wǽg-deór
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A sea-beast Wǽgdeóra gehwylc swelteþ, Exon. Th. 61, 2i; Cri. 988
wǽg-dropa
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A wave-drop, a salt tear (?) Hé háte lét teáras geótan, weallan wǽgdropan, Exon. Th. 165, 17; Gú. 1030
wǽg-fær
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A sea-journey Ic ðé ongitan ne meahte on wǽgfære, Andr. Kmbl. 1845; An. 925
wǽg-fæt
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A water-vessel, a cloud Won wǽgfatu, lagustreáma full ( cups ), Exon. Th. 384, 33; Rä. 4, 37
wǽg-faru
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A sea-passage, passage through the sea (the passage through the Red Sea) Nú se ágend up árǽrde reáde streámas in randgebeorh, syndon ðá foreweallas fægre gestépte, wrætlícu wǽgfaru, óð wolcna hróf, Cd. Th. 196, 27; Exon. 298
wǽg-holm
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The billowy sea Gewát ofer wǽgholm flota fámigheals, Beo. Th. 439; B. 217
wǽg-líþend
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A sea-farer; sea-faring Wénaþ wǽglíþende, ðæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten, Exon. Th. 360, 26; Wal. 11. Ne móston wǽglíðendum wætres brógan hrínon, ac hié God nerede, Cd. Th. 84, 9; Gen. 1395: Beo. Th. 6297; B. 3159. Hæleð langode, wǽglíþende, hwonne
wǽg-pundern
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a steel-yard, weighing-machine Ǽlc burhgemet and ǽlc wǽgpundern beo be his ( the bishop's ) dihte swíðe rihte, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 20. Hé sceal habban wǽipundern, Anglia ix. 263, 9. Cf. pundern perpendiculum, Hpt. Gl. 476, 77, and pundar
Linked entry: pundern
wǽg-scealu
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The scale of a balance Wǽgscala lances, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 7
Linked entry: scealu
wǽg-streám
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The sea Ðæt feórþe cyn wód on wǽgstreám ( the Red Sea ), Cd. Th. 197, 22; Exod. 311
wǽg-sweord
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A sword with wavy ornamentation (v. Woorsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 40) Wrætlíc wǽgsweord, Beo. Th. 2982; B. 1489
wǽg-þel
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A wave-plank, a ship Hé álǽdde of wǽgþele ( the ark ) wráðra láfe, Cd. Th. 90, 16; Gen. 1496. Nóe tealde ðæt se hrefn hine sécan wolde on wǽgþele, 87, 9; Gen. 1446. On wǽgþele on board, Andr. Kmbl. 3418; An. 1713. Under earce bord eaforan lǽdan, weras
wǽg-þreá
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the chastisement by the waters (the deluge), Cd. Th. 90, 5; Gen. 1490
Linked entry: þreá
wǽg-þreát
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A wave-host, the waters of the deluge Ic wille mid wǽgþreáte ǽhta and ágend eall ácwellan, Cd. Th. 81, 29; Gen. 1352
wæl-ceásiga
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A chooser of the slain, a raven Wonn wæl-ceásega, Cd. Th. 188, 6; Exod. 164
wæl-cræft
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A deadly power, power which causes death Ðonne mín hláford wile láfe þicgan ðara ðe hé of lífe hét wælcræf[tum] áwrecan ( of those whom he has ordered to be slain ), Exon. Th. 498, 11; Rä. 87, 11
wæl-cyrge
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A chooser of the slain. According to the mythology, as seen in its Northern form, the Val-kyrjur were the goddesses who chose the slain that were to be conducted by them to Odin's hall — Val-halla : 'Þær ríða jafnan at kjósa val.' Something of the old
Linked entry: -cyrge
wæl-cyrging
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One that belongs to the race of the wælcyrgan Gorgoneus, ðæt is wælkyrging (-cyrginc, v.l. ), Nar. 35, 6
wæl-fáh
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Deadly hostile (?) Wælfágne winter ( winter when the earth seems dead ). Beo. Th. 2260; B. 1128
wæl-feld
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The field of the slain, the battle-field Hí on wælfelda plegodan, Chr. 937 ; Erl. 114, 17