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BÉTE

(n.)
Grammar
BÉTE, an; f : béte, an; n ?

BEETbēta = σεύτλoν

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Wyrc drænc of ðære bétan [MS. beton] work a drink of the beet, Lchdm. iii. 22, 6. Beðe mid bétan leáfum foment with leaves of beet, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 100, 12: iii. 2, 8: 44, 8: 114, 13.

wól-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
wól-berende, adj.

Pestiferouspestilentialpernicious

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Wæs ðæra wyrma oroð swíðe deáðberende and ǽterne (quorum halitus erat pestifer) and for hiora ðæm wólberendan oroðe monigé men swulton, Nar. 14, 17: 16, 2. Hé onsent ofer hig wólberende windas. Ps. Th. 10. 7.

éþung

breathingpantingflatulencyinspirationbreath

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Wæs þǽra wyrma oroð and éþung swíðe deáðberende serpentum halitus erat pestifer, Nar. 14, 15. the emission of a smell. Similar entries cf. éþian, Éðung obolitio (cf. oboleo), Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 9: 63, 15.

Linked entry: ǽþung

ge-brýsed

(v.)
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Þeáh se rihtwísa áfealle, ne wyrð hé gebrýsed, ne his nán bán tóbrocen cum ceciderit justus, non conturbabitur, Ps. Th. 36, 23. to season Gebrýsdre (-brydre, MS.) condito (pul*-*mentario). An. Ox. 2, 248. Gebrýsde (-bryrde, MS.), 7, 271

geár-getal

Grammar
geár-getal, l. -getæl,
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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

wending

(n.)
Grammar
wending, e; f.

Turninga turning roundrevolutionchangingmutation

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Lchdm. ii. 228, 24. changing, mutation Ne wyrð ðisses nǽfre nán wending non movebor de generations in generationem Ps. Th. 9, 26. Wendincg 29 6. Earfoðe ys fǽrlíc wendincg difficilis est subita permutatio Scint. 63, 20.

slíþen

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþen, adj.

Cruel, hard, evil

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Ðú wéndest ðæt ðiós slíþne wyrd ðás worulde wende bútan Godes þeahte Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 4. Fin eft begeát sweordbealo slíþen dire harm from the sword overwhelmed Fin Beo. Th. 2298; B. 1147.

Linked entry: slíþe

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

ge-séðan

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Wyrd wæs geworden, swefn geséðed, Dan. 654. to attest, bear witness to what one has seen or knows Þysse wyrte onfundelnysse manega ealdras geséðað, Lch. i. 140, 10. Geséþendum (ipso) adtestante, An. Ox. 1326

cwylming

(n.)
Grammar
cwylming, e; f. [cwylmian to suffer]

Torture, trouble, suffering, a cross cruciātus, crux

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Se ðe ne nimþ hys cwylminge, and fyligþ me, nys he me wyrðe qui non accipit crucem suam, et sequĭtur me, non est me dignus, Mt. Bos. 10, 38: Lk. Bos. 9, 23

foxes fót

(n.)
Grammar
foxes fót, es; m.

Fox's footbur reeda water plantsparganum simplexxiphionξιφίον

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Fox's foot, bur reed, a water plant; sparganum simplex, xiphion = ξιφίον Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman, ðe man xiphion, and óðrum naman foxes fót, nemneþ take a root of this plant, which is named xiphion, and by another name fox's foot, Herb. 47, 1; Lchdm

ge-hádian

(v.)
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Gif hwylc abbod mæssepreóstes behófige, geceóse hé of his ágenum geférum þe þæs hádes wyrðe sý, and hine gehádian lǽte, 111, 19. Add

hnitu

(n.)
Grammar
hnitu, e; f.

A nit

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Hnite and wyrmas on weg tó dónne ðe on cildum beóþ to remove nits and worms that are on children, L. Med. ex Quadr. 9, 15; Lchdm. i. 364, 6

heáfod-stede

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stede, es; m.

A chief placetoparchia

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Hwílum wǽran heáfodstedas and heálíce hádas micelre mǽðe wyrðe formerly the chief places and high ranks were entitled to much honour, L. Eth. vii. 3; Th. i. 330, 6

spíca

(n.)
Grammar
spíca, an; m.

Spikenard

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Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum; ðǽr wǽron þreó ða betstan — ele, nardus, spíca (or is this merely the Latin word?), Blickl. Homl. 73, 21.

ge-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brítan, p. te; pp. ge-briacute;ted, ge-brítt
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Ðeós wyrt hafað geoluwe blóstman, and gif þu hý betweónan þínum fingrum gebrýtest, þonne hafað heó swæc swylce myrre, Lch. i. 256, 9.

sang

Grammar
sang, <b>I a.</b>
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cursus et psalterii, Angl. xiii. 390, 362. add: the service on a saint's day: cf. mæsse-sang; On ðone xviiii-an dæg biþ þæs martyres tíd Scĩ Magni ðæs sang (cf. mæssesang, 4) biþ geméted on þám yldran mæssebócum, Shrn. 119, 12. a charm, incantation Wyrt

gripa

(n.)
Grammar
gripa, an; m.
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Genim ðysse ylcan wyrte gódne gripan take a good handful of this same plant, Herb. 36, 4; Lchdm. i. 136, 4: 81, 5; Lchdm. i. 184, 18. Berende gripan heora portantes manipulos suos, Ps. Spl. 125, 8

Linked entries: gripu ge-grip

ge-cnucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnucian, -cnocian; p. ode, ede, ude; pp. od, ed, ud [cnucian to beat]

To beatpoundtundĕrepertundĕre

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Genim ða wyrte gecnucude [gecnocode MS. B.] take the herb pounded, Herb. 64; Lchdm. i. 168, 6

Linked entry: ge-cnocian

wudu-cerfille

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-cerfille, an; f.

Wild chervil

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Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman ðe man sparagi agrestis, and óðrum naman wuducerfillu nemneþ. Lchdm. i. 188, 19-22. Nim cerfillan and wuducerfillan, ii. 152, 15: 268, 14

Linked entry: wudu-fille