náwiht-wela
False wealth ⬩ wealth that is not really wealth
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False wealth, wealth that is not really wealth Gé wénaþ ðæt eówre náuhtwelan (nóht-, Cott. MS.) síen eówra gesǽlþa, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 37
norþ-west
North-west
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North-west Se þridda [gára líþ] norþwest, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24. 5
or-wéna
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Hopeless, despairing Ðá wearþ his agen sunu yfele geuntrumed, and orwéna lífes læg æt /orþsíðe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 301: Beo. Th. 2008 ; B. 1002 : 3134; 6. 1565: Exon. Th. 329, 27; Vy. 40. Friþes orwéna, 261, 25 ; Jul. 320. Ic eom orwéna, ðæt. . .Cd. Th
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ó-wérn
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Anywhere, Th. An. 102, 16. (Smith's Bede, 595, 3, has ówhwǽr.)
botl-wéla
House-wealth, a collection of houses, village ⬩ domesticæ opes, vicus
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House-wealth, a collection of houses, village; domesticæ opes, vicus Ðǽr is botlwéla Bethlem háten there is a village called Bethlem, Cd. 86; Th. 107, 34; Gen. 1799
þeór-wenn
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An inflamed wen, a carbuncle(?) Wiþ þeórwenne, Lchdm. ii. 342, 16
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West-Centingas
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The people or the district of West Kent Hí forneáh ealle West-Kentingas (Weast-Centingas, v. l. ) fordydon, Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 28
west-ende
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The west end, western extremity of anything Hire on westende is Scotland, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 27. Ðæt hire ǽwielme sié on westende Affrica, Swt. 12, 21. Hine man byrigde æt ðam westende, ðam stýple ful gehende, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 37. Æt ðam westænde
west-healf
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The western side On westhealfe ab occasu, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 13: ad occidentem, Num. 3, 23. On westhealfe ðære cyrican ad occidentalem ecclesiae partem Bd. 3, 17 ; S. 543, 34 : Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 17: Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 10
west-lang
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With the length measured in a westerly direction Se wudu is eástlang and westlang hundtwelftiges míla lang the length of the wood measuring east and west is one hundred and twenty miles Chr. 893 ; Erl. 88, 28. Se þridda sceáta is án hund and syfan and
west-weardes
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Westwards Hé man geseah westweardes on ðæt wésten éfstan, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 174
west-wind
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A west wind Ðá bleów westwind flante favonio Bd. 5, 19 ; S. 639, 20
West-Wixan
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The people of some district in England West-Wixna landes is syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 20
weorold-wela
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Worldly wealth, worldly good Se woruldwela (pompa) his frætewunga áweorpende fleáh, Gl. Prud. 52 a. Sume mægon habban ælles woruldwelan genóg huic census exuberat, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 30. Hé wilnaþ hwæthweg ðises woruldwelan, 26, 2 ; Fox 94, 3. Hí geleáfan
bold-wéla
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corn-weal
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Dele
eorþ-wéla
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Mon nóhtes wyrþe his sáule ne déþ ne his goldes ne his seolfres ne his eorþwelena (earthly wealth or (?) wealth derived from the earth), Bl. H. 195, 6. and add
west-lang
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Add: cf. Bd. l, 3; S. 475, 19 (given under west )
west-rihte
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Andlang díce west on gerihte on pull; of pylle westrihte on ford, C. D. iii. 449, 12. Add
west-rihtes
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Due west Ðanon westrihtes on ðá ealdan stánreáwe, C. D. iii. 450, 2