wýsc
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Choice Ðá him wiisc [wúsc?] seald wæs optione data, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 40
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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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-wyrdan
to speak
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to speak
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
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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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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
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,
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
ceaster-wyrt
Black hellebore ⬩ helleborus niger
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Black hellebore; helleborus niger, Lchdm. ii. 375, 24
eág-wyrt
Eye-wort, eye-bright ⬩ ocŭlāria
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Eye-wort, eye-bright; ocŭlāria, L. M. 3, 30; Lchdm. ii. 324, 19
leáþor-wyrt
Lather-wort ⬩ soap-wort
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Lather-wort, soap-wort; saponaria officinalis Leáþorwyrt, borith, erba fullonum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 47: 38, 43: L. M. I, 3; Lchdm. ii. 42, 22
lín-wyrt
Flax
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Flax, L. M. 1, 25; Lchdm. ii. 66, 17: 3, 65; Lchdm. ii. 354, 10