weá-dǽd
A deed of woe ⬩ an ill-deed
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A deed of woe, an ill-deed Hé ( Stephen ) bæd þrymcyning ðæt hé him ða weádǽd tó wræce ne sette (cf. Domine, ne statuas illis hoc peccatum, Acts 7, 60), Elen. Kmbl. 987; El. 495. Árísaþ weádǽda, Fins. Th. 15 ; Fin. 8
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weá-gesíþ
A companion in misery or in wickedness
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A companion in misery or in wickedness Tó ðam symle sittan eodon ealle his (Holofernes' )weágesíþas, Judth. Thw. 21, 13 ; Jud. 16. Hé ðone deófol on helle mid his weágesíðum ofþrihte, Wulfst. 145, 4. Ða deorcan and ða dimman stówe helle tintrego, ðe
weá-láf
A remnant spared by calamity ⬩ those who remain after evil times ⬩ the survivors of calamity
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A remnant spared by calamity, those who remain after evil times, the survivors of calamity Land hý áwéstaþ and burga forbærnaþ and ǽhta forspillaþ and eard hý ámiriaþ. And ðonne land wurðeþ for sinnum forworden and ðæs folces duguð swíðost fordwíneþ,
weá-líc
Miserable
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Miserable Sumum ðæt gegongeþ, ðæt se endestæf weálíc weorþeþ; sceal hine wulf etan, Exon. Th. 328, 4; Vy. 12
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weá-tácn
A sign of misery, a woeful signal
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A sign of misery, a woeful signal Nis þǽr on ðam londe, ne wóp ne wracu, weátácen nán, yldu ne yrmðu, Exon. Th. 201, 5; Ph. 51. Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad, ðæt hié ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton. Andr. Kmbl. 2239; An. 1121
wen-wyrt
The name of some plant supposed to be good for wens
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The name of some plant supposed to be good for wens Wyrc sealfe of wenwyrte Lchdm. ii. 52, 4. Gesmire mid wenwyrte 62, 27. Wensealf; ontre, reáde netlan, twá wenwyrta 128, 14
wén-líc
fair ⬩ handsome ⬩ comely ⬩ conveniens
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fair, handsome, comely Stranglíc on wæstme and wénlíc on nebbe Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41. Heó wæs swíðe wlitig and wénlíces híwes erat eleganti aspectu nimis Homl. Ass. 108, 205. the word glosses conveniens in the following passages Ne wæs woenlíc (þæslíc
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ge-hefeldian
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woof Forcorfen is swylce fram wefendum wífe líf mín þá gyt þe ic wæs gehefaldad praecisa est uelut a tenente uita mea dum adhuc ordirer Cant. Ez. 12. Gehefeldad, Ps. Srt. ii. 184, 34; An. Ox. 3731
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ó-web
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Woof Óweb vel áb (ób, Wülck. G1. 188, 12) trama vel subtemen, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 50: cladicla, ii. 139, 59. Ówef cladica, 104, 13 : 14, 43
ge-wife
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Cf. wefan; <b>II:</b> ge-wefan ; II
wíg-bed
An altar
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An altar [from wíg (wíh) and beód; some forms, e.g. wígbeddes, weóbedd, suggest that the word was thought to be derived from bed] Weófod altar vel ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 51. Hé scolde ðone Godes alter habban uppan áholodne, ðæt hé meahte on healdan ða
wág-rift
A wall-covering, a curtain, veil (of the temple)
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Godweb tó wefanne of seolce wáhrift tó ðam temple, Homl. Ass. 132, 548. Ðǽr synt eác wáhriftu, sum ðe hyre wyrðe bið, Chart. Th. 538, 29. Wágryfta curtinarum, velarum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 11 : 18, 6. Wáhrefta, Hpt. Gl. 430, 66.
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smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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Hí smalo hrægel wefaþ and wyrceaþ texendis subtilioribus indumentis operam dant Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 16. Heortes hornes ðæs smælestan dustes Lchdm. i. 334, 19.