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riht-wer

(n.)
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a legal wergild Tóeácan þám rihtwere, Ll. Th. ii. 240, 21

þegen-wer

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-wer, es; m.
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The wer-gild of a thane Hé sý þegenweres and þegenrihtes wyrðe, L. Eth. v. 9; Th. i. 306, 21: vi. 5; Th. i. 316, 14. Gif weofodþén be bóca tǽcinge his ágen líf rihtlíce fadige, ðonne sí hé fulles þegnweres and weorðscipes wurðe, ix. 28; Th. i. 346, 18

Linked entry: wer

tung-wód

(adj.)
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tung-wód, adj.
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Tongue-mad, violent in speech Uppstige sandfull on fótum forealdudes swá wíf tungwód menn stillum ascensus arenosus in pedibus ueterani, sic mulier linguata homini quieto, Scint. 223, 13

wer-bǽre

(n.)
Grammar
wer-bǽre, es; n.
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A weir where fish are caught Se mylenstede and ðæt land ðæt ðe ðǽrtó hýrð . . . and ða werbǽra and seó mǽd be norðan eá, and ða hammas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 383, 17. Tó Cranemere, and ðǽre gebyraþ tó six wæebǽre, iii. 344, 2

wer-bold

(n.)
Grammar
wer-bold, es; n.
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Weir-building Se gebúr sceal his riht dón . . . tó werbolde .xl. mǽra oððe án fóðer gyrda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 37

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wer-borh

(n.)
Grammar
wer-borh, gen. -borges; m. A security for the payment of wer. v. first two passages under wer, I.

wer-fǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wer-fǽhþ, e; f.
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Slaying, in pursuing the feud, under circumstances that call for the payment of wer [cf. L. Alf. pol. 42 : Be fǽhðum . . . Gif hé (a man's foe) wille on hond gán and his wǽpenu sellan, and hwá ofer ðæt on him feohte, gielde swá wer swá wunde, swá hé gewyrce

wer-genga

(n.)
Grammar
wer-genga, an; m.
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A stranger who seeks protection in the land to which he has come Deóra gesíð, wildra wærgenga, Nabochodonossor the beasts' comrade, the stranger that sought shelter among wild beasts, Nebuchadnezzar, Cd. Th. 257, 25; Dan. 663. Gif eów Dryhten Crist lýfan

Linked entry: wær-genga

wer-hád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-hád, es; m.
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The male sex Werhád oððe wífhad sexus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 78, 16: Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 7: 70, 19. Werhádes man mas vel masculus, 70, 17. Ǽlc werhádes man omne masculinum . . . se werhádes man masculus, Gen. 17, 12, 24. Ealle werhádes men omnes viri, 7, 27

wer-lád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-lád, e; f. A 'lád' (q. v.) in which the number of those who supported the accused by their oaths is determined by the 'wer' of the accused. [See passages under wer, <b>IV,</b> wer-gild, <b>III,</b> and L. H. I. 64, 4; Th. i. 566, 18: Si quis de homicidio accusetur, et idem se purgare velit, secundum natale suum perneget, quod est werelada.]
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Búton hé geládige hine mid werláde, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 400, 1. ¶ the equivalent Latin forms werelada negare or pernegare occur several times in L. H. I.; see 12, 3; Th. i. 523, 7: 66, 1; Th. i. 569, 4: 74, 1; Th. i. 578, 22: 92, 14; Th. i. 604, 14. Other

Linked entry: lád

wer-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wer-leás, adj.
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Without a husband. v. wer, IV. Sitte ǽlc wydewe .xii. mónað werleás; ceóse syþþan ðæt heó sylf wille, L. Eth. v. 21; Th. i. 310, 3: vi. 26; Th. i. 322, 3: L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 6: Wulfst. 271, 20

wer-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wer-líc, adj.
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marking sex, male. Cf. wer-hád Wer uir, werlíc virilis, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 17, 17. Of werlícum folman sine viri vola, Hpt. Gl. 442, 72. Hié ǽghwelcum cnihtcilde ymbsnidon ðæt werlíce lim, Shrn. 47, 20. Ða werlícan virilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 54. <b&

wer-met

(n.)
Grammar
wer-met, es; n.
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A man's measure, stature of a man Tó wermete ad staturam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 23: 8, 70. (In both cases stauram is printed; but the former is a gloss on Mt. 6, 27. v. Wülck. Gl. 479, 23.)

wer-scipe

(n.)
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wer-scipe, es; m.
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Married state, estate of matrimony Gebodene werscipe oblatam matrimonii sortem, Hpt. Gl. 490, 60

wír-rind

(n.)
Grammar
wír-rind, e; f.

Myrtle-bark

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Myrtle-bark Tó háligre sealfe sceal wyirrind, Lchdm. iii. 24, 3. Nim wírrinde ii. 98, 8: 332, 8; iii. 14, 2

wóh-bogen

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh-bogen, adj.

Bentcrooked

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Bent, crooked Wyrm wóhbogen the crooked (cf. Job 26, 13) serpent, Beo. Th. 5646; B. 2827

wóh-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh-georn, adj.

Loving iniquity

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Loving iniquity Ða wóhgeornan woruldrícan mid heora ungestreónum forweorðaþ, Wulfst. 183, 8

word-snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
word-snotor, adj.

Expert in speecheloquentlearned

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Expert in speech, eloquent, learned Óslác, gamolfeax hæleð, wís and wordsnotor, Chr. 975 ; Erl. 126, 21. Lýfing se wordsnotera biscop, 1047; Erl. 171, 28. Wordsnoteran (Homerum), Hpt. Gl. 463, 53. Wordsnotere oratores, rhetores, grammatici, 481, 72.

word-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
word-wís, adj.

Wise in speechlearned

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Wise in speech, learned Ðæs wordwísan sophisle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 39

word-wynsum

(adj.)
Grammar
word-wynsum, adj.

Pleasant in speechaffableaffabilis

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Pleasant in speech, affable; affabilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 37