wirs
Worse ⬩ worst
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adv. Worse, worst in reference to moral ill Wyrs déð se ðe lýhð Salm. Kmbl. 364; Sal. 181. Ðonne hié wénen ðæt hié hæbben betst gedón, ðæt wé him ðonne secgen ðæt hié hæbben wierst (wyrst, Cott. MSS.) gedón cum ea, quae bene egisse se credant, male acta
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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Worse, worst, in a moral sense For hwam lifaþ se wyrsa leng? Salm. Kmbl. 716; Sal. 357. Ne wearð nán wærsa dǽd gedón ðonne ðeós wæs, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 4. Gif wé ðæt ne dóþ, ðonne wyrce wé ús myccle synne; and ús is get wyrse ðæt wé úrne ceáp teóþian
wóp-líc
Mournful ⬩ doleful ⬩ lamentable
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Mournful, doleful, lamentable Wóplíc flebilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 4. Grammar wóp-líc, of persons expressing grief Wóplíc (printed -lie) lacrimabundus, Hpt. Gl. 472, 66. In faran ðæt tungla wóplícan heofones eáhþerl ðú eart geworden intrent ut
wlæcce
Lukewarmness
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Lukewarmness Wlæccan frigum, Germ. 397, 448
wlǽta
nausea ⬩ loathing ⬩ what produces nausea ⬩ an object of loathing ⬩ defilement ⬩ disfigurement
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nausea, loathing Wið spiwðan and wlǽttan, Lchdm. i. 358, 24. Wiþ wlǽttan, ðam men ðe hine ne lyst his metes ne líþes, ii. 62, 15. Wiþ nnluste and wlǽttan ðe of magan cymð, 184, 5. Wlǽtan, 158, 12. Gif hwá on scipe wlǽttan þolige, i. 206, 9. Ðone wlǽttan
wurma
A shell-fish from which a purple dye was obtained, ⬩ a purple dye ⬩ woad, a plant from which a dye is got
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A shell-fish from which a purple dye was obtained, a purple dye; also woad, a plant from which a dye is got Wurma murex, wurma, weoloc murice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 64, 62. Wurma, reád godwebb ostrum, 64, 10. Wyrma ostrum, i. 286, 34. Wurman murice, ii.
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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one driven from his own country, a wanderer in foreign lands, an exile, a stranger, pilgrim Wræcca exul, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 27 : Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 38. Wæs hé wræcca on Gallia lande cum exularet in Gallia, 2, 15 ; S. 519, 1. Ðá wæs mid him án wræccea
wríd
A shoot ⬩ stalk ⬩ plant ⬩ bush
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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9
Linked entry: hæsel-wrid
wudu-bora
One who carries wood for fuel
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One who carries wood for fuel Wudubior (-bora?) calo militum, Hpt. Gl. 427, 7
an-æðelian
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Dele an = un, and v. un-æðelian. Add: [Cf. O. H. Ger. ant-adalen to degrade.]
an-bestingan
Similar entry: be-stingan
an-bídian
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and add: to wait His wíte andbidað on ðǽre tóweardan worulde his punishment waits in the world to come, Hml. S. 16, 305. Andbidað (an-, v. l. ), se déma, Hml. A. 8, 202. Ic anbidode þæt ic ðé máre folc gestrýnde I waited that I might gain thee more
án-bíme
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Made out of a single trunk Ánbýme scip trabaria, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 28
Linked entry: -bíme
an-bringelle
Similar entry: on-bringelle
an-brucol
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in Dict.)
an-byrdnys
Similar entry: ge-anbyrdan
án-cenned
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Se cniht wæs áncenned sunu his méder, Hml. Th. i. 492, 5. Add
án-dagian
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Ðá cwæð ic þæt hé wolde cunnigan, and bæd ðone cing ðæt hé hit ándagade ( that he would appoint a day for taking the oath ), and hé swá dyde, and hé gelǽdde ðá tó ðon ándagan ðone áð . . . and wé ridan ðá tó ðon ándagan, Cht. Th. 171, 18-34. Add
án-éged
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monoptalmis, An. Ox. 2, 142