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wároþ

(n.)
Grammar
wároþ, es; n.
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Sea-weed Ic eom wyrslícre ðtonne ðes wudu fúla oððe ðis wároð, ðe hér áworpen ligeþ in eorþan, Exon. Th. 424, 34 ; Rä. 41, 49

webba

(n.)
Grammar
webba, an; m.
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Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Willelm cwæð saccles Wulwærd ðane webba, Chart. Th. 648, 3

sweotolian

(v.)
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Add: used impersonally in the beginning of documents Hér swutelað on þisum gewrite embe þá forewyrd þe Ægelríc worhte wið Eádsige, C.D. iv. 86, 7

timbran

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Add Hér hét Harold bytlian on Brytlande ... Þá fór Cradoc tó ... and ꝥ folc eall mǽst ofslóh þe þǽr timbrode, Chr. 1065; P. 191, 27

þeód

Grammar
þeód, <b>I a.</b> add: 'a body of warriors, old and young, attached by personal service to the king ... the comitatus mentioned by Tacitus apparently resembled the þeód in all respects,' Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation, p. 311. Cf. pp. 156, 303, 3, 4. v. þeód-guma, -wita,
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and cf. þeóden; dryht, dryhten Hér is seghwylc eorl ... mandrihtne hold, þegnas syndon geþwǽre, þeód ealgearo, druncne dryhtguman B. 1230. Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250

erfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
erfe-weard, es; m.

An heir ⬩ hēres

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An heir; hēres Ðú eart erfeweard ealra þeóda tu hērēdĭtābis in omnĭbus gentĭbus, Ps. Th. 81, 8. Forleórt he ðæs hwílewendlícan ríces erfeweardas his suna þrié tres fīlios suos regni tempŏrālis hērēdes relīquit, Bd. 2, 5; Whelc. 121, 41

DOLH

(n.)
Grammar
DOLH, dolg,es ; n.

A wound, scar of a wound, cut, gash, sore ⬩ vulnus, cicatrix, ulcus

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Gyf yfele dolh oððe wunda on heáfde sýn, genim ðas ylcan wyrte if evil cuts or wounds be on the head, take this same herb, Herb. 122, 2; Lchdm. i. 234, 15.

Linked entry: dolg

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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The guardian of an inheritance, an heir, possessor of a property Hér ys se yrfeweard [erfuard, Lind : erfeword, Rush.] hic est heres, Lk. Skt. 20, 14. Ðǽr mé gifeðe ǽnig yrfeweard æfter wurde if any heir to follow me had been granted me, Beo.

hymen

(n.)
Grammar
hymen, es; m.

A hymn

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A hymn Be ðam hymene ðe wé be hire geworhton of the hymn that we composed about her, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 16

Linked entry: ymen

pallium

(n.)
Grammar
pallium, m.
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S. 36, 160. the archiepiscopal pall Hér Wulfréd ærcebisc̃ pallium onféng, Chr. 804; P. 58, 12

telgestre

(n.)
Grammar
telgestre, an; f.
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A dyer Manige þára tælgestrena (-eona, MS.) þe hér eardiað tinctorum, qui hic habitant, plurimi, Gr. D. 342, 3. Cf. bæcestre for the suffix

weorod-líce

(adv.)
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Ic wundrige hú nú on wintres dæge hér lilian blóstm oþþe rosan brǽð swá wynsumlíce and swá werodlíce stincað, Hml. S. 34, 105. Add

Ine

(n.)
Grammar
Ine, es ; m.
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D. 688 to 726 Hér Ine féng tó Wesseaxna ríce and heóld xxxvii wint., Chr. 688; Erl. 42, 4. Hér Ine férde tó Róme and ðǽr his feorh gesealde, 728 [726, MS E] ; Erl. 44, 33. Ine wæs Cénréding. pref; Ert. 4, 10.

Linked entry: Cénréd

deád-spring

(n.)
Grammar
deád-spring, es; m. [spring an ulcer]

A malignant ulcer, carbuncle ⬩ carbuncŭlus

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A malignant ulcer, carbuncle; carbuncŭlus Wið wúnda and wiðdeádspringas for wounds and ulcers, Herb. 4, 2; Lchdm. i. 90, 5; 9, 2; Lchdm. i. 100, 1: 87, 3; Lchdm. i. 190, 24: 91, 7; Lchdm. i. 200, 17

bed-reda

(n.)
Grammar
bed-reda, -rids, an; m. [bed a bed, reda = rida from riden ridden, pp. of rídan to ride, hence the def. adj. bedreda bedridden, and the noun bedreda, bedrida one bedridden]

One BEDRIDDEN ⬩ clinicus

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One BEDRIDDEN; clinicus Ðǽr læg be ðam wege án bedreda there lay by the way one bedridden, Homl. Th. ii. 422, 4. Arás se bedreda, and arn blissigende the bedridden arose, and ran rejoicing, ii. 422, 9. Ðá ðá se sunderhálga Iosias ðæt tácn geseah on ðam

Linked entries: bædd-ryda bedd-redda bed-rida bed-ryda

ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, p. -brǽdde; pp. -brǽded, -brǽdd, -brǽd [ge-, brǽdan to roast]

To roast ⬩ broil ⬩ torrēre ⬩ assāre

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Genime ðysse ylcan wyrte wyrttruman gebrǽde on hátan axan let him take roots of this same herb roasted on hot ashes, Herb. 60, 3; Lchdm. i. 162, 17

Hǽðfeld

(n.)
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Hatfield in Hertfordshire Hér gesæt Þeodorius ærcebiscop senoþ on Hǽðfelda in this year archbishop Theodore presided over a synod at Hatfield, Chr. 680; Erl. 40, 11

wáwan

(v.)
Grammar
wáwan, p. weów; pp. wáwen
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To blow, be moved by the wind Hnescre ic eom micle halsrefeþre, seó hér on winde wǽweþ on lyfte, Exon. Th. 426, 30; Rä. 41, 81

fram-adón

(v.)
Grammar
fram-adón, he -adéþ; p. -adyde; pp. -adón

To do or take from or away ⬩ cut off ⬩ auferre ⬩ abscīdĕre

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To do or take from or away, cut off; auferre, abscīdĕre Sóna heó ðone fefer framadéþ it will soon take away the fever, Herb. 12, 5; Lchdm. i. 104, 15. Mildheortnesse his he framadéþ misericordiam suam abscīdet, Ps. Lamb. 76, 9

mis-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
mis-boren, pp.

mis-born ⬩ mis-shapen at birth ⬩ abortive ⬩ degenerate

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mis-born, mis-shapen at birth, abortive Gif cild misboren sý, Herb. 115, 3; Lchdm. i. 228, 10. (Cf. H. M. 33, 34: ȝif hit (the child) is mis-born, as hit ilome limpeð.) degenerate Misboren degener, Germ. 393, 130

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