weor
bad
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bad
dæg-weorc
A day's work ⬩ diei opus
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Æt ðam dæg-weorce at that day's work, Elen. Kmbl. 291; El. 146. Ðætte he ðæt dægweorc dreóre gebohte that he bought that day's work with blood, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 14; Exod. 151: 169; Th. 210, 21; Exod. 518
weorc-weorþ
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Capable of work Þonne is æt Farresheáfde . xvi. weorcwurðe men and viii. iunge men . . . æt Geácesleá þrytténe wépmen weorcewyrþe and v. wimmen and æhta geonge men, C. D. B. iii. 367, 15-35. Weorcwyrþra manna, Verc. Först. 158, 20
weorþ
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Be éwes weorðe (wyrðe, v. l. ), 55 ; Th. i. 138, 6. Be his wlites weorðe . . . swá man ðæt weorð up árǽran mihte, L. Ath. v. 6, 2 ; Th. i. 234, 6-10.
weorþ
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Genime man .vi. sciłł. weorð (wurð, v. l. ) wed, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 13. Ágife man án ram weorðe .iiii. peningas, L.
were
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sweet, wer-mód
weorod
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Ðá cwom ðǽr micel mængeo elpenda of ðæm wudo ungemetlíc weorod ðara dióra uenire e siluis elephantorum immensos greges, Nar. 21, 19. Engla þreát, weorud wlitescýne, Exon. Th. 31, 9; Cri. 493: 101, 5; Cri. 1654. Leóde, weorud willhréðig, Elen.
Linked entries: eóred weored weorod-líst weorud werud
weorod
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Th. 996 ; B. 496. v. preceding word, and weorod-ness
weorod
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Add Án út ásceát of Latina weorode, and ánwíges bæd, Ors. 3, 6 ; S. 108, 10. v. bisceop-, camp-, elen-, cored-, hám-, in-, síþ-weorod
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.
weorod
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Sweet Werod (word, v.l. late) dulcis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28 ; Zup. 54, 5. Wæter . . . werod on swæcce, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 4. Hwæðer hit bið ðe wered ðe biter ðe wé ðicgaþ, 372, 29: Ex. 15, 25. Weredre mulsae, Hpt. Gl. 413, 40. Þurh weredre pro dulci, 462,
weard
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Add Weart uigil, An. Ox. 32, 8. Siþþan Scipia geáscade ꝥ þá foreweardas wǽron feor ð ǽm fæstenne gesette . . . hé diégellíce gelǽdde his fird betuh þǽm weardum, Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 14. v. dor-, hláf-, hrægel-, líf-, ortgeard-, rǽpling-weard
weard
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Add In þá heordnesse and weard heora sylfra eádmódnesse in custodiam humilitatis. Gr. D. 205, 10
weard
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Add: v. niþer-, ofdún(e)-, tógædere-, úp-weard
wearg
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Þá cómon on sumne sǽl ungesǽlige þeófas. . . se hálga wer hí wundorlíce geband . . . ꝥ heora nán ne mihte þanon ástyrian . . . Men þá þæs wundrodon hú þá weargas hangodon, Hml. 8. 32, 211. Add