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ge-wife

(n.)
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ge-wife, fate.
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Substitute: <b>ge-wif,</b> es; n. Fortune, fate Gewife wyrde fato fortune (gentililas, quae vitam veritatis expertern fato fortunae et genesi gubernari juxta Mathernaticoruni constellationem arbitratur, Ald. 35, 36), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 60,

ge-wilc

(n.)
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ge-wilc, es; n.
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The rolling of waves Gewylc ýþa sǽs þú líðgast motum fluctuum maris tu mitigas, Ps. Rdr. Spl. 88, 10

Linked entry: ge-wylc

ge-will

Similar entry: ge-wil

híred-wist

familiarity

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A being, as it were, of a family, familiarity Geornfullnyss híredwiste gearwað assiduitas familiaritatem parat, Scint. 203, 12. Substitute:

hús-wist

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hring-will

(n.)
Grammar
hring-will, es; m.
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A circular well or spring. Cf. hring; On hringwylle; of hringwylle, C. D. iii. 449, 10: 450, 9

in-wise

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in-wise, l.
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in-wíse

lencten-wicu

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Add: Jn. 5, 1, 17 rbc. : 8, 21 rbc

mǽg-wine

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Add:: The word occurs as a proper name Méguini, Txts. 159, 186, 202 : 161, 293. Iuxta terminos id est bereueg et Méguines paeð, C. D. i. 50, 14. Méguuines paeð, 54, 30

mund-wist

(n.)
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mund-wist, e; f.
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Protection, guardianship Ðá ænglas him andsweredon, 'Ac syó hige ( the soul ) ánumen of úre mundwiste, for ðan ðe mid fúlnesse hyó wæs in gangende,' Nap. 46

not-wirþe

(adj.)
Grammar
not-wirþe, adj.
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Useful Notwurðe hé bið utilis erit, Archiv cxxix. 18, 13

ofer-wist

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Monige welige menn lǽtað cuelan hungre Crístes ðearfan, and fédað yfle gliigmen mid oferwiste nonnulli divites, cum fame crucientur Christi pauperes, effusis largitatibus nutriunt histriones, Past. 327, 7. Add

on-wíge

Similar entry: or-wíge

or-wirþu

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Add: contumely, insult Hé sǽde hú manigne teónan and orwyrðu (-wyrdu, v. l.) þára nunnena fracoðwyrda hé geþrowode quantas pateretur verborum contumeliis enarravit, Gr. D. 152, 6. Hí ongunnon hine onscunian mid máran orwyrðum fracoðlicra worda majoribus

Linked entry: wirþu

samod-wist

(n.)
Grammar
samod-wist, e; f.
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A being together, common existence Tó þon ꝥ wé sýn swá myccle strangran wið úrum feóndum, swá myccle má wé gefremede beóð under eádmódnesse tó þǽre samodwiste þæs ordfruman eallra gesceafta ut tanto nostris hostibus potentiores simus, quanto cum auctore

sam-wist

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Gyftlice samwistu nuptiales copulas, An. Ox. 1662. Cf. samod-wist. Add

súþanwestan-wind

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Súðanwestanwind affricus, Hpt. 33, 239, 27. Ðonne smylte bláweþ súþanwestanwind, þonne weaxaþ feldes blósman cum nemus flatus Zephyri tepentis vernis inrubuit rosis, Bt. 9; F. 26, 17. Add

tǽl-wirþe

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Án þing wæs ꝥ gesewen wæs on him tǽlwyrðe ( reprehensibile ) beón, Gr. D. 203, 21. Gif hié on ðǽm cúðan gewislíce ongietað hwæt ðǽron tǽlwyrðes bið si de expertis, quidquid disputationis audiunt, veraciter cognoscunt. Past. 441, 16. Hé lýfeð sumum mannum

well-will

(n.)
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a spring Ǽrest on welwill; of welwyllæ . . . andlang streámes eft on wellwyll, C. D. v. 344, 29-345, 9. Cf. wille-wæter

wiþer-winn

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Wiþerwinnes certaminis, An. Ox. 2, 3. Add