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þistel

(n.)
Grammar
þistel, es; m.
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Þistel-beorh, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 396, 33: þistel-mere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 82, 15: þistel-leáh, iv. 49, 2

Linked entry: brád-þistel

brád-þistel

(n.)
Grammar
brád-þistel, gen. -þistles; m.

A thistle with long leaves, sea-holm, sea-hollyeryngium = ήρύγγιoνeryngium maritimum,

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A thistle with long leaves, sea-holm, sea-holly; eryngium = ήρύγγιoν, eryngium maritimum, Lin Brádþistel eryngion, Cot. 212

brád-þistel

Grammar
brád-þistel, l. brád þistel?.

Similar entry: þistel

wudu-þistel

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-þistel, es; m.

Wood-thistle

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Wood-thistle Wuduþistel. Ðeós wyrt ðe man carduum sylvaticum, and óðrum naman wuduðistel nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 224, II: iii. 28, 21. Wuduþistles ðone grénan mearh ðe biþ on ðam heáfde, ii. 358, I

þistel-geblǽd

(n.)
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a blister caused by the prick of a thistle Wið þorn-geblǽd, wið þys[tel]geblǽd, Lchdm. iii. 36, 22

þistel-twige

(n.)
Grammar
þistel-twige, an; f.
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A goldfinch or some other bird that eats thistle-down. [In E. D. S. Pub. Bird Names, p. 58, thistle-finch is given as a name of the goldfinch; Halliwell quotes: 'Carduelis a linnet, a thistle-finch' (1581). Cf. O. H. Ger. distil-finco carduelis: Ger.

þú-þistel

(n.)
Grammar
þú-þistel, es; m.

Sow-thistle

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Sow-thistle Þúðistel (-þistil) lactuca, Txts. 73, 1179: Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 57

þistel-twige

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þisæltunga cardella, Hpt. 33, 241, 51. Add

þístra

Grammar
þístra, For conjuncta l.
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conjuncla

þirel

Similar entry: þyrel

þístra

(n.)
Grammar
þístra, þrístra
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a trace (?), part of an animal's harness Þístra conjuncta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 34. Þrístra, i. 16, 9. [For similar double form cf. þeóstru, for meaning cf. (?) Goth. þinsan: O. H. Ger. dinsan trahere: 'Bavarian dünsel a twisted withy or

þístru

Similar entry: þeóstru

þísl

Similar entry: þíxl

-twige

(suffix)
Grammar
-twige, v. líne-, þistel-twige.

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þeóster-full

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóster-full, (þístre-, þrýstre-); adj.
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Full of darkness, dark, obscure Þeóstorfull wæter tenebrosa aqua, Ps. Spl. 17, 13. Ðín líchama byþ þýsterfull ( tenebrosum ), Mt. Kmbl. 6, 23. Þéstreful tenebrosa, obscura, Hpt. Gl. 483, 53. Of þrýstrefulre de latebroso, tenebroso, 458, 52. Se engel

þeóstre

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóstre, þeóster (-or, -ur), and þiéstre, þístre, þýstre; adj.
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Dark. in a physical sense, without light Ðis ( hell ) is ðeóstræ hám, Cd. Th. 267, 14; Sat. 38. Ðá hangode swíðe þýstru wæter on ðám wolcnum tenebrosa aqua in nubibus, Ps. Th. 27, 11. Wæs se óðer beám eallengasweart, dim and þýstre, Cd. Th. 30, 36; Gen

þúfe

(adj.)
Grammar
þúfe, adj.

Tuftedhaving leaves in tufts(?)bushy

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, bushy Þúfe þistel sow thistle, Lchdm. ii, 312, 20

Linked entry: þífe-þorn

þeóstru

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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Darkness (lit. and metaph.); dimness of sight (lit. or metaph.); like the Latin tenebrae, which it translates, it is often used in the plural Ðǽr wæs deorc þeóstru, Ps. Th. 87, 6. Leóht and þeóstro, Cd. Th. 239, 27; Dan. 376. Þióstro, Met. 21, 41. Gif

un-brád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-brád, adj.

Not broadnarrow

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Se unbráda þistel scolimbos, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 12. On brǽde, ðár hit brádest is, fíf geurda, and ðǽr hit unbrádost is, ánne geurde, Chart. Th. 156, 29. Ðǽr ðæt land unbrádest is, ðér hit sceol beón eahtatýne fóta brád, 236, 8