þeów
A female servant or slave
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A female servant or slave Seó foresprecene Cristes þeówe praefata Christi famula, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 13: 4, 10; S. 578, 5: 4, 23; S. 592, 36. Seó Cristes þeówe, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 92, 2. Án menen ł þeówæ (ðíua,) (Lind.) ancilla, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 69.
þeów-racu
A threat ⬩ threatening
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A threat, threatening Martianus hét hí gebúgan tó his deófolgyldum, ðe læs ðe hí fordémede wurdon; ac Iulianus ne róhte ðæs réðan þýwrace (cared not for the cruel one's threat), Homl. Skt. i. 4, 114. Þreále oððe þeówraca[n?] invectionis, inlationis,
Linked entry: þeów-racian
þoft
A rower's bench
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A rower's bench Scipsetl transtra, þofta (þoftan?) trastra vel juga, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 15. Þoftan transtra, 56, 41: 63, 43. (All three occur in lists 'de navibus.')
wífa
A woman
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A woman Gif ríce wíf and earm ácennaþ tógædere, gangon hí áweig, nást ðú hwæðer bið ðæs rícan wífan (-es ?) cild, hwæðer ðæs earman, Homl. Th. i. 256, 14
wíf-hearpe
A woman's harp
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A woman's harp On glígbeáme (owif*-*hearpan = on wifhearpan? MS. C. ) in tympano, Ps. Spl. 150, 4
Linked entry: hearpe
wille
A well, spring, stream, fountain
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A well, spring, stream, fountain (lit. and fig. ) An wielle weól blóde flumen sanguine effluxit Ors. 4, 7 ; Swt. 184, 21. Welle fontana Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 79. Ðǽr com upp wærtres welle, Shrn. 93, 36. Seó wylle fluvius Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29. Is sǽd ðæt
wind-fana
A cloth for winnowing with ⬩ a fan
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A cloth for winnowing with, a fan Windfona scabellum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 71: i. 289, 22. His fone ł windfone (fonnae ł windgefonnae, Lind.) in honda his and clǽnsaþ bereflór his cujus uentilabrum in manu ejus et purgauit aream suam, Lk. Skt. Rush. 3,
win-brytta
A wine-dealer ⬩ wine-seller ⬩ vintner ⬩ tavern-keeper
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A wine-dealer, wine-seller, vintner, tavern-keeper Tæppere, wínbrytta caupo, tabernarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 10. Wín-bryttum cauponibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 79 : 18, 21
wind-ǽdre
A windpipe
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A windpipe Góma palatum, sweora collum, hracan fauces, windǽddran arteriae, þrotu guttur, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 35-39
Linked entry: seonu-wind
Windles-óra
Windsor
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Windsor Æt Windlesóran, Chr. 1061; Erl. 194, 3. Wæs se cyng on Windlesóran, 1095; Erl. 231, 22. Ðis writ wæs gemaced æt Windlesóran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 209, 27. Ic habbe gegefan Criste and Sancte Petre intó Westmynstre Windlesóran and Stáne, 227, 6:
wind-swingla
A fan
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A fan Windswingla vel pala ventilabrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 36
Linked entry: swingel
Wintan-ceaster
Winchester
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Winchester. [The name is got from the earlier Venta of Roman Britain. This form occurs in Latin works, e. g. : In Venta civitate, Bd. 4, 15: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 300, 16. Monasterium in Wenta positum, vi. 29, 16. Also the adjective Wentanus (Uentanus,
Linked entries: Wænte Win-ceaster
winter-burna
A stream that is full in winter(?) ⬩ a stream that has the fullness of winter(?) ⬩ a torrent
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A stream that is full in winter(?), a stream that has the fullness of winter(?), a torrent Ofer ðæt burna ł uinter-burna trans torrentem, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 1. ¶ the word occurs as a local name, and is found often in the Charters, e. g.: In Winter-burnan
winter-selde
A winter-house
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A winter-house Winterselde zetas hyemales (cf. zeta a chambyre, 235, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 48
wír-boga
Bent wire used in ornamenting an object
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Bent wire used in ornamenting an object Mec (a horn) þeceþ geong hagostealdmon golde and sylfore, wóum wírbogum, Exon. Th. 395, 5; Rä. 15, 3
wín-wringe
A wine-press
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A wine-press Frymþa wínwringan ðínre primitias torcularis tui, Scint. 109, 3. To wínwringan ad praelum (ad torcular), Hpt. Gl. 468, 29: Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 59. Hé sette wínwringan (torcular), Mt. Kmbl. 21, 33. Ðíne wínwringan torcularia tua, Kent. Gl. 35
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wín-tunne
A wíne-cask
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A wíne-cask Ne hé ne drince æt wíntunnum, swá swá woroldmenn dóð, L. Ælfc. C. 30; Th. ii. 354, 4
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burh-loca
A cily-inclosure, city-barrier ⬩ defence, as — a wall, mound or moat ⬩ urbis septum, arcis claustrum vel clausura
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A cily-inclosure, city-barrier or defence, as — a wall, mound or moat; urbis septum, arcis claustrum vel clausura He gelǽdde brýd mid bearnum under burhlocan, in Sǽgor he led his wife with the children within the city-inclosure, into Zoar, Cd. 118; Th
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BURN
A bubbling or running water, a BOURN, brook, stream, river ⬩ torrens, rivus ⬩ to boil, bubble ⬩ fervere
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A bubbling or running water, a BOURN, brook, stream, river; torrens, rivus [from burnon, p. pl. of Similar entries beornan to boil, bubble; fervere] Hefe upp ðíne hand ofer burna and ofer móras extende manum tuam super rivos et super paludes, Ex. 8,
byrgea
a pledge ⬩ security ⬩ A person who gives a pledge, a surety ⬩ fidejussor
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[ Similar entries borh, Similar entries borg a pledge, security] A person who gives a pledge, a surety; fidejussor Gif ðú hæbbe býrgean, mana ðone ðæs ángyldes if thou have a surety, admonish him of the recompense, L. In. 22; Th. i. 116, 11. Mid lx scillinga