-wifre
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wíce
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An office, a duty, function Ic dó ðæt gé (hyrdas) geswícaþ ðære wícan ( cessare faciam eos (pastores) ut ultra non pascant gregem, Ezech. 34, 10), Homl. Th. i. 242, 13. Bydele gebyraþ ðæt hé for his wýcan sý weorces frigra ðonne óðer man, L. R. S. 18
weó
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the upper part of the throat Tunge lingua, weó faus, múðes hróf palatum, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 57. Cf. (?) weohlan
Linked entry: weohlan
weó
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Woe, misery Daroþas wǽron weó (weá ?) ðære wihte, Exon. Th. 438, 9; Rä. 57, 5
Wiht-
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in proper names, v. Txts. 512
wác
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Þá man talað wáce þe woldon for Godes ege georne riht lufian, Wlfst. 243, II. <b>II a.</b> of non-material things :--- III. add :-- Hé beleác hine on cwearterne and sende him bigleofan lytelne and wácne, 35, 38. Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum
wág
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Dele grund-, at end
wár
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Add Wárum algis, An. Ox. 23, 13. see note at An. Ox. 1818 on the forms and meaning of the instances given from Hpt. Gl
-wén
wer
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Búton se hláford þone wer forðingian wille nisi dominus suus componere uelit weram eius, Ll. Lbmn. 62, 6. Add
wer
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a weir. Add Án wer on Ycenan, C. D. B. ii. 247, 20. Twýgen weoras in fluvio qui dicitur Stúr, i. 598, 8. v. beám- (C. D. v. 148, 21), sǽ-wer; see also Midd. Flur
wíc-freoþu
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Peace among dwellings Geríseþ gárníþ werum wíg tówiþre wícfreoþa healdan the strife of the spear beseems men to meet war and keep peace among their dwellings, Exon. Th. 341, 21; Gn. Ex. 129
Linked entry: friþu
ge-wife
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Substitute: <b>ge-wif,</b> es; n. Fortune, fate Gewife wyrde fato fortune (gentililas, quae vitam veritatis expertern fato fortunae et genesi gubernari juxta Mathernaticoruni constellationem arbitratur, Ald. 35, 36), Wrt.
Wil-tún
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Wilton in Wiltshire Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wiþ alne ðone here lytle werede æt Wiltúne, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 5. Hér forðférde Ælfgár cinges mǽg on Defenum, and his líc rest on Wiltúne, 962 ; Erl. 120, 3.
wíd-herian
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Cf. wíd-mǽrsian
wín-burh
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a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, a chief town. Cf. medu-burh, wín-ærn, Wínburge cyning ( the king of Babylon; cf. Belshazzar's feast), Cd. Th. 255, 11; Dan. 622.
ge-wit
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Lǽran sceal mon geóngne monnan . . . sylle him wist and wǽdo oð þæt hine mon on gewitte álǽde, Gn.
wíd-síþ
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Th. 318, 19; Wíd. 1
wín-treów
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Wín*-*treów, Salm. Kmbl. p. 188, 10. Wæstma ðæs wíntreówes, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 34. Of ðissum cynne wíntreós (-trées, Lind.) de hoc genimine vitis, 26, 29