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wéden-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
wéden-heort, adj.

Mad, frenzied, furious

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Mad, frenzied, furious Wédenheortra synna furiarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 30

weder-blác

(adj.)
Grammar
weder-blác, adj.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
weg-leás, adj.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-besceáwod, adj.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-boren, adj.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-geþungen, adj.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
wéne, adj.

hopefulfair

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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

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-brucol, adj.

Sacrilegious

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Sacrilegious Ǽbrucolon sacrilegis, Germ. 402, 86

ǽcelmehte

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽcelmehte, adj.

Having chilblains

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Having chilblains Écilmehti palagdrigus, Txts. 85, 1523

Linked entry: écilmehte

ǽcen

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽcen, adj.

Of oak

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Of oak. [In Lch. iii. 52, 2 for ǽcenan read(?) ǽrenan.]

ǽ-cnósle

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-cnósle, adj.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-fæstlic, adj.

legitimatereligious

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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

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽfen-líce, adv.

In the evening

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In the evening Árlíce mane, éfenlíce vespere Rtl. 166, 3

ǽfen-mete

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽfen-mete, adj.

Provided with supper

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(?) Provided with supper; (=-æt?) éfenmeti wéron hiá coenantibus eis, Mt. L. 26, 26

æfeste

(adj.)
Grammar
æfeste, (?); adj.

Envious

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Envious Se æfæsta (æfæstiga, v. 1.) mæssepreóst, Gr. D. 117, 18

æfter-sanglic

(adj.)
Grammar
æfter-sanglic, adj.

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

(adv.)
Grammar
æftum, adv.

After

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After Swilce ne wæs oþ þis nú ne æftum ne weorþaþ, Mt. R. 24, 21

ǽ-lǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-lǽte, adj.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-lifne, (?); adj.

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

Linked entry: -lifne

ælmes-full

(adj.)
Grammar
ælmes-full, adj.

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