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weall

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
weall, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§64; §335;
a wall that is made, wall of a building, of a town,
side of a cave
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  • Weal

    murus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 35: Exon. Th. 281, 23; Jul. 650.
  • Ofer wealles hróf

    super muros

    ,
      Ps. Th. 54, 9.
  • Wealles rihtungþréd

    perpendiculum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 64.
  • Seó heánnes ðæs walles (

    parietis

    ),
      Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 31.
  • Heora gewinnan tugan hí ádún of ðam wealle (

    de muris) . . . Hig ðá forlǽtan ðone wall (relicto muro ),

      1, 12; S. 481, 22.
  • Andweorc tó wealle

    cimentum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 27.
  • Tó wealle

    ad moenia,

      Kent. Gl. 287.
  • Hé æfter recede wlát, hwearf be wealle,

      Beo. Th. 3150; B. 1573.
  • Ofer mínre burge weall (

    murum

    ),
      Ps. Th. 17, 28: Cd. Th. 101, 3; Gen. 1676: Judth. Thw. 23, 38; Jud. 161.
  • Wið ðone weall

    murotenus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 63.
  • Wið ðæs recedes weal,

      Beo. Th. 658; B. 326.
  • Wall íserne,

      Cd. Th. 231, 15; Dan. 247.
  • Tó hwý tówurpe ðú weal (

    maceriam

    ) his,
      Ps. Spl. 79, 13.
  • Ðá gewrohte hé weall mid turfum (

    vallum,

    v.
      Bd. 1, 5)
    and bréd weall ðǽr onufan, Chr. 189; Erl. 9, 25.
  • Weallas moenia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 62:

    muri,

      Jos. 6, 20.
  • Ðæt wæter stód an twá healfa ðære strǽte swilce twégen hége weallas

    erat aqua quasi murus,

      Ex. 14, 22.
  • Under wealla hleó,

      Cd. Th. 259, 13; Dan. 691.
  • Binnan ðære ylcan cyricean weallum (

    muris

    ),
      Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 43.
  • On ceastre weallum beworhte

    in civitatem munitam,

      Ps. Th. 59, 8: Cd. Th. 145, 21; Gen. 2409.
  • Ofer ðære burge wallas (

    muros

    ),
      Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 2.
  • Ðú hí betweónum wætera weallas lǽddest,

      Ps. Th. 105, 9.
  • Ealle his weallas

    omnes macerias ejus,

      88, 33.
  • Uallas

    menia,

      Rtl. 124, 3.
a natural wall, a steep hill, a cliff. v. weall-clif (cf.
O. Sax.
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  • Hwó sie ina fan énumu kliƀe wurpin, oƀar enna berges wal,

      Hél. 2676.
  • Fan themu walle niðar werpan, 2684.
  • Sie an hóhan wal stigun, stén endi berg, 3117) :-- Munt is hine ymbútan, geáp gylden weal,

      Salm. Kmbl. 511; Sal. 256.
  • Cwom wundorlícu wiht (

    the sun) ofer wealles hróf (over the mountain top ),

      Exon. Th. 412, 1; Rä. 30, 7.
  • Draca beorges getrúwode, wíges and wealles (

    the cliff in which the firedrake's cave was

    ),
      Beo. Th. 4635; B. 2323.
  • Norð-Denum stód egesa, ánra gehwylcum ðara ðe of wealle wóp gehýrdon (

    to each that heard the cry coming from the hill on which the hall stood

    (?)),
      1574; B. 785.
  • Nó wyrm on wealle leng bídan wolde

    the serpent would not longer wait in the hill, in its cave,

      4604; B. 2307.
  • Geseah hé máððumsigla fela, gold glitinian grunde getenge, wundur on wealle,

      5511; B. 2759.
  • Se ðe inne gehýdde wræte under wealle,

      6112; B. 3060: 6197; B. 3103.
  • Æt wealle,

      5045; B. 2526.
  • Geseah be wealle stondan stánbogan, streám út þonan brecan of beorge,

      5077; B. 2542: 5425; B. 2716.
  • Of wealle (

    the sea-cliff

    ) geseah weard, se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde,
      463; B. 229.
  • Winneþ wǽg wið wealle,

      Exon. Th. 383, 33; Rä. 4, 20.
  • Ǽniges monnes wíg forbúgan oððe on weal fleón (

    flee to the hill

    ) líce beorgan,
      Vald. 1, 15.
  • Weallas him wiþre healdaþ,

      Exon. Th. 336, 24; Gn. Ex. 54.
  • Ic sǽnæssas geseón mihte, windige weallas (

    wind-beaten cliffs

    ),
      Beo. Th. 1148; B. 572: Cd. Th. 214, 19; Exod. 571.
  • Ic wiht (a rake) geseah, seó wǽþeþ geond weallas (

    among the hills

    (?)), wyrte séceþ,
      Exon. Th. 416, 27; Rä. 35, 5.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. Frs. wal a wall. From Latin vallum.]
Similar entries
v. bord-, breóst-, burh-, ceaster-, eorþ-, fore-, grund-, holm-, port-, sǽ-, scíd-, scild-, stæð-, stán-, streám-weall.
Linked entries
v.  æt-foran-weall weal weall-clif.
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