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waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.

Waremerchandise

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Ware, merchandise Mangere mercator, waru merx, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 73. Hí wurpon heora waru oferbord they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea (Jonah I, 5), Homl. Th. i. 246, 2.

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, a weir. v. mylen-waru.
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Perhaps the word might be taken under wara protection: <b>-waru.</b> Add: v. Cant-, ciric-waru: <b>waru</b> wear. Add:

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.

Watchful careobservancekeeping of a commandheedcarecare for the safety of otherssafe-keepingcustodykeeping from injuryguarddefenceprotection against attackguard

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Hié wǽron ða burg hergende and sleánde búton ǽlcre ware (without any defence being offered), 2, 8; Swt. 92, 16. Ware ł gescildnysse defensionem, Hpt. Gl. 471, 61.

Linked entry: wer-genga

-waru

(suffix)
Grammar
-waru, a form occurring only in compounds with a collective force.

The inhabitants of a place

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Hierosolim-waru Hierosolyma, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 5. Sychem-ware Sicinorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 66. It is used with common nouns, v. burh-, ceaster-, eorþ-, hell-, heofon-, land-waru; and with proper names, native or foreign, e. g. Lunden-waru

Linked entry: wara

waru

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Waru merces, An. Ox. 28, 16. Add

waru

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Add Ne synd áwritene ealle Iúdan gefeoht for his freónda ware, Hml. S. 25, 677 : 26, 147. v. in-waru, waru a weir

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, wearing?

A covenant

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Kmbl. iii. 429, 16Ors. 4, 5 ; Swt. 170, 10 Forms recorded as waru, warum, and wása

ceaster-waru

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-waru, e; f.

Townsmen as a body, the citizens or citycives, civitas

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Townsmen as a body, the citizens or city; cives, civitas Ðá eóde eall seó ceaster-warú then the whole city [citizens as a body] came out, Mt. Bos. 8, 34

Linked entry: ceaster-gewaru

eorþ-waru

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Add: Grammar eorþ-waru, -waru Eall eorðwaru, s. Grammar eorþ-waru, -ware Forhtiaþ ealle gesceafta, ge heofonware ge eorþware, Bl. H. 11, 4. Heofonwara hyht and eorþwara, 87, 10: Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 20.

eorþ-waru

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-waru, e; f: -ware; gen. -wara; pl. m; -waran; gen. -warena; pl. m.

Inhabitants or population of the earthterrĭcŏlæ, terrĭgĕnæ

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Inhabitants or population of the earth; terrĭcŏlæ, terrĭgĕnæ Heofonwaru and eorþwaru cælĭcolæ et terrĭcolæ, Hy. 7, 95 ; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 95. Crist sibb is heofonware and eorþware Christ is the peace of the inhabitants of heaven and of the inhabitants

mylen-waru

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-waru, e; f.

A mill-dam

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A mill-dam Andlang streámes on ða mylenware; of ðare mylenvare tó ðare swéte apuldre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 454, 7

cyric-waru

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-waru, e; f.

A church-congregation in ecclesia congregatio

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A church-congregation; in ecclesia congregatio On cyricware in a church-congregation, L. O. 13; Th. i. 184, 12

burh-waru

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waru, burg-waru; gen. dat. e; acc. e, u; f.
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The inhabitants of a city considered as a community, the whole body of citizens; civitas, civitatis populus Ǽlc burhwaru wæs búgende to him non fuit civitas quœ se traderet illis, Jos. 11. 19. Wearþ eall seó burhwaru onstyred commota est universa civitas

frioðo-waru

(n.)
Grammar
frioðo-waru, e; f.

Protectiontutela

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Protection; tutela He frioðo-wære bæd hláford sínne he prayed his lord for protection, Beo. Th. 4554; B. 2282

hell-waru

(n.)
Grammar
hell-waru, e; f.

The body of inhabitants in hell

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The body of inhabitants in hell On ðam mycelan dóme ðǽr heofonwaru and eorþwaru and helwaru beóþ ealle gesomnode in magno judicio ubi cælicolæ et terricolæ et inferi omnes congregabuntur, L. Ecg. C. pref; Th. ii. 132, 22: Hy. 7, 95; Grn. ii. 289, 95.

Linked entry: hell-ware

heofon-waru

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-waru, e; f.

The inhabitants of heaven

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The inhabitants of heaven Hé dyde ðæt eal heofonwaru wundrode he caused all the inhabitants of heaven to wonder, Homl. Th. i. 442, 35: Hy. 7, 95; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 95. Ealle heofonwara and eorþwara on his andwerdnysse beóþ onstyred all those in heaven

Linked entry: heofon-ware

land-waru

(n.)
Grammar
land-waru, e; f.

country

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The people of a country, country, Beo. Th. 4631; B. 2321

buruh-waru

(n.)
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the people of a city in a body, Chr. 1013; Th. 270, 28: Deut. 21, 21

niht-waru

(n.)
Grammar
niht-waru, e; f.

Night-wear

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Night-wear Genóh byþ ðam munuce ðæt hé hæbbe twá cúlan and twegen syricas for ðære nihtware and for ðæs reáfes þweále, R. Ben. 90, 4

Linked entry: waru

Cant-waru

(n.)
Grammar
Cant-waru, e; f.
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The people of Kent Eall Brytene búton Cantware ánre, Chr. 617; P. 24, 28