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ge-wife

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wife, fate.
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Substitute: <b>ge-wif,</b> es; n. Fortune, fate Gewife wyrde fato fortune (gentililas, quae vitam veritatis expertern fato fortunae et genesi gubernari juxta Mathernaticoruni constellationem arbitratur, Ald. 35, 36), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 60,

ge-wilc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wilc, es; n.
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The rolling of waves Gewylc ýþa sǽs þú líðgast motum fluctuum maris tu mitigas, Ps. Rdr. Spl. 88, 10

Linked entry: ge-wylc

ge-will

Similar entry: ge-wil

ge-wite

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departure

gylt-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
gylt-wíte, es; n.
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Fine for a crime: — Poenam delicti quae Anglice dicitur giltwíte, C. D. ii. 406, 23. Gyltwíte, vi. 240, 35

heals-wiþa

Grammar
heals-wiþa, l. heals-wriþa.

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helle-wíte

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Wé gebyrian sceolon oððe heofonwarena cyninge oððe hellewítes deóflum, Wlfst. 151, 20. Hellewíte tartari tormento, An. Ox. 2218. Hellewite tartara, 1249. Hé underféng hellewíte eum ultrix gehenna suscepit, Past 339, 3. Drifað ðá deófla Þá synfullan sáwla

heng-wíte

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hring-will

(n.)
Grammar
hring-will, es; m.
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A circular well or spring. Cf. hring; On hringwylle; of hringwylle, C. D. iii. 449, 10: 450, 9

in-wise

Grammar
in-wise, l.
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in-wíse

lencten-wicu

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Add: Jn. 5, 1, 17 rbc. : 8, 21 rbc

mǽg-wine

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Add:: The word occurs as a proper name Méguini, Txts. 159, 186, 202 : 161, 293. Iuxta terminos id est bereueg et Méguines paeð, C. D. i. 50, 14. Méguuines paeð, 54, 30

on-wíge

Similar entry: or-wíge

rǽd-wita

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Substitute: one wise in counsel, one of the leading men of a country, one of the 'witan' Cyningas and rǽdwitan forwyrþan reges et principes peribunt, Archiv cxx. 297, 31. Betwyx þǽre écan úplicum sibbe ríce rǽdwitan rodera weardas inter aetherium coelesti

súþanwestan-wind

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Súðanwestanwind affricus, Hpt. 33, 239, 27. Ðonne smylte bláweþ súþanwestanwind, þonne weaxaþ feldes blósman cum nemus flatus Zephyri tepentis vernis inrubuit rosis, Bt. 9; F. 26, 17. Add

un-wirþ-

(prefix)
Grammar
un-wirþ-, v. un-weorþ-.

un-wita

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[U]nw[i]t[a]n stolidi, An. Ox. 56, 229. Add

úþ-wita

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Weoruldlice úðwitan (sapientes mundi) sǽdan ꝥ seó tunglene heofon feólle for hire swiftnysse gif þá seofon dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfton, Angl. vii. 12, 110. Add

well-will

(n.)
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a spring Ǽrest on welwill; of welwyllæ . . . andlang streámes eft on wellwyll, C. D. v. 344, 29-345, 9. Cf. wille-wæter

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