an-weg
away ⬩ inde ⬩ exinde
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away; inde, exinde
beadu-wég
a war-cup ⬩ contest ⬩ discussion
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a war-cup, contest, discussion
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á-wér
anywhere ⬩ in any wise
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anywhere, in any wise, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 28; Met. 8, 14: Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 20, 14
eást-weg
East-way ⬩ orientālis via
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East-way; orientālis via On eást-wegas in the east-ways, Cd. 174; Th. 220, II; Dan. 69: Elen. Kmbl. 509; El. 255
fulwiht-wer
A baptist
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A baptist Seó gebyrd Sancte Iohannes ðæs fulwiht-weres the birthday of St. John the Baptist, Blickl. Homl. 161, 6
here-weg
A highway ⬩ high road
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A highway, high road Ealles hereweg publica via, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67. 52; Wrt. Voc. 37, 39
hrycg-weg
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A road running along a ridge or elevated piece of ground On ðone beorh tó ðem ricgwege ðonne eást andlang hricgweges on to the hill to the road that runs along it, and then east along the road, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 427, 33
húsel-wer
a communicant
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One who may take the sacrament, a communicant Húsulweras, Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 28; Gú. 768
líf-weg
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A way which leads to life, way of life, one's path in life Lífweg [the road followed by the Israelites under the guidance of the pillar of cloud], Cd. 147; Th. 184, 9; Exod. 104. Uton nú ealle úre lífwegas geornlíce rihtan let us diligently amend our
mearc-weg
A road that forms part of a boundary
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A road that forms part of a boundary Andlang mearcweges, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 40, 3. On mearcwei, iii. 202, 5
mid-weg
Mid-way
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Mid-way Segor stód on midwege betweox ðǽm muntum and ðǽm merscum, Past. 51, 5; Swt. 399, 13
norþ-weg
a way going to the north
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a way going to the north Nearwe genýddon on norþwegas wiston him be súþan Sigelwara land, Cd. Th. 181, 29; Exod. 68
port-wer
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A citizen; civis, Rtl. 187, 23
sídling-weg
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A road that runs obliquely (?) Ofer feld on ða rihtlandgemǽre on ðone sídlingweg tó wuda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 446, 19. Cf. Halliwell Dict. sidelings aslant, sideways : Jamieson sideling, oblique ; sydlingis obliquely, not directly
tún-weg
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A road on a tún, a private road Ealles hereweg publica via, tuunweg privata via, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 39-40. Tó túnweges ende, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 281, 21. Ðǽr túnwegas út sceótaþ . . . þurh ðone tún, vi. 235, 6
wer-beám
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A strong man, warrior Ðá slóh mid hálige hand heofonríces weard werbeámas ( the Egyptians in the Red Sea ), wlance ðeóde, Cod. Th. 208, 20; Exod. 486. Cf. the epithets derived from words denoting trees which are applied to men in Icelandic poetry. v.
wer-cweþan
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wer-scipe
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prudence