wíg-gild
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Se ealdorapostol ǽrest ús gesette tó healdanne ðás dagas and tó beganganne for hǽðenra manna gedwilde, for þan þe hié hiera wíggild and deófulgild on ðás dagas weorðedon, Nap. 69. Add
wíg-heard
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Add: warlike, martial Wíhearde bellicosas, An. Ox. 783
wig-steall
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Hé eóde binnan þonne weóhstal on norðhealfe, Vis. Lfc. 68. Add
-wil-sǽlig
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wind-fana
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wind-hladen
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Lænten windhladen uer uentuosus, Archiv cxx. 297, 17: 296, 3. Sumor windhladen estas uentuosa, 297, II. Add
wís-lic
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Hié cwǽdon þæt him wíslecre þúhte þæt hié dá ne forluren þe þǽr út fóre, hæfde bearn sé þe mehte, Ors. 4, I; S. 154, 18. Add
wit-leást
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Widtlǽste uesaniae, An. Ox. ii. 174. Add
wyn-bliss
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In Gr. D. 2, 4 wyn, blis should be read, the passage is alliterative
wyn-dreám
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In 1. 2 dele 'Lamb'
bile-wit
Similar entry: un-bilewit
riht-wís
Righteous ⬩ just
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Righteous just Rihtwís justus, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 69. Rihtwís justus rihtwísre justior ealra rihtwísost justissimus, Ælfc. Gr. 5 ; Som. 4, 65 : 9, 21 ; Som. 10, 20. Rihtwís déma, Hy. 6, 7. Se ðe underféhþ rihtwísne on rihtwíses naman, hé onféhþ rihtwíses
Linked entry: wrenc-wís
sám-wís
Dull, foolish
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Dull, foolish Wénaþ sámwíse (cf. ða dysegan men, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 22) ðæt hí on ðís lǽnan mǽgen lífe findan sóþa gesǽlþa. Met. 19, 34. Ða sámwísan (hebetes) sint tó manianne ðæt hié wilnien tó wiotonne ðæt ðæt hié nyton, Past. 30, l ; Swt. 201, 7
Linked entry: sár-wís
Wǽring-wíc
Warwick
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Warwick On ðison geáre wæs Wǽrincwíc getimbrod, Chr. 915; Th. i. 189, col. 2. Æt Wǽringwícon (-um), 913; Th. i. 186, col. 2, 187, col. 1
wíf-gemǽdla
A woman's fury
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A woman's fury Wiþ wífgemǽdlan; geberge on neaht radices moran, ðý dæge ne mæg ðe se gemǽdla sceþþan, Lchdm. ii. 342, 10
wíf-gemána
Mulieris consortium
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Mulieris consortium Wífgemánan to áwec*-*canne . . . ðæt áwecceþ wífgemánan lust, Lchdm. i. 336, 15 — 17
wíf-hearpe
A woman's harp
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A woman's harp On glígbeáme (owif*-*hearpan = on wifhearpan? MS. C. ) in tympano, Ps. Spl. 150, 4
Linked entry: hearpe
wíg-cræft
war-craft ⬩ military skill ⬩ a warlike art ⬩ a warlike engine ⬩ warlike force ⬩ military power
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war-craft, military skill Pirrus wæs gemǽrsad ofer eall óþere cyningas, ǽgðer ge mid his miclan fultume, ge mid his rǽdþeahtunge, ge mid his wígcræfte Pyrrhus in se, ob magni-tudinem virium consiliorumque, summam belli nomenque traduxit Ors. 4, l; Swt
wíg-blác
Splendid with warlike equipment
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Splendid with warlike equipment Werud wæs wígblác (cf. beran beorht searo, 191, 23; Exod. 219. Wígbord scinon, 207, 14; Exod. 466), Cd. Th. 190, 24; Exod. 204
wíg-gryre
Terror caused by war
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Terror caused by war Wíggryre wífes the terror inspired when a woman makes war Beo. Th. 2572 ; B. 1284