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hǽmed-wíf

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

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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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

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

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

wíd-gill

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On þǽre sídan þæs wídgellan (-gill-, v.l.) muntes in devexi mantis latere, Gr. D. 12, 17. Of þǽre wídgyllan (-gill-, v.l.) sídan þæs muntes e devexo montis latere, 112, 19. Geond þá wídgellan (-gill-, v.l. ) sídan þæs muntes, 211, 25. Add

wíd-mǽre

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Wídmǽ(rost) celeberrimus, An. Ox. 56, 336. Add

wíd-scriþol

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Hí folgiað fraceðum lífe and wídscryðlum nos turpis uita et uaga complectit, Chrd. 78, l. Add

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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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

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

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

ed-wist

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Críst is on twám edwistum, on Godcundnysse and on menniscnyise, Hml. Th. ii. 292, 15. Add

æppel-wín

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Æppelwín idromelum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 57. Add

gador-wist

Similar entry: gader-wist