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wearg-brǽde

(n.)
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wearg-brǽde, (wearge- [wearg-ge- (?)], wearh-), an; f.

Some form of disease;impetigo, ulcus, carcinoma

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Wið ðæt wearhbrǽde ( the Latin has carcinomata) hwam on nosa wexe, 116, 11. Gif nægl sié of handa and wiþ wearhbrǽdan ( probably πτερύγιον, Cockayne), nim hwǽtecorn, meng wið hunig, lege on þone finger, ii. 80, 20, 24

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freónd-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-rǽden, -rǽdden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

A friend-conditionfriendshipamīcĭtia

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B.] habban if a man will have full friendship, L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 176, 2. God gefégþ mid freóndrǽdenne folc togædere God joins people together with friendship, Bt. 21; Fox 74. 37

deófol-seócnes

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Wið gewitleáste, ꝥ is wið deófulseócnysse, genim of þám líchoman þysse ylcan wyrte mandragore, Lch. i. 248, 3. Add

ge-wealden

(v.; part.)
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ge-wealden, part.

Subjectunder the powercontrol of any oneinconsiderablesmall

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Hond biþ gelǽred wís and gewealden the hand is instructed, wise and under control, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 4; Cra. 46; 91 a; Th. 341, 7; Gn. Ex. 122.

ceorlian

(v.)
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Nán wer ne wífað, ne wíf ne ceorlað, Hml. Th. i. 238, 1. Gif wíf þriwa ceorlað, Ll. Th. ii. 232, 4. Hit riht nis þæt wíf ceorlige oftur þonne ǽne. Wlfst. 305, 2. Heó hraðor wolde sweltan þonne ceorlian, Hml. S. 7, 303. Add

eln-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
eln-gemet, es; n.

An ell-measure, the length of an ell, two feet? cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra

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cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra Ðæt fær gewyrc fíftiges wíd, þrittiges heáh, þreó hund lang elngemeta make the vessel fifty wide, thirty high, three hundred long, of ell measures, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 10; Gen. 1309. and III

scearp-numol

(adj.)
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scearp-numol, adj.

Efficacious

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B.) níwe wunda and wíde tó gehǽlenne, swá ðæt ða wunda hrædlíce tógædere gáþ, Lchdm. i. 134, 10. Ðeós wyrt is swíðe scearpnumul wið ðæt áttor, 152, 3. Swá se lǽcedóm yldra byþ, swá héscearpnumulra and hálwendra byþ, 242, 5

Linked entry: teart-numol

lencten-ádl

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Add: dysentery Hara bið gód wið lengtenádle ( contra dysenteriam ), Ll. Th. ii. 162, 23. Wið lenctenádle, ꝥ is fefer, Lch. ii. 12, 28

þistel-geblǽd

(n.)
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a blister caused by the prick of a thistle Wið þorn-geblǽd, wið þys[tel]geblǽd, Lchdm. iii. 36, 22

un-nytlícness

(n.)
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un-nytlícness, e; f.

Uselessnessunserviceableness

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Uselessness, unserviceableness Wið ðæra eárena unnytlícnysse, and wið ðæt man wel gehýran ne mæge, Lchdm. i. 212, 3: 214, 20

ge-bræceo

(v.)
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Wiþ gebrǽceo (-brǽce, v. l. ) and wiþ nyrwyt, Lch. i. 48, II, 7. Wið gebrǽceo, 236, 24, 15. Heó gebrǽceo út átýhð, 12

freóndlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
freóndlíce, adv.

like a friendkindlyămīcebenigne

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like a friend, kindly; ămīce, benigne We ðe freóndlíce wíc getǽhton we kindly assigned to thee a dwelling-place, Cd. 127; Th. 162, 25; Gen. 2686: 76; Th. 95, 16; Gen. 1579: Past. pref; Hat. MS. Freóndlícor more kindly, Beo. Th. 2058; B. 1027

ge-mædla

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mædla, an; m.

Talk

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Talk Wiþ wíf-gemædlan geberge on neaht nestig rædices moran ðý dæge ne mæg ðé se gemædla sceððan against a woman's chatter; taste at night fasting a root of radish, that day the chatter cannot harm thee, L. M. 3, 57; Lchdm. ii. 342, 11

fór-standan

(v.)
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fór-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen

To stand before or againstwithstandopposehinderresistĕreimpĕdīre

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To stand before or against, withstand, oppose, hinder; resistĕre, impĕdīre Ne meahte seó weáláf wíge fórstandan the miserable remnant could not withstand in battle, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 44; Met. 1, 22.

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ge-wun

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Ðeós wyrt is tó þám herigindlic ꝥ hý man wið gewune drenceas gemencgeað, Lch. i. 172, 6

scorfed

(adj.)
Grammar
scorfed, sceorfed, scurfed ; adj.
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Rough, scabbed Wið scurfedum nægle (unguium scabritiem ); nim gecyrnadne sticcan, sete on ðone nægl wið ða wearta. Lchdm. ii. 150, 4

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múþ-sár

(n.)
Grammar
múþ-sár, es; n.
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A pain of the mouth Haran geallan mæg wið pipor gemenged wið múðsáre ( contra dolorem oris ), Ll. Th. ii. 162, 25

byrele

(n.)
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byrele, es; m.
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Gif wið eorles birele man geligeð . . . wið ceorles birelan, Ll. Th. i. 6, 11, 13. Hét hé þone byrle beódon Martine ǽrest, Hml. S. 31, 632. Ðǽm birilum ministris; the servants who bore the wine, Jn. L. 2, 5

mid-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ness, e; f.

Middlemidst

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Middle, midst In midnesse ðæs mynstres ... wit wǽron on midnesse miccles eges; ðá genámon wit on midnysse ðæs eówdes twegen buccan, Shrn. 41, 20-27

ge-eácnung

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Wíf seó þe tó ǽwyrpe gedó hire geeácnunga on hyre hryfe mulier quae utero conceptum excusserit, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 15. parturition, birth Swilc gedafenað geeácnung talis decet partus Deum, Hy. S. 43, 32. Wiðwíf hrædlíce cenne . . .