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wind-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
wind-rǽs, es; m.

A storm of wind

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A storm of wind Windrǽs procella, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 37

wind-sele

(n.)
Grammar
wind-sele, e; m.

A windy hall

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A windy hall Wíde geond windsele (Hell; cf. Ðes windiga sele, 273, 14 ; Sat. 136), Cd. Th. 284, 11; Sat. 320: 288, 23; Sat. 386

Linked entry: wind-gerest

wine-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
wine-dryhten, es; m.

A friendly, gracious lord.

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A friendly, gracious lord. v. wine (2) Ongan his magu frignan: " Hú gewearð ðé ðus, winedryhten (Guthlac) mín, fæder, freónda hleó?" Exon. Th. 162, 32; Gú. 984. Se ðe sceal his winedryhtnes leófes lárcwidum forþolian, 288, 27 ; Wand. 37. Ongon hé tó

wine-geómor

(adj.)
Grammar
wine-geómor, adj.

Sad for the loss of friends

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Sad for the loss of friends Ealle hié deáð fornam, and se án leóda duguðe, se ðǽr lengest hwearf, wearð wine-geómor, Beo. Th. 4470; B. 2239

wine-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wine-leás, adj.

Friendless

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Friendless. Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle, Exon. Th. 329, 11; Vy. 32. Wineleás wonsǽlig mon genimeþ him wulfas tó geféran, 342, 24; Gn. Ex. 147. Earm biþ se ðe sceal ána lifgan, wineleás wunian, 344, 15; Gn. Ex. 1740. Wineleás guma

wine-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wine-mǽg, s; m.

A loving kinsman

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A loving kinsman Him his winemágas georne hýrdon, Beo. Th. 131; B. 65: Byrht. Th. 140, 50; By. 306: Elen. Kmbl. 2029; El. 1016. Hé winemága lyt, freónda hæfde, Cd. Th. 158, 31; Gen. 2625. Winemǽga hryre, Exon. Th. 287, 1; Wand. 7: 184, 2; Gú. 1338. Winemǽgum

wine-þearfende

(adj.)
Grammar
wine-þearfende, adj.

Friendless

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Friendless Hé (Guthlac's disciple) ne máð fǽges (Guthlac's) forðsíð wineþearfende, Exon. Th. 183, 2; Gú. 1321. Andreas wineþearfende mǽlde: "Næbbe ic gold... ðæt ic ðé mæge lust áhwettan," Andr. Kmbl. 599; An. 300

wine-wincla

(n.)
Grammar
wine-wincla, (-e; f.?), an; m. (?)

A periwinkle

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A periwinkle Sǽsnǽl vel winewinclan chelio, testudo, vel marina gagalia, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 32. Winewinclan torniculi, 6, 21. (v. Lchdm. ii. 240, note 1, for these two passages.) Cwice winewinclan gebærnde tó ahsan, Lchdm. ii. 28, 25. Þicgen hié ostran

Linked entry: -wincla

tír-wine

(n.)
Grammar
tír-wine, es; m.

A glorious friend,an epithet of the follower of a successful chief

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A glorious friend, an epithet of the follower of a successful chief Se hláford biþ tó upáhæfen inne on móde for ðæm anwalde ðe him ánra gehwilc his tírwina tó fultemaþ, Met. 25, 21

ah-wilc

(adj.)
Grammar
ah-wilc, [ah = ag nequitia, hwilc] adj.

Terribleterribilis

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Terrible; terribilis, Ælfc. Gl. 116; Som. 80, 65; Wrt. Voc. 61, 43

án-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
án-wíte, es; n.

A simple or single finea mulct or amercementsimplex mulcta

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A simple or single fine, a mulct or amercement; simplex mulcta Ealle forgielden ánwíte let them all pay a single fine, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 17

cyne-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-wíse, an; f. [wíse an affair]

The state, republic, commonwealth respublica

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The state, republic, commonwealth; respublica Se náht freomlíces ongan on ðære cynewísan he began nothing profitable in the state, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 21. Rehte ða cynewísan rempublicam rexit, 1, 5; S. 476, 8

eásten-wind

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
eásten-wind, es; m.

The east wind subsōlānus

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The east wind; subsōlānus. v. eástan; adj

eástor-wice

(n.)
Grammar
eástor-wice, an; f.

Easter-weekseptimāna paschālis

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Easter-week; septimāna paschālis Ealle ða dagas ðære eástor-wican all the days of the easter-week, L. E. I. 41; Th. ii. 438, 25

feoht-wíte

(n.)

a fine for fighting

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a fine for fighting

fiht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fiht-wíte, es; n.

A fine for fightingpugnæ mulcta

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A fine for fighting; pugnæ mulcta He áh fihtwíte he has fines for fighting, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 3, note 6, MS. B

Linked entry: fyht-wíte

for-wird

(n.)
Grammar
for-wird, e; f.

Lossdestructionruinperditionperdĭtiointĕrĭtio

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Loss, destruction, ruin, perdition; perdĭtio, intĕrĭtio Hira forwirde dæg ys gehende juxta est dies perdĭtiōnis, Deut. 32, 35. He generode hí of forwirdum heora erĭpuit eos de intĕrĭtiōnĭbus eōrum, Ps. Spl. 106, 20

fyrd-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-wíse, an; f.

A military manner

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A military manner Se mon se ne wǽre mid his wǽpnum æfter fyrdwíson gegered qui non legitimis indutus insignibusque armis, Nar. 9, 28

Linked entry: fird-wíse

hring-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
hring-wíse, an; f.
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In the phrase on hringwísan ring-wise, in rings Hwítes hiowes and eác missenlíces wæs hió on hringwísan fág candido versicolore in modum ranarum, Nar. 16, 1

Linked entry: hring-fáh

hyse-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
hyse-wíse, an; f.
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The manner of young men Hysewíse hircitallo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 26. This gloss is sufficiently explained by the following quotation from Paulus' epitome of Festus, ed. Müller, p. 101 :-- Hirquitalli pueri primum ad virilitatem accedentes, a libidine scilicet