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purpure

(n.)
Grammar
purpure, an ; f.
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A purple garment Constantinus hiene benǽmde ǽgðer ge ðæs onwaldes ge ðære purpuran ðe hé werede, Ors. 6, 31 ; Swt. 284, 23. Hí scrýddon hine mid purpuran induunt eum purpura, Mk. Skt. 15, 17.

purpure

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Add: purple material Hí scrýddon hyne mid purpuran reáfe, Jn. 19, 2. Se cyning áwearp his cynehelm samod mid his purpuran gyrlum, Hml. Th. i. 468, 4. Se cyning áwearp his purpuran reáf, 568, 12

purpuren

(adj.)
Grammar
purpuren, adj.
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Purple Purpuren hrægl clavus vel purpura, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 13

purpuren

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Se Hǽlend bær þyrnenne cynehelm and purpuren (purpre, later version) reáf, Jn. 19, 5. Add

purpul

(adj.)
Grammar
purpul, (?); adj.
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Purple Berende ꝥ ðyrnenne bég and ꝥ purbple hrægl (purple hrægle, R. ) portans purpureum uestimentum, Jn. L. 19, 5. See next word

brún-basu

(adj.)
Grammar
brún-basu, -baso; adj.

brownpurpleDark-purple, purple, purple-red, scarletpurpureus, ostriger, coccineus, puniceus

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[brún brown, basu purple] Dark-purple, purple, purple-red, scarlet; purpureus, ostriger, coccineus, puniceus Brúnbasere reádnysse purpureo ostro, Mone B. 6102. Brúnbasum [MS. -bæsewum], reádum purpureis, 2087. Brúnbasum purpureis, 189.

felle-reád

(adj.)

Purple

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Purple Gegearwadon hine mið fellereáde (-reóde, R.) hrægle induunt eum purpura, Mk. L. 15, 17. Mið fellereádum uoede ueste purpurea, Jn. L. 19, 2. Ꝥ fellereád (-reóde. R.) uoede, 5. Tunuc fellereád tunicam purpuream, Mt. L. 27, 28. subst.

Linked entry: fel

ísen-grǽg

(adj.)
Grammar
ísen-grǽg, adj.

Iron-grey

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Iron-grey Ísengrǽg ferrugo, i. color purpuræ subnigræ: ísengrǽgum blóstme ferrugineo flore vel purpureo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 63-67. Ða ísengrǽgan ferrugineas, 38, 44

basu

(adj.)
Grammar
basu, Add: , beasu, beosu
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Mið basewium purpureo, Hpt. Gl. 436, 49. Hé wæs gegyred mid baswum godwebbe and hwítum induebatur purpura et bysso, Gr. D. 310, 1. Mid baswe godwebbe, Bl. H. 207, 17. v

dyrodine

(n.)
Grammar
dyrodine, derodine?

Scarlet dye or colourcoccus = κόκκos

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Ðæt hrægl wæs beboden ðæt scolde bión geworht of purpuran and of tweóbleóm derodine superhumerale ex purpura et bis tincto cocco fieri præcipitur, 14, 4; Hat. MS. 18 a, 3

Linked entry: derodine

baso

(n.)
Grammar
baso, basu, e; f.

Purplepurpura

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Purple; purpura, Cot. 85

Linked entry: basu

brún-basu

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Brúnbasuum purpureis , An. Ox. 96. Brúnbasewum, 2119

basuian

(v.)
Grammar
basuian, p. ode; pp. od

To be clad in purplepurpura vestiri

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To be clad in purple; purpura vestiri

bán-wyrt

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Voc. i. 68, 14: viola aurosa et viola purpurea, 41: filia aurisa, ii. 39, 2. Add

god-webb

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Godeweb purpura, An. Ox. 1378. Seolcen godewebbes bombicinum purpurae (peplum ), 461. Genim þone aeppel and hine bewind on weolcreádum godwebbe, and seóð eft mid sceáte óþres godwebbes, Lch. i. 332, 5.

Linked entry: gode-webb

weoloc-basu

(adj.)
Grammar
weoloc-basu, adj.

Purple

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Purple Uuylocbaso purpuram, Txts. 113, 66

heolfor

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Heolfre tabo (Jezebel discerpunt dente molossi, membraque purpureo tabo perfusa ruebant, Aid. 207. 29), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 76. Add

æt-telg

(n.)
Grammar
æt-telg, (?) (= (?) ed-telg what springs again without sowing, cf. telga; but see telg)
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; possibly glossing Ald. 19, 30 ut sit virginitas purpura, castitas rediviva: cf. An. Ox. 1379 rediviva, i. linum flex), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 9

fint

Grammar
fint, v. fynt: finta.
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Þonne is se finta fægre gedǽled, sum brún, sum basu, sum blacum splottum searolice beseted caudaque porrigitur fulvo distenta metallo, in cujus maculis purpura mista rubet, Ph. 295. For passage under I substitute

reádness

(n.)
Grammar
reádness, e; f.
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Reádnysse ostro, purpura, vermiculo, Hpt. Gl. 503, 49 : 522, 6