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ge-werc

(n.)
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ge-werc, es; n.

A fortfortressarx

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A fort, fortress; arx Hie ðǽr gewerc worhton they there wrought a fortress, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 16

ge-wegan

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hál-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-wende, <b>;
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III.</b> add Hálwendestum dǽdbóte. Chrd. 106, 31

weorold-wela

(n.)
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weorold-wela, an; m.
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Worldly wealth, worldly good Se woruldwela (pompa) his frætewunga áweorpende fleáh, Gl. Prud. 52 a. Sume mægon habban ælles woruldwelan genóg huic census exuberat, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 30. Hé wilnaþ hwæthweg ðises woruldwelan, 26, 2 ; Fox 94, 3. Hí geleáfan

ymb-wendan

(v.)
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to turn round, convert, avert, move, change Ymbuoendest conversas (but the Latin is p. part. ac. pl. f.), Rtl. 114, 34. Ymbuoende on bægcgling conuersa est retrorsum Jn. Skt. Lind. 20, 14. Ymbwoend averte Rtl. 8, 37; 15, 25. Ymbwoendendum vellentibus

ǽ-welm

Similar entry: ǽ-wilm

an-wedd

(n.)
Grammar
an-wedd, (and-?), es; n.
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Security for a loan, recognizance Hire fæder áborgude XXX punda æt Godan and betǽht him þæt land þæs feós tó anwedde ( pro vadimonio eidem dedit terram). Cht. Th. 201, 17

be-wendan

(v.)

round

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Add: To turn about, round. of simple movement Se drý geband Philetum swá þæt hé bewendan ne mihte, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 18. Hine bewendan fram wíte tó wite, Hml. S. 37, 180. to turn the face to or from an object, reflexive þ á bewende Nero hine tó Paulum

candel-weoc

Grammar
candel-weoc, e; l. -weóce, an,
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and add Funalia, candela oððe candelweócan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 18 (cf. funalia, i. lucernarum stuppae, 27)

corn-weal

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ed-wenden

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Substitute for first passage Hyne Geáta bearn gódne ne tealdon, ne hyne on medobence micles wyrðne drihten wereda gedón wolde . . . edwenden cwóm tíreádigum menn torna gehwylces there came for the glorious man an end to all griefs, B. 2188. Add: :--

forþ-werd

Similar entry: forþ-weard

fót-welm

(n.)
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Add: e; f. (? v. Kent. Gl. 165 below; or has the glosser taken plantae to be dative?): -welma, an; m. Fótwelma, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 46. Fótwylm planta, Germ. 396, 151. His fótwelme (ut non comburantur) plantae ejus, Kent. Gl. 165. Heó (Jezabel) wæs eall

ge-wefan

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Add Ic wefe texo, gewefen texta, Wülck. Gl. 188, 9. literal Þicce gewefen hrægel pavidensis vestis, þenne gewefen hrægel levidensis, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 11, 12. Cyrtel giwefen (geuoefen, L.) ðerh alle tunica contexta per totum, Jn. R. 19, 23. Web rislum

ge-wéman

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Add Fylstende and geécende and gewémende adstipulans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 40. to allure to what is right, desirable Oft mon sceal ðone welegan ofermódan tó him loccian mid líðelicre ólicunga, for ðǽm ðæt hé hine tó ryhte geweeme (-wéme, v. l.) nonnunquam

ge-wendan

(v.)
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Add: trans. To cause to move, turn Geuuendit transferit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 72. to give a certain direction or position to Stande hé on ðám stede þe se abbod swá gémeleásum monnum tó stealle on sundrum betǽht hæfð, swá þæt hé sý gewend fram þám abbode

ge-wenge

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Þonne þú geslegen sié on án gewenge, wænd ꝥ óðer tó, R. Ben. 28, 1. Add

ge-wépan

(v.)
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Add: intrans. To weep Hé giweóp (-weǽp, L. ) ofer ðá cæstre flevit super ciuitatem, Lk. R. 19, 41. Gewǽp, Lk. p. 10, 4: Jn. L. 20, 11. Gewaepon flebant, Lk. L. 8, 52. trans. To weep over, lament Hwæt dést þú, lá flǽsc, hwæt dreógest þú nú, hwæt miht

god-webb

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Add: fine woven material, material woven from silk or cotton, fine linen Twihíwe godweb caecum bis tinctum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 44. Godeweb purpura, An. Ox. 1378. Seolcen godewebbes bombicinum purpurae (peplum ), 461. Genim þone aeppel and hine bewind

Linked entry: gode-webb

god-webb

(adj.)
Grammar
god-webb, adj.
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of purple or costly material For þám godwebum hræglum ex purpureis vestibus, Gr. D. 13, 18. made of silk or cotton Of ealseolcenum, sidenum olosericis, godewebbum, sidenum bombicinis (the passage is: Olosericis et bombicinis indutum vestibus. Perhaps