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gaderung

Grammar
gaderung, gæderung.

a joining, unionan assemblygatheringgatheringa gathering of words, text

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Ox. 1753. gathering of herbs Wyrta gaderunge mid galdre begán herbarum collectionem cum incantatione facere, Ll.

be-cnyttan

to tie up in a bundleto tie roundsurround with a bondto tieattach with a string,to tie a rope,

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S. 15, 53. to tie, attach with a string, Gif hwá ðá wyrta on him becnitte, Hml. Th. i. 476, 5.

martyr-racu

(n.)
Grammar
martyr-racu, e; f.
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An account of martyrs Hí nǽron furðan wyrðe ꝥ man heora naman on ðisre háligra martyrrace sceolde áwrítan, Hml. S. 23, 367. Hí woldon ðisra háligra martyra martyrrace áwrítan, 334: 342: 773

ful-wurþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-wurþlíce, full-weorþlíce; adv.

Full worthilyvery honourablydignissĭme

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Th. 294, 21, col. 2], swá he wyrðe wæs they buried him very honourably, as he was worthy, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 22, col. 1

Linked entry: full-weorþlíce

tǽlwirð-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tǽlwirð-líc, adj.

Blameable, reprehensible

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Blameable, reprehensible Ðæt on óðrum lande betst lícaþ ðæt biþ hwílum on ðam óþrum tǽlwyrþlícost and eác miceles wítes wyrþe quod apud alios laude, apud alios supplicio dignum judicetur, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 24

wertacen

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Ióhannis sóðum wordum wíslíce and wærlíce swá se wertacen (a later rendering of the passage has swa se wyrhte cann, 476, 66, as if the word = werhta cann), Engl. Stud. viii. 478, 75

ge-dwyldlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dwyldlic, adj.
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. ; ætforan þám hé wyrcð mænigfealde wundra þæt hé þurh þæt hy tó gedwolan áwende. Wlfst, 196, 18-197, 5

stingan

(v.)
Grammar
stingan, p. stang, pl, stungon ;
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pp, stungen, 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.

wrǽt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wrǽt-líc, adj.

wondrouscurious of wondrous excellencebeautifulnobleexcellentelegant

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Mé ðæt þúhte wrǽtlícu wyrd, 432, 6; Rä. 48, 2. Wrǽtlíc mé þinceþ, hú seó wiht mæge wordum lácan þurh fót neoþan, 414, 11; Rä. 32, 18. Ðæt is wrǽtlíc þing tó gesecganne, 421, 27; Rä. 40, 24. Wrǽtlícne wyrm, Beo. Th. 1786; B. 891.

ge-wiht

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Add: measurement by weighing Ealra þyssa wyrta gelíce fela be gewihte.

leód-wita

(n.)
Grammar
leód-wita, an; m.
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H.] weorþscipes wyrþe, eorl and ceorl, þegen and þeóden, L. R. 1; Th. i. 190, 12. v. Grmm. R. A. 267

freó-riht

(n.)
Grammar
freó-riht, es; n.

A free rightcommon rightright of a freemanlibĕrōrum et ingenuōrum jus

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A free right, common right, right of a freeman; libĕrōrum et ingenuōrum jus He ne beó syððan ǽniges freórihtes wyrðe he shall not afterwards deserve any free right, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 22

ge-metlic

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L. 38, 6. meet, suitable, fit Þ hé ne wilnige wynsumran wyrde ðonne hit gemetlic sié, Bt. 40, 3 ; F. 238, 21. meeting the requirements of a case, sufficient Philippuses yfel mehte þéh þá giet be sumum dǽle gemetlic þyncan, ǽr Alexander tó ríce féng

Linked entry: ge-métednes

DOLH

(n.)
Grammar
DOLH, dolg,es ; n.

A wound, scar of a wound, cut, gash, sore vulnus, cicatrix, ulcus

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Gyf yfele dolh oððe wunda on heáfde sýn, genim ðas ylcan wyrte if evil cuts or wounds be on the head, take this same herb, Herb. 122, 2; Lchdm. i. 234, 15.

Linked entry: dolg

angel-twicce

(n.)
Grammar
angel-twicce, an; f.

A red worm used for a bait in angling or fishinglumbricus

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A red worm used for a bait in angling or fishing; lumbricus Rén-wyrrn vel angel-twicce lumbricus, Ælfc. Gl. 24; Som. 60, 30; Wrt. Voc. 24, 31.[twachel the dew-worm, Halwl. Dict.]

Linked entry: angol-twæcce

wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, p.ode

To wave

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Þeáh ðe man wafige wundorlíce mid handa, ne bið hit þeáh bletsung búta hé wyrce tácn ðære hálgan róde, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 151

metod-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
metod-sceaft, e; f.

Decree of fatedoomfate after death

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Decree of fate, doom, fate after death Ealle Wyrd forsweóp míne mágas tó metodsceafte ( to their doom ), Beo. Th. 5623; B. 2815. Gást onsende Matheus his tó metodsceafte ( to the fate appointed to it ), in écne gefeán, Menol. Fox 342; Men. 172.

grimlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
grimlíc, adj.
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Hit wyrþ ðonne egeslíc and grimlíc things will then become awful and terrible, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 104, 5. Ða Crétense hæfdon ðone grimlecan sige cruentiorem victoriam Cretenses exercuerunt, Ors. 1, 9; Swt. 42, 28.

ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, p. -brǽdde; pp. -brǽded, -brǽdd, -brǽd [ge-, brǽdan to roast]

To roastbroiltorrēreassāre

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Genime ðysse ylcan wyrte wyrttruman gebrǽde on hátan axan let him take roots of this same herb roasted on hot ashes, Herb. 60, 3; Lchdm. i. 162, 17

un-pleólíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-pleólíc, adj.

Not dangerouswithout risk

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Kmbl. 29. as regards moral hurt Augustinus cwæð, ðæt unpleólíc sý þeáh hwá lǽcewyrte ðirge; ac ðæt hé tǽlþ tó unálýfedlícere wíglunge, gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte, búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge, Homl. Th. i. 476, 3.