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wág

(n.)

a balance,

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a balance

weal

(n.)

a wall.

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a wall

weel

Grammar
weel,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 79.

Similar entry: þel

wége

Similar entry: wǽge

wégi

Similar entry: wǽge

well

Similar entry: will

wan

Grammar
wan, wan.

Linked entry: wana

æ-wén

Grammar
æ-wén, l.
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ǽ-wéne

mylen-wer

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D. mill-weir.]

efen-wel

(adv.)

even, well, equally ⬩ æque, sĭmĭlĭter

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even, well, equally; æque, sĭmĭlĭter, Off. Regum 10, Lye

Linked entry: wel

á-weg

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Add: á-wege-wege Hé com wund áweg confossus vulneribus evasit, Ors. 4, 6;S. 172, 24. Hé tówearp ꝥ deófolgild and wearð him áwege, Hml. S. 25, 228. hér ys se áwege, Amauisti vel amasti, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 147, 1

Linked entry: on-weg

flód-weg

(n.)
Grammar
flód-weg, es; m.

A flood-way ⬩ watery way ⬩ the sea ⬩ mărīna via ⬩ măre

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A flood-way, watery way, the sea; mărīna via, măre Sǽmen fóron flódwege the seamen went on the sea, Cd. 147; Th. 184, 12; Exod. 106. Fór flódwegas went the watery ways, Exon. 109b; Th. 418, 2; Rä. 37, 9: 82a; Th. 309, 4; Seef. 52

wer-bold

(n.)
Grammar
wer-bold, es; n.
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Weir-building Se gebúr sceal his riht dón . . . tó werbolde .xl. mǽra oððe án fóðer gyrda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 37

Linked entry: bold

wel-þungen

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-þungen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Well-thriven ⬩ able ⬩ good ⬩ proficient ⬩ excellent

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Well-thriven, able, good, proficient, excellent Hygd wæs swíðe geong, wís, welþungen Beo. Th. 3858; B. 1927: Menol. Fox 309; Men. 156

Linked entries: -þungen wel-geþungen

riht-wer

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Gif be cwicum ceorle wíf hig be óðrum were forlicge, . . . hæbbe se rihtwer eall ꝥ heó áhte, Ll. Th. i. 406, 8. Add

horu-weg

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Cf. tó horgan wege, 245, 25

wel-dónde

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-dónde, adj. (ptcpl.)

Doing well ⬩ acting rightly

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Doing well, acting rightly Hú se reccere sceal bión ðǽm weldóndum monnum for eáðmódnesse geféra ut sit rector bene agentibus per humilitatem socius Past. 17; Swt. 107, 5

fær-weg

(n.)
Grammar
fær-weg, es; m.
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A cart-road Andlang þǽre díc tó cnictes ferwege; of þám wege on ealdan stánwege, C. D. B. i. 417, 15. Ondlong heges on færweg, C. D. iii. 213, 1

wel-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-boren, adj.

Well-born ⬩ noble

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Well-born, noble Welboren nobilis Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 15, 43. Monn sum welboren homo quidam nobilis Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 12. Ic nam wíse menn and welborene (nobiles) Deut. 1, 15

wel-gelícod

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Add: well-pleasing, much liked Ic nát for hwí eów sindon þá ǽrran gewin swá welgelícad, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, 2. On welgelícodon folces ðínes in beneplacito populi tui, Ps. Vos. 105, 4