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wealg

  • adjective
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Grammar
wealg, adj.
Nauseous (? Halliwell gives wallow = flat, insipid; wallowish = nauseous)
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  • Se wearma welð on gódum cræftum, ðý læs hé sié wealg for wlæcnesse, and for ðæm weorðe út áspiwen (

    ne evomatur tepidus

    ),
      Past. 58; Swt. 447, 18.
Etymology
[Þi muð is bitter and walh al þat tu cheowest, and hwit mete se þi mahe hokerliche undorfeð, þat is wið unlust, warpeð hit eft ut, H. M. 35, 30. Walhwe swete supra in bytter swete, Prompt. Parv. 515. Icel. válgr, volgr warm, lukewarm.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wealg.” 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/34767.

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