wíf-myne
Love for a woman
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Cf. wíf-lufu
Linked entry: myne
norþan-wind
a wind from the north
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a wind from the north Norþanwind septentrio, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 11. Ðæs norþanwindes ýst, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 20. Stearc stormas and norþanwindas, 23; Fox 78, 27
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tung-wód
Tongue-mad ⬩ violent in speech
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Tongue-mad, violent in speech Uppstige sandfull on fótum forealdudes swá wíf tungwód menn stillum ascensus arenosus in pedibus ueterani, sic mulier linguata homini quieto, Scint. 223, 13
wíf-cild
A female child
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A female child For wǽpnedbearne sceolde cennende wíf hí áhabban fram Godes húse ingange ðreó and ðrittig daga, and for wífcilde ( femina ) syx and syxtig daga, Bd. 1. 27 ; S. 493, 16
ge-wil
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Þá þe nellað þǽra þinga géman þe man heom bodað, ac willað forð on wóh and gewill dráfan those who will not heed what is told them, but will persist in error and do what they wish, Wlfst. 304, 13.
wíc-freoþu
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Peace among dwellings Geríseþ gárníþ werum wíg tówiþre wícfreoþa healdan the strife of the spear beseems men to meet war and keep peace among their dwellings, Exon. Th. 341, 21; Gn. Ex. 129
Linked entry: friþu
weá
woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Ne ic ðé weán úðe nor did I wish you ill, 163, 3; Gen. 2692. Nysses ðú weán ǽnigne dǽl you knew nothing of misery, Exon. Th. 85, 3; Cri. 1385 Ne lǽd ðú ús tó wíte in weán sorge, Hy. 6, 27.
wís-fæst
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ wise ⬩ having knowledge ⬩ skill ⬩ learned ⬩ intelligent ⬩ rational
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Hé wile on dómes dæg on ðysne middangeard cuman, and hé wile eallum wísfæstum gesceaftum écn[e] dóm gesetton (he will pass an eternal sentence on all intelligent creatures), Blickl. Homl. 121, 20. v. next word
wǽd
a weed ⬩ an article of dress ⬩ a garment ⬩ clothing ⬩ dress
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Wit baru standaþ unwered wǽdo, Cd. Th. 50, 21; Gen. 812. Sylle mon him wist and wǽdo, Exon. Th. 336, 12; Gn. Ex. 336. in a collective sense, clothing, dress Líchoma forðor is ðon wéde corpus plus est quam vestimentum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 25.
ge-wrid
A place where shrubs grow ⬩ thicket
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A place where shrubs grow, thicket Betwyx ða fenlícan gewrido ðæs wídgillan wéstenes amongst the fenny thickets of the wide wilderness, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 22, 10.
Linked entry: hæsel-wrid
wén
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably
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Ne biþ his lof ná ðý læsse, ac is wén ðæt hit sié ðý máre his praise will not be the less, but may be the greater Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 11.
Linked entry: wéna
wín-burh
a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, ⬩ a chief town ⬩ a walled vineyard
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a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, a chief town. Cf. medu-burh, wín-ærn, III. Wínburge cyning (the king of Babylon; cf. Belshazzar's feast) Cd. Th. 255, 11; Dan. 622.
wer
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a troop, band Were manipulo (coelestis militiae manipulo, Ald. 50), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 2 : 56, 75. In ic wæs cempena láreów, and mid mycclum were ymbseald, nú ic eom ána forlǽten, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 195
wæd
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Dele mearc-, seolh- at end
wǽd
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Add Wǽda indumentarum, An. Ox. 8, 314. add: v. ge-wǽde;
wedd
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Ðonne cwið se éca cyning tó ánra gehwylcum : '. . . Hwet gedydest þú? Syle wedd be þissum eallum þe ic for þé dyde and for þe þrowade.' Ðonne andswaraþ se man úrum Drihtne and cwið: 'Nebbe ic ǽnig wedd tó syllanne nimþe míne (dǽda). 'Þonne bið bóc ontýned
wel
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Add Þá ðá wé wel noldon, ðá forhradode Godes mildheortnys þæt wé wel woldon. Nú wé wel willað, ús fyligð Godes mildheortnys þæt úre willa ýdel ne sý. Hé gearcað úrne gódne willan tó fultumigenne, Hml. Th. ii. 84, 13-16. Add Ic nát for hwý gé þá tída
wén
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Add Ne cýð ðú witod on wén ðín (don't count your chickens before they are hatched] ; wite máran þanc ðæs ðe ðú hæbbe, ðonne ðæs ðe ðú wéne ( a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush). Prov. K. 22
-werd
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