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reám-wín

(n.)
Grammar
reám-wín, es; n.
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Thick wine, wine with a froth on it (?) Reámwín dulcisapa (quantum distal dulcisapa a merulento temeto, Ald. 81, 1), An. Ox. 8, 417: 8 b, 12. Cf. Merum hlúttor wín, dulcisapa áwilled wín, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 55-56

gern-winde

(n.)
Grammar
gern-winde, es; m?

A yarn-winder, reel ⬩ conductum

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A yarn-winder, reel; conductum [ăpud textōres], Wrt. Voc. 282, 2

norþan-wind

(n.)

a wind from the north

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a wind from the north Norþanwind septentrio, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 11. Ðæs norþanwindes ýst, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 20. Stearc stormas and norþanwindas, 23; Fox 78, 27

Linked entry: norþ-wind

ge-winde

(adj.)
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adj Ðá hit wæs wel gewinde on ða burh when the wind was in the right quarter [for blowing the flames] on to the town; ventum opportunum, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 25

Linked entry: -winde

midde-winter

(n.)
Grammar
midde-winter, es; m.

Mid-winter ⬩ Christmas

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Mid-winter, Christmas Ðis sceal on Sunnandæg betweox myddewintres mæssedæge and twelftan dæge, Lk. Skt. 2, 33, rubric. Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter (meddewinter, MS. Bod.), Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32

Linked entry: midde-sumor

scip-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
scip-wíse, an; f.

The fashion or form of a ship

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Ðá nam heó ánne riscenne windel on scipwísan gesceapenne sumpsit fiscellam scirpeam, Ex. 2, 3

wíh

(n.)
Grammar
wíh, (wih?), weoh ; gen. wíges (weós?); m.

An idol

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An idol Hié gecwǽdon ðæt hié ðæs wíges (the golden image) ne róhton, ne hié tó ðam gebede mihte gebǽdon hǽðen heriges wísa, Cd. Th. 228, 12 ; Dan. 201. Hié ne willaþ ðysne wígwurðigean, 228, 24; Dan. 208. Hé (St.Bartholomew) ne wolde wíg weorðian (cf

Linked entries: wíg wíg-bora

wind-bland

(n.)

tumult of winds

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tumult of winds Windblond gelæg, Beo. Th. 6284; B. 3146

sixtíne-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
sixtíne-wintre, adj.

Sixteen years old

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Sixteen years old Ðǽr georn .xvi. wintre mǽden, Shrn. 140, 1: 141, 9

ge-wind

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Voc. ii. 68, 71. what winds round or envelops (as in winding-sheet) Gewynd involucrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 25

win-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
win-cynn, es; n.
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A kind of wine Ne drinc ic heononforð of ðysum wíncynne ( de hoc genimine uitis, Mt. 26, 29) ǽr on ðám dæge þe ic eft drince mid eów níwe wín on mínes fæder ríce. Nap. 69

wín-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
wín-gál, adj.

Flown with wine ⬩ wanton with wine

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Flown with wine, wanton with wine Onwóc wulf-heort, se ǽr wíngál swæf, Cd. Th. 223, 8; Dan. 116. Wlonc and wíngal "flown with insolence and wine," Exon. Th. 307, 25; Seef. 29 : 478, 2; Reim. 35

án-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
án-wíte, es; n.

A simple or single fine ⬩ a mulct or amercement ⬩ simplex mulcta

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A simple or single fine, a mulct or amercement; simplex mulcta Ealle forgielden ánwíte let them all pay a single fine, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 17

a-wint

strips of ⬩ slips off

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strips of, slips off

eástor-wice

(n.)
Grammar
eástor-wice, an; f.

Easter-week ⬩ septimāna paschālis

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Easter-week; septimāna paschālis Ealle ða dagas ðære eástor-wican all the days of the easter-week, L. E. I. 41; Th. ii. 438, 25

ed-winde

(n.)

A winding again, a vortex ⬩ vortex

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A winding again, a vortex; vortex Edwinde vortex, Ælfc. Gl. 98; Som. 76, 92; Wrt. Voc. 54, 36

feoht-wíte

(n.)

a fine for fighting

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a fine for fighting

fiht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fiht-wíte, es; n.

A fine for fighting ⬩ pugnæ mulcta

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A fine for fighting; pugnæ mulcta He áh fihtwíte he has fines for fighting, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 3, note 6, MS. B

Linked entry: fyht-wíte

ful-wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-wíde, adv.

Full widely ⬩ all around ⬩ round about ⬩ circumcirca

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Full widely, all around, round about; circumcirca Lóca fulwíde ofer londbúende look all around over the land-dwellers, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 23; Sat. 684: Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 13; Kl. 46. Wælhreówes [Nerónes] gewéd wæs fulwíde cúþ the madness of the cruel

fyrd-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-wíse, an; f.

A military manner

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A military manner Se mon se ne wǽre mid his wǽpnum æfter fyrdwíson gegered qui non legitimis indutus insignibusque armis, Nar. 9, 28

Linked entry: fird-wíse