weg-bráde
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Way-bread (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) Wegbráde, uuegbrádae, uegbrádae arnaglossa, Txts. 43, 213. Uuegbráde plantago, uuaegbrádae plantago vel septenerbia, 87, 1601. Wegbrǽde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 21. Wegbráde arnaglosse, i. 67, 10. Wegbrǽde, 286, 22
weorold-gebyrd
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Birth (natural not spiritual) Hé wæs on his móde æþelra ðonne on woruldgebyrdum erat animo quam carne nobilior, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 26. Wæs heó æþele in weoruldgebyrdum, ðæt heó wæs ðæs cyninges nefan dohtor nobilis natu erat, hoc est, filia nepotis regis
weorold-geþyngþ
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Worldly dignity Ǽlc heáh ár hér on worulde bið mid frécnessum embeseald; efne swá ða woruldgeþincþa (-geþingþa, v. l.) beóð máran, swá ða frécnessa beóð swíðran, Wulfst. 262, 3
weorold-irmþ
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Misery of this life Wé nú gehýraþ hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan, and woruldyrmoðo. Cd. Th. 58, 3; Gen. 940. Hí héton eft lóhannes gebringan æt his mynstre, fram ðám woruldyrmþum ðe hé hwíle on wæs, Ors. 6, 10; Bos. 120, 36
weoruld-lufu
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Love of the world, love of worldly things Wé nellaþ búgan fram ðyssere andweardan woruldlufe, Homl. Th. i. 580, 3. Se cwyrnstán, ðe tyrnð singallíce, and nǽnne færeld ne ðurhtíhð, getácnaþ woruldlufe, ðe on gedwyldum hwyrftlaþ, and nǽnne stæpe on Godes
weorold-prýt
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Worldly pride Næs heó, swá nú æðelborene men synt, mid oferméttum áfylled, ne mid woruldprýdum, Lchdm. iii. 428, 32
weorold-sorh
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Worldly care, care of this life Hwonon wurde ðú mid ðissum woruldsorgum ðus swíþe geswenced ? . . . Gewítaþ nú, áwirgede woruldsorga, of mínes þegenes móde, Bt. 3, 1 ; Fox 4, 20-23. Ðæt gemearr ðære woruldsorga curarum secularium impedimentum, Past.
web-teáh
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Thread for weaving Waebtaeg linea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 4
win
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Pasture Of ðære díc tó wynne mǽduan be ðære strǽt. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 263, 29
wiþ-métedness
An invention ⬩ adinventio
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An invention; adinventio. Similar entries v. métan Wiðmétednyssa heora adinventionum ipsorum, Ps. Spl. 27, 5. On wiðmétednysse heora, 80, 11. Wiðmétednyssa, 98, 9
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wiþ-meting
Comparison
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Comparison Wiðmetincg comparatio, Scint. 194, 13. Of wiðmetincge ex comparatione, 103, 9
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wiþ-sacung
Renunciation
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Renunciation Náht ús framaþ wiðsacing (abrenuntiatio ) líchaman bútan wiðsacinge geþances, Scint. 60, 14
Wódnes-niht
The night between Tuesday and Wednesday
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The night between Tuesday and Wednesday, Similar entries v. Sunnan-niht Gebyreþ ðæt hig hyra clǽnnysse healdon ǽfre Sunnan-nihte and Wodnesnihte, L. Ecg. P. ii. 21 ; Th. ii. 190, 19. Sunnan-nihtum ne mæssenihtum ne Wódnesnihtum, Wulfst. 305, 23
wód-þrág
A mad fit ⬩ time ⬩ madness ⬩ fury
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A mad fit or time, madness, fury Weaxeþ ðære wrǽnnesse wódþrág (wód þrág? Similar entries v. þrág, II) micel, Met. 25, 41. Oft ða wÝdþrága ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gestiíð and gehǽlð mid ðærn ðæt hé him ólecð æfter his ágnum willan . . . Ðonne
wóh-dáed
A wicked deed ⬩ crime
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A wicked deed, crime Manna wóhdǽda sind swíþe gemonigfealdode, Blickl. Homl. 107, 24. Gif mon ne mihte hí tó rihte gecyrron, ðæt hí heora wóhdǽda geswícan woldan, ðonne sceal ǽghwylc man bétan his wóhdǽda be his gyltes andefne, 45, 26-29. Ne byð ðǽr
word-beótung
Promising ⬩ a promise
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Promising, a promise Ðec biddan hét se ðisne beam ágróf, ðæt ðú gemunde on gewitlocan wordbeótunga, Exon. Th. 473, 14; Bo. 14
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wítnung-stów
A place of punishment
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A place of punishment Seó micele byrnende dene is wítnungstów, in ðære beóð manna sáwla gewítnode and geclǽnsode, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 20. Oft men wurdon of ðisum lífe gelǽdde, and eft tó lífe árǽrde, and hí fela wítnungstówa and eác hálgena wununga gesáwon
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wítung-stów
A place of torment ⬩ punishment
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A place of torment or punishment Ðæt is eác cúþ, ðæt for ðæs dæges weorþunge, ðæt ða sáuwla onfóþ reste, ða ða beóþ on wítincgstówan, Wulfst. 219, 34
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wlæcce
Lukewarmness
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Lukewarmness Wlæccan frigum, Germ. 397, 448
wlóh
A hem ⬩ fringe
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A hem, fringe Næs him gewemmed wlite, ne wlóh of hrægle álýsed, ne loc of heáfde, Andr. Kmbl. 2941 ; An. 1473. Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite, næs hyre wlóh ne hrægl, ne feax ne tel, fýre gemǽled, Exon. Th. 277, 34; Jul. 590. Wlóh wédes his fimbriam