hearde
firmly ⬩ tightly
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Wyrd bið wended hearde . . . and hwæðre him mæg wíssefa wyrda gehwylce gemetigian, Sal. 435.
BÚGAN
To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, flee ⬩ se flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere
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Ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic his sceóna þwanga búgende uncnytte, Mk. Bos. l, 7; I knelinge am not worthi for to undo the thwong of his schoon, Wyc.
ge-brǽdan
To roast ⬩ broil ⬩ torrēre ⬩ assāre
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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
Not dangerous ⬩ without 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.
blówan
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Blówendum frondente, 151, 10. of vegetation Þa wyrte man nimeð þonne heó bléþ (bléwð,v.l.) swiðust, Lch. i. 160, 14. ꝥ Þeáh Maius wynsumlíce blówe, Angl. viii. 311, 1. Treówa hé déð blówan and eft áseárian, Wlfst. 196, 1.
ǽniht
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Wyrca ǽnight facere quicquam, 5, 30: 9, 33: Lk. L. 20, 40. as adjective Næfdes ðú mæht wið mec ǽneht ullam Jn. L. 19, 11. as adverb Ne forstondes ǽniht wífigæ non expedit nubere, Mt. L. 19, 10: Mk. L. 5, 26: Jn. L. 6, 63
grimlíc
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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.
ýce
A (poisonous) frog
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Ðære wyrte wyrttruma on wætere geðyged wiðrǽð íceom and næddrum, i. 144, 15. Ýcan ł froggan ranas, Ps. Lamb. 104, 30. Yce parruca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 69, seems to be for hyce; v. hicae paruca, 116, 50
yfel-wyrcende
evil-doing, wicked ⬩ noxious, hurtful, mischievous
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Skt. i. 1, 48. of things, noxious, hurtful, mischievous Ðerh wyrto yfelwyrcendo per herbas malificas, Rtl. 103, 1
bearo
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Be þysse wyrte ys sǽd ꝥ heó of dracan blóde ácenned beón sceolde on ufeweardum muntum on þiccon bearwum, Lch. i. 322, 25. Ðú ádydes ðá bearwas, Past. 355, 5: Nar. 12, 18: 26, 24. Add
weód
A useless or injurious plant, ⬩ a weed
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Mótan ealle weóda nú wyrtum áspringan Lchdm. iii. 36, 26. Swá hwá swá wille sáwan westmbǽre land, átió ǽrest of ealle ða weód ðe hé gesió, ðæt ðám æcerum derigen Bt. 23; Fox 78, 23 : Met. 12, 4, 28
ge-néþan
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Add: where something perilous or of doubtful issue is undertaken. to venture to go Se wyrm genéðeð tó, Seel. 119. Hé genéðde ofer þone munt, Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 188, 3. Thomas þríste genéðde on Indéa óðre dǽlas, Ap. 50. (1 a) with dat.
ge-wiht
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Add: measurement by weighing Ealra þyssa wyrta gelíce fela be gewihte.
un-geþyld
Impatience
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Gif hé wyrþ on ungeþylde cum dederit, impatientiae manus, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 33. Ðætte ðæt mód ne berǽse on ungeðyld ne ad impatientiam spiritus erumpant, Past. 43; Swt. 313, 21. Þurh ungeþyld per intolerantiam, Scint. 150, 1
wringan
To wring ⬩ to twist ⬩ to squeeze out
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Genim ðære ylcan wyrte leáf, ðonne heó grénost beó, wyl on wætere, and wring ðæt wós, Lchdm. i. 72, 7. Wring ðæt seáw, ii. 110, 26: 240, 8. Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter. Bt. 5,2; Fox 10, 31. Tó wringen[n]e ad exprimendos, Hpt. Gl. 468, 32.
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be-gyrdan
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Add: in reference to apparel, to gird Gif hwylc man hyne begyrdeþ mid þysse wyrte, Lch. i. 198, 5. Begyrd þé and sceó þé. Hml. Th. ii. 382, 9. Hý gewǽdode and begyrde resten, R. Ben. 47, 10. Mid begyrdum lendenum, Hml.
ele-fæt
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Genim þysse wyrte sǽdes án elefæt ful and twégen bollan fulle wæteres, Lch. i. 300, 2. Áfyll ðín elefæt ( imple cornu tuum oleo, 1 Sam. 16, 1), Hml. Th. ii. 64, 6.
for-bærnan
burn ⬩ scald
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Ox. 4120. to injure by heat, burn, scald Gif hwá forbærned sý, genim þás wyrte . . . lege tó þám bærnette, Lch. i. 216, 10. Wiþ bryne. Gif mon sié mid fýre áne forbærned. . . . Gif mon sié mid wǽtan forbærned, ii. 324, 12-14
ge-hón
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Substitute: <b>ge-hón</b> to hang (trans. ). to fasten to an object above Genim þás wyrte, and gehóh hý tó ðǽre hýfe, Lch. i. 98, i. to fasten to a cross, crucify Gehéngon hine crucifixerunt eum Mt.
meolc
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Past. 459, 18. a milk-like juice or sap Genim þisse ylcan wyrte meolc (meoluc, v. l. ), Lch. i. 224, 6