wís-dóm
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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
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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
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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
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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
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a freeborn woman Fríwíf, Ll. Th. i. 20, 7. Cf. freó-man
sár-wís
dull
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(?) dull Ða sárwísan (Cott. MS. sámwísan), Past. 30, 1; Swt. 203, 7
sceáp-wíc
A sheep-fold
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A sheep-fold Tó sceápwícan. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. Iii. 405, 5
wád-spitel
a woad-spade,
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a woad-spade, Anglia ix. 263, 6
wed-bróðer
One who is pledged to act as a brother to another, a confederate
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One who is pledged to act as a brother to another, a confederate Ða luuede Wulfere hit swíðe for his bróðer luuen Peada, and for his wedbróðeres luueu Oswí, Chr. 656 ; Erl. 30, 1. Cóman bégen ða cyningas tógædre and wurdon feólagan and wedbróðra, and
wed-fæstan
To pledge
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To pledge Geuuetfaestae subarrata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 52.] [
æppel-wín
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Æppelwín idromelum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 57. Add
hæsel-wrid
A hazel-thicket
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A hazel-thicket Tó ðam miclan hæsl-wride to the great hazel-thicket, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 250, 34
Linked entry: wríd
heals-wiða
A necklace
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A necklace Me healswiðan hláford sealde my lord has given me a chain for my neck, Exon. 102 b; Th. 387, 12; Rä. 5, 4
wil-líc
From a fountain or well
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From a fountain or well; Willícan fontona (fontana flumina, Ald. 161), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 10. Wyllícan, 37, 30: 149, 79
Wil-sǽtan
The people of Wiltshire
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The people of Wiltshire Ðá métte hine Weoxtan aldorman mid Wilsǽtum,... and Wilsǽtan (-sǽte, v. l.) námonsige. Chr. 800; Erl. 60, 6-9. Sumorsǽte alle and Wilsǽtan (Willsǽte, v. l.), 878; Erl. 80, 10
wil-tygþe
Having one's desire ⬩ satisfied ⬩ glad
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Having one's desire, satisfied, glad Wiltíðe voti compos, i. laetos ł hilares Hpt. Gl. 458, 62. Wiltiðe voti compotes, hilares 490, 47
Win-ceaster
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