for-wyrd
or uncertain
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Grammar for-wyrd, n. On seáð forwyrdes in puteum interitus, Ps. L. 54, 24. Sleges, forwyrdes internitionis, An. Ox. 835: Wlfst. 193, 22: R. Ben. 68, 22: Hml. Th. i. 194, 30. Þá bydelasþæs écan forwyrdes, 4, 12.
wyrt-drenc
A herb-drink, potion made from herbs
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Dó ealle ða wyrta tó wyrtdrence, 22, 17. Æfter ðon sceal man wyrtdrenc sellan, 22, 2. Wyrtdrencas antidota, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 4. Lǽcedómas wiþ ðære healfdeádan ádle, and onlegena and wyrtdrencas, Lchdm. ii. 172, 8
wyrt-tún
A garden
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Hé nemde ða undiórestan wyrta ðe on wyrttúnum weaxe, and ðeáh swíðe welstincenda, Past. 57; Swt. 439, 32: Lchdm. i. 94, 7
Linked entry: leác-tún
ge-wyrde
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wealh-wyrt
Wall-wort ⬩ dwarf elder ⬩ the word glosses ebulum and intula
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Genim ðás wyrte ðe man ebulum and óðrum naman ellenwyrte nemneþ, and eác sume men wealwyrt hátaþ, i. 202, 3-6. Uualhwyrt intula, Txts. 69, 1075. Wealewyrt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 71. Walwyrt, Wülck.
Linked entries: weale-wyrt weal-wyrt
ge-wyrd
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Ge-wyrda fata, i. fortuna, eventus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 28. Cf. Gewyrd fatus, ta, tum (ut rerum tibi fata latentia solvant, Aid. 153, 9), An. Ox. 18 b, 32. what is made, an effect.
bán-wyrt
Bone-wort ⬩ a violet ⬩ the small knapweed ⬩ viola ⬩ centaurea minor
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Bone-wort, a violet, perhaps the small knapweed; viola, centaurea minor Bánwyrt hæbbe croppan bone-wort hath bunches of flowers, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 5. Bánwyrt centaurea minor, Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 85; Wrt. Voc. 32, 21. Sió greáte bánwyrt
bǽl-wylm
Fire's heat ⬩ flammæ æstuatio
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Fire's heat; flammæ æstuatio, Exon. 70b; Th. 262, 22; Jul. 336
eá-wylm
boiling up of water, spring
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boiling up of water, spring, Lye
Linked entry: ǽ-welm
fíc-wyrt
The herb FIG-WORT ⬩ fīcāria herba ⬩ fīcus
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The herb FIG-WORT; fīcāria herba, fīcus, Ælfc. Gl. 41; Som. 63, 119; Wrt. Voc. 31, 6
fleót-wyrt
Floatwort ⬩ seaweed ⬩ alga?
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Floatwort, seaweed? alga?L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 268, 28
flód-wylm
Flood-boiling ⬩ raging flood ⬩ ăquārum fluctus
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Flood-boiling, raging flood; ăquārum fluctus Flódwylm ne mæg manna ǽnigne gelettan a raging flood may not hinder any man, Andr. Kmbl. 1032; An. 516
bió-wyrt
bee-wort ⬩ apiastrum
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bee-wort; apiastrum,Glos. Epnl. Recd. 153, 20
biscep-wyrt
marsh-mallow
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marsh-mallow, Wrt. Voc. 286, 15
blód-wyrt
BLOODWORT or bloody-dock from its red veins and stems ⬩ rumex sanguineus
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BLOODWORT or bloody-dock from its red veins and stems; rumex sanguineus, Lin
stæl-wyrt
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Water starwort Stælwyrt callitriche (cf. wæterwyrt callitriche, 67, 18), Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 15
stic-wyrt
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Stitch-wort; stellaria holostea; but the word glosses agrimonia, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 2
þunor-wyrt
Thunder-plant ⬩ house-leek ⬩ sempervivum tectorum
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Thunder-plant (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names), house-leek; sempervivum tectorum Nime þunorwyrt, Lchdm. ii. 118, 2. [On plants that were a protection against thunder, see Grmm. D. M. pp. 167, 1147.]
æþelferþing-wyrt
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Stitchwort, bird's tongue Æþelferðingwyrt, Lch. ii. 80, 12: 94, 10: iii. 28, 22. Æðelferðingcwyrt, 40, 16. Æðelferðingwyrt ( auis lingua ), 24, 1: 4, 29. Æðelfyrdingwyrt alfa (cf. agrimonia alpha eathelferthingwyrt ł glofvyrt, Lch. iii. 299, col. 2)
bisceop-wyrt
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Biscopuuyrt hibiscum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 37. Biscopwyrt gerabotane, 42, 26. Add