be-hogodlíce
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Sé þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, Hml. A. 168, 120. Hé ongan hí geornlícor and behogodlícor cwencean eas sollicitius extinxit, Gr. D. 237, 2
seowian
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Álces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelic swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þyrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml. S. 34, 316. Add
efor-fearn
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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man rădiŏlum, and óðrum naman efor-fearn, nemneþ, ys gelíc fearne, and heó byþ cenned on stánigum stówum, and on ealdum hús-stedum, and heó hæfþ on ǽghwylcum leáfe twá endebyrdnyssa fægerra pricena, and ða scínaþ swá gold this plant, which
godcundnys
Divine nature ⬩ Deity ⬩ Divinity ⬩ Godhead ⬩ divine service
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Ðeós wyrt hæfþ mid hire sume wundorlíce godcundnesse this plant has in it a certain wonderful divine quality, Herb. 50, 1; Lchdm. i. 152, 24.
ge-blówan
To blow ⬩ flourish ⬩ bloom ⬩ blossom ⬩ flōrēre ⬩ efflōrēre
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To blow, flourish, bloom, blossom; flōrēre, efflōrēre Wyrt geblóweþ herba flōreat, Ps. Th. 89, 6. Ðæt gé on his wícum wel geblówan in atriis dŏmus Dei nostri flōrēbunt, 91, 12.
stunian
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hǽtte ðeós wyrt. . . stond heó wið áttre stunaþ heó wærce stíðe heó hátte wiðstunaþ heó áttre it resists poison, dashes on pain, stiff is it called, dashes against poison, Lchdm. iii. 32, 22.
Linked entry: stinan
un-gerím
Countless ⬩ numberless ⬩ innumerable ⬩ incalculable ⬩ immense
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Se deófol ... wyrcð uugeríma wundra, Homl. Th. i. 4, 16. Ungeríme húðe numerosas praedas, Hpt. Gl. 522, 20
ge-þúf
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Hyre stela byð mid geþúfum bógum, Lch. i. 248, 18. of leaves, growing thickly together, bushy Ðeós wyrt hafað lange leáf and geþúfe, Lch. i. 248, 17. Gehwǽde leáf and geþúfe, 256, 5.
snúde
At once, quietly, directly ⬩ to walk fast
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Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne 5129; B. 2568. Snúde forsended 1812; B. 904: Exon. 231, 12; Ph. 488: Judth. Thw. 22, 8; Jud. 55: 23, 17; Jud. 125. Wearþ snellra werod snúde gegearewod 24, 21; Jud. 199. Mec Dryhten hét snúde gesecgan Exon.
gryre
Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful
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Hie wyrd forsweóp on Grendles gryre fate has swept them off into the terrible power of Grendel, Beo. Th. 960; B. 478: Cd. 143; Th. 178, 32; Exod. 20. Mid gryrum ecga with the terrors of swords, Beo. Th. 971; B. 483: 1187; B. 591
gíming
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Tó hwan forhǽle þú ús þíne gémunga 135, 650.] care, management Þám gewunode hé bringan gréne wyrta, and eft hweorfan tó þǽre gýmingce (gíminge, v. l.) his wyrt-geardes (ad curam horti ), Gr.
holdigean
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Man þá hálgan swang and bærnde and swilce ofsticode swín holdode (v. ge-wyrce), Hml. S. 23, 106 : 73. Tó holdigenne, tó befleánne euiscerandum Germ. 393, 109
bróc-minte
BROOKMINT, horsemint ⬩ mentha sylvestris ⬩ Σισύμβριον ⬩ sisymbrium officinale
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Genim ðysse wyrte wós, ðe man sisymbrium, and óðrum naman brócminte nemneþ Brookmint. Take the juice of this plant, which men call σισύμβριον, and by another name, brookmint, Herb. 107; Lchdm. i. 220, 17
ge-leáfful
Full of belief ⬩ believing ⬩ faithful ⬩ holy ⬩ fĭdēlis ⬩ crēdŭlus
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Wyrd gescreáf ðæt he, swá geleáfful, weorþan sceolde Criste gecwéme fortune ordained that he, so full of faith, should become accepted of Christ, Elen. Kmbl. 2093; El. 1048.
un-þearf
Disadvantage ⬩ hurt ⬩ harm ⬩ detriment
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Ðæt wyrð ðære þeóde eall tó unþearfe, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 3, 9: Wulfst. 267, 30. Deófol má and má manna forlǽrde and getihte tó heora ágenre unþearfe, 10, 4. Ðú lutodest on ðam láðum cristendóme ðám godum tó teónan and mé tó unþearfe, Homl.
á-feorsian
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Wyrð deófol þanon áfyrsad (-firsod v. l. ), Wlfst. 36, 4. intrans. To remove, depart Ic áfyrsode fleónde elongavi fugiens , Ps. L. 54. 8
Linked entries: á-firsian afor-feorsian á-fyrsian
earm-lic
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Add: miserable. attended with misery Ne wénaþ hí nó ꝥ ꝥ gód wyrd sié, ac wénaþ ꝥ hió sié swíþe earmlico ( populus judicat esse miserrimam ), Bt. 40, 2; F. 236, 27. Bið earmlic gedál líces and sáwle, Wlfst. 187, 15.
fæst-rǽd
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Add: of firm counsel. of persons or personifications Sió wiþerwearde wyrd is sió sóþe gesælþ, þeáh hwæ-acute;m swá ne þince, for þám heó is fæstrǽd and gehǽt simle ꝥte sóþ biþ adversa fortuna semper vera est, cum se instabilem mutatione demonstrat, Bt
cluf-þung
crow-foot ⬩ ranunculus sceleratus
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man sceleratam, and óðrum naman clufþunge nemneþ, biþ cenned on fuhtum and on wæteregum stówum this herb which is called scelerata, and by another name crow-foot, is produced in damp and watery places. Herb. 9, l; Lchdm. i. 98, 24-26.
clam
mud, clay ⬩ malagma, lutum ⬩ a bandage ⬩ chain, net, fold, prison ⬩ vinculum
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what is clammy, mud, clay; malagma, lutum Wyrc swá to clame so work to clam [a clammy substance ], Herb. 2, 11; Lchdm. i. 84, 3.
Linked entries: CLOM helle-clam