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wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
wíde, adv.
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Him féran gewát geond ða folcsceare Abraham wíde. Cd. Th. 106, 36; Gen. 1782. Bana wíde scráð, 180, 3; Exod. 39. Wíde ásent relegatus, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 42. Ic lástas sceal wíde lecgan, Cd. Th. 63, 5; Gen. 1027.

samod-wist

(n.)
Grammar
samod-wist, e; f.
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Cf. sam-wist

west

(adv.)
Grammar
west, adv.
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Ðá wende hé hine west wið Exanceastres, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 10. Se sciphere sigelede west ymbútan, 877 ; Erl. 78, 17. Ðonne heofones gim west onhylde, Exon.

wíf-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wíf-leás, adj.

Without a wifeunmarried

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Without a wife, unmarried: — Gif hwylces weres forme wíf bið deád, ðæt hé be leáfe óðer wíf niman móte, and gif hé ða oferbýt, wunige hé á syððan wífleás (coelebs), L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 3. ] See also next word

wíce

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Add: feoh-, [horder-]wíce

widl

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widl, l. wídl,
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and add Seó hýd ásweóll swá ꝥ heó ne mihte bedýglian ꝥ weaxende wyrms and wíðl (wídl, v.l.) ui cutts intumesceret, atque increscentem saniem occultare non posset, Gr. D. 157, 10

wíd-mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽrsian, p. ode
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To spread abroad the knowledge or fame of an object, to proclaim, publish, celebrate Ðá spræc man ofer eall and wíd*-*mǽrsude, ðæt Iósepes bróðrn cómon tó Pharaone auditum est et celebri Sermone vulgatum in aula regis: Venerunt fratres Joseph, Gen. 45

wín-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
wín-gál, adj.

Flown with winewanton with wine

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Flown with wine, wanton with wine Onwóc wulf-heort, se ǽr wíngál swæf, Cd. Th. 223, 8; Dan. 116. Wlonc and wíngal "flown with insolence and wine," Exon. Th. 307, 25; Seef. 29 : 478, 2; Reim. 35

fird-wíc

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Wíf ne sceal faran tó wera fyrdwícum, ac wunian æt hám, 31, 1096. Hé ástyrede his fyrdwíc movit castra, Jos. 3, I. Take here fyrd- wíc, and add

wíd-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-cúþ, adj.
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Widely known, well known, of persons, noted Wídcúþes wíg, Beo. Th. 2088 ; B. 1042. Húnferð, wídcúðne man, 2983; B. 1489. Sume beóþ swíðe æþele and wfdcúþe on heora gebyrdum hunc nobilitas notum facit. Bt. 11. 1; Fox 30, 32.

wicg

(n.)
Grammar
wicg, es; n. (a poetical word)
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Þrió wicg, Beo. Th. 4355; B. 2174

wid-rynig

(adj.)
Grammar
wid-rynig, adj.
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Wide-streaming Háteþ heofona cyning ðæt ðú forð onsende wæter wídrynig, geofon geótende, Andr. Kmbl. 3012 ; An. 1509

Linked entry: rynig

wíg-gryre

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-gryre, es; m.

Terror caused by war

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Terror caused by war Wíggryre wífes the terror inspired when a woman makes war Beo. Th. 2572 ; B. 1284

weg

Grammar
weg, <b>. Ia.</b>
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add: means of access Ðý lǽs sió úpáhæfenes him weorðe tó wege micelre scylde ne elatio via fiat ad foveam gravioris culpae, Past. 439, ii. add: [weg seems contrasted with pæþ, and with here-strǽt, -pæþ Of þám wege út æt norðgæte, on þone smalan pæþ

wíf-leást

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-leást, e; f.

Lack of women

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Lack of women Menn hæfdon on frymðe heora mágan tó wífe, and swá wel mósten for ðære wífleáste, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 216

win-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
win-cynn, es; n.
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A kind of wine Ne drinc ic heononforð of ðysum wíncynne ( de hoc genimine uitis, Mt. 26, 29) ǽr on ðám dæge þe ic eft drince mid eów níwe wín on mínes fæder ríce. Nap. 69

wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Wið bryne, wád wyl on buteran, smire mid, Lchdm. ii. 132, 1, and see i.174, 1-5.

Linked entry: waad

wíd-brád

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-brád, adj.
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Wide-spread, far-spreading, ample Hé þeóda gehwam hefonríce forgeaf, wídbrádne welan (cf. hwó man himihíki gehalón skoldi, wídbrédan welon, Hél. 1841), Cd. Th. 40, 22; Gen. 643

wág

(n.)
Grammar
wág, (-h),wǽg, es; m.

A wall, mostly of a building

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On wágum ðæra húsa ðe wið dúna standaþ, Lchdm. i. 124, 16. Wið wágas, 116, 21. Hí heora heáfdu slogan on ða wágas, Blickl. Homl. 151, 5 : Homl. Th. i. 106, 14. [Wahes, O. E. Homl. i. 247, 17. Þare halle wah, Laym. 25887.

Linked entries: wǽg wáh

wál

(n.)

(?) some part of a helmet

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some part of a helmet Ymb ðæs helmes hróf heáfodbeorge wírum bewunden wál an útan (walan utan, MS.) heóld about the helm's top a 'wál' wire-girt guarded on the outside the head's defence (i.e. the helmet), Beo. Th. 2067;B. 1031. [cf. M. H.