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blǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
blǽdre, blǽddre, an; f.

That which is blown outan inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustulepustula, papulathe BLADDER, receptacle for the urinevesica

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Gif weaxan stánas on ðære blǽdran if stones grow in the bladder, L. M. 3, 20; Lchdm. ii. 320, 6. Genim eoferes blǽdran take a boar's bladder, Med. ex Quadr, 8, 11; Lchdm. i. 360, 5. Blǽddre vesica, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 74; Wrt. Voc. 44, 56.

Linked entry: blǽddre

be-tweonum

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweonum, be-tweonan, be-twinum, be-twinan, be-twynan, bi-tweon, bi-tweonum; prep. I. dat. II. acc. [be, bi by, with, tweo two; dat. tweonum, twinum, tweon, twin, twyn]

BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Ne sceólon unc betweonan teónan weaxan injury shall not wax between us two, Cd, 91; Th, 114, 10; Gen. 1902. Hluton hell-cræftum, hǽðengildum teledon betwinum they cast lots, counted, with hellish arts, amid heathen gods, Andr. Kmbl. 2207; An. 1105.

hwǽte

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Voc. ii. 22, 5. as a plant growing Átió hé ǽrest of þám lande þá þornas, ... ꝥ se hwǽte mæge ðý bet weaxan liberat arva prius fruticibus, ... ut nova fruge gravis Ceres eat, Bt. 23; F. 78, 23.

late

(adv.)
Grammar
late, adv.

Slowlylateat length at last

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Ðæt hit hraþost weaxan mæg, and latost wealowigan, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 22. Sý ágifen be emnihte oððe latest be ealra hálgena mæssan let it be paid by the equinox, or at latest by All-Hallows' Mass, Wulfst. 208, 5

locc

(n.)
Grammar
locc, es; m.

a haira curlringlet

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Hí ne scoldon hira loccas lǽtan weaxan non comam nutrient, Past. 18, 7; Swt.139, 13. Teóh him ða loccas and wringe ða eáran and ðone wangbeard twiccige, L. M. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. Hé hæfde crispe loccas capillis crispis, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 30.

Linked entry: loca

dolh-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-sealf, dolg-sealf,e ; f. [sealf a salve, poultice]

A wound-salve, poultice for a woundvulnĕrārium emplastrum

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Grundeswelge ða ðe weaxaþ on worþigum biþ gód to dolhsealfe the groundsel which grows in highways is good for a wound-salve, 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 92, 27.

Linked entry: dolg-sealf

ge-frédan

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gravius scissuram sentiat, si hanc immoderatius ligamenta constringant, Past. 123, 19. with acc. and complement, io feel a thing so and so Hé hine selfne untrumran gefréd on his lícho-man, Past. 407, 25. with clause: — Þǽr þǽr hit gefrét ꝥ hit hraþost weaxan

FELD

(n.)
Grammar
FELD, feald; gen. es; dat. a, e; m. A

FIELDpastureplainan open countrycampuscampestria

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Weaxaþ hraðe feldes blóstman the flowers of the field quickly grow, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 19; Met. 6, 10. On felda ðam ðe deórmóde Díran héton in the field which the brave men call Dura, Cd. 180; Th. 226, 13; Dan. 170: Byrht. Th. 138, 56; By. 241.

Linked entries: feald feld-denu

un-lybba

(n.)
Grammar
un-lybba, (and un-lybbe, an; f., or un-lybb; dat. -lybbe ; n.?), an; m.

poisonpoison used for purposes of witchcraftwitchcraftsorcery

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Unþeáwas weaxaþ on yfel, swa swa átres unlibba on men; swá hé leng ðæs áttres þigene bedíhlaþ, swá wyrð his untrumnes máre, R. Ben. 135, 16. Unlybbe delatera (deletera?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 138. 55.

Linked entry: ge-unlybba

(adv.)
Grammar
má, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Moreratherfurther

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Weaxan á má and má, Past. 37, 1; Swt. 263, 18. Se wela ðe [hí] him dæghwamlíce gesamnodan má and má, Blickl. Homl. 99, 29

hraþe

(adv.)
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Weaxaþ swíþe hraþe feldes blósman, Bt. 9; F. 26, 18. Hraður þonne ic mæge án word gecweþan dicto citius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 2.

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

woodthe substance of growing treesa tree(hewh) woodthe material obtained from treeswood which forms somethingsomething made of woodwoodwoodthe woodwoodsa woodwild

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(cum herbas atque arbores intuearis), wile weaxan on ðærn lande sélost, ðe him betst geríst. . . . Sumra wyrta oððe sumes wuda eard biþ on dúnum. . . .

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

ge-wunelic

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þæs wætersciepes scorpiones consuetam petentes aquationem, Nar. 13, 11. to which one is accustomed. habitually used, wonted Hié þá gewunelican fixas úp tugon and þá tǽron solitos pisces consumabant, Nar. 16, 19. adapted to Ǽlc wyrt and ǽlc wudu wile weaxan

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Ðonne weaxaþ ða ofermétta (cf. ðonan mǽst cymeþ yfla oferméta,) (Met. 25, 44), 37, 1; Fox 186, 19. Mid his ágnum wordum ðone swiran gebiége his ágenra ofermétta suo judicio superbiae cervicem calcat Past. 26, 3; Swt. 185, 15.

eft

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., ne eft hí ne scoldon hira loccas lǽtan weaxan, Past. 139, 13. Sé ðe ágiémeleásað ðá giémene . . ., oððe eft folgað ðǽre giémenne, 87, 11: 321, 16. Gehiéren hwæt áwriten is . . . and eft gehiérað ðone cwide, 323, 10: Met. 7, 27: 11, 26.

un-geþwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrness, e; f.

discorddissensiondisagreementdivisionquarreltroubledisquiet

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Ðonne weaxaþ ða ofermétta and ungeþwǽrnes (cf. þonan mǽst cymeþ ... unnetta saca, Met. 25, 44), Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 220, 32. Ungeðuǽrnis vecordia, Rtl. 163, 1. Ungehwǽrnys ( = -þwǽrnys) simultas, Hpt. Gl. 495, 59: 522, 16.

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes

wín-geard

(n.)
Grammar
wín-geard, -eard, es; m.

a vineyarda place where vines growthe vines growing in such a placevineaa place where other plants than vines grow a vinevitisvinea

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Ðe má ðe gimmas weaxaþ on wíngeardum nec vite gemmas carpitis, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 11: Met. 19, 9

æþelo

(n.)
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Add: f. and in pl. n. nature, in respect to other than rational beings Nim swá wuda swá wyrt of þǽre stówe þe his eard and æþelo biþ on tó weaxanne, and sette on uncynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr náuht, Bt. 34, 10; F. 148, 26.

wanian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
wanian, p. ode. I. trans.
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Dæghwomlíce wé sceolon úre synna wanian ; for ðan ðe hí beóð gegad*-*erode tó micelre hýpan, gif wé hí weaxan lǽtaþ, ii. 466, 6.

Linked entry: a-wanian

brúcan

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Him weaxað untrumnyssa, þæt hé ne mæg ǽtes oððe wǽtes brúcan, Hml. Th. i. 66, 9. Brúcan his estmettas, 330, 15.