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wite-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
wite-lic, wítig-lic; adj.
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Penal Hwæthugu wítelices poenale aliquid, Gr. D 324, 1. Gclǽded æfter deáðe tó wítiglicre stówe ( ad poenalem locum), 331, 18. Se hunger sóna ácwelleð and álýseð of dám wítelican lífe, Verc. Först. 178. Tó þon ꝥ hí heom ne ondrǽdon þone wítelican dóm

wíte-steng

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Wítstenges eculei, An. Ox. 2, 147. Add

wíte-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-weorþ, wíte-wirþe; adj.
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Punishable, liable to punishment Nú ꝥ unnytte word bið wítewyrðe (wítes wyrðe, v.l. poenalis) þe bútan níðe byð, Gr. D. 208, 8

wiþ-æftan

Grammar
wiþ-æftan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Sceoldon hiera senatus rídan on crætwǽnum wiðaeftan þǽm consulum, Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 28. Add

wiþ-cweþan

Grammar
wiþ-cweþan, <b>.
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III.</b> add Þonne wiðcwyð cum refragetur, An. Ox. 7, 341. Add Wiþcweþan frustrari, An. Ox. 3616: abdicare, 7, 108

Linked entry: wiþer-cweþan

wiþer-winn

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Wiþerwinnes certaminis, An. Ox. 2, 3. Add

wiþ-hæftan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-hæftan, to restrain, Angl. vii. 12, 112.
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See preceding word

wiþ-hindan

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Hé rihte ꝥ lytle scip þe wiþhindan þám máran scipe gefæstnod wæs post navem carabum regebat, Gr. D. 347, 2. Add

wiþ-innan

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Add Wé fundon dá weardas wiðútan standende, ac wí ne gemétton nǽnne wiðinnan, Hml. Th. i. 572, 35. Hé weardas wiðinnan and widútan gesette, 574, 3. Add Wiþinnan þan infra, An. Ox. 129: 1441

wiþ-metendlíce

(adv.)

Linked entry: -metend-líce

wiþ-neoþan

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Add: prep Swá eástweardes þæt hit cymeð eft wiðnioðan þæt gelád on Sæferne, C. D. ii. 150, 14

wiþ-teón

Grammar
wiþ-teón, <b>. I.</b>
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Hwílum hé seleð hálgan wítedómes gást, hwílon hé eft wiðtýhð (subtrahit) þám módum þára wítegana, Gr. D. 146, 31. Add

Angel-wita

(n.)
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an English 'wita' Be Angolwitena gerédnesse. Ll. -Lbmn. 236, 19

á-wiht

Grammar
á-wiht, <b>. II.</b>
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Þára mínra áwiht feala on gewrit settan, Ll. Th. i. 58, 21. Add

feoh-wíce

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Is ðis ðára feohwícuna gemǽre and ðæs dúnlandes, C.D. v. 238, 35. (?)

egþ-wirf

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Add: egþ-weorf (?) A young ass (weorf, q,v.) used for harrowing(?)

byrn-wíga

Grammar
byrn-wíga, l. -wiga,
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and add Þá torras . . . þe ðá byrnwigon on stódan turres cum armatis iactatoribus, Nar. 4, 18

sǽ-wiht

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-wiht, e; f.

A sea-animal

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A sea-animal Ðeós eorþe is Berende missenlícra fugela and sǽwihta this land is productive of divers fowls and sea-animals (the Latin has insula ... avium ferax terra marique diversi generis), Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 15

sár-wilm

(n.)
Grammar
sár-wilm, es; m.

A painful burning; a feverish heat

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A painful burning; a feverish heat Soden sárwylmum (cf. ádle gebysgad, sárum geswenced,170, 10-11), Exon. Th. 171, 7; Gú. 1123

un-wita

(n.)
Grammar
un-wita, an; m.

A foolish, stupid, witless persona fool

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A foolish, stupid, witless person, a fool Se unwita insipiens, Ps. Lamb. 13, 1. Eorp unwita, Exon. Th. 433, 21; Rä. 50, 11. Gebíg fram unwitan (insensato) and ðú ná wiþerast on stuntnysse his, Scint. 188, 11. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tó sinoðe gefædne