wrist
A wrist
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A wrist Gif hit ánfeald tyhtle sý, dúfe seo, hand æfter ðam stáne óð ða wriste; and gif hit þryfeald sý, óð ðæne elbogan, L. Ath. iv. 7 ; Th. i. 226, 17
Linked entry: wyrst
wrót
a snout ⬩ trunk
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a snout, trunk Wrót bruncus (in a list 'de suibus'), Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 54: ii. Ii, 47: 102, 23: 127, 27. Ylpes bile vel wrót promuscida, i. 22, 45
wríd
A shoot ⬩ stalk ⬩ plant ⬩ bush
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Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9
Linked entry: hæsel-wrid
-write
Similar entry: wæter-write
wriþa
a band ⬩ collar ⬩ a ring
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Similar entries v. beáh-, heals- (where misprinted -wiþa) wriþa; wríþan
Linked entry: wríþan
wrixl
change ⬩ alteration ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ alternation ⬩ exchange ⬩ interchange ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ a loan ⬩ what is given in return ⬩ return ⬩ requital
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Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 2. where there is reciprocal action, interchange Ðǽr wæs heard plega, wælgára wrixl, Cd.
wróht
accusation ⬩ a false accusation ⬩ slander ⬩ calumny ⬩ fault ⬩ crime ⬩ offence ⬩ a quarrel ⬩ strife ⬩ cause of complaint ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt
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accusation Wróht accusatio (ex-, MS. ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 15. Wróhte insimulatio, 44, 74. Hic susurro ðes rúnere oððe wróht, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 217, 3. Leásere wróhte strophosae accusationis, Hpt. Gl. 505, 55. Wróhte insimulatione, accusatione, 517,
Linked entries: wróht-bora wróht-dropa wróht-georn
-writen
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a superscription
wráþ
wroth ⬩ angry ⬩ incensed
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wroth, angry, incensed Gram ł wráð furibundus, Hpt. Gl. 510, 37. Wearð se cyng swíþe gram (wráð, v. l. ) wið ða burhware, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 6. Crist him wurðe wráð, ðe hí geþýwie, Chart. Erl. 253, 17. Bið úre Drihten ðám synfullum swíðe wráð æteowéd
wæter-write
A vessel measuring time by the running of water
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A vessel measuring time by the running of water Wæterwrite clepsydra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 12
Linked entry: -write
hæsel-wrid
A hazel-thicket
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A hazel-thicket Tó ðam miclan hæsl-wride to the great hazel-thicket, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 250, 34
Linked entry: wríd
be-wrítan
To write down, inscribe ⬩ inscribere
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To write down, inscribe; inscribere,Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 27; Sch. 19
Linked entry: bi-wrítan
-wrixl
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adj, v. ge-wrixl
wrixl
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Add: office taken in turn, place, v. ge-wrixl; <b>V., V a.</b> Be þám þe wrixl ealdordómes (uicem prelatorum) on geférrǽdene habban sceolon, Chrd. 53, 9. Ic geseó ꝥ Benedictus hæfde Paules gewixle (wrixle, v.l. vicem), Gr. D. 141, 12.
wríga
to cover.
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to cover
wrǽt
Crosswort
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Crosswort Wrǽttes cíð, Lchdm. iii. 12, 28 : 24, 4. Mid wrǽte, ii. 306, 18. Genim nioþowearde wrætte, 304, 26
wrǽt
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Add: [cf. O.H.Ger. rezza coccum, coccinum. See next two words
wráþ
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Þá wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá hé ǽr wæs milde and iéþe inmutata est Tiberii madestia atque ex mansueiissimo principe saevissima bestia exarsit, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254. 30. Add
wróht
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Þǽr bið gránung and geómrung and micel wróht, Verc. Först. in, 4. Wórhta exctisationes, Ps. L. 140, 4. Add