á-wár
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Þæt wé óðrum mannum forgifon, gif hí áwár ús geǽbiligdon, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 33. Add
weg-férende
Wayfaring ⬩ a wayfarer, traveller. ⬩ travelling, ⬩ going a way, passing by
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Se wegférenda man, se ðe nimð ðone sméðan weg, ðe hine mislǽt, Homl. Th. i. 164, 7. Ánes wegférendes mannes nýten gehǽled wæs jumentum cujusdam viantis curatum est, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 3. Wé sind hér swilce wegférende menn, Homl. Th. i. 248, 15.
Linked entry: weg-férend
wed-loga
One who is false to a pledge or engagement
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[Þu (the body) were wedlowe and monsware, Fragm. Phlps. 7, 27.]
wel-getýd
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well-instructed, well-educated In eallum þingum hé bið welgetýd, E. S. xxxix. 354
wed-lác
a pledge, security ⬩ wedlock, espousals
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a pledge, security Wed vel wedlác arra*-*bona vel arrabo, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 7. Wedlác arrabo, 50, 31. in reference to marriage, v. weddian, II, wedlock, espousals Wedlác wiðsacende pacta sponsalia refutans, Hpt. Gl. 498, 44.
wil-weg
A pleasant way ⬩ a desirable way
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A pleasant way, a desirable way Syndan wé nú eft ámearcode tó ðam gefeán neorxnawanges; ne gelette ús ðæs síðes se fǽcna feónd, ne ús ne forwyrne ðæs wilweges, ne ús ða gata ne betýne, ðe us opene standaþ, Wulfst. 252, 17.
wel-gelǽred
Well-instructed
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Well-instructed Larwas ł welgilǽrde Godes docibiles Dei Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 45
wíc-weg
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Tó ðæm midlestan wíc-wege; ondlong ðæs weges eft tó ceastergeate, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 260, 11. Cf. wíc-herpaþ
styfic-weg
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Tó ðám fúlan wege, sé hátte stificweg (cf. stifincweg, iv. 66, 24), C. D. iii. 409, 13. Andlang stifigweges, v. 321, 28
wel-wyrcende
well-doing
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well-doing Ic ðé hálsie, ðú árfæsta, welwilende and welwyrcende Shrn. 169, 19. Ǽlcum welwyrcendum God myd beó midwyrhta 179, 29. Se freódóm ðæs deófollícan onwaldes wæs seald eallum welwyrcendum Blickl. Homl. 137, 14
wen-wyrt
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The name of some plant supposed to be good for wens [two kinds are mentioned, seó clufihte wenwyrt, Lchdm. ii. 128, 17 : 336, 3: 128, 7: 266, 26; and seó cneóehte wenwyrt, ii. 140, 8] Wyrc sealfe of wenwyrte, Lchdm. ii. 52, 4.
wel-hwǽr
Everywhere ⬩ generally ⬩ commonly
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Swǽ gelǽrede biscepas, swǽ swǽ welhwǽr (well-, Cott. MSS.) siendon Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 4. Wæs wíde and welhwǽr Waldendes lof áfylled Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 11. Wiód ða ðe willaþ welhwǽr derian clǽnum hwǽte Met. 12, 4.
Linked entry: wel-gehwǽr
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Th. ii. 432, 1. [ Belin wes swiðe wis, and warscipe him folweden, Laym. 5603. Dumbe bestes habbeð þeos warschipe, þet hwon heo beað asailed, heo þrungeð alle togederes, A. R. 252, 6. Warschipe aȝaines unþeawes, H. M. 41, 7.
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ác-wern
The name of an animal, a squirrel ⬩ scirra ⬩ sciurus
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The name of an animal, a squirrel; scirra, sciurus, Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 9
Linked entry: ácweorna
an-weg
away ⬩ inde ⬩ exinde
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away; inde, exinde
beadu-wég
a war-cup ⬩ contest ⬩ discussion
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a war-cup, contest, discussion
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eást-weg
East-way ⬩ orientālis via
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East-way; orientālis via On eást-wegas in the east-ways, Cd. 174; Th. 220, II; Dan. 69: Elen. Kmbl. 509; El. 255
eodor-wír
A wire-enclosure ⬩ cingulum, sēpiens fīlum mĕtallĭcum
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A wire-enclosure; cingulum, sēpiens fīlum mĕtallĭcum. Grn Ic eom mundbora mínre heorde, eodorwírum fæst I am the protector of my flock, fortified by wire-enclosures, Exon. 105a; Th. 398, 23; Rä. 18, 2
fór-werd
A fore-ward ⬩ precaution ⬩ contract ⬩ agreement ⬩ præcautio ⬩ pactum
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A fore-ward, precaution, contract, agreement; præcautio, pactum Hér swutelaþ ymb ða fórwerda ðe Wulfric and se arcebisceop geworhton here is made known concerning the agreements which Wulfric and the archbishop made, Cod. Dipl. 738; A.D. 1023; Kmbl.
freoðu-wǽr
a covenant of peace
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a covenant of peace, Andr. Kmbl. 3259; An. 1632