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beó-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
beó-wyrt, e; f. [beó a bee, wyrt a plant]

BEE-WORT ⬩ balm mint ⬩ sweet flag ⬩ apiastrum ⬩ ⬩ acorus calamus

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in wort-beds, and in meads, Herb. 7, 1; Lchdm. i. 96, 21 : L.

Linked entry: bió-wyrt

full-fremedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
full-fremedlic, adj.
Entry preview:

H. 77, 19. v. next word

Linked entry: fremed-lic

be-hwylfan

Grammar
be-hwylfan, l. be-hwilfan,
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and substitute Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorðe his wuldres word wíddra and síddra þonne befæðman mæge . . . eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor heaven and earth cannot form a vault that shall cover his glory's word, too wide and too ample for the globe and

dyppan

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Genim þysse ylcan wyrte wós and dype ánne línenne cláð, Lch. i. 180, 2. Add

stán-scealu

(n.)
Grammar
stán-scealu, -scalu, e; f.
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Kmbl. iii. 378, 12. v. next word

turnigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
turnigend-líc, adj.
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Revolving Gif seó heofon turnigendlíc ( volubile ) is, Anglia vii. 12, 109 note. v. preceding word

cearm

(n.)
Grammar
cearm, es; m.
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Clamour, noise Se forhta cearm (cyrm, v. l. ) and þǽra folca wóp, Wlfst, 186, 18

dreórig-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
dreórig-lic, adj.
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Sad, mournful Dreórilic frecednys triste periculum, Germ. 402, 66. v. next word, and dreór-lic

for-weorpness

(n.)
Grammar
for-weorpness, e; f.
Entry preview:

L. 1, 17. v. preceding word

Linked entries: weorpness for-worpness

ge-styntan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-styntan, p, te
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ólehtan

(v.)
Grammar
ólehtan, ólectan
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ferd-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
ferd-wyrt, e; f. [ = feld-wyrt?]
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Field-wort? gentian? gentiāna? -Nim ferdwyrt take gentian(?), L, M. 1, 87; Lchdm, ii. 154, 15

mylen-steall

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-steall, es; m.

A mill

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Mylenstall, 169, 9. v. next word

pílere

(n.)
Grammar
pílere, es; m.
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Voc. i. 34, 52. v. next word

seoluc-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
seoluc-wyrm, es; m.
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A silk-worm Siolucwyrm bombix , Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 22. Seolcwyrm, i. 24, 6 : 40, 1

Linked entry: seolc-wyrm

sciccing

(n.)
Grammar
sciccing, a cloak, cape: — Scicing, scinccing, scicging
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Voc. i. 284, 64: ii. 13, 24. v. preceding word

síd-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
síd-wyrm, es ; m.
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A silk-worm Siolucwyrm oððe sídwyrm bombix, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 22. Sýdwyrm, i. 24, 6

Linked entry: síde

stihtend

(n.)
Grammar
stihtend, es ; m.
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Th. 267, 23 ; Jul. 419. v. next word

tán-hlytere

(n.)
Grammar
tán-hlytere, es; m.

One who divines by casting lots

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Voc. i. 57, 41. v. preceding word

Linked entries: hlítere hlytere

swígness

(n.)
Grammar
swígness, e; f.
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Voc. ii. 135, 14. and next word

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