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and-werd

(adj.)
Grammar
and-werd, adj.

Present ⬩ præsens

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Present; præsens On ðisum andwerdan dæge on this present day, Homl. Th. ii. 284, 5

fóre-werd

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-werd, adj.

Forward ⬩ fore ⬩ former ⬩ early ⬩ prōnus ⬩ antĕrior ⬩ prior ⬩ prīmus

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Forward, fore, former, early; prōnus, antĕrior, prior, prīmus On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease in prīmo māne mĭno ŏves meas ad pascua, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 11. Fórewerd swira căpĭtium, Wrt. Voc. 282, 42. Fóreword násu pĭrŭla,

forþ-werd

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-werd, [ = -weard]

Forthward ⬩ those who are present ⬩ præsens

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Forthward, those who are present; præsens Ðis gemet [imperativus] sprecþ forþwerd this mood [imperative] speaketh to those present, Ælfc. Gr. 21; Som. 23, 23

hype-werc

(n.)
Grammar
hype-werc, es; m.

sciatica

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Pain in the hip, sciatica Hipwerc sciascis, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 42; Wrt. Voc. 19, 45

ná-wérn

Similar entry: ná-hwǽrn

were-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
were-wulf, es; m.
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A wer-wolf, a fiend Ðæt se wódfreca werewolf tó swýðe ne slíte, ne tó fela ábíte of godcundre heorde, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 30 : L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 30 : Wulfst. 191, 16

Linked entry: wulf

werh-brǽde

Similar entry: wearg-brǽde

ǽ-werd

Grammar
ǽ-werd, -werdla.

Similar entry: ǽ-wird

gold-wecg

(n.)
Grammar
gold-wecg, es; m.
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A lump of gold Goldwecg (-wecd, MS.) auri metallum, An. Ox. 451

Linked entry: gold-óra

gylding-wecg

(n.)

a gold mine ⬩ a vein of gold ⬩ aurifodina

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a gold mine, a vein of gold; aurifodina, Cot. 16, 167, Som

wer-borh

(n.)
Grammar
wer-borh, gen. -borges; m. A security for the payment of wer. v. first two passages under wer, I.

eald-a-wered

(adj.)

worn, wasted with age ⬩ vetustus

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worn, wasted with age; vetustus R. Ben. 51, Lye

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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Ger. wer-, weri-gelt fiscus, pretium. Cf. Icel. mann-gjöld; pl.] Cf. leód, leód-gild; and see Kemble's Saxons in England, vol. i. c. x, Grmm. R. A. 650

wrenna

(n.)
Grammar
wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, an; m.: wrenne, an; f.

A wren

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A wren Wrenna vel hicemáse parrax, Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 56. Wrenne (wræuna, v. l.), 77, 46. Wrenna bitorius vel pintorus, 29, 27: bitorius, bitriscus, ii. 126, 37. Wrænna biturius, 12, 62: bitorius, i.62, 41. Werna birbicariolus, ii.101, 76. Wærna bitorius

Linked entry: wrænna

cyt-wér

Grammar
cyt-wér, l. cyt-wer, and add: v. Seebohm Vill. Comm. p. 152,
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and N. E. D. kit

wyrdig

(adj.)
Grammar
wyrdig, adj.

Wordy

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Wordy Werdi verbosus, Kent. Gl. 576

wer-lád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-lád, e; f. A 'lád' (q. v.) in which the number of those who supported the accused by their oaths is determined by the 'wer' of the accused. [See passages under wer, <b>IV,</b> wer-gild, <b>III,</b> and L. H. I. 64, 4; Th. i. 566, 18: Si quis de homicidio accusetur, et idem se purgare velit, secundum natale suum perneget, quod est werelada.]
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Búton hé geládige hine mid werláde, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 400, 1. ¶ the equivalent Latin forms werelada negare or pernegare occur several times in L. H. I.; see 12, 3; Th. i. 523, 7: 66, 1; Th. i. 569, 4: 74, 1; Th. i. 578, 22: 92, 14; Th. i. 604, 14. Other

Linked entry: lád

wirp

(n.)
Grammar
wirp, e; f.

A change for the better ⬩ recovery ⬩ improvement

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A change for the better, recovery from sickness, improvement in circumstances Hé tilaþ ðæs gewundedan werpe ðe hé bewitan sceal vulnerati sui, cui medicamentum adhibet, vitam servat Past. 62; Swt. 457, 16. Lege on lǽcedómas ða ðe út teón ða yfelan wǽtan

an-weg

(adv.)

away ⬩ inde ⬩ exinde

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away; inde, exinde

beadu-wég

(n.)

a war-cup ⬩ contest ⬩ discussion

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a war-cup, contest, discussion

Linked entry: beado-wég

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