under-wed
A pledge ⬩ security
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'Hwæt wilt ðú tó underwedde (pro arrhabone ) nyman?' ... Iudas sende án tyccen wið his hirde, ðæt hé fette ðæt underwedd, Gen. 38, 17-20. Gylde hé ðæt yrfe oþþe uuderwed lecge, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 8: 8; Th. i. 356, 10
wíde-feorh
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long life, an age; the word occurs only in the accusative with adverbial force, for a long time, for ever. v. wíd, VII. Wé sceolon leánum hleótan, swá wé widefeorh ( through all time ) weorcum hlódun, Exon. Th. 49, 11; Cri. 784.
weg-nest
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Ðá genámon wit twégen buccan, and wit hig ácwealdon, and gehióldan hiora flǽsc unc tó wægnyste, Shrn. 41, 30: 36, 31. ¶ the word is used of the sacrament administered to the dying :-- Gif se man on his ýtemestan dæge gyrneþ Cristes líchaman tó underfónne
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wel-þungen
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Well-thriven, able, good, proficient, excellent Hygd wæs swíðe geong, wís, welþungen, Beo. Th. 3858; B. 1927: Menol. Fox 309; Men. 156
Linked entries: -þungen wel-geþungen
gonge-wifre
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A ganging weaver, a spider; arānea viātica Wið gongewifran bíte against the bite of a spider [gangweaver], L. M. 3, 35; Lchdm. ii. 328, 10
wan-hygdig
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Ne sceal wita nó tó hátheort, ne tó hrædwyrde, ne tó wác wiga, ne tó wanhýdig, 290, 19. Ne mid swíðran his nele brýsan wanhýdig gemód Wealdend engla, ne ðone wlacan smocan wáces flǽsces wætere gedwæscan, Dóm. L. 50.
wel-hwǽr
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Wæs wíde and wel*-*hwǽr Waldendes lof áfylled, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 11. Wiód ða ðe willaþ welhwǽr derian clǽnum hwǽte, Met. 12, 4. Mæniges þinges ðe monnum wunder welhwǽr þynceþ, 28, 82
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sǽ-wer
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a weir of some kind Ðæt mynster æt Wíc, and seó híd ðæ ðǽrtó líð, and .vi. æceras and se íggað æt portes bricge and (mid?) healfe sǽwære and se mylnstede æt Mannæs bricge, C. D. iv. 96, 4. v. wer [where the instances given under (especially C.
wilh
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Se ðe his wiel ( servum ) slicð mid girde, oððe his wylne, Ex. 21, 20, 32
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ríd-wíga
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-wiga
byrn-wíga
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byrn-wiga
gár-wíga
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gár-wiga
horder-wice
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horder-wíce
ge-wíde
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See wíde; II in Dict
weg-farende
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Wayfaring Sum wegfarende (-férende, v. l. ) man férde wið ðone feld; ðá wearð his hors gesicclod, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 204. Seó nædre ligeþ on ðam wege, and wyle ða wegfarendan mid hire tóðum slítan, Wulfst. 192, 23
syl-weg
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Add: a road made with logs (? cf. syll)
cyric-wag
a church-wall
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Eth. vii. 13; Wilk. 111, 17
gyrd-weg
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A road with a fence on either side[?], Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 412, 21
hæc-wer
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A weir with a grate to take fish, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 450, 15, 22
síd-weg
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Cf. wíd-weg