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á-wæscan

(v.)

to wash

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to wash Áwæsc ealle, Lch. ii. 38, 16. Áwæsc on háligwætre, 110, 14

á-wansian

(v.)

Similar entry: wansian

á-wenian

(v.)
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Hí unwære men beswícaþ and ádwellaþ and hí áweniaþ from Godes gemynde, Bl. H. 61, 24. Áwenide suspenderat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 62. Áwæned cild ablactatus, Ps. L. 130, 2. Áwened, Ps. Srt. 130, 2. Add

á-weódian

(v.)
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Ǽr man áweódige þá unriht and þá mánweorc þe man wíde sǽwð, Wlfst. 243, 19. Ǽlc unriht bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sǽd árǽran, 73, 2. Add

Linked entry: weódian

á-windwian

(v.)
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Wé beþurscon úre fýnd and áwindwedan, Ps. Th. 43, 7. Add

á-wéstan

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Ómm and moððan hit áwéstað aerugo et tinea demolitur, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 30. Áwoestun desolaverunt, Ps. Srt. 78, 7. Áwéstan grassari, An. Ox. 5343. Hí woldon áwéstan þá Iudéiscan, Hml. S. 25, 386. Þá burg áwéstan, Ors. 2, 7; S. 90, 14.

á-wilian

(v.)

Similar entry: á-wilwan

á-willan

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Voc. i. 290, 45, 56: ii. 25, 69, and add Áwyl on súrum ealað, Lch. ii. 34, 14. Áwylle on buteran, 17. Þonne hit beó ǽne áwylled, iii. 14, 15. On áwyldum ealað, ii. 114, 11

Linked entry: á-wyllan

á-wille

(adv.)
Grammar
á-wille, (= án?, on- ?); adv.

Boldly ⬩ procaciter

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Voc. ii. 66, 43

á-wending

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Áwendincg subversio, Scint. 188, 4: inmutatio, 225, 15. Add

Linked entry: wending

a-wergian

(v.)

Similar entry: á-wirgan

á-wrigennes

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Swá hé geseah on ǽr þurh Godes áwrygennysse, Hml. S. 3, 102. Add

á-wreþian

(v.)
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Add: with dat. acc. Hé þǽre ýtemestan yldo his lífes mid medmiclum hláfe and cealde wætere áwreþede ultimam uitae aetatem pane cibario et frigida aqua sustentat, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 630, 20

á-wirgedlic

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á-writting

Similar entry: in-áwritting

á-woffian

(v.)

to be or become mad ⬩ to become insolent

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Add: to be or become mad Amens byð áwoffod, Angl. viii. 331, 41. Áwoffod freneticus, An. Ox. 4668. Gif hwylc gedwola oððe áwoffod man, Hml. S. 1, 20. to become insolent Áwolfige ł woffie insolescat, superbiat, Hpt. Gl. 461, 56:An. Ox. 2350

Linked entries: woffian á-wolfian

á-worpenlic

Worthy of rejection ⬩ or reprobation

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Substitute: Worthy of rejectionor reprobation Ðæt líf byþ áworpenlic vita reprobatur, Past. 409, 36

á-worpenlíce

(adv.)
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á-worpenlíce, adv.

Vilely ⬩ viliter

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Vilely; viliter, An. Ox. 2736

á-worpennes

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Áworpennesse reprobatione, An. Ox. 40, 6. Add

á-wrǽnan

(v.)

to make wrǽne

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to make wrǽne(q. v.) Gif mon sié tó unwrǽne, wyl on meolce þá ilcan wyrt, þonne áwrǽnst þú, Lch. ii. 144, 21

Linked entry: wrǽnan

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