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sweðung

(n.)
Grammar
sweðung, swoðung, e; f.
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A poultice Sweþing wiþ swile . . . gecnuwa ða wyrte, gemeng wið ǽges ðæt hwíte, beclǽm ðæt lim mid ðe se swile on sié, Lchdm. ii. 74, 24. Sealfæ and sweþinge wið swylum, 6, 30. Gif hé sweðunga (swoðunga, R. Ben.

Linked entry: swoðung

ge-willian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-willian, p. ode
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Wyrte þe hé ǽr mid stale gewilnode (-willade, v. l. ), Gr. D. 25, 16. Giwillian desiderare, Ps. Srt. 118, 20

Linked entry: willian

wintrig

(adj.)
Grammar
wintrig, adj.

Wintrywinter

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On ðǽm wintregum tídum wyrþ se muþa fordrifen foran from ðǽm norþernum windum tempestivis aucius incrementis, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 34

swíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ, adj.
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Wyrc swíðran ( the draught ), gif hé wille, 270, 7, 16. strong, violent (of wind, stream, etc.) Swíþe hlimman torrens, Ps. Th. 125, 4.

dweorge-dwosle

(n.)
Grammar
dweorge-dwosle, -dwostle, an; f. [dweorg a dwarf]

The herb pennyroyalmentha pulēgium

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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man pollēgium [ = pulēgium], and óðrunt naman dweorge-dwosle nemneþ this herb, which is called pulēgium, and by another name pennyroyal [dwarf dwosle], Herb. 94, 1; Lchdnt. i. 204, 6, 7: 156, 2; Lchdm. i. 282, 23: iii. 6, 19.

huntnaþ

(n.)
Grammar
huntnaþ, huntnoþ, es; m.

Hunting

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Ic wylle ðæt ǽlc man sý his huntnoþes wyrðe on wuda and on felda on his ágenan. And forgá ǽlc man mínne huntnoþ hwǽr ic hit gefriþod wille habban Of hunting.

Linked entry: huntaþ

þurst

(n.)
Grammar
þurst, es; m.

Thirst

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Ðeós wyrt þyrstendon ðone þurst gelíþigaþ, Lchdnt. i. 268, 12

un-sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sófte, adv.

not at easein discomfortnot gentlyhardlyseverelyhardlywith difficultywith trouble

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Similar entries v. sófte, II Gif men férlíce wyrde unsófte, Rtl. 114, 24. not gently, hardly, severely Hwǽr mon unsófte getilaþ on forewearde ða ádle in case severe treatment is used in the early stages of the disease, Lchdm. ii. 260, 15.

Linked entry: sófte

ge-hérian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hérian, l. ge-herian,
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Seó wyrt is gehered (-od, v. l.) on þám muntlandum þe man Cilicia and Pisidia nemneþ (the kind that grows in Cilicia and Pisidia is spoken very highly of ), Lch. i. 160, 15.

áþ

Grammar
áþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Beó se cyng ǽlces þǽra wíta wyrðe (this comes at the end of a section dialing with oaths and ordeals), Ll. Th. i. 282, 16] :-- Hámsócn and forsteall, . . . áþ and ordél, fyrdwíte, Cht. Th. 433, 28: 433, 8: 20: 31

wemman

(v.)
Grammar
wemman, p. de.

to spotmarspoildisfigureto defilepolluteprofane

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Unwlitig swile and atelíc his eágan bregh wyrde and wemde tumor deformis palpebram oculi foedaverat Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 18. fig. Ic háliges láre wordum wemde (I have not given a good account of the saint) Andr. Kmbl. 2958; An. 1482.

CÓL

(adj.)
Grammar
CÓL, comp. ra; sup. ost; adj.

COOLcold frigidus

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Wyrc him leage of ellenahsan, þweah his heáfod mid cólre make him a ley of elder ashes, wash his head with this cold 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 26. Ða cearwylmas cólran wurþaþ. the anxious emotions become cooler Beo. Th. 570; B. 282;4139; B. 2066

angel

(n.)
Grammar
angel, a hook.
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Angil ic wyrpe, 23, 11. Se grǽdiga fisc gesihð þæt ǽs and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðam ǽse sticað, Hml, Th. i. 216, 11. Angul hamum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 75. Add

stelan

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Þá gewunode án þeóf ꝥ hé stáh ófer þone hege and dígellíce stæl (stæll, v. l. ) þá wyrta, Gr. D. 23, 24. Gang nú, and æfter þysum ne stel þú nán þing, 25, 19. Hé begann tó stelenne on heora gewunan he began to steal according to their custom, Ælf.

hearm-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-scearu, e; f.

What is imposed as a punishment or penaltyplaga, percussio, afflictio, castigatio, contritio, dejectio, calamitas, supplicium, scantinea

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A. 681] Wyrþ him wíte gegearwod sum heard harmscearu for them punishment will be prepared, some severe penalty, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 7; Gen. 432: 37; Th. 48, 25; Gen. 781: 38; Th. 51, 19; Gen. 829

drenc

(n.)
Grammar
drenc, es; m.

DRENCH, dose, draught, drinkpōtus, pōtio a drowningdemersio, submersio

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Wið sídan sáre ðære swíðran hwíte clæfran wyrc to drence for sore of right side make white clover to a drink, L. M. 1, 21; Lchdm. ii. 64, 4: 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 64, 27: Homl. Th. ii. 158, 16. Wyrc drenc wið hwóstan make a dose for cough, L.

Linked entry: drenge

wamm-wlite

(n.)
Grammar
wamm-wlite, es; m.
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A wound on the face Swá hwylc man swá óðrum womwlite on gewyrce, forgylde him ðone womwlite, and his weorc wyrce óð ðæt seó wund hál sig quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem in*-*flixerit, emendet ei vulnus, et opus ejus operetur, donec vulnus sanetur

crístel-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
crístel-mǽl, (cýrstel-), es; n.
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D. v. 297, 15: 298, 9. the sign of the cross Wyrce mon crýstel*-*mǽl on his heáfde foran mid his þúman, Tech. ii. 119, 8

Linked entry: cýrstel-mǽl

for-þylman

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Ðí lǽs strengð þǽre wyrte þá góman bærne and forðylme, 316, 20

ge-wrixlung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrixlung, e; f.
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Changing from one thing to another. v. gewrixl; Þrý mónðas wyrcað þryfeald[e?]

Linked entry: wrixlung