felde-fare
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wiþer-weard
contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ adversary ⬩ enemy ⬩ opponent ⬩ fiend ⬩ hostile to rightful authority ⬩ rebel ⬩ opposed to what is right ⬩ arrogant ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ reprobate ⬩ false ⬩ heretic ⬩ apocryphal ⬩ opposed to the good or pleasure of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ adverse ⬩ hurtful ⬩ pernicious ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ contrary ⬩ opposite
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Wið wiþerweard hǽr; gif ðú nimest wulfes mearh and smyrest mid hraðe ða stówe ðe ða hǽr beóð of ápullud, ne geþafaþ seó smyrung ðæt hý eft wexen, Lchdm. i. 362, 8. Wala middangeardes getéla, and nǽngo his wiðirweardo (adversa ) onscynia, Rtl. 50, 6.
Linked entries: wiþer-word wiþerweard-líc wiþerweard-ness wiþer-wierde wiþer-word
weald-bǽre
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should be den-bǽr
wyrm
a reptile ⬩ serpent ⬩ a creeping insect ⬩ a worm
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Wurmum tó ǽte, Wulfst. 145, 10. Aspidas, ǽtrene wyrmas, Ps. Th. 139, 3. Nicras, wyrmas and wildeór, Beo. Th. 2864; B. 1430. fig. Brandháta níð weóll on gewitte, weorm blǽdum fág, Andr.
witon
let us
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interjectional form with an infinitive, the combination being the equivalent of a subjunctive, = let us . . . Uton (wuton,Cott. MS.) ágifan ðæm esne his wíf, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 6. Wuton wuldrian weorada Dryhten, Hy. 8, 1. Uuton nú gehýran, Blickl. Homl
á-wiht
At all ⬩ by any means ⬩ omnino ⬩ ullo modo
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At all, by any means; omnino, ullo modo Ne lata ðú áwiht do not thou tarry at all, Ps. Th. 69, 7: 77, 10, 12: 134, 19. Me ðæt riht ne þinceþ, ðæt ic óleccan áwiht þurfe Gode æfter góde ǽnegum to me it seems not right, that I at all need cringe to God
mealt-wyrt
Malt-wort
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Malt-wort Maltwyrt acinum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 37, 54. Mealtwurt, i. 28, 7
Úse
Ouse
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The name of several rivers in England, Ouse Andlang Úsan óð hí cómon tó Bedanforda, Chr. 1010; Erl. 143, 33. Of Úsan up on Wilbaldes fleót ... On Úsan; andlang Úsan (the charter refers to Northamptonshire). Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii, 454, 14-25. Landgemǽre
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gold-hord
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On þám þe wæs behýdd se heofonlica goldhord, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 2. Se goldhord þe þú geméttest, Hml. S. 23, 603. Swíðe ealdne goldhord, 570. Unárímedlicu goldhord innumeri thesauri, Nar. 5, 10. Hér Rómáne gesomnodón al þá goldhord þe on Bretene wǽron,
un-áwæscen
Unwashed
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Unwashed Unáwæscen wull lana succida vel sucilenta, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 8. Unáwaxen wul lana sucida, ii. 54, 6
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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a wight, creature, being, created thing Nis nán wuht (cf. nán gesceaft, 22) ðe mæge oððe wille swá heágum Gode wiþcweþan . . . Ne wéne ic ðæt ǽnig wuht (cf. gesceaft, 24) sié ðe wiþwinne non est aliquid, quod summo huic bono vel velit, vel possit obsistere
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ymbren
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Eth. vi. 25; Th. i. 320, 25: Wulfst. 117, 15 note
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wyn
delight ⬩ pleasure ⬩ delightfully ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ a delight ⬩ that which causes pleasure ⬩ the best of a class, ⬩ the pride of its kind. ⬩ the name of the w-rune
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delight, pleasure Wyn luxus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 11. Wynn luxoria, wynne luxus, 49, 67, 65. Genihtsumere wynne opulenti luxus, Hpt. Gl. 413, 71. Wyn eal gedreás, Exon. Th. 288, 25; Wand. 36. On Gode standeþ wuldor mín and wyn mycel, Ps. Th. 61, 7. Mín
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wunian
To dwell ⬩ remain ⬩ to dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ stay ⬩ remain ⬩ live ⬩ to inhabit a place, live in or on ⬩ to live, be in certain conditions or circumstances, ⬩ to abide ⬩ be present with a person to comfort or help ⬩ to be ⬩ rest ⬩ reside ⬩ remain ⬩ occupy a position ⬩ to consist of or in, ⬩ subsist, exist ⬩ to remain ⬩ last ⬩ continue ⬩ endure ⬩ to be wont
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To dwell, remain Wunat inmoratur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 76. Wunaþ constat, Kent. Gl. 1176. Wunian consistere, 190. of living creatures, to dwell, abide, stay, remain, live, of dwelling in a place or with a person, Grammar wunian, with preps. or adverbs
feóndulf
A felon ⬩ villain
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A felon, villain Feóndulf furcifer, furca dignus, Germ. 396, 317. Substitute:
tægl-hǽr
A hair of an animal's tail
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A hair of an animal's tail Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemæstan on síðfæte, bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest, ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð, Lchdm. i. 360, 21
yrse-binn
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An iron box Yrse-binne (cf. hunigbinna, 264, 15), Anglia ix. 265, 1
rísan
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To seize, snatch away, carry off Benjamin is rísende wulf lupus rapax, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 27. Se rísenda rabula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 68. Ðære rísendan rapaci, 79, 83. Wulfas rísænde ł woedende lupi rapaces, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 15
á-wiht
AUGHT ⬩ anything ⬩ aliquid
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AUGHT, anything; aliquid Unc gemǽne ne sceal elles áwiht to us two shall not be aught else common, Cd. 91; Th. 114, 16; Gen. 1905: Ps. Th. 55, 9. Handa hí habbaþ, ne hió hwæðere mágon gegrápian gódes áwiht they have hands, and yet they may not touch