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leoþu-wác

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For leoþuwác in middle of l. 2 l. lioþuwác, dele Iust passage, and add Of liþewácum helmum lentis frondibus, An. Ox. 923. Liþewácum, tógum (tagum, Hpt. Gl. 514, 69) lentis (viminibus caedentes, Aid. 66, 39), 4693. Liþewácum lentis (arluum flexibus, Guth

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leóþ-wís

(adj.)
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leóþ-wís, (?); adj.
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Poetical, rhythmical Celeuma, idem et toma, i. leta cantatio lewis (leóþwís ?) plega (for celeurna see gladung), Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 20

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mylen-weg

(n.)
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a road to a mill Andlang ðæs mylanweges on þone Lundenweg, C. D. vi. 31, 29

port-weg

(n.)
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port-weg, es; m.
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A road to a town, a highway Tó ðæn portwege, C. D. vi. 8, 31. [v. N. E. D. port-way.] Cf. port-herpaþ, -strǽt

riht-wís

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riht-wís, (?). Add: v. un-rihtwís[u] ?.

sǽ-wer

(n.)
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(?) a weir of some kind Ðæt mynster æt Wíc, and seó híd ðæ ðǽrtó líð, and .vi. æceras and se íggað æt portes bricge and (mid?) healfe sǽwære and se mylnstede æt Mannæs bricge, C. D. iv. 96, 4. v. wer [where the instances given under (especially C. D.

stoc-wíc

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Add: The Latin is: In Cassinum castrum

styfic-weg

(n.)
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a road made by clearing away tree-stumps (?) Tó ðám fúlan wege, sé hátte stificweg (cf. stifincweg, iv. 66, 24), C. D. iii. 409, 13. Andlang stifigweges, v. 321, 28

sundor-wíc

(n.)
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sundor-wíc, es; n.
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A dwelling standing apart, remote from others Getimbrede hé sundurwíc nóht feor fram þǽre cyricean fecerat sibi mansionem non longe ab ecclesia remotiorem, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 351, 4

syl-weg

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Add: a road made with logs (? cf. syll)

þrǽc-wíg

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þrǽc-wíg, l.
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þræc-wíg

wág-rift

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Wáhrefte conopeo, An. Ox. 7, 365. Ic geann intó þiére hálgan stówe . . . ánes hricghrægles þæs sélestan ðe ic hæbbe, and ánes beddreáfes mid wáhryfte, Cht. Th. 529, 12. Hé geann . . . Wulfgáre his mǽge twégra wáhryfta and twégra setlhrægla, Cht. Crw

weá-gesiþ

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-Weágesýþ satelles, An. Ox. 46, 35. Add

web-geréþru

(n.)
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web-geréþru, [In Wlck. Gl. 295, 16 (= Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 26) tala (not tara)
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is printed

web-geródes

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web-geródes, l.
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(?) -rod-

weg-farende

(n.; adj.)
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Add: -farend, es; m. A wayfarer Úre dagas gewítað swá swá wegfarende menn, Hml. S. 28, 154. Hí begunnon tó áxienne æt óþrum wegfarendum, 31, 992

weg-férend

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Þá þá se bróþor on þone weg férde, óþer wegférend (viator) hine sylfne tó him geþeódde, Gr. D. 138, 9 : 314, 12. Add

wel-dónde

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God gehét good edleán ðǽm weldóndum, Solil. H. 10, 19. Add

wel-getýd

(adj.)
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well-instructed, well-educated In eallum þingum hé bið welgetýd, E. S. xxxix. 354

well-weg

(n.)
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a road to a spring (?) Ǽrest on welwyll . . . on wælwæg nyðæwerdnæ; of wellwæge on æscwyllæ, C. D. v. 344, 29-31. On ðá swelgende; ðonan on penderes clif foreuueardan on wæluueg, vi. 94, 6. Cf. wille-weg. (?)