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helle-wíte

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Wé gebyrian sceolon oððe heofonwarena cyninge oððe hellewítes deóflum, Wlfst. 151, 20. Hellewíte tartari tormento, An. Ox. 2218. Hellewite tartara, 1249. Hé underféng hellewíte eum ultrix gehenna suscepit, Past 339, 3. Drifað ðá deófla Þá synfullan sáwla

heng-wíte

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leás-wiht

(n.)
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A false creature, seducer, pander Lócade leáswiht (leás wiht ? Satan ) geond þæt láþe scræf, Sal. 727. Leásuhta bepǽcunge lenonum lenocinio An. Ox. 4014. (?)

nán-wiht

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nán-wiht, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt hé þé nánwiht (náwiht, nóht, v.l.) láðes ne dó ut nec tibi aliquid mali faciat, Bd. 2, 12 ; Sch. 156, 23. Nát ic nánwiht betere þonne þú ðé gebidde, Solil. H. 4, 14. Nǽniht nullam, Lk. L. 23, 14. Add

un-wirþ-

(prefix)
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un-wirþ-, v. un-weorþ-.

un-wita

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[U]nw[i]t[a]n stolidi, An. Ox. 56, 229. Add

úþ-wita

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Weoruldlice úðwitan (sapientes mundi) sǽdan ꝥ seó tunglene heofon feólle for hire swiftnysse gif þá seofon dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfton, Angl. vii. 12, 110. Add

wite-lic

(adj.)
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wite-lic, wítig-lic; adj.
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Penal Hwæthugu wítelices poenale aliquid, Gr. D 324, 1. Gclǽded æfter deáðe tó wítiglicre stówe ( ad poenalem locum), 331, 18. Se hunger sóna ácwelleð and álýseð of dám wítelican lífe, Verc. Först. 178. Tó þon ꝥ hí heom ne ondrǽdon þone wítelican dóm

wíte-steng

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Wítstenges eculei, An. Ox. 2, 147. Add

á-wiht

Grammar
á-wiht, <b>. II.</b>
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Þára mínra áwiht feala on gewrit settan, Ll. Th. i. 58, 21. Add

un-wita

(n.)
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un-wita, an; m.

A foolish, stupid, witless person ⬩ a fool

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A foolish, stupid, witless person, a fool Se unwita insipiens, Ps. Lamb. 13, 1. Eorp unwita, Exon. Th. 433, 21; Rä. 50, 11. Gebíg fram unwitan (insensato) and ðú ná wiþerast on stuntnysse his, Scint. 188, 11. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tó sinoðe gefædne

full-wiht

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full-wiht, fulluht,
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Take here and add: Grammar full-wiht, The word is masc. and fem. as well as neut. Grammar full-wiht, masc. Sió hreówsung scolde bión ǽr ðǽm fulwihte. Se fullwuht ðone mon geclǽnsað, Past. 427, 6. Þurh þæne fulluht, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 22, 36. Grammar full-wiht

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Wiht-land

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wiht-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
wiht-mearc, e; f.

A weight-mark ⬩ a plumb-line

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A weight-mark, a plumb-line Of punder, ol wihtmearce perpendiculo . Hpt. Gl. 476, 75

wiþer-cweþan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþer-cweþan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon
To resist,
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cf. wiþ-cweþan, III, wiþer-cwide

resist

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Gemágnesse wiðsacende wiðercweðan (-en, MS.) importunitatem refutando frustrari (contradicere ), Hpt. Gl. 491, 32. Wiðercwiðendum resistentibus, Ps. Lamb. 16, 8

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á-wiht

alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything

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Add:, ó-wiht, óht. substantive alone Him þǽr ówiht ne derede, Dan. 274. with governed gen. Ne sceþþeð þé wólberendes áwiht, Lch. i. 326, 19. Ne mæg ðæs unrihtes beón áwiht bedígled, Bl. H. 111, 1. Ǽr þon óht þisses ǽfre gewurde, Cri. 238.

úþ-wita

(n.)
Grammar
úþ-wita, -weota, an; m.

a philosopher ⬩ scribe ⬩ geo metrician

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Ic sende tó iúh wítgo and snotre menu and úðuto (scribas), 23, 34. Úðwiotan his seniores suos, Ps. Surt. 104, 22: 118, 100

fugeles wíse

(n.)
Grammar
fugeles wíse, fugeles wýse, an; f.

The plant larkspur ⬩ delphīnium ⬩ δελφίνιον

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The plant larkspur; delphīnium = δελφίνιον Fugeles wíse delphin, Cot. 211, Som. Ben. Lye. Fugeles wýse delphinion, Glos. Brux. Recd. 41, 69; Wrt. Voc. 68, 4

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án-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
án-wíte, es; n.

A simple or single fine ⬩ a mulct or amercement ⬩ simplex mulcta

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A simple or single fine, a mulct or amercement; simplex mulcta Ealle forgielden ánwíte let them all pay a single fine, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 17

á-wiht

(adv.)
Grammar
á-wiht, á-wyht, á-wuht, á-uht, áht; adv.

At all ⬩ by any means ⬩ omnino ⬩ ullo modo

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At all, by any means; omnino, ullo modo Ne lata ðú áwiht do not thou tarry at all, Ps. Th. 69, 7: 77, 10, 12: 134, 19. Me ðæt riht ne þinceþ, ðæt ic óleccan áwiht þurfe Gode æfter góde ǽnegum to me it seems not right, that I at all need cringe to God