þun-wang
A temple
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A temple Þunwang timpus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 50. Þunwange tempus, 64, 32. Þunwencge (-wenge, -wange) timpus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Zup. 59, 5: 298, 2. Gif ic on þunwange gereste si dedero requiem temporibus meis, Ps. Th. 131, 4. Bufan his þunwengan supra tempus
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ciric-wag
A church-wall ⬩ ecclesiæ murus
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A church-wall; ecclesiæ murus Se ðe ofslehþ man binnan ciricwagum biþ feorhscyldig he who slays a man within church-walls is life-guilty, L. Eth. viii. 13; Th. i. 332, 8: ix. 1; Th. i. 340, 5: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 23
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wád
Woad,
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Woad, a plant much used for dyeing, which circumstance may account for the appearance of the word as a gloss to some of the following Latin words Ðis wád hic sandyx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 69; Zup. 72, 14. Wyrt oððe wád sandix (the passage to which this gloss
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wǽge-tunge
The tongue of a balance
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The tongue of a balance Wǽgetunge (or wǽge tunge, v. wǽg, II) examen, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 41
Medu-wæge
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Add:: -wæg(u?), e
be-wǽgan
To deceive, disappoint ⬩ frustrari
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To deceive, disappoint; frustrari Ne bewǽgde him non frustratus est eum, Ps. Spl. C. 131, 11
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wæl-seax
A war-knife ⬩ a sword or dagger used in fight
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A war-knife, a sword or dagger used in fight Hé wælseaxe gebrǽd, ðæt hé on byrnan wæg, Beo. Th. 5400;B. 2703
ungemet-wæl
Very great carnage
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Very great carnage Ðǽr wæs ungemetwæl geslægen, Chr. 867; Erl. 73, 14
wǽl-líc
Deep
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Deep (of water) On deópum ł in welicum (= wǽllícum. v. wæl) grunde sǽwe in fundo maris, Hpt. Gl. 452, 23
wæl-fel
Cruel to the slain ⬩ very cruel
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Cf. wæl-hreów Hræfen uppe gól, wan and wælfel, Elen. Kmbl. 105; El. 53
rǽd-wægn
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Icel. reið-skjótr, but see also hræd-wægn
wær-sagol
Cautious in speech, careful of what one says
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Cautious in speech, careful of what one says Se ðe wǽre leássagol, weorðe se sóðsagol; se ðe wǽre bæcslitol, weorðe se wærsagol; se ðe wǽre stuntwyrde, weorðe se wíswyrde, Wulfst. 72, 17
wæl-mist
A mist that covers the bodies of the slain
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A mist that covers the bodies of the slain Hreám wæs on ýðum, wæter wǽpna ful, wælmist ástáh (the passage refers to the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea) Cd. Th. 206, 12; Exod. 450.
wær-lic
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Add: — Hí þurh ꝥ swýþur cunnedon þǽre Godes gife þonne hit wærlic wǽre, Gr. D. 27, 12
sige-wang
A plain where victory is won ⬩ a glorious plain ⬩ a place in which evil is overcome
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Thw. 25, 36. where actual fighting is not referred to, a place in which evil is overcome Smeolt wæs se sigewang (the place where St. Andrew's heathen enemies had been overwhelmed), Andr. Kmbl. 3160; An. 1583.
wær-word
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Perhaps wǽr-word should be read, with the meaning: an agreement, a proviso.
wær-wyrde
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Gif on Wódnesdæg . . . bið ácenned, sé bið wærwyrde (swíðe wær on hií wordum, v.l. ), Archiv cxxviii. 298, 9. Add
wæl-sliht
Slaughter in battle ⬩ slaughter ⬩ carnage
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Wæs on healle wælslihta gehlyn, Fins. Th. 57; Fin. 28
wæl-grimlíce
With the utmost bitterness
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Ðǽr wæs se mǽsta blódgyte on ǽgðere healfe, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 31
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