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un-wealt

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wealh-land

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wealh-land, I.
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add: cf. the prose version of this passage Swá oft swá wyt férdon tó fyrlenum eardurn, Gen. 20, 13

wealh-moru

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Wealmoru pastinaca, An. Ox. 56, 426. Add

wealh-stod

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wealh-stod, <b>. II.</b>
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Walestoda, An. Ox. 8, 120. Add

wealh-word

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Add: Angl. xi. 101, 42

wealh-wyrt

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Wǽlwyrt ebulo, An. Ox. 26, 57. Add

weall-weg

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On wealweg, C. D. ii. 29, 13. Cf. hege-weg. Add

weorc-full

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Add: industrious, laborious Weorcfulran operosioris, An. Ox. 27, 20

weorc-stán

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weorc-stán, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hí ðǽr swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon . . . hí fundon ǽcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. Th. i. 23, 423. Add Hét hé niman Claudium and lǽdan tó sǽ and wurpan hine út mid ánum weorcstáne, Hml. S. 35, 226

weorc-úhta

(n.)
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weorc-úhta, the hour of matins on a day that is neither a Sunday nor a Saint&#39;s day (excepto Dominus diebus et festivitatibus sanctorum, Chrd. 23, 21)
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: — Weorcúhtan besceáwige se bisceop ꝥ se intervallum beó swá lang ꝥ . . . , Chrd. 24, 7

weorod-líce

(adv.)
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Ic wundrige hú nú on wintres dæge hér lilian blóstm oþþe rosan brǽð swá wynsumlíce and swá werodlíce stincað, Hml. S. 34, 105. Add

weorod-ness

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Þá hé him mid mycelre werednysse (wyn-samnysse. v.l. dulcedine) sealde, Gr. D. 25, 18. Add

and-weorc

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ban-weorc

(n.)
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action which causes death, manslaughter Seó unlagu ꝥ man móste banweorc on unsacne secgan, Ll. Lbmn. 244, 34. Cf. morþ-weorc

bisceop-weorod

(n.)
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a bishop's band Mid ealle his biscopweorode (campwerede, v. l. ), Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 11

sǽ-weall

(n.)
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sǽ-weall, es; m.

a sea-wall, ⬩ a wall formed by the sea

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a sea-wall, a cliff by the sea Higelác wunode sǽwealle neáh, Beo. Th. 3853 ; B. 1924 : Exon. Th. 471, 15 ; Rä. 61,1. a wall formed by the sea Sǽweall ástáh (cf. Ðæt wæter ( of the Red Sea ) stód swilce twegen hége weallas, Ex. 14, 22), Cd. Th. 197,

unwit-weorc

(n.)
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unwit-weorc, es; n.

A work of folly ⬩ foolish work

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A work of folly, foolish work Wé habbaþ nédþearfe ðæt wé tó lange ne fylgeon unwitweorcum, Blickl. Homl. 111, 2

út-weardes

(adv.)
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út-weardes, adv.

Outwards ⬩ towards the outside

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Outwards, towards the outside Suá bið sió costung ǽresd on ðæm móde, and ðonne féreþ útweardes tó ðære hýde, ód ðæt nió út ásciét on weorc, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 5

wealc-basu

Similar entry: wealh-basu

weale-wyrt

Similar entry: wealh-wyrt

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