Wyrt-brǽþ

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wyrt-brǽþ

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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wyrt-brǽþ
m. A perfume from plants, an odour, aroma :-- 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. wyrt-bræþ
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