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wend

(n.)

a coursean alternativea case

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a course, an alternative, a case Ðonne gerecce hé, gif hé mæge, óþer twéga, oððe ðara spella sum leás oððe ungelíc ðære sprǽce ðe wit æfter spyriaþ; oððe þridde wend (a third course or alternative)ongite and geléfe ðæt wit on riht spirien Bt. 38, 2;

wil-gebróþor

(n.)
Grammar
wil-gebróþor, pl. m.

Brethren pleasant in their lives

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Cf. wil-gesweostor

Linked entry: ge-bróþor

westsúþ-wind

(n.)
Grammar
westsúþ-wind, es; m.
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A south-west wind Westsúðwind affricus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 51: 6, 40: favonius, 35, 6: faonius 108, 22. Westsúþwind, 39, 7

wíd-gal

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gal, adj.
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Th. 401, 1; Rä. 21, 5. v. wíd-gil[l], and next word

Linked entry: wíd-gil

here-wíc

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Herewíc castra, Wit. Voc. ii. 96, 19. Herewíc, fyrdwíc, 20, 6. Castra, oppida, loca altissima sita, dicia quasi casa alta herewíc vel gefylco, 129, 36. Add

wíf-healf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-healf, e; f.

The female sidefemale line

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(Cf. wíf-cynn, I. ) v. preceding word

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, a man, [The form were also occurs
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Gif ꝥ wíf hire were forlǽt, Mk. lo, 12. Ic were ne oncnáwe, Lk. l, 34. Cf. wer aad were =wer-gild; also the form were-wulf.] Add Hé blissode on þam ꝥ hé his ágenre dohtor wer wæs, Ap. Th. 3, 5

súþan-wind

(n.)
Grammar
súþan-wind, es; m.
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A south wind Súþanwind auster vel nothus, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 9. Se ðe hit mid súðanwinde onginne, ðonne hæfþ hé sige, Lchdm. iii. 182, 3. Súþanwind (southenwind, Ps.) austrum, Ps. Surt. 77, 26

Norþ-wíc

(n.)

Norwich

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Ðá gerǽdde Ulfkytel wið ða witan on Eást-Englum, Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 17. Ðá geaf se cyng his sunu ðone eorldóm on Norþfolc and Súþfolc; ðá lǽdde hé ðæt wíf tó Norþwíc, 1075; Erl. 213, 6

wíf-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-lufu, an ; f.

Love for a woman

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Cf. wíf-myne

wíg-rád

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-rád, (?), e; f.

A war-roadroad along which an army passes

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v. wíg-trod) wiðer-trod seen láðra monna Abraham betook himself to the way where the foe had gone and saw the track of their retreat Cd. Th. 125, 24; Gen. 2084

wíd-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-genge, adj.
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Rambling, roving, going far and wide Wíd-genge girouagum, An. Ox. 58, 10

án-wíg

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Rómáne curon III hund cempena and siex þæt sceolde tó ánwíge gangan wið swá fela Sabína cum sex et trecenti Fabii speciale sibi adversus Vejentes decerni bellum expetivissent, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 16: 2, 6; S. 86, 22.

wíf-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wíf-leás, adj.

Without a wifeunmarried

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Without a wife, unmarried: — Gif hwylces weres forme wíf bið deád, ðæt hé be leáfe óðer wíf niman móte, and gif hé ða oferbýt, wunige hé á syððan wífleás (coelebs), L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 3. ] See also next word

wan-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hygdig, -hýdig; adj.
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Ne sceal wita nó tó hátheort, ne tó hrædwyrde, ne tó wác wiga, ne tó wanhýdig, 290, 19. Ne mid swíðran his nele brýsan wanhýdig gemód Wealdend engla, ne ðone wlacan smocan wáces flǽsces wætere gedwæscan, Dóm. L. 50.

wíd-mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽrsian, p. ode
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To spread abroad the knowledge or fame of an object, to proclaim, publish, celebrate Ðá spræc man ofer eall and wíd*-*mǽrsude, ðæt Iósepes bróðrn cómon tó Pharaone auditum est et celebri Sermone vulgatum in aula regis: Venerunt fratres Joseph, Gen. 45

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m.: wange, wænge, wenge, an; n.
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A cheek, side of the face Ðæt wange wið ða ceócan ufan mandibula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 3. Ðæs wonges locfeax cesaries, 22, 57. Smire ðæt hále wonge mid, Lchdm. ii. 338, 9. Bind on ðæt wænge, 20, 10. Smyre ðæt wenge, 20, 18.

wan-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
wan-sceaft, e; -sceafte(-a; m.?), an ; f.
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misfortune, misery, unhappiness Hí sorge ne cúðon, wonsceaft wera, wiht unhǽlo, Beo. Th. 240; B. 120. Ic ne wrecan meahte on wigan feore wonnsceaft míne, ac ic ealle þolige, Exon. Th. 499, 16; Rä. 88, 16.

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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Ic ða stówe ne can ne ðæs wanges ( the place where the cross was buried) wiht ne ða wísan cann, Elen. Kmbl. 1364; El. 684. On ðam wange, ðǽr hé sorge gefremede on the scene of his wrong-doings, Beo. Th. 4010; B. 2003.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

fird-wíc

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Wíf ne sceal faran tó wera fyrdwícum, ac wunian æt hám, 31, 1096. Hé ástyrede his fyrdwíc movit castra, Jos. 3, I. Take here fyrd- wíc, and add