr moððan hit áwéstað, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 30. Mohþ[um] tineis, An. Ox. 50, 37. Add
breówan
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Dó on breówende wyrt. Lch. ii. 332, 22. Add
sceáp
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Gif hwá drince wyrm on wætere, ofsníðe sceáp raðe, drince hát ꝥ sceápes blód, Lch. ii. 114, 8. Hý létan him tó . . . þá mǽde þe gebyrað tó ðám geréflande . . . and his sceápa lǽse æfter þæs hláfordes, C. D. B. i. 544, 3. Add
on-lecgende
on-lying
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on-lying Wyrc him onlecgende sealfe, Lchdm. ii. 200, 8
glæppe
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Þás wyrta . . . bisceopwyrt and glæppe and ribbe and gearwe, Lch. iii. 292, 5. Ǽlcre namcúþre wyrte dǽl bútan glappan ánon, i. 398, 9. Cf. On glæppan felda, C. D. ii. 411, 20: iii. 227, 34. An gleppan felda, ii. 74, 3
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lungen-sealf
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Add: — Wyrc lungensealfe, nim cost . . . . Lch. iii. 70, l
fót-lǽst
A foot-step ⬩ foot-trace ⬩ vestīgium pĕdis ⬩ trāmes
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A foot-step, foot-trace; vestīgium pĕdis, trāmes Se wyrm onfand feóndes fótlást the worm found the foe's foot-trace, Beo. Th. 4567; B. 2289. Fótlǽstas [MS. fótlǽst] ðíne ne beóþ oncnáwen vestīgia tua non cognoscentur, Ps. Spl. 76, 19: Blickl.
ellen-asce
Elder-ash
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Elder-ash Wyrc him leáge of ellenahsan, Lch, ii. 338, 25
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