Medu-wæge
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Add:: -wæg(u?), e
ceol-wærc
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pain in the throat Wið ceolwærc, Lch. ii. 312, 2
út-wærc
Dysentery ⬩ painful evacuation
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Dysentery, painful evacuation Se útwærc, Lchdm. ii. 278, 4. Wyrð ðæt tó útwærce, 278, 15. Wiþ útwærce, 174, 1: 234, 30: 276, 20
wǽde-ráp
A stay ⬩ halyard ⬩ rigging
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A stay, halyard; pl. rigging Segelgyrdas antemnas, wǽderápa (wæderráp, Wrt.) rudentum (the passage is: Antemnas solvens de parte rudentum, Ald. 213), Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 30. Untóslitenum wǽderápum (the passage is: Quod nostrarum carbas antennarum indisruptis
wærc-sár
Pain
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Pain Fruma wercsáre initium dolorum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 13, 8
gangel-wæfre
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Gongelwafre aranea Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 35. Gif hunta gebíte mannan ꝥ swíðre óþre naman gangelwefra, Lch. ii. 14, 20. Add
cneów-wærc
a pain in the knees
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a pain in the knees L. M. 1, 24; Lchdm. ii. 66, 11
Linked entry: cneó-wærc
wæter-fæsten
A place protected by water
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A place protected by water Hé gewícode ðǽr ðǽr hé niéhst rýmet hæfde for wudufæstenne ond for wæterfæstenne he encamped as near to the Danes as the wood and water, which protected their position, would allow him to find sufficient room, Chr. 894; Erl
wæter-ælfen
A water-elf, water-nymph
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A water-elf, water-nymph Wæterælfenne nymfae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 31
wær-lic
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Add: — Hí þurh ꝥ swýþur cunnedon þǽre Godes gife þonne hit wærlic wǽre, Gr. D. 27, 12
wæfþ
A sight ⬩ show ⬩ spectacle
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A sight, show, spectacle Wæfð vel wæfersýn spectaculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 44. Hwá mæg forbæran ðæt hé swylcre wæfte ne wundrige, ðætte ǽfre swylc yfel gewyrþan sceolde under ðæs ælmihtigan Godes anwealde quae fieri in regno potentis omnia Dei nemo satis
wǽpen-mann
A male ⬩ a man
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A male, a man Wǽpnmann mas, Anglia xiii. 366, 23. Éghuelc hé ł woepenmon (wépenmon, Rush. wæpned, W.S.) omne masculinum, Lk. Skt. 2, 23. Wer oððe wǽpman vir, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 11. Ðes wǽpman hic mas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 50, 15. Ne scríde nán wíf hig
Linked entries: wæp-mann wǽpned-mann
ge-wær
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Substitute: <b>ge-wær</b> in the phrase gewær (indecl. cf. wurðan thes firiho barn giwar, Hél. 3641.
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
cyric-wǽd
A church-garment ⬩ ecclesiæ vestimentum
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A church-garment; ecclesiæ vestimentum To cyricwǽdum [MS. -wædan] for church-garments, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 8
here-wǽd
War-weed ⬩ armour
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War-weed, armour, Beo. Th. 3798; B. 1897
lin-wǽd
A garment
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A garment Swá limwǽdum sicut vestimento, Ps. Th. 103, 2
lín-wǽd
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A linen garment, linen cloth Hé drígde hig mid ðære línwǽde ðe hé wæs mid begyrd coepit extergere linteo quo erat praecinctus, Jn. Skt. 13, 5. Hé geseah ða línwǽda licgan videt posita linteamina, 20, 5: Lk. Skt. 24, 12