weard-wíte
A fine for neglecting to keep guard,
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A fine for neglecting to keep guard, Chart. Th. 411, 31
heáfod-wísa
A chief director, ruler
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A chief director, ruler, Cd. 79; Th. 97, 28; Gen. 1619
sorh-wíte
A grievous punishment ⬩ torment
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A grievous punishment, torment Ðara sorhwíta mǽst, Wulfst. 187, 2
wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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will, pleasure Se cyng geseah ðæt hé nán þincg his willes ðǽr geforðian ne mihte the king saw that he could carry out nothing of his purpose Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 6. Hé nolde his willes ( of his own accord ) heora geférrǽdene forlǽtan, Homl. Th. ii. 334
wine-geómor
Sad for the loss of friends
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Sad for the loss of friends Ealle hié deáð fornam, and se án leóda duguðe, se ðǽr lengest hwearf, wearð wine-geómor, Beo. Th. 4470; B. 2239
ge-wit-leást
Folly ⬩ madness ⬩ phrensy ⬩ stultitia
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Folly, madness, phrensy; stultitia On ðínre gewitleáste in thy, folly, Homl. Th. i. 424, 16: Ælfc. T. Lisle 32, 24. Wið ða ádle ðe grécas frenésis nemnaþ ðæt is on úre geþeóde gewitlést ðæs módes for the disease which the Greeks call φρένησιs, that is
Wiht-ware
The people of the Isle of Wight
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The people of the Isle of Wight Cantware and Wihtware (-wara, v. l.), Chr. 449; Th. i. 20, col. I. Hé bróhte Wiht-warum (-an, v. l.) fulwiht ǽrest, 661; Th. i. 54, col. I. v. preceding word
Wintan-ceaster
Winchester
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Winchester. [The name is got from the earlier Venta of Roman Britain. This form occurs in Latin works, e. g. : In Venta civitate, Bd. 4, 15: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 300, 16. Monasterium in Wenta positum, vi. 29, 16. Also the adjective Wentanus (Uentanus,
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ge-wit
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</b> what is felt, a sense, feeling. v. witan; Þurh wráð gewitt, El. 459. condition of being wise or sensible, good sense, understanding. v. witan; Sýn gecorene of ðám sylfum gebróðrum þá ðe gódes gewittes (gewitnes, v. l.: the 13th cent.
wind-fana
A cloth for winnowing with ⬩ a fan
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A cloth for winnowing with, a fan Windfona scabellum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 71: i. 289, 22. His fone ł windfone (fonnae ł windgefonnae, Lind.) in honda his and clǽnsaþ bereflór his cujus uentilabrum in manu ejus et purgauit aream suam, Lk. Skt.
wine-scipe
Friendship
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Lǽst wǽre and winescype, word ða wit sprǽcon, Exon. Th. 172, 17; Gú. 1145
mid-wist
The being with others ⬩ presence ⬩ society
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The being with others, presence, society Þurh font-hálgunge gewyrþ sóna Godes midwist by the hallowing of the font God becomes at once present, Wulfst. 36, 2.
wist-fyllu
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Abundance of food Him álumpen wæs wistfylle wén, Beo. Th. 1472; B. 734
wine-wincla
A periwinkle
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A periwinkle Sǽsnǽl vel winewinclan chelio, testudo, vel marina gagalia, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 32. Winewinclan torniculi, 6, 21. (v. Lchdm. ii. 240, note 1, for these two passages.) Cwice winewinclan gebærnde tó ahsan, Lchdm. ii. 28, 25. Þicgen hié ostran
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ed-wist
Being, subsistence, existence, essence, substance ⬩ substantia
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Being, subsistence, existence, essence, substance; substantia Ic adilegie ealle ða edwiste, ðe ic geworhte dēlēbo omnem substantiam, quam fēci, Gen. 7, 4
wit-scipe
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Witness In gewitscipe (witscipe, v.l. ) standan . . . in gewitscipe (gewitnysse witscipes, v.l. ) þreóra oððe feówera bisscopa, Bd. l, 37; Sch. 73, 9-13
wit-seóc
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Swá oft swá hé wolde ádrǽfan deófla of þám witseócum, Hml. S. 31, 1207. Add
byle-wit
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merciful; æquanimus, mansuetus Gehýran ða bylewitan audeant mansueti, Ps. Spl. 33, 2