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
Linked entry: glappe
a-cwellan
To kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ interficere ⬩ necare
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Wíges heard wyrm acwealde the bold one in battle slew the worm, the dragon, Beo. Th. 1777; B. 886. Steóp-cilda feala stundum acwealdon pupillos occiderunt. Ps. Th. 93, 6
wó
Wrongly ⬩ perversely ⬩ unequally
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Wrongly, perversely, unequally Hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40
orne
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injury Mid Godes fullume ne wyrð him nán orne, Lch. iii. 16, 5
and-weard
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Add: -wurd, -wyrd. local Hé is ǽghwǽr andweard . . . hé is on ǽlcere stówe, Hml. Th. i. 158, 4. Ic wæs and*-*weard sumum bréðer, Gr. D. 267, 24. Him biþ beforan andweard engla cynn, Bl. H. 83, 11.
eall-gylden
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Wyrc feówer hringas ælgyldene facies quatuor circulos aureos, Past. 169, 21. Add
ge-irgan
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Wyrð þurh Godes mihte sóna deófol swýðe geyrged, Wlfst. 33, 20. Add
on-gripe
Attack, assault
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Attack, assault Ðǽra wyrma ongrype and ðæra sorhwíta mǽst, Wulfst. 187, 2.
of-sníþan
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Add: to slaughter an animal Gif hwá drince wyrm on wætere, ofsníðe sceáp raðe, drince hát ꝥ sceápes blód, Lch. ii. 114, 7. to cut off, amputate Hé sceal his unþeáwas hatian and ofsníþan, Met. 27, 33. O. H.
melde
Orach
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Nim meldon ða wyrt, 54, 23
scín-seóc
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Haunted by apparitions Scínseócum men wyrc drenc of hwítes hundes þoste, Lchdm. i. 364, 4
scearp-numol
Efficacious
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Efficacious Ðeós wyrt ys swýðescearpnumul (-el, MS. B.) níwe wunda and wíde tó gehǽlenne, swá ðæt ða wunda hrædlíce tógædere gáþ, Lchdm. i. 134, 10. Ðeós wyrt is swíðe scearpnumul wið ðæt áttor, 152, 3.
Linked entry: teart-numol
un-fortreden
Not destroyed by treading
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Not destroyed by treading Unfortreden wyrt appoligonius ( = polygonum ), Lchdm. iii. 299, col. 2
Linked entry: for-tredan
teart-numol
Efficacious
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Efficacious Ðeós wyrt is swýþe scearpnumul (teart-, MS. B.) wið ðæt áttor, Lchdm. i. 152, 3
posling
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A pill Wyrc lytle poslingas feówer make four little pills, Lchdm. i. 76, 23. v. preceding word
for-hǽtan
overheat
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To make too hot, overheat Se mon wyrð tó swíþe forhǽt, Lch. ii. 244, 8
Linked entry: hǽtan
gifl
Food ⬩ meat ⬩ piece of food
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Food, meat, piece of food Líc biþ wyrmes giefl the body shall be the worm's food, Exon. 100 a; Th. 374, 15; Seel. 126. Ðú wyrma gifl thou food for worms, 98 b; Th. 368, 16; Seel. 22.
Linked entry: gifla
greátnes
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Ben. 89, 15. bigness, thickness Ðeós wyrt hafað elne lange stelan on fingres greátnesse, Lch. i. 270, 20: 278, 17. <b>II a.
peonia
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man peonian nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 168, 14
hræfnes leác
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man satyrion and óðrum naman hræfnes leác nemneð, Lch. i. 108, 16. Add