wlite-scíne
Of brilliant beauty ⬩ splendid ⬩ beauteous
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Of brilliant beauty, splendid, beauteous Engel selbeorht, wlitescýne wer. Cd. Th. 237, 15 ; Dan. 338: Elen. Kmbl. 143; El. 72. Weorud wlitescýne. Exon. Th. 31, 9; Cri. 493: 35, 6; Cri. 554. Seó wlitescýne wuldres condel (Juliana), 269, 22; Jul. 454.
wlitige
Beautifully ⬩ fairly ⬩ splendidly
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Beautifully, fairly, splendidly Hálge gséstas stígaþ tó wuldre, wlitige gewyrtad mid hyra weldǽðum, Exon. Th. 234, 20; Ph. 543. His blǽd scíneþ wlitige in wuldre, Andr. Kmbl. 3438 ; An. 1723
wlitig-fæst
Beauteous ⬩ glorious
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Beauteous, glorious Swá se æþela fugel wlitigfæst wunaþ wyllestreámas, Exon. Th. 204, 29; Ph. 105
wó
Wrongly ⬩ perversely ⬩ unequally
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Wrongly, perversely, unequally Hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40
wítegend-líc
Prophetic
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Prophetic Ic (Elisha) bidde ðé (Elijah ), ðæt ic beó áfylled mid ðam wítegendlícum gáste ðe on ðé nu wunaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 282. Ðæt cild on his módor innoðe . . . mid wítigendlícre fægnunge getácnode ðone tócyme úres Álýsendes, Homl. Th. i. 352, 28
wíte-þeów
In slavery as a consequence of crime
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In slavery as a consequence of crime Be wíteðeówes monnes slege. Gif wíteþeów Englisc mon hine forstalie, hó hine mon, L. In. 24; Th. i. 118, 6. Gif ðǽr hwylc wíteðeów man sý ðe hió geðeówede, hió gelýfð tó hyre bearnon ðæt hí hine willon lýhtan for
wiþer-rǽdlíc
Adversative
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Adversative Sume (conjunctions) sind adversativae, ðæt sind wiþerrǽdlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Zup. 264, 1
wiþer-ræhtes
Opposite
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Opposite Hí geségan wyrm on wonge wiðerræhtes licgean, Beo. Th. 6071; B. 3039
wiþer-stǽger
Hard to mount ⬩ steep ⬩ abrupt
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Hard to mount, steep, abrupt Wiðerstǽgre prerupti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 59: 69, 15
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wund
Wounded
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Wounded. in a physical sense, of a wound inflicted. Similar entries v. wund, I. I Ða hwíle ðe hé wund wæs dum convalescit a vulnere, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 9. Gif wælt wund weorðeþ, L. Ethb. 68; Th. i. 18, 19. Wund wearð Wulfmǽr, wælreste geceás, Byrht
wunden-locc
With braided locks
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With braided locks Wíf wundenlocc, Exon. Th. 407, 26; Rä. 26, 11. Slóh wundenlocc (Judith) ðone feóndsceaþan, Judth. Thw. 23, 3; Jud. 103. Seó cneóris, wlanc, wundenlocc, 26, 13; Jud. 326
wundig
Ulcerous ⬩ full of sores
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Ulcerous, full of sores Wundie ulcerosos, Germ. 396, 267
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wund-líc
That inflicts wounds
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That inflicts wounds Wundlícne uulnificum, Germ. 402, 51
wundor-full
Wonderful ⬩ glorious
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Wonderful, glorious Midwundurfulre (wundum-, MS.) wæferséne stupendo spectaculo, Hpt. Gl, 470, 75. Wynsum is seó wunung on ðam wuldorfullum (wunderfullum, v.l. ) dreáme, Homl. Ass. 43, 481. Wundorfulla (gloriosa) gecweden synd be ðé, Ps. Spl. 86, 2
wurm-reád
Scarlet
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Scarlet Wurmreádne þrǽd coccinum, Gen. 38, 28. Wurmreádne basing pallium coccineum, Jos. 7, 21
wurmsig
Purulent
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Purulent Wurmsi purulentus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 29
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wylfen
Wolfish ⬩ fierce
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Wolfish, fierce Wé geáscodan Eormanríces wylfenne geþóht; ðæt wæs grim cyning, Exon. Th. 378, 24; Deór. 22
wræc-full
Wretched ⬩ miserable
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Wretched, miserable Ðæt án líf is wræcful, ðæt óðer is eádig; án hwílwéndlíc, óðer éce, Homl. Th. ii. 440, 4. Besceáwiaþ hú wræcfull ðis andwyrde líf is, i. 488, 21. Fram ðisum wræcfullum lífe, 84, I: ii. 370, 19. Ðis wræcfulle líf, ðe wé on sind, wé
wræc-líc
strange ⬩ wonderful ⬩ wretched ⬩ miserable
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strange, wonderful Fæste is ðín templ éce and wræclíc áwa tó feore sanctum est templum tuum, mirabile in aequi-fate, Ps. Th. 64, 5 : Exon. Th. 26, 12 ; Cri. 416. Geseah cyning wundor on wíte ágangen ; him ðæt wræclíc þúhte, hyssas hále hwurfon in ðam
wrǽd-mǽlum
In bands
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In bands Heápmǽlum oððe wrǽdmǽlum gregatim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 18
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