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Anglo-Saxon

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heofon-ware

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Take here the plural forms given under heofon-waru in Dict., and add

burg-waru

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., and Pictauienscisce ... bútú ðá burhwara (-waru, -waræ, Hml. S. 31, 1469) besǽton ðone hálgan, Hml. Th. ii. 518, 18-24. Burware gefeoht civile bellum, Wrt Voc. i. 35, 17. Hreám þǽre burhware of Gomorra clamor Gomorrhae, Gen. 18, 20.

Wiht-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Wiht-ware, pl. m.

The people of the Isle of Wight

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The people of the Isle of Wight Cantware and Wihtware (-wara, v. l.), Chr. 449; Th. i. 20, col. I. Hé bróhte Wiht-warum (-an, v. l.) fulwiht ǽrest, 661; Th. i. 54, col. I. v. preceding word

lín-wǽd

(n.)
Grammar
lín-wǽd, e; f.
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A linen garment, linen cloth Hé drígde hig mid ðære línwǽde ðe hé wæs mid begyrd coepit extergere linteo quo erat praecinctus, Jn. Skt. 13, 5. Hé geseah ða línwǽda licgan videt posita linteamina, 20, 5: Lk. Skt. 24, 12

weá-tácn

(n.)
Grammar
weá-tácn, es; n.

A sign of misery, a woeful signal

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Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad, ðæt hié ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton. Andr. Kmbl. 2239; An. 1121

Cant-ware

Grammar
Cant-ware, (-an).
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wæs Cantwara (Cont-, v. l.) leód (leode, v. l.) oriundus de gente Cantuariorum, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 253, 13. Paulinus huerf eft tó Cantwarum (gewát tó Cent, v. l. ), Chr. 633; P. 24, 21. Add

wǽg-þel

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-þel, es; n.

A wave-planka ship

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A wave-plank, a ship Hé álǽdde of wǽgþele (the ark) wráðra láfe, Cd. Th. 90, 16; Gen. 1496. Nóe tealde ðæt se hrefn hine sécan wolde on wǽgþele, 87, 9; Gen. 1446. On wǽgþele on board, Andr. Kmbl. 3418; An. 1713.

wæl-fill

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-fill, es; m.

Slaughtercarnage

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Hér micel wælfill wæs æt Wóddesbeorge (Wódnes-, MS. E.), Chr. 592; Erl. 18, 30. Blódgyte, wællfyll weres, morð mid mundum. Cd. Th. 92,11; Gen. 1527. Heó underbæc beseah wið ðæs wælfylles the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 154, 29; Gen. 2563

Linked entry: wæl-feall

ge-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wæd, es; n.
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A ford Willelm cyng lǽdde scipfyrde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... and his landfyrde æt þám Gewæde ( the Forth) inn lǽdde (férde inn ofer ꝥ Wæð, v. l. ), Chr. 1072; P. 208, 14.

Linked entry: wæd

wær-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wær-scipe, es; m.

Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness

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Þúhte wísast se ðe wæs swicolost . . . ac heom ðæs wærscipes, Wulfst. 268, 19. Hý lǽtaþ ðæt tó wærscype, ðæt hý óðre magan swicollíce pǽcan, 55, 2, 15. Mid micelum wærscype lufian cum magna cautela diligere, Anglia xiii. 374, 125.

Linked entry: wer-scipe

ge-wær

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-wær</b> in the phrase gewær (indecl. cf. wurðan thes firiho barn giwar, Hél. 3641.

wealh-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
wealh-wyrt, e; f.

Wall-wort dwarf elderthe word glosses ebulum and intula

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Wall-wort, dwarf elder; the word glosses ebulum and intula Walhwyrt, uualhuyrt, ualuyrt ebulum, elleus, Txts. 59, 714. Wealwyrt ebulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 75. Walwyrt, i. 30, 58. Wealwyrt ł ellenwyrt ebule ł eobulum, Lchdm. iii. 302, col. 1.

Linked entries: weale-wyrt weal-wyrt

weale

(n.)
Grammar
weale, wale, an; f.

A female slave servant

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A female slave, servant Wonfeax wale, . . . mennen, Exon. Th. 393, 30; Rä. 13, 8. Wonfáh wale weóld hyra( two buckets ) síþe, 435, 11; Rä. 53, 6

Linked entry: wale

án-wald

(n.)
Grammar
án-wald, es; m.

Sole powerjurisdictionrule

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Sole power, jurisdiction, rule Ðæt se Cásere eft ánwald ofer hí ágan móste that the Cæsar might again obtain power over them, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 123; Met. 1, 62. Se ánwald Godes Ælmihtiges the power of Almighty God, 9, 95; Met. 9, 48: Exon. 63 a; Th. 232

an-wann

(v.)
Grammar
an-wann, p. of an-winnan.

fought against

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fought against;

a-wǽht

(v.)
Grammar
a-wǽht, pp. of a-wǽcan.

weakenedwearied

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weakened, wearied;

a-weaht

(v.)
Grammar
a-weaht, a-weahte

awakedexcitedraised up

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awaked, excited, raised up,Ps. Th. 77, 65: Bd. 3, 5 ; S. 526, 34;

burg-waru

(n.)
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the inhabitants of a city as in a body, Andr. Kmbl. 2189; An. 1096

dúne-ward

(adv.)
Grammar
dúne-ward, dúne-weard

downward

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downward, Som. Ben. Lye. v. a-dúnweard

heoru-wearh

(n.)
Grammar
heoru-wearh, gen. -wearges; m.

A savage, bloody wolf,

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A savage, bloody wolf, Beo. Th. 2538; B. 1267

Linked entry: wearg