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wylfen

(adj.)
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wylfen, adj.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
wræc-full, adj.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
wræc-líc, adj.

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

(adv.)
Grammar
wrǽd-mǽlum, adv.

In bands

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In bands Heápmǽlum oððe wrǽdmǽlum gregatim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 18

Linked entry: wrǽd

wrǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
wrǽne, adj.

Lascivious ⬩ libidinous ⬩ salacious ⬩ wanton

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Lascivious, libidinous, salacious, wanton Uuraeni uréni petulansvel spurcus, Txts. 90, 835. Wraene petulans, 87, 1569. Wrǽne pelulcus, luxuriosus, Hpt. Gl. 484, 55: libidinosus, 514, 4. Hé (Sardanapatus) wæs swíþe furþumlíc mon, and hnesclíc, and swíþe

wrǽst-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wrǽst-líc, adj.

Pertaining to wrestling

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Pertaining to wrestling Ðǽm wǽrstlícum palestricis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 69, 3 : 74, 54

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wrǽt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wrǽt-líc, adj.

wondrous ⬩ curious ⬩ of wondrous excellence ⬩ beautiful ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent ⬩ elegant

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wondrous, curious Grendles heáfod and ðære idese mid, wliteseón wrǽílíc. Beo. Th. 3304; B. 1650. Stefn cwom þurh heardne [stán] . . . . wrǽtlíc þúhte stánes ongin, Andr. Kmbl. 1480; An. 741. Ic eom wrǽtlíc wiht, on gewin sceapen, Exon. Th. 405, 14; Rä

wrǽtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wrǽtlíce, adv.

wondrously ⬩ curiously ⬩ wondrously ⬩ excellently ⬩ beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ nobly

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wondrously, curiously Hé (the phenix) eft cymeþ, áweaht wrǽtlíce, wundrum tó lífe, Exon. Th. 223, 29 ; Ph. 367 : 224, 19; Ph. 378. Seó wiht wæs wrǽtlíce, wundrum gegierwed, 418, 8; Rä. 37, 2: 422, 14; Rä. 41, 6: 427, 2; Rä. 41, 85: 428, 2; Rä. 41, 102

wyrtig

(adj.)
Grammar
wyrtig, adj.
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Full of herbs On ánum wyrtigan hamme, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 312

yfel

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel, adj.
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Evil, ill, bad Yfel malus, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 47. in a moral sense Yfel mann of yfelum goldborde bringð yfel forð, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 35. Hié nǽnigo firen ne gewundode, ne yfel gewitnes ( witness of wrong-doing ) ne wrégde, Blickl. Homl. 161, 33. Ðæt ðǽr mæge

yfel-full

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-full, adj.
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Wicked, evil On dǽdum yfelfullum in factis malitiosis, Anglia xi. 116, 13

wriþen-hilt

(adj.)
Grammar
wriþen-hilt, adj.

Having a kilt bound round

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Having a kilt bound round ['In some specimens of swords the handles are wound round with gold wire,' Worsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 29] Ðæt sweord, írena cyst, wreoþenhilt and wyrmtáh, Beo. Th. 3400 ; B. 1698

Linked entry: wreoþen-hilt

wróht-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
wróht-georn, adj.

Quarrelsome ⬩ contentious ⬩ eager for strife,

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Quarrelsome, contentious, eager for strife, Similar entries v. wróht, IV On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ða wróhtgeornan, on óðre ða gesibsuman. . . . Hé be ðæm wróhtgeornan secgean wolde quomodo admonendi qui jurgia serunt, et pacifici. . . . Quem seminantem

wudiht

(adj.)
Grammar
wudiht, adj.

Full of woods ⬩ trees

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Full of woods or trees Wudihtes silvosi, Germ. 402, 72

ymb-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-sprǽce, adj.
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Talked about Geond ðás eorþan ǽghwǽr sindon hiora gelícan hwón ymbsprǽce, Met. 10, 59

yppe

(adj.)
Grammar
yppe, adj.
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Brought to light, disclosed, manifest Gif hé hit ðonne dierneþ and weorðeþ ymb long yppe, L. In. 21; Th. i. 116, 7: 35; Th. i. 124, 8. Ðonne mon beám on wuda forbærne and weorðe yppe on ðone ðe hit dyde, 43; Th. i. 128, 18. Nǽnges þinges máre þearf nǽre

Linked entry: uppae

yrfe-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
yrfe-leás, adj.
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Without cattle, unstocked Wæs ðæt land ierfelæás omni peccunia caruit, Chart. Th. 162, 28

ýþig

(adj.)
Grammar
ýþig, adj.
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Fluctuating, stormy Ðyssere ýðegan worulde, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 72

wuldor-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-fæst, adj.

Glorious

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Glorious Wuldurfest gloriosus, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 188, I. Wuldorftest, Cd. Th. 234, 3 ; Dan. 286. Wuldorfæst cyning (Solomon), 202, 18 ; Exod. 390. Ðes wuldorfæsta kyning rex gloriae, Ps. Th. 23, 8, 10: Nicod. 29 ; Thw. 16, 38. Ðæt wuldorfæste líf ðætte

wuldorfæste

(adv.)
Grammar
wuldorfæste, adv.

Gloriously

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Gloriously Hió Gode þancode ðæs geleáfan ðe hió swá leóhte oncneów, wuldorfæste, in ðæs weres breóstum, Elen. Kmbl. 1930; El. 967

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