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sund-deáw

(n.)
Grammar
sund-deáw, (?), a plant name, rosemary:?-Sundeáw (=sund-deáw? v. sund, II.) rosmarinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 77.
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Sundew remains as a name for drosera rotundifolia, v. E. D. S. Pub., Plant Names

Linked entry: sunn-deáw

un-deáw

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deáw, adj.

Without dew

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Without dew Gewyrc ða wyrt on morgenne ðonne hió gedeáw sié, sume beóð undeáwe, Lchdm. ii. 92, 15

deád-bǽre

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
deád-bǽre, -bǽrness.

Similar entry: deáþ-bǽre

deád-boren

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Add: still-born Gyf deádboren cyld sý on wífes innoðe, Lch. i. 206, 6

deád-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
deád-hrægel, es; n.
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A garment of a dead person Deádraegelum palearibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 12

Linked entry: deád-rægl

deád-licnys

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Add: mortal state, this life Hopa deádlícnysse þyssere . . . hopa éce spes mortalitatis hujus . . . spes aeterna, Scint. 219, 15

deád-rægl

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deáw-wyrm

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fisc-deág

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-deág, fisc-deáh, e; f.
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Purple dye obtained from a shell-fish Fiscdeáh, weolces conquilii, An. Ox. 5193

Linked entry: deág

healf-deád

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-deád, adj.

Half dead, palsied on one side

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Half dead, palsied on one side Wið ðære healf-deádan ádle for the half-dead disease [hemiplegia] L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 280, 1: L. M. 1, 79; Lchdm. ii. 152, 2

ge-deáw

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-deáw, adj.

Bedewed, wet with dew

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Bedewed, wet with dew On morgenne þonne sió wyrt gedeáw sié, Lch. ii. 92, 15. Wildre rúdan gedeáwre, 26, 10

bon-gár

(n.)
Grammar
bon-gár, es; m. [bana, ban a killer, death? gár a spear]

A death-spear ⬩ letifera hasta

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A death-spear; letifera hasta, Beo. Th. 4066; B. 2031

Linked entry: ban-gár

cwelm-bǽrnys

(n.)
Grammar
cwelm-bǽrnys, cwelm-bǽr-nyss,e; f. [cwealm, cwelm death, destruction]

Destruction, ruin, deadliness, mortality ⬩ pernicies, mortalitas

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Destruction, ruin, deadliness, mortality; pernicies, mortalitas Cwelm-bǽrnyss pernicies, Ælfc. Gr. 12 ; Som. 15, 52. Þurh myrran is gehíwod cwelmbǽrnys úres flǽsces by myrrh is typified the mortality of our flesh, Homl. Th. i. 118, 3

Linked entry: cwealm-bǽrnes

cwelman

(v.)
Grammar
cwelman, cwylman, cwilman; part. -ende; p. de; pp. ed [cwealm, cwelm death, destruction, torment]

To torture, torment, destroy, kill ⬩ trucidare, cruciare

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To torture, torment, destroy, kill; trucidare, cruciare Cwelmende fýr destroying fires, Exon. 22a ; Th. 59, 28; Cri. 959. He wæs ðæt folc cwilmende he tortured the people, Ors. 1, 12 ; Bos. 36, 25. He eorþ-cyningas yrmde and cwelmde he oppressed and

swylt-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
swylt-cwalu, e; f.

Death-pang, death, ⬩ of the death of the body ⬩ of the death of the soul

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Death-pang, death, of the death of the body Ðæs gástes síð æfter swyltcwale, Andr. Kmbl. 311; An. 156. of the death of the soul Gif seó sáwl sceal mid deóflum drohtnoð habban . . . on swyltcwale and in sárum sorgum, Wulfst. 188, 4

deáþsynnig-ness

(n.)
Grammar
deáþsynnig-ness, e; f.
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Guiltiness of death Deáðsynnignise ł [deáþ-?] scyldignise reatum, Rtl. 42, 33

Linked entry: deáþscyldig-ness

beadu-cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
beadu-cwealm, es; m.

A war-death ⬩ violent death ⬩ nex

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A war-death, violent death; nex Ðǽr he sáwulgedál beaducwealm gebád there he awaited the separation of the soul, a war-death, Andr. Kmbl. 3400; An. 1704

ealdor-leg

(n.; part.)
Grammar
ealdor-leg, aldor-leg, -læg, es; n. [ealdor, læg p. of licgan]

Life-law, fate, death ⬩ fātum, mors

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Life-law, fate, death;fātum, mors Æfter ealdorlege after death, Exon. 51 a; Th. 177, 29; Gú. 1234

Linked entry: aldor-leg

un-geweaxen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geweaxen, adj.

Ungrown ⬩ not grown up

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Ungrown, not grown up Ungeweaxenra deáþ acerva mors (i.e. the death of the young), Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 31

swylt-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
swylt-dæg, es; m.

Death-day, day of death

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Death-day, day of death Ǽr his swyltdæge, Cd. Th. 74. 12; Gen. 1221: Beo. Th. 5588; B. 2798