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weás

(adv.)
Grammar
weás, adv.

By chance, by accident, fortuitously

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Gif him weás gebyreþ, ðæt him wyrþ sume hwíle ðara þénunga oftohen, 37, 1; Fox 186, 13: Met. 25, 31. Gif him weás (wealdes, Hatt.

eágan weán

(n.)
Grammar
eágan weán, wenn

A ringworm, tetterimpetīgo

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A ringworm, tetter; impetīgo Eágan weán vel wearhbrǽde impetīgo, Ælfc. Gl. 73 ; Som. 71, 9; Wrt. Voc. 43, 62

wíh

(n.)
Grammar
wíh, (wih?), weoh ; gen. wíges (weós?); m.

An idol

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Hé hǽþengield ofer word Godes, weoh gesóhte, Exon. Th. 244, 6; Jul. 23. Wóden worhte weós, 341, 28; Gn. Ex. 133

Linked entries: wíg wíg-bora

brýden wah

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Dele, and see breden

carles wǽn

(n.)
Grammar
carles wǽn, [gen. of carl]
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the churl's wain, the constellation of the Great Bear; Ursa Major Carles wǽn ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ the churl's wain never goes down under this earth, as other constellations do, Bd. de nat.

brýden wah

(n.)

a broad walla wall

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a broad wall, Bd. Whelc. l, 8; p. 48, 27. Similar entries v. bréden, wah a wall

wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
wǽge, wég[e], es; n.

A cup

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A cup Wégi poculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 82. Sume ic geteáh, tó geflite fremede ... beóre druncne; ic him byrlade wróht of wége, ðæt hí in wínsele þurh sweordgripe sáwle forlétan of flǽschoman, Exon. Th. 271, 24; Jul. 487.

an-walg

(adj.)
Grammar
an-walg, -wealg; adj.

Entirewholesoundinteger

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Entire, whole, sound; integer, Past. 52, 2

Linked entry: an-wealg

wealh-basu

(n.)
Grammar
wealh-basu, wealh-baso,

foreign scarlet vermilion

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foreign scarlet, vermilion Wealhbaso vermiculo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 21. Wealhbasu, Anglia xiii. 29, 56

Linked entries: wealc-basu weoloc-basu

on-wealg

Grammar
on-wealg, v. on-wealh.

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weall

(n.)
Grammar
weall, es; m.

a wall that is made, wall of a building, of a town, side of a cave a natural wall a steep hill a cliff.

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Tó hwý tówurpe ðú weal ( maceriam ) his, Ps. Spl. 79, 13. Ðá gewrohte hé weall mid turfum ( vallum, v.Bd. 1, 5) and bréd weall ðǽr onufan, Chr. 189; Erl. 9, 25. Weallas moenia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 62: muri, Jos. 6, 20.

betst

(adv.)
Grammar
betst, adv. sup. of wel [?bet well, q. v.]

Best, mostoptime

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Best, most; optime Ðæt betst lícaþ that pleases best, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 23. Ic him betst truwode I most trusted them, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 12. Albínus wæs betst gelǽred Albinus was most learned, Bd. pref; S. 471, 23

firwet

Grammar
firwet, l. firwit (fer-, feor-, fær-, fyr-, fyrt-, -wet),
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Módes fyrwet mentis ardor, Hy. S. 14, 30. Ferwyt, 10, 16. take here fyrwet in Dict., and add

wecg

(n.)
Grammar
wecg, es; m.

a wedge a mass of metal a piece of money

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Wecg, 15, 49: 137, 29. Treówes on óste nægel oððe wecg on tó fæstnigenne ys arboris nodo clauus aut cuneus infigendus est, Scint. 103, 10. a mass of metal Ǽlces cynnes wecg vel óra oððe clyna metallum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 67.

wæð

Similar entry: wæd

weall

(n.)
Grammar
weall, es; n.

(?) Boiled or mulled wine

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Boiled or mulled wine Defrutum, i. vinum medo geswét vel weall (cf. gesoden wín defrutum vinum, i. 27, 62. Coerin defrutum, cyren oððe áwylled wín dulcisapa, ii. 25, 10, 69. Ásodenes wínes careni, Hpt. Gl. 408, 42), Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 24.

were-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
were-wulf, wer-wulf. v. wer, were
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a man ; for double forms (were-, wer-) cf. wer-gild, were-gild

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Récels of ðæra treówa telgan weól, Nar. 26, 22. Swát ýðum weóll the blood welled out in streams, Beo. Th. 5380; B. 2693: Andr. Kmbl. 2552; An. 1277: 2482; An. 1242. Weól, Exon. Th. 182, 23; Gú. 1314.

Linked entry: for-weallen

wilm

(n.)
Grammar
wilm, wielm, welm, wælm, wylm, es; m.

that which wellsof fluida fountstreamwater that surges or boilsthat moves in wavesof firesurgingfireflamesheatfervent heatfiery heatboilingroastinginflammationviolent movementviolenceragingtempestuous movement of water of mental emotionfervourardourheatfuryragepassion

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On welme weorðan fervere, Past. 5, 8; Swt. 447, 9. inflammation Se wielm ðæs innoðes út abiersð and wierð tó sceabbe, Past. II; Swt. 71, 9. Ðæs welmes sár on ðære lifre, Lchdm. ii. 206, 3. Æfter ádle welme... of ðara ómena welme, 82, 2, 20.

Linked entries: wielm wælm welm

burg-weall

(n.)
Grammar
burg-weall, -weal
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a city-wall, Exon. 83b; Th. 315, 28; Mód. 38: 22a; Th. 61, l; Cri. 978