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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.
Similar entries
v. weall-clif (cf. O. Sax. 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)
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  • 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.]
Linked entries
v.  æt-foran-weall wala weal weall-clif weall-steáp.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weall.” 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/34788.

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