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wísian

(v.)
Grammar
wísian, p. ode.

shewguidedirectto shewshewpoint putguidedirectindicate

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Hé férde swá him God wísode, Gen. 35, 5 : Num. 10, 28. Ísernhergum án wísode, Cd. Th. 199, 34; Exod. 348 : Ps. Th. 77, 16. Stíg wísode gumum ætgædere, Beo. Th. 646 ; B. 320. Se ðǽm heaðo-rincum hider wísade, 746 ; B. 370.

Linked entry: riht-wísian

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

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

ful-wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-wíde, adv.

Full widelyall aroundround aboutcircumcirca

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Full widely, all around, round about; circumcirca Lóca fulwíde ofer londbúende look all around over the land-dwellers, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 23; Sat. 684: Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 13; Kl. 46. Wælhreówes [Nerónes] gewéd wæs fulwíde cúþ the madness of the cruel

iú-wine

(n.)
Grammar
iú-wine, es ; m.
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A friend of old or former times Wát his iúwine eorþan forgiefene knows that his friends of old are committed to earth, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 15 ; Seef. 92

Linked entry: geó-wine

ge-wiss

Linked entry: wiss

scrid-wísa

(n.)
Grammar
scrid-wísa, an; m.
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A charioteer Scridwísa auriga, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 38

geó-wine

Similar entry: iú-wine

bisceop-wíte

(n.)

a bishop's fee for visiting

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a bishop's fee for visiting

bí-wist

(n.)

food, provision

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food, provision, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 4: L. Edg. C. 3; Th. ii. 244, 12

Linked entry: big-wist

blód-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
blód-wíte, es; n.

Bloodsanguis

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[blód, wíte mulcta] Blood; sanguis Ná ic gegadrige gesamnunga heora of blódum oððe of blódwítum non congregabo conventicula eorum de sanguinibus, Ps. Lamb. 15, 4

Linked entry: wíte

stede-wist

(n.)
Grammar
stede-wist, e; f.
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Stability, steadiness, constancy Stedewist subsistentia, perseverantia, Hpt. Gl. 530, 4

wice-weorc

Similar entry: wic-weorc

wíde-feorh

(n.)
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long life, an age; the word occurs only in the accusative with adverbial force, for a long time, for ever. v. wíd, VII. Wé sceolon leánum hleótan, swá wé widefeorh ( through all time ) weorcum hlódun, Exon. Th. 49, 11; Cri. 784. Á forð heonan wídeferh

wíte-bend

(n.)

a torturing bonda prison-bond

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a torturing bond, a prison-bond Ðé wǽrlogan wítebendum swencan móton, Andr. Kmbl. 216; An. 108. Wé ellþeódigne on carcerne clommum belegdon, wítebendum, 3120; An. 1563

wíte-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-fæst, adj.

In slavery as a punishment for crime.

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In slavery as a punishment for crime. Similar entries v. wíteþeów Hé wyle ðæt man freóge æfter his dæge ǽlcne wítefæstne man ðe on his tíman forgylt wǽre si quis, secundum patriae Anglie morem, in aliquam incurrisset servitutem tempore sue potestatis

Linked entry: wíte-þeów

wíte-þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-þeów, adj.

In slavery as a consequence of crime

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In slavery as a consequence of crime Be wíteðeówes monnes slege. Gif wíteþeów Englisc mon hine forstalie, hó hine mon, L. In. 24; Th. i. 118, 6. Gif ðǽr hwylc wíteðeów man sý ðe hió geðeówede, hió gelýfð tó hyre bearnon ðæt hí hine willon lýhtan for

and-wist

(n.)
Grammar
and-wist, e; f.
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Sustenance Eorþan andwist the sustenance that earth supplies, An. 1542. Cf. and-leofen

Linked entry: wist