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wen-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
wen-sealf, e; f.

A salve for wens

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Ðás wyrta sceolon tó wensealfe i. 382, 15 : ii. 128, 6:12, 19

seolh

(n.)
Grammar
seolh, gen. seoles; m.
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Ðás wyrt onsænde seolh ofer sǽs hrygc. Lchdm. iii. 34, 15. Of seoles hýde, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 18. Sioles, 18, 23. Seolas vituli marini, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 16

Linked entries: seol Syles eá

þeów-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-weorc, es; n.
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Gif esne ofer dryhtnes hǽse þeówweorc wyrce an Sunnanǽfen (v. þeówet-líc, last passage ), L. Wih. 9; Th. i. 38, 18

font-wæter

(n.)
Grammar
font-wæter, es; n.

Fontfountain or spring waterfontāna ăqua

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Font, fountain or spring water; fontāna ăqua Wyrc drenc font-wæter make a font- water drink, L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 350, 6

Linked entries: FÓNT wæter

wagung

(n.)
Grammar
wagung, e; f.

Shaking, looseness.

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Wið tóþa sáre and wagunge, genim ðás ylcan wyrte, syle etan fæstendum, heó ða téþ getrymeþ, Lchdm. i. 210, 11: 334, 6

forþ-steallian

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-steallian, p. ode; pp. od

To come to passposthac lŏcum hăbēre

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To come to pass; posthac lŏcum hăbēre Sceal seó wyrd swá ðeáh forþsteallian that event shall yet come to pass, Cd. 109; Th. 144, 15; Gen. 2390

Linked entry: steallian

ele-drósna

(n.)
Grammar
ele-drósna, pl.
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Lees of oil, oil-dregs Genim þysse wyrte seáw mid eledrósnum gemencged, Lch. i. 310, 17. [O. H. Ger. oli-truosin amurca.] Cf. eles drosna under ele

nytweorð-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nytweorð-líc, <b>(nytwirð-líc);</b> adj.

Useful

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Useful Nytwurðlíc (-wyrð-,-weorð-) utilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 5. Tó ðæs munstres nitwurðlícre þearfe for the useful requirements of the monastery, Chart. Th. 369, 28

ge-buterod

(adj.; part.)
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buttered, dressed with butter Seóþ henne and hocces leáf on wætre, ádó þone fugel of and þá wyrta, sele súpan ꝥ broð wel gebuterod, Lch. ii. 336, 14

Linked entry: buterian

un-gecynde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecynde, 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 ungecynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr náuht, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 27 note.

Linked entries: ge-cynde un-cynde

mónaþseóc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mónaþseóc-ness, e; f.

Lunacy

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Lunacy Wið mónoþseócnysse, gyf man ðás wyrte ðam mónoþseócan ligcgendon ofer álegþ, sóna hé hyne sylfne hálne up áhefþ, Herb. 66, 2; Lchdm. i. 170, 4

ge-mynde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mynde, adj.
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Elenan wæs mód gemynde ymb þá mǽran wyrd El. 1064. —

cancer-wund

(n.)
Grammar
cancer-wund, e; f.
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Wið cancorwunda, genim þás wyrte . . . lege tó ðám wundum, ealne þone bite þæs cancres heó áfeormað, 296, 20

Linked entry: wund

fatian

(v.)
Grammar
fatian, p. ode

To fetch

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Ðæt nán man wyrte in léhtúne ne fatige, Wlfst. 227, 8

Linked entry: fetian

blæse

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Ðeós wyrt scíneð on nihte swá blæse (blyse, v. l.), Lch. i. 300, 23. Blasan (-en, MS.) globi, An. Ox. 3085 : facula, 976 :3, 39. Blæsan, 2, 22. Blæsum faculis, 3522 : 4427. Blesum tedis, Wrt.

of-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
of-hende, adj.

Out of one's hand, taken away, lost to one

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Out of one's hand, taken away, lost to one Gif him ǽnig ðara ofhende wyrþ if any one of them is lost to him, Met. 25, 34

Linked entries: æf-hende on-hende

feorrung

(n.)
Grammar
feorrung, e; f.

Departureretirementwithdrawal

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Departure, retirement, withdrawal Þá gebróðru fundon þone stán of þǽre stówe feor gewitenne, and for his feorrunga (secessu) gewearð genóh rúm stów wyrta on tó settane, Gr. D. 49, 16

brassica

(n.)
Grammar
brassica, an; m.

Colewort,brassica,cabbage

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Colewort, brassica, cabbage; æ, f Wyrta sindon betste béte and mealwe and brassica beet and mallow and cabbage are the best herbs, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 1

sólsece

(n.)
Grammar
sólsece, sólosece, an; f.

Heliotrope

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Ðás wyrte ðe man solate and óðrum naman sólosece nemneþ Lchdm. i. 178, 21

Linked entries: sunn-folgend solate

riht-lícettere

(n.)
Grammar
riht-lícettere, es; m.

A thorough hypocrite

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A thorough hypocrite Fela manna wyrð þurh deófol forlǽred swá ðæt hý eal óðer specaþ and óðer hiwiaþ, óðer hý þencaþ; and ða beóþ rihtlíceteras, Wulfst. 54, 14