cwealm-bǽre
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Ox. 4882) wom letiferam (mortiferum) luem, Hpt. Gl. 518, 38. Cwelmbǽre pestiferum (virus ), An. Ox. 11, 83. Cwylmbǽre perniciosa, i. mortifera (fruteta ), 920. Hine forhabban fram cwylmbǽrum mettum, Hml. Th. i. 360, 23
hand-geweorc
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Th. i. 304, 21. work done by the hands, wort in general Fram nǽnigum eorðlicum handgeweorce næs seó bóc áwriten, Wlfst. 214, 10. His handgeweorc þú bletsadest operibus manuum ejus benedixisti, Hml.
twi-bille
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Double-edged Bipennis twibille vel stánæx (the double gloss seems to render the double character of the Latin word as adjective and noun; a little later (see preceding word) in the same glossary bipennis as noun is rendered by twybill ), Wrt.
Linked entry: -bille
un-lígne
Not to be denied or rejected ⬩ incontrovertible
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Not to be denied or rejected, incontrovertible Biscopes word and cyninges sié unlǽgne búton áðe a bishop's word and a king's is to be accepted without an oath, L. Wih. 16; Th. i. 40, 12. Þissa ealra áð sié unlégnæ, 21; Th. i. 42, 1
Linked entry: un-lǽgne
áncor
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transfer the bracket to next word, and add Þú sǽdest be mé ꝥ ic óðer tǽhte, óðer eówer ancor, Hml. A. 13, 4. Án hálig ancer genam ǽnne deófol . . . Ðá cwæð se deófol tó ðám ancre, Wlfst. 214, 23-25. v. ancra, and next word
smeá-wyrm
A penetrating worm, worm that makes its way into the flesh
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A penetrating worm, worm that makes its way into the flesh Wið smeáwyrme (cf. wið smégea-wyrme, 302, 12) smiring ... seó sealf ðone wyrm deádne gedéþ oððe cwicne of drífþ Lchdm. ii. 332, 3-26. Wið sméga-wyrme 126, 1. Wið smoega-wyrmum 12, 14
Linked entries: smeáh sméga-wyrm smoega-wyrm
bí-word
A BYEWORD, proverb ⬩ proverbium
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[be, bí by, word a word] A BYEWORD, proverb; proverbium Man segþ [seið MS.] to bíworde, 'hæge sitteþ ða æceras dǽleþ' man saith for a proverb, 'the hedge abides which fields divides,' Chr. 1130; Erl. 259, 13. Bíword, bíwyrd proverbium, Cot. 157
in-gehrif
The womb
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The womb Of ingerife ex utero, Ps. Spl. T. 21, 8
loca
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A lock of wool Loca floccus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 71
lungen-wyrt
Lung-wort
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Lung-wort, Lchdm, ii. 398, col. 1: iii. 337, col. 1
calwer-clympe
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Voc. ii. 127, 60. v. preceding word
for-hwirfedlic
Perverse
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Perverse Se forhwyrfda gást spræc forhwyrfedlice word, Bl. H. 31, 4
Linked entry: -hwirfedlic
ǽcen
a wood of oaks
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a wood of oaks Ǽcen roboretum, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 82
heaðu-weorc
A work of war, a fight
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A work of war, a fight, Beo. Th. 5776; B. 2892
hilde-wulf
A war-wolf, ⬩ warrior,
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A war-wolf, warrior,Cd. 95; Th. 123, 25; Gen. 2051
tonwinto
adlido
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The word occurs as a gloss to adlido, Txts. 39, 79
a-smiðian
To forge ⬩ make ⬩ work as a smith ⬩ fabricare
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To forge, make, work as a smith; fabricare Asmiðod fabricatus, Cot. 82
gafol-wydu
Wood furnished as gafol
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Wood furnished as gafol IIII foðera aclofenas gauolwyda, Th. Chart. 145, 6
hyrst-geard
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An enclosed wood [?] In ðone hyrstgeard, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 19, 1
metcund-líc
Metrical
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Gl. 409, 17. v. preceding word