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wír

(n.)

myrtle

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myrtle Uuír, uuýr myrtus, Txts. 79, 1356. Wír, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 51: ii. 55, 83. Ele on ðam ðe wǽre wír gesoden, Lchdm. ii. 70, 15. Genim wír, 86, 7

Linked entry: ge-wíred

ge-gador-wist

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gador-wist, e; f.

An assembly for feastingcontubernium

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An assembly for feasting; contubernium, Ælfc. Gl. 93; Som. 75, 87

fyht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fyht-wíte, fiht-wíte, es; n.

A fine for fightingpugnæ mulcta

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A fine for fighting; pugnæ mulcta Ðæt fyht-wíte the fine for fighting, L. E. G. 13; Th. i. 174, 27

Linked entries: feoht-wíte fiht-wíte

wiþ

Grammar
wiþ, <b>. I</b> I a.
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add: where the motion is in a direction opposite to that in which another object moves Se líg dreów wið þæi windes, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 9. Add Þeáh him mon sleá mid sweorde wiþ þæs heáfdes, Bl. H. 47, 14. 2.

wudu-mær

(n.)

echo

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Voc. ii. 29, l: 70, 7 (windu-, MS.), Similar entries v. Grmm. D. M. pp. 452, 1412 (Stallybrass' Trans.)

Linked entries: mær windu-mær

wildness

(n.)
Grammar
wildness, (?), e ; f.

Wildnesslicentiousness

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Wildness, licentiousness Gálre wild[nesse ?] pelulantis lasciviae Hpt. Gl. 515, 10

wí-bed

Similar entry: wíg-bed

witt

Similar entry: wit

witud

Similar entry: witod

wist

Grammar
wist, <b>. II a.</b>
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Hé ne dorste geopenian ꝥ hé on Drihten gelýfde, ac hé dígellíce lufode þone biscop and mid wistum him þénode, Hml. S. 22, 126. v. beód-, híred-, mund-, samod-, unhíred-wist. Add

-wita

(suffix)
Grammar
-wita, -wite.

Linked entry: -wite

wíte

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Add: v. bisceop-, full-, ge-. gylt-, heng-, sorh-wíte

wirnan

(v.)
Grammar
wirnan, p. de.

to refuserefrain from grantingto preventprohibitkeep from

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MS.) ðæs wínes his láre ða mód mid tó oferdrencanne ðe hiene gehiéran willaþ, vino eloquii auditorum mentem inebriare non desinit, Past. 49; Swt. 380, 6. Cyning ne wyrneþ wordlofes, wísan mǽneþ míne for mengo, Exon. Th. 401, 13; Rä. 21, 11.

Linked entries: wyrnan wernan

Wihg(e)ra-ceaster

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wítnian

(v.)
Grammar
wítnian, p. ode

To punishtormentplague

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To punish, torment, plague Ic wítnie multo, Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 58. Uuítnath multabitur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 42. Wítnað plectit, 90, 12. Wítnode multavit, punivit, Hpt. Gl. 455, 15. Déme ðæt se bisceop and wítnige be ðam (juxta hoc puniatur), L. Ecg.

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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To will, wish Volo ic wylle, uis ðú wylt, uult hé wyle, uolumus wé wyllaþ . . . utinam uellem eálá gyf ic wolde; utinam uelim eálá gyf ic wylle gyt. . . uelle wyllan, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Zup. 199, 14-200, 6. to will, exercise the faculty of willing Ic undergyte

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

wísan

(v.)
Grammar
wísan, p. de

To shew

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To shew Ðeóden wísðe herepað tó ðære heán byrig eorlum elðeódigum, Cd. Th. 218, 5; Dan. 35

wól-gewinn

(n.)
Grammar
wól-gewinn, es; n.

A conflict where there is a great mortality

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A conflict where there is a great mortality Gif hié gemunan willaþ hiora ieldrena unclǽnnessa, and heora wólge-winna, and hiora monigfealdan unsibbe recolant majorum suorum tempora, bellis inquietissima, sceleribus exsecrabilia, dissensionibus foeda,

ge-wend

Grammar
ge-wend, l. ge-wind; q. v.

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Wintan-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Wintan-ceaster, (Wintun-, Winta (-e, -i), Win-), e: Wænte, an; f.

Winchester

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Gange án gemet swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre (Winta-, v. l.) healde, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 2. Seó gerǽdnys ðe Cnut cyningc gerǽdde on Wintanceastre (Win-, v. l.), L. C. E. proem. ; Th. i. 358, 7.

Linked entries: Wænte Win-ceaster