wíte-lác
Punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ pain
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Punishment, torment, pain Wurdon tó axan eorðan wæstma, efne swá wíde swá ða wítelác (the burning and terror at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ) gerǽhton, Cd. Th. 154, 12 ; Gen. 2554. Weras básnedon wíteloccas (wíteláces, Grn.) weán under weallum
wíte-scræf
A den of torment
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A den of torment, hell Gewít ðú áwyrgda in ðæt wítescræf, Cd. Th. 308, 12 ; Sat. 691
wíte-steng
A pole used for punishment ⬩ torture
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A pole used for punishment or torture Wítestengces, róde eculei, wítestenges eculei, gabuli, Hpt. Gl. 478, 70-73 : Anglia xiii. 34, 169
Linked entry: steng
wíte-stów
A place of punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ hell
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A place of punishment or torment, hell Upp cómon sume ðara ðýstra gásta of ðære neowolnesse and of ðære wítestówe (de abysso illa flammivoma ), Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 41. Nis hér (in hell) nú nǽnig wóp, swá hit ǽr gewunelíc wæs on ðisse wítestówe, Blickl
wiþ-bláwan
To strain at
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To strain at Ðæt hí wiðbleówen ðære fleógan and forswulgun ðone olfend liquantes culicem, camelum autem glutientes, Past. 57; Swt. 439, 24
wiþ-cwedenness
Gainsaying ⬩ contradiction ⬩ opposition
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Gainsaying, contradiction, opposition Hí woldon hine besyrewian æt his lífe, and habban syþðan his ríce bútan ǽlcre wiðcweðenesse, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 36 note. Tó wetre wiðcwedenisse ad aquas contradictionis, Ps. Surt. 105, 32. Of wiðcweðenisse, 17,
Linked entry: cwedenness
gyrd-wíte
Punishment with a rod ⬩ the punishment that came upon the Egyptians through Moses' ro
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Punishment with a rod, the punishment that came upon the Egyptians through Moses' ro, Cd. 143; Th. 178, 22; Exod. 15
wíte-rǽden
punishment ⬩ fine
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punishment Ðes cyning bebeád ðæt feówertiglíce fæsten healden beón ǽr Eástrum be wíterǽdenne jejunium quadraginta dierum observari praecepit . . . in transgressores dignas et competentes punitiones proposuit, Bd. 3, 8 ; S. 531, 11. fine. v. wíte, I b
Linked entry: wíte
wítege
prophetess
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A prophetess Anna ðió wítga Anna prophetissa, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 36
æt-wíndan
To wind off ⬩ turn away ⬩ escape ⬩ flee away ⬩ aufugere
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To wind off, turn away, escape, flee away; aufugere Ic ána ætwánd effugi ego solus, Job Thw. 165, 27; Grn. Iob 1, 16: Beo. Th. 289; B. 143. Ic 'ǽte híg ætwíndan to wuda dimitto eos avolare ad silvam, Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 3
and-wirdan
to answer ⬩ respondere
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to answer; respondere Ðæt wíf andwirde the woman answered. Gen. 3, 2
a-willan
To cause to bubble ⬩ to boil ⬩ facere ut aliquid ferveat vel ebulliat ⬩ coquere ⬩ decoquere
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To cause to bubble, to boil; facere ut aliquid ferveat vel ebulliat, coquere, decoquere Awilled meolc boiled milk, pottage; jeta [jura?], Cot. 168. Awilled wín vel cyren new wine, just pressed from the grape, or new wine boiled till half evaporated;
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a-winnan
To labour ⬩ contend ⬩ gain ⬩ overcome ⬩ laborare ⬩ contendere ⬩ acquirere ⬩ nancisci ⬩ superare
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To labour, contend, gain, overcome; laborare, contendere, acquirere, nancisci, superare Ǽlc wís mon scyle awinnan ǽgder ge wið ða réðan wyrde ge wið ða winsuman every wise man ought to contend both against the severe fortune and against the pleasant,
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a-wirgan
To strangle ⬩ strangulare
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To strangle; strangulare Gelícost ðam ðe he hine sylfne hæfde unwitende awirged as if he had voluntarily strangled himself, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 38
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fóre-witig
Foreknowing ⬩ præscius
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Foreknowing; præscius Fórewitig towerdra þinga præscius fŭtūri, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 12; Hpt. Gl
fóre-witung
A foreknowing ⬩ foretelling ⬩ presage ⬩ præsāgium
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A foreknowing, foretelling, presage; præsāgium, Som. Ben. Lye.; Hpt. Gl
forþ-wísian
To guide forth ⬩ direct ⬩ dirĭgĕre
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To guide forth, direct; dirĭgĕre Him seleþegn forþwísade the hall-thane guided him forth, Beo. Th. 3595; B. 1795
eall-wihta
All beings ⬩ omnia creāta
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All beings; omnia creāta Cyning eall-wihta king of all creatures, Andr. Kmbl. 3204; An. 1605: Cd. 47; Th. 60, 7; Gen. 978: 5; Th. 7, 28; Gen. 113
ge-wícian
To dwell ⬩ lodge ⬩ encamp ⬩ hospitare ⬩ castra metari
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To dwell, lodge, encamp; hospitare, castra metari Hý landes hæfdon ðæt hý mihton on gewícian they had land on which they could encamp, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 36. Ic on fægerum scúan fiðera ðínra gewície in umbra alarum tuarum spero, Ps. Th. 56, 1. Se wilda