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un-lybba

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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Grammar
un-lybba, (and un-lybbe, an; f., or un-lybb; dat. -lybbe ; n.?), an; m.
poison
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  • Sumum men wæs unlybba geseald, ac hit ne mihte hine ádýdan,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 178, 11.

  • Unþeáwas weaxaþ on yfel, swa swa átres unlibba on men; swá hé leng ðæs áttres þigene bedíhlaþ, swá wyrð his untrumnes máre,

    • R. Ben. 135, 16.

  • Unlybbe

    delatera (deletera?),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 138. 55.

  • Hí rǽddon ðæt hí mid áttre hine ácwealdon; gemengdon ðá unlybban tó his drence,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 158, 15.

  • Hé ðygde unlybban on his mete,

    • 504, 14.

  • Hé ðone unlvbban hálsode, and hine ealne gedranc, i. 72,

    • 24, 19: L. Pen. 7
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 280, 6: 6
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 280, 2: Wulfst. 150, 5.

  • Wiþ unlybbum,

    • Lchdm. ii. 292, 30.
poison used for purposes of witchcraft, witchcraft, sorcery
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  • Gif wíf drýcræft and galdor and unlibban wyrce ... Gif heó mid hire unlybban man ácwelleþ

    si mulier artem magicam, et incantationes, et maleficia exerceat ... si maleficiis suis aliquem occiderit,

    • L. Ecg. C. 29
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 154, 8-11.

  • Ðæs flǽsces weorc ... hǽðengild oððe unlybban (

    veneficia, Gal. 5, 19),

    • Homl. Skt. i. 17, 25.

  • Ðínre módor fela unlybban

    matris tuae veneficia multa(2 Kings 9, 22),

    • 18, 333.
Etymology
[Cf.
Icel. ú-lyfjan poison.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-unlybba, lybb, and next word.
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v.  ge-unlybba.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-lybba.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/33508.

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