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will-mod

(n.)
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a distaff

will-spryng

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Sume men synd swá áblende ꝥ hí bringað heora lác . . . tó wylspringum, Hml. S. 17, 131. Add

wíte-lic

(adj.)
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wíte-lic, (?); adj.
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Prophetic Se wlitelica (wítelica ?; wítiendlica, v.l.) cwyde prophetica senientia, Gr. D. 139, 18. Cf. wíte-dóm

wiþ-bregdan

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Sum man him onsænde be his cnihtum twá spyrtan . . . þára óðre se cniht wiðbrǽd (subripuit), Gr. D. 203, 5. Add

wiþ-ceósan

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Hé wiðcýst geþóhtas folca reprobat cogitationes populorum, Ps. Rdr. 32, 10. Þæne gé wiþcuron quam reprobauerunt, An. Ox. 61, 27. Add

wiþ-foran

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Þá þe wiðforan ús wǽron, Wlfst. 96, 10. Add

wiþ-gínan

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wiþ-habban

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Add: to restrain Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán; ac him forwyrnde sum óþer, swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wiðhæfde ꝥ slege, Hml. S. 31, 154. Úðwitan sǽdan ꝥ heó feólle . . . gif þá dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfdon (-hæfton, v.l

wiþ-lædness

(n.)
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wiþ-lædness, e; f.
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A carrying of, leading away On wiðleáðnysse in abductione, Ps. Cant. 391, 36

wiþ-licgan

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Gif hé wiðligð þissum si his renisus fuerit, Chrd. 61, 16. Add

wiþ-metenness

Similar entry: un-wiþmetenness

wiþ-sacan

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wiþ-sacan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þá cwæð him Petrus tó : Non lauabis mihi pedes . . . Hé forhtade for ðǽre Drihtnes eádmódnysse . . . Se man ána wæs ꝥte eádmódnysse wiðsóc, and hwæðere for hýrsumnysse geþafode. Hml. A. 157, 135. add: (4 a) with a negative clause Þú wást ꝥ ic

wiþ-scúan

(v.)
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wiþ-scúan, ( = wiþ-scúfan ?)
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Tó wiðscúenne, Bd. l, 14; Sch. 39, 19 [see last passage at wiþ-scúfan)

wiþ-ufan

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Wiðufan super, Hpt. 31, 18, 501. Hér hwéne wiðufan þú wǽre seofiende paulo superius questus es, Gr. D. 271, 23. Add

wiþ-weorpan

(v.)
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In El. 293 a suggested emendation is ealle for þǽre which is in keeping with the Latin text repellentes omnem sapientiam. See Beiblatt 21, 174

wiþ-westan

(n.; adv.)
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to the west of Þonne wiþwestan Alexandria þǽre byrig Asia and Affrica tógædere licgeað, Ors. l, I; S. 8, 12

be-windan

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Add: Heáfe bewindan to encompass with grief, to grieve about, Gn. Ex. 150

ríd-wíga

(n.)
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ríd-wíga, an; m.

A mounted soldier

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A mounted soldier Þrittig rídwígena turma, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 24

rún-wita

(n.)
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rún-wita, an; m.

a privy councillor,a sage

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a privy councillor, one acquainted with a person's secrets Deád is Æschere mínrúnwita and mín rǽdbora, Beo. Th. 2654; B. 1325. one acquainted with mysteries, a sage Róf rúnwita ( Guthlac), Exon. Th. 167, 30; Gú. 1068

sǽ-wilm

(n.)
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sǽ-wilm, es; m.

A billow

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A billow Gé him syndon ofer sǽwylmas hider wilcuman, Beo. Th. 792; B. 393