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cildiung-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
cildiung-wíf, es; n.

A child-bearing womanpuerpera,

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A child-bearing woman; puerpera, Wrt. Voc. 7, 17

forþ-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-wíf, es; n.

A married womanmotherA matronmatrōna

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A married woman, mother, hence A matron; matrōna, Wrt. Voc. 72, 78

wíf-feax

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-feax, es; n.
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A woman's hair Wíffex cesaries, Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 43: ii. 16, 46

wíf-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
wíf-gál, adj.
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Incontinent, licentious Swá lǽren hí ða wífgálan gesinscipe, swá hí ða forhæbbendan ne gebrengen on unryhthǽmde sic incontinentibus laudetur conjugium, ut tamen jam continentes non revocentur ad luxum. Past. 60; Swt. 453, 30

wíf-geornness

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-geornness, e; f.
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Incontinence Uífgiornis adulteria, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 19

wíf-gifta

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-gifta, pl. f.
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Nuptials, marriage Waes se weliga ðæra (-e, MS. ) wífgifta georn on móde, ðæt him mon fǽmnan gegyrede brýd tó bolde, Exon. Th. 245, 2 ; Jul. 38

wíf-hand

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-hand, a; f.
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The female side, female line Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe; ðonne gif ic gesealde ǽnigre wífhanda ðæt hé gestrýnde, ðonne forgyldan míne mágas . . . for ðon ic cweðe ðæt hí hit gyldan, for ðon hý fóð

wíf-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-þegen, es; m.
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A pander; leno, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 31 : 284, 14: ii. 51, 63

forþ-wíf

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Substitute: A woman of rank, a great lady Hláford dominus, forðwíf matrona (cf. þǽre hláfdian matrone, ii. 54, 65), hlǽfdige domina, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 78

ge-wif

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wif, a disease of the eye. In l. 3 l. 292
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for 290

hǽmed-wíf

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For 'Cot. 136 Lye' substitute Hǽmedwíf matrona, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 19

wíf-híred

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-híred, es; m.
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A household of women, a nunnery Ꝥ him wǽre eáðelic se wífhíred tó healdanne (feminis praeesse), Gr. D. 27, 8

freó-wíf

(n.)
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a freeborn woman Fríwíf, Ll. Th. i. 20, 7. Cf. freó-man

ge-bedda

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bedda, -bedde [(?) cf. heals-gebedda, Beo. 63], an; f.

A bed fellowconsortwifeconsors tŏriuxor

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Gebed wíf uxor, Mt. Kmbl. pp. 14, 16

Linked entry: -bedda

wit

(n.)
Grammar
wit, witt, es; n.

right mindwitswitintelligenceunderstandingthe mind

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right mind, wits Wóde hé gehǽlde, and on witte gebróhte, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 7. wit, intelligence, understanding Ðæs ðú scealt werhðo dreógan, þeáh ðín wit duge, Beo.

wit

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wit, pers. pron.

We two

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Grammar wit, with the name of the person associated with the speaker Wit Scilling for uncrum sigedryhtne song áhófan, Exon. Th. 324, 31; Víd. 103. Grammar wit, with name and numeral Wit Adam twá eaples þigdon, Cd. Th. 290, 6; Sat. 411

Linked entries: unc witt

wil

Grammar
wil, v. wil[l].

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wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

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wise, discreet, judicious Wís sapiens Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 10 fronimus 47, 34. Grammar wís, of persons Ne scyle nán wís monn (vir sapiens) forhtigan, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 8, 13, 15. Ne mæg weorþan wís wer ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl in woruldríce, Exon.

-wit

(suffix)
Grammar
-wit, (-wid).

wíh

(n.)
Grammar
wíh, (wih?), weoh ; gen. wíges (weós?); m.
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An idol Hié gecwǽdon ðæt hié ðæs wíges ( the golden image ) ne róhton, ne hié tó ðam gebede mihte gebǽdon hǽðen heriges wísa, Cd. Th. 228, 12 ; Dan. 201. Hié ne willaþ ðysne wígwurðigean, 228, 24; Dan. 208.

Linked entries: wíg wíg-bora