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hǽmed-wíf

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For 'Cot. 136 Lye' substitute Hǽmedwíf matrona, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 19

sám-wís

(adj.)
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In l. 4 for 201 l. 202

sceád-wís

(adj.)
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sceád-wís, adj.
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Intelligent, discerning, discriminating Be gesceádwísan geréfan. Se scádwís geréfa sceal ǽgðer witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 3. Mid hú sceádwísre lufe manncynna ealdor for úre edstaðelunge þǽre róde gealgan underféng,

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

þearl-wís

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Se þearlwísa déma districtus judex, Gr. D. 334, 25. Add

un-wís

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Add: mad, insane Hé wénde ꝥ hé sprǽke on unwís, þá hé bebeád ꝥ . . . (quod quasi insana praeciperet), Gr. D. 58, I

wíc-stów

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wíc-stów, <b>. I.</b>
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Sumes mannes hús (domus) wæs getimbrod mid gyldenum stafum . . . Hwylc man is . . . þe nát hwæt se man sý þe seó wícstów (mansio) getimbrod is, Gr. D. 321, 14. Manige wícstówe ( mansiones ) syndon in mínes fæder húse, 315, 17: 319, 5. Hí onfóð ánre

wíf-híred

(n.)
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wíf-híred, es; m.
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A household of women, a nunnery Ꝥ him wǽre eáðelic se wífhíred tó healdanne (feminis praeesse), Gr. D. 27, 8

wil-cuma

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Wilcuman lâ, mîne hláfordas bene veniant, domini mei, Gr. D. 276, 23. Add

-wín-ærn

(suffix)
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Add: v. preceding word

wín-treów

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On þám wíngearde on feáwum wíntreówum (vitibus) uneáðe tó láfe wunodon swíðe litle and swíðe feáwa clistru þára wínbergena, Gr. D. 57, 7. 'Wíntre[ówum] palmitibus, An. Ox. 2838. Add

wís-dóm

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wís-dóm, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Gyf þu wylle witan mid wísdóme (cf. witan mid fullum geráde, 312, 13) þǽra rihtinga gesceád, Angl. viii. 305, 8. Add 'Hú magon wé swá dýgle áhicgan . . . hú þé swefhede, oððe wyrda gesceaft wísdóm bude'. . . 'Gé mǽtinge míne ne cunnon þá þe mé

wit-scipe

(n.)
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wit-scipe, es; m.
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Witness In gewitscipe (witscipe, v.l. ) standan . . . in gewitscipe (gewitnysse witscipes, v.l. ) þreóra oððe feówera bisscopa, Bd. l, 37; Sch. 73, 9-13

wit-seóc

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Swá oft swá hé wolde ádrǽfan deófla of þám witseócum, Hml. S. 31, 1207. Add

wód-lic

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He funde fíf mǽdena, wlitige and rance, . . . and hét ꝥ hí áwendon mid heora wódlican plegan his geþanc fram Críste, Hml. S. jis, 53 : 65. Add

wód-líce

(adv.)
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wód-líce, <b>. I.</b>
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Hí gebundon þone bisceop . . . and beóton hine wódlíce, Hml. S. 22, 156. Þeáh þe heora hláford wǽre wódlíce hǽðen, 28, 16. Add

wód-seóc

(adj.)
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wód-seóc, adj.
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Insane, mad, lunatic Þá wæs gelǽded se wód-seóca (wédend-, v.l.) man (cf. mid deófle geswenced, gedreht mid deófolseocnysse, 134, 24) tó Benedicte, Gr. D. 135, l

and-wíg

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Add:(?) Ymb andwíg (an twig, MS.), Exod. 145

freó-wíf

(n.)
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a freeborn woman Fríwíf, Ll. Th. i. 20, 7. Cf. freó-man

sár-wís

(adj.)

dull

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(?) dull Ða sárwísan (Cott. MS. sámwísan), Past. 30, 1; Swt. 203, 7