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be-háwian

(v.)
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Beháues ðæt wyrt londes considerate lilia agri, Mt. L. 6, 28. intrans. Uton be-háwian be þám óþrum tídum de sequentibus horis videamus, R. Ben. 40, 21

ge-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scipe, es; m. (?)
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, cf. ge-sceap; l, 2 Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne . . . Gewát þá byrnende gebogen scríðan, tó gescipe (according to its shape? after the manner of reptiles? ) scyndan, B. 2570

martyr-racu

(n.)
Grammar
martyr-racu, e; f.
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An account of martyrs Hí nǽron furðan wyrðe ꝥ man heora naman on ðisre háligra martyrrace sceolde áwrítan, Hml. S. 23, 367. Hí woldon ðisra háligra martyra martyrrace áwrítan, 334: 342: 773

ful-wurþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-wurþlíce, full-weorþlíce; adv.

Full worthilyvery honourablydignissĭme

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Th. 294, 21, col. 2], swá he wyrðe wæs they buried him very honourably, as he was worthy, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 22, col. 1

Linked entry: full-weorþlíce

ge-dwyldlic

(adj.)
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ge-dwyldlic, adj.
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. ; ætforan þám hé wyrcð mænigfealde wundra þæt hé þurh þæt hy tó gedwolan áwende. Wlfst, 196, 18-197, 5

slipa

(n.)
Grammar
slipa, (slypa ?), an; m.

A viscous, slimy substance

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Wyrc slypan of wætere and of axsan iii. 38, 1

Linked entry: slypa

cystig-ness

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wyrð hé ágeaf tó ðáre ceastre bóte. Ðæt folc wearð fagen his cystignissa, Ap. Th. 10, 10. Sé ðe him for Godes lufon bigwiste foresceáwað, þonne hǽfð hé méde his cystignysse æt Gode, Hml. Th. i. 514, 14. Cystignesse liberalitate, Wrt.

ceaster-æsc

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-æsc, es; m.

Black hellebore helleborus niger

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Black hellebore; helleborus niger Wyrc gódne drenc ceasteræsces make a good drink of black hellebore, L. M. 3, 30;Lchdm. ii. 324, 20; Nim ceasteræsc take black hellebore, Lchdm. iii. 28, 20: 30, 14: 56, 15

Linked entry: æsc

freó-riht

(n.)
Grammar
freó-riht, es; n.

A free rightcommon rightright of a freemanlibĕrōrum et ingenuōrum jus

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A free right, common right, right of a freeman; libĕrōrum et ingenuōrum jus He ne beó syððan ǽniges freórihtes wyrðe he shall not afterwards deserve any free right, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 22

logðor

(adj.)
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logðor, logeðer

wilycrafty

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Marsi homines, quibus naturalem vim contra serpentes inesse olim creditum, incantatores, Ducange, v. wyrm-galere), 55, 58

ge-rǽpan

Grammar
ge-rǽpan, Substitute: To fasten with a rope, bind, chain
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Him wyrð sefa . . . unrótnesse gerǽped (-reæpeð, MS. ), hearde gehæfted (cf. hi weorþaþ gerǽpte (printed -ræfte) mid þǽre unrótnesse and swá gehæfte, Bt. 37, I; F. 186, 21) moeror captos fatigat, 25, 48

six-benn

(n.)
Grammar
six-benn, e;
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f A wound made by a 'seax' Ealdorgewinna [ the fire-drake) siexbennum seóc (cf. cyning wælseaxe gebrǽd . . . forwrát Wedra helm wyrm on middan, 5400; B. 2703), Beo. Th. 5800; B. 2904

mónaþ-seóc

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mónaþ-seóc, I. add: —
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Wiþ þon þe mon sié mónaþseóc; nim mere-swínes fel, wyrc tó swipan, swing mid þone man; sóna bið sél, Lch. ii. 334, i. Mónoþseóc inerguminum (cf. deófelseócne, 4934), An. Ox. 2, 404. Man ferode . .

un-begán

(adj.)
Grammar
un-begán, adj.

uncultivatedunadorned

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Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on dúnum and on unbegánum stówum, Lchdm. i. 230, 4: 238, 17. unadorned Unbegán inculta, non ornata, Hpt. Gl. 435, 26

hænep

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Ðeós wyrt þe man cannaue silfatica and óþrum naman hænep (henep, v. l. ) nenmeþ, Lch. i. 228, 15-17. Add

un-cynde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cynde, adj.

Unnatural

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Unnatural Nim swá wuda swá wyrt of ðære stówe ðe his eard and æþelo biþ on tó weaxanne and sette on uncynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr náuht, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 27

slite

(n.)
Grammar
slite, an (?); f.

cyclamen, sowbread

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man orbicularis and óðrum naman slite nemneþ Lchdm. i. 110, 11. Slite cyclaminos iii. 301, col. 2: cyclamen Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 53: ciclamina ii. 131, 37

full-fylgan

(v.)
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Hí beóð þæs wel wyrðe, þæt deófol openlíce fandige hwá him fullfyligean wille, Wlfst. 95, 19

wurmille

(n.)
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wurmille, an; f.

Marjoram

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Wyr-melle (printedwar-), i. 32, 11. Wyrmella, 286, 35

Linked entry: wyrmelle

ge-scádwyrt

(n.)
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Substitute <b>gescád-wyrt,</b> e ; f. The name of some plant Gescádwyrt (giscáduuyrt, Ep. gescanuuyrt, Erf.) talumbus, Txts. 101, 1979. Gescáduyrt berbescum. Lch. iii. 300, col. 2. Gescádwyrt nioþowearde, ii. 274, 18