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Anglo-Saxon

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for-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-trúwian, -trúwigan; p. ode, nde; pp. od, ud

To be over-confident, rash ⬩ to presume ⬩ præsúmĕre ⬩ præcĭpĭtāre

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Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige lest he through the pleasant fortune should be presumptuous, 40, 3; Fox 238, 17. Ða fortrúwodan the presumptuous, Past. 32, 1; Hat. MS. 39 b, 25, 26. Ða fortrúwudan, 32, 1; Hat. MS. 40 a. 2, 12.

sealf

(n.)
Grammar
sealf, e: sealfe, an (?); f.
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Wyrc tó salfe (sealfe, MSS. H. B.), Lchdm. i. 110, 18. Sealfe fotu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 74. Lǽcedómnessa oððe sealfe cataplasma, 18, 31

Linked entry: salf

ge-fýsan

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Add: to impel, incite, make eager Ne leng bídan wolde wyrm, ac mid bǽle fór fýre gefýsed no longer would the dragon bide, but fared forth furious with fire and flame, B. 2309.

ge-wun

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Ðeós wyrt is tó þám herigindlic ꝥ hý man wið gewune drenceas gemencgeað, Lch. i. 172, 6

oþ-íwan

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Alexandre wearð an swefne án wyrt oðéwed, 3, 9; S. 134, 35. Add On þǽre tíde oðéwde Fulcanio þæt íglond, þæt næs gesewen ǽr þá, Ors. 4, 11; S. 206, 31

grút

(n.)
Grammar
grút, indecl. but also dat. grýt

GROUT ⬩ the wet residuary materials of malt liquor ⬩ condimentum cerevisiæ ⬩ grounds, dregs ⬩ porridge

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Lchdm. iii.28, 9; f.GROUT, the wet residuary materials of malt liquor; condimentum cerevisiæ Wyrc clam of súrre rigenre grút oððe dáge work a paste of sour rye grout or of dough, L. M. 3, 59; Lchdm. ii. 342, 17.

curmealle

(n.)
Grammar
curmealle, curmelle, curmille,an; f. Centaury; centaurēurn = κενταύρειον

the greater centaury ⬩ chlora perfoliata, Lin ⬩ the lesser centaury ⬩ erythræa centaurium, Lin

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The centaury may be spoken of as, the greater centaury ; chlora perfoliata, Lin Genim ðás wyrte ðe Grécas cenlauria major and Angle curmelle seó máre nemnaþ take this herb which the Greeks name centaurea majorand the English the greater centaury, Herb

Linked entry: culmille

wítegian

(v.)
Grammar
wítegian, wítgian; p. ode

To prophesy

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Grammar wítegian, with an object, Grammar wítegian, an accusative Ðæt hé him wítgode wyrda geþingu, Cd. Th. 250, 13; Dan. 546. " Eówre wítgan eów wítgodan dysig " . . . Hié scolden leásunga wítgian, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 3-8.

Linked entry: wítgian

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

masc

(n.)
Grammar
masc, max, es; n.

A mesh ⬩ a net ⬩ toil

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A mesh, a net, toil Ic wyrpe max míne on eá pono retia mea in amne, Coll. Monast, Th. 23, 9: 21, 13. On ðám maxum in retibus, 21, 19

Linked entries: mæscre max

feorrung

(n.)
Grammar
feorrung, e; f.

Departure ⬩ retirement ⬩ withdrawal

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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

ge-récan

(v.)
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to smoke, fumigate Dó gléda an glédfæt, and lege þá wyrta on; geréc þone man mid þám wyrtum, Lch. ii. 346, 4. Gyf hyt bið mid gereced, i. 356, 14.

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

ge-rád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rád, adj.
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Suá suá manegra cynna wyrta and grasa beóð gerád, 173, 20. Mid swá gerádan dadan, Wlfst. 55, 4. Swá geráde wyrta, Lch. ii. 280, 19. Swá geráde (hujusmodi) ælmyssan dǽlan. Ll. Th. ii. 222, 8.

Linked entry: sam-rád

feórþling

(n.)
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Syx tída wyrcað ánne fýrðling, and feówer fýrðlingas wyrcað ánne dæg, Angl. viii. 318, 47. Dele 'feórþung, e; f. . . . example,' and last two examples, and add

scrift-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
scrift-sprǽc, e; f.
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Confession Gif deáþscyldig man scriftsprǽce gyrne, ne him man nǽfre ne wyrne, L. E. G. 5 ; Th. i. 168, 24 : L. C. S. 44 ; Th. i. 402, 4

widl

Grammar
widl, l. wídl,
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and add Seó hýd ásweóll swá ꝥ heó ne mihte bedýglian ꝥ weaxende wyrms and wíðl (wídl, v.l.) ui cutts intumesceret, atque increscentem saniem occultare non posset, Gr. D. 157, 10

un-geheáfdod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geheáfdod, adj.

Not come to a head

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Not come to a head Gif se slyte blind bið and mid ðam geswelle ungeheáfdud, ðonne lege ðú ða wyrte ðǽrtó, sóna hit sceal openian, Lchdm. i. 92, 26

Linked entry: ge-heáfdod

on-beornan

(v.)
Grammar
on-beornan, -brinnan; pp. -burnen.

to set fire to, to kindle ⬩ to inflame

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Th. 203, 4; Exod. 398. to inflame Se innoþ wyrþ onburnen, Lchdm. ii. 278, 9. Wǽte onburnenu, 218, 14

Linked entry: on-brinnan

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