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wearn-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
wearn-mǽlum, adv.

In flocks, in crowds

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In flocks, in crowds Wearnmélum gregatim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 9

Linked entry: wearn

weale-spinel

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Of wolcspinle calamistro, An. Ox. 26, 70-v. ge-wealcian. Add

weald-weaxa

(n.)
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a sinew, nerve Uuldpaexhsue vel grost, Txts. 112, 56. (?)

wearn-wíslíce

(adv.)
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wearn-wíslíce, adv.

With difficulty

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With difficulty Wearnwíslíce difficile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 47: 25, 53

efen-ceaster-wearan

(n.)
Grammar
efen-ceaster-wearan, gen. ena; pl. m.

Fellow-citizens concīves

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Fellow-citizens; concīves Efenceasterwearan ðæs heofonlícan ríces concīves regni cœlestis, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 16

ge-wealden-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wealden-mód, adj.

Subdued in mindhaving the mind under controlself-controlled

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Subdued in mind, having the mind under control, self-controlled Sum gewealdenmód þafaþ in geþylde ðæt he ðonne sceal one, self-controlled, suffers in patience what then he must [cf. Luke 21, 19], Exon. 79 a; Th. 297,19; Cra. 70

weax-bred

Grammar
weax-bred, <b>. I.</b>
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Wexbred abbachus, tabula pictoria, Hpt. 31, 9- 155- Add

weax-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weax-georn, adj.

Eager to grow (?), eating much with the desire of growing (?)

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Eager to grow (?), eating much with the desire of growing (?) Swíþe waxgeorn eart ðú (the boy) ðonne ðú ealle þingc etst ðe ðé tóforan gesette synd valde edax es, cum omnia manducas quae tibi apponuntur, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 31

Linked entry: wax-georn

weax-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
weax-sealf, e; f.

A salve made of wax

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A salve made of wax Wexsealf cerotum, unguentum de cera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 41. Weaxsealf wiþ wyrme; weaxsealf; butere, pipor, hwít sealt, meng tósomne, smire mid, Lchdm. ii. 124, 11

Linked entry: weaxhláf-sealf

weax-æppel

(n.)
Grammar
weax-æppel, es; m.

A wax apple, a ball of wax

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A wax apple, a ball of wax Se Pater Noster mæg ána ealla gesceafta on his ðære swíðran hand on ánes weaxæpples onlícnisse geðýn and gewringan, Salm. Kmbl. p. 150, 33

weax-berende

(adj.)
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weax-berende,

bearing a wax candle

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bearing a wax candle; the word (in the form uæx biorende) glosses cerarius in the passage: Accoluthus grece, cerarius ad recitandum evangelium (cf.Acolitus is gecweden se ðe candele oððe tapor byreþ þonne mann godspell rǽt, Ælfc. C. 14; Th. ii. 348,

weá-mét

(n.)
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weá-mét, weá-métt, e: -méttu(-o); indecl. f.

Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility

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Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility Se feórða heáfodleahter is weámét, Homl. Th. ii. 218, 21. Se feórða leahtor is weámét, ðæt se man náge his módes geweald, ac búton ǽlcere foresceáwnnge his yrsunge gefremaþ, 220, 12. Wé sceolon ofer*-*winnan weámétte

a-wóx

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wóx, p. of a-weaxan.

waxedgrewrose

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waxed, grew, rose,Exon. 103 b ; Th. 392, 6 ; Rä. 11, 3 ;

weaxness

(n.)
Grammar
weaxness, e; f.

Growth, increase, waxing

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Growth, increase, waxing Gyf man méte ðæt hé his hús timbrie, ðæt byð his weaxnes (cf. 214, 33), Lchdm. iii. 170, 12. Ðonne ðæs sǽes flódes weaxnes biþ quando rheuma oceani in cremento est, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 16. Hé mycle wonunge and ǽwyrdlan wæs wyrcende

spong

(n.)
Grammar
spong, e; f.

A spongy excrescence (?)

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Gif on eágan weaxen reáde sponge drýpe on hát culfran blód . . . óþ ðæt ða sponge áweg synd, Lchdm. ii. 308, 17 : 300, 5

métan

(v.)
Grammar
métan, to paint.
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Wercað hió of weaxe . . . mgtað Fenix, E. S. viii. 478, 50. Add

ana-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
ana-wyrm, es; m. [ana = an, in in, as in Goth. anahneiwan inclinare; wyrm a worm]

An intestinal wormlumbricus

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An intestinal worm; lumbricus Gif anawyrm on men weaxe if an intestinal worm grow in a man, L. M. 1, 46; Lchdm, ii. 114, 13, 18, 23

pening-weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
pening-weorþ, -wurþ, es; n.
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Æt ǽlcon gegyldan ǽnne peningc oððe án peningcwurþ weaxes, Chart. Th. 605, 26. Twá hund peningweorþ hláfes, Homl. Th. i. 182, 9

wrítian

(v.)
Grammar
wrítian, <b>; I.</b> substitute: <b>writian</b> (?)
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to cut (v. wrítan; ) or to draw (v. wrítan; ) a figure Ðonne wercað hió of weaxe, writiaþ (wrítaþ?) Fénix, métaþ Fénix they make waxen images of the Phenix, draw it, paint it, E. S. 478

sǽ-flód

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Of xi. níhta ealdum mónan weaxeð se sǽflód oþ .xviii. nihta ealdum mónan, Angl. xi. 6, § 5