hýrig-mann
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A person hired to work Ðá gewearþ ðam hláforde and ðam hýrigmannum wið ánum peninge an agreement to work for a penny was made between the lord and the workmen he had hired, Th. An. 73, 30
þǽr-riht
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Straight Þárrihtum strictis (but the passage glossed is strictis mucronibus; the glosser seems to have given two senses of the word, as he gives evaginatis besides the English word ), Hpt. Gl. 495, 50. v. next two words
bisceop-wyrt
BISHOP'S-WORT, bishop's weed, betony, vervain, marsh-mallow ⬩ ammi = άμμι [ammi majus, Lin.], betonica, verbena, hibiscum = ίβίσκos
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Genim bisceopwyrt ða súðernan take the southern bishop's-wort, L. M. 2, 54; Lchdm. ii. 274, 27. To monnes stæmne nim biscopwyrt for a man's voice take bishop's-wort, Lchdm. iii. 46, 26: Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 93; Wrt. Voc. 30, 43.
Linked entries: biscep-wyrt biscop-wyrt
reng-wyrm
A maw-worm, a worm in the intestines
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A maw-worm, a worm in the intestines Wið ðæt rængcwyrmas (rengc-, MS. B. ; rýnwyrmas with a gloss lumbrici, MS. H.) dergen ymb nafolan, Lchdm. i. 168, 9. Wið ðæt reng-wyrmas ymb ðone nafolan wexen, 218, 14
under-ginnan
To begin ⬩ attempt
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To begin, attempt Ic gedyrstlǽhte ðæt ic ðás gesetnysse undergann I ventured to attempt this work(the translation of a Latin work), Homl. Th. i. 2, 27.
Linked entry: under-beginnan
bearowe
in a wood
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in a wood, Menol. Fox. 496; Gn. C. 18
wiþer-cwedung
Gainsaying
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Gainsaying Word wyþercwedunga verba praecipitationis, Ps. Spl. 51, 4
Linked entry: cwedung
ge-nápan
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This word, as regards form and meaning, is uncertain
ge-rádnes
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The word is not found in the printed vocabularies
sweord-wegende
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The word glosses gladiantes
æsc-wert
Ash-wort ⬩ vervain ⬩ verbena
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Ash-wort, vervain; verbena,Mone C. 3; p. 442, 24
here-weorc
A warlike deed or work
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A warlike deed or work, Elen. Kmbl. 1308; El. 656
leóþ-word
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A word in a poem, Andr. Kmbl. 2975; An. 1490
sealf-lǽcung
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Voc. i. 20, 27. v. preceding word
Linked entry: lǽcung
tǽl-líc
Blasphemous
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Blasphemous Tǽllíce word blasphemiae, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 19, MS. A
wudu-gehæg
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For 'An enclosed wood' substitute: Woodland pasture. Cf. gehæg-holt
gúþ-weorc
A warlike work ⬩ deed
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A warlike work or deed, Andr. Kmbl. 2133; An. 1068
feld-wyrt
Field-wort ⬩ gentian ⬩ gentiāna
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Field-wort, gentian; gentiāna Feldwyrt gentiāna, Wrt. Voc. 68, 7. Herba gentiāna, ðæt ys feldwyrt the herb gentiāna, that is, field-wort, Herb. cont. 17, 1; Lchdm. i. 12, 16.
Linked entry: ferd-wyrt
ge-twinness
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Pairing, joining of two identical things, in grammar, repetition of a word Epizeuxis, on lýden super-conjunctio, on englisc getwynnys, þonne man cwyð twá gelíce word on ánum verse, swá swá ys þis consolamini, consolamini, Angl. viii. 331, 35
tál-líc
that conveys reproach, calumny, etc., calumnious, blasphemous ⬩ that deserves reproof, blameable, reprehensible
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Skt. i. 5, 281. v. tǽl-líc, and next word