mucg-wyrt
mug-wort ⬩ muggart ⬩ muggon ⬩ mother-wort
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Mugwort was supposed to prevent weariness on a journey, v.b Lchdm. i. 102, 3-7: ii. 154, 8-12. Mugwyrt artemisia vel matrum herba, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 51: 66, 61. Mucgwyrt, ii. 8, 36. Mugwyrt gagantes (see above, Lchdm. i. 102, 18), i. 68, 78.
or-mǽte
Immense, excessive
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Ic dreág yfel ormǽtu, Exon. Th. 280, 10; Jul. 627. Þurh ða ormátan éhtnyssa, Homl. Th. i. 6, 2
slícian
To make sleek, smooth, or glossy
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The word is also applied to making a fair show in speech: Alle ðine wordes beoð isliked, And so bisemed and biliked O. and N. 841. Wordes afaited and ysliked Ayenb. 212, 2. He can so well his wordes slikeGower ii. 365, 22.
hreófl
scabbiness ⬩ leprosy
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M. 1, 88; Lchdm. ii. 156, 10, 13. Wið hreóf[l]e, L. Med. ex Quadr. 6, 10; Lchdm. i. 352, 18. Seðe ete his líchaman hreofel qui corporis sui scabiem edit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 52; Th. ii. 218, 30
mæcg
A man
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C.) mundbora (Edmund), Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 8, Mecga (those in hell ) gnornunge, Cd. 220; Th. 285, 8; Sat. 334. Mæcgum ( the children in the fiery furnace ), 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265.
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móraþ
A drink formed by boiling down and sweetening wine (with mulberries) ⬩ a decoction of wine and herbs
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If he eat any of these, let it be salted, Lchdm. ii. 88, 9. Áwylle on ealdum mórode, 88, 14: 122, 16. Nim eald mórod. iii. 14, 8
ge-cyndelíc
Natural ⬩ according to nature ⬩ natūrālis
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. popl. science 15, 11; Lchdm. iii. 268, 7.
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ge-myntan
To determine, resolve ⬩ stătuĕre, decernĕre
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Ic hæfde gemynt ðé to árwurþienne on ǽhtum and on feó decrēvĕram quĭdem magnĭfĭce hŏnōrāre te, Num. 24, 11: Gen. 18, 33: Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 3: Homl. Th. ii, 548, 31
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un-wæstmbǽre
Unproductive ⬩ barren ⬩ sterile
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Voc. i. 33, 19. On ðisum dæge ácende seó unwæstmbǽre móder ðone mǽran wítegan, Homl. Th. i. 356, 4. Se ðe on gódnysse unwæstmbǽre bið, ii. 406, 19. Se ðe eard seteþ unwæstmbǽrre qui habitare facit sterilem, Ps. Th. 112, 8.
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weþer
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Voc. i. 23, 56. Weðer aries ii. 10, 42. Ða habbaþ swá micle hornas swá weðeras habentes cornua similia arietibus, Nar. 34, 19. Tú eald hríðeru oððe .x. weðeras, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 18: Chart. Th. 40, 7. Weðras, 468, 25.
bune
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Or is bune meant to give an alternative meaning for canna, cf. crater vel canna canne, i. 24, 38?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 3. a cup Bunan carcesia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 54: 14, 15.
ciric-weard
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Take here passages under cyrc-, cyric-weard, and add Ðæs cyricweardes tácen is þæt mon sette his twégen fingras on his twá eágan and dó mid his handa swylce hé wille áne hangigende bellan teón, Tech. ii. 118, 16.
dirne
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Th. i. 56, 26. of stolen goods, concealed Ǽnigne þára þe ymbe þás smeágunge bið and ꝥ dyrne orf ámeldað, Ll. Th. i. 276, 33. v. following compounds; in some cases the passages given under them may belong to the simple adjective
geár-getal
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Nime hé him tó .xii. manna and fæsten .iii. dagas ... begite septies .cxx. manna ꝥ fæstan eác for hine .iii. dagas; þonne wyrð gefæst swá fæla fæstena swá bið daga on .vii. geárum, Ll. Th. ii. 286, 22. Cf. winter-getæl
full-boren
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Th. i. 228, 4
mægen-þrymm
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On hys mægenþrymme in sede maiestatis suae, 19, 28. Swilce ic stande æt his wuldorfullan mægenþrymme foran, Hml. S. 23, 830. Seó hálige þrynnys on ánre godcundnysse ǽfre wunigende, on ánum mægenþrymme (v. mægen-þrymnes) and on ánum gecynde, Hml.
strídan
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Mon in the mone stond ant strit, Spec. 110, 1. Sete forth thyn other fot, stryd over sty, 111, 2. Love is stalewarde and strong for to striden on stede, An. Lit. 96, 9.]
slite
a slit, tear, rent in cloth, ⬩ a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite ⬩ a coil ⬩ a breach, infraction of a law
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a slit, tear, rent in cloth, etc. Se slite byþ wyrsa pejor scissura fit Mt. Kmbl. 9, 16; Mk. Skt. 2, 21. a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite Similar entries v. slítan, IV. Wið hundes slite Lchdm. i. 148, 7. Íces slite oððe hundes ii. 86, 2.
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slíþen
Cruel, hard, evil
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In ða slíþnan tíd in the evil days of the present life 316, 22; Mód. 52
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ge-tæl
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Voc. ii. 49, 34. number in the abstract God ealle gesceafta gelógode on gemete, and on getele and on hefe, Hml. Th. i. 286, 14.