wæcce
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ watching ⬩ watchfulness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch
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Ass. 51, 35-49: R. Ben. 35, 2. Man wacaꝥ tó oft on unnyt ...; and micle betere is ǽlcum cristenum men, ðæt hé náne wæccan æt cyrican næbbe, ðonne hé ðǽr wacyge mid ǽnigan gefleorde.
wǽg
a weight ⬩ a wey ⬩ an implement for weighing ⬩ a balance
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Ða gewunelícan wǽge (pensum) heora ðeówdómes hig náteshwón forgímeleásion, R. Ben. 78, 11. an implement for weighing, a balance On wǽge beóð áwegene statera ponderabuntur, Scint. 97, 7. Weh on wǽge, Lchdm. i. 374, 15.
wǽg-faru
A sea-passage ⬩ passage through the sea
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A sea-passage, passage through the sea (the passage through the Red Sea) Nú se ágend up árǽrde reáde streámas in randgebeorh, syndon ðá foreweallas fægre gestépte, wrætlícu wǽgfaru, óð wolcna hróf, Cd. Th. 196, 27; Exon. 298
wægn-treów
A perquisite of a log of wood from each load to the labourer loading and leading the waggon
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R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 27
wǽg-streám
The sea
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The sea Ðæt feórþe cyn wód on wǽgstreám (the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 197, 22; Exod. 311
wǽl-ben
A wound inflicted by the sea,
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(the reference is to the death of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 208, 30; Exod. 491
wæl-cyrging
One that belongs to the race of the wælcyrgan
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One that belongs to the race of the wælcyrgan Gorgoneus, ðæt is wælkyrging (-cyrginc, v.l.), Nar. 35, 6
wæl-rǽs
A deadly attack ⬩ an attack in which men are slain
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A deadly attack, an attack in which men are slain Wæs sió swátswaðu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne, Beo. Th. 5886; B. 2947. Æfter wælrǽse wunde gedýgan, 5055; B. 2531. Æfter ðam wælrǽse (the fight in which Grendel was mortally wounded), 1652
wærlíce
warily, cautiously, circumspectly, ⬩ in a way that guards against surprise ⬩ in a way that guards against an ill result, safely ⬩ carefully, heedfully, prudently
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Temien hire fleschs wisliche and warliche, R. 138, 8. Ha heold hire hird wisliche and warliche familiam pervigili cura gubernabat, Kath. 82. O.]
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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R. 252, 6. Warschipe aȝaines unþeawes, H. M. 41, 7. Warsipe and wisedom wið deuel, Misc. 14, 426.]
Linked entry: wer-scipe
wæscan
To wash
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R. Ben. 59, 7. Wacxon hig hira reáf, Ex. 19, 10. Waxan hig ðæt innewerde, Lev. 1, 9, 13. Ðá hig hira reáf wóxon( lavissent), Ex. 19, 14. Ðæt hi heora hrægel weócsan and clǽnsodon, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 5.
wæter-ǽdre
A vein of water, a spring
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Seó gýtsung hyre gold betweoh ða wæterǽdran rǽt avaritia aurum inter arenas legit, Gl. Prud. 55
Linked entry: ǽdre
wæter-gyte
A pouring of water, a water-course
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R.), oððe se ðe wæter gýt. Lchdm. iii. 246, 4
Linked entry: wæter-scyte
wæter-þrúh
a water-pipe, conduit
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Wæte[r]þrúh Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 1. þeotan, wæterþrúh cataractae, 13, 15. Waeterðrúm canalibus, 102, 68
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wealca
a roller ⬩ a wave ⬩ billow ⬩ a garment that may be rolled round a person ⬩ a muffler ⬩ wrap ⬩ veil.
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Similar entries v. wealcian Ðá dyde heó of hire wydewan reáf and nam hire walcan (theristrum), Gen. 38, 14
weald
Powerful ⬩ mighty
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Powerful, mighty Mid ðære wealdestan [lufe] ferventissimo amore, R. Ben. 117, 5
weallan
of water, &c. issuing from a source ⬩ to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow ⬩ of the source, to well with, ⬩ flow with, ⬩ with a noun ⬩ absolute ⬩ implying abundance ⬩ to swarm, exist in large numbers ⬩ of production in large numbers or great quantity, ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ flow with ⬩ of violent movement, ⬩ to boil, rage, heave ⬩ of movement in liquids caused by heat, ⬩ to boil (intrans.), ⬩ to be hot ⬩ used of a vessel in which a liquid boils ⬩ of other than liquids, ⬩ to be hot, burn, blaze, rage ⬩ figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, ⬩ to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved ⬩ trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn
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Hit ongan rínan . . . and seó eorðe weóll ongeán ðam heofonlícan flóde it began to rain . . . and the earth sent forth its waters to meet the waters of heaven, Wulfst. 206, 21. Weóllon wælbenna, Cd.
Linked entry: for-weallen
wealwian
To fade, wither ⬩ wallow = to fade away
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R. L. P. 173, 56. Al welwed and wasted þo worþelych leues, Allit. Pms. 106, 475. See also welewed in Halliwell's Dict.]
Linked entries: walwian wealowigan wealowigan
wearg
Evil, vile, malignant, accursed,
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Hé geládde wærge weorod adducto maligno exercitu, Bd. 4, 12; S. 580, 40. of evil spirits Ðú ( the serpent ) scealt werg ðínum breóstum bearm tredan brád[r]e eorðan, Cd. Th. 56, 3; Gen. 906. Se werga gǽst, Exon. Th. 129, 16; Gú. 422.