lín-wǽd
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Þá línwǽda linteamina, Angl. xiii. 428, 894. Add
síd-wærc
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Add: pleurisy Hé wæs gehrinen mid sídwærce (lateris dolore) and þurh ꝥ tó his ænde gelǽded, Gr. D. 182, 18: 297, 7
wæl-cyrge
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Gydene, wælcyrie Ueneris, An. Ox. 4449
wæl-genga
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A deadly walker, a wild beast, a dragon Wælgengan beluę, An. Ox. 8, 305 : 5, 41
wæl-grim
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Dá earman men beóð wyrs bereáfode fram þám unrihtwísan déman þonne fram þám wælgrimmestan here ( a cruentis hostibus ), Ll. Lbmn. 475, 17. Add
wæl-slihta
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A murderer Þá stód se árwyrða wer swá gelǽded betwyh þám gewǽpnedum wælslihtum; þá gearn hé sóna mid his geþóhte tó his ágnum wǽpnum háligra gebeda venerandus vir inter crmatos deductus ad sua arma statim cucurrit, Gr. D. 254, 22
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wær-word
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Perhaps wǽr-word should be read, with the meaning: an agreement, a proviso. In the following passage, however, wær-word seems to occur Nis geméted on hálgum bócum þætte þisse frigenesse wærword (wiðerword, v.l.) sý gesewen nequaquam in sacris eloquiis
wær-wyrde
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Gif on Wódnesdæg . . . bið ácenned, sé bið wærwyrde (swíðe wær on hií wordum, v.l. ), Archiv cxxviii. 298, 9. Add
wamb-scyldig
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Gluttonous (?) Lá, ðú eorðan lamb (= lám) and dúst and wyrma gifel, and þú wambscyldiga (-= wammscyldiga?) fætels and gealstor and fúlnes and hrǽw, Nap. 67
rop-wærc
Colic
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Colic Ropwærc colica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 68. Hropwyrc, i. 19, 56
sǽ-wǽg
a wave of the sea
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a wave of the sea Sealte sǽwǽgas, Cd. Th. 240, 9; Dan. 384
up-waras
The dwellers above ⬩ the celestials
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The dwellers above, the celestials Tó upwarum ad superos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 67
wǽd-bréc
Breeches ⬩ a covering for the loins
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Breeches, a covering for the loins Wǽdbréc perizomata vel campestria vel succinctoria, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 62: perizomata vel campestria, 81, 64. Hig siwodon fícleáf and worhton him wǽdbréc (perizomata), Gen. 3, 7
wǽg-bora
A wave-bearer ⬩ a creature that lives beneath the waves
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A wave-bearer, a creature that lives beneath the waves Wundorlíc wǽgbora, Beo. Th. 2884; B. 1440
wǽg-deór
A sea-beast
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A sea-beast Wǽgdeóra gehwylc swelteþ, Exon. Th. 61, 2i; Cri. 988
wǽg-dropa
A wave-drop ⬩ a salt tear
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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
A sea-journey
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A sea-journey Ic ðé ongitan ne meahte on wǽgfære, Andr. Kmbl. 1845; An. 925
wǽg-fæt
A water-vessel ⬩ a cloud
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A water-vessel, a cloud Won wǽgfatu, lagustreáma full (cups), Exon. Th. 384, 33; Rä. 4, 37
wǽg-faru
A sea-passage ⬩ passage through the sea
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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
The billowy sea
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The billowy sea Gewát ofer wǽgholm flota fámigheals, Beo. Th. 439; B. 217