wæter-will
A spring of water
Entry preview:
A spring of water Ðæt man weorðige wæterwyllas oþþe stánas, L. C. S. 5;Th. i. 378, 20
wind-bland
tumult of winds
Entry preview:
tumult of winds Windblond gelæg, Beo. Th. 6284; B. 3146
wine-leás
Friendless
Entry preview:
Friendless. Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle, Exon. Th. 329, 11; Vy. 32. Wineleás wonsǽlig mon genimeþ him wulfas tó geféran, 342, 24; Gn. Ex. 147. Earm biþ se ðe sceal ána lifgan, wineleás wunian, 344, 15; Gn. Ex. 1740. Wineleás guma
wine-þearfende
Friendless
Entry preview:
Friendless Hé (Guthlac's disciple) ne máð fǽges (Guthlac's) forðsíð wineþearfende, Exon. Th. 183, 2; Gú. 1321. Andreas wineþearfende mǽlde: "Næbbe ic gold... ðæt ic ðé mæge lust áhwettan," Andr. Kmbl. 599; An. 300
wiht-mearc
A weight-mark ⬩ a plumb-line
Entry preview:
A weight-mark, a plumb-line Of punder, ol wihtmearce perpendiculo . Hpt. Gl. 476, 75
wild-cyrfet
bryony ⬩ brionia
Entry preview:
bryony; brionia, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 17
wild-deóren
Of wild beasts
Entry preview:
Of wild beasts Mid wilddeórenum tóþum cum feralibus dentibus Scint. 99, 7
on-wícan
to yield, retreat
Entry preview:
to yield, retreat Onwican cessere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 23
tír-wine
A glorious friend, ⬩ an epithet of the follower of a successful chief
Entry preview:
A glorious friend, an epithet of the follower of a successful chief Se hláford biþ tó upáhæfen inne on móde for ðæm anwalde ðe him ánra gehwilc his tírwina tó fultemaþ, Met. 25, 21
ah-wilc
Terrible ⬩ terribilis
Entry preview:
Terrible; terribilis, Ælfc. Gl. 116; Som. 80, 65; Wrt. Voc. 61, 43
á-wiht
At all ⬩ by any means ⬩ omnino ⬩ ullo modo
Entry preview:
At all, by any means; omnino, ullo modo Ne lata ðú áwiht do not thou tarry at all, Ps. Th. 69, 7: 77, 10, 12: 134, 19. Me ðæt riht ne þinceþ, ðæt ic óleccan áwiht þurfe Gode æfter góde ǽnegum to me it seems not right, that I at all need cringe to God
a-wint
strips of ⬩ slips off
Entry preview:
strips of, slips off
eásten-wind
The east wind ⬩ subsōlānus
Entry preview:
The east wind; subsōlānus. v. eástan; adj
efen-wiht
even-weight ⬩ æquipondium
Entry preview:
even-weight; æquipondium. Som. Ben. Lye
eór-wicga
an earwig ⬩ blatta
Entry preview:
an earwig; blatta, Ælfc. Gl. 24; Som. 60, 20; Wrt. Voc. 24, 24
for-wird
Loss ⬩ destruction ⬩ ruin ⬩ perdition ⬩ perdĭtio ⬩ intĕrĭtio
Entry preview:
Loss, destruction, ruin, perdition; perdĭtio, intĕrĭtio Hira forwirde dæg ys gehende juxta est dies perdĭtiōnis, Deut. 32, 35. He generode hí of forwirdum heora erĭpuit eos de intĕrĭtiōnĭbus eōrum, Ps. Spl. 106, 20
ful-wíde
Full widely ⬩ all around ⬩ round about ⬩ circumcirca
Entry preview:
Full widely, all around, round about; circumcirca Lóca fulwíde ofer londbúende look all around over the land-dwellers, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 23; Sat. 684: Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 13; Kl. 46. Wælhreówes [Nerónes] gewéd wæs fulwíde cúþ the madness of the cruel