wíte-stów
A place of punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ hell
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A place of punishment or torment, hell Upp cómon sume ðara ðýstra gásta of ðære neowolnesse and of ðære wítestówe (de abysso illa flammivoma ), Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 41. Nis hér (in hell) nú nǽnig wóp, swá hit ǽr gewunelíc wæs on ðisse wítestówe, Blickl
wiþ-cwedenness
Gainsaying ⬩ contradiction ⬩ opposition
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Gainsaying, contradiction, opposition Hí woldon hine besyrewian æt his lífe, and habban syþðan his ríce bútan ǽlcre wiðcweðenesse, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 36 note. Tó wetre wiðcwedenisse ad aquas contradictionis, Ps. Surt. 105, 32. Of wiðcweðenisse, 17,
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wiþer-cwedung
Gainsaying
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Gainsaying Word wyþercwedunga verba praecipitationis, Ps. Spl. 51, 4
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wiþer-cweþness
Contradiction
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Contradiction Hine mon ne cnysð mid nánre réðnesse ne nánre wiðercueðnisse (-cwed-, Cote. MSS.) quem nulla asperitas contradictionis pulsat, Past. 19; Swt. 143, 20
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wiþer-médness
adversity ⬩ perversity ⬩ depravity
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adversity From ǽlcum wiðermoednise (adversitate) giscild ðú, Rtl. 89, 24. Nǽngum wiðirmoednisum (adversitatibus) áðryht, 106, 15. From allum uiðirmoednesum (adversis) áscildad, 75, 7. perversity, depravity Wiðirmoednise pravitate, Rtl. 34, 9
wiþer-sacung
blasphemy ⬩ apostasy
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blasphemy Wiþersacung blasphemia, Scint. 102, 16. 'Wylt ðú hys wyðersacunge gehýran?' Ðá cwæþ Pílatus: 'Gif seó sprǽc wyþersacung ys ðe hé spycþ, nymaþ hyne and lǽdaþ hyne tó eówre gesomnunge,' Nicod. 10; Thw. 5, 31. apostasy Wiðersacunge apostasiae
wiþer-talu
Reply ⬩ defence
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Reply, defence Hé ðǽrrihte ádumbode, for ðan ðe æt Godes dóme ne bið nán beládung ne wiþertalu, Homl. Th. i. 530, 6
wír-grǽfe
A myrtle-grove
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A myrtle-grove Wírgrǽfen (-an?) mirteta Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 18; 57, 5
wull-tewestre
A female wool-carder
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A female wool-carder Mǽden milde, wultewestre, Lchdm. iii. 188, 20. Mǽden grǽdig, wulltewestre, 196, 2
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wundor-dǽd
A deed of magic
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A deed of magic Ealle ða men ða ðe Símónes wundordǽda wafodan, Blickl. Homl. 173, 22
wundor-seón
A wondrous spectacle
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A wondrous spectacle Wundorsióna fela, Beo. Th. 1995; B. 995
wundor-weorold
The wondrous world
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The wondrous world Geond ðás wundor-woruld, Exon. Th. 421, 12; Rä. 40, 17
wundor-wyrd
A wondrous case
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A wondrous case Be ðám næglum frignan ongan cwén, Cyriacus bæd, ðæt hire gástes mihtum ymb wundorwyrd willan gefylde, Elen. Kmbl. 2139; El. 1071
wyn-candel(l)
A lamp that gives delight,
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A lamp that gives delight, an epithet of the sun Wyncondel wera west onhylde, Exon. Th. 174, 31; Gú. 1186
wræc-hwíl
A period of misery ⬩ exile ⬩ the present life
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A period of misery or exile, the present life Ðǽr ða eádgan beóð æfter wræchwíle weorcum bifongen, Exon. Th. 233, 19; Ph. 527
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wrǽn-ness
Wantonness ⬩ licentiousness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ lust
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Wantonness, licentiousness, lasciviousness, lust Wránnes lascivia, ferveniia, Hpt. Gl. 432, 32. Wrǽúnyss pelulantia, Hymn. Surt. 126, 28. Wripnnes luxuria, Fast. 43; Swt. 309, 1. Wrǽnnes, seó bið ǽlcum men gecynde gignendi opus, quod natura semper appetit
yfelsung
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Blasphemy Dionysius cwæð, ðæt ðæt yfelsang (-ung?) wǽre on God Dionysius dixit blasphemiam id esse in Deum, L. Ecg. C. 41; Th. ii. 166, 12. Ic ondette eofulsunge, Anglia xi. 98, 33. In the Northern Gospels and Durham Ritual blasphemia is glossed by the
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wudu-culfre
A wood-pigeon
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A wood-pigeon Wuduculfre palumba. Wrt. Voc. i. 77, 21 : palumbes, 62, 27. Wudeculfre palumbus, 29, 26
wudu-ounelle
Wild thyme
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Wild thyme Wuducunille, Lchdm. ii. 96, 22. Wuducunellan, 320, 14
wudu-fille
Wild chervil
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Wild chervil Wudufille, Lchdm. iii. 24, 7. Nim wudufillan, ii. 312, 14: 340, 2. Wudafillan, 4, 27. Ða reádan wudufillan (sparagia agrestis), 50, I
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