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a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used ⬩ space to be traversed, a journey ⬩ manner, mode, method, plan ⬩ way, ⬩ way,
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Wel mon sceal wine healdan on wega gehwylcum, Exon. Th. 342, 19 ; Gn. Ex. 145. in the plural, in some compounds, the word has the sense of way, in al-way, -ways Cf. Icel. -vegir. v. eást-, norþ-, súþ-, síd-, wíd-wegas
bile-wit
plausible
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Add: generally in a good sense Biluit mansuetus, Mt. L. 21, 5. Bilwit simplex, Lk. L. 11, 34. Bilewite mitis, Ps. Spl. 85, 4. Bilwite (bylehwit later MS.), Mt. 11, 29. Iacob wæs bilewitte (simplex) man, Gen. 25, 27. Basilius se bylewitta (-wyta, v. l
ge-wil
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A will, wish, pleasure; vŏluntas, arbitrium, vōtum Ne wend ðú ðé nó on ðæs folces unriht gewil turn thou not thyself to the unjust wish of the people, L. Alf. 41; Th. i. 54, 7: Hy. 7, 78; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 78.
ge-wis
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Wé nyton tó nánum gewisse hwænne Críst ús wile habban tó him, Hml.
bere-wíc
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Mid allen ðám bere-wícan ðe ic habbe intó ðáre hálagen stówe gegifen, C. D. iv. 211, 27: 192, 7. Medeshámstede and tá berewícan þa þár tó héren, and Anláf-estún and þá(m) berewícan þár tó . . . Undelum and tó berewícum þár tó gebyreð, C. D. B. iii. 367
wic-dæg
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a day of the week Ðam æftran dæge (the day after Sunday), on óþrum witodlíce wucedæge die sequenti, secunda uidelicet feria, Anglia xiii. 387, 319. Ðæt hí ðý feórþan wicdæge and ðý syxtan ( quarta et sexta Sabbati ) fæston, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 9. Ðý drihtenlícan
wís-fæst
Perfect
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Perfect Gif ðú wilt wísfæst (perfectus)wosa, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. Rush. 19, 21. Wísfæst éghwelc bið perfectus omnis erit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 40. Folc wísfæst plebem perfectum, I. 17. Wísfæsto (perfecti) wossað gié. Rtl. 13, 19
wíg-trod
A war-track ⬩ the road along which an army has passed
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A war-track, the road along which an army has passed Wítrod ( = wígtrod) gefeól heáh of heofonum handweorc Godes on to the track where the host of Israel had passed fell from the heavens the lofty walls raised by God's hand (cf. se ágend up árǽrde reáde
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ge-wis
Certain ⬩ sure ⬩ knowing ⬩ foreknowing ⬩ certus
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Myd gewyssum gesceáde with certain reason, wherefore; propter certam rationem, quapropter, Nicod. 3; Thw. 2, 6
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ge-win
a battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ strife ⬩ quarrel ⬩ hostility ⬩ tumult ⬩ certāmen ⬩ pugna ⬩ bellum ⬩ tŭmultus ⬩ labour ⬩ toil ⬩ sorrow ⬩ agony ⬩ lăbor ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ ăgōnia ⬩ fruit of laborers ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ fructus lăbōrum ⬩ lucrum ⬩ quæstus
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Þurh mycel gewinn with much toil, Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 5. On gewinnum in lăbōrĭbus, Ps. Th. 106, 11: 72, 4. fruit of laborers, gain, profit; fructus lăbōrum, lucrum, quæstus Hí folca gewinn fremdra gesǽton lăbōres pŏpŭlōrum possĕdĕrunt, Ps.
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Eofor-wíc-scír
YORKSHIRE ⬩ comĭtātus Eboracensis
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YORKSHIRE; comĭtātus Eboracensis Fóran ða þegnas ealle on Eoforwícscíre to Eoferwíc all the thanes in Yorkshire went to York, Chr. 1065 ; Th. 332, 7
ge-wit
wits ⬩ senses ⬩ [right] mind ⬩ mind ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ consciousness
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wits, senses, [right] mind, mind, intellect Wíndruncen gewit a mind stupefied with wine, Cd. 212; Th. 262, 32; Dan. 753. Ðenden mec mín gewit gelǽsteþ whilst my intellect attends me, Exon, 38 a; Th. 125, 1; Gú. 347.
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wan
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Want, lack Ne byð mé nánes gódes wan nihil mihi deerit, Ps. Th. 22, 1. Hí habbaþ ǽghwæs genóh, nis him wihte won, Exon. Th. 352, 9; Sch. 95. On ðám ðingum ðe hí won hæfdon in eis quae minus habuerat, Bd. 5, 22 ; S. 644, 15
féðe-wíg
A foot-battle ⬩ pĕdestris pugna
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m? A foot-battle; pĕdestris pugna Féðe-wíges of the foot-battle, Beo. Th. 4717; B. 2364: Wald. 88; Vald. 2, 16
ge-wif
An affection of the eye ⬩ web
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An affection of the eye, web Wið ǽlces cynnes bróc on eágon wið gewif for every sort of malady in the eyes, for web, Lchdm. iii. 290, 3
wind-hladen
Wind-laden ⬩ windy ⬩ Lye
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Wind-laden, windy, Lye
ellen-wód
Raging, furious ⬩ fŭriōsus
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Raging, furious; fŭriōsus Wæs ellenwód fæder wið déhter the father was furious with his daughter, Exon. 67 b; Th. 251, 4; Jul. 140
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wer
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Gif mon beforan cyninges ealdormen on gemóte gefeohte, béte wer and wíte swá hit ryht sié, and beforan ðám .cxx. sciłł. ðam ealdormen tó wíte, 38; Th. i. 86, 14. <b>I a.
riht-wís
Righteousness ⬩ justice
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Righteousness justice Rihtwíse and sybbe hý cyston justitia et pax osculatae sunt, Ps. Spl. 84, 11