wéden-heort
Mad, frenzied, furious
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Mad, frenzied, furious Wédenheortra synna furiarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 30
weder-blác
Weather-pale, pale from exposure to weather (?).
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Weather-pale, pale from exposure to weather (?). Cf. flód-blác Wederblác palus, healfhár semicanus, fulhár canus (these glosses are omitted after Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 34), Anglia viii. 451
weg-leás
without a road, impassable ⬩ out of the way, erroneous, unreasonable
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without a road, impassable Ungefére vel wegleás pæð invium, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 61. Weglǽsa beara aviaria, secreta nemora, 39, 11. fig. out of the way, erroneous, unreasonable Welise (= wílése? cf. wig =weg, and wí-férend = weg-férend, both in the same
wel-besceáwod
Considerate ⬩ prudent
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Considerate, prudent Welbesceáwod consideratus, cordatus Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 71. Sý hé á foregleáw and welbesceáwod sit providus et consideratus R. Ben. 121, 15
wel-boren
Well-born ⬩ noble
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Well-born, noble Welboren nobilis Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 15, 43. Monn sum welboren homo quidam nobilis Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 12. Ic nam wíse menn and welborene (nobiles) Deut. 1, 15
wel-geþungen
Of great excellence
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Of great excellence Welgeþungene witan L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 23
Linked entries: ge-þungen wel-þungen
wéne
hopeful ⬩ fair ⬩
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hopeful Similar entries v. or-, un-wéne. fair, beautiful v. wén-líc Wénre (? wénðe, MS.) formosior Hpt. Gl. 417, 23
Linked entry: wénþ
ǽ-brucol
Sacrilegious
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Sacrilegious Ǽbrucolon sacrilegis, Germ. 402, 86
ǽcelmehte
Having chilblains
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Having chilblains Écilmehti palagdrigus, Txts. 85, 1523
Linked entry: écilmehte
ǽcen
Of oak
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Of oak. [In Lch. iii. 52, 2 for ǽcenan read(?) ǽrenan.]
ǽ-cnósle
Degenerate
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Degenerate Ǽcnósle degener, ignobilis, dissimilis parentibus, ǽcnóslum ádle degeneri languore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 30-32: 75
Linked entry: cnósl
ǽ-fæstlic
legitimate ⬩ religious
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legitimate Ǽwfæstlicere legitime, An. Ox. 851. religious Hé forgitt ðæt hé ǽr ǽfæstlices (-fest-, Cott. MSS.) geðóhte obliviscitur quidquid religiose cogitavit, Past. 57, 8
ǽfen-líce
In the evening
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In the evening Árlíce mane, éfenlíce vespere Rtl. 166, 3
ǽfen-mete
Provided with supper
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(?) Provided with supper; (=-æt?) éfenmeti wéron hiá coenantibus eis, Mt. L. 26, 26
æfeste
Envious
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Envious Se æfæsta (æfæstiga, v. 1.) mæssepreóst, Gr. D. 117, 18
æfter-sanglic
Of matins
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Of matins Lofe hí singon æftersingallice (l. sanglice) laudes psallant matutinales, Angl. xiii. 398, 476
Linked entry: -sanglic
æftum
After
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After Swilce ne wæs oþ þis nú ne æftum ne weorþaþ, Mt. R. 24, 21
ǽ-lǽte
Desert, desolate
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Desert, desolate Oð ðæt heora burga weorðan ǽlǽte and weorðan heora eardas swýðe áwéste donec desolentur civitates absque habitatore, et domus sine homine, et terra relinquetur deserta, Wlfst. 47, 21
ǽ-lifne
Without means of support (v. lifen), nourished by others
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Without means of support (v. lifen), nourished by others (?) Aelifnae alumnis (alumni?), Ep. Gl. 3 d, 38
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ælmes-full
Liberal with alms, charitable
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Liberal with alms, charitable Ælfgár b se ælmesfulla Chr. 1021; P. 154, 30. Wé gehýrdan secgan be ðám ælmesfullan hú góde sáwle hé hæfð, Hml. A. 166, 61. Ælmysfulle eleemosynis largi, Ll. Th. ii. 224, 27