wind-filled
Wind-felled ⬩ blown down by the wind
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Wind-felled, blown down by the wind Wuduwearde gebyreþ ǽlc windfylled treów, L. R. S. 19 ; Th. i. 440, 10
Linked entry: fillan
wind-hladen
Wind-laden ⬩ windy ⬩ Lye
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Wind-laden, windy, Lye
heáfod-wind
A wind from one of the four chief points of the compass
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A wind from one of the four chief points of the compass Feówer heáfodwindas synd se fyrmesta is eásterne wind ... se óðer heáfodwind is súðerne ... se þridda heáfodwind hátte zephirus ... se feórþe heáfodwind hátte septemtrio, Lchdm. iii. 274, 12-23
on-wille
Desired
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Desired 'Ac gé hine gesundne ásettaþ ðǽr gé hine sylfne genóman' ... Ongon ðá leófne síð dragan Dryhtnes cempa tó ðam onwillan eorþan dǽle to the hermitage to which he (Guthlac) desired to go, and from which the fiends had removed him, Exon. Th. 145,
ord-wíga
A warrior who fights with a pointed weapon ⬩ one who fights in the van
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A warrior who fights with a pointed weapon (? cf. gár-wíga), or one who fights in the van Ordwýga! ne lǽt ðín ellen gedreósan tó dæge, Wald. 9; Vald. I, 6. (?
sorh-wilm
Violent emotion of anxiety or sorrow
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Violent emotion of anxiety or sorrow Soden sorgwælmum, Exon. Th. 177, 32; Gú. 1236. Sorgwylmum, 166, 21; Gú. 1046. Ic ðæs módceare sorhwylmum seáð, Beo. Th. 3990; B. 1993
hleápe-wince
The lap-wing
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The lap-wing Hleápewince cucurata, Wrt. Voc. 62, 22: cucu, 280, 27
Linked entry: -wince
á-wiht
alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything
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Add:, ó-wiht, óht. substantive alone Him þǽr ówiht ne derede, Dan. 274. with governed gen. Ne sceþþeð þé wólberendes áwiht, Lch. i. 326, 19. Ne mæg ðæs unrihtes beón áwiht bedígled, Bl. H. 111, 1. Ǽr þon óht þisses ǽfre gewurde, Cri. 238. Unc ne gedǽlde
wil
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wit
We two
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We two, I and thou, alone Ðæt hí sýn án swá wyt sýn án, Jn. Skt. 17, 22. Abram cwæð tó Lothe: 'Wyt sind gebróðru,' Gen. 13, 8. Wit, Cd. Th. 114, 14; Gen. 1904. Geþenc hwæt wit sprǽcon, Beo. Th. 2957; B. 1476: Exon. Th. 172, 18; Gú. 1145. Wit baru standaþ
norþan-eástan-wind
a north-east wind ⬩ eurus ⬩ euroauster ⬩ circius
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a north-east wind; eurus, euroauster, circius, Wrt. Voc. 1, 36, 13, 17
norþan-westan-wind
a wind from the north-west ⬩ corus ⬩ aquilo vel boreas
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a wind from the north-west; corus, aquilo vel boreas, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 16, 18
witer
Knowing ⬩ wise
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Knowing, wise Hé wíslíce hine beþóhte, swá hé full witter wæs, Chr. 1067 ; Erl 204, 35
wír
myrtle
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myrtle Uuír, uuýr myrtus, Txts. 79, 1356. Wír, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 51: ii. 55, 83. Ele on ðam ðe wǽre wír gesoden, Lchdm. ii. 70, 15. Genim wír, 86, 7
Linked entry: ge-wíred
wiþ-reótan
To clamour against
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To clamour against (?) Gé ðam rihte wið*-*roten hæfdon, onscunedon ðone scíran Scippend, Elen. Kmbl. 738; El. 369
wiþ-foran
Before
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Before Hé feaht him wiðforan, Jos. 8, 22. Hé ofirnþ ða sunnan hindan, and cymþ wiþforan ða sunnan up, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 2. ¶ wiþ . . . foran Ðone mist ðe wið ða eágan foran usses módes (cf. beforan úres módes eágum, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 32) hangode
Wissi
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the Visigoths Erminigildus wícode in Wauissi (Wissi, v.l.) þǽre mǽgðe Gotena þeóde (Wissigothorum ), Gr. D. 237, -9' 239, 31. Ealle Wissigoiena þeóde ( Wisigothorum gentem) hé gelǽdde tó þám sóðan geleáfan, 19
wiþer
Against ⬩ Against
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Grammar wiþer, prep, with acc. Against Míne ágen word wiðer (adversum ) mé wǽran georne, Ps. Th. 55, 5. Uiððir ða adversus eos, Rtl. 168, 5. Grammar wiþer, adv. Against, in opposition Wiþer infensus, Germ. 394, 366 Similar entries cf. he wæh Wiðer king
-wit
bile-wit
plausible
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Add: generally in a good sense Biluit mansuetus, Mt. L. 21, 5. Bilwit simplex, Lk. L. 11, 34. Bilewite mitis, Ps. Spl. 85, 4. Bilwite (bylehwit later MS.), Mt. 11, 29. Iacob wæs bilewitte (simplex) man, Gen. 25, 27. Basilius se bylewitta (-wyta, v. l