tyrn-geat
A turn-stile
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A turn-stile Tó tyrngeate, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 405, 4
for-tín
A portent
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A portent Bécun and fortína (béceno and fertíno, L.) signa et portenta, Mk. R. 13, 22
Linked entry: fer-tín
fracoþ
Infamy ⬩ wickedness
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Infamy, wickedness Ignominium sconde hléwung sive fraceþu, idem et infamium . Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 31. Sume men beóð swá gehíwode líceteras, swylce hý Godes ege habban, and bið eal heora ingeþanc mid fracoðe áfylled. Wlfst. 54, 7. Mið fræceðo geyfled contumelia
slǽd
A slade ⬩ slade ⬩ a breadth of greensward in ploughed land ⬩ a flat piece of grass ⬩ a broad strip of greensward between two woods, generally in a valley ⬩ Narrow strips of boggy ground running into the hard land at Rockland ⬩ breadth of greensward in ploughed land, or in plantations ⬩ valley ⬩ vallis ⬩ low, flat, marshy ground, with a broad bottom ⬩ a valley
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A slade in local names, e. g. Waterslade, v. W. Somerset Words, E. D. S. Pub., and in some dialects. 'Slade a breadth of greensward in ploughed land; a flat piece of grass; but now most commonly applied to a broad strip of greensward between two woods
Linked entries: wíþig-slǽd wæter-slæd sléd
þiccet
A place where there is dense growth ⬩ a thicket
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A place where there is dense growth (v. þicce, III), a thicket On þyccetum in condensis, Ps. Lamb. 117, 27. Stefn Drihtnes áwríhþ þiccettu (þiccetu,) (Ps. Lamb.) vox Dominis revelabit condensa, Ps. Spl. 28, 8
wíg-rǽden
Warfare
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Warfare, Wald. 39; Vald. 1, 22
wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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will, pleasure Se cyng geseah ðæt hé nán þincg his willes ðǽr geforðian ne mihte the king saw that he could carry out nothing of his purpose Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 6. Hé nolde his willes ( of his own accord ) heora geférrǽdene forlǽtan, Homl. Th. ii. 334
will-gespryng
A spring
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A spring Ðeós eorþe is berende missenlícra fugela and sǽwihta and fiscwyllum wæterum and wyllgespryngum avium ferax terra marique generis diversi, fluviis quoque multum piscosis, ac fontibus praeclara copiosis, Bd. l, I; S. 473, 16. Of dam wilsuman wyllgespryngum
Linked entry: ge-spryng
wille-wæter
Spring-water
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Spring-water Þweah mid wyllewætre, Lchdm. ii. 308, ll. Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wylle wætre, 74, 27. Seóðe on yrnendum wyllewætere, i. 330, 14
wilm-fýr
Fierce fire ⬩ flaming fire
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Fierce fire, flaming fire Fore Dryhtne færeþ wælmfýra mǽst, hlemmeþ háta lég, Exon. Th. 58, 7; Cri. 932
wín-beger
A grape
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A grape Ðæt wínbeger uuam, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 44. Wínbegær uvas, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 16. Wíntrog, ðér monn tred ða wínbegera torcular Lind. 21, 33
Linked entry: beger
wil-spell
Welcome news ⬩ glad tidings
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Welcome news, glad tidings Wæs him frófra mǽst æt ðam willspelle (the news of the finding of the cross), Elen. Kmbl. 1985; El. 994. Wilspella mǽst gesecgan, 1965; El. 984
wín-ærn
a place where wine is stored ⬩ a place where wine is sold and drunk ⬩ a tavern ⬩ a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting
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a place where wine is stored Wínæm apotheca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 6.. Similar entries v. win-hús a place where wine is sold and drunk, a tavern Wínaern taberna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 3. Wínærn i. 290, 52. a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting
wín-clyster
a bunch of grapes ⬩ a row of vines
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a bunch of grapes Wínclyster botrus, Scint. 154, 2. a row of vines Wínclystra antes, Engl. Stud. xi. 64, 3
Linked entry: clyster
windwig-sife
A winnowing-sieve
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A winnowing-sieve Windwigsyfe ventilabrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 44
wín-fæt
A wine-vat
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A wine-vat Wínfæt enophorum, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 5: apotheca, ii. 100, 54: 6, 6
windwig-ceaf
A husk winnowed from the grain
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A husk winnowed from the grain Windwig-ceafum paleis (the passage is: Non te hordeo alam, sed paleis et fame conficiam, Ald. 34), Hpt. Gl. 464, 3
Linked entry: ceaf
wín-gedrinc
Wine-drinking ⬩ wine
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Wine-drinking, wine Hié wlenco onwód and wíngedrync, Cd. Th. 155, 28; Gen. 2579. Of ungemete ǽlces þinges, wiste and wǽda, wíngedrinces, Met. 25, 39. Wíngedrince nectare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 32. Hié tó ðam symle sittan eodon, wlance tó wíngedrince, Judth
wín-hús
A wine-house
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A wine-house Wínhús apotheca, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 18. Wínhúsum apothecis, Hpt. Gl. 468, 40. Ne mót mid rihte nán preóst drincan æt wínhúsum ealles tó gelóme, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 8
Linked entry: wín-ærn
wín-leáf
A vine-leaf
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A vine-leaf Wínleáf pampinus, Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 73