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cildiung-wíf

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Dele, and see cild-geong

ed-wít

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Add: a source or cause of disgrace Edwít probrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 21. Þý lǽs him ætwite and on edwít sette (should make it a reproach to him) his geþoftan ꝥ hé for ege þæs deáþes þá þing dyde ne exprobrarent sibi sodales, quod timore mortis faceret

flige-wíl

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flige-wíl, l. flyge-píl.

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forlegis-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
forlegis-wíf, es; n.

A prostitute

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A prostitute Ic þé háte lǽdan tó forlegeswífa húse, Shrn. 154, 21

Linked entry: forliger-wíf

getæl-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
getæl-wís, adj.
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Skilled in computation Compos . . . prudens vel getaelwís, Wttlck. Gl. 207, 40. þæs geáres dagas þe getelwíse witan nemniað Solaris annus, Angl. viii. 316, 45

gron-wisc

Similar entry: gran-wisc

gran-wisc

(n.)
Grammar
gran-wisc, chaff (
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Gronuisc acus (cf. acus sifeþa, i. 83, 19) Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 16. Gronwisc, 4, 37. ?)

Linked entries: -wisc gron-wisc

leoþu-wác

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For leoþuwác in middle of l. 2 l. lioþuwác, dele Iust passage, and add Of liþewácum helmum lentis frondibus, An. Ox. 923. Liþewácum, tógum (tagum, Hpt. Gl. 514, 69) lentis (viminibus caedentes, Aid. 66, 39), 4693. Liþewácum lentis (arluum flexibus, Guth

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leóþ-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
leóþ-wís, (?); adj.
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Poetical, rhythmical Celeuma, idem et toma, i. leta cantatio lewis (leóþwís ?) plega (for celeurna see gladung), Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 20

Linked entry: lewis

riht-wís

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riht-wís, (?). Add: v. un-rihtwís[u] ?.

wíd-cúþ

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Add Sé þe ácenned bið, wídcuð hé bið luna xxiii qui natus fuerit, vulgaris erit, Archiv cxxix. 20, 5

wíd-gal

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Sume dæge þá þá heó swá wídgal swíðe dwolode quadam die dum vaga nimium erraret, Gr. 176, 21. Hé eóde út and mid wídgalum móde worhte á hwæthugu eorðlices egrediebatur et mente vaga terrena aliqua agebat, iii, 13. Add

wíd-mǽran

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Add: to make widely known Wæs eác wiidmǽred ꝥ hé betweoh gebedum his líf geendode uulgatum est autem, quod etiam inter uerba orationis uitam finierit. Bd. 3, 12 ; Sch. 245, 13

wíf-freónd

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-freónd, es; m.
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A female friend Ðá wíffrióndas amicas. Lk. L. R. 15, 9

wíf-leás

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Wífleás man agamus antropus, sine coniuge homo, Hpt. 31, 15, 403. Add

wíg-bedd

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Þá se mæssepreóst geseah ꝥ heó swíðe geswenced wæs, hé genam þá scétan of þám weófode (wígbedde, v.l. ), Gr. D. 72, 33. Add

wíg-gild

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Se ealdorapostol ǽrest ús gesette tó healdanne ðás dagas and tó beganganne for hǽðenra manna gedwilde, for þan þe hié hiera wíggild and deófulgild on ðás dagas weorðedon, Nap. 69. Add

wíg-heard

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Add: warlike, martial Wíhearde bellicosas, An. Ox. 783

wig-steall

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Hé eóde binnan þonne weóhstal on norðhealfe, Vis. Lfc. 68. Add

-wil-sǽlig

(suffix)

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