hicel
a woodpecker
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Æt hiceles wyrðe, 427, 21
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
melde
Orach
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Nim meldon ða wyrt, 54, 23
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
scín-seóc
Haunted by apparitions
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Haunted by apparitions Scínseócum men wyrc drenc of hwítes hundes þoste, Lchdm. i. 364, 4
fant-hálgung
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Þurh þá fonthálgunge gewyrð sóna Godes midwist, and ðurh ðá orðunge þe se sácerd on þæt wæter orðað, þonne hé font hálgað, wyrð deófol þanon áfyrsad, Wlfst. 36, 2
un-sár
Not sore ⬩ without soreness or pain
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Ðæt geswel wyrð unsárre the swelling becomes more free from pain, ii. 208, 4
Linked entry: sár
teart-numol
Efficacious
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Efficacious Ðeós wyrt is swýþe scearpnumul (teart-, MS. B.) wið ðæt áttor, Lchdm. i. 152, 3
weorold-weorþscipe
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Worldly honour, civil dignity Hæbbe hé ( the priest) Godes miltse, and tó woroldweorðscipe ðæt hé sý þegenweres and þegenrihtes wyrðe (his civil status is that of a thane ), L. Eth. v. 9; Th. i. 306, 20. Tó woruldwurðscipe sí hé þegenlage wyrðe, L.
mán-weorc
Doing evil ⬩ wicked
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Doing evil wicked Ðæt ðú mé swá mánweorcum inwrige wyrda gerýno, Elen. Kmbl. 1621; El. 812
wóh-bogen
Bent ⬩ crooked
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Bent, crooked Wyrm wóhbogen the crooked (cf. Job 26, 13) serpent, Beo. Th. 5646; B. 2827
un-fǽge
Not fey ⬩ not appointed to die
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Wyrd oft nereþ unfǽgne eorl, ðonne his ellen deáh, 1150; B. 573
Linked entry: un-fǽglíc
hymele
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man politricum and óðrum naman hymele nemneð byþ cenned on ealdum hússtedum, and eác on fuhtum stówun, Lch. i. 154, 23-26. Hymele. Genim þás wyrte ðe man bryonia and óþrum naman hymele nemneð, Lch. i. 172, 1-3.
posling
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A pill Wyrc lytle poslingas feówer make four little pills, Lchdm. i. 76, 23. v. preceding word
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.
wandrian
To wander ⬩ rove ⬩ roam ⬩ to leave one's proper work ⬩ to proceed without plan, follow an uncertain course
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Ðiós wandriende wyrd ðe wé wyrd hátaþ, 39, 6 ; Fox 220, 5
un-fæst
Not firm ⬩ unstable ⬩ unsteady ⬩ weak
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Not firm, unstable, unsteady, weak Hú ne is ðé nú genóh sweotole gesǽd ðæt seó wyrd ðé ne mæg náne gesǽlþa sellan, for ðam ðe ǽgþer is unfæst ge seó wyrd ge seó gesǽlþ manifestum eat, quod ad beatitudinem percipiendam fortunae instabilitas aspirare non
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
scyld-frecu
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