aldor-wísa
A chief ruler ⬩ chief ⬩ principalis dux ⬩ princeps
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A chief ruler, chief; principalis dux, princeps Æðelinga aldor-wísa the chief ruler of men, Cd. 63; Th. 75, 9; Gen. 1237
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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
ed-wítan
To reproach, blame, upbraid ⬩ exprobrāre
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To reproach, blame, upbraid; exprobrāre Hosp edwítendre ðé hruron ofer me opprobria exprobrantium tĭbi cecĭdērunt sŭper me, Ps. Spl. 68, 12
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Sciłł. tó wíte. Gif hé stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes, gongen hié ealle on þeówot, L. In. 7 ; Th. i. 106, 15.
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be-witan
To overlook, watch over, superintend, preside, govern, administer ⬩ præesse, administrare
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To overlook, watch over, superintend, preside, govern, administer; præesse, administrare Ðe ealle his þing bewiste qui præerat omnibus quæ habebat, Gen. 24, 2. Ne miht ðú leng tún-scíre bewitan jam non poteris villicare, Lk. Bos. 16, 2: Ex. 3, 7: 5,
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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
fore-witig
sagacious ⬩ foreknowing ⬩ presaging ⬩ prophetic
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Add: sagacious Þá forewittigan sagacissimam, An. Ox. 70. His foregengan wǽron on gleáwscype swíþe bescáwede and forewittige, Lch. iii. 436, 12. foreknowing Drihten cwæð tó ðǽre byrig, 'Gif þú wistest hwæt þé tóweard is . . .' Gif seó buruhwaru ðǽre
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.
æt-wítan
To reproach ⬩ blame ⬩ upbraid ⬩ imputare ⬩ improperare ⬩ exprobrare
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To reproach, blame, upbraid; imputare, improperare, exprobrare Ne sceolon me on ðære þeóde þegenas ætwítan the thanes of this people shall not reproach me. Byrht. Th. 138, 15; By. 220. Siððan Gúþláf and ósláf ætwiton weána dǽl since Guthlaf and Oslaf
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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
wíc
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a dwelling-place, abode, habitation, residence, lodging, quarters Hé tó him wilniende wæs ðætte heó him funden swylce londáre swylce hé mid árum on beón mehte, and his wíc ðaer on byrig beón mihte on his lífe, Chart. Erl. 69, 23. In locum qui dicitur
wiþo-bán
collar-bone
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A collar-bone Gif widobáne gebroced weorðeþ, L. Ethb. 52; Th. i. 16, 5. Ofer ealle ða sídan ástíhþ óþ ðæt wiþobán and óþ ðone swíþran sculdor ðæt sár, Lchdm. ii. 198, 18. Stingende sár óþ ða wiþobán óð ða eaxle, 204, 26. Hwílum ofer ealle ða sídan biþ
wíd
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Wite ðú hú wíd and síd helheoðo dreórig, and mid hondum ámet, 308, 29; Sat. 699, Is ðár on ðære myclan ciricean geworht emb ða lástas útan, hwéne wíddre ðonne byden, fæt up óþ mannes breóst heáh. Blickl.
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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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
ge-witan
To understand ⬩ know ⬩ scire
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To understand, know; scire Hí woldon gewitan hwæt ðæt wǽre dignoscere quid esset, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 7; 4, 18; S. 587, 1; Beo. Th. 2705; B. 1350. Giuta scire, Rtl. 5, 18. Gif hwá gewilnigeþ to gewitane hú gedón mann he wæs if any one wants to know what
wíc
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III.</b> add Þá cóm him fǽringa tó micel folc manna . . . wǽron ealle hǽdena, and þone Hǽlend ne cúþe nán man of þǽre wíc þe hí of wǽron, Hml. S. 31, 1016. Ðænne þæs embe fíf niht ꝥ áfered byð winter of wícum (cf. tún; ), Men. 24. v. bere-, ceaster
wíd
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Scs Petrus cyrice is þreó hund fóta lang and twá hund wíd, Salamones templ ys sixtig fæþma lang and sixtig heáh and þryttiges wíd, Angl. xi. 4, 5-10. Add