wyrcness
work ⬩ labour ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ performance
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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
Condition ⬩ state
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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
Doing ⬩ work
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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
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
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The expectoration of corrupt matter Wyr[m]shrǽcing vel wyr[m]sútspíung phthisis, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 39
Linked entries: wyrms-útspiung wyrs-hrǽcing
wind-ǽdre
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A windpipe Góma palatum, sweora collum, hracan fauces, windǽddran arteriae, þrotu guttur Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 35-39
wind-gerest
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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
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A fan Winds(c)obl ventilabrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 66
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windung
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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
windwig-scofl
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A winnowing-fan Windiuscoful (windui-? = windwig-) ventilabrum Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 3, 12
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wine-treów
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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
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A wrestling-place Winstówe scammatis Hpt. Gl. 405, 40. On winstówe in scammate 489, 59. Winstówe palaestrarum 478, 50
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abbod-leást
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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
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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
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Pallor Áblǽcungum (ǽ-, An. Ox. 4897, q. v.) palloribus Hpt. Gl. 518, 62
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á-bláwness
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Upblowing, inflation Wiþ ábláunesse ðæs innoþes, Lch. ii. 170, 21
á-blinnendness
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Cessation Bútan áblinnendnysse unceasingly Hml. S. 23 b, 98
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á-breótness
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Destruction Ðára ábreótnissa exterminia, Txts. 182, 86
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á-broþenness
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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
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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