weorold-widl
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Worldly pollution, defilement contracted in this life Ðæt fýr georne áséceþ eorðan sceátas, óþþæt eall hafaþ ældes leóma woruldwidles wom wælme forbærned, Exon. Th. 62, 25; Cri. 1007
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ymbren-wicu
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A week in which Ember-days fall .iiii. Wódnesdagas on .iiii. ymbrenwican, L. Alf. pol. 43 ; Th. i. 92, 9
ǽ-wilm
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Ðǽre anwilnesse ǽwilm is ofermétta, Past. 307, 2. ꝥ Add
án-wille
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Ánwille pertinax. An. Ox. 2955 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 39: rigidus, 93, 29. Yfele ánwille male pertinax, Germ. 388, 14. Swá ánwille þæt him leófre bið þæt hé lybbe ǽfre be his ágenum dihte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 7: Prov. K. 8. Ánwille pervicaci, Germ. 393,
án-wilnes
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Add: in a bad sense Ánwilnes obstinatio, pertinacia, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 30. Ánwilnysse contumaciae, Scint. 104, 7: obstinationis, 122, 10. Anwielnesse (-wil-, v. l. ), Past. 47, 16. For nánre anwielnesse (pertinacia), 12. Mid ánwilnesse procaciter, R.
and-wille
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Obstinate Ne sý hé andwille (ann-, an-, v. ll.) non sit obstinatus, R. Ben. 121, 13
burg-wille
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A spring that supplies a burg(?) Onlong bróces ðæt on burhwellan, of burhwellan on ðá burhwalles, C.D. iii. 394, 28
cwic-wille
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Living (of water) Wæter cwicwelle (lífwelle, L.) aquam vivam, Jn. R. 4, 10, 11
druncen-wille
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Hé drincð him mid ðǽm druncenwillum monnum, Past. 120, 13. Add
efen-wiht
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Substitute: One of equal condition (?), fellow, associate Sceóte man ælmessan . . . hwílum be mannes efenwihte, hwílum be freótmen, hwílum be healffreón sometimes in the case of a man's equal (?), sometimes in that of the freedman or the half-free, Wlfst
fæsten-wicu
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A week of fasting, a week in Lent On þám drihtenlican dæge þǽre forman fæstenwucan on the Sunday of the first week in Lent, Hml. S. 23 b, 111
feówertíne-wintre
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Fourteen years old Feówertýnewintre man hine sylfne mæg þeówne gedón quatuordecim annorum homini licet se servum facere, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 27
feówer-wintre
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Four years old Feówerwintre quadrimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 287, 19
fíftig-wintre
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Fifty years old Gyt þú ne eart fíftigwintre quinquaginta annos nondum habes, Jn. 8, 57
fisc-wille
A fish-pond
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A fish-pond Fiscwelle bifarius (=vivarius) vel piscina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 15: bisarius (1. bifarius), i. 66, 8
ge-wíder
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Add: The word seems to occur only in pl. Sumor æfter cymeð, wearm gewideru, Met. 11. 61. Of untídlican gewideran, þæt is, of wǽtum sumerum and of drýgum wintrum temporum turbata temperies, hoc est, aut siccitas hiemis, aut humor aestatis, Ors. 3, 3 ;
ge-wilc
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The rolling of waves Gewylc ýþa sǽs þú líðgast motum fluctuum maris tu mitigas, Ps. Rdr. Spl. 88, 10
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