wel-hǽwen
Beautifully blue
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Beautifully blue Ðæt bleóh ðæs welhǽwnan iacintes bið betera ðonne ðæs blácan carbuncules coerulei coloris hyacinthus praefertur pallenti carbunculo Past. 52; Swt. 411, 28
wel-rúmlíce
Kindly ⬩ benignantly ⬩ benigne
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Kindly, benignantly; benigne Rtl. 41, 11: 46, 14: 109, 4
wel-rúmmód
Kind ⬩ benignant
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Kind, benignant Uelrúmmódo benigni Rtl. 12, 39
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wel-swégende
Melodious ⬩ sonorous
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Melodious, sonorous Heriaþ hine on cimbalum welswégendum laudate eum in cymbalis bene sonantibus Ps. Spl. 150, 5
wír-boga
Bent wire used in ornamenting an object
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Bent wire used in ornamenting an object Mec (a horn) þeceþ geong hagostealdmon golde and sylfore, wóum wírbogum, Exon. Th. 395, 5; Rä. 15, 3
beám-weg
A road made with logs ⬩ a corduroy road
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A road made with logs, a corduroy road On beámweg (cf. stánweg, 15), C. D. B. i. 417, 17
eást-weard
eastward, in the east
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eastward, in the east, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 7. v. éast
botl-weard
A house-steward ⬩ ædilis
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A house-steward; ædilis Hófweard vel byriweard vel botlweard ædilis, Ælfc. Gl. 8; Som. 56, 105; Wrt. Voc. 18, 54. Botlwerd ædilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 29
grund-wæg
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A foundation,' and add: Cf. eorþ-weg, fold-weg, mold-weg
weder
weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.
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Rén, swylce hagal and snáw, weder unhióre, Met. 29, 65. Hit wæs ceald weder, Ors. 6, 32; Swt. 286, 31: Met. 26, 28. Forstas and snáwas, winterbiter weder, Cd. Th. 239, 32; Dan. 379. Wearm weder. Exon. Th. 198, 30; Ph. 18.
and-weard
Present ⬩ præsens
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Present; præsens Ðǽr is Dryhten andweard where the Lord is present, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 7; Gú. 1056. Andweard Gode present with God, 30 b; Th. 95, 29; Cri. 1564. Fór ðé andweardne before thee present, Cd. 40; Th. 54, 2; Gen. 871: Andr. Kmbl. 2449; An
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cyrc-weard
A churchwarden, sacristan ⬩ ecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius
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Se bisceop befran ðone cyrcweard hwǽr ðæs hálgan wǽpnu wǽron the bishop asked the sacristan where the weapons of the saint were, Homl. Th. i. 452, 2. Ðá wæs án cyrce weard Yware wæs geháten there was a sacristan called Yware, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 33
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wíh
An idol
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Hé hǽþengield ofer word Godes, weoh gesóhte, Exon. Th. 244, 6; Jul. 23. Wóden worhte weós, 341, 28; Gn. Ex. 133
brýden wah
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Dele, and see breden
eágan weán
A ringworm, tetter ⬩ impetīgo
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A ringworm, tetter; impetīgo Eágan weán vel wearhbrǽde impetīgo, Ælfc. Gl. 73 ; Som. 71, 9; Wrt. Voc. 43, 62
dúne-ward
downward
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downward, Som. Ben. Lye. v. a-dúnweard
wǽge
A cup
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A cup Wégi poculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 82. Sume ic geteáh, tó geflite fremede ... beóre druncne; ic him byrlade wróht of wége, ðæt hí in wínsele þurh sweordgripe sáwle forlétan of flǽschoman, Exon. Th. 271, 24; Jul. 487.
weás
By chance, by accident, fortuitously
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Gif him weás gebyreþ, ðæt him wyrþ sume hwíle ðara þénunga oftohen, 37, 1; Fox 186, 13: Met. 25, 31. Gif him weás (wealdes, Hatt.
wearg-líc
Vile, mean, wretched
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Vile, mean, wretched Sint ðæt werilíce welan ðisses middangeardes, ðonne hí nán mon fullíce habban ne mæg, ne hié nánne mon geweligian ne magon, búton hié óþerne gedón tó wǽdlan O! igitur angustas, inopesque divitias, quae nec habere totas pluribus licet