byle-wit
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merciful; æquanimus, mansuetus Gehýran ða bylewitan audeant mansueti, Ps. Spl. 33, 2
byly-wit
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merciful, kind; æquanimus, mitis Bylywit fæder merciful father, Cd. 191; Th. 238, 32; Dan. 363
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candel-weoc
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A wick of a candle, a torch; funale, funis Candelweoca funalia vel funes, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 87; Wrt. Voc. 41, 40
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cyric-wag
a church-wall
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a church-wall, L. Eth. vii. 13; Wilk. 111, 17
cyt-wér
A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap ⬩ kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos
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A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap; kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos On Sæuerne xxx cytwéras thirty 'cyt-wérs' on the Severn, Cod. Dipl, Apndx. 461; A.D. 956; Kmbl. iii, 450, 13, 15, 20
Cwanta-wíc
St. Josse-sur-Mer or Estaples, the ancient name of which was Quantovic or Quentawich
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St. Josse-sur-Mer or Estaples, the ancient name of which was Quantovic or Quentawich Hér wæs micel wælsliht on Lundenne and on Cwanta-wíc and on Hrófes ceastre in this year [A. D. 839] there was a great slaughter at London and at Estaples and at Rochester
deáþ-wíc
A mansion of death ⬩ mortis mansio
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A mansion of death; mortis mansio He gewát deáþwíc seón he departed to see the mansion of death, Beo. Th. 2555; B. 1275
eást-weg
East-way ⬩ orientālis via
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East-way; orientālis via On eást-wegas in the east-ways, Cd. 174; Th. 220, II; Dan. 69: Elen. Kmbl. 509; El. 255
eced-wín
Acid-wine
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Acid-wine
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
Euer-wíc
York
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York, Chr. 189; Th. 14, 23, col. I
fisc-wér
A draught of fishes ⬩ piscium captúra
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a draught of fishes] A draught of fishes; piscium captúra Lǽtaþ eówre nett on ðone fiscwér laxáte rétia vestra in captúram [piscium ], Lk. Bos. 5, 4
fór-wel
Very well ⬩ very ⬩ valde
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Very well, very; valde Him nǽfre seó gítsung fórwel ne lícode covetousness never very well pleased him. Bt. titl, xvii; Fox xii. 24: Bt. 17; Fox 58, 24. Ólǽcþ ðes middangeard fórwel menige this world flatters very many, Homl. Th. i. 490, 14: ii. 158,
fulwiht-wer
A baptist
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A baptist Seó gebyrd Sancte Iohannes ðæs fulwiht-weres the birthday of St. John the Baptist, Blickl. Homl. 161, 6
fyrd-wíc
An army-station ⬩ a camp ⬩ castra
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An army-station, a camp; castra Ðis ys Godes fyrdwíc castra Dei sunt hæc, Gen. 32, 2: Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 77; Wrt. Voc. 18, 29. Fyrdunga oððe fyrdwícu castra, Ps. Lamb. 26, 3. Hí feóllon on middele fyrdwíca heora cĕcĭdērunt in mĕdio castrōrum eōrum
here-weg
A highway ⬩ high road
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A highway, high road Ealles hereweg publica via, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67. 52; Wrt. Voc. 37, 39
hrycg-weg
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A road running along a ridge or elevated piece of ground On ðone beorh tó ðem ricgwege ðonne eást andlang hricgweges on to the hill to the road that runs along it, and then east along the road, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 427, 33
húsel-wer
a communicant
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One who may take the sacrament, a communicant Húsulweras, Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 28; Gú. 768
leoþu-wác
flexible ⬩ pliant ⬩ supple
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With pliant joints, flexible, pliant, supple Liþowác habile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 67. Leoþuwác, 110, 25. Leóht and leoþuwác nimble and supple, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 12; Crä. 84. Swilce liðewácum velut lentescente, Hpt. Gl. 520, 36. Liðewácum tagum [? tánum
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líf-weg
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A way which leads to life, way of life, one's path in life Lífweg [the road followed by the Israelites under the guidance of the pillar of cloud], Cd. 147; Th. 184, 9; Exod. 104. Uton nú ealle úre lífwegas geornlíce rihtan let us diligently amend our