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for-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-trúwian, -trúwigan; p. ode, nde; pp. od, ud

To be over-confident, rash ⬩ to presume ⬩ præsúmĕre ⬩ præcĭpĭtāre

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Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige lest he through the pleasant fortune should be presumptuous, 40, 3; Fox 238, 17. Ða fortrúwodan the presumptuous, Past. 32, 1; Hat. MS. 39 b, 25, 26. Ða fortrúwudan, 32, 1; Hat. MS. 40 a. 2, 12.

ge-mong

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mong, es; n.

A mixture, crowd, throng, company ⬩ commixtio, turba, cætus

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Wyrta gemong aromata, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 56. Ðæt gemong mixtura, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 39

stéran

(v.)
Grammar
stéran, p. de.
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B.) hyne mid ðære wyrte, Lchdm. i. 98, 19: 206, 2

Linked entries: stéring stýran stór

glædene

(n.)
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Þás wyrte þe man bulbis scillitici and óðrum naman glædene nemneð, Lch. i. 144, 22. Gladiolum and óþrum naman glædene, 182, 14. Hand fulle secges and glædenan, ii. 356, 1. Wyl secg and glædenan neoðewearde, iii. 20, 4

on-bútan

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Add Þysse wyrte wyrttruman man sceal niman onbútan midne sumur, Lch. i. 260, 3. add: with another adverb Ǽghwǽr onbútan circumquaque, An. Ox. 2, 251. <b>III a.</b> </b>

un-bindan

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Genim þysse wyrte . . fíf ðýfelas . . . Þus ðú hine meaht of þǽre untrumnesse unbindan, Lch. i. 98, 14-22

ysope

(n.)
Grammar
ysope, hysope, an; f.: ysopo, indeclinable, or ysopon in oblique cases.

Hyssop

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Hyssop Ðás wyrte sculon tó lungensealfe, bánwyrt, . . . isopo, saluie, Lchdm. iii. 16, 8. Ysopan sceaft fasciculum hyssopi, Ex. 12, 22. Fram ðam heágan cederbeáme tó ðære lytlan ysopan, Homl. Th. ii. 578, 5. Hysopan gelícne, Lchdm. i. 160, 12.

stíþness

(n.)
Grammar
stíþness, e; f.

Hardness, severity, force ⬩ violentia ⬩ duritia, ⬩ hardness, stiffness ⬩ hardness of heart ⬩ firmness, constancy ⬩ severity, strictness, hardness, rigour

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Gl. 435, 76: 516, 23: duritia, 482, 66. hardness, stiffness in a physical sense Gif hwylc stíðnes on líchoman becume, genim ðás wyrte . . . lege tó ðam sáre, Lchdm, i. 132, 16.

cliwen

(n.)
Grammar
cliwen, clywen, cleowen, cliowen, es; n. [cliwe = clywe]

A clew ⬩ a ball of thread, ball ⬩ glomus, globus

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Mintan wel getrifulade meng wið hunig, wyrc to lytlum cliwene mingle mint, well triturated, with honey, make it into a little ball, L. M. 1, 48; Lchdm. ii. 122, 11.

FÆST

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆST, adj.

FAST, fixed, firm, stiff; solid, constant, fortified ⬩ fixus, firmus, sŏlĭdus, constans, mūnītus

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Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on fæstum stówum this herb is produced on solid places, Herb. 20, 1; Lchdm. i. 114, 12: 45, 1; Lchdm. i. 148, 5. On fæstum landum on stiff lands, 36, 1; Lchdm. i. 134, 18.

ge-openian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-openian, -openigean; p. ode; pp. od, ad.

To open, manifest, shew, reveal ⬩ To open

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To open, manifest, shew, reveal He bæd him engla weard geopenigean uncúðe wyrd he prayed the guardian of angels to reveal to him the unknown fate, Elen. Kmbl. 2201; El. 1102.

