wíg-wǽpen
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A weapon of war Ǽlce wígwǽpna and ǽghwylce woruldsaca lǽte man stille, Wulfst. 170, 8
wíg-weorþung
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Honour to idols Búton ðú forlǽte ða leásinga, weohweorðinga, and wuldres God ongyte gleáwlíce, Exon. Th. 253, 14; Jul. 180. Hwílum hié gehéton æt heargtrafum wígweorþunga, Beo. Th. 353; B. 176
wil-cuma
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One whose coming is pleasant, a welcome person (or thing) Mé is ðín cyme on myclum ðonce, and ðú eart leóf wilcuna grains mihi est multum adventus tui, et bene venisti Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 22. Leóf wilcuma Frysan wífe, Exon. Th. 339, 17; Gn. Ex. 95. Hé
wil-dǽd
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An acceptable deed, favour, benefit Móna se ændlefta, wyldǽda (wel-? v. wel-dǽd) biddan nytlíc is. Lchdm. iii. 188, 24
wír-boga
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Bent wire used in ornamenting an object Mec ( a horn ) þeceþ geong hagostealdmon golde and sylfore, wóum wírbogum, Exon. Th. 395, 5; Rä. 15, 3
wír-grǽfe
A myrtle-grove
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A myrtle-grove Wírgrǽfen (-an?) mirteta Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 18; 57, 5
Wir-healh
Wirral ⬩ the peninsula between the Dee and the Mersey
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Wirral, the peninsula between the Dee and the Mersey Fór se here of Wírheale (-healan, v. l.) in on Norð-Wealas, Chr. 895; Th. i. 170, 171. Hié fóron ðæt hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre on Wírhealum; seó is Légaceaster geháten, 894; Th. i. 170, 171
Linked entry: healh
wind-ǽdre
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A windpipe Góma palatum, sweora collum, hracan fauces, windǽddran arteriae, þrotu guttur Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 35-39
wind-fana
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A cloth for winnowing with, a fan Windfona scabellum Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 71: i. 289, 22. His fone ł windfone (fonnae ł windgefonnae, Lind.) in honda his and clǽnsaþ bereflór his cujus uentilabrum in manu ejus et purgauit aream suam Lk. Skt. Rush. 3, 17
wind-filled
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Wind-felled, blown down by the wind Wudu*-*wearde gebyreþ ǽlc windfylled treów, L. R. S. 19 ; Th. i. 440, 10
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wind-gerest
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A windy resting-place (?), a hall open to the winds (?) Hé gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (? For the hall
wind-hladen
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Wind-laden, windy, Lye
wind-scofl
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A fan Winds(c)obl ventilabrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 66
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wind-swingla
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Windswingla pala vel ventilabrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 36
wine-scipe
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Friendship Winescipe collegio (the passage is: Inseparabili angelicae sodalitatis collegio perfrui, Ald. 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 10: 18, 5. Lǽst wǽre and winescype, word ða wit sprǽcon, Exon. Th. 172, 17; Gú. 1145
wine-treów
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Faith between friends (between husband and wife; cf. wine ) Ðæt hé ( the man ) ða wǽre and ða winetreówe be him lifgendum lǽstan wolde, ðe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon, Exon. Th. 475, 20; Bo. 50
winn-stów
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A wrestling-place Winstówe scammatis Hpt. Gl. 405, 40. On winstówe in scammate 489, 59. Winstówe palaestrarum 478, 50
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and-wís
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Add: v. un-andwís: and-wísnes. Add: Andwísnis experimentum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 50: 29, 57