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folc-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
folc-riht, -ryht; adj.

According to folk-rightlawfulsecundum publĭcum juslēgālis

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According to folk-right, lawful; secundum publĭcum jus, lēgālis Síe he wyrðe folcryhtre [-rihtre MS. G.] bóte let him be worthy of lawful compensation, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 25

met-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
met-scipe, es; m.

Foodrefection

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Food, refection Habban ða xii heora metscype tógædere, and fédan hig swá swá hig sylfe wyrðe munon, and dǽlon ealle ða meteláfe, L. Æðelst. v. 8, 1; Th. i. 236, 6

ful-oft

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-oft, full-oft; adv.

Full oftvery oftensæpissĭme

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Sió wyrd fuloft dereþ unscyldegum fate very often injures the guiltless, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 71; Met. 4, 36: Beo. Th. 964; 8. 480: Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 16; Seef. 24: Cd. 216; Th. 274, 11; Sat. 152: Salm. Kmbl. 695; Sal. 347

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ge-smyltan

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Add: to calm Þeós wyrt áwendeþ hagoles hreóhnysse, and gyf þú hý on scyp áhéhst, tó þám wundorlic heó is, ꝥ heó ǽlce hreóhnysse gesmylteþ, Lch. i. 308, 17

wille-wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wille-wæter, es; n.

Spring-water

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Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wylle wætre, 74, 27. Seóðe on yrnendum wyllewætere, i. 330, 14

stíþe

(n.)
Grammar
stíþe, an (?) ; f.
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A name given to lamb's cress, or to nettle (cf. the lists of plants given in sections 45, 46, Lchdm. iii. pp. 30-36) Stíðe ðeós wyrt hátte, Lchdm. iii. 32, 23

gát

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Add Sume bróhton gáte hǽr . . . þæt gáte hǽr getácnode þá stíþan dǽdbóte, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 31-36. Gáta hús caprile Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 12. Gáta loc titule, 122, 41, Mid gǽtena (gǽtenum, v. l., with a later gloss gotene) smerwe, Lch. i. 178, 18. Þá gǽt

þurh-geótan

(v.)

to pour overcover by pouringto fillsaturateto fillimbueinspire

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Ic mid ða líffæstan ýþe ðurhgoten wæs vitali unda perfusus sum, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 18. to fill, saturate Ðonne se sacerd gehálgodne tapor in ðæt wæter déð, ðone wyrð ðæt wæter mid ðam hálgan gáste ðurhgoten, Wulfst. 36, 6. to fill, imbue, inspire : -

stincan

(v.)
Grammar
stincan, p. stanc, pl. stuncon
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Se wyrm stonc æfter stáne, Beo. Th. 4565 ; B. 2288

á-glídan

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Wíte georne ꝥ sió wyrt áweg ne áglíde, Lch. ii. 356, 24

lús

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Wyrc sealfe wið lúsum . . . seó sealf gedéð ꝥ þǽr bið þára lúsa lǽs, 50, 16-18. Add

wudu-þistel

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-þistel, es; m.

Wood-thistle

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man carduum sylvaticum, and óðrum naman wuduðistel nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 224, II: iii. 28, 21. Wuduþistles ðone grénan mearh ðe biþ on ðam heáfde, ii. 358, I

un-gesǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlþ, e; f.

unhappinessillfortunecalamityunhappiness which consists in absence of moral good

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Sume secgaþ ðæt sió wyrd wealde ǽgðer ge gesǽlþa ge ungesǽlþa ǽlces monnes, 39, 8; Fox 224, 13. Ne meaht ðú nó mid sóþe getǽlan ðíne wyrd for ðám leásum ungesǽlþum (unsǽlþum, Cott. MS.) ðe ðú þrowast, 10; Fox 28, 2.

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eá-lifer

(n.)
Grammar
eá-lifer, e; f. [eá water, lifer liver]

Liverwort?eupătŏrium cannăbĭnum

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eupătŏrium cannăbĭnum Lin Eálifer hátte wyrt gníd on ealaþ rub in ale the herb called liverwort, L. M. 1, 22; Lchdm. ii. 64, 21: 2, b24; Lchdm. ii. 216, 14

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BÓRIAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÓRIAN, p. ode; pp. od

To BORE, to make a hole, perforateterebrare, perforareto cut, bore

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To BORE, to make a hole, perforate; terebrare, perforare Wyrm ðe bóraþ treów a worm that perforates wood; termes vel teredo, Ælfc. Gl. 23; Som. 60, 4; Wrt. Voc. 24, 8

lyb-corn

(n.)
Grammar
lyb-corn, es; n.
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Wyrc útyrnendne drænc genim fíf and hundeahtatig lybcorna make a purgative drink thus; take eighty-five purgative seeds, Lchdm. iii. 18, 12: 20, 1. Wyrc óðerne [spíwdrænc] of beóre and of feówertig lybcorna, 20, 10

boðen

(n.)
Grammar
boðen, es; m? n?

Rosemary, darnelrosmarinus, rosmarinus officinalislolium

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Ðeós wyrt ys boðene gelíc this herb is like rosemary, Herb. 149, 1; Lchdm. i. 274, 6. Boðen lolium, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som, 77, 30; Wrt. Voc. 55, 35

þurh-etan

(v.)

to eat througheat out

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to eat through, eat out Se wyrm ða eágan þurheteþ, Soul Kmbl. 236; Seel. 122. Áholad, þurhetan (-en?) exesum vel comessum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 76. Swyrd ómige, þurhetene, Beo. Th. 6090; B. 3049

sorh-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-líc, adj.

Sorrowfulcausing sorrowgrievoussorrymiserable

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Ðonne wyrð ehtnes grimlíc and sorhlíc there shall be persecution cruel and grievous, 89, 16. Stingaþ hine mid sorhlícum sáre on his heortan, 141, 9. Setl his ðú gesettest sorglíc on eorðan sedem ejus in terra collisisti, Ps. Th. 88, 37

ælf-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
ælf-cynn, es; n.

The elf-kindthe race of elveselfin raceephialtum genus

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Lye Wyrc sealfe wið ælfcynne work a salve against the elfin race, L. M. 3, 61; Lchdm, ii. 344, 7