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hæg-þorn

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Wel hægþornes blóstman, Lch. ii. 54, i. Ǽlces treówes dǽl þe man begitan mæg bútan hægþorne, 86, 9

þistel

(n.)
Grammar
þistel, es; m.
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Þistles blóstm thistle-down; pappus, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 23. Þistlum card[u]is, ii. 128, 63. ¶ The word is found in compounds which are names of places. Þistel-beorh, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 396, 33: þistel-mere, Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: brád-þistel

weolcen-reád

(adj.)
Grammar
weolcen-reád, adj.

Scarletpurple

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Ðeós wyrt hæfð wolcenreáde blóstman. Lchdm. i. 244, 5. v. weoloc-reád

freóls

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Búton drihtenlicum and freólsum exceptis dominicis et festivitatibus, Angl. xiii. 396, 450. v. blóstm-, færeld-, hríþer-freóls

ge-bleód

(part.)
Grammar
ge-bleód, -bliód; part. [ge-, bleoh, bleó a colour, hue, complexion]

Colouredof different coloursvariegatedgifted with beautybeautiful in countenancecolōrātusversĭcŏlorspĕcie prædītusaspectu formātus

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Coloured, of different colours, variegated, gifted with beauty, beautiful in countenance; colōrātus, versĭcŏlor, spĕcie prædītus, aspectu formātus Ða wyrta greówon, mid menigfealdum blóstmum mislíce gebleóde the plants grew, diversely coloured with manifold

Linked entries: -bleód ge-bliód

hamer-wyrt

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Hamorwyrte blóstman, Lch. i. 374, 5 : iii. 4, 8. Nim hamorwyrte hand fulle, 6, 27. With heáfodwræce; genim hamorwyrt, 2, l. Cnúwa niðewearde hamorwyrt and secg, ii. 74, 30

fágung

a diversity

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Substitute: variety of colour Pund blóstmes, of ðon is fágung égena pondus floris, inde est varietas oculorum, Rtl. 192, 19.

weornian

(v.)
Grammar
weornian, p. ode
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Ða blóstman blówaþ ðonne óþre wyrta scrincaþ and weorniaþ, Lchdm. i. 204, 13. Ic weornede tabescebam, Ps. Spl. 118, 158. Seó wlitige fægernes heora geógoðhádes weornode and wanode, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 127. Weornodon, Cd. Th. 294, 9; Sat. 468.

blǽd

Grammar
blǽd, (properly bléd, v. blówan)

fruit.

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Hit át áspringþ on leáfum and on blóstmum and on blédum, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 5. Beran ðá bléda gódra weorca ferre fructum boni operis, Past. 339, 21. Hé ábyrgde ðá forbodenan fíctreówes blǽda, Sal. K. 182, 34. Bléda, Nic. 17, 20.

ge-blówan

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Is þæt æðele lond blóstmum geblówen, Ph. 21.

be-habban

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Sinewealt crop brúnon blóstman behæfd, Lch. i. 282, 17. to hold, contain Máran endebyrdnysse þonne ðis godspel behæfð, Hml. Th. i. 220, 25. Þeós circe mihte fif hund manna behabban, Bl. H. 207, 14.

DILE

(n.)
Grammar
DILE, dyle, es; m.
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DILL, anise; anēthum = άνηθoν, anēthum graveŏlens, Lin Genim diles blóstman take blossoms of dill, L. M. 1, 1: Lchdm, ii. 20, 7. Genim diles sǽdes áne yntsan take one ounce of seed of dill, L. M. 2, 12; Lchdm. ii. 190, 9: 2, 15; Lchdm. ii. 192, 14.

Linked entry: dyle

ge-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brítan, p. te; pp. ge-briacute;ted, ge-brítt
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Ðeós wyrt hafað geoluwe blóstman, and gif þu hý betweónan þínum fingrum gebrýtest, þonne hafað heó swæc swylce myrre, Lch. i. 256, 9.

lilie

(n.)
Grammar
lilie, lilige, an; f.

A lily

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Ðeáh ðe lilie sý beorht on blóstman ic eom betre ðonne heó, Exon, 110 b; Th. 423, 24; Rä, 41, 27. Drince hé lilian wyrttruman áwylledne on wíne, L. M. 1, 37; Lchdm. ii. 90, 13. Genim neoþewearde lilian, Lchdm. i. 374, 6.

fægen

Grammar
fægen, fagen

glad

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Weaxad hraðe feldes blóstman, fægen ꝥ hí móton, Met. 6, 10. with gen. of pronoun and clause Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð few men are glad for long that they have tricked others, Prov. K. 34.

beáh

a crowngarlanda collarnecklacea shackle for the necka braceleta circle,

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Add: a crown, garland Beáh of hwítum blóstmum geworht, Gr. D. 338, 12. Mon sette ðyrnenne beág on ðæt heáfod, Past. 261, 14: Bl. H. 23, 33. Wuldres beág, 171, 10. Bég coronam, Ps. Srt. 20, 4: 64, 12: Mk. L.

missen-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
missen-, misen-, missend-líc; adj.

Dissimilardifferentdiversevariousdivers

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Mid eallum missenlícum áféddum blóstmum with all the various flowers that are brought forth, Blickl. Homl. 7, 31. For missenlícum intingan diversis ex causis, Bd.4, 1; S. 564, 17. Mid missenlícum blótmum variis floribus, 1, 7; S. 478, 22

wermód

(n.)
Grammar
wermód, es; m.
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Dríges wermódes blóstman, 250, 3. Gif hit sié sumor, dó wermódes sǽdes dust tó . . . gif hit sié winter, ne þearft þú ðone wermód tó dón, 180, 27. Grénne wermód oððe drígne, 206, 24: 296, 13. Wring on wermód wearmne, 310, 10.

FELD

(n.)
Grammar
FELD, feald; gen. es; dat. a, e; m. A

FIELDpastureplainan open countrycampuscampestria

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Weaxaþ hraðe feldes blóstman the flowers of the field quickly grow, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 19; Met. 6, 10. On felda ðam ðe deórmóde Díran héton in the field which the brave men call Dura, Cd. 180; Th. 226, 13; Dan. 170: Byrht. Th. 138, 56; By. 241.

Linked entries: feald feld-denu

be-clýsan

to closeshut what is open to closeput an end toto shut up in a place

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Þá blóstman hý sylfe beclýsað, and eft hig hig sylfe geopeniað, Lch. i. 154, 1. Þú beclýsedest þyses mannes múð, Hml. S. 22. 86. Ðæs scræfes locstán hí wel fæste beclýsdon, Hml. S. 23, 346. Beclýsan recludere (paradisi valvam ), An. Ox. 1149.