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huntnaþ

(n.)
Grammar
huntnaþ, huntnoþ, es; m.

Hunting

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Ic wylle ðæt ǽlc man sý his huntnoþes wyrðe on wuda and on felda on his ágenan. And forgá ǽlc man mínne huntnoþ hwǽr ic hit gefriþod wille habban Of hunting.

Linked entry: huntaþ

þýfel

(n.)
Grammar
þýfel, es; m.

A bush ⬩ a thicket ⬩ a leafy plant

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Genim ðysse wyrte, ðe wé león fót nemdon, fíf ðýfelas bútan wyrttruman, Lchdm. i. 98, 16

un-sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sófte, adv.

not at ease ⬩ in discomfort ⬩ not gently ⬩ hardly ⬩ severely ⬩ hardly ⬩ with difficulty ⬩ with trouble

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Similar entries v. sófte, II Gif men férlíce wyrde unsófte, Rtl. 114, 24. not gently, hardly, severely Hwǽr mon unsófte getilaþ on forewearde ða ádle in case severe treatment is used in the early stages of the disease, Lchdm. ii. 260, 15.

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á-licgan

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Wyrþ oft gódes monnes lof álegen ( coarctabitur ). Bt. 18, 3; F. 64, 31

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ge-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, es; n.
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Ic bicge hýda and fell, and gearkie hig, and wyrce of him . . . brídelþwancgas and gerǽda (frenos et phaleras), Coll. M. 27, 35

áþ

Grammar
áþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Beó se cyng ǽlces þǽra wíta wyrðe (this comes at the end of a section dialing with oaths and ordeals), Ll. Th. i. 282, 16] :-- Hámsócn and forsteall, . . . áþ and ordél, fyrdwíte, Cht. Th. 433, 28: 433, 8: 20: 31

wemman

(v.)
Grammar
wemman, p. de.

to spot ⬩ mar ⬩ spoil ⬩ disfigure ⬩ to defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ profane

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Unwlitig swile and atelíc his eágan bregh wyrde and wemde tumor deformis palpebram oculi foedaverat Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 18. fig. Ic háliges láre wordum wemde (I have not given a good account of the saint) Andr. Kmbl. 2958; An. 1482.

wín-berige

(n.)
Grammar
wín-berige, -berie, -berge, an; f.

A grape

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Genim ðás ylcan wyrte mid wínberian (-berium, -bergan, v.ll.), Lchdm. i. 282, 9. Wínberigean uvas, Gen. 40, 9. Ic nam ða wínberian and wrang on ðæt fæt, 40, 11: Lchdm. iii. 114, 4. Wínberian (-bergean, v.l.) uvas, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 16

wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.

fight ⬩ battle ⬩ war ⬩ conflict ⬩ valour ⬩ troops

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Ne hé him ðæs wyrmes wíg for wiht dyde, eafoð and ellen, Beo. Th. 4685; B. 2348

self

Grammar
self, <b>A. I</b> δ.
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</b> add :-- Genim þás wyrte sylfe gecnucude (cf. genim þás ylcan wyrte swá wé ǽr cwǽdon gecnucude, 5), Lch. i. 322, 2. <b>C.</b> translating solus :-- Willa on him sylf oferprút ys uoluntas in eis sola superba est, Scint. 183, 11.

lesan

(v.)
Grammar
lesan, p. læs; pl. lǽson; pp. lesen

To lease ⬩ gather ⬩ collect

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Gif gé lesaþ wyrte on Sunnandæg if ye gather herbs on Sunday, Wulfst. 231, 18. Ic læs I collected, Elen. Kmbl. 2474; El. 1238.

æx

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Treów wyrðe scearpre æxe, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 16. Slóh hine án heora mid ánre æxe ýre, Chr. 1012; P. 142, 24. Mon ne gehiérde æhxe (æxe, Hatt. MS.) hlem, Past. 252, 17. Se ðunor hit ðrysceð mid ðǽre fýrenan æcxe, Salm. K. 148, 6.

drý

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Mon sægð ꝥ drýas tó heora cræftum þysse wyrte ( vervain ) brúcen, Lch. i. 170, 20. Drýra magorum, An. Ox. 4019. Hí befæston ꝥ wíf drýum (drým, v. l.) puellam maleficis tradiderunt, Gr. D. 73, 16

æg

Grammar
æg, l.
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Wyrta and ǽgra, Coll. M. 34, 27. and add

fremfull

beneficent ⬩ benignant ⬩ useful ⬩ beneficial ⬩ advantageous

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Hí syndon fremfulle ( benigni ) menn, Nar. 38, 22. of things, useful, beneficial advantageous Ðysse wyrte wós ys swýðe fremful, Lch. i. 152, 15. Se drænc is frymful tó begánne, iii. 60, 2.

wígbed-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-þegen, es; m.

A minister of the altar ⬩ an ecclesiastic who performs service at the altar

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Gif weófodþegen manslaga wyrðe, L. C. S. 41; Th. i. 400, 13. Gif man freóndleásne weófodþén mid tihtlan belecge, L. Eth. ix. 22; Th. i. 344, 22: L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 18: L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 398, 25. Weófodþéna mǽðe medemige man for Godes ege, L.

stycce

(n.)
Grammar
stycce, es; n.
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Cnuca án sticce ðære wyrt, Lchdm. iii. 4, 21. Swé swé stycce hláfes sic ut frusta panis, Ps. Surt. 147, 17. Sticcum frustris, partibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 39. On lytlum sticcum leóðworda dǽl reccan, Andr. Kmbl. 2974; An. 1490.

Linked entry: Sticce

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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wyrd) hit swá be þínum heáfde and fóre hafað árǽded vivus in patriam non reverteres, quum fata ita de tuo capite statuerunt, Nar. 29, 14. to read a riddle Ic árǽdde Antiochus rǽdels, Ap. Th. 24, 12 : 5, 2. Hé ꝥ sóð árǽdde, 4, 20.

geap

Grammar
geap, geáp, geápes.
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Sé þe gehealt þreágincga geáp ( astutus) hé wyrð, Scint. 114, l. Gép (astutus ) ealle déð mid geþeahte, 199, 10. Mann gép ( uersuttis ) bedíglað ingehýd, 94, 17. Án fox þe is geápest ealra deóra, Shrn. 14, 19.

seonu-wealt

(adj.)
Grammar
seonu-wealt, (sionu-, sinu-, sino-, sine-, sin-, syne-); adj.

That may be always rolled ⬩ round ⬩ round ⬩ circular ⬩ cylindrical ⬩ round ⬩ spherical ⬩ globular ⬩ of a building ⬩ having a concave roof or dome

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Wyrc hit sinewealt make it into a ball Lchdm. i. 72, 21. Sinwealte swammas volvi, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 28. Heó hafaþ berian synewealte, Lchdm. i. 276, 24