wóh-handede
Crook-handed ⬩ having a maimed hand ⬩ mancus
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Crook-handed, having a maimed hand; mancus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 44
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wóh-líc
Wrong ⬩ perverse ⬩ evil
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Wrong, perverse, evil Hit ys swííe wólíc, ðæt ða geworhtan gesceafta ðam ne beón gehírsume, ðe hí gesceóp and geworhte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, I. Mid wólícum obliqua (invidiá), Hpt. Gl. 527, I. On wólícum dǽdum, Blickl. Homl. 107, 28. Wólíce inritos, Germ.
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wóhsum
Wicked ⬩ evil
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Wicked, evil Wðgsum nequam, Rtl. 27, 17
word-fæst
Adhering to what one says ⬩ keeping one's word
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Adhering to what one says, keeping one's word Se hláford sceal beón egesfull ðam dysegum, ðæt hé heora dysig álecge ; and hé sceal beón wordfæst and witan hwæt hé clypige (he seal beon weordfeste and wise lare lusten, III, 32), O. E. Homl. i. 301, 13
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word-full
Wordy ⬩ verbose ⬩ talkative
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Wordy, verbose, talkative Mann wordfull (verbosus) asyndraþ ealdras, Scint. 134, 12. Wordful verbosa (garrulorum loyua-citas), Hpt. Gl. 528, 49. Wordfulle uerbosi, Scint. 78, l
wit-leás
Witless ⬩ senseless
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Witless, senseless On ðam fíftan mónþe hé (the fœtus) biþ cwica and weaxeþ and seó módur líð witleás, Lchdm. iii. 146, 12
witod-líc
Certain
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Certain Wutudlíce sindun wítga ðætte wére certi sunt prophetam esse, Lk. Skt. Rush. 20, 6
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witodlíce
certainly ⬩ indeed ⬩ surely ⬩ truly
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certainly Witodlíce (amen) ic secge eów, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 21. Wéne ic ful swíðe and witodlíce, Exon. Th. 461, 5; Hö. 30. with a somewhat indefinite sense, translating many Latin words, indeed, surely, truly Witodlíce (wotetlíce, Lind.) autem, Mt. Kmbl.
Linked entries: ge-witodlíce witendlíce
wit-seóc
Lunatic ⬩ possessed
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Lunatic, possessed Hrýmde sum wód mann ðurh deófles gást . . . Wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðam fúlan gáste . . . Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, Homl. Th. i. 458, 2-8. Hí deóflu fram wittseócum mannum áflígdon, ii. 490, 23. Exorcista is
wlæclíce
Lukewarmly
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Lukewarmly Wlæclíce tepide, enerviter, Hpt. Gl. 420, 39. For hwon segdes ðú Æcgbrihte swá gémeleáslíce and swá wlæclíce (tam negligenter ac tepide) ða ðing, ðe ic bebeád him tó secganne, Bd. 5, 9; M. 410, 33
wlite-leás
Withowt beauty ⬩ uncomely ⬩ hideous
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Withowt beauty, uncomely, hideous Deoful ætýwde wann and wliteleás, Andr. Kmbl. 2339; An. 1171
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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