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weal

(n.)

a wall.

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a wall

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.
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Ware, merchandise Mangere mercator, waru merx, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 73. Hí wurpon heora waru oforbord they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea (Jonah I, 5), Homl. Th. i. 246, 2.

wícan

(v.)
Grammar
wícan, p. wác, pl. wicon; pp. wicen
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To yield, give way Wicon weallfæsten, wǽgas burston, multon meretorras, Cod. Th. 208, 14; Exod. 483

Linked entry: ge-wícan

wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to move, bear, carry, bring, transport to bring, cause to bear, support to bear, carry, to have bearwearto haveto be under the influence of havebear to bear, submit toto weigh,to put something in a balance to be equal to To move

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Hé on breóstum wæg byrnende lufan, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 14. Grendel heteníðas wæg, Beo. Th. 307; B. 152. Módþrýðo wæg cwén, 3867; B. 1931 : Cd. Th. 135, 6; Gen. 2238. Ic wæg módceare micle, Beo. Th. 3559 ; B. 1777.

Linked entry: æt-wegan

wéna

(n.)
Grammar
wéna, an; m.

suppositionopinionthoughtideaimaginationhopeexpectation

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Se ðe wæs Crist geteald mid ungewissum wénan 358, 3. Be wénan (as a matter of opinion) hí healdaþ God ælmihtigne R. Ben. 135, 24. For dysiges folces wénan falsis vulgi opinionibus, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 4.

Linked entry: wén

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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Ex. 145. in the plural, in some compounds, the word has the sense of way, in al-way, -ways Cf. Icel. -vegir. v. eást-, norþ-, súþ-, síd-, wíd-wegas

wel

Grammar
wel, <b>. I</b> 1 b.
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Add Sum man wæs blind wel seofon geár fulle, Hml. S. 21, 202. Add Hí lá hí and wel lá well and ðyllice óðre sindon englisce interjectiones, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 13

wearr

(n.)
Grammar
wearr, es; m.

A piece of hard skin (particularly on the hands or feet), callosity

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War. i. 291, 8. Wær callositas, Hpt. Gl. 490, 33. Ða wearras and ða swylas ðe beóð on mannes handum oððe on óðrum limum, Lchdm. i. 356, 16. Wiþ weartum and wearrum on lime, ii. 148, 26: Homl. Skt. i. 5, 139. Fram þysum heardum wearrum, 5, 198.

Linked entries: weorras wear wearriht

waru

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Waru merces, An. Ox. 28, 16. Add

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe misery evil afflictiontroubleevilwickedness malice

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Ic fleáh weán wana wilna gehwilces, 137, 11; Gen. 2272 : 109, 7; Gen. 1819 For hwon wást ðú weán, gesyhst sorge, 54, 12; Gen. 876. Gedígan weán and wræcsíð, Beo. Th. 4573; B. 2292 Gesamna ús of wídwegum, ðǽr wé weán dreógaþ, Ps. Th. 105, 36: Cd.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

wénan

(v.)
Grammar
wénan, p. de.

to weensupposethinkimagineopinebelieveto hopeexpectlook for

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Ðá fór hé (Saul) forð bí ðæm scræfe ðæt hé (David) oninnan wæs, and hé his ðǽr nó ne wénde Past. 28; Swt. 197, 14. Hé ðæs mǽldæges ne wénde Cd. Th. 141, 4; Gen. 2340. Far ðǽr ðú freónda wéne Exon. Th. 119, 29; Gú. 262.

Linked entries: for-wénan wǽnan

weax

(n.)
Grammar
weax, es; n.

Wax

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Wax Weax cera, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 33: cerea, 284, 32. Ásoden weax obrizum metallum, ii. 65, 14. Swá weax melteþ, gif hit byð wearmum neáh fýre gefæstnad sicut cera liquefacta, Ps. Th. 57, 7: 67, 2: Exon. Th. 61, 23; Cri. 989.

Linked entries: wex wexen wæx

wéne

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wearn

(n.)
Grammar
wearn, es; m. (?)

A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal

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A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal Þunie (þu me, Th.) him gewinnes wearn ofer wealles hróf and heom on midle wese mán and inwit circumdabit eam super muros ejus iniquitas, et labor in medio ejus, Ps. Th. 54, 9. Þeán ðe ða ealle ðe

Linked entries: un-wearnum wirn worn

weás

(adv.)
Grammar
weás, adv.

By chance, by accident, fortuitously

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By chance, by accident, fortuitously Weás casu, Txts. 181, 54. Ic his wundrode micle ðý læs, gif ic wiste ðæt hit weás gebyrede búton Godes willan and búton his gewitnesse minus mirarer, si misceri omnia fortuitis casibus crederem, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212

wédan

(v.)
Grammar
wédan, p. de

To be mad or furious, to rage, rave to be mad, out of one's sensesto act with violence, be furious, rage,

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To be mad or furious, to rage, rave Ic wéde saeuio and insanio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Zup. 192, 3. Furo ic wéde macaþ insaniui of insanio ic wéde, 33 ; Zup. 203, 9. Ic wéde grasso. Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 44. Wétt saeuit, Wülck. Gl. 255, 16. Wét furit, irascitur

Linked entry: a-wédan

wegan

(v.)

to bend.

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to bend

wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
wéne, adj.

hopefulfair

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hopeful Similar entries v. or-, un-wéne. fair, beautiful v. wén-líc Wénre (? wénðe, MS.) formosior Hpt. Gl. 417, 23

Linked entry: wénþ

Eádwíg

(n.)
Grammar
Eádwíg, es; m. [eád happy, wíg war]

Eadwig, son of Edmund. Eadwig was king of Wessex and Northumbria for four years, from A. D. 955-959

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Eadwig was king of Wessex and Northumbria for four years, from A. D. 955-959 Hér, A. D. 955, féng Eádwíg to ríce, Eádmundes sunu here Eadwig, Edmund's son, succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 955 ; Erl. 119, 8. Hér, A.

wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weaponmembrum virile

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Gif man wǽpn ábregde ðǽr mæn drincen, L.H.E. 13; Th. i. 32, 11. Ðeáh hwá his ágen spere sette tó óðres mannes húses dura ... oþþon gif man óðer wǽpn lecge ... and hwilc man ðæt wǽpn gelæcce, L.C.S. 76; Th. i. 418, 6.