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wíf-myne

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-myne, es; m.

Love for a woman

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Love for a woman Drihten wearð Faraone yrre for wífmyne ( love for Sarah ), Cd. Th. 111, 25; Gen. 1861. Cf. wíf-lufu

Linked entry: myne

wíl-bec

(n.)

a stream of misery (?)

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a stream of misery (?) Wuniendo wær wílbec biscær, Exon. Th. 353, 42; Reim. 26

wil-gesweostor

(n.)
Grammar
wil-gesweostor, pl. f.

Gracious sisters

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Gracious sisters Idesa, willgesweostor ( Lot's daughters ). Cd. Th. 157, 16; Gen. 2607. Cf. wil-gebróþor

wil-hréþig

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-hréþig, adj.

Satisfied, exultant

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Satisfied, exultant Weorud willhréðig sægdon wuldor Gode, Elen. Kmbl. 2231; El. 1117. v. wil-fægen, and preceding word

Wil-sǽtan

(n.)
Grammar
Wil-sǽtan, -sǽte; pl.

The people of Wiltshire

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The people of Wiltshire Ðá métte hine Weoxtan aldorman mid Wilsǽtum,... and Wilsǽtan (-sǽte, v. l.) námonsige. Chr. 800; Erl. 60, 6-9. Sumorsǽte alle and Wilsǽtan (Willsǽte, v. l.), 878; Erl. 80, 10

wil-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-líc, adj.

From a fountain or well

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From a fountain or well; Willícan fontona (fontana flumina, Ald. 161), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 10. Wyllícan, 37, 30: 149, 79

wil-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-sum, adj.

desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ willing ⬩ voluntary ⬩ spontaneous ⬩ devout ⬩ devoted

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desirable, pleasant Ðam bið gæst Godes âgen bearn, wilsum in worlde, Exon. Th. 318, 11; Mod. 81. Eorðan wilsume terram desiderabilem, Ps. Surt. 105, 24. Ðæt willsume weorc onginnan desideratum opus inire, Bd. 5, 11; S. 625, 33. Wilsum desiderabilia,

Linked entry: will-sum

wil-tygþe

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-tygþe, -týþe; adj.

Having one's desire ⬩ satisfied ⬩ glad

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Having one's desire, satisfied, glad Wiltíðe voti compos, i. laetos ł hilares Hpt. Gl. 458, 62. Wiltiðe voti compotes, hilares 490, 47

wín-burh

(n.)
Grammar
wín-burh, f.

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. Wuna in ðære wínbyrig salu sinchroden

Win-ceaster

Similar entry: Wintan-ceaster

wín-mere

Similar entry: wín-cóle

win-stów

Similar entry: winn-stów

wín-reáfetian

(v.)

to take grapes

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to take grapes Plucciaþ ł wínhreáfetiaþ vindemiant, Ps. Lamb. 79, 13

Linked entry: hreáfetian

wín-repan

(v.)

to gather grapes

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to gather grapes Wínreopad ðæt vendemiant eam, Ps. Surt. 79, 13

Linked entry: repan

wín-sæd

(adj.)
Grammar
wín-sæd, adj.

Wine-sated ⬩ having had one's fill of wine

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Wine-sated, having had one's fill of wine Yrrum ealowósan, were wínsadum, Exon. Th. 330, 12; Vy. 50. Weras wínsade (cf. hé oferdrencte his duguðe ealle, 21, 22; Jud. 31; and the Latin c. 13, 2 : Erant omnes fatigati a vino). Judth. Thw. 22, 21; Jud.

wió-bora

Similar entry: wíg-bora

stæf-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
stæf-wís, adj.

Skilled in letters ⬩ literate

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Skilled in letters, literate Gelǽred, stefwís, Lchdm. iii. 186, 24

ge-wit-leást

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wit-leást, -witt-leást, e; f.

Folly ⬩ madness ⬩ phrensy ⬩ stultitia

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Folly, madness, phrensy; stultitia On ðínre gewitleáste in thy, folly, Homl. Th. i. 424, 16: Ælfc. T. Lisle 32, 24. Wið ða ádle ðe grécas frenésis nemnaþ ðæt is on úre geþeóde gewitlést ðæs módes for the disease which the Greeks call φρένησιs, that is

fyht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fyht-wíte, fiht-wíte, es; n.

A fine for fighting ⬩ pugnæ mulcta

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A fine for fighting; pugnæ mulcta Ðæt fyht-wíte the fine for fighting, L. E. G. 13; Th. i. 174, 27

Linked entries: feoht-wíte fiht-wíte

steor-wigle

(n.)
Grammar
steor-wigle, -wigl (?), es; n.
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Prognostication by the stars, astrology Stiorwigle ł mearcunge constellationem (cf. constellatio leáses spelles talu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 68; and Span, constelacion prognostication of the stars), stiorwiglu constellationes, Hpt. Gl. 467, 78. Stiorwigl