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wóh

  • adjective
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wóh, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§117; §328; §329;
not straight, bent, crooked, twisted, oblique
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  • Wiþ lyftádle, gif se múð sié wóh,

      Lchdm. ii. 338, 5.

  • Gif múð oðde eáge wóh weorðeþ,

    • L. Ethb. 44
      • ;
    • Th. i. 14, 9.

  • Hláford mín (the plough's) wóh færeþ, weard æt steorte,

    • Exon. Th. 403, 7
      • ;
    • Rä. 22, 4
      • :
    • 483, 14
      • ;
    • Rä. 69, 2.

  • Sió micíe nosu and sió woo (tortus ),

    • Past. II
      • ;
    • Swt. 67, 5.

  • Mid wógum bígelse

    obliqua curvatura,

      Hpt. Gl. 458, 72.

  • Mid ánum wðgan íserne.

      Lchdm. i. 318, 18.

  • Wiþ wóuum múþe, genim ompran . . . sele on ðone wón dǽl,

      ii. 54, 22,

  • Wón

    obunca (arpagine),

      Anglia xiii. 37, 296.

  • Tó dam wón stocce.

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 73, 22.

  • Tó ðære wóhgan apeldran,

      iii. 389, 32.

  • Tó wóhan (wógan, v. l.) ǽc,

      Cod. Dip. B. i. 417, 16.

  • Ðá oncierde ðæt scip on wónne síþfæt þurh deófles beswicennesse,

      Shrn. 60, 8.

  • Gif hé hæfde wó (toríum) nosu,

    • Past. ii
      • ;
    • Swt. 65, 4.

  • Woo,

      67, 7.

  • On ðæt wó treów (printed wottreów).

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 130, 31.

  • Mistlíce wóge wegas

    divortia, diverticula,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 44.

  • Wóum wírbogum.

    • Exon. Th. 395, 5
      • ;
    • Rä. 15, 3.

  • Tó dǽm wóu

    ad tortas,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 68.

  • Wóge hylcas

    obliquos (curvos, ftexos) anfractus,

      Hpt. Gl. 486, 71:

    anfractus,

      448, 20.

  • Hí hæfdon wóh nebb, and wóge sceancan,

    • Guthl. 5
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 34, 22-27.
not right, perverse, froward, wrong, unfair
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  • Hit is riht ðæt mon yfelige ða yfelan, and hit is wóh (wóg, v. l. ) ðæt hí mon lǽte unwítnode,

    • Bt. 38, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 202, 6.

  • Forlǽtan ða ðístro ðæs wón weorces

    (actionispravae),

    • Past. 55
      • ;
    • Swt. 429, 13.

  • Mid wóre twiefealdnesse

    duplicitatis perversitate,

    • 35
      • ;
    • Swt. 245, 15.

  • On wóre heortan

    pravo corde,

    • 47
      • ;
    • Swt. 357, 21.

  • Mid wóre láre

    perversa praedicalione,

    • 48
      • ;
    • Swt. 367, 15.

  • Be wóhre gewitnesse. Gif man áfinde ðæt heora ǽnig on wóhre (wóre, v. l. ) gewitnesse wǽre,

    • L. Ath. i. 10
      • ;
    • Th. i. 204, 22.

  • Gescynded on heora wón willan

    abominabiles in voluntatibus suis,

      Ps. Th. 13, I.

  • Mid wó múðe

    ore perverso,

    • Past. 47
      • ;
    • Swt. 357, 20.

  • Ðæt hyne gehwá wið wó gewitnysse gehealde,

    • L. E. G. 27
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 422, 35.

  • Wið ǽlc wóh gestreón (but see

    Similar entries
    wóh-gestreón
    ) beorge man, ac strýne mid rihte,

    • Wulfst. 70, 2
      • :
    • L. I. P. 7
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 312, 29.

  • Hú micle unrótnesse se hæfþ ðe ðone wón willan hæfþ on ðisse worulde,

    • Bt. 31, l
      • ;
    • Fox 110, 31.

  • Ða wón (woon, v. l. ) wyrd on ðara unrihtwísra anwealda heánesse,

    • 5, l
      • ;
    • Fox 10, 20.

  • Ðurh ðæt woo (wó,

      Cote. MSS.
    ) weorc hé forliést ðone wlite óðerra gódra weorca,

    • Past. II
      • ;
    • Swt. 71, 25.

  • Ðæra geréfena unriht and wó dómas (

    Similar entries
    v. wóh-dóm
    ) and prættas,

      Anglia viii. 336, 40.

  • False gewihta and wóge gemeta,

    • L. Eth. v. 24
      • ;
    • Th. i. 310, 13
      • :
    • Wulfst. 70, 3.

  • Wóh wyrda gesceapu

    the unequal decrees of fate,

    • Exon. Th. 421, 26
      • ;
    • Ra. 40, 24.

  • Hine gebindaþ ða wón wilnunga,

    • Bt. 16, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 56, 18.

  • Hé wiste him sprǽca fela wóra worda,

    • Cd. Th. 29, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 446.

  • Mid ðæm gewunan ðara wóna weorca,

    • Past. 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 69, 7.

  • Wóm wundorbebodum wergan gástes,

    • Beo. Th. 3498
      • ;
    • B. 1747.

  • Mid wóm wilnungum,

    • Past. II
      • ;
    • Swt. 69, 9.

  • From hiera woom (wón,

      Cote. MSS.
    ) wegum,

    • 37
      • ;
    • Swt. 267, 5.

  • Wón,

    • II
      • ;
    • Swt. 73, 13: 37
      • ;
    • Swt. 267, 12, 16
      • :
    • L. E. G. proem.
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 400, 20.

  • Woeum

    pravis,

      Rtl. 52, 24.

  • Míne wón wísan,

    • Exon. Th. 393, 10
      • ;
    • Rä. 12, 8.

  • Hí him wóh godu worhtan,

      Ps. Th. 77, 58.
Etymology
[
He mid woȝe dome benimeð him his beliue,
    O. E. Homl. i. 179, 16.
Þat is woh and na wiht riht,
    Laym. 4333.
Of who inwit,
    A. R. 2, 12.
Ure woȝhe dedess,
    Orm. 1375.
Þe fox can þaþes rihte and woȝe (wowe, v. l.),
    O. and N. 815.
Goth. un-wáhs.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wóh.” 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/36409.

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