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  • Genim ðysse wyrtewyrttruman swá anwealhne (

    as whole as possible

    ),
      Lch. i. 286, 18.

  • Hit nys álýfed ꝥ man hyre wyrtruman anwealhne geseón móte

    it is not permitted that its root be seen when entire,

      318, 20.
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  • Cwǽdon hí þæt heó wǽre onwelges mægðhádes and unwemme,

      Hml. A. 134, 603.

  • Ðæt hié ðá sibbe anwealge oninnan him gehealden,

      Past. 355, 12.
  • Ðæt hié hiora tóhopan anwealgne gefæstnigen tó ðǽm écum gódum, 393 31.

  • Hí sprǽcon fullum and onwelgum wordum

    plena ad integrum verba formabantur,

      Gr. D. 241, 14.
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  • Fæste iiii. geár, ii. onwealh (cf. iiii annos, .ii. integros,

      9, n. 2), Ll. Th. ii. 228, 12.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-wealh.” 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/56708.

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