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bán-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
bán-wyrt, e; f.

Bone-wort ⬩ a violet ⬩ the small knapweed ⬩ viola ⬩ centaurea minor

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Bone-wort, a violet, perhaps the small knapweed; viola, centaurea minor Bánwyrt hæbbe croppan bone-wort hath bunches of flowers, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 5. Bánwyrt centaurea minor, Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 85; Wrt. Voc. 32, 21.

healm

stubble ⬩ straw ⬩ a straw ⬩ stalk

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R. 3, 17. stubble as representing the arable land from which a crop has been gathered: Ciricsceat mon sceal ágifan tó ðám healme and tó ðám heorðe (according to the amount of cultivated arable land and to the kind of house.

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

for-ceorfan

to cut up ⬩ to cut off ⬩ to cut down

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Croppas forceorfende racemos succidens .i. praecidens, An. Ox. 2642. Hé ðone læppan forcorfenne hæfde, Past. 199, 17.

tilþ

(n.)
Grammar
tilþ, e; also tilþe, an; f.

labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is made ⬩ an employment ⬩ tillage ⬩ cultivation ⬩ work on land ⬩ gain from labour ⬩ produce of labour, ⬩ acquisition ⬩ crop ⬩ produce ⬩ fruit

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Gl. 452, 7. with reference to agriculture, crop, produce, fruit Þurh mycele rénas, ðe ealles geáres ne áblunnon, forneáh ǽlc tilð on mersclande forférde, Chr. 1098; Erl. 235, 12. Ðæt land mid ðære tilðe ðe ðár ðænne on sý,> Chart. Th. 329, 12.

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wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Genim wádes croppan, Lchdm. ii. 94, 11. Of wáde ł hǽwenre deáge (cf. wáde ex hyacinthoiacincto, Anglia xiii. 29, 52. Cf. O. H. Ger. wenín iacinctus), Hpt. Gl. 431, 26. Wið bryne, wád wyl on buteran, smire mid, Lchdm. ii. 132, 1, and see i.174, 1-5.

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sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sǽd, es; n.

seed, ⬩ seed, ⬩ the ripe fruit, ⬩ fruit, growth ⬩ sowing ⬩ seed, progeny, posterity

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Th. ii. 534, 26. the ripe fruit, that from which the seed is taken Hí heora sylfra sǽd sníþaþ they shall reap their crops, Ps. Th. 125, 5.

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spryttan

(v.)
Grammar
spryttan, p. te

To sprout ⬩ spring ⬩ germinate ⬩ To put forth a shoot ⬩ bring forth fruit ⬩ to incite

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[He is ase þe wiði þet sprutted ut þe bettere ꝥ me hine ofte croppeð A. R. 86, 15.] trans, To put forth a shoot, bring forth fruit Seó eorðe spryt hyre wæstmas eów, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 159. Ðes wíngeard sprytte Godes gecorenan, Homl.

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gaderian

(v.)

to join, unite ⬩ to bring together ⬩ to bring together ⬩ collect ⬩ accumulate, amass ⬩ to bring ⬩ garner ⬩ to gather ⬩ to gather ⬩ compile

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.), Bt. 7, 4; F. 22, 33. to gather fruit, crops, harvest, &c. (lit. and fig.) Se eorþlica anweald nǽfre ne sǽwþ þá cræftas, ac lisþ and gadraþ unþeáwas, Bt. 27, 1; F. 94, 25.

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each

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Heáfdehtes porres [croppan] syndrigne sele þicgan, 230, 11. Nim syndrig sealt oððe wið weaxhláfsealfe gemeng, 246, 9. Áwyl ða wyrte and syndrigea betonican, neftan, etc., 76, 18. standing apart, not accessible(?)

ge-þeón

(v.)
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Cf. 1 a Of ðám mynstre geðugon æðele biscopas þurh Martines láre gehwilcum leódum there was an ample crop of noble bishops from the monastery through Martin's teaching for every people, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 24

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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Th. i. 494, 4. to gather fruit, crops, &amp;c. Gegeadredon ꝥ unwæstm colligentes zizania, Mt. L. 13, 29. Sint gegaderade collecta sunt (foena ), Kent. Gl. 1040. <b>IV a.

níwe

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</b> of articles of food or drink, freshly made, produced, or grown, belonging to the fresh crop or growth :-- Mid neówum ele gemencged, Lch. i. 350, 2. Gé etað ealde mettas oð eów níwe cumon, Lev. 26, 10. <b>VI b.

ge-hwilc

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Gif mínra geréfena hwylc (gehwylce, v. l. ) þis dón nylle, 212, 27. as adjective Þonne ꝥ mód byð tódǽled tó manegum þingum, þonne byð hit þe lǽsse tó gehwilc-um ánum synderlicum þinge: and swá mycele swýðor hit byð under-cropen on gehwilcum ánum þinge