webbestre
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A female weaver Webbestre textrix, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 49
webbung
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A spectacle Uuebung scena, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 13. Gereónedes geltes wæbbunge Arsenius geypte concinnati sceleris scenam Arsenius prodidit (ostendit ), Hpt. Gl. 474, 65. Cf. wafian, wafung, and cpds. of wæfer-
wéning
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supposition, doubtful thought, doubt Se Godes man ne sceolde be ðan morgendæge þencean, ðý læs ðæt wǽre, ðæt hé þurh ðæt ǽnig ðara góda forylde, ðe hé ðonne ðý dæge gedón mihte, and(þurh) ða wéninge hweðer hé eft ðæs mergendæges gebídan móste the man
wen-wyrt
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The name of some plant supposed to be good for wens [two kinds are mentioned, seó clufihte wenwyrt, Lchdm. ii. 128, 17 : 336, 3: 128, 7: 266, 26; and seó cneóehte wenwyrt, ii. 140, 8] Wyrc sealfe of wenwyrte, Lchdm. ii. 52, 4. Gesmire mid wenwyrte, 62
weó
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Woe, misery Daroþas wǽron weó (weá ?) ðære wihte, Exon. Th. 438, 9; Rä. 57, 5
weóce
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The wick of a lamp or candle Weóce licinius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 19. Leóhtfæt lucernarium, candelsnytels emunctorium, weóce papirus, i. 26, 56, Weócan (papyrum) settan to put a wick to a lamp, Lchdm. iii. 348, col. 1. Ðonne ðú blácernes behófige . . .
weódung
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Weeding Weódung runcatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 12
Weogornaceastre-scír
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Worcestershire On Wigeraceastre-scíre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 138, 1. Wigraceasterscíre (Wihracestrescíre, v. l. ), Chr. 1039 ; Erl. 167, 10. Wigercestrescíre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 192, 2. Wigeceastrescíre, 263, 4. Wireceastrescíre, 56, 8. Wircestre-scíre
weoloc-scill
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A shell-fish, a whelk, cockle Wilocscel (uuiluc-, uuyluc-) conquilium, Txts. 51, 499. Wiolucscel (but Ep. Erf. have ilugsegg) papilivus, 83, 1487. Hér beóþ oft numene missenlícra cynna weolcscylle and muscule exceptis variorum generibus conchyliorum,
weorc-dǽd
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A working, operation Uoercdédo deáðberendo operationes mortiferas, Rtl. 125, 35
weorc-wísung
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The direction of work Bisceopes dæg-weorc . . . weorcwísung be ðam ðe hit neód sý, L. I. P. 8; Th. ii. 314, 22
weorod-líst
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Want of troops
weorod-ness
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Sweetness Ðeós werodnys (weorodnes, v.l.) hoc nectar, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 16 ; Zup. 42, 7. Weorodnyss dulcedo, Hy. Surt. 98, 17. Werednes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 10. Werodnes, Ps. Lamb. 30, 20. Werednesse dulcedinem, Anglia xiii. 369, 48, Him ne lícaþ on his gecorenum
weorold-ǽht
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Worldly property, worldly possession or good Is nýd ðæt sume mid wonunge heora woruldǽhta synd gerihte necesse est ut quidam damnis corrigantur, Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 490, 10. Ðone teódan dǽl his woruldǽhta gesyllan, Wulfst. 283, 26: Bt. 13; Fox 38, 2. Ðæt
weorold-bliss
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Worldly bliss, earthly joy Hé his líchoman wynna forwyrnde and woruldblissa, Exon. Th. 111, 32 ; Gú. 135
wel-lícung
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Well-pleasing Wellícunga beneplaciti, Ps. Spl. T. 68, 16
wel-willedness
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Benevolence, kindness Máre ys welwyllednyss ðænne ðæt ys geseald . . . nys sóðlíce mildheortnyss ðǽr nys welwillednyss maior est beniuolentia quam quod datur . . . non est enim misericordia non ubi non est beniuolentia, Scint. 160, 4-6
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welwilness
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Good will, kindness, goodness Welwilnes, Shrn. 175, 28. Ðú ús gescyldst mid ðam scylde ðínre welwilnesse ut scuto bonae voluntatis tuae coronasti nos, Ps. Th. 5, 13. Hym ic mé befeste and hys welwylnesse ic mé bebeóde, Shrn. 189, 34
wemness
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Pollution, Shrn. 183, 21
wíse
A sprout ⬩ stalk
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A sprout, stalk Streáwbergean wíse, Lchdm. ii. 36, 12 : 334, II. Genim streáwberian wísan nioþowearde, 34, 24, 27. Nim hwíteclǽfran wísan, 326, 21. Hǽþbergean wísan, 344, 10. Weóde wísan, iii. 16, 16. Eallhwíte wýsan gesie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 16