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weg-férende

(adj.)
Grammar
weg-férende, <b>. I a.</b>
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Þá cwæð se wegférenda, Gr. D. 128, 15. Add

wel-boren

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Welboren generosa, nobilis, Germ. 390, 31. v. bet-, betst-boren. Add

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wel-dǽd

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wel-dǽd, <b>. I.</b>
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Gif hwylc ungesǽlig mann his Scyppende bið ungehýrsum, and nele þurhwunian on weldǽdum oð ende, Hml. S. II, 280. <b>II a.</b> doing good :-- Weldǽde and gemǽnnysse nelle gé forgytan beneficii et communionis noli te obliuisci (Heb. 13, 16

wel-hwilc

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Wellhwylce men tweóað carnales quique dubitant, Gr. D. 260, 21. Add

wel-willedness

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Sé sóð ys freóndscype þe náht sécd of þingum freóndes bútan sylfe welwyllednysse (beniuolentiam), Scint. 198, 3. Add

wearp

(n.)
Grammar
wearp, es; n.
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Wundene mé ne beóð wefle, ne ic wearp (uarp, Txts. 151, 5) hafu, Exon. Th. 417, 16; Rä. 36, 5. Wyllene wearp lanea stamina, Hpt. Gl. 417, 28. Wearpum stamina, 430, 74. a pliant twig that may be used in basket-making. v. wearp-fæt Wearp vimen, Wrt.

-weard

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-weard, adj.
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Add: v. of-, súþ-, súþan-weard: <b>-wearde.</b> v. or-wearde: <b>weardere.</b> Add: One MS. has weartæres: <b>weardes.</b> Add:

wág

(n.)
Grammar
wág, (<b>-h</b>), wǽg, es; m.
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Ne beó tó weallum oððe tó wágum geworhte on ðære gástlícan gebytlunge, Homl. Th. ii. 582, 14. Web æfter wágum, Beo. Th. 1994; B. 995. Ðæt cyricgrið stande ǽghwǽr binnan wágum, L. I. P. 25 : Th. ii. 338, 35.

Linked entries: wǽg wáh

wan

(adj.)
Grammar
wan, adj.
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Homl. 131, 17. lacking, not possessed of tíres wone á bútan ende sculon ermþu dreógan, Exon. Th. 17, 15; Cri. 270. with numerals (v. læs), less. Cf. wana; adj. IIIa Ðæt ríce hé hæfde ánes won ðe twéntig wintra, Bd. 4, I ; M. 252, 9.

wearn

(n.)
Grammar
wearn, e; f.
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a hindrance, obstacle, difficulty, v. wearn-wíslíce Wearne ł remmincge obstaculo, impedimento, Hpt. Gl. 455, 48.

wác

(adj.)
Grammar
wác, adj.
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Sume láceówas sindon beteran ðonne sume; sume sind wáccran, swá swá beóð, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 17. poor, mean, not of great value or in high esteem; vilis. v. wác-líc, -ness Mid wáces olfendes hǽrum gescrýdde, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 23.

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weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, e; f.
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Weras wæccende wearde heóldon, Judth. Thw. 23, 26; Jud. 142: Beo. Th. 616; B. 305. Wið wráð seros wearde healdan, 644; B. 319: Exon. Th. 48, 6; Cri. 767: 282, 16; Jul. 664. Weardum excubiis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 12.

wel-gedón

(adj.)
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well done Gif hwæt welgedónes bið si qua bene gesta sunt, Past. 17; Swt. 111, 3. Suíðe suíðe gesyngiaþ, gif óðerra monna welgedóna dǽda ne lufigaþ valde peccamus, si aliena bene gesta diligimus, 34; Swt. 231, 1.

gird-weg

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Take here <b>gyrd-weg</b> in Dict., and add: A road made with faggots(?) Of fearnhege an gerdwege; of gerdwege tó fíf ácan, C. D. iii. 54, 27. Cf. beám-weg

fór-wel

(adv.)
Grammar
fór-wel, adv.

Very wellveryvalde

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Very well, very; valde Him nǽfre seó gítsung fórwel ne lícode covetousness never very well pleased him. Bt. titl, xvii; Fox xii. 24: Bt. 17; Fox 58, 24. Ólǽcþ ðes middangeard fórwel menige this world flatters very many, Homl.

borg-wed

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Borgwed (borg, wed?) vadimonium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 66. Add

web-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
web-sceaft, es; m.
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Cf. web-beám

waa

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wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.
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Woad, a plant much used for dyeing, which circumstance may account for the appearance of the word as a gloss to some of the following Latin words Ðis wád hic sandyx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 69; Zup. 72, 14. Wyrt oððe wád sandix (the passage to which this gloss

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