wis-líc
certain.
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certain
wip-geondan
Beyond
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Beyond Eal ðæt ríce wiðgeondan Iordanen omnis regio circum Iordanen, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 5
wód-frec
Furiously greedy ⬩ raging ⬩ ravening
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Furiously greedy, raging, ravening Ðæt se wódfreca werewulf (the devil) tó swýðe ne slíte, ne tó fela ne ábíte of godcundre heorde, L. C. E. 26 ; Th. i. 374, 30. Wódfræca, Wulfst. 191, 16
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wód-líc
Mad ⬩ furious ⬩ frantic
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Mad, furious, frantic Benedictus manode ðone rédan éhtere ðæt hé ðære wódlícan réðnysse geswice, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 1. Heó ne róhte his worda for ðæra wódlícan ontendnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 397. Se sceocca fordwán mid swíðlícum reáme, swá ðæt ða munecas
wit-leás
Witless ⬩ senseless
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Witless, senseless On ðam fíftan mónþe hé (the fœtus) biþ cwica and weaxeþ and seó módur líð witleás, Lchdm. iii. 146, 12
wit-seóc
Lunatic ⬩ possessed
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Lunatic, possessed Hrýmde sum wód mann ðurh deófles gást . . . Wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðam fúlan gáste . . . Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, Homl. Th. i. 458, 2-8. Hí deóflu fram wittseócum mannum áflígdon, ii. 490, 23. Exorcista is
ǽ-wird
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Corrupt Sé bið ǽwerd on his lífe. Lch. iii. 162, II
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and-wís
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Add: v. un-andwís: and-wísnes. Add: Andwísnis experimentum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 50: 29, 57
borg-wed
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Borgwed (borg, wed?) vadimonium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 66. Add
bróþor-wíf
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Is bewered þæt mon hine ne menge wiþ his bróþorwífe ( cognata ) . . . ꝥ him álýfed ne waelig-acute;re ꝥ hé his bróþorwíf hæfde. Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 70, 7, 15. Steópmódrum and bróþorwífum nouercis et cognatis , Sch. 68, 18
ceaster-wíc
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A village Gangaþ on þás ceasterwíc ( castellum, Mt. 21, 2) þe inc ongeán standeþ, Bl. H. 69, 35
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
ellen-wód
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Andig, ellenwód zelotypus, An. Ox. 364. Add
Eofor-wíc
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Hér forbarn Eoferwíc, Chr. 741; P. 45, 32. Of Eoferwíc, 774; P. 51, 28: 1075; P. 210, 23. Tó Eoferwíc, 1041; P. 163, 27: 1068; P. 202, 6. Tó Eoforwíc weard, 1016; P. 148, 4: 1066; P. 196, 27. Hér Regnold gewan Eoforwíc (Eofer-, v. l.), 923; P. 105, 12
flige-wíl
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forlegis-wíf
A prostitute
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A prostitute Ic þé háte lǽdan tó forlegeswífa húse, Shrn. 154, 21
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getæl-wís
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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
ge-wrid
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ge-wrid
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Gewrid frutecta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 25. Betwyx þá fenlican gewrido þæs wídgillan wéstenes hé ána ongan eardian inter umbrosa solitudinis nemora solus habitare coepit, Guth. Gr. 115, 53. Hí hine lǽddon betwux þá þiccan gewrido (-u, v. l.) þára brémela eum