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hæsel-wrid

(n.)
Grammar
hæsel-wrid, es; n. m (?). l. <b>hæsel-wríd, -wriþ,</b> es; m.
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and add On ðone miclan hæslwríð wiðneoðon ðæt gráfet; of ðám hæsl-wríðe, C. D. v. 194, 14

wrǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽt, wrǽtt, e; f.

A work of arta jewelan ornament

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A work of art, a jewel, an ornament Se (the cave) wæs innan full wrǽtta and wíra, weard unhióre goldmáðmas heóld, Beo. Th. 4817; 3. 2413. Wundenmǽl wrǽttum gebunden, 3067 ; 3. 1531. Is ðes middangeard wísum gewlitegad, wrǽttum gefrætwad, Exon. Th. 413

Linked entry: wrǽtte

wrást

Similar entry: wrǽst

wráþ

(n.)
Grammar
wráþ, es; n.

crueltywhat is grievousthe painful

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cruelty Wráð crudelitas, Hpt. Gl. 518, 35. what is grievous, the painful Ðæt nán wiht ne sý, . . . ne ðæs heardes ne ðæs hnesces, ne ðæs wráðes ne ðæs wynsumes, . . . ðæt hig þonne mihte fram úres Drihtnes lufan ásceádan, Wulfst. 184, 20

Linked entry: wráþ-líc

wrec

(adj.)
Grammar
wrec, wrecc; adj.

Wretchedmiserable

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Wretched, miserable Ða wreccan munecas lágon onbúton ðam weófode, Chr. 1083;Erl. 217, 21. Ðá ða wreccæ men lǽgen fordrifene full neáh tó deáðe, 1086; Erl. 219, 36

-wring

(suffix)
Grammar
-wring, -wryng ?.

wrítan

Grammar
wrítan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þonne mon þá hláfas wrát tó þicgeanne, þonne orn þǽr blód út cum panes per convivia frangerentur, cruor e mediis panibus fluxit, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 5. Add Hé Cristes róde tácen þǽr tóweard wrát signum crucis edidit, Gr. D. 105, 9

bi-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon; pp. -writen

To write after, by, or out of, to copypostscribere, exscribere,

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[be by, wrítan to write] To write after, by, or out of, to copy; postscribere, exscribere,Past. pref; Hat. MS

a-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon ; pp. -writen ; v. a. [a, wrítan to engrave, write] .

to write out or downto transcribedescribecomposetranscriberedescribereconscriberecontexereto inscribeinscribereinscriptione ornareto carvedelineatedrawsculperedelineare

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Sum biþ list-hendig to awrítanne word-gerýnu one is cunning to write down word-mysteries, Exon. 79 b; Th. 299, 2 ; Crä. 96.

Linked entry: a-wrát

for-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon; pp. -writen [wrítan to cut, carve, engrave, write]

To cut asunderdissĕcāre

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To cut asunder; dissĕcāre He forwrát wyrm on middan he cut the worm asunder in the middle, Beo. Th. 5403; B. 2705

ge-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrítan, p. -wrát; pp. -writen

To writeto give or bestow by writingto write along with othersconscribere

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To write, to give or bestow by writing, to write along with others; conscribere He létt gewrítan hú mycel landes his arceb's hæfdon he had written how much land his archbishops had, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 29: Th. Chart. 296, 10.

a-wrát

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wrát, p. of a-wrítan.

wrote

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wrote,Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 27;

fore-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
fore-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon pp. -writen

To proscribebanishproscrībĕre

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To proscribe, banish; proscrībĕre, Som. Ben. Lye

wróht-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
wróht-smiþ, es; m.

A worker of crimea criminal

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A worker of crime, a criminal Wróh-smiðas (evil spirits), Exon. Th. 156, 19; Gú. 877. Ðæt ðú mé ne gescyrige mid scyldhetum, werigum wróhlsmiðum (the cannibal Mermedonians),on ðone wyrrestan deáð ofer eorðan, Andr. Kmbl. 171 ; An. 86

ge-wrid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrid, es; n.

A place where shrubs growthicket

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A place where shrubs grow, thicket Betwyx ða fenlícan gewrido ðæs wídgillan wéstenes amongst the fenny thickets of the wide wilderness, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 22, 10. Betwux ða þiccan gewrido ðara bremela amongst the dense thickets of brambles, 5; Gdwin. 36

Linked entry: hæsel-wrid

ge-wriht

Similar entry: ge-wyrht

ge-wrid

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ge-wrid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrid, es; n. A thicket, shrubbery, grove. v. wrídan
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Gewrid frutecta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 25. Betwyx þá fenlican gewrido þæs wídgillan wéstenes hé ána ongan eardian inter umbrosa solitudinis nemora solus habitare coepit, Guth. Gr. 115, 53. Hí hine lǽddon betwux þá þiccan gewrido (-u, v. l.) þára brémela eum

ge-wrid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrid, es; n.
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What is wrapped about an object, a covering, husk. v. wríþan; : ge-wríþan; Gewrid glumula (cf. eára scalu spicarum glumula, An. Ox. 1412), Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 23

ge-wriþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wriþ, (?), es; n. A strap, thong
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Lancea wígár, amentum wegures geriðspere (l. (?) wígáres gewrið (v. Angl. viii. 451), spere?gewrið]), Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 47

Linked entries: -wriþ gewriþ-spere