giþcorn
Spurge laurel
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Spurge laurel Ðeós wyrt ðe man lactyridem and óðrum naman giþcorn nemneþ this plant which is called lacterida and by another name githcorn, Herb. 113: Lchdm. i. 226, 12: L. M. ii. 65, 1; Lchdm. ii. 292, 9: v. glossary
nytweorð-líce
Usefully
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Usefully Nytwurðlíce (-wyrð-, -wirð-) utiliter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 238, 15. Ða ðonne sint tó manianne ðe nytwyrðlíce (nyttweorðlíce, Hatt. MS.) lǽran meahton ( qui praedicare utiliter possent ), Past. 49, 1; Swt. 374, 21.
ge-wyrdelic
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Þá gewyrdelican áwendennessa fortuitas permuta-tiones 190. of narrative, recording events, historical, v. ge-wyrd; Fram gewyrdelicere race ab istorica relatione An. 3028. Hyra óðer áwrát þás gewyrdelican race, Hml. S. 6, 366
Linked entry: -wyrde-lic
þreágung
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III. add: — Gif tó ðám yflum cymþ réþu wyrd, þonne cymþ hé tó edleáne his yfla, oððe tó þréunge and tó láre ꝥ hé eft swá ne dó aspera fortuna puniendi corrigendive improbos causa deferíur, Bt. 40, l; F. 236, 8
wæl-fús
Ready to be slain
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Ready to be slain; referring to Beowulf before the fight in which he was mortally wounded Him wæs geómor sefa, wæfre and wælfús, wyrd ungemete neáh, se sceolde sécean sáwle hord, sundur gedǽlan líf wið líce, Beo. Th. 4831; B. 2420
un-deádlíc
Immortal ⬩ undying ⬩ imperishable ⬩ endless
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Undeádlíc, wyrm the worm that never dies, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 385. Tó onfónne ðǽs undeádlícan gegyrlan on neorxna wange, Homl. Ass. 142, 105. Hí wǽron gehátene ealle immortalis, þæt sindon undeádlíce, Jud. Thw. p. 162, 31.
sceáde-sealf
A salve that may be shed on a place , a medicinal powder
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Wyrc góde dríge scádesealfe: nim gebærned sealt and piper and hwíte*-*wudu, gegníd tó duste ásift þurh cláð, dó lytlum on, 308, 22
þost
Dung ⬩ ordure
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Dung, ordure; with this meaning thoste (according to a MS. glossary cited by Halliwell) is used in Gloucestershire Wyrc drenc of hwítes hundes þoste, Lchdm. i. 364, 5. Bærn hundes ðost and gníd smale, 7. Nim drígne hundes þost, 11: ii. 48, 8
wéde-berge
A plant that is used against madness, hellebore
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Ðeós wyrt ða man elleborum album . . . and eác sume men wédeberge hátaþ, Lchdm. i. 258, 23
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tǽsl
Teasel, teazle
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Teasel, teazle Ðeós wyrt ðe man camelleon alba, and óþrum naman wulfes tǽsl (tǽsel, MS. B.) (cf. wolf's-thistle, E. D. S. Pub.
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ge-tídan
To betide ⬩ happen ⬩ contingere
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Ðé-læs ðe ðé on sumum þingum wyrs getíde ne deterius tibi ălĭquid contingat, Jn. Bos. 5, 14. Getýdde hit, ðæt ... it happened that..., Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 34
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spiw-drenc
An emetic
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Wyrc spiwdrenc, 270, 27 : 302, 17. Se man þurh spiwedrenc áspíwþ ðone wǽtan, 60, 22: 336, 1. Spiwedrencas, 170, 6
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clýfa
A chamber ⬩ cubiculum, cubile ⬩ A cave, den ⬩ antrum, caverna, cubile
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a separate place for man, — A chamber; cubiculum, cubile Ne máge we hreppan ǽnne wyrm binnon ðlnum clýfan we may not touch a worm in thy chamber, Homl. Th. ii. 416, 23. On díglum oððe on incófan, oððe on clýfum in cubīlibus, Ps. Lamb. 4, 5.
ge-fýsan
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Add: to impel, incite, make eager Ne leng bídan wolde wyrm, ac mid bǽle fór fýre gefýsed no longer would the dragon bide, but fared forth furious with fire and flame, B. 2309.
un-geféled
Not possessed of feeling ⬩ insensible
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Not possessed of feeling, insensible Ðonne seó ungefélde áheardung ðære lifre tó langsum wyrð, Lchdm. ii. 210, 3. Gif ðæt líc tó ðon swíþe ádeádige, ðæt ðǽr nán gefélnes on ne sié, ðonne scealt ðú eal ðæt deáde and ðæt ungefélde of ásníþan, 82, 27
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tó-lǽtenness
Abandonment, ⬩ a giving up
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Abandonment, a giving up Ðeós wyrt ealle ealde and unlácnigendlíce ádlu tófereþ, swá ðæt hé byþ gelácnud þeáh hé ǽr his hǽle on tólǽtennesse wǽre the patient will be cured, though before he had been in despair of his health, Lchdm. i. 262, 3
lilie
A lily
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Ðás wyrt man lilie and óðrum naman lilium nemneþ, Herb. 109; Lchdm. i. 222, 5. Lilige, Lchdm, iii. 24, 9.
ge-léfan
To believe ⬩ confide ⬩ trust ⬩ crēdĕre ⬩ confīdĕre
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Geléfst ðú ðæt seó wyrd wealde disse worulde dost thou believe that fortune governs this world? Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 1
un-áræfned
Intolerable ⬩ insupportable
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Þurh ða wædlan stówe wætres and þurh ða unárefndon lond wildeóra and wyrma per immania et egentia plerumque aquarum, per aliquot serpentium ferarumque loca, Nar. 26, 8
ge-rid
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which may mean the food laid up by the ants in the ant-hill Ball seó lustfulnes and swetiies þæs lichaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride dulcedo illius vermes (Job 24, 20 where the A. V. has, ' the worm shall feed sweetly on him '), Gr. D. 323, 3
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