gréting-word
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A word of greeting, a salutation Ðá stóp se encgel tó þám mǽdene and cwæð hire tó, 'Ave', ꝥ is on úrum gereorde grétingword, Archiv ci. 313. Ave and salue synd grétingword, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 209, 14
teosu-word
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An injurious word Þá hé swíðust óðre men mid tesowordum tǽl[d]e in his renceo, þá earnode hé mé þæs écan teónan, Nap. 62. Þá hé oftost tesoword spræc in his onmédlan gealpettunga, þá earnode hé mé þára mǽstan benda, 27, 39
wól-berende
Pestiferous ⬩ pestilential ⬩ pernicious
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Grammar wól-berende, figurative On heora wólberendum setle in cathedra pestilentiae, Ps. Th. I. l: Past. 56; Swt. 435, 22. On ðæm wólberendan setle, 435, 19.
wíd-gangol
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Rambling, roving, wandering: — Wídgongel wíf word gespringeþ, oft hý mon wommum bilihd, hæleð hý hospe mǽnaþ, Exon. Th. 337, 15 ; Gn. Ex. 65.
wíd-síþ
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. ¶ the word occurs also as a name for one who has travelled much :-- Wídsíð maðolade, se ðe mǽst mǽrþa ofer eorþan, folca geondférde, Exon. Th. 318, 19; Wíd. 1
fór-word
A fore-word ⬩ stipulation ⬩ agreement ⬩ præcautio ⬩ pactum
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A fore-word, stipulation, agreement; præcautio, pactum Ðæt hire frýnd ða fórword habban that her friends have the stipulations, L. Edm. B. 7; Th. i. 256, 2.
wíd-mǽre
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Wídmǽre blǽst (the fire that shall consume the world), 60, 27; Cri. 976. Swá gé sweotolran and wídmǽrran gedóð eówre tǽlweorðlícnesse tanto foedior vestra reprehensibilitas appareat, Past. 8 ; Swt. 53, 15. Hafaþ se cantic wídmǽrost word, Salm.
wer
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a troop, band Were manipulo (coelestis militiae manipulo, Ald. 50), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 2 : 56, 75. In ic wæs cempena láreów, and mid mycclum were ymbseald, nú ic eom ána forlǽten, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 195
wæd
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Dele mearc-, seolh- at end
wǽd
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Add Wǽda indumentarum, An. Ox. 8, 314. add: v. ge-wǽde;
wedd
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Ðonne cwið se éca cyning tó ánra gehwylcum : '. . . Hwet gedydest þú? Syle wedd be þissum eallum þe ic for þé dyde and for þe þrowade.' Ðonne andswaraþ se man úrum Drihtne and cwið: 'Nebbe ic ǽnig wedd tó syllanne nimþe míne (dǽda). 'Þonne bið bóc ontýned
wel
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Add Þá ðá wé wel noldon, ðá forhradode Godes mildheortnys þæt wé wel woldon. Nú wé wel willað, ús fyligð Godes mildheortnys þæt úre willa ýdel ne sý. Hé gearcað úrne gódne willan tó fultumigenne, Hml. Th. ii. 84, 13-16. Add Ic nát for hwý gé þá tída
-werd
Similar entry: línen-werd
wæd
A ford ⬩ shallow water ⬩ water that may be traversed ⬩ a body of water ⬩ sea
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A ford, shallow water, water that may be traversed (cf. wadan, and the forms wade, wath in place-names, e.g. Biggles-wade, Longwathby); poet. a body of water, sea Bí wædes ófre, Exon. Th. 360, 22; Wal. 9. Wyllelm king lǽdde scypferde and landfyrde tó