weorn
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a multitude
weorn
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an admonition (?) Hét ðá of ðam líge lifgende bearn Nabocodonossor neár æt gangan; ne forhogodon ðæt ða hálgan, siþþan hí woruldcyninges weorn gehýrdon, Exon. Th. 197, 5 ; Az. 185. Cf. warenian, warenung
weccan
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wemman
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wendan
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Add Went hié sió wamb, Lch. ii. 216, 20. with the idea of hostility, to turn on or against Hé hiene siþþan wende on his þrié gebróðor parricidia in fratres convertit, Ors. 3, 7; 8. 114, 9. l. Add Binnan þám wendun gewyrda meanwhile things were happening
werian
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westan
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wearn
a hindrance, obstacle, difficulty, ⬩ a refusal,
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a hindrance, obstacle, difficulty, v. wearn-wíslíce Wearne ł remmincge obstaculo, impedimento, Hpt. Gl. 455, 48. Ðæt mód hæfð fulfremedne willan tó ðære wrǽnnesse bútan ǽlcre steóre and wearne ejus animus voluptate luxuriae sine ullo repugnationis obstaculo
welwan
to seize
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to seize Wyleþ (printed wylcþ; but see Lchdm. iii. 373, col. 1 under wylan, where also Cockayne notes that the Latin is captat, not raptat) captat (printed raptat) Germ. 389, 42. (?)
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weosan
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wergian
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to curse
werian
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to hinder, check, restrain Stán sépte sacerdas sweotolum tácnum, witig werede, and worde cwæð, Andr. Kmbl. 1485; An. 744. Egesan stódon, weredon wælnet ( deadly toils hampered (?)), Cd. Th. 190, 20; Exod. 202. Ic wylle ðæt ǽlc man hæbbe symle ða men
westan
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From the west, marking the direction of movement Ðæm fultume ðe him westan com, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 15. Monige from eástan and westan (weosta, Lind.) cumaþ, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 11. Cymeþ westa (woesta, Lind.), Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 29. Férde se æðeling wæston
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wéstan
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To lay waste, devastate, desolate Hine wilde deór wéstaþ and frettaþ singularis ferus depastus est eam Ps. Th. 79, 13. Hí his wícstede wéstan locum ejus desolaverunt 78, 7. Hié wæron ðæt lond herigende and wéstende, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 20