waru
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a covenant, wudu-wása
deáþ-wang
A death-plain ⬩ mortis campus
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A death-plain; mortis campus Hí swǽfon dreóre druncne, deáþwang rudon they slept drunken with blood, made the death-plain red or bloody, Andr. Recd. 2009; An. 1005
wác
yielding ⬩ not rigid ⬩ pliant ⬩ fluid ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ wanting mental or moral strength ⬩ wanting courage ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ not of great value or in high esteem ⬩ vilis
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Ðæt wæs wíglíc werod: wác ne grétton in ðæt rincgetæl rǽswan herges, Cd. Th. 192, 18; Exod. 233. Ic, Ælfríc, munuc and mæssepreóst, swá þeáh wáccre Ðonne swilcum hádum gebyrige, Homl. Th. i. 2, 12. Hæfde hire wácran hige Metod gemearcod, Cd.
wáwa
Woe ⬩ misery
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Ðonne sceal eów weaxan tó hearme wǽdl and wáwa, Wulfst. 133 3. Ceósan gódes and yfeles, welan and wáwan, Cd. Th. 30, 12 ; Gen. 466. On ǽlcum wáwan bí wǽron geþyldige, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 130. Uae geíácnaþ wáwan, Ælfc. Gr. 48 ; Zup. 278, 17.
Linked entry: weá
waru
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Perhaps the word might be taken under wara protection: <b>-waru.</b> Add: v. Cant-, ciric-waru: <b>waru</b> wear. Add:
wǽge-tunge
The tongue of a balance
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The tongue of a balance Wǽgetunge (or wǽge tunge, v. wǽg, II) examen, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 41
ge-wald
Power ⬩ mastery ⬩ sway
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Power, mastery, sway Ða Denescan áhton wæl-stówe gewald the Danes had the mastery of the battle-place, Chr. 833; Th. 116, 7, col. 1: Cd. 214; Th. 268, 15; Sat. 55
Medu-wæge
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Add:: -wæg(u?), e
ge-wǽde
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S. 28, 83-86. (2 b) used of grave-clothes :-- Þá gewǽda þe heó bewunden wæs mid (cf. ealle þá scýtan (linteamina) þe se líchama mid bewunden wæs, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 449, 8), Hml. S. 20, 94. (2 c) figurative :-- Ðás gewǽdu áwrát se apostol ...
ceaster-wara
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A citizen Se cyning wæs ceasterwara (cester-, v. l. ciuis ) gefremed þæs écan ríces, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 293, 2. Þá earman ceasterwaran miseri ciues, 1, 12; Sch. 35, 12. Þá eádigan ceasterwaran (þǽre eádigan ceastre weras, v. l. ), Wlfst. 265, 11.
wann-fýr
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Lurid fire Wonfýres wælm, se swearta líg lurid fire's glow, the dark flame, Exon. Th. 60, 7; Cri. 966
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ceaster-ware
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Eal seó burh wæs onstyred, and þá ceasterware cégdon, Bl. H. 71, 13. Þǽre burge ceasterware ( cives urbis illius ) gecyrdon, Gr. D. 198, 15. Þæs éþles ceasterware wǽron englas, 260, 20. Þá ceasterwara (-e, v. l. ) þǽre burge, 210, 12.
síd-wærc
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Add: pleurisy Hé wæs gehrinen mid sídwærce (lateris dolore) and þurh ꝥ tó his ænde gelǽded, Gr. D. 182, 18: 297, 7
Lǽden-ware
The Latins ⬩ the Romans
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Firgilius wæs mid Lǽdenwarum sélest amongst the Romans Virgil was best, Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 5
wamm-wyrcende
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working iniquity Ðæt weorþeþ þeódum tó þreá, ðám ðe þonc Gode, womwyrcende, ne cúþun ðæs ðe hé on ðone hálgan beám ahougen wæs. Exon. Th. 67, 23 ; Cri. 1093
rǽd-wægn
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Icel. reið-skjótr, but see also hræd-wægn
sige-wang
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Thw. 25, 36. where actual fighting is not referred to, a place in which evil is overcome Smeolt wæs se sigewang ( the place where St. Andrew's heathen enemies had been overwhelmed ), Andr. Kmbl. 3160 ; An. 1583.
heals-wærc
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Pain in the neck Wiþ healswærce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch. ii. 312, 5