walu
A ridge, bank (?)
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A ridge, bank (?) In stán wale ; andlang ðære wale on ðone portweg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 98, 28. Of ðam beorge súþ on ða ealdan wale . . . súþ he wale on ðære díce hyrnan, 31, 2-4. [Wale of a schyppe ratis, Parv. 514.]
wǽdl
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</b> add :-- Seó wǽdl þǽra andlyfna alimentorum indigentia, Gr. D. 145, 6: alimentorum inopia, 159, 7. <b>I b.</b> with gen. describing kind of wane :--- Add
wand
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a mole Wond (wand, uuond) talpa Txts. 101, 1973
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wand
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Wand (printed pund) talpa, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 61. Add
wæg
a way
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a way
wǽr
True
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True Ic gelýfe ðæt hit from Gode cóme, bróht from his bysene, ðæs mé ðes boda sægde wǽrum wordum, Cd. Th. 42, 31; Gen. 681
waled
Coloured (?)
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Coloured (?) Waledra histriatarum (histriatus historiis sculptus vel depictus, Migne),Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 14. Similar entries v. (?) walu
wǽge
a weight ⬩ a wey ⬩ an implement for weighing ⬩ a balance ⬩ scale
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Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 3. an implement for weighing, a balance, scale Ðeós wǽge oððe scalu lanx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 73; Zup. 73, 10. Wǽge trutina, 36; Zup. 215, 18: statera, Scint. 81, 12: 110, 12. Libra, ðæt is pund oððe wǽge, Lchdm. iii. 246, 1.
wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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Wǽge, Exon. Th. 394, 17;Rä. 14, 4. Hé slóg mid his heáfde on ðone wág, ðonne hé on his setl sæt, Ors. 5, 15;Swt. 250, 12. Wáh, Ps. Th. 61, 3. Ða wágas ( the walls of a church) nǽron rihte, Blickl.
wærc
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Cuneus wecg . . . cunicellus lytel wærc (wæcg?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 28-31. (?)
wæsc
washing
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washing Reáfa wæsc uestimentorum ablutio, Anglia xiii. 441, 1085
wælt
apparently some part of the thigh ⬩ a sinew
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Gif wælt wund weorðeþ, .iii. scillingas gebéte, L. Ethb. 68; Th. i. 18, 19. (The preceding section deals with wounds to the thigh. As regards the form of the word, it might be compared with O.H.Ger. walza decipula, pedica.)