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wird

(n.)
Grammar
wird, e; f.

An offence

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An offence Gehéndon hine ða héhsacerdas on monigum ðingum ł woerdum, accusabant eum summi sacerdotes in multis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 3. Similar entries v. following words

Linked entry: woerd

wirp

(n.)
Grammar
wirp, wierp, es; m.

A throw ⬩ a blow with a missile

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A throw, a blow with a missile Ðá wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe (wyrpe, v. l.) an ribb forod, ðæt hió siþþan mægen ne hæfde hié tó gescildanne, ac raðe ðæs hió wearð ofslagen hic serpens ad unius saxi ictum cessit, ac mox facile oppressus est, Ors. 4,

Linked entries: wyrp werp

win

(n.)
Grammar
win, (?), winn, e; f.
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Pasture Of ðære díc tó wynne mǽduan be ðære strǽt. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 263, 29

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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Th. 6158 ; B. 3083, Ða ðe on carcerne hleóleásan wíc wunedon, Andr. Kmbl. 261; An. 131 : 2621; An. 1312. lc wíc búge. Exon. Th. 396, 22; Rä. 16, 8: 120, 10; Gú. 269. Wíc eardian, Beo. Th. 5172; B. 2589. Hé bróhte wíf tó háme, ðǽr hé wíc áhte. Cd.

wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.
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a woman, a female person Wíf mulier, wíf ðe wer hæfð uxor, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 12, 14. Wíf ðe hæfð ceorl uxor, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Zup. 47, 8. Ald uuíf anus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 38: i. 73, 17 : anula vel vetula, 50, 48. Ðæt wíf ( mulier ) wæs gehǽled, Mt.

Linked entry: BRÝD

wín

(n.)
Grammar
wín, es; n.
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Wine Wín vinum, merum, geswét wín mellicratum, níwe wín mustum, ǽlces kynnes gewring bútan wíne and wætere sicera, ðæt séleste wín falernum, weala wín crudum vinum, geolo wín succinacium vinum, hláforda wín honorarium vinum, gewyrtod wín compositum vinum

wín

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D. 59, 16. v. eced-, reám-wín. Add

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Gif mon beforan cyninges ealdormen on gemóte gefeohte, béte wer and wíte swá hit ryht sié, and beforan ðám .cxx. sciłł. ðam ealdormen tó wíte, 38; Th. i. 86, 14. <b>I a.

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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Kmbl. ii. 265, 32. of great surface, wide, vast, spacious, broad, ample Ðes wída grund, Cd. Th. 7, 11; Gen. 104. Ýða gelaac, wíd gang wætera, Ps. Th. 118, 136. Wíd is ðes wésten, wræcsetla fela, Exon. Th. 120, 5; Gú. 267.

wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.
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Abraham sealde wíg tó wedde, nalles wunden gold, Cd. Th. 124, 29; Gen. 2070. Oft ic (a shield)wíg seó, frécne feohtan. Exon. Th. 388, 6; Rä. 6, 3. Wælhwelpes wíg, 397, 21; Rä. 16, 23. Gesécean wíg, Beo. Th. 1374; B. 685.

wíl

(n.)
Grammar
wíl, a wile.
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Dele: v. flige-wíl, and add (?) Wocia, wýla catenarum, An. Ox. 3560. Wíla, 7, 257

Linked entry: wyla

wíd

Grammar
wíd, I.
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Scs Petrus cyrice is þreó hund fóta lang and twá hund wíd, Salamones templ ys sixtig fæþma lang and sixtig heáh and þryttiges wíd, Angl. xi. 4, 5-10. Add

wíf

Grammar
wíf, <b>. I.</b>
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Sceal ic nú eald wíf cennan ? num vere paritura sum anus ?, Gen. 18, 13. v. bróþor-, forlegis-, forliger-, forþ-, freó-wíf. Add

wís

(n.)
Grammar
wís, a manner.
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Add: v. leóþ-, níd-, sár-, sceád-, stæf-, þearl-, word-, wrang-wís

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Gif wíf be óðrum were forlicge, L. C. S. 54; Th. i. 406, 6. Gif oxa ofhníte wer oþþe wíf ( virum aut mulierem ), L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 27: Exon. Th. 225, 24; Ph. 394. Weras mid wífum, Cd. Th. 104, 20; Gen. 1738. Weras, wíf samod, Andr.

Linked entry: wíf

wíc

Grammar
wíc, <b>.
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Ðænne þæs embe fíf niht ꝥ áfered byð winter of wícum (cf. tún; ), Men. 24. v. bere-, ceaster-, Lunden-, Norþ-, sunder-wíc

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, a man, [The form were also occurs
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Gif ꝥ wíf hire were forlǽt, Mk. lo, 12. Ic were ne oncnáwe, Lk. l, 34. Cf. wer aad were =wer-gild; also the form were-wulf.] Add Hé blissode on þam ꝥ hé his ágenre dohtor wer wæs, Ap. Th. 3, 5

wíl

(n.)
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a wile, a device

wís

(n.)

a manner.

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Ma manner.v wíse

Linked entry: and-wísnes

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Qui ergo dimittit aquam, caput est jurgiorum, Past. 38; Swt. 279, 16. often the wer is connected with fishing, and the word seems sometimes to be used of the water that is kept in by the dam Captura (captura locus piscosus, ubi capiuntur pisces, Migne

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