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wær-word

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Perhaps wǽr-word should be read, with the meaning: an agreement, a proviso. In the following passage, however, wær-word seems to occur
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  • Nis geméted on hálgum bócum þætte þisse frigenesse wærword (wiðerword, v.l.) sý gesewen

    nequaquam in sacris eloquiis invenitur quod huic capitulo contradicere uideatur,

      Bd. I. 27! Sch. 68, ii. See next word.
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Word-wheel

  • wær-word, n.