wæter-seáþ
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Wæs gewinnful niþer tó ástígenne tó þám wæterseáðe ( ad lacum), þonne hí sceoldon heom wæter hladan, 112, 18. Add
wæter-scipe
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Ðá wǽron twégen gebrððra . . . and hæfdon ǽnne fiscnoþ on ánum brádum mere . . . ac þǽr wurdon eft æt þám wæterscipe . . . micel gefeoht for þám fixnoþe.
ge-wǽde
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Th. i. 60 b, 12. the sails of a ship. v. ge-wǽdian; <b>III:</b> wǽde, Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá gewǽdu wǽron út on þá ýþa áworpene ex navi clavi perditi, vela in undis projecta, Gr.
waefer-sín
A sight ⬩ show ⬩ spectacle
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Ðæt ic him wæfersýn wǽre factus sum illis in parabolam, Ps. Th. 68, 11. Ond swá micel wundor and wæfersién wæs mínes weoredes on fægernisse fuitque inter uarietates spectaculorum in conspiciendo talem exercitum, Nar. 7, 18.
Linked entry: wlite-seón
Medu-wæge
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Add:: -wæg(u?), e
hreód-wæter
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Fenny land where reeds are growing Ðá wæs ðæt land eall swá wé geférdon ádrigad and fien and hreádwæteru palus erat sicca et ceno habundans, Nar. 20, 23
wamm-wyrcende
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working iniquity Ðæt weorþeþ þeódum tó þreá, ðám ðe þonc Gode, womwyrcende, ne cúþun ðæs ðe hé on ðone hálgan beám ahougen wæs. Exon. Th. 67, 23 ; Cri. 1093
sagol
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not wǽr-) sagol
ge-wald
Power ⬩ mastery ⬩ sway
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Power, mastery, sway Ða Denescan áhton wæl-stówe gewald the Danes had the mastery of the battle-place, Chr. 833; Th. 116, 7, col. 1: Cd. 214; Th. 268, 15; Sat. 55
wǽtan
To wet, moisten
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Mec ( an animal's skin ) brýd wǽteþ in wætre. Exon. Th. 393, 34 ; Rä, 13, 10. Heó genam ðæs gehálgodan sealtes, and wǽtte, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 98, 2. Wǽt ðæt gewrit on ðam drence, Lchdm. ii. 350, 15. Wǽt wulle mid biccean hlonde. 362, 17.
Linked entry: wǽtian
wæter-gyte
A pouring of water, a water-course
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.), oððe se ðe wæter gýt. Lchdm. iii. 246, 4
Linked entry: wæter-scyte
wægn-treów
A perquisite of a log of wood from each load to the labourer loading and leading the waggon
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cf. wægn-scilling) On sumere þeóde gebyreþ ... æt wuduláde wǽntreów, æt cornláde hreáccopp, L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 27
wæter-stoppa
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Þá arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene tó þǽre wyllan, and sóna swá hit ꝥ wæter hlód, þá becóm án fisc in þone wæterstoppan ( situlam ), II, 22
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wæter-egesa
Terror caused by water
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Cf. wæter-bróga
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wæter-gewæsc
Land formed by the washing up of earth
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Land formed by the washing up of earth Circumlutus locusmid wæter ymbtyrnd stede, alluvium wætergewæsc, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 15, 16
Linked entry: ge-wæsc
wæter-fæt
A vessel for water, a water-pot
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Ðǽr wǽron áset six stǽnene wæterfatu (hydriae), 2, 6 : Homl. Th. ii. 56, 5, 21. Ðá six wæterfatu getácnodon six ylda ðyssere worulde, 58, 1. Ðá hira wæterfatu fulle wǽron impletis canalibus, Ex. 2, 16
wafor-líc
Spectacular, theatrical
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Similar entries v.wæfer-líc, wæfer-sín, wafian, and following words
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rǽd-wægn
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Icel. reið-skjótr, but see also hræd-wægn
sige-wang
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Thw. 25, 36. where actual fighting is not referred to, a place in which evil is overcome Smeolt wæs se sigewang ( the place where St. Andrew's heathen enemies had been overwhelmed ), Andr. Kmbl. 3160 ; An. 1583.
wæter-flód
A flood, deluge; in plural, floods, waters. Cf. wæter, II b
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Cf. wæter, II b Swilce óðer wæterflód swá fleów heora blód. Homl. Skt. i. 23, 74. On ðæs Ambictiones tíde wurdon mycele wæterfiód (inluvies aquarum) geond ealle world, 1, 6; Swt. 36, 7.