wyrdig
Wordy
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Wordy Werdi verbosus, Kent. Gl. 576
wyrht
Doing ⬩ work
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Doing, work Ná ðú be gewyrhtum úrum, wommum wyrhtum, woldest ús dón non secundum peccata nostra fecit nobis, Ps. Th. 102, 10
-wyrdan
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wýsc
Choice
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Choice Ðá him wiisc [wúsc?] seald wæs optione data, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 40
Linked entry: wúsc-bearn
ferd-wyrt
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Field-wort? gentian? gentiāna? -Nim ferdwyrt take gentian(?), L, M. 1, 87; Lchdm, ii. 154, 15
-wyrdan
to speak
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to speak
mór-wyrt
Moor-wort
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Moor-wort Wyrc hié (a salve) of ðære smalan mórwyrte (drosera rotundifolia, Cockayne), Lchdm. ii. 128, 8
candel-wyrt
a candle ⬩ a herb, plant ⬩ CANDLE-WORT, hedge-taper, mullein, a plant useful for wicks 'of lamps ⬩ lucernaria, phlomos ⬩ verbacum; thapsus
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[ Similar entries candel a candle, Similar entries wyrt a herb, plant] CANDLE-WORT, hedge-taper, mullein, a plant useful for wicks 'of lamps; lucernaria, phlomos = φλόμος verbacum; thapsus, Lin.
wen-wyrt
The name of some plant supposed to be good for wens
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The name of some plant supposed to be good for wens Wyrc sealfe of wenwyrte Lchdm. ii. 52, 4. Gesmire mid wenwyrte 62, 27. Wensealf; ontre, reáde netlan, twá wenwyrta 128, 14
beó-wyrt
BEE-WORT ⬩ balm mint ⬩ sweet flag ⬩ apiastrum ⬩ ⬩ acorus calamus
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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man on Léden veneriam, and on úre geþeóde beówyrt, nemneþ, heó biþ cenned on begánum stówum, and on wyrtbeddum, and on mǽdum this plant, which in Latin is called veneria, and in our language bee-wort, is produced in cultivated places, and
Linked entry: bió-wyrt
twín-wyrm
buprestis
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The word glosses buprestis ( = βούπρηστις a poisonous beetle, which when eaten by cattle in the grass caused them to swell up), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 35
ge-wyrp
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clif-wyrt
Maiden-hair, water-wort, fox-glove ⬩ agrimonia
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Maiden-hair, water-wort, fox-glove; agrimonia Clifwyrt, sume men hataþ foxes clife, sume eá-wyrt cliff-wort, some men call fox-glove, some water-wort, L. M. l, 15; Lchdm. ii. 58, 3
Linked entries: clife clyf-wyrt foxes glófa
medu-wyrt
Meadow-sweet ⬩ mead-sweet
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Meadow-sweet, also mead-sweet Meodowyrt mel-leuna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 43: L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 94, 14. Medowyrt, Lchdm. ii. 96, 17: 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 108, 11. Medewyrt malletina (?), Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 1: Lchdm. iii. 6, 12: 16, 9. Meodeuyrt mellauna,