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blǽd-wéla

(n.)
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blǽd-wéla, an; m.

Fruitful richesopes uberes

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Fruitful riches; opes uberes Ic ðé on ða fægran foldan gesette to neótenne neorxna wonges blǽdwélan I set thee on the fair earth to enjoy the fruitful riches of Paradise, Exon. 28 a; Th. 85, 16; Cri. 1392

seonu-wealt

(adj.)
Grammar
seonu-wealt, (sionu-, sinu-, sino-, sine-, sin-, syne-); adj.
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That may be always rolled, round -Sinewealt gesceap volubile scema, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 18. Sionuualt torosa (teres ? ), ii. 122, 54. Sionewaltum conteriti (cum teritif ), 21, 56. round, circular, cylindrical Sinewealt cleofa absida, Wrt. Voc. i. 58,

un-wealt

(adj.)
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un-wealt, adj.

Not given to rollsteady

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Not given to roll, steady Ða scipu wǽron ǽgðer ge swiftran, ge eác unwealtran, ge eác hiéran ðonne ða óðru, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 14 (v. note, p. 320)

Linked entry: -wealt

un-wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wéne, adj.

hopelessnot having hope or expectationnot hoped forunexpected

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hopeless, not having hope or expectation. Similar entries Cf. or-wéne Wæs ðǽr án cnapa geǽttrod þurh næddran, swíðe tóswollen þurh ðæs wyrmes siege, unwéne his lífes, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 7. Hé gehǽlde ánre wydewan sunu ðe unwéne læg, Homl. Skt. i. 6,

un-weód

(n.)
Grammar
un-weód, es; n.

A noxious weed

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A noxious weed (lit. or metaph.) Seó eorðe ús winð wið, ðonne heó forwyrneþ eorðlíces wæstmes and ús unweóda tó fela ásendeþ, Wulfst. 92, 19. Man sceal ǽlc unriht mid rihte bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sǽd árǽran, 73, 2

Linked entry: weód

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

wésten-staþol

(n.)
Grammar
wésten-staþol, es; m.
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A waste place, a deserted place Wurdon hyra wígsteal wéstenstaþolas, Exon. Th. 477, 22 ; Ruin. 28

wudu-wésten

(n.)

wild woodland

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wild woodland Ðá flugon ða Bryt-Walas to ðám wuduwéstenum, Chr. pref. ; Erl. 5, 12 note

Linked entry: wésten

ǽ-werd

Grammar
ǽ-werd, -werdla.

Similar entry: ǽ-wird

ár-wéla

Grammar
ár-wéla, l.
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ár-wela

ge-wefe

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-wef,</b> es; n. what is woven, a web Wágryfta gewef curtinarum textura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 12. text?, context Actiuum opus ..., enarratiuum ... Gyt ys þridde cynn þǽre rake ... commune ... Sé þe wylle ymbe þæs gerímes deópnyssa

Linked entry: ge-wef

ge-wéne

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Dele, and see ge-wénan; II

gode-webb

Similar entry: god-webb

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

or-wéna

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or-wéne

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add: with clause; and for last passage substitute Ealle Italiam geswicon Rómánum and tó Hannibale gecirdon, for þon þe hié wǽron orwéne hwæðer ǽfre Rómáne tó heora anwealde becómen omnis Italia ad Annibalem, desperata Romani status reparatione, defecit

rúm-well

Grammar
rúm-well, (= full?). Substitute: <b>rúm-wille</b> (v. -wille).

un-wealt

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weax-bred

Grammar
weax-bred, <b>. I.</b>
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Wexbred abbachus, tabula pictoria, Hpt. 31, 9- 155- Add