ge-wær
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Substitute: <b>ge-wær</b> in the phrase gewær (indecl. cf. wurðan thes firiho barn giwar, Hél. 3641. Uuir knadon geuuar uuorden sín, Notker 38, 9) weorþan to become aware of (gen. ) Þá fundon hí óðre flocráde ꝥ rád út wið Lígtúnes; and þá
gylding-wecg
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Gyldingwecg aurifodina, clympre metallum, smiþ faber, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 72. Gyldingwegc, ii. 8, 55. Add
leoþu-wác
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For leoþuwác in middle of l. 2 l. lioþuwác, dele Iust passage, and add Of liþewácum helmum lentis frondibus, An. Ox. 923. Liþewácum, tógum (tagum, Hpt. Gl. 514, 69) lentis (viminibus caedentes, Aid. 66, 39), 4693. Liþewácum lentis (arluum flexibus, Guth
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lín-wǽd
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Þá línwǽda linteamina, Angl. xiii. 428, 894. Add
under-wedd
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Ic onborgede .xxx. mancsa goldes æt Beorhaóðe and ic gesealde hym áne gyrde landes tó underwedde, Cht. Crw. 9, 119. Add
wæl-cyrge
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Gydene, wælcyrie Ueneris, An. Ox. 4449
wæl-genga
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A deadly walker, a wild beast, a dragon Wælgengan beluę, An. Ox. 8, 305 : 5, 41
wæl-grim
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Dá earman men beóð wyrs bereáfode fram þám unrihtwísan déman þonne fram þám wælgrimmestan here ( a cruentis hostibus ), Ll. Lbmn. 475, 17. Add
wær-word
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Perhaps wǽr-word should be read, with the meaning: an agreement, a proviso. In the following passage, however, wær-word seems to occur Nis geméted on hálgum bócum þætte þisse frigenesse wærword (wiðerword, v.l.) sý gesewen nequaquam in sacris eloquiis
wær-wyrde
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Gif on Wódnesdæg . . . bið ácenned, sé bið wærwyrde (swíðe wær on hií wordum, v.l. ), Archiv cxxviii. 298, 9. Add
wág-rift
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Wáhrefte conopeo, An. Ox. 7, 365. Ic geann intó þiére hálgan stówe . . . ánes hricghrægles þæs sélestan ðe ic hæbbe, and ánes beddreáfes mid wáhryfte, Cht. Th. 529, 12. Hé geann . . . Wulfgáre his mǽge twégra wáhryfta and twégra setlhrægla, Cht. Crw
wamb-scyldig
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Gluttonous (?) Lá, ðú eorðan lamb (= lám) and dúst and wyrma gifel, and þú wambscyldiga (-= wammscyldiga?) fætels and gealstor and fúlnes and hrǽw, Nap. 67
-wend-endness
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sǽ-wǽg
a wave of the sea
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a wave of the sea Sealte sǽwǽgas, Cd. Th. 240, 9; Dan. 384
wád-sǽd
Woad-seed
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Woad-seed Línséd sáwan, wádsǽd eác swá, Anglia ix. 262, 11
wǽd-bréc
Breeches ⬩ a covering for the loins
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Breeches, a covering for the loins Wǽdbréc perizomata vel campestria vel succinctoria, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 62: perizomata vel campestria, 81, 64. Hig siwodon fícleáf and worhton him wǽdbréc (perizomata), Gen. 3, 7
wǽg-bora
A wave-bearer ⬩ a creature that lives beneath the waves
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A wave-bearer, a creature that lives beneath the waves Wundorlíc wǽgbora, Beo. Th. 2884; B. 1440
wǽg-deór
A sea-beast
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A sea-beast Wǽgdeóra gehwylc swelteþ, Exon. Th. 61, 2i; Cri. 988
wǽg-dropa
A wave-drop ⬩ a salt tear
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A wave-drop, a salt tear (?) Hé háte lét teáras geótan, weallan wǽgdropan, Exon. Th. 165, 17; Gú. 1030