wál
(?) some part of a helmet
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(?) some part of a helmet Ymb ðæs helmes hróf heáfodbeorge wírum bewunden wál an útan (walan utan, MS.) heóld about the helm's top a 'wál' wire-girt guarded on the outside the head's defence (i.e. the helmet), Beo. Th. 2067;B. 1031. [cf. M. H. Ger. wæl
wág-þyrel
a door-way
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a door-way Swá swá wáge l wágþeorles áhyldum tamquam parieti inclinato, Ps. Lamb. 61, 4. (?)
weal-more
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weal-wyrt
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weax
Wax
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Wax Weax cera, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 33: cerea, 284, 32. Ásoden weax obrizum metallum, ii. 65, 14. Swá weax melteþ, gif hit byð wearmum neáh fýre gefæstnad sicut cera liquefacta, Ps. Th. 57, 7: 67, 2: Exon. Th. 61, 23; Cri. 989. Swá swá eles gecynd bið ðæt
weax-æppel
A wax apple, a ball of wax
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A wax apple, a ball of wax Se Pater Noster mæg ána ealla gesceafta on his ðære swíðran hand on ánes weaxæpples onlícnisse geðýn and gewringan, Salm. Kmbl. p. 150, 33
weax-berende
bearing a wax candle
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bearing a wax candle; the word (in the form uæx biorende) glosses cerarius in the passage: Accoluthus grece, cerarius ad recitandum evangelium (cf.Acolitus is gecweden se ðe candele oððe tapor byreþ þonne mann godspell rǽt, Ælfc. C. 14; Th. ii. 348,
weax-hláf
A cake of wax
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A cake of wax On weaxhláfes wísan on áléd, Lchdm. ii. 46, 2. Dó ðonne weax on ðæt ele ðætte ðæt eall weorðe tó hnescum weaxhláfe, 234, 10: 82, 14
wéde-berge
A plant that is used against madness, hellebore
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A plant that is used against madness, hellebore Woedeberge, woedibergæ eleborus, Txts. 59, 736. Woidiberge helleborus, 67, 1017. Wédeberge, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 21 : 32, 30. Ðeós wyrt ða man elleborum album . . . and eác sume men wédeberge hátaþ, Lchdm.
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wefl
weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp ⬩ an implement for weaving ⬩ a shuttle (?)
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weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp Weft vel ówef, uuefl cladica, caldica, Txts. 51, 482. Cladicawefl oððe ówef oððe claudica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 4. Wefl vel óweb cladicla, 131, 59. Wefl cladica, 16, 31: i. 66, 13: 281, 76. Uuefl panuculum, ii.
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wemm
a spot
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a spot Wið wemme (cf. 34, 9 which has wenne) on eágum Lchdm. ii. 2, 8. (?)
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wend
a course ⬩ an alternative ⬩ a case
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a course, an alternative, a case Ðonne gerecce hé, gif hé mæge, óþer twéga, oððe ðara spella sum leás oððe ungelíc ðære sprǽce ðe wit æfter spyriaþ; oððe þridde wend (a third course or alternative)ongite and geléfe ðæt wit on riht spirien Bt. 38, 2;
æf-wela
Decrease of wealth
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Decrease of wealth Gyf man méte ꝥ hé his hús timbrie ꝥ byð his weaxnes (ꝥ hys gód byþ weaxende, v. l.). Gyf him þince ꝥ his hús sí tóworpen sum æfwela (ætlætnes, v. l. ) him bið tóweard, Lch. iii. 170, 13
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win
Pasture
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Pasture Of ðære díc tó wynne mǽduan be ðære strǽt. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 263, 29
wín
Wine
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Wine Wín vinum, merum, geswét wín mellicratum, níwe wín mustum, ǽlces kynnes gewring bútan wíne and wætere sicera, ðæt séleste wín falernum, weala wín crudum vinum, geolo wín succinacium vinum, hláforda wín honorarium vinum, gewyrtod wín compositum vinum
wír
Wire ⬩ metal thread
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Wire, metal thread; often used apparently in ornamental work, so, an ornament made of wire. Cf. Icel. víra-virki filigree work Beorht seomað (-ad, MS.) wír ymb ðone wælgim, Exon. Th. 400, 20; Rä. 21, 4. Hæleð gierede mec (a book) mid golde, for ðon mé
wio-
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brýden wah
a broad wall ⬩ a wall
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a broad wall, Bd. Whelc. l, 8; p. 48, 27. Similar entries v. bréden, wah a wall