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hǽwe

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽwe, adj.
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Grǽg, hǽwe ferrugine (cf. ísengrǽg ferrugine, i. ferreo colore, 31: ferrugo vel ferrugineus, i. color purpurae subnigrae, Wülck. Gl. 236, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 34. v. wann-hǽwe, and next word

Crécas

Grammar
Crécas, (-e).
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Crécas Graeci, Rtl. 194, 17. Criécna Graecorum, Mt. p. 2, 15. Mid Crécum apud Grecos, 11. Add

híg

hay ⬩ mown grass

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Græs oððe hig fenum, ii. 35, 30. Swé swé hég (faenum) hreðlíce ádrúgiað. Ps. Srt. Ps. Spl. 36, 2. Híg, Ps. L. 36, 2. Hýg, 101, 5. Ic sceal fyllan binnan oxan mid híg (foeno), Coll. M. 20, l.

Linked entry: hefung

ǽder-seax

Grammar
ǽder-seax, ǽdder-seax.
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Græce namque fleps vena, tomum vero incisio nominatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 22. Add:

Creácas

(n.)
Grammar
Creácas, gen. Creáca; pl. m.

The Greek ⬩ Græci

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The Greek; Græci Mid eallan Creáca cræftum with all the arts of the Greeks Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 29, 31; Bos. 34, 6

seax

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Th. ii. 150, 23. v. ǽder-, græf-, mete-, wíngeard-, writ-seax

ang-seta

(n.)
Grammar
ang-seta, m.
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Frunculus, quasi ferunculus, id est ongseta, Graece antrax, ab igne39, 16. Add: —

glasin

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Baista, ḡ. ( = graece) glasin ( printed glaisin, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 3), Wülck. Gl. 192, 3. See Angl. xxxiii. 137 for a Celtic origin of the word

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

Créce

(n.)
Grammar
Créce, gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The Greeks ⬩ Græci

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The Greeks; Græci He belytegade ealle Créce on his geweald he allured all the Greeks into his power Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 59, 39, 40. Philippus alýfde eallum Crécum Philip gave leave to all the Greeks 3, 7; Bos. 61, 42

hǽwen

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Add: green Hǽwen oððe grǽg gla[u]cum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 72. Basu, hǽwen indicum, 49, 55. Gréne, hǽwen, fáh, deorc ceruleus, i. glaucus. Color est inter album et nigrum, subniger, 130, 34. Hǽwen stán cyanea lapis, 137, 74.

HWǼTE

(n.)
Grammar
HWǼTE, es; m.

WHEAT

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Grǽg hwǽte far, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 17; Som. 9, 52. Þurh ða gemetgunge hwǽtes per mensuram tritici, Past. 63; Swt. 459, 13. Fyrsas ða ðe willaþ derian clǽnum hwǽte, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 9; Met. 12, 5. Hé hí fédde mid hwǽte, Ps. 80, 15.

wulf

Grammar
wulf, <b>. I.</b>
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Læg se grǽga wulf þe bewiste ꝥ heáfod, and mid his twám fótum hæfde ꝥ heáfod beclypped, grǽdig and hungrig, and for Gode ne dorste þæs heáfdes ábyrian, Hml. S. 32, 145-155. Add

blód-ryne

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Gefór hé on blódryne effusione sanguinis, quod Graece apoplexis vocatur, mortuus est, Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 27. Ðeós wyrt þone blódryne gewríð, Lch. i. 306, 22. Hé blódrynas áfeormaþ, 300, 16. Add

myrten

(adj.)
Grammar
myrten, adj.

That has died by disease

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Grécas myrten flǽsc nǽnigum men ne lýfaþ ac ða hýda ðæra myrtenra neáta hý heom dóþ tó scón Graeci carnem morticinam nulli permittunt, de pellibus tamen morticinorum animalium calceamenta sibi faciunt, Th. ii. 166, 29-31

wrǽsnan

(v.)
Grammar
wrǽsnan, p. de

To twist ⬩ change the character of

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To twist, change the character of something Ic (a woodpecker) eom wunderlícu wiht, wrǽsne míne stefne, hwílum beorce swá hund, hwílum blǽte swá gát, hwílum grǽde swá gós (cf.

blód-seax

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Blódseax flebotomum, Graece namque fleps, vena, tomum vero incisio nominatur, 39, 22: fletoma, 33, 73. Blódsex flebotomum, 149, 42, Sé án blódseax (lǽceíren, v. l.) ásette on míne tungan, Gr. D. 32, 24.

gréne

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Siððan Adam stóp on gréne græs, Gen. 1137. Þá geseah hé ánre stówe fæc þám óþrum felda grénre ( viridius ), Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 1. of other things Groeni prassus, Hpt. 33, 251, 20. Groeni ár aurocalcum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 36.

gós

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Grǽg gós ganta, Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 11: canta, 280, 15. Grége gós gans, ii. 42, 15. Hwít gós anser, i. 62, 10. Wilde goos cente, ii. 103, 68: gente, 109, 63. Wilde gós gante, 40, 65. Genim góse rysele, Lch. ii. 40, 12, 15.

Crécas

(n.)
Grammar
Crécas, gen. Créca; pl. m.

The Greeks ⬩ Græci

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The Greeks; Græci Fór on Crécas he went against the Greeks Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 15, 31.

Linked entries: Grécas Créce

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