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drǽfan

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Hér drǽfde Eádgár þá preóstas on Ceastre of Ealdan mynstre, Chr. 964; P. 116, 1. Ǽghwæþer óþerne út drǽfde, 887; P. 80, 29. Hér man drǽfde út Ælfgife, 1037; P. 161, 9. Æþelréd man drǽfde út of his earde, Wlfst. 160, 14. Tó drǽfene pulsaturam, An.

a-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
a-feormian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. [a intensive, feormian to cleanse]

To cleanse ⬩ clean thoroughly ⬩ purge ⬩ wash away ⬩ mundare ⬩ emundare ⬩ permundare ⬩ diluere

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Hyt ðone magan ealne afeormaþ it purges the whole stomach, Herb. 60, 3; Lchdm. i. 162, 19. Ic afeormige diluo, Ǽlfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 49. Hit afeormaþ of ealle ða nebcorn it will cleanse away all the face pimples. Herb. 22, 3; Lchdm, i. 118, 24

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a field ⬩ land ⬩ what is sown ⬩ sown land ⬩ ager ⬩ seges

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Hér ys seó bót, hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras betan here is the remedy, how thou mayest improve thy fields, Lchdm. i. 398, 1. Of ðæm æcere from the field, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 3; Met. 12, 2.

Linked entries: sulh-æcer acer æcyr ecer

GREÓT

(n.)
Grammar
GREÓT, es; n.
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Hér líþ úre ealdor on greóte here lies our chief in the dust, Byrht. Th. 140, 68; By. 315: Andr. Kmbl. 2169; An. 1086: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 4; Jud. 308.

Súþ-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Seaxe, -Seaxan; pl.
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Se here on Súð-Seaxum and on Bearrucscíre hergodon, 1009; Erl. 142, 22: 998; Erl. 135, 21. Hér Ceólwulf gefeaht wið Súð-Seaxe, 607; Erl. 20, 27. Hí heafdon ofergán Súð-Seaxe and Súðríg and Bearrucscíre, 1011; Erl. 144, 27.

ge-stence

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-stence, -stænce; adj.
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B.] it has a white and very fragrant root, Herb. 156, 1; Lchdm. i. 282, 19

Linked entry: ge-stænce

byrian

(v.)
Grammar
byrian, p. ede, ide; pp. ed
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To bury: Ðǽr hí mon byride where they buried her, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 9

Linked entries: be-byrian byrigan

syn-léw

(n.)
Grammar
syn-léw, -leáw, e; f.

A sinful injury

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A sinful injury Hér syndan þurh synleáwa sáre geléwede tó manege on earde, Wulfst. 165, 25

bearn-myrþra

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Hér syndan myltestran and bearnmyrðran, 165, 33. Add

Æðelrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelrǽd, Æðelréd, Æðeréd, es; m. [æðele noble, rǽd counsel]

Ælhelred ⬩ Æthelréd ⬩ Æthelrédus

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Her gefór Æðelréd, ealdorman on Myrcum here, A. D. 912, died Æthelred, alderman of the Mercians, Chr. 912; Erl. 101, 46.

Linked entry: Æðelréd

ge-þeóde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeóde, es; n.
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Hér sind fíf geþeóde Englisc and Brittisc and Wilsc and Scyttisc and Pyhtisc and Bóc Leden there are five languages here, English, British, Scotch, Pictish, and Latin, Chr. Erl. 3, 2.

Linked entry: ge-þióde

CROP

(n.)
Grammar
CROP, cropp, es; m.

a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster ⬩ cyma ⬩ thyrsus ⬩ spica, corymbus ⬩ racermus, uva ⬩ the CROP or craw of a bird ⬩ vesicula gutturis ⬩ a kidney ⬩ rien

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Genim ðysse wyrte þrý croppas take three sprouts of this herb Herb. 106; Lchdm. i. 220, 10.

Linked entry: croppa

æl-teaw

(adj.)
Grammar
æl-teaw, -teow

All good ⬩ sound ⬩ perfect ⬩ omnino bonus ⬩ sanus

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B.] hǽlo thou shall find perfect healing, Herb. 1, 29 ; Lchdm, i. 80, 7: Hy. 2, 13

DWÍNAN

(v.)
Grammar
DWÍNAN, ic dwíne, ðu dwínest, dwínst, he dwíneþ, dwínþ, pl. dwínaþ; p. dwán, pl. dwinon; pp. dwinen

To pine, fade, DWINDLE, waste away ⬩ tabescĕre

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To pine, fade, DWINDLE, waste away;tabescĕre Ðonne dwíneþ seó wamb sóna then soon will the belly dwindle, Herb. 2, 4; Lchdm. i. 82, 2. Dwinon tabuĕrunt, Cot. 190

Linked entries: a-dwínan tó-dwínan

elene

(n.)
Grammar
elene, an; f.

The herb elecampane ⬩ inŭla hĕlĕnium

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The herb elecampane; inŭla hĕlĕnium, Lin Genim hioðowearde elenan take the netherward part of elecampane, L. M. 3, 26; Lchdm. ii. 322, 15: 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 14

Linked entry: Constantīnus

folcú

(n.)
Grammar
folcú, [folc people, cú a cow]

A cow of the herd

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A cow of the herd Under folcúm inter vaccas pŏpŭlōrum, Ps. Th. 67, 27. Folcúm, for folc-cúm, from folcú, like wildeór, wyrtruma, for wild-deór, wyrt-truma, etc

heorten

(adj.)
Grammar
heorten, adj.

Of a hart

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Of a hart Healfes pundes gewihte beran smeruwes and heortenes of bear's grease and of hart's, by weight of half a pound, Herb. 101, 3; Lchdm. i. 216, 15

morþor-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-wyrhta, an m.

A worker of iniquity or of murder

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A worker of iniquity or of murder Hér syndan mánsworan and morþorwyrhtan, Wulfst. 165, 30

éste

(adj.)
Grammar
éste, adj.

Gracious, bountiful ⬩ bĕnignus

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Ðæt hyre eald Metod éste wǽre bearngebyrdo that the Lord of old was gracious to her in her child-bearing, Beo Th. 1895; B. 945

Linked entries: Ósti Eást-land Ístas

fen-fearn

(n.)
Grammar
fen-fearn, fen-fern, es; n.

The fen ⬩ water-fern ⬩ flowering fern ⬩ the herb christopher ⬩ osmund-royal ⬩ osmunda rēgālis ⬩ salvia? ⬩ salvia

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The fen or water-fern, flowering fern, the herb christopher, osmund-royal; osmunda rēgālis, Lin. salvia?-Fenfearn salvia, Ælfc. Gl. 42; Som. 64, 8; Wrt. Voc. 31, 19

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