cneów-holen
KNEEHOLM ⬩ knee-hulver ⬩ knee-holly ⬩ butcher's broom; ⬩ ruscum ⬩ victoriola ⬩ ruscus aculeatus ⬩ Lin
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Wyrc to drence twá cneówholen make into a drink the two knee-hollies L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 120, 8
Linked entries: cneó-holen holen
FÚHT
Moist ⬩ damp ⬩ hŭmĭdus
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Moist, damp; hŭmĭdus Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on fúhtum and on wæteregum stówum this herb is produced in damp and watery places, Herb. 9, 1; Lchdm. i. 98, 25; 39, 1; Lchdm. i. 140, 5: 52, 1; Lchdm. i. 154, 26
Linked entry: fýhtan
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
ge-hnǽcan
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Þeós wyrt ealde wunda gehǽleþ and eác hyre dúst wexende flǽsc wel gehnǽceþ, Lch. i. 292, 19. (In one MS. the vowel of each verb has an accent.) Gehnǽcþ ( ? -hnǽgþ. Cf. hlihcaþ (= hlihgaþ), 391, 17) deprimit Germ. 401, 117. Add
heorot-clæfre
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Ðeós wyrt þe man chamedris and óþrum naman heort-clǽfre nemneð, heó bið cenned on dúnum, Lch. i. 120, 18. and add
ellen-asce
Elder-ash
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Elder-ash Wyrc him leáge of ellenahsan, Lch, ii. 338, 25
Linked entry: asce
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
lungen-sealf
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Add: — Wyrc lungensealfe, nim cost . . . . Lch. iii. 70, l
on-lecgende
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For 'on-lying' substitute 'that is to be laid on, that is to be applied to a wound', and add: — Wiþ sweórcoþe, wyrc onlecgende sealfe, Genim fearres gelyndo and beran smeru and weax, ealra emfela, wyrc tó sealfe, smire mid, Lch. ii. 48, 5
salfige
Sage
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Genim ðás wyrte ðe man saluian nemneþ. . . . Genim ðás ylcan wyrte salfian, i. 218, 6-11. Saluian sǽd, iii. 72, 7: ii. 358, 18. Nim saltian, iii. 48, 3. Wyl sealuian, 44, 17
wó
Wrongly ⬩ perversely ⬩ unequally
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Wrongly, perversely, unequally Hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40
wiþer-ræhtes
Opposite
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Opposite Hí geségan wyrm on wonge wiðerræhtes licgean, Beo. Th. 6071; B. 3039
orne
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injury Mid Godes fullume ne wyrð him nán orne, Lch. iii. 16, 5
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.
Linked entry: wulfes-tǽsl
un-gesoden
Unsodden
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Unsodden Nim ðú ða ylcan wyrte ungesodene, Lchdm. i. 92, 29
Linked entry: ge-seóþan
lungen-sealf
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A salve for the lungs Ðás wyrte sculon tó lungensealfe, Lchdm. iii. 16, 6
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
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
dyppan
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Genim þysse ylcan wyrte wós and dype ánne línenne cláð, Lch. i. 180, 2. Add