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wan-wegende

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-wegende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Waning On wanwegendum mónan, Lchdm. i. 100, 20. Wanwægendum, 98, 17

west-wegas

(n.)
Grammar
west-wegas, pl. m.
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The west Eástan ne cymeþ gumena ǽnig, ne of westwegum neque ab oriente, neque ab occidente, Ps. Th. 74, 6

wull-wǽga

(n.)
Grammar
wull-wǽga, pl. f.

Scales for weighing wool

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Scales for weighing wool Momentana lytle wǽga, campana wulwǽga, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 43

an-wedd

(n.)
Grammar
an-wedd, (and-?), es; n.
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Security for a loan, recognizance Hire fæder áborgude XXX punda æt Godan and betǽht him þæt land þæs feós tó anwedde ( pro vadimonio eidem dedit terram). Cht. Th. 201, 17

corn-weal

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Dele

efen-wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
efen-wǽge, an; f.
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An equipoise Ebnwége aequipensum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 47. Efenwǽge equipensium, 143, 71

ge-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wæd, es; n.
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Þis sy[ndon ðá landgemǽro] tó miclan gráfe on Tenet ... andlang eá on middel gewæd and þonan west on Seolcingfleót, C. D. B. ii. 519, 14. Geuueada vada brevia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 17

Linked entry: wæd

ge-wǽge

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Substitute: Weight. determination of amount by weighing In swá hwelce giwége (on suá huælc gewǽge, L.) giwegen gí bióðon eft giwegen bið iów in qua mensura mensi fueritis remetietur uobis, Mk. R. 4, 24. Genim ðú betonican þǽre wyrte twá trymessan gewǽge

ge-wær

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-wær</b> in the phrase gewær (indecl. cf. wurðan thes firiho barn giwar, Hél. 3641. Uuir knadon geuuar uuorden sín, Notker 38, 9) weorþan to become aware of (gen. ) Þá fundon hí óðre flocráde ꝥ rád út wið Lígtúnes; and þá

leoþu-wác

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For leoþuwác in middle of l. 2 l. lioþuwác, dele Iust passage, and add Of liþewácum helmum lentis frondibus, An. Ox. 923. Liþewácum, tógum (tagum, Hpt. Gl. 514, 69) lentis (viminibus caedentes, Aid. 66, 39), 4693. Liþewácum lentis (arluum flexibus, Guth

Linked entry: wác

lín-wǽd

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Þá línwǽda linteamina, Angl. xiii. 428, 894. Add

under-wedd

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Ic onborgede .xxx. mancsa goldes æt Beorhaóðe and ic gesealde hym áne gyrde landes tó underwedde, Cht. Crw. 9, 119. Add

wæl-cyrge

Grammar
wæl-cyrge, Take here (?) the forms given under wellyrge, where for 'sinus' l. (?) erinis ( = Ἐρινύς), and add
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Gydene, wælcyrie Ueneris, An. Ox. 4449

wæl-genga

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-genga, an ; m.
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A deadly walker, a wild beast, a dragon Wælgengan beluę, An. Ox. 8, 305 : 5, 41

wæl-grim

Grammar
wæl-grim, wæl-grimm.
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Dá earman men beóð wyrs bereáfode fram þám unrihtwísan déman þonne fram þám wælgrimmestan here ( a cruentis hostibus ), Ll. Lbmn. 475, 17. Add

wær-word

(n.)
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Perhaps wǽr-word should be read, with the meaning: an agreement, a proviso. In the following passage, however, wær-word seems to occur Nis geméted on hálgum bócum þætte þisse frigenesse wærword (wiðerword, v.l.) sý gesewen nequaquam in sacris eloquiis

wær-wyrde

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Gif on Wódnesdæg . . . bið ácenned, sé bið wærwyrde (swíðe wær on hií wordum, v.l. ), Archiv cxxviii. 298, 9. Add

wearg-cwedol

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Add: given to reviling Wyrigcwidole men maledici (revilers, l Cor. 6, 10), Gr. D. 207, 29

wearg-lic

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Hú ne is hit þǽr swíðe swiotol hú werelica þás woruldsǽlða sint liquet igitur quam sit mortalium rerum misera beatitudo, Bt. II, I; S. 25, 10. Add

ryne-wægn

(n.)
Grammar
ryne-wægn, -wǽn, es; m.

A swift vehicle, a chariot

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A swift vehicle, a chariot On ryne-wǽnum in curribus, Ps. Th. 19, 7