hring-wíse
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In the phrase on hringwísan ring-wise, in rings Hwítes hiowes and eác missenlíces wæs hió on hringwísan fág candido versicolore in modum ranarum, Nar. 16, 1
Linked entry: hring-fáh
iú-wine
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A friend of old or former times Wát his iúwine eorþan forgiefene knows that his friends of old are committed to earth, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 15 ; Seef. 92
Linked entry: geó-wine
nǽnig-wiht
Nothing ⬩ not ⬩ not at all
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Nothing, not, not at all Andreas nǽnigwuht ðú gefirnodest Andrew, thou host nothing sinned, And. 10, 20
ni-wiht
nothing
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nothing Tó niwihte ad nihilum, Ps. Surt. 59, 14
norþ-wind
a north wind
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a north wind Twegen norþwindas circius et boreus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 55
Linked entry: norþan-wind
ge-wícan
To give way ⬩ fail ⬩ depart ⬩ retire ⬩ cedere ⬩ deficere ⬩ recedere
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To give way, fail, depart, retire; cedere, deficere, recedere To hwý, Driht, gewic [gewite, Sur.] ðú feor ut quid, Domine, recessisti longe, Ps. Spl. second 9, 1. Ne his mægenes [mǽges?] láf gewác æt wíge his kinsman's legacy failed not in the contest
self-will
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Self-will, one's own will, free-will Be ðám ðe beóþ hyra sylfwilles ( sua sponte ) gefullode, L. Ecg. C. 17, tit. ; Th. ii. 128, 30. Be selfwille ultro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 27. Getǽc mé sumne mann ðara ðe ðé gesǽlegost þince and on his selfwille sý swíðost
Linked entry: self-willes
scip-wíse
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The fashion or form of a ship On scipwísan geworht made in the fashion of a ship. Nar. 11, 20. Ðá nam heó ánne riscenne windel on scipwísan gesceapenne sumpsit fiscellam scirpeam, Ex. 2, 3
full-wiht
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Ðá hwíle ðe fulwiht stondan móte, Txts. 175, 17: 13. Add
bí-wist
food, provision
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food, provision, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 4: L. Edg. C. 3; Th. ii. 244, 12
Linked entry: big-wist
sine-wind
Similar entry: seonu-wind
stede-wist
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Stability, steadiness, constancy Stedewist subsistentia, perseverantia, Hpt. Gl. 530, 4
streáwberige-wíse
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A strawberry-plant or runner Streáberiewísan framen, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 70
Linked entry: wíse
súþaneástan-wind
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A south-east wind; euroafricus, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 14
súþanwestan-wind
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A south-west wind; africus, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 15
súþan-wind
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A south wind Súþanwind auster vel nothus, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 9. Se ðe hit mid súðanwinde onginne, ðonne hæfþ hé sige, Lchdm. iii. 182, 3. Súþanwind (southenwind, Ps.) austrum, Ps. Surt. 77, 26