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ge-wyrms

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wyrms, adj.
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Gewyrmsum (-wyrm?, MS.) purulentis (vulneribus) Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 78. See next word

Linked entry: ge-wurms

ge-wyrce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrce, es; n.
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Gýme swán ꝥ hé æfter sticunge his slyhtswýn wel behweorfe, sæncge; ðonne bið hé ful wel gewyrces wyrðe, 17. [The nature of the perquisite may be illustrated from later documents.

Linked entries: ge-wirce wyrce

wirnan

(v.)
Grammar
wirnan, p. de.

to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from

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Eal hit him wyrþ tó teónan ðæm ðe his Gode wyrneþ, Blickl. Homl. 51, 10. Ðá wyrnde him mann ðera gísla, Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 13. Gif hé him ryhtes wyrnde L. Ath. i. 3; Th. i. 200, 19.

Linked entries: wyrnan wernan

wyn-land

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-land, es; n.

A land of delight ⬩ a happy, pleasant land

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A land of delight, a happy, pleasant land Se hálga stenc wunaþ geond wynlond, Exon. Th. 203, 10; Ph. 82. Wuldres wynlond (heaven), 317, 13; Mód. 65

wyn-lust

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-lust, es; m.

Sensual pleasure

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Sensual pleasure Ic wilnode mid him tó farenne, ðæt ic ðe má emnwyrhtena on ðære þrowunge mínes wynlustes hæfde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 359. Hér synt ðisse weorolde wynlustas, ac ðǽr synt ða écan tintregu, L. E. I. proem.; Th. ii. 394, 8. Gif hwam hwæt

wyn-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-mǽg, e; f.

A beloved kinswoman

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A beloved kinswoman Seó fǽmne, wuldres wynmǽg (the kinswoman in whom he had delighted), Exon. Th. 182, 32; Gú. 1319

wyn-sang

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-sang, es; m.

A joyous song ⬩ jubilant song

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A joyous song, jubilant song Ðǽr is wynsang, Wulfst. 265, 31

wyn-weorod

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-weorod, es; n.

A joyous band

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A joyous band Wynwerede choro, Blickl. Gl

wyn-beám

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-beám, es; m.

A tree that causes delight,

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A tree that causes delight, an epithet of the cross Wuldres wynbeám, Elen. Kmbl. 1684; El. 844

wyn-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-dreám, es; m.

A joyful sound ⬩ jubilation

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A joyful sound, jubilation Wyndreámes jubilationis; Ps. Lamb. Spl. Blickl. Gl. 150, 5. On wyndreáme in jubilo, Ps. Spl. 46, 5 : in jubilatione, Blickl. Gl. Wyndreám jubilationem, Ps. Spl. Lamb. 88, 15

ǽ-wylm

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-wylm, es; m.

A spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ source

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A spring, fountain, source Andlang Lígan óþ hire ǽwylm along the Lea unto its source, L.A.G. 1; Th. i. 152, 9

æ-wyrdla

(n.)
Grammar
æ-wyrdla, -werdla, an; m.

Damage ⬩ detriment ⬩ injury ⬩ detrimentum

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Damage, detriment, injury; detrimentum He sóna mycle wonunge and æwyrdlan wæs wyrcende ðære mærwan cyrican weaxnesse magno tenellis ibi adhuc ecclesiæ crementis detrimento fuit, Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 37: 1, 3; S. 475, 21; Herb. 141; Lchdm, i. 262, 11

Linked entries: æ-werdla a-wyrdla

a-wyrþ

loses its strength ⬩ becomes insipid

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loses its strength, becomes insipid, Mt. Bos. 5, 13

á-wyht

(adv.; pronoun.)
Grammar
á-wyht, [ = á-wiht]

Aught ⬩ anything ⬩ at all

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Aught, anything; at all Ne hí for áwyht eorþan cyste ða sélestan geseón woldan pro nihilo habuerunt terram desiderabilem, Ps. Th. 105, 20: 103, 9: 113,14

a-wyrdla

(n.)
Grammar
a-wyrdla, an; m.

Damage ⬩ detrimentum

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Damage; detrimentum

for-wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrht, es; n.

A sin ⬩ crime ⬩ peccātum

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A sin, crime; peccātum

gafol-wydu

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-wydu, a; m.

Wood furnished as gafol

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Wood furnished as gafol IIII foðera aclofenas gauolwyda, Th. Chart. 145, 6

hyht-wynn

(n.)
Grammar
hyht-wynn, e; f.
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Joy of hope Ne þearf hé hopian nó ðæt hé ðonan móte ac dǽr wunian sceal hyhtwynna leás no need has he to hope that he may go thence, but there shall he dwell hopeless and joyless, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 14; Jud. 121

leód-wynn

(n.)
Grammar
leód-wynn, e; f.
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Joy that comes from being among one's own people Leódwynna leás, wineleás wræcca, Exon. 119 a; Th. 457, 25; HY. 4, 89

lyft-wynn

(n.)
Grammar
lyft-wynn, e; f.
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The pleasantness of the air Lyftwynne heóld enjoyed himself [the dragon] by flying through the air, Beo. Th. 6079: B. 3043

Linked entry: líft