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ár-wéla

Grammar
ár-wéla, l.
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ár-wela

wan

(n.)
Grammar
wan, es; [n. (?) cf. Icel. vánt (neut, of vanr) with gen.]
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Want, lack Ne byð mé nánes gódes wan nihil mihi deerit, Ps. Th. 22, 1. Hí habbaþ ǽghwæs genóh, nis him wihte won, Exon. Th. 352, 9; Sch. 95. On ðám ðingum ðe hí won hæfdon in eis quae minus habuerat, Bd. 5, 22 ; S. 644, 15

wác

Grammar
wác, <b>; II.</b>
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Þá man talað wáce þe woldon for Godes ege georne riht lufian, Wlfst. 243, II. <b>II a.</b> of non-material things :--- III. add :-- Hé beleác hine on cwearterne and sende him bigleofan lytelne and wácne, 35, 38. Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum

wǽdl

Grammar
wǽdl, <b>; I.</b> ¶
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Ic sende fýr and gewirce eów tó wǽdlan visitabo vos in egestate et ardore, Lev. 26, 16. <b>Ia.</b> add :-- Seó wǽdl þǽra andlyfna alimentorum indigentia, Gr. D. 145, 6: alimentorum inopia, 159, 7. <b>I b.</b> with gen. describing

wǽg

Grammar
wǽg, water.
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Add Wǽg limpham, An. Ox. 499. Wága gurgitum, 2487

wær

(adj.)
Grammar
wær, adj.
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Add On þeáwum wær moribus cautus. Chrd. 19, 13. Sió wiþerweardnes biþ . . . wæru . . . mid þǽre styringe hire ágenre frécennesse adversam fortunam videos ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem, Bt. 20; F. 72, 6. Se wara weard his ágenre þearfednesse

wág

Grammar
wág, In 1. 4 for brýden l. bryden. and see breden.
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Dele grund-, at end

wala

(n.)
Grammar
wala, (?) a root (?). Perhaps for 'ad walan' ad palam should be read. The gloss is on Ald. 32, i. Cf. An. Ox. 2313, ad liquidum, i. manifeste openlíce : for the use of a preposition with palam see
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in palam, Mk. 4, 22

wár

Grammar
wár, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Wárum algis, An. Ox. 23, 13. see note at An. Ox. 1818 on the forms and meaning of the instances given from Hpt. Gl

watel

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Watelum tegulis, An. Ox. 2, 489. Add

weald

(adj.)
Grammar
weald, adj.
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For wealdestan perhaps weallendestan should be read as a literal rendering of ferventissirno

wealh

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Add:

waa

Similar entry: wá

wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Woad, a plant much used for dyeing, which circumstance may account for the appearance of the word as a gloss to some of the following Latin words Ðis wád hic sandyx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 69; Zup. 72, 14. Wyrt oððe wád sandix (the passage to which this gloss

Linked entry: waad

wǽ

Similar entry: wá

wæg

(n.)

a way

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a way

wælm

Similar entry: wilm

wælt

(n.)

apparently some part of the thigh ⬩ a sinew

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apparently some part of the thigh, a sinew (?) Gif wælt wund weorðeþ, .iii. scillingas gebéte, L. Ethb. 68; Th. i. 18, 19. (The preceding section deals with wounds to the thigh. As regards the form of the word, it might be compared with O.H.Ger. walza

wǽn

Similar entry: wægn

wǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽr, (?); adj.

True

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True Ic gelýfe ðæt hit from Gode cóme, bróht from his bysene, ðæs mé ðes boda sægde wǽrum wordum, Cd. Th. 42, 31; Gen. 681

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