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wíd-mǽre

(adj.)
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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.)
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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

Linked entry: síd-fæðme

wrenc-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wrenc-wís, adj.

Unjust ⬩ unrighteous

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

ymbren-wicu

(n.)
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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

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.)
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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

un-wís

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Add: mad, insane Hé wénde ꝥ hé sprǽke on unwís, þá hé bebeád ꝥ . . . (quod quasi insana praeciperet), Gr. D. 58, I

wíd-gill

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On þǽre sídan þæs wídgellan (-gill-, v.l.) muntes in devexi mantis latere, Gr. D. 12, 17. Of þǽre wídgyllan (-gill-, v.l.) sídan þæs muntes e devexo montis latere, 112, 19. Geond þá wídgellan (-gill-, v.l. ) sídan þæs muntes, 211, 25. Add

wíd-mǽre

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Wídmǽ(rost) celeberrimus, An. Ox. 56, 336. Add

wíd-scriþol

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Hí folgiað fraceðum lífe and wídscryðlum nos turpis uita et uaga complectit, Chrd. 78, l. Add