wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Þúhte wísast se ðe wæs swicolost . . . ac wá heom ðæs wærscipes, Wulfst. 268, 19. Hý lǽtaþ ðæt tó wærscype, ðæt hý óðre magan swicollíce pǽcan, 55, 2, 15. Mid micelum wærscype lufian cum magna cautela diligere, Anglia xiii. 374, 125.
Linked entry: wer-scipe
un-wær
not on one's guard ⬩ unaware ⬩ unprepared ⬩ unwary ⬩ heedless ⬩ incautious ⬩ inconsiderate
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Grammar un-wær, adverbial uses Hí unwares ( unawares, unexpectedly ) cómon, and hé fyrst næfde, ðæt hé his fyrde gegadrian mihte, Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 21. Unwæres, 1093; Erl. 229, 5. Ðá com Harold heom ongeán on unwaran (cf.
an-walg
Entire ⬩ whole ⬩ sound ⬩ integer
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Entire, whole, sound; integer, Past. 52, 2
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beadu-wang
A battle-plain ⬩ pugnæ campus
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A battle-plain; pugnæ campus On beaduwange on the battle-plain, Andr. Kmbl. 825; An. 413
a-wæh
weighed out ⬩ weighed to ⬩ appendit
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weighed out, weighed to; appendit, Gen. 23, 16
ecg-wæl
Sword's wail, slaughter ⬩ strāges glădio cæsōrum
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Sword's wail, slaughter; strāges glădio cæsōrum On ecgwæle [MS. ecgwale] amid the slaughter of swords, Cd. 96; Th. 126, 2; Gen. 2089
Linked entry: wæl
fóre-wæs
was before or over
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was before or over, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 35;
freoðu-wǽr
a covenant of peace
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a covenant of peace, Andr. Kmbl. 3259; An. 1632
friðo-wǽr
A covenant of peace ⬩ pācis pactum
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A covenant of peace; pācis pactum Ic manige geseah men ða ðe noldan heora friðowǽre fæste healdan vīdi non servantes pactum, Ps. Th. 118, 158
fyrd-wǽn
A military waggon ⬩ essĕdum
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A military waggon; essĕdum, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1050-1073; 430, 2
mearc-wæd
Boundary-water ⬩ the water by the shore
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Boundary-water, the water by the shore Wlanc monig on stæþe stódon stundum wrǽcon ofer mearcwaðu and ðá gehlódon hildesercum wǽghengestas many a proud one stood on the shore; now and again they pressed over the border-floods, and then laded the wave-steeds
Linked entry: mearc-pæð
metod-wang
The plain where the decrees of fate are executed ⬩ a battlefield
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The plain where the decrees of fate are executed, a battlefield Ðonne rond and hand on herefelda helm ealgodon, on meotudwange, Andr. Kmbl. 21; An. 11
græs-wang
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A grassy plain, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 2; Ph. 78: 65 b; Th. 243, 5; Jul. 6
grund-wang
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The bottom, ground, floor, the earth He ðone grundwong ongytan mihte he could perceive the bottom [of the lake ], Beo. Th. 2996; B. 1496: 5533; B. 2770. Grundwong ofgyfan to give up the earth, to die, 5169; B. 2588
stede-wang
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A plain, open place On ðam stedewange, Elen. Kmbl. 2040; El. 1021: 1346; El. 675: Andr. Kmbl. 1548; An. 775. Stedewangas, 667; An. 334. Æfter stedewonga stówum, Exon. Th. 154, 23; Gú. 847
wang-beard
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A whisker Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13
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wang-turf
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rf, grass-land Ðæt ic móte ðis gealdor tóðum ontýnan . . . wlitigan ðás wancgturf (cf. the beginning of the article : Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan gif hí nellaþ wel wexan, 398, 1), Lchdm. i. 400, 7
efen-wǽge
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An equipoise Ebnwége aequipensum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 47. Efenwǽge equipensium, 143, 71
ge-wǽge
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Substitute: Weight. determination of amount by weighing In swá hwelce giwége (on suá huælc gewǽge, L.) giwegen gí bióðon eft giwegen bið iów in qua mensura mensi fueritis remetietur uobis, Mk. R. 4, 24. Genim ðú betonican þǽre wyrte twá trymessan gewǽge
lín-wǽd
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Þá línwǽda linteamina, Angl. xiii. 428, 894. Add