tó-weard
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Add Hig eódon tó Sodoman weard abierunt Sodoman, Gen. 18, 22. Hí flugon tó heora lande weard, Hml. A. 113, 372
ge-weaxan
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Syððan Críst man wearð geweaxen, þá ðá hé wæs ðrítig wintra eald, Hml. Th. i. 258, 10. Add
weald-genga
A weald-goer ⬩ bandit ⬩ brigant
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A weald-goer (v. weald), bandit, brigant Hé wolde beón yldest on ðam yfelan flocce, and geworhte his geféran tó wealdgengum ealle on wídgillum dúnum . . .
on-weald
Powerful
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Powerful Ðá Dryhten of deáþe árás onweald (-wealh?) of eorþan, Exon. Th. 168, 9; Gú. 1075
æfter-weard
later, latter ⬩ being behind (?), absent ⬩ After
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Weorþan æfterweard to be after, to pursue, follow :-- Iohannes heów ðæt hors mid ðám spuran and wearð him æfterweard . . . and cwæð tó ðám fleóndum, Ælfc. T. 18, 22: Rä. 16, 14. Petrus wearð æfterweard Peter followed, Hml. Th. i. 374, 6
ge-weald
Pudenda ⬩ ingnen
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Ðæt geweald, Lchdm. ii. 388, 9. v. ge-weald power
súþ-weard
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Southward, south Þæt þridde heáfodríce wæs þæt Affricanum, and on súðweardum, Ors. 2, 1; S. 60, 4. v. súþe-weard
Wealh-geféra
A count of the Welsh Marches(?) ⬩ the commander of the Wealh-færeld(?)
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, the commander of the Wealh-færeld(?)
Linked entry: Wealh-færeld
heáfod-weard
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Add: One who performs heáfod-weard (see next word), one who is on guard Heáfodweardas excubitores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 16
wealh-sáda
A noose for binding a captive or slave
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Th. 393, 22; Rä. 13, 4, given under wealh, II) Forhýddan oferhygde mé inwitgyrene, wráðan wealsádan absconderunt superbi laqueos mihi, Ps. Th. 139, 5
ge-wefan
to weave ⬩ texere
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to weave; texere Exon. 95 a; Th. 355, 1; Reim. 70 [v. Grmm. D. M. p. 387]: 111 b; Th. 427, 2; Rä. 41, 85: Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 100, 101; Wrt. Voc. 40, 11, 12.
ufe-weard
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add: ofe-weard Strýc þú of ufwerdum heáfde mid þínum twám scytefingran nyþerweard, Tech. ii. 119, 17. Andlang mearce on ðone gáran ufwerdne, C. D. v. 356, 17.
hors-wealh
A servant that attends to horses
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A servant that attends to horses [Thorpe takes wealh to mean one of British origin, v. Glossary] Be cyninges horsweale. Cyninges horswealh se ðe him mǽge geǽrendian ðæs wergield biþ cc sciłł. L. In. 33; Th. i. 122, 12
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weorold-wela
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Ne wearð ǽnig eorðlíc cyning mǽrra ðonne Salomon wearð þuruh ǽghwylcne woroldwelan, Wulfst. 277, 23. Ða woruldwelan synt gesceapene tó bíswice ðám monnum ðe beóþ neátenum gelíce. Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 2.
weall-steáp
high as regards its walls ⬩ buildings, with lofty walls ⬩ with lofty cliffs, lofty.
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Similar entries v. weall, Hié oferfóran weallsteápan hleoðu, Cd. Th. 108, 8; Gen. 1803
ge-weald
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Add Gif hwá forstelð hwǽte and ꝥ forstolene sǽwð, hwæt, áh ꝥ corn geweald, ꝥ hit wearp se sǽdere on moldan?, Hml.
for-weaxan
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Ne eft hé ne lǽte forweahsan (-weaxan, v. l.) tó swíðe tó unnytte ... hé mæge hié íðelíce of áceorfan ðæt hié tó ungemetlíce ne forweaxen nec rursum ad crescendum nimis relaxet ... recidantur citius, ne immoderatius excrescant, Past. 141, 1-6. [ The Latin
á-wédan
to go mad ⬩ to rage ⬩ to be mad
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Ðá wearð Decius mid feóndlicum gáste áwéd, Hml. Th. i. 434, 7, 9: ii. 510, 28. His dohtor is áwédd, 110, 28. Drihten mihte hire áwéddan dohtor gehǽlan, 114, 7. of pestilence, to rage:-- Tó ðám swíðe áwédde se cwealm, Hml.
eorþ-weall
a rampart
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Se cásere hét dícian and eorðwall (-weall, v. l.) gewyrcan uallum fecerat, 1, 12; Sch. 33, 27. a wall formed by the ground, the side or roof of a cave Hé beáh under eorðweall he went into the cave, B. 2957. Inn under eorðweall, 3090.
sǽ-weard
sea-ward,
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Cf. the description of Beowulf's landing Ða of wealle geseah weard Scyldinga, se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde, etc. Beo. Th. 463 sqq