CREÓPAN
To CREEP ⬩ crawl ⬩ repere ⬩ serpere
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Mægen creópendra wyrma biþ on heora fótum the power of reptiles [lit. creeping worms] is in their feet. Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 44; Gen. 7, 21.
scill
a shell ⬩ shell-fish ⬩ the shell of an egg ⬩ a scale of a fish ⬩ serpent ⬩ a shell-shaped dish ⬩ shell
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Wyrme on scille, ii. 42, 16: 310, 6
GOD
God ⬩ the Deity ⬩ a god
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Ne wyrc ðú ðé gyldne godas oððe seolfrene make thou not to thyself golden or silver gods, L. Alf. 10; Th. i. 44, 21: Ex. 32, 31: 23, 32: Jn. Skt. 10, 34, 35. Ða hǽdenan noldon beón gehealdene on feáwum godum....
Linked entry: af-god
sidu
a custom ⬩ use ⬩ manner ⬩ habit ⬩ practice ⬩ a religious practice ⬩ a rite ⬩ good conduct ⬩ morality ⬩ modesty
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Se sido ðe sume men secgaþ ðæt [hé] sié méde wyrðe, sume men secgaþ ðæt hé sié wýtes wyrðe, 39, 9; Fox 226, 4. Hé dyde him ðæt ríceter tó sida (sioda, Cott.
and-lang
On length ⬩ ALONG ⬩ by the side of ⬩ in longum ⬩ per
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Ðæt wæter wyrþ to eá, ðonne andlang eá to sǽ the water runs to the river, then along the river to the sea, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 20. Andlang Mæse along the Mase, Chr. 882; Th. 150, 22, col. 2, 3. Andlang díces along the dike, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 442; A.
fætels
μαρσύπιoν
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Ic bicge hýda and fell, and wyrce of him pusan and fætelsas ĕgo ĕmo cŭtes et pelles et făcio ex iis pēras et marsūpia, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 1
foxes glófa
Foxglove ⬩ digĭtālis purpŭrea
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Foxglove; digĭtālis purpŭrea, Lin Wið óman genim ðysse wyrte leáf ðe man στρύχνος μανικός, and oðrum naman foxes glófa [MS. foxes clófa] nemneþ for inflammatory sores, take leaves of this wort, which is named sōlānum insānum or Sodŏmeum, and by another
hwǽten
Wheaten
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On hwǽtene wyrte in wheaten wort, L. M. 2, 57; Lchdm. ii. 268, 12. Nim hwǽten corn, L. M. 1, 75; Lchdm. ii. 150, 8. cxx hwǽtenra hláfa, Chart. Th. 460, 15
líðian
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Swá hwæt swá gé gebindaþ hér ofer eorþan eall hit wyrþ on heofenan mid Godes yrre gebunden bútan gé líðian whatsoever ye bind on earth shall all be bound in heaven with God's anger, unless ye be gracious, Wulfst. 178, 4.
Linked entry: líðan
be-teldan
To cover, cover over, surround, overwhelm ⬩ tegere, supertegere, circumdare, obruere
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To cover, cover over, surround, overwhelm; tegere, supertegere, circumdare, obruere He ðæt wælreáf wyrtum biteldeþ he covers the dead spoil with herbs, Exon. 59 b; Th. 217, 1; Ph. 273.
ge-scý
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Ic bicge hýda and fell . . . and wyrce of him gescý (calceamenta) mistlices cynnes, Coll. M. 27, 31. Giscóe, Lk. R. 10, 4. Gesceóe, Mt. L. 3, ii
nídþearf-ness
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Ox. 1987. add: where there is idea of want Hí wǽron gefédde mid þaes gecyndes neádþearfnysse (with what is needed by nature) . . . ꝥ is mid þám wyrtum þe on þám wéstene weóxon, Hml. S. 23 b, 130: 153.
wearmian
To get warm
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Wyrta wearmiaþ, Exon. Th. 212, 20; Ph. 213. Wearmode ł gehǽt Wæs ł áhátode heorte mín concaluit cor meum, Ps. Lamb. 38, 4. Hí (the clothes which he wore while standing in the river ) on his líchaman wearmodon, Homl. Th. ii. 354, 20.
GRÉNE
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Genim ðære ylcan wyrte leáf ðonne heó grénost beó take the leaves of the same plant when it is greenest, Herb. 1, 4; Lchdm. i. 72, 7
Linked entry: groene
þegen-riht
Thane-right, ⬩ the legal rights and privileges which attached to the rank of thane
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O. 12, 13; Th. i. 182, 14-19) Se mæssepreóst biþ þegenrihtes wyrðe, L. O. 12; Th. i. 182, 17: L. Eth. v. 21; Th. i. 306, 21: vi. 5; Th. i. 316, 14.
Linked entries: þegen-lagu þegen-wer
cancer
a cancer, an eating ⬩ spreading disease ⬩ cancer, morbus ⬩ a crab ⬩ cancer, animal
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a cancer, an eating or spreading disease; cancer, morbus Gif ðú wille cancer ablendan, genim ðonne fífleáfan ða wyrte: seóþ on wíne if thou desire to stop a cancer, then take the herb fiveleaf: boil it in wine, Herb. 3, 9; Lchdm. i. 88, 20.
Linked entry: cancer-hæbern
stów
A place ⬩ a place, spot, locality, site ⬩ a place on the body ⬩ a place which is built, a house or collection of houses, a habitation, dwelling ⬩ a place, position, station ⬩ a place in a series ⬩ place, room, stead ⬩ a place, passage in a book
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Wið wífa earfoðnyssum ðe on heora inwerdlícum stówum earfeþu þrowiaþ . . . wyrc tó sealfe, dó on wífa stówe, i. 338, 19-22.
weall
a wall that is made, ⬩ wall of a building, of a town, ⬩ side of a cave ⬩ a natural wall ⬩ a steep hill ⬩ a cliff.
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, wyrte séceþ, Exon. Th. 416, 27; Rä. 35, 5
Linked entries: æt-foran-weall wala weal weall-clif weall-steáp
for-beran
to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bear with ⬩ tolerate ⬩ to bear with ⬩ put up with ⬩ to do without ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ desist from ⬩ to abstain ⬩ to restrain
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Similar entries Cf. wyrt-forbor Gif mon sié wyrtum forboren . . . wiþ þon þe mon sié forboren . . . ne mæg [man] hine wyrtum forberan, Lch. ii. 114, 8-12. Gif hyt mid geswelle on forboren byð if the poison be kept in with, the swelling, i. 92, 8
Linked entries: fór-beran fóre-beran
CEÓWAN
To CHEW, gnaw, eat, consume ⬩ ruminare, manducare
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Ðec sculon mold-wyrmas monige ceówan many mould-warms shall consume [chew, eat] thee; Exon. 99a; Th. 371, 8; Seel. 72
Linked entry: cuwon