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ECED

(n.)
Grammar
ECED, æced, æcced, es; n. m.

ACID, vinegar acētum

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Wyl niðewearde netelan on ecede, dó oxan geallan on ðæt eced boil the netherward [part] of nettle in vinegar, add ox gall to the vinegar, L. M. 3, 7; Lchdm. ii. 312, 8, 9. Lege hit in ðone eced lay it in the vinegar, Lchdm. iii. 18, 2

Linked entries: æcced æced

and-weard

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Add: -wurd, -wyrd. local Hé is ǽghwǽr andweard . . . hé is on ǽlcere stówe, Hml. Th. i. 158, 4. Ic wæs and*-*weard sumum bréðer, Gr. D. 267, 24. Him biþ beforan andweard engla cynn, Bl. H. 83, 11.

un-fortreden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fortreden, adj.

Not destroyed by treading

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Not destroyed by treading Unfortreden wyrt appoligonius ( = polygonum ), Lchdm. iii. 299, col. 2

Linked entry: for-tredan

wæstm-bǽre

Grammar
wæstm-bǽre, (I)
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Eard wýnes wæstmbǽre regio uinifera, Chrd. 15, 14

teart-numol

(adj.)
Grammar
teart-numol, adj.

Efficacious

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Efficacious Ðeós wyrt is swýþe scearpnumul (teart-, MS. B.) wið ðæt áttor, Lchdm. i. 152, 3

weall-clif

(n.)
Grammar
weall-clif, es; n.
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A steep cliff Hí scufon wyrm ofer weallclif, léton wǽg niman, Beo. Th. 6255; B. 3132

mór-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
mór-wyrt, e; f.

Moor-wort

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Moor-wort Wyrc hié (a salve) of ðære smalan mórwyrte (drosera rotundifolia, Cockayne), Lchdm. ii. 128, 8

posling

(n.)
Grammar
posling, es ; m.
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A pill Wyrc lytle poslingas feówer make four little pills, Lchdm. i. 76, 23. v. preceding word

weorold-bliss

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-bliss, e; f.
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Worldly bliss, earthly joy Hé his líchoman wynna forwyrnde and woruldblissa, Exon. Th. 111, 32 ; Gú. 135

cliþ-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
cliþ-wyrt, e; f.
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Clivers; rubea minor Genim ðá smalan cliðwyrt, Lch. iii. 50, 8. v. clif-wyrt, and preceding word

fealdan

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Þonne þu fyldstól fyalden wylt, Tech. ii. 122, 22. Fealdendum volventibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 42. Add:

ge-staþolfæstnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-staþolfæstnian, <b>; I.</b>
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Þone þreán þe hé wyle gestaþolfæstnian hé hogie quem castigare uult solidare studeat, Chrd. 123, 5. Add

scearp-numol

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp-numol, adj.
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Efficacious Ðeós wyrt ys swýðe scearpnumul (-el, MS. B.) níwe wunda and wíde tó gehǽlenne, swá ðæt ða wunda hrædlíce tógædere gáþ, Lchdm. i. 134, 10. Ðeós wyrt is swíðe scearpnumul wið ðæt áttor, 152, 3.

Linked entry: teart-numol

lafian

(v.)
Grammar
lafian, p. ode

To lavebathepour water on

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To lave, bathe, pour water on Nim ðone wǽtan and wyrm and lafa ðín heáfod mid take the liquor and warm it and lave thy head with it, Lchdm. iii. 48, 7.

peonia

(n.)
Grammar
peonia, an; m. (?)
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man peonian nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 168, 14

hræfnes leác

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man satyrion and óðrum naman hræfnes leác nemneð, Lch. i. 108, 16. Add

þweores

Grammar
þweores, <b>.
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</b> add Hé bið geháten ðæs deófles bearn þe wyle ǽfre ðwyres, Hex. 44, 14

cærsiht

(adj.)
Grammar
cærsiht, adj.
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Cressy, having much cress In cærsihtan wyll, C. D. iii. 121, 18. v. next word

for-hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hǽtan, p. te

overheat

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To make too hot, overheat Se mon wyrð tó swíþe forhǽt, Lch. ii. 244, 8

Linked entry: hǽtan

scyld-frecu

(n.)
Grammar
scyld-frecu, e;
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f Guilty greed Mé ( Eve ) scyhte tó scyldfrece fáh wyrm þurh fægir word, Cd. Th. 55, 23; Gen. 898

Linked entry: frecu