yfel-wyrcende
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Skt. i. 1, 48. of things, noxious, hurtful, mischievous Ðerh wyrto yfelwyrcendo per herbas malificas, Rtl. 103, 1
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.
geolstor
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Wyrms, geolstre uirus (atrum ueneni uirus infundentia), 4991. Lǽte flówan of þám nebbe þá gillistran, Lch. ii. 18, 17. Þá gilstre, iii. 2, 13. Swiling wið gillistrum tó heáfdes hǽlo, ii. 2, 3
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
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
strengðu
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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.
forod
Broken ⬩ fractured ⬩ violated ⬩ fractus ⬩ violātus
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Ðá wearþ hire mid ánum wyrpe án ribb forod then with one throw one of its ribs was broken, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 41. Gif se earm biþ forod if the arm be broken, L. Alf. pol. 54; Th. i. 94, 24, note 57.
Linked entries: forad fored forud un-forfeored
mageþe
maythe ⬩ chamomile ⬩ ox-eye
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Ðás wyrte ðe man camemelon, and óðrum naman mageþe nemneþ, Herb. 24; Lchdm. i. 120, 14. Wildre magþan wyrttruman ( matricaria chamomilla ) L. M. 2, 22; Lchdm. ii. 206, 15. Magoðe, L. M. 5, 64; Lchdm. ii. 140, 7.
mersc
A marsh
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Sumra wyrta eard biþ on merscum alias herbas ferunt paludes, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 23. On feldum and on mǽdum and on sealtum merscum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 350, 8. Mersc Romney Marsh, Chr. 796; Erl. 58, 11
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freót
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Gif þeów mon wyrce on Sunnandæg bútan his hláfordes hǽse, þolie his freótes, Ll. Th. i. 104, 6.
wealwian
To fade, wither ⬩ wallow = to fade away
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To fade, wither (Halliwell gives wallow = to fade away, as a Somerset word) Hæfð se Ælmihtiga ðæt gewrixle geset, ðe nú wunian sceal, wyrta grówan, leáf grénian, ðæt on hærfest eft hrést and wealuwaþ (cf. fealwaþ, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23), Met. 11, 58.
Linked entries: walwian wealowigan wealowigan
weg-bráde
Way-bread
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Ðú wegbráde, wyrta módor, Lchdm. iii. 32, 5. Wegbrǽdan seáw, i. 80, 12. Wegbrǽdan sǽd, 82, 6. Of ðære rúwan wegbrǽdan, ii. 106, 13. Genim ða rúwan wegbrǽdan nioþowearde, 292, 10. Ða sméþan weg*-*brǽdan, 350, 7
DOCCE
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DOCK, sorrel; lăpăthum = λάπαθoν, rumex Ðeós wyrt ðe man lăpăthum, and óðrum naman docce nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum stówum, and on ealdum myxenum this herb which is called lăpăthum, and by another name dock, is produced in sandy places, and on old
be-hátan
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Gelǽste man eall þæt man beháte on Godes ést tó dónne, Wlfst. 172, 13. to threaten Se abbot dyde heom yfele, and beheót heom wyrs, Chr. 1083 ; P. 214, 21. Hé heom behét ǽlcne hete, Hml. S. 23, 230.
cwic
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Ðeós wyrt is swylce heó symle cwicu (cwice, cuca, v. ll. ) sý, Lch. i. 270, 19. Hé wunade on þám wundum cucu, Hml. S. 2, 306. Hié wéndon ꝥ heora hláford wǽre on heora feónda gewealde oððe cuca oððe deád, Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, 29.
hweorfan
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. :-- Wand hé him úp þanon, hwearf him þurh þá helldora, Gen. 447. of the passage to the next world Gástas hweorfon, sóhtou swegles dreámas, An. 640. of the course of events, to proceed Gif seó wyrd swá hweorfan mót on yfelra manna gewill, Bt. 4; F.
wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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Wyrd bið wended hearde the course of fate is hard to turn, Salm. Kmbl. 871; Sal. 435. to turn round or over. Cf. wending, I Ðæt wérige mód wendaþ ða gyltas swíðe mid sorgum caeca scelerum mergit vertigine mentem Dóm. L. 244.
cymen
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Wyrc sealfe of cymene make a salve with cummin, 2, 22; Lchdm. ii. 206, 20. Genim cymen take cummin, Herb. 94, 2; Lchdm. i. 204, 16: 376, 5: L.
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swefan
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Se wyrm ligeþ, swefeþ sáre wund, 5485 ; B. 2746. Swefaþ ða ðe beadogríman býwan sceoldon, 4505 ; B. 2256. Hý deáðdrepe drihte swǽfon, synfullra sweót sáwlum lunnon, Cd. Th. 209, 7; Exod. 495. Hǽðene swǽfon, deáðwang ridon, Andr.
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Wóden
Woden
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Wyrm com snícan, tóslát hé man ; ðá genam Woden viiii. wuldortánas, slóh ðá ða næddran, ðæt heó on viiii tófleáh, Lchdm. iii. 34, 23. ¶ Woden is found in most of the genealogies of the old English royal families Ðæs (Wihta) fæder wæs Wóden nemned, of