gúþ-wíga
A warrior
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A warrior, Beo. Th. 4230; B. 2112
heals-wiða
A necklace
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A necklace Me healswiðan hláford sealde my lord has given me a chain for my neck, Exon. 102 b; Th. 387, 12; Rä. 5, 4
gange-wifre
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Add: Gongeweafre aranεa, Ps. Srt. 89, 9. Gonge-weafran. 38, 12
on-wícan
to yield, retreat
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to yield, retreat Onwican cessere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 23
tord-wifel
A dung-beetle ⬩ scarabaeus stercorarius
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A dung-beetle; scarabaeus stercorarius Ðǽr ðú geseó tordwifel on eorþan up weorpan, ymbfó hine mid twám handum mid his geweorpe, Lchdm. ii. 318, 15
frum-wilm
the first inflammation of disease ⬩ the first fervour of feeling
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the first inflammation of disease Æfter ádle welme onweg gewitenre . . . þonne of þám frumwelme . . ., Lch. ii. 82, 3. the first fervour of feeling, c. On þám frumwylme heora gecyrrednesse, R. Ben. 135, 5
full-wiht
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Take here and add: Grammar full-wiht, The word is masc. and fem. as well as neut. Grammar full-wiht, masc. Sió hreówsung scolde bión ǽr ðǽm fulwihte. Se fullwuht ðone mon geclǽnsað, Past. 427, 6. Þurh þæne fulluht, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 22, 36. Grammar full-wiht
Linked entry: fulluht
seonu-wind
an artery
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an artery Sinewind arteriae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 29. [Cf. (?) O. H. Ger. sen-ádra arteria, nervus.]
Linked entry: sine-wind
ge-winde
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adj Ðá hit wæs wel gewinde on ða burh when the wind was in the right quarter [for blowing the flames] on to the town; ventum opportunum, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 25
Linked entry: -winde
ge-wind
A winding, circuitous ascent
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A winding, circuitous ascent, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 6; Wrt. Voc. 37, 4
Linked entry: ge-wynd
ge-wild
Power ⬩ control
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Power, control Æfter ðæm ðe Alexander hæfde ealle Indie him to gewildon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 132, 9. Geweoldum sylfes willum spontaneously, of his own accord, Beo. Th. 4446; B. 2222
ge-wíred
Made of wire
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Made of wire Hyre ealdan gewíredan preón an vi. mancussum her old brooch made of [gold or silver] wire, worth six mancuses, Th. Chart. 537, 34
Linked entry: -wíred
gonge-wifre
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A ganging weaver, a spider; arānea viātica Wið gongewifran bíte against the bite of a spider [gangweaver], L. M. 3, 35; Lchdm. ii. 328, 10
wiht-mearc
A weight-mark ⬩ a plumb-line
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A weight-mark, a plumb-line Of punder, ol wihtmearce perpendiculo . Hpt. Gl. 476, 75
wild-cyrfet
bryony ⬩ brionia
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bryony; brionia, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 17
wild-deóren
Of wild beasts
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Of wild beasts Mid wilddeórenum tóþum cum feralibus dentibus Scint. 99, 7
wind-bland
tumult of winds
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tumult of winds Windblond gelæg, Beo. Th. 6284; B. 3146
streám-wilm
The boiling of the waters, surge ⬩ aestus
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The boiling of the waters, surge; aestus Streámwelm hwíleþ, Andr. Kmbl. 990; An. 495