weale
A female slave ⬩ servant
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A female slave, servant Wonfeax wale, . . . mennen, Exon. Th. 393, 30; Rä. 13, 8. Wonfáh wale weóld hyra( two buckets ) síþe, 435, 11; Rä. 53, 6
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-waru
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Hierosolyma, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 5 ; Sychem-ware Sicinorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 66
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wesan
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Ðú ðé wǽre reód, and ic mé wæs blác; ðú wǽre glæd, and ic mé wæs unrót, L. E. I. proem. ; Th. ii. 398, 14. Se beág wæs of þornum geworht, Exon. Th. 88, 27; Cri. 1446. Þeód wæs oflysted, Andr. Kmbl. 2226; An. 1115. Cyning wæs áfyrhted, Elen.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
wál
(?) some part of a helmet
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Ger. wæl, wæle contrivance for fastening the crest of a helmet]
wæfþ
A sight ⬩ show ⬩ spectacle
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A sight, show, spectacle Wæfð vel wæfersýn spectaculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 44.
wǽcan
To weaken ⬩ afflict ⬩ oppress
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Ðá hé mid swinglum and tintregum wǽced wæs cum tormentis afficeretur, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 45. Mid ðý seó mǽgð wǽced wæs mid wæle provincia cum clade premeretur, 3, 30; S. 561, 37.
wáh
Fine
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Fine Genim wáh mela hæsles oþþe alres, ásift ðonne ful clǽne tela micle hand fulle, Lchdm. ii. 270, 22
eorþ-waru
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Grammar eorþ-waru, -waran Samson wæs ealra eorðwarena strengest, Wlfst. 147, 1. uncertain Ætforan eorðwarum, Hml. Th. ii. 604, 5. Hé his þone hálgan sunu sendan wolde tó eorþwarum, Bl. H. 177, 13
wefan
to weave a web ⬩ to weave, construct, put together, arrange, plan, contrive
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Ðú wyfst and wǽda tylast, Homl. Th. i. 488, 25. Ðín wyln wefð tui ancilla texit, Ælfc. Gr. 15 ; Zup. 104, 13. Webbu swá hwylc swá wyfð, Lchdm. iii. 210, 28.
sagol
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not wǽr-) sagol
witan
to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew
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Ðú wǽst and const ánra gehwylces earfeðsíðas, Andr. Kmbl. 2566; An. 1284. Crist ealle wát góde dǽde, Exon. Th, 449, 7; Dóm. 67: Blickl, Homl. 19, 33.
willan
to boil ⬩ to torment, agitate, with violent feelings
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Wæl, i. 374, 8. Wæll, 378, 3. fig. to torment, agitate, with violent feelings (cf. figurative uses of weallan and seóþan) Hé wylleþ hine on ðam wíte, wunaþ unlustum he gives himself no peace in that pain, lives unpleasingly Salm.
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wár
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and wǽge, Exon. Th. 382, 8; Rä. 3, 8. Wára sablonum, strand sablo (mentis fundamina nequaquam areuosis sablonum glareis ultro citroque nutabundis subdiderat, Ald. 57), Hpt. Gl. 502, 76 : (printed wasa) 465, 8. Wárum sablonibus, 449, 30
weg-gesíþa
A companion or attendant on the road
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A companion or attendant on the road Wæg*-*gesíðan satellites, Hpt. Gl. 426, 68
a-wegan
to lift up ⬩ take or carry away ⬩ levare ⬩ auferre ⬩ to weigh out ⬩ weigh to any one ⬩ appendere
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to lift up, take or carry away; levare, auferre Hí á sibbe gelǽraþ, ða ǽr wonsǽlge awegen habbaþ they shall ever advise peace, which the unblest have before taken away, Exon. 89 a ; Th. 334, 25; Gn. Ex. 21: Homl. Th. i. 308, 17. to weigh out, weigh to
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waru
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Ware, merchandise Mangere mercator, waru merx, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 73. Hí wurpon heora waru oforbord they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea (Jonah I, 5), Homl. Th. i. 246, 2. Ða gelamp hit æt sumum sǽle, swá swá gyt for oft déð, ðæt
waru
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Waru merces, An. Ox. 28, 16. Add
watel
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Watelum tegulis, An. Ox. 2, 489. Add