drenc
DRENCH, dose, draught, drink ⬩ pōtus, pōtio ⬩ a drowning ⬩ demersio, 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
weorpan
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Skt. ii. 29, 245. by prepositions or adverbs Ic wyrpe max míne on eá, and angil ic wyrpe . . . Ic wyrpe ða unclǽnan út. Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 9-17. Hira tú sǽ on loud wearp, Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 9: 1009; Erl. 142, 6.
crístel-mǽl
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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
ge-wrixlung
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Changing from one thing to another. v. gewrixl; Þrý mónðas wyrcað þryfeald[e?]
Linked entry: wrixlung
ge-sníþan
To cut ⬩ cut off
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Gif ðú stǽnen weofod me wyrce ne tymbra ðú ðæt of gesnidenum stánum if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, Ex. 20, 25
wamm-wlite
A wound on the face
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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 inflixerit, emendet ei vulnus, et opus ejus operetur, donec vulnus sanetur,
scirdan
To hurt ⬩ injure
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Da ðe godcunde láre and woruldcunde rihtlage wyrdan and scyrdan on ǽnige wísan. Wulfst. 168, 9
Linked entries: ge-scirdan sceard scyrdan
æx
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Treów wyrðe scearpre æxe, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 16. Slóh hine án heora mid ánre æxe ýre, Chr. 1012; P. 142, 24. Mon ne gehiérde æhxe (æxe, Hatt. MS.) hlem, Past. 252, 17. Se ðunor hit ðrysceð mid ðǽre fýrenan æcxe, Salm. K. 148, 6.
ge-brítan
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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
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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
wígbed-þegen
A minister of the altar ⬩ an ecclesiastic who performs service at the altar
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Gif weófodþegen manslaga wyrðe, L. C. S. 41; Th. i. 400, 13. Gif man freóndleásne weófodþén mid tihtlan belecge, L. Eth. ix. 22; Th. i. 344, 22: L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 18: L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 398, 25. Weófodþéna mǽðe medemige man for Godes ege, L.
yfel
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Hé sealde yfelan wyrme hiora wyrta, Ps. Th. 77, 46. Hí ǽtan yfle tostan, 77, 45. Hé gehǽlde manega of yfelum (yflum, Lind.) gástum. Lk. Skt. 7, 21. of things Yfel gesihð malus oculus, Mk. Skt. 7, 22. Yfel wyrd bad fortune, Bt. 40, 2; Fox 236, 22.
þeór
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Wiþ þeóre drenc, and eft wiþ þære ( if þære refers to þeór the word would be feminine, but perhaps þeore should be read; cf. the text: Wyrc gódne ðeórdrenc ...
fæstlic
firm ⬩ solid ⬩ resolute ⬩ vigorous
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Suelce hé fæsðlicu and stranglecu weorc wyrce quaedam robusta exerceat, Past. 235, 18. Þæt hé þý fæstlecre gewinn mehte habban wið hiene, Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 8
un-gemæc
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Syndon full manega þá þe nǽnegu wundra wyrcað and þonne hweþre nǽron ná ungemæcce (-an, v.l.) þám þe þá foretácnu dóð sunt plerique qui etsi signa non facinnt, signa tamen facientibus dispares nan sunt, Gr. D. 90, 31.
scearfian
To scrape,
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To scrape, cut into shreds Genim ða ylcan wyrte, scearfa hý ðonne, and gníd swýðe smale tó duste, Lchdm. i. 70, 14: 80, 16: 344, 13 note. Scearfa smæle, ii. 322, 25. Scearfaþ succidite . . . gescearfa ðú succides, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 7, 9.
wæter-egesa
Terror caused by water
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Terror caused by water Wæteregesa sceal líðra wyrðan the terrors of the deep shall lose their force, Andr. Kmbl. 870; An. 435. Wæteregsa, 750; An. 375.
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ge-wringan
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Ðysse wyrte wós wel gewrungen, i. 274, 18. to squeeze together, press into a shape Hé mæg ealla gesceafta on his ðǽre swíðran hand on ánes weaxæpples onlícnisse geðýn and gewringan, Sal. K. p. 150, 34
stingan
to thrust something into ⬩ to thrust one's self into the affairs of another ⬩ to prick with something, to sting, stab, pierce
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to thrust something into Sting ðín seax on ða wyrte. Lchdm. ii. 346, 12. Stingaþ stranglíc sár on his eágan, Wulfst. 141, 4. Nim án feðere, and stynge on hys múðe, Lchdm. iii. 130, 17.
be-beódan
to give a by-command or a gentle command ⬩ to command ⬩ order ⬩ jubere ⬩ præcipere ⬩ mandare ⬩ to offer ⬩ give up ⬩ commend ⬩ offerre ⬩ commendare ⬩ mandare ⬩ to announce ⬩ nuntiare ⬩ pronuntiare
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Th. 132, 4. to announce; nuntiare, pronuntiare He bebeád wyrd gewordene he announced the event that had passed, Cd. 197; Th. 245, 29 ; Dan. 470