wíd-scofen
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(ptcpl.) Pushed far, extreme Weá wídscofen, Beo. Th. 1876; B. 936
wérig
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physical, weary, tired, exhausted, fatigued Ðá hé wæs wérig (uoerig, Lind.: woerig, Rush.) gegán fatigatus ex itinere, Jn. Skt. 4, 6: Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 10. Sesirra arn óð ðæt hé wérig becom tó ánum wífmen æt néhstan, Jud. 4, 17: Cd. Th. 88, 9; Gen. 1462
wérig-ferhþ
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Weary-hearted, disconsolate, depressed Ongan geómormód tó Gode cleopian . . . weóp wérigferð, Andr. Kmbl. 2799; An. 1402. Hí hreówigmóde wurpon hyra wǽpen of dúne, gewitan him wérigferhþe on fleám sceacan, Jud. Thw. 25, 24; Jud. 291. Wérigferðe . . .
wer-leás
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Without a husband. v. wer, IV. Sitte ǽlc wydewe .xii. mónað werleás; ceóse syþþan ðæt heó sylf wille, L. Eth. v. 21; Th. i. 310, 3: vi. 26; Th. i. 322, 3: L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 6: Wulfst. 271, 20
wer-líc
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marking sex, male. Cf. wer-hád Wer uir, werlíc virilis, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 17, 17. Of werlícum folman sine viri vola, Hpt. Gl. 442, 72. Hié ǽghwelcum cnihtcilde ymbsnidon ðæt werlíce lim, Shrn. 47, 20. Ða werlícan virilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 54. <b&
wése
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Soaked, moist with soaking Sý crocca ásett on eorþan, and ðás wyrta sýn gedón innan ðam croccan; onuppan ðám sý gedón wǽta, ðæt hí þearle wel wése beón, Lchdm. iii. 292, 6. v. wós, and preceding word
westan
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From the west, marking the direction of movement Ðæm fultume ðe him westan com, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 15. Monige from eástan and westan (weosta, Lind.) cumaþ, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 11. Cymeþ westa (woesta, Lind.), Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 29. Férde se æðeling wæston
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westane
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From the west, in the west Ða beorgas onginnaþ westane fram ðæm Wendelsǽ in Narbonense ðære ðeóde, and endiaþ eást in Dalmatia ðæm lande æt ðæm sǽ Alpes a Gallico mari exsurgentes, primum Narbonensium fines, deinde Galliam Rhetiamque secludunt, donec
westerne
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Western Ðá ástáh westerne wind and bleów flante favonio, Bd. 5, 19; S. 635, 20 note. Com Æþelmér ealdorman þider and ða weasternan (westenan, v. l. ) þægnas, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 16
west-lang
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Lying in a westerly direction On ðone westlangan hlinc; of ðes westlangan hlinces ende, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 135, 25. Ða westlangan díc, v. 334, 22. v. next word
west-norþ
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North-west Þonan westnorð is ðæt lond ðe mon Ongle hǽt, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 16, 6
west-rihte
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Due west Seó stów is týn mílum westrihte fram Cetrihtworþige locus est a vico Cataractone decem millibus passuum contra solstitialem occasum secretus, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 41. Seó is fram Cantwarabyrig on feówer and .xx. mílum westrihte ( ad occidentem
west-weard
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Westward, in a westerly direction Sume (adverbs) synd localia . . . westweard occidentem uersum Ælfc. Gr. 38 ; Zup. 225, 10. Fór se here of ðæm eástríce westweard, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 22 : 1052 ; Erl. 183, 15. Ðá hé ðá hámweard tó ðære ié com, ðe hé ǽr
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wídan
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From (far and) wide, from a distance Hé his witan wídan gesomnod hæfde . . . Ealle ða ðegnas ðe ðǽr wídan gegaderode wǽron, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 315, 9, 36. Óðer sinoð wæs eft óðer healf hund biscopa wídan gesamnod . . . Se feórða sinoð wæs six hund
wíde
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where there is measurement, widely, far Bearwas wurdon tó axan efne swá wíde swá ða wítelác gerǽhton, Cd. Th. 154, 11; Gen. 2554. Swá wíde swá wæter bebúgeþ, Andr. Kmbl. 665; An. 333: 2469; An. 1236. with the idea of a great space between extremities
wíd-fæðme
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Broad-bosomed Wídfæðme wǽg, Andr. Kmbl. 1065 ; An. 533. Wídfæðme scip, 480 ; An. 240. [Icel. víð-faðmr; víð-feðmir a name of one of the heavens.] Cf. síd-fæðme
wíd-férende
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(ptcpl.) Wide-journeying, far-travelling On ðam ( the ocean ) wuniaþ, wídférende síðe on sunde, seldlícra fela, Exon. Th. 193, 32; Az. 130. Ne magon ðǽr gewunian wídférende, ne ðǽr elþeódige eardes brúcaþ, Andr. Kmbl. 558; An. 279
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wíte-leás
Not having to pay a fine
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Not having to pay a fine Gelǽste ǽlc wuduwe ða heregeata binnan twelf mónðum, búton hire ǽr tó onhagige, wíteleás, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 18
witendlíce
Surely ⬩ certainly
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Surely, certainly Witendlíce hé getrymde ymb*-*hwyrft eorðan etenim firmavit orbem terrae Ps. Spl. 92, 2 : 40, 10 : 88, 6
wiþer-hycgende
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Having hostile thoughts or purpose against another, of evil intent Emulus, i. contrarius gewinna, wiþerwinna, æfstig, wiþerhycgende, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 48. Ongan meldigan helle hinca ðone hálgan wer, wiðerhycgende, Andr. Kmbl. 2345; An. 1174. Ðú (the
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