wenn
A wen
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A wen Eágan wenn impetigo Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 39 : i. 43, 62. Wið wenne (τύλος) on eágon Lchdm. ii. 34, 9. Wænne, 34, 3. Wiþ sceótendum wenne 324, 25. Gif men synd wænnas gewunod on ðæt heáfod foran oððe on ða eágan iii. 46, 21. Sealf wið wennas 12, 22
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un-wéned
Unhoped for ⬩ unexpected
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Unhoped for, unexpected Ic him eft his ríce ágeaf, and ðá ðære unwéndan áre ðæs ríces (ðe hé him seolfa nǽniges ríces ne wénde) ðæt hé ðá mé eall his goldhord æteówde regna Poro restitui, qui, ut ei insperatus honor donatus est, mihi thesauros suos manifestavit
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ed-wenden
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Substitute for first passage Hyne Geáta bearn gódne ne tealdon, ne hyne on medobence micles wyrðne drihten wereda gedón wolde . . . edwenden cwóm tíreádigum menn torna gehwylces there came for the glorious man an end to all griefs, B. 2188. Add: :--
ge-wenge
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Þonne þú geslegen sié on án gewenge, wænd ꝥ óðer tó, R. Ben. 28, 1. Add
hár-wenge
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Add: grey-bearded [cf. wang (wenge)] Cóm sum hárwencge manu ( St. Peter ) intó þám cwearterne . . . þá cwǽð se hárwencga, Hml. S. 8, 131-138. Sum geleáfful bócere hárwencge and eald, sé hátte Eleazarus ( Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, an aged
Waller-wente
The Celtic inhabitants of Cumbria
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The Celtic inhabitants of Cumbria Nime hé his mága .xii. and .xii. Wallerwente, L. N. P. L. 51;Th. ii. 298, 8
hál-wenda
A saviour
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A saviour Míne eágan habbaþ gesewen ðínne Hálwendan. Se hálwenda ðe hé embe spræc is úre Hǽlend Crist se ðe com tó gehǽlenne úre wunda ðæt sindon úre synna mine eyes have seen thy Saviour [viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum]. The Saviour that he spoke
ge-wenge
The cheek ⬩ maxilla
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The cheek; maxilla And ðam ðe ðé slihþ on ðín gewenge et qui to percutit in maxillam, Lk. Bos. 6, 29; and to him that schal smyte thee on o cheke, Wyc. Án strǽl hyne gewundode on hys óðer gewenge an arrow wounded him in one of his cheeks, Shrn. 97, 14
ed-wendu
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-wend
Wendel-sǽ
the Mediterranean. ⬩ In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it
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the Mediterranean. In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it Andlang Wendelsǽs (mare Nostrum, quod Magnum generaliter dicimus) Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 12. Wendelsǽ mare Nostrum 12, 14:
hár-wenge
Hoary, grey-haired
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Hoary, grey-haired Hé wearþ fǽrlíce geþuht cnapa and eft hárwenge he suddenly appeared a youth, and again grey-haired, Homl. Th. i. 376, 13. Hé hæfþ síde beardas hwón hárwencge he has a good deal of hair on his face, rather grey, 456, 18
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or-wéne
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with gen. not having ground for hope, without hope, despairing Biþ orwéne ðæt hé ne mǽge ða bóte áberan desperet posse se emendationem perferre, L. Ecg. P. i. 4; Th. ii. 172, 23. Hé wearþ his lífes orwéne. Homl. Th. i. 86, 28. Hé læg his lífes orwéne
ge-wend
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-wend-endness
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ge-wend
A spiral shell ⬩ snail-shell ⬩ coclea
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A spiral shell, snail-shell; coclea, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 81; Wrt. Voc. 34, 13
ge-wéne
Perhaps ⬩ forte
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Perhaps; forte Gewoene forte, Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 2
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un-wéne
hopeless ⬩ not having hope or expectation ⬩ not hoped for ⬩ unexpected
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hopeless, not having hope or expectation. Similar entries Cf. or-wéne Wæs ðǽr án cnapa geǽttrod þurh næddran, swíðe tóswollen þurh ðæs wyrmes siege, unwéne his lífes, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 7. Hé gehǽlde ánre wydewan sunu ðe unwéne læg, Homl. Skt. i. 6,
ge-wéne
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Dele, and see ge-wénan; II
or-wéne
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add: with clause; and for last passage substitute Ealle Italiam geswicon Rómánum and tó Hannibale gecirdon, for þon þe hié wǽron orwéne hwæðer ǽfre Rómáne tó heora anwealde becómen omnis Italia ad Annibalem, desperata Romani status reparatione, defecit
a-went
turns
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turns, Lk. Bos. 15, 8