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wól

(n.)
Grammar
wól, es; m. : e; f.

Pestpestilenceplaguemurrain

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Pest, pestilence, plague, murrain Ádlle and wóle luem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 3. in a physical sense in reference to men or animals Wól(pestis) wæs æfter fyligende, Bd. i. 13; S. 482, 6. Mycel wól and grim acerba pestis, l, 14; S. 482, 29. Ðætte nó mid him

wund

(n.)
Grammar
wund,

talpa

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(printed pund, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 61) talpa, Wülck. Gl. 279,11, read wand

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wund

(n.)
Grammar
wund, e; f.

A woundvulnusa woundan injury caused by a blowa sore caused by disease

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A wound; vulnus, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 49. in a physical sense, a wound, an injury caused by a blow Sió wund, ðe him se eorðdraca geworhte, Beo. Th. 5416; B. 2711. Blódig wund, Andr. Kmbl. 2945; An. 1475: Exon. Th. 143, 33; Gú. 670. Hér sindon dolhsealfa

wung

(n.)
Grammar
wung,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 26.

Similar entry: pung

wul

Similar entry: wull

worn

(n.)
Grammar
worn, weorn, es; m.

A swarmbandJlockcrowdmultitudemanya great numbera great quantitymuchmany

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A swarm, band, Jlock, crowd, multitude, many, a great number, a great quantity, of animate objects Seó wilgedryht wildne weorþiaþ, worn æfter óþrum (flock (of birds) following flock) turba prosequitur, Exon. Th. 222, 4; Ph. 343. Folc onette, weras wíf

Linked entry: weorn

wól

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Add: n. In þám hláfe næs ná bemiþen ꝥ wól (pestis), Gr. D. 118, 10

wóp

Grammar
wóp, <b>. II.</b>
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Mid singalum stefnum his wópa continues lamentorum vocitius, Gr. D. 215, 23. Add

-wuna

(suffix)
Grammar
-wuna, m.

Similar entry: ge-wuna

-wuna

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-wuna, adj.

Similar entry: be-wuna

FYRWET

(n.)
Grammar
FYRWET, -wit, -wyt, es; n.

Curiositycūriōsĭtas

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Curiosity; cūriōsĭtas Hyne fyrwet bræc curiosity urged him, Beo. Th. 5562; B. 2784 : 3975; B. 1985. Mec ðæs on worulde full oft fyrwit frineþ my curiosity enquireth very often about this in the world, Salm. Kmbl. 117; Sal. 58. Hine fyrwyt bræc curiosity

Linked entries: firwet fyrwit fyrwyt

will

(n.)
Grammar
will, well, wyll, es;
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Án wyll ( fons ) ásprang of ðære corðan, Gen. 2, 6. Ðǽr wæs Iacóbes wyl (wyll, v. l. ). Se Hǽlend sæt æt ðam wylle, Jn. Skt. 4, 6. Bið on him will (wyll, v. l. ) forðrǽsendes wætres, 4, 14. Wyl, Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 27.

Linked entry: well

Wihtmǽres wyrt

(n.)
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Witmǽres wyrt nioþoweard, Lchdm. ii. 32, 10. [Uihtméres wyrt ł heauen hindele brittannica iii. 300, col. 2.]

greáte wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
greáte wyrt, e; f.
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Meadow saffron; colchicum autumnale Ðeós wyrt ðe man hieribulbum and óðrum naman greáte wyrt nemneþ this plant which is called ίεόβoλβos and by another name great wort, Herb. 22, 1; Lchdm. i. 118, 14: L. M. ii. 52, 1; Lchdm. ii. 268, 22

hrætele

(n.)
Grammar
hrætele, hrætel-wyrt.
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Substitute: <b>hrætel-wyrt,</b> e; f. Rattle*-*wort Hrætelwyrt hierobotanum, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 73

wylf

(n.)
Grammar
wylf, e; f.

A she-wolf

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A she-wolf Wylf lupa, Txts. 75, 1260. Fǽddæ hiǽ wylif in Rómæcæstri, 127, 2

clæfer-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
clæfer-wyrt, e; f.

Clover-wort, clovertrifolium minus

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Clover-wort, clover; trifolium minus Nim ða smalan clæfer-wyrt nioðowearde take the netherward part of the small clover-wort, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 26

næder-wyrt

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næder-wyrt, nædre-wyrt, e; f.

Adder-wortpolygonum bistortaadderwort

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man uiperinam and óðrum naman nædderwyrt nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 96, 11. Nædderwyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man basilisca and óðrun naman nædder- (næddre-, MS. O) wyrt nemneþ, 242, 7 : iii. 8, 24. Genim næderwyrte, ii. 110, 25. [v. E. D. S. Pub.

fugeles wíse

(n.)
Grammar
fugeles wíse, fugeles wýse, an; f.

The plant larkspurdelphīniumδελφίνιον

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Fugeles wýse delphinion, Glos. Brux. Recd. 41, 69; Wrt. Voc. 68, 4

Linked entry: wíse

bisceop-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-wyrt, biscop-wyrt, biscep-wyrt, e; f. [wyrt a wort, herb, plant]
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.], betonica, verbena, hibiscum = ίβίσκos Wyrc to drence æscþrotu, betonice, bisceopwyrt make into a drink ash-throat, betony, bishop's-wart, L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 120, 10: 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 2, 10.

Linked entries: biscep-wyrt biscop-wyrt