wíg-cræft
war-craft ⬩ military skill ⬩ a warlike art ⬩ a warlike engine ⬩ warlike force ⬩ military power
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war-craft, military skill Pirrus wæs gemǽrsad ofer eall óþere cyningas, ǽgðer ge mid his miclan fultume, ge mid his rǽdþeahtunge, ge mid his wígcræfte Pyrrhus in se, ob magni-tudinem virium consiliorumque, summam belli nomenque traduxit Ors. 4, l; Swt
HORD
HOARD, treasure ⬩ n. thesaurus
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Ðá wæs óþboren beága hord then was borne off the hoard of rings, Beo. Th. 4557; B. 2284: 6015; B. 3011. Hyrde ðæs hordes keeper of the hoard, Exon. 130 a; Th. 498, 7; Rä. 87, 9: Beo. Th. 1778; B. 887.
or-lege
war, strife, hostility ⬩ a place where hostility is shewn
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war, strife, hostility Ðá wæs orlege eft onhréred, níð upp árás, Andr. Kmbl. 2605 ; An. 1304. Ic ðæs orleges or anstelle (speaking of the strife of the elements), Exon. Th. 386, 9; Rü. 4, 59. Se ðæs orleges or onstealde, Beo. Th. 4805; B. 2407.
Linked entry: or-læg
ge-þungen
Grown ⬩ thriven ⬩ advanced [morally ⬩ mentally ⬩ etc.] ⬩ excellent ⬩ pious ⬩ noble ⬩ perfect
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Wæs he swíðe geþungen on his þeáwum he was very excellent in his conduct, Blickl. Homl. 217, 6: Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 19; Jud. 129. Cwén móde geþungen the queen excellent of mind, Beo. Th. 1252; B. 624. Þegen geþungen an illustrious minister, Andr.
Linked entry: ge-þingan
tó-faran
to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately, ⬩ part ⬩ to disperse (intrans.) ⬩ scatter ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass off, ⬩ depart, ⬩ become extinct.
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Ó his fird tófaren wæs until his army was dispersed, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 152, 21.
ræpsan
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Árásed wæs interceptus est, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 31
módrige
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Add: A mother's sister Buhe hátte wæs Dryhtláfes móddrige, Cht. Th. 651, 4. Sce Seaxburh and Sca Æþeldrýð . . . wǽron Annan dohtra . . .
Wendlas
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Wulfgár maþelode, ðæt wæs Wendla leód Beo. Th. 702; B. 348. Mid Wenlum ic wæs and mid Wærnum Exon. Th. 322, 6; Víd. 59. v. Grmm. Gesch. D. S. 332 sqq.; P. B. xii. 7
bréden
Broad; ⬩ latus
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Broad; latus Seuerus geworhte weall of turfum, and brédenne [breden MS: bred weal, col. 1: bred weall, col. 2] ðár on ufon, fram sǽ to sǽ Severus made a wall of turfs, and a broad wall thereupon, from sea to sea, Chr. 189; Th. 15, 22, col. 3
Linked entries: bred-weall briden brýden wah
fýst-slægen
Struck with the fist ⬩ pugno cæsus
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Struck with the fist; pugno cæsus Fýstslægenu wæs exalapārētur, pugno cæsus erat, Cot. 79
Ístas
The Esthonians
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The Esthonians Ic wæs mid Ístum, Exon. 86 a ; Th. 323, 31; Víd. 87
Linked entry: Éste
lof-sum
excellent ⬩ noble
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Deserving praise, excellent, noble Wæstm wæs lofsum, Cd. 23; Th. 30, 17; Gen. 468
múr
A wall
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A wall Burstan múras and stánas, Exon. 24 b; Th. 70, 23; Cri. 1143
rásian
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To explore Ðá wǽs hord rásod, onboren beága hord, Beo. Th. 4556; B. 2283
ge-biddan
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Ic wæs gemedemod gebiddan þá gerýnu þǽre róde, Hml. S. 23 b, 466. Add
brego-róf
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Very valiant Bold wæs betlic, bregoróf cyning, heá healle, Hygd swíðe geong, B. 1925
Linked entry: róf
mis-scrýdan
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Se misscrýdda wæs áworpen on ðá ýttran þeóstru, Hml. Th. i. 530, 21. Add
on-foran
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Onfora wæs geongend hiá se Hǽlend praecedebat eos Iesus, Mk. L. 10, 32. Add
súþ-eást
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Se leóma wæs swíðe lang geþúht súðeást scínende, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 29. Add
Tíw
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Tíwesdæges nama wæs of Martie Iovis sunu þæs scyndles, Angl. xiii. 321, 15. Add