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wan-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
wan-spéd, e; f.
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On ðæm gefeohte wæs ǽrest anfunden Sciþþia wanspéda ea res primo fidem inopiae Scythicae dedit, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 34

wan-feax

Similar entry: wann-feax

wan-fýr

Similar entry: wann-fýr

wan-hæfelness

Similar entry: wan-hafolness

wan-hǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hǽle, ; adj.
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Having bad health Ealle ða ðe wonnhiǽle wǽron, healtte and blinde, dumbe and deáfe, Nar. 48, 31

Linked entry: wan-hál

wan-hafa

(n.)
Grammar
wan-hafa, an; m.
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A poor person Wanhafa and þearfa ic eom inops et pauper sum ego. Ps. Spl. 85, 1

Linked entry: hafa

wan-hálian

(v.)
Grammar
wan-hálian, p. ode
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To weaken, impair the health or soundness of something

Linked entry: ge-wanhálian

wan-hlyte

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hlyte, adj.
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Not having a share in something, destitute of Wanhlytne expertem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 8

Linked entry: or-hlyte

wan-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-sǽlig, adj.
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Unblest, miserable, evil Grendel, wonsǽlig wer, Beo. Th. 210; B. 105. Wineleás, wonsǽlig genimeþ him wulfas tó ge*-*féran. Exon. Th. 342, 24; Gn. Ex. 147. In ðisse wonsǽlgan worulde lífe, 158, 33; Gú. 919. Weras wansǽlige mé (Christ) slógon and swungon

wan-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
wan-sceaft, e; -sceafte(-a; m.?), an ; f.
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misfortune, misery, unhappiness Hí sorge ne cúðon, wonsceaft wera, wiht unhǽlo, Beo. Th. 240; B. 120. Ic ne wrecan meahte on wigan feore wonnsceaft míne, ac ic ealle þolige, Exon. Th. 499, 16; Rä. 88, 16. Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás

wan-wegende

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-wegende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Waning On wanwegendum mónan, Lchdm. i. 100, 20. Wanwægendum, 98, 17

-hafol

(suffix)
Grammar
-hafol, v. fæst-hafol, wan-hafol: <b>-hafolness</b>. v. wan-hafolness: <b>hafud-æcer, -land</b>.

Similar entry: heáfod-æcer

wág

(n.)
Grammar
wág, (-h),wǽg, es; m.

A wall, mostly of a building

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On áne studu ðæs wáges( the wall of the hall), Bd. 3, 10;S. 534, 29 : (the wall of a church ), Blickl. Homl. 207, 16. Seó wræþstudu ðam wáge ( the wall of the church ) tó wræþe geseted wæs, Bd. 1, 17;S. 544, 24, 32.

Linked entries: wǽg wáh

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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Hé him on winnende wæs, 1, 2 ; Swt. 30, 5.

Linked entry: on-winnende

wác

(adj.)
Grammar
wác, adj.

yieldingnot rigidpliantfluidweakfeeblewanting mental or moral strengthwanting couragepoormeannot of great value or in high esteemvilis

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Similar entries v. wác-líc, -ness Mid wáces olfendes hǽrum gescrýdde, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 23. Ðone wácan assan hé geceás, i. 210, 15. ii forealdode rǽdingbéc swíðe wáke, and .i. wác mæssereáf, Chart. Th. 430, 31.

wál

(n.)

(?) some part of a helmet

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some part of a helmet Ymb ðæs helmes hróf heáfodbeorge wírum bewunden wál an útan (walan utan, MS.) heóld about the helm's top a 'wál' wire-girt guarded on the outside the head's defence (i.e. the helmet), Beo. Th. 2067;B. 1031. [cf. M. H.

wác

(n.)
Grammar
wác, es; n.

A weakness

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A weakness Nyste ic on ðám þingum ðe ðú ymbe specst fúl ne fácn, ne wác ne wom tó ðære dæigtíde ðe ic hit ðé sealde, ac hit ǽgðer wæs ge hál ge clǽne búton ǽlcon fácne, L. O. 9; Th. 1. 182, 3

Linked entry: wund-wácu

wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Man mæg on hærfeste wád spittan, Anglia ix. 261, 16. the growth of woad seems marked by the occurrence of the word in such forms as wád-beorh, wád-denu, wád-lond in charters Of ðære díc on wádbeorgas; of wádbeorgan, Cod. Dip, Kmbl., iii. 77, 15.

Linked entry: waad

wáh

(adj.)
Grammar
wáh, adj.

Fine

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Fine Genim wáh mela hæsles oþþe alres, ásift ðonne ful clǽne tela micle hand fulle, Lchdm. ii. 270, 22

(adv.; int.)

Woeillwoealasvae,well-a-waywell-a-dayahvah

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eheu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 44. hú ic greów..., lá on hú micelre genihtsumnysse ic hwílum wæs, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 189-193. ðæt is sárlíc heu, pros dolor! Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 14.

Linked entries: eów waa