Linked entry: openian

hálsung

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Mid þæs sácerdes hálsunge se deófol wyrð áflýmed fram þáre menniscan gesceafte, Wlfst. 33, 21. imprecation. Cf. hálsian ; 5, Bl. H. 99, 21 in Dict. divination. Cf. hálsian; Hálsung divinatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 56

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,

field ⬩ plain ⬩ land ⬩ country ⬩ place

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III. fig. of any surface Ic ( a cup for cupping) eom stíð and steáp wong, staþol wæs in þá wyrta wlitetorhtra, Exon. Th. 484, 4; Rä. 70, 2

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht [from comparison with other dialects the proper spelling would seem to be líht, but leóht (or leoht?), in West-Saxon at least, is the regular form]; adj.

Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy

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Leóhtre ic eom micle ðonne ðes lytla wyrm I am much lighter than this little worm, Exon. 111 b; Th. 426, 19; Rä. 41, 76. Líhtre tolerabilius, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 15.

tó-samne

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-samne, -somne; adv.

Together ⬩ in concert, ⬩ at the same time

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Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne, Beo. Th. 5129; B. 2568. Ða stánas bióþ earfoþe tó tódǽlenne and eác uneáþe tósomne cumaþ, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 25. Hié him geblendon tósomne drync unheórne, Andr. Kmbl. 66; An. 33: Exon.

Linked entry: tó-somne

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es; n.

Treasure ⬩ gold ⬩ silver ⬩ jewels ⬩ a dispenser ⬩ guardian of treasure ⬩ a prince

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Se wyrm ligeþ since (the hoard which it guarded) bereáfod, 5486; B. 2746. Cyning mec gyrweþ since and seolfre, Exon. Th. 401, 11; Rä. 21, 10. Seah on sync, on sylfor, on searogimmas, 478, 4; Ruin. 36.

frymþ

(n.)
Grammar
frymþ, frumþ, es; m: e; f. [frum original, first]

A beginning ⬩ foundation ⬩ origin ⬩ first-fruits ⬩ inĭtium ⬩ princĭpium ⬩ constĭtūtio ⬩ ŏrigo ⬩ prīmĭtiæ

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Sceal seó wyrd swá ðeáh forþsteallian, swá ic ðé æt frymþe gehét that event shall yet come to pass, as I promised thee at the beginning, Cd. 109; Th. 144, 16; Gen. 2390: 6; Th. 8, 30; Gen. 132: 174; Th. 218, 6; Dan. 35: Bt. Met.

GÁN

(v.)
Grammar
GÁN, to gánne; ic gá, ðú gǽst, he gǽþ; pl. gáþ; p. ic he eóde, ðú eódest; pl. eódon; imp. gá, pl. gáþ; pp. gán; v. n. [the conjugation is formed from two roots, the past tense being from root i; cf. Gothic iddja];

To go ⬩ come ⬩ walk ⬩ happen ⬩ īre ⬩ grădi ⬩ evĕnīre

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Gǽþ á wyrd swá hió sceal fate goes ever as it must, Beo. Th. 915; B. 455. Hí gáþ they go, Andr. Kmbl. 3328; An. 1667. Gif gé gáþ æfter fremdum godum if ye go after strange gods, Deut. 11, 28. He sǽde unc eall swá hit siððan á eóde [or a-eode?]

wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Wyrt oððe wád sandix (the passage to which this gloss belongs is Vergil Eclogae, iv. 45, quoted by Aldhelm), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 33. Wád sandix, i. 32, 6: 68, 70: 79, 42. Waad fucus, 32, 7. Dolhsealf. Genim wádes croppan, Lchdm. ii. 94, 11.

Linked entry: waad

strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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Hæfþ ðeós wyrt ealle heora strengða, 244, 1. of that which is hard to bear, strength, violence, severity, force Ðí laes seó strengð ðære wyrte ða góman bærne, Lchdm. i. 316, 20. Wið áttres strenðe (strengðe, MS.