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Anglo-Saxon

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liþe-wác

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
liþe-wác, liþewǽcan.

Similar entry: leoþu-wác

síþ-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-wíf, es ; n.
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A noble lady On sumes síþwífes (gódes wifes, 2nd MS.) húse in domum inclytae matronae, Nar. 49, 9

þrǽc-wíg

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽc-wíg, es; m.
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Hard fighting Þurstige þræcwíges, Cd. Th. 189, 9; Exod. 182

wíd-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽre, adj.
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Far-famed, famous, celebrated; in a bad sense, notorious. of persons Sume teohhiaþ ðæt ðæt betst sý, ðæt mon seó foremǽre and wídmǽre quibus optimum quiddam claritas videtur, Bt. 24, 2 ; Fox 82, 10. Wídmǽre wer . . . hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde mægen and

wíd-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-sǽ, f. m.
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Open sea, ocean Ðeós wídsǽ pelagus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 28, 21 : 13 ; Zup. 84, 1: Wrt. Voc. i. 70, 14. Him wæs á widsǽon ðæt bæcbord, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 27: 19, 26. Fǽmendre wfdsǽ spumantis pelagi, Hpt. Gl. 409, 69. Wídsǽs cataclismi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23

wíd-scofen

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-scofen, adj.
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(ptcpl.) Pushed far, extreme Weá wídscofen, Beo. Th. 1876; B. 936

wíd-fæðme

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-fæðme, adj.
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Broad-bosomed Wídfæðme wǽg, Andr. Kmbl. 1065 ; An. 533. Wídfæðme scip, 480 ; An. 240. [Icel. víð-faðmr; víð-feðmir a name of one of the heavens.] Cf. síd-fæðme

wrenc-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wrenc-wís, adj.

Unjustunrighteous

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Unjust, unrighteous Wer wrencwis vir iniquus, Rtl. 10, 30

ymbren-wicu

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren-wicu, an; f.
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A week in which Ember-days fall .iiii. Wódnesdagas on .iiii. ymbrenwican, L. Alf. pol. 43 ; Th. i. 92, 9

and-wíg

(n.)
Grammar
and-wíg, es; n.
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Resistance Andwíges heard, Gú. 147

císe-wicu

Grammar
císe-wicu, v. cýs-wuce
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in Dict

Linked entry: wicu

fore-wís

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Þá áforhtode uncer mód, for þan hit bið ǽlces yfeles forewís, Hml. A. 206, 363. For Cot. 149 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 79, and add

forþ-wíf

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Substitute: A woman of rank, a great lady Hláford dominus, forðwíf matrona (cf. þǽre hláfdian matrone, ii. 54, 65), hlǽfdige domina, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 78

ge-wif

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wif, a disease of the eye. In l. 3 l. 292
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for 290

ge-wilc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wilc, es; n.
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The rolling of waves Gewylc ýþa sǽs þú líðgast motum fluctuum maris tu mitigas, Ps. Rdr. Spl. 88, 10

Linked entry: ge-wylc

hǽmed-wíf

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For 'Cot. 136 Lye' substitute Hǽmedwíf matrona, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 19

lencten-wicu

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Add: Jn. 5, 1, 17 rbc. : 8, 21 rbc

sám-wís

(adj.)
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In l. 4 for 201 l. 202

sceád-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
sceád-wís, adj.
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Intelligent, discerning, discriminating Be gesceádwísan geréfan. Se scádwís geréfa sceal ǽgðer witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 3. Mid hú sceádwísre lufe manncynna ealdor for úre edstaðelunge þǽre róde gealgan underféng,

þearl-wís

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Se þearlwísa déma districtus judex, Gr. D. 334, 25. Add