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un-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wís, adj.

unwise ⬩ foolish ⬩ stupid ⬩ ignorant ⬩ ignorant of something

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Kmbl. p. 2, 1. with gen.ignorant of something Hé wæs ðære godcundan ǽfestnysse unwís divinae erat religionis ignarus, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 22: 2, 20; S. 521, 22: 4, 13; S. 581, 18. Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse wǽron, Nar. 10, 7

wíc-herpaþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíc-herpaþ, es; m.
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A public road to a wíc (q.v.) Be ðam yrðlande óð hit cymð tó ðam wícherpaðe, ðonne andlang ðæs wícherpaðes tó ðam stǽnenan stapole, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 418, 27. Cf. wíc-weg

wár

(n.)
Grammar
wár, I. sea-weed, waur (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, in which other forms are given, ware, woare, woore, ore : see also Jamieson's Dict.
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ware) Waar, uaar, uár alga, Txts. 39, 120. Wár. Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 46: i. 285, 12. sand, strand. Cf. sondhyllas alga, Txts. 39, 125 Streámas weorpaþ on stealc hleoþa stáne and sande, wáre ( or under I ?) and wǽge, Exon. Th. 382, 8; Rä. 3, 8. Wára sablonum

Linked entries: wároþ sǽ-wár waar

widu

Similar entry: wudu

wíce

(n.)
Grammar
wíce, an; f.
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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

wác

Grammar
wác, <b>; II.</b>
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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

Grammar
wág, In 1. 4 for brýden l. bryden. and see breden.
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Dele grund-, at end

wár

Grammar
wár, <b>. I.</b>
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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

(v.; adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-wén, to make crooked (wóh). v. ge-wén : -<b>wéna;</b> adj.

wer

Grammar
wer, ( = wergild).
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Búton se hláford þone wer forðingian wille nisi dominus suus componere uelit weram eius, Ll. Lbmn. 62, 6. Add

wer

(n.)
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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

waa

Similar entry: wá

wǽ

Similar entry: wá

wáh

(adj.)
Grammar
wáh, adj.

Fine

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Fine Genim wáh mela hæsles oþþe alres, ásift ðonne ful clǽne tela micle hand fulle, Lchdm. ii. 270, 22

-wéd

(suffix)

wefl

(n.)
Grammar
wefl, e; wefle (-a ; m.?), an; f.

weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp ⬩ an implement for weaving ⬩ a shuttle (?)

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weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp Weft vel ówef, uuefl cladica, caldica, Txts. 51, 482. Cladicawefl oððe ówef oððe claudica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 4. Wefl vel óweb cladicla, 131, 59. Wefl cladica, 16, 31: i. 66, 13: 281, 76. Uuefl panuculum, ii.

Linked entry: wefta

wég

(n.)

a

wél

(n.)

a pool

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a pool

Wiht-

(prefix)
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in proper names, v. Txts. 512

-wifre

(suffix)

Similar entry: gange-wifre

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