wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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Hé tǽhte Absalone óðerne rǽd wyrsan tó his willan, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 206. Wéne ic tó ðé wyrsan þinga, gif ðú Grendles dearst bídan, Beo. Th. 1055; B. 525. Grammar wirsa, of that which is harmful, painful, etc.
wiþer-weard
contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ adversary ⬩ enemy ⬩ opponent ⬩ fiend ⬩ hostile to rightful authority ⬩ rebel ⬩ opposed to what is right ⬩ arrogant ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ reprobate ⬩ false ⬩ heretic ⬩ apocryphal ⬩ opposed to the good or pleasure of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ adverse ⬩ hurtful ⬩ pernicious ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ contrary ⬩ opposite
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Þolemód on heardum and on wiþerweardum (contrariis ) þingum, R. Ben. 26, 18. Lufian wé hine næs nó on gesundum þingum ánum, ac eác swylce on wiðerweardum þingum, Blickl. Homl. 13, 8.
Linked entries: wiþer-word wiþerweard-líc wiþerweard-ness wiþer-wierde wiþer-word
wiþerweard-líc
Unfavourable ⬩ adverse ⬩ hurtful
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Nis cristenum monnum nán ðing swá wiðerweardlíc and hefigtýme swá swá oferfyl nihil sic contrarium est omni christiano quomodo crapula, R. Ben. 63, 20.
wód
Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious
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R. Ayenb. wod : Chauc. wood : Prompt. Parv. wood, coen : Goth. wóds: O. H. Ger. wuce: Icel. óðr.] Similar entries v. ellen-, tung-wód; wéde
wódness
madness ⬩ fury ⬩ frenzy ⬩ rage ⬩ blasphemy
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madness, fury, frenzy, rage Wódnys rabies, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 71: 75, 58, Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, hú se apostol hine fram ðære wódnysse áhredde, Homl. Th. i. 458, 9.
woffian
To rave ⬩ blaspheme
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To rave, blaspheme Ðǽr wæs sum dysig mann plegol ungemetlíce, and tó ðám mannum cwæð, swylce for plegan, ðæt hé swýðún wǽre . . Hé woffode ðá swá lange mid wordum dyslíce, óð ðæt hú feóll geswógen. Homl. Skt. i. 21, 298. Woffode debacchatur, Hpt.
Linked entry: a-woffian
wól-bryne
Deadly violence
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Ðæt tácen wearð on Rómánum swíþe gesweotolad mid ðæm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes, ðe him raðe ðæs æfter com Romae gravis pestilentia per universam civitatem violenter incanduit, ut merito praecedente prodigio coelum ardere visum sit, quando caput gentium
wolcen-reád
Similar entry: weolcen-reád
wit-seóc
Lunatic ⬩ possessed
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Exorcista is se ðe rǽt ofer ða witseócan men, L. Ælfc. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 7, 392
wlǽta
nausea ⬩ loathing ⬩ what produces nausea ⬩ an object of loathing ⬩ defilement ⬩ disfigurement
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Ne yrne hé, ðe læs hé mid ðæs rynes éðgunge hwylcne wleáttan (wlǽttan, v. l. ) and sogeðan on his heortan ne ástyrige, R.
wiþ-æftan
Behind.
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Ðú áwurpe míne word wiðæftan ðé, R. Ben. 12, 3. Grammar wiþ-æftan, adv. Án wíf geneálǽhte wiðæftan mulier accessit retro, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 20. Fíf scipubelifan wiðæftan, Chr. 1047; Erl. 175, 12.
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wiþer-cora
an adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ rebel ⬩ a reprobate person
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Ne sý hé sacerd geteald, ac Godes wiþercora (wiþersaca, v. l. rebellio), R. Ben. 113, 13. Freónd hé wæs ðurh geleáfan, and wiþercora þurh weorc, Homl. Th. i. 530, 5.
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wiþer-coren
reprobate ⬩ wicked ⬩ rejected ⬩ reprobate
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reprobate, wicked Elles wiðercoren hé is, líchamlícere wrace hé sig underþeód sin autem improbus est, vindicte corporali subdatur, R. Ben. Interl. 56, 2.
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wunigend
An inhabitant
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An inhabitant Gyf wé gefyllaþ wunigendes þénunge si compleamus habitatoris officium, R. Ben. Interl. 5, 11
wunung
dwelling ⬩ living ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ place to live in ⬩ being ⬩ existence ⬩ living
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dwelling, living Gif hé hine sylfne tó mynstres wununge gefæstnian wyle if he will settle to living in a monastery; the Latin is: Si voluerit stabilitatem suam firmare, R.
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wurma
A shell-fish from which a purple dye was obtained, ⬩ a purple dye ⬩ woad, a plant from which a dye is got
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Wurma, reád godwebb ostrum, 64, 10. Wyrma ostrum, i. 286, 34. Wurman murice, ii. 114, 46. Ungemæccre wurman dispari murice, 141, 19. Mid unilícere wurman, Hpt. Gl. 431, 42. Ungelícum wurman, Anglia xiii. 29, 58.
wurm-reád
Scarlet
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Scarlet Wurmreádne þrǽd coccinum, Gen. 38, 28. Wurmreádne basing pallium coccineum, Jos. 7, 21
wudu-lád
Carting wood
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R. S. 20; Th. i. 440, 27
wudu-rǽden
Woodcutting ⬩ right of cutting timber in a wood
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R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 27. Twá hund swína mæsten and wudurǽden loca hwæs man beþurfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 20, 5. An ic twéga wǽna gang tó wuduredenne, vi. 36, 16.