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cile-wearte

(n.)
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cile-wearte, an; f.
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Goose-skin Celewearte oripilatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 63. Cylewearte, 63, 50

Linked entries: wearte cyle-wearte

dæg-weorc

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Bisceopes dægweorc, ꝥ bið his gebedu ǽrest, and ðonne his bócweorc . . ., Ll. Th. ii. 314, 18. Gé hwyrfað niht tó dæge and dægweorc tó nihte, Wlfst. 47, 8. Add

díc-weall

(n.)
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díc-weall, es; m.
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A ditch-wall Directe uersus occidentem usque la dichewalle; et sic per fossatum directe usque in riuulo de Tamyse, C. D. iii. 408, 10

ge-wealc

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ꝥ gewealc þára ýða hwaðerode mid windum, Ap. Th. 11, 1. Add

grund-weall

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Add: physical. the foundation of a building Hús bútan grundwealle, Lk. 6, 49. Swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre tóworpen fram þam grundweallum ( a fundamentis ), Gr. D. 236, 14. the lowest part of a mountain Grundwellas munta, Ps. L. 17, 8. figurative. of

in-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
in-weorc, es; n.
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Indoor work On wintra . . . mænige inweorc wyrcean, ðerhsan, wudu cleófan, Angl. ix. 261, 24

stán-weall

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Þæt wæter stód him on twá healfa swilce óðer stánweall, Hml. Th. ii. 194, 22. Úp oð ðone ealdan stánweall . . . on stánwealles bróc, C. D. iii. 416, 12-22. Add

un-wealt

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weald-leþer

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On wealdleðre in chamo, Ps. L. 31, 9. Add

wealh-land

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wealh-land, I.
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add: cf. the prose version of this passage Swá oft swá wyt férdon tó fyrlenum eardurn, Gen. 20, 13

wealh-moru

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Wealmoru pastinaca, An. Ox. 56, 426. Add

wealh-stod

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wealh-stod, <b>. II.</b>
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Walestoda, An. Ox. 8, 120. Add

wealh-word

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Add: Angl. xi. 101, 42

wealh-wyrt

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Wǽlwyrt ebulo, An. Ox. 26, 57. Add

weall-weg

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On wealweg, C. D. ii. 29, 13. Cf. hege-weg. Add

weorc-full

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Add: industrious, laborious Weorcfulran operosioris, An. Ox. 27, 20

weorc-stán

Grammar
weorc-stán, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hí ðǽr swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon . . . hí fundon ǽcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. Th. i. 23, 423. Add Hét hé niman Claudium and lǽdan tó sǽ and wurpan hine út mid ánum weorcstáne, Hml. S. 35, 226

weorc-úhta

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-úhta, the hour of matins on a day that is neither a Sunday nor a Saint&#39;s day (excepto Dominus diebus et festivitatibus sanctorum, Chrd. 23, 21)
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: — Weorcúhtan besceáwige se bisceop ꝥ se intervallum beó swá lang ꝥ . . . , Chrd. 24, 7

and-weorc

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an-weald

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Take here on-weald, and add:

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