wól-bryne
Deadly violence
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Ðæt tácen wearð on Rómánum swíþe gesweotolad mid ðæm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes, ðe him raðe ðæs æfter com Romae gravis pestilentia per universam civitatem violenter incanduit, ut merito praecedente prodigio coelum ardere visum sit, quando caput gentium
wolcen-reád
Similar entry: weolcen-reád
wit-seóc
Lunatic ⬩ possessed
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Exorcista is se ðe rǽt ofer ða witseócan men, L. Ælfc. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 7, 392
wlǽta
nausea ⬩ loathing ⬩ what produces nausea ⬩ an object of loathing ⬩ defilement ⬩ disfigurement
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Ne yrne hé, ðe læs hé mid ðæs rynes éðgunge hwylcne wleáttan (wlǽttan, v. l. ) and sogeðan on his heortan ne ástyrige, R.
wiþ-æftan
Behind.
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Ðú áwurpe míne word wiðæftan ðé, R. Ben. 12, 3. Grammar wiþ-æftan, adv. Án wíf geneálǽhte wiðæftan mulier accessit retro, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 20. Fíf scipubelifan wiðæftan, Chr. 1047; Erl. 175, 12.
Linked entry: æftan
wiþer-cora
an adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ rebel ⬩ a reprobate person
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Ne sý hé sacerd geteald, ac Godes wiþercora (wiþersaca, v. l. rebellio), R. Ben. 113, 13. Freónd hé wæs ðurh geleáfan, and wiþercora þurh weorc, Homl. Th. i. 530, 5.
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wiþer-coren
reprobate ⬩ wicked ⬩ rejected ⬩ reprobate
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reprobate, wicked Elles wiðercoren hé is, líchamlícere wrace hé sig underþeód sin autem improbus est, vindicte corporali subdatur, R. Ben. Interl. 56, 2.
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wunigend
An inhabitant
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An inhabitant Gyf wé gefyllaþ wunigendes þénunge si compleamus habitatoris officium, R. Ben. Interl. 5, 11
wunung
dwelling ⬩ living ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ place to live in ⬩ being ⬩ existence ⬩ living
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dwelling, living Gif hé hine sylfne tó mynstres wununge gefæstnian wyle if he will settle to living in a monastery; the Latin is: Si voluerit stabilitatem suam firmare, R.
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wurma
A shell-fish from which a purple dye was obtained, ⬩ a purple dye ⬩ woad, a plant from which a dye is got
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Wurma, reád godwebb ostrum, 64, 10. Wyrma ostrum, i. 286, 34. Wurman murice, ii. 114, 46. Ungemæccre wurman dispari murice, 141, 19. Mid unilícere wurman, Hpt. Gl. 431, 42. Ungelícum wurman, Anglia xiii. 29, 58.
wurm-reád
Scarlet
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Scarlet Wurmreádne þrǽd coccinum, Gen. 38, 28. Wurmreádne basing pallium coccineum, Jos. 7, 21
wrǽþan
To be angry ⬩ get angry
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Se cynig wrǽðde rex iratus est, Rtl. 107, 29. Urǽðde fremuit, 197, 31
wyrt-tún
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On wyrtúne (wyrttúne, v. l.) in horto, R. Ben. 71, 18. Syle mé ðínne wíneard mé tó wyrtúne, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 173. Wyrttún ne sáw ðú, Lchdm. iii. 184, 19: Lk. Skt. 13, 19. Wyrtúna hortorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 27.
Linked entry: leác-tún
yfel
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Ne sette ic mé fore eágum yfele wísan ( rem malam ), 100, 3. Synnigra cirm, yfele sprǽce, Cd. Th. 145, 20; Gen. 2408. Áfyr fram ðé ða yfelan sǽlþa and ða unnettan, and ðone yflan ege ðisse worulde, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 33.
ymen
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Æfter ðysum is ymen tó singenne, R. Ben. 33, 12. Mid ferse and mid ymene (imene, v. l. ), 41, 5. Ymen hymnum, Ps. Surt. 39, 4: 64, 14: 118, 171. Hé wæs ymen singende, Blickl. Homl. 147, 3: 151, 9. Ymmon, Rtl. 184, 25. Hymen, Ps.
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ýtan
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út Ælfgár eorl, ac hé com sóna inn ongeán þurh Gryffines fultum, Chr. 1058; Erl. 192, 35. to put out a thing from one's possession, alienate, give away Hé ná mynstres ǽhta ne ýte, ne ná myrre neque prodigus sit, aut stirpator substantie monasterii, R.
wudu-lád
Carting wood
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R. S. 20; Th. i. 440, 27
wudu-rǽden
Woodcutting ⬩ right of cutting timber in a wood
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R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 27. Twá hund swína mæsten and wudurǽden loca hwæs man beþurfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 20, 5. An ic twéga wǽna gang tó wuduredenne, vi. 36, 16.
wudu-réc
The smoke from burning wood
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The smoke from burning wood Wuduréc ástáh sweart, Beo. Th. 6280; B. 3144