wíse
a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res
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a wise way, manner, mode, fashion Hit is ǽlces módes wíse, ðæt sóna swá hit forlǽt sóþcwidas, swá folgaþ hit leásspellunga eam mentium constat esse naturam, ut quoties abjecerint veras falsis opinionibus induantur, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 15. Maniges mannes
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wist
subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting
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being. Similar entries v. æt-, ed-, gador-, gegador-, hús-, los-, mid-, neáh-, on-, sam-, stede-wist. subsistence Wist vel anleofa stips, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 8. Wiste stipis, Anglia xiii. 36, 348. sustenance, food, provisions Næs ðǽr hláfes wist, ne wæteres
wísa
A leader ⬩ director ⬩ captain
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A leader, director, captain Wæs Cainan æfter Enose aldordéma, weard and wísa, Cd. Th. 70, 22; Gen. 1157. Ðú eart eallum eorðbúendum weard and wísa, 251, 19; Dan. 566. Enoch ealdordóm áhó;f, folces wísa, 73, 2 ; Gen. 1198. Leóda aldor, herges wísa, freom
wís
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known
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wise, discreet, judicious Wís sapiens Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 10 fronimus 47, 34. Grammar wís, of persons Ne scyle nán wís monn (vir sapiens) forhtigan, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 8, 13, 15. Ne mæg weorþan wís wer ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl in woruldríce, Exon. Th. 290
wíse
A sprout ⬩ stalk
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A sprout, stalk Streáwbergean wíse, Lchdm. ii. 36, 12 : 334, II. Genim streáwberian wísan nioþowearde, 34, 24, 27. Nim hwíteclǽfran wísan, 326, 21. Hǽþbergean wísan, 344, 10. Weóde wísan, iii. 16, 16. Eallhwíte wýsan gesie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 16
wisa
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Án wisa (wihta? cf. ða wrǽtlícan wiht, 505; Sal. 253) is on woruldríce, ymb ða mé fyrwet bræc wintra, Salm. Kmbl. 491 ; Sal. 246
wíse
Wisely ⬩ with wisdom
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Wisely, with wisdom Ðú worhtest wíse hǽlu, Ps. Th. 73, 12 (cf. 117, 20). Ða ðe wyllaþ his gewitnesse wíse smeágan qui scrutantur testimonia ejus, 118, 2 ; 36, 79. Ic ðé wegas míne wíse secge vias meas enuntiavi tibi, 118, 26. Ic wegas ðíne wíse þence
wisc
a marsh
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a marsh (?) Concede terram in loco qui dicitur Fearnleág (Farleigh, in Kent, by the Medway) an myclan wisce vi. æceres mǽde (and in the big marsh vi. acres of meadow (?)), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 128, 33. Similar entries Cf. Wiscleágeat, v. 179, 34
wiss
Certain
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Certain Ðeáh ðe hé wis (gewiss, M. 412, 5) geworden wǽre ðurh ða ætýwnesse ðære gesihðe tametsi certus est factus de visione, Bd. 5, 19; S. 623, 15. ¶ in the phrase tó wissum Tó wissum profecto, omnino, Hpt. Gl. 431, 15. Tó wissan praesertim, maxime
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wirp
A throw ⬩ a blow with a missile
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A throw, a blow with a missile Ðá wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe (wyrpe, v. l.) an ribb forod, ðæt hió siþþan mægen ne hæfde hié tó gescildanne, ac raðe ðæs hió wearð ofslagen hic serpens ad unius saxi ictum cessit, ac mox facile oppressus est, Ors. 4,
wirp
A change for the better ⬩ recovery ⬩ improvement
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A change for the better, recovery from sickness, improvement in circumstances Hé tilaþ ðæs gewundedan werpe ðe hé bewitan sceal vulnerati sui, cui medicamentum adhibet, vitam servat Past. 62; Swt. 457, 16. Lege on lǽcedómas ða ðe út teón ða yfelan wǽtan
wisc
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For 'a marsh' substitute: A wish (wish a damp meadow, a marsh, D.D.), and add On ðám mǽdum .viii. æceras, and on myclan wysce (cf. in loco uulgari uocitamine æt miclamersce, 218, 18) . v. æceras, C. D. iii. 283, 10. Andlang burnstówæ ðænna ðǽr eást
wíse
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Add On wunderlicum gemete, wíse mirum in modum, An. Ox. 1252. Add Treówþe, wíse pacto, i. iure, An. Ox. 2690. Ie mid ðǽre hálgan Crístes róde tǽcne ðás word and ðás wísan fæstnie and wríte, C. D. ii. 122, 2. Add Þá gelamp sum wundorlic wíse (þing
wist
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Hé ne dorste geopenian ꝥ hé on Drihten gelýfde, ac hé dígellíce lufode þone biscop and mid wistum him þénode, Hml. S. 22, 126. v. beód-, híred-, mund-, samod-, unhíred-wist. Add
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Add: v. leóþ-, níd-, sár-, sceád-, stæf-, þearl-, word-, wrang-wís
wis
certain.
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certain