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wíc-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
wíc-geréfa, an; m.
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The reeve of a wíc. v. wíc, III.

wil-hréþig

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-hréþig, adj.

Satisfied, exultant

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Kmbl. 2231; El. 1117. v. wil-fægen, and preceding word

weás

(adv.)
Grammar
weás, adv.

By chance, by accident, fortuitously

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MS.) gebyrige oððe ungewealdes, ðæt hé on ðæs hwæt befoo, ðe wið his willan sié siquando contra eos lingua labitur, Past. 28; Swt. 198, 22

wicu

(n.)
Grammar
wicu, wucu, an ; f.
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.: wico, Lind.: wica, Rush.) bis in sabbato, Lk. Skt. 18, 12. Ða fullan wican (wucan, v.l. ) ǽr Sc̃ta Marian mæssan, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 7. Ymb wucan after a week, Cd. Th. 88, 14; Gen. 1465 : 167, 21 ; Gen. 2769.

wíf-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wíf-fæst, adj.

Married

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Cf. wíf-leás

wíf-myne

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-myne, es; m.

Love for a woman

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Cf. wíf-lufu

Linked entry: myne

wíg-haga

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-haga, an; m.

A phalanx

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A phalanx Hé mid bordum hét wyrcan ðone wíhagan, and ðæt werod healdan fæste wið feóndum. Byrht. Th. 134, 50 ; By. 102

wár

(n.)
Grammar
wár, I. sea-weed, waur (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, in which other forms are given, ware, woare, woore, ore : see also Jamieson's Dict.
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ware) Waar, uaar, uár alga, Txts. 39, 120. Wár. Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 46: i. 285, 12. sand, strand. Cf. sondhyllas alga, Txts. 39, 125 Streámas weorpaþ on stealc hleoþa stáne and sande, wáre ( or under I ?) and wǽge, Exon. Th. 382, 8; Rä. 3, 8. Wára sablonum

Linked entries: wároþ sǽ-wár waar

west

(adj.)
Grammar
west, []; spve. west[e]mest; adj.
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. ¶ westan in combination with prepositions, governing dative or adverbial :-- Be-westan Hai ab oriente habeas Hai, Gen. 12, 8.

wíce

(n.)
Grammar
wíce, an; f.
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An office, a duty, function Ic dó ðæt gé (hyrdas) geswícaþ ðære wícan ( cessare faciam eos (pastores) ut ultra non pascant gregem, Ezech. 34, 10), Homl. Th. i. 242, 13. Bydele gebyraþ ðæt hé for his wýcan sý weorces frigra ðonne óðer man, L. R. S. 18

wác

Grammar
wác, <b>; II.</b>
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Þá man talað wáce þe woldon for Godes ege georne riht lufian, Wlfst. 243, II. <b>II a.</b> of non-material things :--- III. add :-- Hé beleác hine on cwearterne and sende him bigleofan lytelne and wácne, 35, 38. Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum

wág

Grammar
wág, In 1. 4 for brýden l. bryden. and see breden.
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Dele grund-, at end

wár

Grammar
wár, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Wárum algis, An. Ox. 23, 13. see note at An. Ox. 1818 on the forms and meaning of the instances given from Hpt. Gl

-wén

(v.; adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-wén, to make crooked (wóh). v. ge-wén : -<b>wéna;</b> adj.

wer

Grammar
wer, ( = wergild).
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Búton se hláford þone wer forðingian wille nisi dominus suus componere uelit weram eius, Ll. Lbmn. 62, 6. Add

wer

(n.)
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a weir. Add Án wer on Ycenan, C. D. B. ii. 247, 20. Twýgen weoras in fluvio qui dicitur Stúr, i. 598, 8. v. beám- (C. D. v. 148, 21), sǽ-wer; see also Midd. Flur

-wesa

(suffix)

Similar entry: ár-wesa

west

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Add: cpve. westra Se westra crochyrst; ðonne óðer crochyrst, C. D. vi. 67, 12. Eal bútan ánan hrycge dǽm westmæstan (weste-, 400, 6), and twégen æceras ongemang hína lande, and se westra eásthealh and án stycce ðæt westmǽstan, iii. 19, 4-7

west

(adv.)
Grammar
west, adv.
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Rufinus wolde habban him self þone anwold þǽr eást, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, Ors. 6, 37 ; S. 296, 7. Þonne þunor cumeð west oððe norð, Archiv cxx. 48, 20

west-

(prefix)
Grammar
west-, This form occurs in many place-names, v. C. D. vi. 350-1.

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