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weorh

(n.)
Grammar
weorh, Lchdm. iii. 42, 3
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read dweorh, cf. i. 364, 13

weorm

Similar entry: wyrm

wacor

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Sið wiþerweardnes biþ untǽlu and wracu (wacru? v.l.), Bt. 20; F. 72, 6. Add

waru

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Dele niht- at end. Add Ne synd áwritene ealle Iúdan gefeoht for his freónda ware, Hml. S. 25, 677 : 26, 147. v. in-waru, waru a weir

wel

Grammar
wel, <b>. I</b> 1 b.
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Add Þá ðá wé wel noldon, ðá forhradode Godes mildheortnys þæt wé wel woldon. Nú wé wel willað, ús fyligð Godes mildheortnys þæt úre willa ýdel ne sý. Hé gearcað úrne gódne willan tó fultumigenne, Hml. Th. ii. 84, 13-16. Add Ic nát for hwý gé þá tída

wacor

(adj.)
Grammar
wacor, adj.

Watchful, vigilant

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Watchful, vigilant Se ðe wǽre slápol, weorðe se ful wacor, Wulfst. 72, 14. Beó ðú wacor esto vigilans, Past. 58; Swt. 445, 20. Sint tó manienne ða ðe hiera synna onfunden habbaþ, ðætte hié mid wacore móde (vigilanti cura) ongieten..., 52; Swt. 405, 8

Linked entries: wracu wæccer

waar

Linked entry: sǽ-wár

wam

Similar entry: wamm

wáh

(n.)

a wall.

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a wall

wág

(n.)

a balance,

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a balance

weód

(n.)
Grammar
weód, es; n. f. (?)

A useless or injurious plant, ⬩ a weed

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A useless or injurious plant, a weed Æceres weód, ðæt ðe bið on ofen ásend faenum agri, quod in clibanum mittitur Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30. Hwonan hæfð hit ðæt weód (zizania) ? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 27. Is áwriten ðæt hé séwe ðæt weód on ða gódan ǽceras Past. 47

weód

(n.)
Grammar
weód, e ; f. ?;
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Wið cneówærce genim weóde wísan Lchdm. iii. 16, 16

wír-treówen

(adj.)
Grammar
wír-treówen, -tríwen; adj.

myrtle-tree ⬩ myrtle

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myrtle-tree, myrtle Þweah mid wearmum wýrtrýwenum (-treówenum,v. l.) wóse, Lchdm. i. 236, 1

Linked entry: treówen

wír-treów

(n.)
Grammar
wír-treów, es; n.

A myrtle-tree

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Cnuca mid rosan wóse oððe wýrtreówes, Lchdm. i. 232, 12

Linked entry: wír

wer-nægel

(n.)
Grammar
wer-nægel, es; m.
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[Bailey's Dictionary gives 'warnel worms, worms on the backs of cattle within the skin'; and in Johnson's Dictionary, ed.

á-wár

(adv.)
Grammar
á-wár, adv. [ = á-wǽr = á-hwǽr]

Anywhere ⬩ alicubi

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Anywhere; alicubi Swilce he áwár wǽre, ǽrðan ðe he geboren wǽre as if he were anywhere, before he was born, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 19

a-wóc

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wóc, p. of a-wacan.

awoke ⬩ arose

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awoke, arose,Gen. 9, 24;

here-wóp

(n.)
Grammar
here-wóp, es; m.

The shout raised by an army

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The shout raised by an army, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 2; Exod. 460

Linked entry: wóp

leód-wer

(n.)
Grammar
leód-wer, es; m.
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A man of a nation Leódweras [the Egyptians], Cd. 89; Th. 110, 5; Gen. 1833. Ofer leódwerum [the Israelites], 148; Th. 184, 20; Exod. 110

ó-wér

(adv.)
Grammar
ó-wér, = ó-hwǽr.

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