wrenc-wís
Unjust ⬩ unrighteous
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Unjust, unrighteous Wer wrencwis vir iniquus, Rtl. 10, 30
fore-wís
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Þá áforhtode uncer mód, for þan hit bið ǽlces yfeles forewís, Hml. A. 206, 363. For Cot. 149 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 79, and add
sám-wís
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In l. 4 for 201 l. 202
sceád-wís
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Intelligent, discerning, discriminating Be gesceádwísan geréfan. Se scádwís geréfa sceal ǽgðer witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 3. Mid hú sceádwísre lufe manncynna ealdor for úre edstaðelunge þǽre róde gealgan underféng,
þearl-wís
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Se þearlwísa déma districtus judex, Gr. D. 334, 25. Add
un-wís
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Add: mad, insane Hé wénde ꝥ hé sprǽke on unwís, þá hé bebeád ꝥ . . . (quod quasi insana praeciperet), Gr. D. 58, I
wís-dóm
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Add Gyf þu wylle witan mid wísdóme (cf. witan mid fullum geráde, 312, 13) þǽra rihtinga gesceád, Angl. viii. 305, 8. Add 'Hú magon wé swá dýgle áhicgan . . . hú þé swefhede, oððe wyrda gesceaft wísdóm bude'. . . 'Gé mǽtinge míne ne cunnon þá þe mé
sár-wís
dull
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(?) dull Ða sárwísan (Cott. MS. sámwísan), Past. 30, 1; Swt. 203, 7
stæf-wís
Skilled in letters ⬩ literate
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Skilled in letters, literate Gelǽred, stefwís, Lchdm. iii. 186, 24
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Ðæt ædele wíf ( Eve ), 294, 19; Sat. 473. Ðǽr wǽron manega wíf (wífo, Lind., mulieres ), Mt. Kmbl. 27, 55 : Lk. Skt. 8, 2 : 24, 22. Betwyx wífa bearnum inter natos mulierum, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 11. Betuh eall wífa cynn, Blickl. Homl. 5, 21.
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wín
Wine
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Wine Wín vinum, merum, geswét wín mellicratum, níwe wín mustum, ǽlces kynnes gewring bútan wíne and wætere sicera, ðæt séleste wín falernum, weala wín crudum vinum, geolo wín succinacium vinum, hláforda wín honorarium vinum, gewyrtod wín compositum vinum
wist
subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting
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Wist epulae, keninga wist vel éstas dapes, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 12, 13. Wiste wlonc and wínes sæd, Exon. Th. 369, 10; Seel. 39. Ðonne ðú dést wist oððe feorme cum facis prandium aut caenam, Lk. Skt. 14, 12.
wíh
An idol
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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.
wíg
fight ⬩ battle ⬩ war ⬩ conflict ⬩ valour ⬩ troops
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Abraham sealde wíg tó wedde, nalles wunden gold, Cd. Th. 124, 29; Gen. 2070. Oft ic (a shield) wíg seó, frécne feohtan. Exon. Th. 388, 6; Rä. 6, 3. Wælhwelpes wíg, 397, 21; Rä. 16, 23. Gesécean wíg, Beo. Th. 1374; B. 685.
wísa
A leader ⬩ director ⬩ captain
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Þeóda wísan, 196, 9; Az. 171. Weorces wísan, Cd. Th. 101, 28; Gen. 1689
wír
Wire ⬩ metal thread
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Wire, metal thread; often used apparently in ornamental work, so, an ornament made of wire. Cf. Icel. víra-virki filigree work Beorht seomað (-ad, MS.) wír ymb ðone wælgim, Exon. Th. 400, 20; Rä. 21, 4.
wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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Al his wil to don, Laym. 2793. Ðu wurchest mi wil, . Kath. 2108. Þat wil, Shor. 16
wit
right mind ⬩ wits ⬩ wit ⬩ intelligence ⬩ understanding ⬩ the 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.
wíse
A sprout ⬩ stalk
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A sprout, stalk Streáwbergean wíse, Lchdm. ii. 36, 12 : 334, II. Genim streáwberian wísan nioþowearde, 34, 24, 27. Nim hwíteclǽfran wísan, 326, 21. Hǽþbergean wísan, 344, 10. Weóde wísan, iii. 16, 16. Eallhwíte wýsan gesie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 16
wit
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