flicerian
To move the wings ⬩ flutter ⬩ FLICKER ⬩ mōtāre ālas ⬩ vŏlĭtāre
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Án blac þrostle flicorode ymbe his neb a black thrush flickered about his face, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 22
ceaster-æsc
Black hellebore ⬩ helleborus niger
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Black hellebore; helleborus niger Wyrc gódne drenc ceasteræsces make a good drink of black hellebore, L. M. 3, 30;Lchdm. ii. 324, 20; Nim ceasteræsc take black hellebore, Lchdm. iii. 28, 20: 30, 14: 56, 15
Linked entry: æsc
fúl-beám
The black alder ⬩ alnus nigra ⬩ rhamnus frangŭla
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The black alder; alnus nigra, rhamnus frangŭla Wyl on wætere fúlan beámes rinde boil in water black alder rind, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 12
ceaster-wyrt
Black hellebore ⬩ helleborus niger
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Black hellebore; helleborus niger, Lchdm. ii. 375, 24
col-sweart
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Coal-black Hwílum hé bið collsweart, Nap. 13
Linked entry: sweart
hamer-wyrt
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Black hellebore, Lchdm. iii. 330, col. 1: ii. 390, col. 1
lǽlian
livescere
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to become black and blue; livescere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50 41
blæcce
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Black matter Speccan blæccan gefýlede scoriae atramento foedatos, An. Ox. 652
wann-hǽwe
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Dark-blue, blue-black Ða wonhǽwan cerula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 66
wann-feax
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Dark-haired, with raven-black tresses Wonfeax wale, Exon. Th. 393, 30; Rä. 13, 8
Linked entry: wan-feax
blíð-heort
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BLITHE of HEART, merry, joyful; lætus corde, hilaris Hrefn blaca, blíðheort, bodode cuman beorhte sunnan the black raven, blithe of heart [merry], foretold, the coming of the bright sun, Beo. Th. 3608; B. 1802: Andr. Kmbl. 2526; An. 1264.
reód
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Hié wǽron sume reóde sume blace sume hwíte quaedam rubentibus scamis erant quaedam nigri et candidi coloris, Nar. 13, 17
sweartness
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Gl. 514, 50. a black material Sweartnesse atramentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 72: 5, 31
BLÁWAN
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To BLOW, breathe; flare, sufflare. v. intrans Ge geseóþ súþan bláwan ye see the south [wind] blow, Lk. Bos. 12, 55. Ic bláwe flo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 41. Wind wráðe bláweþ the wind fiercely blows, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 104; Met. 7, 52: Ps. Th. 147, 7. Blǽwþ
Linked entry: bláwung
sin-niht
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Þǽr eów is hám sceapen, sweart sinnehte there is a home assigned you, black darkness, Gú. 650. Hé geseah deorc gesweorc semian sinnihte sweart under heofonum he saw dark cloud lower, black night under heaven, Gen. 109
eallenga
Altogether, utterly ⬩ prorsus, omnīno
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Altogether, utterly; prorsus, omnīno Ðonne wæs se óðer eallenga sweart then was the other utterly black, Cd. 24; Th. 30, 35; Gen. 477
Linked entry: eællenge
sweart-lást
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Leaving a black track Fugles wyn ( a pen) stop eft on mec (a book ), síþade sweartlást, Exon. Th. 408, 12 ; Rä. 27, 11
æl-myrca
All sallow ⬩ a black man ⬩ an Ethiopian ⬩ omnino fuscus ⬩ Æthiops
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All sallow, a black man, an Ethiopian; omnino fuscus, Æthiops On ælmyrcan éðel-ríce in the realm of the Ethiopian, Andr. Kmbl. 863; An. 432
wæter-steal
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Standing water, a pool Ðǽr synd unmǽte móras, hwílon sweart wætersteal, hwílon fúle eáríþas yrnende ( sometimes black stagnant water, sometimes foul streams running, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 5
cyrps
Curly ⬩ crispus, tortus
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Curly; crispus, tortus He is blæcfexede and cyrps he is black-haired and curly, Homl. Th. i. 456, 17. Cyrpsum loccum with curly locks, Mone B. 1236