westsúþ-wind
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A south-west wind Westsúðwind affricus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 51: 6, 40: favonius, 35, 6: faonius 108, 22. Westsúþwind, 39, 7
west-wind
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A west wind Ðá bleów westwind flante favonio Bd. 5, 19 ; S. 639, 20
wice-weorc
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wíte-bend
a torturing bond ⬩ a prison-bond
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a torturing bond, a prison-bond Ðé wǽrlogan wítebendum swencan móton, Andr. Kmbl. 216; An. 108. Wé ellþeódigne on carcerne clommum belegdon, wítebendum, 3120; An. 1563
wíte-bróga
Penal horror ⬩ a horrid punishment ⬩ torment
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Penal horror, a horrid punishment or torment Ne mé weorce sind wítebrógan, ðe ðú tó mé beótast, Exon. Th. 250, 31; Jul. 135. Eal ðæt man ús foresegð embe helle wítebrógan (cf. Wende him God fro heuene riche into helle witerbrogen (hellewites brogen?)
wíte-fæst
In slavery as a punishment for crime.
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In slavery as a punishment for crime. Similar entries v. wíteþeów Hé wyle ðæt man freóge æfter his dæge ǽlcne wítefæstne man ðe on his tíman forgylt wǽre si quis, secundum patriae Anglie morem, in aliquam incurrisset servitutem tempore sue potestatis
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wíte-geard
A place of punishment
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A place of punishment Wítehúses ł wyerteardes (wítegeardes ?) amphitheatri, Hpt. Gl. 484, 47
wíte-hrægel
A garment worn as a punishment ⬩ sackcloth
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A garment worn as a punishment, sackcloth Ic míne gewǽda on wítehrægl cyrde posui vestimentum meum cilicium, Ps. Th. 68, 11
wíte-hús
A house of punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ prison ⬩ an amphitheatre in which the Christians were martyred ⬩ hell
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A house of punishment or torment, a prison Wítehúsa ergastulorum, Hpt. Gl. 516, 8. an amphitheatre in which the Christians were martyred Wítehúses amphitheatri, Hpt. Gl. 484, 47. On wítehúse in amphitheatrum (the passage is: In amphitheatrum sanctos
wíte-lác
Punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ pain
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Punishment, torment, pain Wurdon tó axan eorðan wæstma, efne swá wíde swá ða wítelác (the burning and terror at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ) gerǽhton, Cd. Th. 154, 12 ; Gen. 2554. Weras básnedon wíteloccas (wíteláces, Grn.) weán under weallum
wíte-rǽden
punishment ⬩ fine
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punishment Ðes cyning bebeád ðæt feówertiglíce fæsten healden beón ǽr Eástrum be wíterǽdenne jejunium quadraginta dierum observari praecepit . . . in transgressores dignas et competentes punitiones proposuit, Bd. 3, 8 ; S. 531, 11. fine. v. wíte, I b
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wíte-scræf
A den of torment
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A den of torment, hell Gewít ðú áwyrgda in ðæt wítescræf, Cd. Th. 308, 12 ; Sat. 691
wíte-steng
A pole used for punishment ⬩ torture
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A pole used for punishment or torture Wítestengces, róde eculei, wítestenges eculei, gabuli, Hpt. Gl. 478, 70-73 : Anglia xiii. 34, 169
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wíte-stów
A place of punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ hell
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A place of punishment or torment, hell Upp cómon sume ðara ðýstra gásta of ðære neowolnesse and of ðære wítestówe (de abysso illa flammivoma ), Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 41. Nis hér (in hell) nú nǽnig wóp, swá hit ǽr gewunelíc wæs on ðisse wítestówe, Blickl
wíte-þeów
In slavery as a consequence of crime
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In slavery as a consequence of crime Be wíteðeówes monnes slege. Gif wíteþeów Englisc mon hine forstalie, hó hine mon, L. In. 24; Th. i. 118, 6. Gif ðǽr hwylc wíteðeów man sý ðe hió geðeówede, hió gelýfð tó hyre bearnon ðæt hí hine willon lýhtan for
wræc-wíte
Punishment
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Punishment Seó ǽreste módor ðyses menniscan cynnes wræcwíte middangearde bróhte, ðá heó Godes bebodu ábræc, and on ðis wræcwíte áworpen wæs, Blickl. Homl. 5, 24-26
ǽ-wird
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Corrupt Sé bið ǽwerd on his lífe. Lch. iii. 162, II
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bisceop-wíte
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A fine payable to a bishop (cf. e.g. Ll. Th. i. 262, § 3: 474, § 17) Ðæt ðe scýrbiscop ... hádinge ne dó on ðis abbotríce, búton seó abbod hit him bydde, ne biscopwíte episcopus dioceseos ... non ordinationem ... sine abbatis fauore arroget, ... neque
blód-wíte
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