drugian
To become, dry, wither ⬩ arescĕre
Entry preview:
On mergen swá wyrt gewíteþ, on mergen blóweþ and fareþ, on ǽfen afylþ, astíðaþ, and drugaþ mane sīcut herba transeat, mane flōreat et transeat, vespĕre decĭdat, indūret, et arescat, Ps. Spl. 89, 6.
Linked entries: druwian ge-drugian
un-deádlíc
Immortal ⬩ undying ⬩ imperishable ⬩ endless
Entry preview:
Undeádlíc, wyrm the worm that never dies, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 385. Tó onfónne ðǽs undeádlícan gegyrlan on neorxna wange, Homl. Ass. 142, 105. Hí wǽron gehátene ealle immortalis, þæt sindon undeádlíce, Jud. Thw. p. 162, 31.
æle-midde
The exact middle ⬩ just in the middle
Entry preview:
Ðǽre sunnan hǽtu wyrcð fíf dǽlas on middanearde. . . . Án ðǽra dǽla is on ælemiddan, weallende, 260, 20. Wæs óðer treów on ælemiddan paradisum, Hex. 24, 17. Agnes stód on ælemiddan gesund, Hml. S. 7, 223.
Linked entry: midde
ele-drósna
Entry preview:
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
ge-girnung
Entry preview:
A desire, request Ðis ys Ælfgyfæ gegurning tó híræ cinehláfordæ . . . heó hyne bitt for Godæs lufun þæt heó móte beón hyre cwydes wyrðæ, Cht. Th. 552, 27
Linked entry: girning
swilc
Entry preview:
., Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 17. add Wiþ hreófle, wegbrǽde, ... eolone, swefl, dó þæs swefles swilc an þára wyrta twǽde, Lch. ii. 78, 8. Wyrc swilc án lytel cicel, Lch. iii. 30, 19. <b>V 1.
Mónan-ǽfen
Monday-eve ⬩ the evening of Sunday
Entry preview:
Monday-eve, the evening of Sunday Gif esne ofer dryhtnes hǽse þeówweorc wyrce an Sunnanǽfen efter hire setlgange óþ Mónanǽfenes setlgang, L. Wih. 9; Th. i. 38, 19
Linked entry: Mónan-niht
feltún-grép
Entry preview:
The drain of a privy Wyrse is þæt mon ðæs ofer riht brúce þonne hine mon on feltúngrépe wiorpe; on þǽre grépe hé wiorðeð tó meoxe, Nap. 21
ge-buterod
Entry preview:
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
wánian
Entry preview:
Ongan hé sár cwánian, wyrd wánian, wordum mǽlde . . . 274, 24; Jul. 538. with reflex dat. and acc.
mónaþseóc-ness
Lunacy
Entry preview:
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
cancer-wund
Entry preview:
Wið cancorwunda, genim þás wyrte . . . lege tó ðám wundum, ealne þone bite þæs cancres heó áfeormað, 296, 20
Linked entry: wund
fatian
To fetch
Entry preview:
Ðæt nán man wyrte in léhtúne ne fatige, Wlfst. 227, 8
Linked entry: fetian
dust-drenc
A drink made of the seeds of herbs rubbed to dust ⬩ pōtio ex herbārum quārumdam semĭnĭbus, in pulvĕrem redactis, compŏsĭta
Entry preview:
A drink made of the seeds of herbs rubbed to dust; pōtio ex herbārum quārumdam semĭnĭbus, in pulvĕrem redactis, compŏsĭta Wyrc gódne dustdrenc: nim merces sǽd, and finoles sǽd, dilesǽd, etc.... gegníd ealle wel to duste: dó ðæs dustes gódne cuclerfulne
sigel-hweorfa
Entry preview:
Ðeós wyrt ðe Grécas heliotropus, and Rómáne uertamnum nemnaþ, and eác Angle sigelhweorfa hátaþ, Lchdm. i. 152, 21. Sigilhweorfa eliotropus, 254, 11. In the following no foreign equivalent is given Sigelhweorfa, ii. 94, 25 : iii. 24, 4.
Linked entry: -hweorfa
stánig
Entry preview:
Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on stánigum stówum, Lchdm. i. 102, 3. Stǽnigum, 212, 9 note: 216, 20 note: 256, 22
Linked entry: stǽnig
cyrf
Entry preview:
'Ælc treów ðe ne wyrcð gódne wæstm bið forcirfen.' . . . Be ðisum cyrfe spræc se Hǽlend, Hml. Th. ii. 406, 33. v. of-, ymb-cyrf. what is cut off Tódál ł cyrf comma, An. Ox. 18 b, 9. v. æ-cyrf in Dict., where read <b>ǽ-cyrf,</b> es; m
ge-þyldigian
Entry preview:
Ðonne meaht ðú ðý wyrs geðyldgian óðres monnes yfel pejus tibi sit aliena prava tolerare, 225, 14. intrans. To be patient, have patience Ðá ábǽdan hý uneáðe þæt mon geðyldgode sume hwíle, Wlfst. 100, 8.
alewe
The aloe ⬩ bitter spice ⬩ aloes ⬩ aloe
Entry preview:
The aloe, bitter spice, in the plural aloes; aloe He brohte wyrt-gemang and alewan tulit herbarum commixtionem et aloes, Jn. Bos. 19, 39. Murre and alwe myrrh, and aloe, L. M. 2, 65 ; Lchdm, ii. 296, 20.
clýfa
A chamber ⬩ cubiculum, cubile ⬩ A cave, den ⬩ antrum, caverna, cubile
Entry preview:
a separate place for man, — A chamber; cubiculum, cubile Ne máge we hreppan ǽnne wyrm binnon ðlnum clýfan we may not touch a worm in thy chamber, Homl. Th. ii. 416, 23. On díglum oððe on incófan, oððe on clýfum in cubīlibus, Ps. Lamb. 4, 5.