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
wǽg
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Add Ælc man þe riht démeð, hé hæfð wǽga on handa, and on ǽgðere sceale hé byrð rihtwísnesse and mildheortnesse, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 6
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.]
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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
carles wǽn
the churl's wain, the constellation of the Great Bear ⬩ Ursa Major
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the churl's wain, the constellation of the Great Bear; Ursa Major Carles wǽn ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ the churl's wain never goes down under this earth, as other constellations do, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl
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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. (?)
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.)