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.
wíf-scrúd
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Add: cf. wíf-hrægel
ge-wíde
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See wíde; II in Dict
eásten-wind
The east wind ⬩ subsōlānus
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The east wind; subsōlānus. v. eástan; adj
súþ-wind
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A south wind, Cd. Th. 196, 10; Exod. 289
wind-hreóse
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Dele, the better reading is: Wind on hreóre sǽ
heáfod-wind
A wind from one of the four chief points of the compass
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A wind from one of the four chief points of the compass Feówer heáfodwindas synd se fyrmesta is eásterne wind ... se óðer heáfodwind is súðerne ... se þridda heáfodwind hátte zephirus ... se feórþe heáfodwind hátte septemtrio, Lchdm. iii. 274, 12-23
wer
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Gif wíf be óðrum were forlicge, L. C. S. 54; Th. i. 406, 6. Gif oxa ofhníte wer oþþe wíf ( virum aut mulierem ), L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 27: Exon. Th. 225, 24; Ph. 394. Weras mid wífum, Cd. Th. 104, 20; Gen. 1738. Weras, wíf samod, Andr.
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súþaneástan-wind
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A south-east wind; euroafricus, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 14
súþanwestan-wind
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A south-west wind; africus, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 15
eástan-wind
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An east wind Eástenwind subsolanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 12
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norþ-wind
a north wind
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a north wind Twegen norþwindas circius et boreus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 55
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westnorþ-wind
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A north-west wind Westnorðwind circius Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 4: 24, 26
west-wind
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A west wind Ðá bleów westwind flante favonio Bd. 5, 19 ; S. 639, 20
wíf-hrægel
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Cf. wíf-scrúd
wend
a course ⬩ an alternative ⬩ a case
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a course, an alternative, a case Ðonne gerecce hé, gif hé mæge, óþer twéga, oððe ðara spella sum leás oððe ungelíc ðære sprǽce ðe wit æfter spyriaþ; oððe þridde wend (a third course or alternative)ongite and geléfe ðæt wit on riht spirien Bt. 38, 2;
wín-land
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a grape-growing country Gif hwá on þám wínlandum for Godes lufon wín wylle forgán, Chrd. 15, 21