weá-gesiþ
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-Weágesýþ satelles, An. Ox. 46, 35. Add
wer-reáf
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Ordinary dress as distinguished from vestments Be preósta gyrlan . . . Nimon hí heora werreáf (uestimenta) tó Sancte Martinus mæssan and oferslipas tó Eástron and heora gescý on þǽm mónðe Nouembre, Chrd. 48, 27. Preósta werreáf (uestes) and hyra gescý
wer-scipe
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Dele. Cf. An. Ox. 3596, where the reading is férscipe
beám-wer
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a weir made of logs Beneoðan beámwer on ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 31
weá-dǽd
A deed of woe ⬩ an ill-deed
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A deed of woe, an ill-deed Hé ( Stephen ) bæd þrymcyning ðæt hé him ða weádǽd tó wræce ne sette (cf. Domine, ne statuas illis hoc peccatum, Acts 7, 60), Elen. Kmbl. 987; El. 495. Árísaþ weádǽda, Fins. Th. 15 ; Fin. 8
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weá-gesíþ
A companion in misery or in wickedness
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A companion in misery or in wickedness Tó ðam symle sittan eodon ealle his (Holofernes' )weágesíþas, Judth. Thw. 21, 13 ; Jud. 16. Hé ðone deófol on helle mid his weágesíðum ofþrihte, Wulfst. 145, 4. Ða deorcan and ða dimman stówe helle tintrego, ðe
weá-láf
A remnant spared by calamity ⬩ those who remain after evil times ⬩ the survivors of calamity
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A remnant spared by calamity, those who remain after evil times, the survivors of calamity Land hý áwéstaþ and burga forbærnaþ and ǽhta forspillaþ and eard hý ámiriaþ. And ðonne land wurðeþ for sinnum forworden and ðæs folces duguð swíðost fordwíneþ,
weá-líc
Miserable
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Miserable Sumum ðæt gegongeþ, ðæt se endestæf weálíc weorþeþ; sceal hine wulf etan, Exon. Th. 328, 4; Vy. 12
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weá-tácn
A sign of misery, a woeful signal
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A sign of misery, a woeful signal Nis þǽr on ðam londe, ne wóp ne wracu, weátácen nán, yldu ne yrmðu, Exon. Th. 201, 5; Ph. 51. Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad, ðæt hié ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton. Andr. Kmbl. 2239; An. 1121
hæc-wer
A weir with a grate to take fish
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A weir with a grate to take fish, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 450, 15, 22
leód-wer
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A man of a nation Leódweras [the Egyptians], Cd. 89; Th. 110, 5; Gen. 1833. Ofer leódwerum [the Israelites], 148; Th. 184, 20; Exod. 110
ó-wér
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riht-wer
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a legal wergild Tóeácan þám rihtwere, Ll. Th. ii. 240, 21
þegen-wer
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The wer-gild of a thane Hé sý þegenweres and þegenrihtes wyrðe, L. Eth. v. 9; Th. i. 306, 21: vi. 5; Th. i. 316, 14. Gif weofodþén be bóca tǽcinge his ágen líf rihtlíce fadige, ðonne sí hé fulles þegnweres and weorðscipes wurðe, ix. 28; Th. i. 346, 18
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wer-bǽre
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A weir where fish are caught Se mylenstede and ðæt land ðæt ðe ðǽrtó hýrð . . . and ða werbǽra and seó mǽd be norðan eá, and ða hammas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 383, 17. Tó Cranemere, and ðǽre gebyraþ tó six wæebǽre, iii. 344, 2
wer-bold
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Weir-building Se gebúr sceal his riht dón . . . tó werbolde .xl. mǽra oððe án fóðer gyrda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 37
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wer-borh
wer-fǽhþ
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Slaying, in pursuing the feud, under circumstances that call for the payment of wer [cf. L. Alf. pol. 42 : Be fǽhðum . . . Gif hé (a man's foe) wille on hond gán and his wǽpenu sellan, and hwá ofer ðæt on him feohte, gielde swá wer swá wunde, swá hé gewyrce
wer-genga
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A stranger who seeks protection in the land to which he has come Deóra gesíð, wildra wærgenga, Nabochodonossor the beasts' comrade, the stranger that sought shelter among wild beasts, Nebuchadnezzar, Cd. Th. 257, 25; Dan. 663. Gif eów Dryhten Crist lýfan
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wer-hád
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The male sex Werhád oððe wífhad sexus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 78, 16: Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 7: 70, 19. Werhádes man mas vel masculus, 70, 17. Ǽlc werhádes man omne masculinum . . . se werhádes man masculus, Gen. 17, 12, 24. Ealle werhádes men omnes viri, 7, 27