wíg-rád
A war-road ⬩ road along which an army passes
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v. wíg-trod) wiðer-trod seen láðra monna Abraham betook himself to the way where the foe had gone and saw the track of their retreat Cd. Th. 125, 24; Gen. 2084
án-wíg
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Rómáne curon III hund cempena and siex þæt sceolde tó ánwíge gangan wið swá fela Sabína cum sex et trecenti Fabii speciale sibi adversus Vejentes decerni bellum expetivissent, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 16: 2, 6; S. 86, 22.
wicga
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Some kind of insect Wicga blatta (elsewhere blatta is glossed by nihlbuttorfleóge, and eárwicga), lucifuga, lytel wicga bruuinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 11, 32. Genim hwǽtenes meluwes smedman and wicggan innelfe, gníd tósomme, Lchdm. ii. 134, 4
Linked entry: eár-wicga
wíf-líc
womanly ⬩ of a woman ⬩ female ⬩ feminine ⬩ wifely ⬩ matronly
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Ia. as a grammatical term, feminine (gender) :-- Æfter gecynde syndon twá cyn on namum, masculinum and femininum, ðæt is werlic and wíflíc ; wíflíc cyn byð haec femina ðis wíf . . . Neutrum is náðor cynn, ne werlíces ne wíflíces, Ælfc.
wíd-mǽrsian
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To spread abroad the knowledge or fame of an object, to proclaim, publish, celebrate Ðá spræc man ofer eall and wíd*-*mǽrsude, ðæt Iósepes bróðrn cómon tó Pharaone auditum est et celebri Sermone vulgatum in aula regis: Venerunt fratres Joseph, Gen. 45
eced-wín
Acid-wine
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Acid-wine
wel
Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah
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Th. 49, 3 ; Gen. 786. marking fitness of circumstance, well, properly Hý mihton wel habban wíf on ðam dagum L. Ælfc. C. 7 ;Th. ii. 346, 7. with verbs that denote fitness : Wel ðæt gerás, ðæt heó wǽre eádmód . . .
Linked entry: BET
wíd-cúþ
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Widely known, well known, of persons, noted Wídcúþes wíg, Beo. Th. 2088 ; B. 1042. Húnferð, wídcúðne man, 2983; B. 1489. Sume beóþ swíðe æþele and wfdcúþe on heora gebyrdum hunc nobilitas notum facit. Bt. 11. 1; Fox 30, 32.
eodor-wír
A wire-enclosure ⬩ cingulum, sēpiens fīlum mĕtallĭcum
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A wire-enclosure; cingulum, sēpiens fīlum mĕtallĭcum. Grn Ic eom mundbora mínre heorde, eodorwírum fæst I am the protector of my flock, fortified by wire-enclosures, Exon. 105a; Th. 398, 23; Rä. 18, 2
wan
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Ne wiht mé wonu bið nihil mihi deerit, Ps. Surt. 22, I : 33, 10. Ǽr ðon ðe Drihten on heofenas ástige, þonon hé nǽfre won wæs þurh his godcundnesse miht, Blickl.
wís-wyrdan
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To be wise in speech Wýswyrdan philosophari, Anglia xiii. 38, 301. v. next word
wád
Woad,
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Wið bryne, wád wyl on buteran, smire mid, Lchdm. ii. 132, 1, and see i.174, 1-5.
Linked entry: waad
wid-rynig
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Wide-streaming Háteþ heofona cyning ðæt ðú forð onsende wæter wídrynig, geofon geótende, Andr. Kmbl. 3012 ; An. 1509
Linked entry: rynig
sundor-wís
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Specially, singularly wise:?-Ǽnne giddum gearu-snottorne . . . ðone hié ðære cwéne ágéfon, sægdon hine sundorwísne, Elen. Kmbl. 1172; El. 588
wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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On wágum ðæra húsa ðe wið dúna standaþ, Lchdm. i. 124, 16. Wið wágas, 116, 21. Hí heora heáfdu slogan on ða wágas, Blickl. Homl. 151, 5 : Homl. Th. i. 106, 14. [Wahes, O. E. Homl. i. 247, 17. Þare halle wah, Laym. 25887.
wíf-gemǽdla
A woman's fury
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A woman's fury Wiþ wífgemǽdlan; geberge on neaht radices moran, ðý dæge ne mæg ðe se gemǽdla sceþþan, Lchdm. ii. 342, 10
wál
(?) some part of a helmet
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some part of a helmet Ymb ðæs helmes hróf heáfodbeorge wírum bewunden wál an útan (walan utan, MS.) heóld about the helm's top a 'wál' wire-girt guarded on the outside the head's defence (i.e. the helmet), Beo. Th. 2067;B. 1031. [cf. M. H.
wíf-leást
Lack of women
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Lack of women Menn hæfdon on frymðe heora mágan tó wífe, and swá wel mósten for ðære wífleáste, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 216
wrang-wís
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[Wrong-wise (unrighteous ] reuen, O. E. Hml. i. 175, 256
wíd-genge
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Rambling, roving, going far and wide Wíd-genge girouagum, An. Ox. 58, 10