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wyrt-brǽþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wyrt-brǽþ, es; m.
A perfume from plants, an odour, aroma
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  • Mid brǽðe áfylled swylce ðǽr lǽgon lilie and rose. Ðá cwæð Basilissa: 'Ic wundrie hwanon ðes wyrtbrǽð ðus wynsumlíce stéme,' Homl. Skt. i. 4, 36.
  • Ne mihte nán wyrtbrǽð swá wynsumlíce stéman, ii. 27, 113.
  • Ágeótende wyrtbrǽð (

    aroma

    ) of rinde,
      Hymn. Surt. 79, 13.
  • Orþiende wyrtbrǽða swétnyssa

    spirans odorum balsama,

      98, 19.
  • Seó cwén com tó Salomone mid lácum on golde, and on deórwurðum gymstánum and wyrtbrǽðum ... Seó geleáfulle gelaðung offraþ Criste wyrtbrǽðas þurh gebeda,

      Homl. Th. ii. 586, 6-11.
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v.  brǽþ.
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