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wyrcness

(n.)
Grammar
wyrcness, e; f.

worklabouroperationworkingdoingoperationworkingperformance

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work, labour, operation. Similar entries v. wyrcan, I Dónde wircnisse (operationes) in wætrum miclum, Ps. Surt. 106, 23. working, doing, operation. Similar entries v. wyrcan, III Ðurh swá hwylces béne swá hé gehǽled sí, ðysses geleáfa and wyrcnes (operatio

Linked entry: wircness

wyrdness

(n.)
Grammar
wyrdness, e; f.

Conditionstate

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Condition, state Se godcunda foreþonc heaþeraþ ealle gesceafta ðæt hí ne móton tóslúpan of heora endebyrdnesse (wyrdnesse,v. l.), Bt. 39, 5 ; Fox 218, 32

wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
wyrht, e; f.

Doingwork

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Doing, work Ná ðú be gewyrhtum úrum, wommum wyrhtum, woldest ús dón non secundum peccata nostra fecit nobis, Ps. Th. 102, 10

wyrmǽte

(n.)
Grammar
wyrmǽte, an; f.

Wormeatenness

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Wormeatenness Ða treówa ðe beóð áheáwene on fullum mónan beóð heardran wið wyrmǽtan ðonne ða ðe beóð on níwum mónan áheáwene, Lchdm. iii. 268, 10. Similar entries v. next word

wyrms-hrǽcung

(n.)
Grammar
wyrms-hrǽcung, e; f.
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The expectoration of corrupt matter Wyr[m]shrǽcing vel wyr[m]sútspíung phthisis, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 39

wind-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
wind-ǽdre, an; f.
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A windpipe Góma palatum, sweora collum, hracan fauces, windǽddran arteriae, þrotu guttur Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 35-39

wind-gerest

(n.)
Grammar
wind-gerest, e; f.
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A windy resting-place (?), a hall open to the winds (?) Hé gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (? For the hall

wind-scofl

(n.)
Grammar
wind-scofl, e; f.
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A fan Winds(c)obl ventilabrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 66

Linked entry: windwig-scofl

windung

(n.)
Grammar
windung, e; f.
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Something woven or plaited, a hurdle (cf. plecta hyrdle, Hpt. Gl. 497, 70) Windonge plecta (cf. gewind plectas, 68, 71: plecta quilibet nexus ex virgulis, vel papyro, vel carecto, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 77

Linked entries: winnung wynnung

windwig-scofl

(n.)
Grammar
windwig-scofl, e; f.
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A winnowing-fan Windiuscoful (windui-? = windwig-) ventilabrum Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 3, 12

Linked entry: wind-scofl

wine-treów

(n.)
Grammar
wine-treów, e ; f.
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Faith between friends (between husband and wife; cf. wine ) Ðæt hé ( the man ) ða wǽre and ða winetreówe be him lifgendum lǽstan wolde, ðe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon, Exon. Th. 475, 20; Bo. 50

winn-stów

(n.)
Grammar
winn-stów, e; f.
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A wrestling-place Winstówe scammatis Hpt. Gl. 405, 40. On winstówe in scammate 489, 59. Winstówe palaestrarum 478, 50

Linked entry: win-stów

abbod-leást

(n.)
Grammar
abbod-leást, e; f.
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Lack of an abbot Ðæt mynstres þincg ne forwyrþan for abbudleáste ut non res monasterii abbatis privatione depereant, C. D. B. i. B. 155, 37

á-bisgung

(n.)
Grammar
á-bisgung, e; f.
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Substitute the following for á-bysgung in Dict. occupation, employment, business. v. á-bisgian, I For ðǽre úterran ábisgunge . . . for ðǽre ábisgunge ðára úterra weorca in exteriorum occupatione . Past. 127, 9, 12. Worldlice ábysgunge mundana negotia

á-blǽcung

(n.)
Grammar
á-blǽcung, e; f.
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Pallor Áblǽcungum (ǽ-, An. Ox. 4897, q. v.) palloribus Hpt. Gl. 518, 62

Linked entry: ǽ-blǽcung

á-bláwness

(n.)
Grammar
á-bláwness, e; f.
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Upblowing, inflation Wiþ ábláunesse ðæs innoþes, Lch. ii. 170, 21

á-blinnendness

(n.)
Grammar
á-blinnendness, e; f.
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Cessation Bútan áblinnendnysse unceasingly Hml. S. 23 b, 98

Linked entry: -blinnend-ness

á-breótness

(n.)
Grammar
á-breótness, e; f.
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Destruction Ðára ábreótnissa exterminia, Txts. 182, 86

Linked entry: -breótness

á-broþenness

(n.)
Grammar
á-broþenness, e; f.
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Degeneracy, ignobleness, baseness Ignauia, ðæt is ábroðennyss oððe náhtnyss, Wlfst. 58, 17. Ongeán ðæs módes strengðe se deófol forgifð ábroðennysse, 59, 12

æcer-teóþung

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-teóþung, e; f.
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Tithe from the produce of arable land Áríse seó æcerteóðung á be ðám ðe seó sulh ðone teóðan æcer ǽr geeóde, Wlfst. 310, 24