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wǽpen

  • noun [ neuter ]
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wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.
a weapon
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  • Steng oððe wǽpen

    clava,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 63.

  • Mé sceal wǽpen niman, ord and íren. Byrht. Th. 139,

      11; By. 252.

  • Ðis (

    the bridle into which the nails from the cross were put

    ) bið unoferswíðed wǽpen,
      Elen. Kmbl. 2375; El. 1189.

  • Ǽlces wǽpnes ord

    mucro,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 35.

  • Swurdes ord oððe óðres wǽpnes,

      84, 22.

  • Wǽpnes ecge. Cd. Th. 109,

      30; Gen. 1830.

  • Gehealdan heardne méce, wǽpnes wealdan,

      Byrht. Th. 136, 48; By. 168.

  • Gif hé folcgemót mid wǽpnes brýde árǽre,

      L. Alf. pol. 38; Th. i. 86, 16.

  • Be ðám monnum ðe heora wǽpna tó monslyhte lǽnaþ. Gif hwá his wǽpnes óðrum onlǽne ðæt hé mon mid ofsleá,

      19; Th. i. 74, 1-4.

  • Wǽpnes spor

    a wound,

      Exon. Th. 280, 2; Jul. 623.

  • Áwrítaþ hié on his wǽpne wælnota heáp,

      Salm. Kmbl. 323; Sal. 161.

  • Ic ðý wǽpne gebrǽd,

      Beo. Th. 3333; B. 1664.

  • Hé ðæs beran ceaflas tótær búton ǽlcum wǽmne,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 16.

  • Gif man wǽpn ábregde ðǽr mæn drincen,

      L.H.E. 13; Th. i. 32, 11.

  • Ðeáh hwá his ágen spere sette tó óðres mannes húses dura ... oþþon gif man óðer wǽpn lecge ... and hwilc man ðæt wǽpn gelæcce,

      L.C.S. 76; Th. i. 418, 6.

  • Hé wǽpen hafenade be hiltum,

      Beo. Th. 3151 ; B. 1573.

  • Nolde ic sweord beran, wǽpen tó wyrme,

      5031; B. 2519: 5367; B. 2687.

  • Gif sweordhwíta óðres monnes wǽpn tó feormunge onfó, oððe smið monnes andweorc,

      L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 9.

  • Sum mæg stýled sweord, wǽpen gewyrcan,

      Exon. Th. 42, 29; Cri. 680.

  • Hé wǽpen up áhóf, bord tó gebeorge,

      Byrht. Th. 135. 39; By. 130.

  • Wǽpnu

    arma,

      Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 215, 15.

  • Wǽpna arma, wǽpna hús

    armamentarium,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 1, 2.

  • Eorlas fornóman wǽpen wælgífru,

      Exon. Th. 292, 16; Wand. 100.

  • Wépen

    arma,

      Ps. Surt. 56, 5.

  • Se hálga héht his heorðwerod wǽpna onfón,

      Cd. Th. 123, 5; Gen. 2040.

  • Hé ne mihte wǽpna gewealdan,

      Beo. Th. 3022; B. 1509: Byrht. Th. 139, 50; By. 272.

  • Wǽpna wyrpum,

      Exon. Th. 35, 28; Cri. 565.

  • Wǽpna wundum,

      119, 15; Gú. 255.

  • Wǽpna wælslihtes,

      Cd. Th. 198, 25; Exod. 328.

  • Seó wǽpna láf

    those whom the sword spared,

      121, 5; Gen. 2005: 220, 20; Dan. 74.

  • Se helm hafelan werede ... hine worhte wǽpna smið,

      Beo. Th. 2908; B. 1452.

  • Ðá fór hé mid eallum his folce and mid eallum his wǽpnum

    omnis equitatus Pharaonis, currus ejus et equites.

      Ex. 14, 23.

  • Gif man mannan wǽpnum bebyreþ ðǽr ceás weorð,

      L. Ethb. 18; Th. i. 6, 19.

  • Ðæt folc com mid wǽpnum (woepnum, Lind.: wépenu, Rush.)

    venit cum armis,

      Jn. Skt. 18, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 2140; An. 1071.

  • Gegearwod wǽpnum,

      Elen. Kmbl. 95; El. 48.

  • Wǽpnum geweorðad,

      Beo. Th. 505; B. 250: 667; B. 331.

  • Ǽlc þing ðe orðode, hé ácwealde mid wǽpnum

    omne, quod spirare poterat, interfecit,

      Jos. 10, 40.

  • Wǽpnum áswebban,

      Apstls. Kmbl. 138; Ap. 69.

  • Leohtum wǽpnum

    (leuibus armis)

    gegyrwan,
      Nar. 10, 27.

  • Scearpum wǽpnum,

      Exon. Th. 385, 30; Rä. 4, 52.

  • Mid gǽstlícum wǽpnum,

      112, 24; Gú. 148.

  • Gescyldend wið sceaðan wǽpnum. Andr. Kmbl. 2584; An. 1298: Exon. Th. 48,

      22; Cri. 775.

  • Hí wurpon hyra wǽpen of dúne,

      Judth. Thw. 25, 33; Jud. 291.

  • Wǽpen and gewǽdu,

      Beo. Th. 589; B. 292.

  • Wápen healdan, méce, gár and gód swurd,

      Byrht. Th. 138, 45; By. 235.

  • Wépen and sceldas.

    arma et scuta,

      Ps. Surt. 45, 10.

  • Ealle his wǽpnu (woepeno,

      Lind.: wépeno, Rush.) hé him áfyrð, Lk. Skt. 11, 22.

  • Hé áwearp his wǽmna,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 31.

  • Hié him ealle hiera wǽpeno ágeáfen

    arma traderent,

      Ors. 4, 13; Swt. 210, 21.

  • Hié wǽpna náman arma sumunt, 1, 10; Swt. 44, 32, Nimaþ eówre wǽpn

    ponat vir gladium super femur suum,

      Ex. 32, 27.

  • Gegríp (gefóh, Ps. Th.) wǽpn (wépen, Ps. Surt.) and scyld

    apprehende arma et scutum,

      Ps. Spl. 34, 2.

  • Uoepeno,

      Rtl. 168, 1.

  • Ðeáh ðe hí wǽpen ne beran

    quamvis arma non ferant,

      Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 3.
  • Hé ða gástlícan wǽpnu ne mæg áberan, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 27.
membrum virile
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  • Teors veretrum, teors, ðæt wǽpen vel lim

    calamus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 56.
  • Wǽpen, gecynd (printed wepen-gecynd; but see gecynd,
)
veretrum,
    44, 58.
v. wǽpen-líc, -mann, wǽpned.
Etymology
[Whiles þow art ȝonge, and þi wepne kene, wreke þe with wyuynge, Piers P. 9, 180.]
Similar entries
v. beadu-, camp-, heoru-, here-, hilde-, sige-, weoruld-, wíg-wǽpen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wǽpen.” 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/34381.

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