Wente
the people of Gwent(the district comprising Monmouth and Glamorgan) ⬩ the same as Waller-wente q. v.
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the people of Gwent(the district comprising Monmouth and Glamorgan) Ealle ða cyngas ðe on ðyssum íglande wǽron he (Athelstane) gewylde ; ǽrest Huwal West-Wala cyning, and Cosstantin Scotta cyning and Uwen Wenta cyning Chr. 926; Erl. 111, 43. the same
Linked entries: Waller-wente Went-sǽte
wéne
hopeful ⬩ fair ⬩
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hopeful Similar entries v. or-, un-wéne. fair, beautiful v. wén-líc Wénre (? wénðe, MS.) formosior Hpt. Gl. 417, 23
Linked entry: wénþ
wendend
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That which turns round Wendend vertigo (teres vertigo coeli, Ald. 10) Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 32
wéne
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ge-wendan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ incline ⬩ bring about ⬩ To turn [one's self] ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return
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v. trans. To turn, change, translate, incline, bring about Gif hit eówer ǽnig mǽge gewendan ðæt ... if any of you can bring it about that..., Cd. 22; Th. 27, 35; Gen. 428. He cwæþ ðætte ǽghwilc ungemyndig rihtwísnesse hine hræðe sceolde eft gewendan
a-wendan
To turn away or off ⬩ avert ⬩ remove ⬩ to turn upside down ⬩ turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ pervert ⬩ avertere ⬩ vertere ⬩ mutare ⬩ transferre ⬩ subvertere ⬩ To turn or direct oneself to turn from ⬩ go ⬩ depart ⬩ se vertere ⬩ ire
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v. trans. To turn away or off, avert, remove, to turn upside down, turn, change, translate, pervert; avertere, vertere, mutare, transferre, subvertere Ansýne ðýn awendst ðú faciem tuam avertis, Ps. Spl. 43, 27: Ps. Th. 73, 11 : 103, 27 : 101, 2 : 77,
Linked entries: a-wændan a-wend a-went eowendende wendan
wendan
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Add Went hié sió wamb, Lch. ii. 216, 20. with the idea of hostility, to turn on or against Hé hiene siþþan wende on his þrié gebróðor parricidia in fratres convertit, Ors. 3, 7; 8. 114, 9. l. Add Binnan þám wendun gewyrda meanwhile things were happening
wénan
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add: (l a) with elliptical construction ' Ne sint þá eágan þínes módes swá hále swá þú wénst' . . . 'Ic ongyte nú þæt ic ne æom swylc swilce ic wénde, Solil. H. 48, 5-10. add Hwæt wénst þú be Gode, Solil. H. 24, 18. (20) with complement :-- Hé wæs
wencel
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Add: a servant, slave Arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene tó þǽre wyllan cum situla lignea mancipium ad fontem perrexit, Gr. D. II, 20. Ꝥ wencel, 23
wengel
Similar entry: wiþer-wengel
and-wendan
to change ⬩ mutare
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to change; mutare
wencel
A child
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A child Gif his hláford him wíf sylle and hig suna hæbbon and dohtra, ðæt wíf and hire winclo (liberi) beóð ðæs hláfordes. Gif se wiel cwið: 'Mé ys mín hláford leóf and mín wíf and míne winclo,' Ex. 21, 4, 5. Se eorðlíca kempa bið ǽfre gearo, swá hwyder
Linked entry: wincel
wendere
A translator ⬩ interpreter
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A translator, interpreter. Wenderum translatoribus, interpretes Hpt. Gl. 525, 32
ed-wenden
A reverse, alteration, end ⬩ mūtātio, āversio, cessātio
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A reverse, alteration, end; mūtātio, āversio, cessātio Edwenden cwom a reverse came, Beo. Th. 4383, note; B. 2188. Ǽr ðon edwenden worulde geweorþe ere that an end shall be to the world, Exon. 56 b; Th. 200, 14; Ph. 40
Linked entry: -wenden
a-wended-líc
Movable ⬩ changeable ⬩ alterable ⬩ mutable ⬩ mobilis
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Movable, changeable, alterable, mutable; mobilis, Alb. resp. 42
Linked entry: -wendendlíce
a-wend
turned ⬩ translated
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turned, translated; Seó bóc is on Englisc awend the book is turned [translated] into English, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 30
wéna
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ imagination ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation
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supposition, opinion, thought, idea, imagination Se leása wéna and sió rǽdelse ðara dysigena monna hominum fallax opinio Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 32. Swá sume wénaþ, ðæt sió sunne dó, ac se wéna nis wuhte ðe sóþra Met. 28, 35. Gewyrd nis nán ðing búton leás
Linked entry: wén