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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Ǽlc man sylð on forandæge his góde wín, and ðæt wáccre ðonne ða gebeóras druncniaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 26. Gedroren is ðeós duguð eal, wuuiaþ ða wácran, Exon. Th. 311, 4; Seef. 87. Fyrmest manna primas, wácost manna infimas, Ælfc.
þearl-wís
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God sylfa ðonne ne gýmeþ nǽnges mannes hreówe, ac biþ ðonne réþra and þearlwísra ðonne ǽnig wilde deór, Blickl. Homl. 95, 30
wíc-herpaþ
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A public road to a wíc (q.v.) Be ðam yrðlande óð hit cymð tó ðam wícherpaðe, ðonne andlang ðæs wícherpaðes tó ðam stǽnenan stapole, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 418, 27. Cf. wíc-weg
wan
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Ne wiht mé wonu bið nihil mihi deerit, Ps. Surt. 22, I : 33, 10. Ǽr ðon ðe Drihten on heofenas ástige, þonon hé nǽfre won wæs þurh his godcundnesse miht, Blickl.
winn
labour ⬩ strife ⬩ conflict
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Lind. 4, 38. strife, conflict Hé ongan him winn up áhebban wið ðone héhstan heofones wealdend, Cd. Th. 17, 14; Gen. 259
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wód-þrág
A mad fit ⬩ time ⬩ madness ⬩ fury
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Ðonne Saule se wiðer-wearda gǽsð on becorn, ðonne geféng Dauid his hearpan, and gestillde his wódþrága. . . . Dauid mid his sange gemetgode ða wódþráge Saules furor insanorum saepe ad salutem medico blandiente reducitur . . .
ge-wind
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Voc. ii. 68, 71. what winds round or envelops (as in winding-sheet) Gewynd involucrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 25
westansúþan-wind
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A south-west wind Westansúðanwind austrum Ps. Spl. C. 77, 30
eástansúþan-wind
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A south-east wind Eástansúþanwind vulturnus, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 12
eástannorþan-wind
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A north-east wind Eástannorðan*-*windes chori, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 25
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wild-deóren
Of wild beasts
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Of wild beasts Mid wilddeórenum tóþum cum feralibus dentibus Scint. 99, 7
wæd
A ford ⬩ shallow water ⬩ water that may be traversed ⬩ a body of water ⬩ sea
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Wit on sǽ wǽron, óþ ðæt unc flód tódráf, wado weallende, Beo. Th. 1096; B. 546: 1166; B. 581. Sǽholm oncneów ðæt ðú gife hæfdes ... wædu swæðorodon, Andr. Kmbl. 1066; An. 533.
wil-gesweostor
Gracious sisters
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Cf. wil-gebróþor
wíg-gár
A lance
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Cf. wíg-spere
wíc-geréfa
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The reeve of a wíc. v. wíc, III.
wil-hréþig
Satisfied, exultant
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Kmbl. 2231; El. 1117. v. wil-fægen, and preceding word
wíf-fæst
Married
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Cf. wíf-leás
wíf-myne
Love for a woman
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Cf. wíf-lufu
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norþan-wind
a wind from the north
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a wind from the north Norþanwind septentrio, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 11. Ðæs norþanwindes ýst, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 20. Stearc stormas and norþanwindas, 23; Fox 78, 27
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