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Fornétes folm

(n.)
Grammar
Fornétes folm, e; f.

Fornet's palmFornēti palma

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Fornet's palm; Fornēti palma Wyl on eówe meolce Fornétes folm boil Fornet's palm in ewe's milk, L. M. 1. 70; Lchdm. ii. 144, 22. Nim Fornétes folm take Fornet's palm, 1, 71; Lchdm. ii. 146, 4. The Icel. has Fornjótr; gen.

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

eall-hwít

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Eallhwíte wýsan gesce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 18. Add

lungen-sealf

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Add: — Wyrc lungensealfe, nim cost . . . . Lch. iii. 70, l

wyrm-líc

(n.; adj.)
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wyrm-líc, es; n.
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Cf. wyrm-fáh Weal wundrum heáh, wyrmlícum fáh, Exon. Th. 292, 13; Wand. 98. fig. cf. wyrm, II a Ic eom oferfongen mid synnum tó wyrmlíce, Anglia xii. 501, 22

on-lecgende

(adj.)
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For 'on-lying' substitute 'that is to be laid on, that is to be applied to a wound', and add: — Wiþ sweórcoþe, wyrc onlecgende sealfe, Genim fearres gelyndo and beran smeru and weax, ealra emfela, wyrc tó sealfe, smire mid, Lch. ii. 48, 5

curmealle

(n.)
Grammar
curmealle, curmelle, curmille,an; f. Centaury; centaurēurn = κενταύρειον

the greater centaury chlora perfoliata, Lin the lesser centaury erythræa centaurium, Lin

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Wyl on ealaþ twá curmeallan boil in ale the two centauries, L. M. 3, 38; Lchdm. ii. 330, 14.

Linked entry: culmille

weall

(n.)
Grammar
weall, e; f.
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Fervour Wealle, wylm fervorem, ardorem (devotionis fervorem, Ald. 34), Hpt. Gl. 465, 37

(adv.)
Grammar
wó, adv.

Wronglyperverselyunequally

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Wrongly, perversely, unequally Hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40

wiþer-ræhtes

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþer-ræhtes, adv.

Opposite

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Opposite Hí geségan wyrm on wonge wiðerræhtes licgean, Beo. Th. 6071; B. 3039

orne

(n.)
Grammar
orne, what is harmful (?),
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injury Mid Godes fullume ne wyrð him nán orne, Lch. iii. 16, 5

BEARD

(n.)
Grammar
BEARD, es; m.

a BEARDbarba

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a BEARD; barba Ne beard ne sciron nec radetis barbam, Lev. 19, 27; nether ge schulen schave the beerd, Wyc. Smyringc niðerfeól on bearde, bearde Aarones unguentum descendit in barbam, barbam Aaronis, Ps.

a-wéstan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wéstan, p. -wéste; pp. -wésted [-wéstd], -wést [a intensive, wéstan to waste]

To wastelay wastedepopulateravagedestroyvastaredevastaredesertum faceredesolare

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Wiðútan awést híg sweord swerd with outforth schal waaste [destroy] hem, Wyc; foris vastabit eos gladius, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 193 a, 25. His stede oððe stówe híg awéston locum ejus desolaverunt, Ps. Lamb. 78, 7

CROCCA

(n.)
Grammar
CROCCA, an; m.

A CROCK, pitcher, earthenware pot or pan vas fictile, testa, olla

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Voc. 82, 56 Wyl wæter on croccan boil water in a crock L. M. I. 40; Lchdm. ii. 104, 19.

Linked entries: chroa crohh cryccen

secg

(n.)
Grammar
secg, es; m. n.
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Wyl neoþoweardne secg, 52, 16: 66, 5.[Eolug-secg papyrus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 58. Ilug-segg, Txts. 86, 781. See also eolhx, hamer-, mór-secgr Grein cites risc-seccas carices.] Cf. secg a sword

Linked entries: sæcg segc

ge-clifian

(v.)
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Ðeós wyrt wyle hrædlíce tó ðám men geclyfian. Lch. i. 306, 4. Mín tunge ys gecleofod (adhaesit) tó mínum gómum, Ps. Th. 21, 13. (1 a) to stick together :-- Hió gedéþ ꝥ flǽsc tógædere geclifað, Lch. i. 134, 13.

Linked entry: ge-cleofian

eall-gylden

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Wyrc feówer hringas ælgyldene facies quatuor circulos aureos, Past. 169, 21. Add

ge-irgan

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Wyrð þurh Godes mihte sóna deófol swýðe geyrged, Wlfst. 33, 20. Add

melde

(n.)
Grammar
melde, an; f.

Orach

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Nim meldon ða wyrt, 54, 23

scín-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
scín-seóc, adj.
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Haunted by apparitions Scínseócum men wyrc drenc of hwítes hundes þoste, Lchdm. i. 364, 4