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mǽg-wine

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-wine, es; m.

A kinsman and friend

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A kinsman and friend Mon mænig be his mǽgwine many a man standing by his kinsman (of the people at the tower of Babel), Cd. 80; Th. 100, 9; Gen. 1661. Mǽgwinas míne, Beo. Th. 4951; B. 2479. Mǽgwinum. Cd. 149; Th. 187, 4; Exod. 146: 158; Th. 197, 28;

norþan-wind

(n.)

a wind from the north

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a wind from the north Norþanwind septentrio, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 11. Ðæs norþanwindes ýst, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 20. Stearc stormas and norþanwindas, 23; Fox 78, 27

Linked entry: norþ-wind

or-wíge

(adj.)
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or-wíge, adj.
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defenceless, without power of fighting Orwíge inbellem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 69: 111, 81. Ofsleán mé míne fýnd orwígne decidam merito ab inimicis meis inanis, Ps. Th. 7, 4. Saga hú ðú wurde ðus wígþríst ðæt ðú mec ðus fæste gebunde ǽghwæs orwígne ( without

Linked entries: -wíge on-wíge

palm-wicu

(n.)
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the week which begins with Palm Sunday On ðære palmwucan, Rub. Lk. Skt. 22, 1: Rub. Jn. Skt. 12, 1, 24

rǽde-wíga

Similar entry: rǽde-cempa

ge-wild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wild, -weold, es; n.

Powercontrol

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Power, control Æfter ðæm ðe Alexander hæfde ealle Indie him to gewildon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 132, 9. Geweoldum sylfes willum spontaneously, of his own accord, Beo. Th. 4446; B. 2222

Linked entries: ge-weold -wild

ge-wile

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wile, es; n.

A willvŏluntas

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A will; vŏluntas, L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 11

ge-wind

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wind, es; n. [windan to bend]

A winding, circuitous ascent

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A winding, circuitous ascent, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 6; Wrt. Voc. 37, 4

Linked entry: ge-wynd

ge-wita

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wita, an; m.

One who is cognisant of anythinga witnessan accessorytestisconscius

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One who is cognisant of anything, a witness, an accessory; testis, conscius Gewita testis, Wrt. Voc. 76, 21. Ælmihtig drihten ðe is ealra þinga gewita the Lord Almighty that is cognisant of all things, Lchdm. iii. 436, 20. Ðisæs is Oda gewita of this

ge-wife

(n.)

fortunedestinyfatum

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fortune, destiny; fatum, Cot. 88

gold-wine

(n.)
Grammar
gold-wine, es; m.
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A liberal and kindly prince, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 17; Jud. 22: Beo. Th. 2346; B. 1171: 2956; B. 1476: 4829; B. 2419: 5161; B. 2584: Elen. Kmbl. 401; El. 201: Exon. 77 a; Th. 288, 23; Wand. 35: 76 b; Th. 287, 31; Wand. 22

gúþ-wíga

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-wíga, an; m.

A warrior

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A warrior, Beo. Th. 4230; B. 2112

ge-wind

Similar entry: mold-gewind

be-wiste

(v.; part.)

governed, presided

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governed, presided, Gen. 24, 2; Similar entries p. of be-witan

biscop-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
biscop-wíte, es; n.

A bishop's fee for visiting, procurationepiscopo debita

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A bishop's fee for visiting, procuration; episcopo debita, Chr. 675; Erl. 38, 5

Linked entry: bisceop-wíte

seonu-wind

(n.)
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an artery Sinewind arteriae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 29. [Cf. (?) O. H. Ger. sen-ádra arteria, nervus.] Cf. wind-ǽdre, sin-

Linked entry: sine-wind

streám-wilm

(n.)
Grammar
streám-wilm, es; m.
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The boiling of the waters, surge; aestus Streámwelm hwíleþ, Andr. Kmbl. 990; An. 495

sundor-wine

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-wine, es; m.
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A special friend, an intimate friend:?-Ne áswíc sundorwine, ac á symle geheald rihtum gerisnum, Exon. Th. 301, 34; Fä. 29

tír-wine

(n.)
Grammar
tír-wine, es; m.
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A glorious friend, an epithet of the follower of a successful chief Se hláford biþ tó upáhæfen inne on móde for ðæm anwalde ðe him ánra gehwilc his tírwina tó fultemaþ, Met. 25, 21

þeód-wita

(n.)
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þeód-wita, an; m.
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one of the wise men of a nation, one whose knowledge fits him for a place in the councils of the nation, a senator Senatores, ðæt synd þeódwitan, Jud. p. 161, 32. Ðá wǽron þeódwitan (leód-, MS. H.) weorðscipes wyrðe, L. R. 1; Th. i. 190, 12. Be ðeódwitan