sǽ-wer
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a weir of some kind Ðæt mynster æt Wíc, and seó híd ðæ ðǽrtó líð, and .vi. æceras and se íggað æt portes bricge and (mid?) healfe sǽwære and se mylnstede æt Mannæs bricge, C. D. iv. 96, 4. v. wer [where the instances given under (especially C.
horder-wice
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horder-wíce
riht-wer
A legitimate husband
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A legitimate husband Gif wíf hire rihtwer ( virum suum legitimum ) forlǽt, L. Ecg. P. ii. 8 ; Th. ii. 184, 25
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ge-wíde
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See wíde; II in Dict
riht-wer
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Gif be cwicum ceorle wíf hig be óðrum were forlicge, . . . hæbbe se rihtwer eall ꝥ heó áhte, Ll. Th. i. 406, 8. Add
cyric-wag
a church-wall
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Eth. vii. 13; Wilk. 111, 17
wíde-feorh
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long life, an age; the word occurs only in the accusative with adverbial force, for a long time, for ever. v. wíd, VII. Wé sceolon leánum hleótan, swá wé widefeorh ( through all time ) weorcum hlódun, Exon. Th. 49, 11; Cri. 784.
west-wind
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A west wind Ðá bleów westwind flante favonio Bd. 5, 19 ; S. 639, 20
wel-boren
Well-born ⬩ noble
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Ic nam wíse menn and welborene (nobiles) Deut. 1, 15
weg-farende
Wayfaring
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Wayfaring Sum wegfarende (-férende, v. l.) man férde wið ðone feld; ðá wearð his hors gesicclod, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 204. Seó nædre ligeþ on ðam wege, and wyle ða wegfarendan mid hire tóðum slítan, Wulfst. 192, 23
wer-þeód
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Wíde geweorðod ofer werþeóda, Apstls. Kmbl. 30; Ap. 15: Beo. Th. 1802; B. 899: Exon. Th. 243, 12; Jul. 9: Lchdm. iii. 36, 24. Werþióde, Met. 9, 21. Ofer ealle werþeóde inter gentes, Ps.
wel-dǽd
a good deed ⬩ a benefit ⬩ favour ⬩ kindness ⬩ an office ⬩ service
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Hé wið monna bearn wyrceþ weldǽdum (acts beneficently) Exon. Th. 191, 12; Az. 87. Wé ðínum weldǽdum wurdan áhafene in beneplacito tuo exaltabitur cornu nostrum Ps. Th. 88, 14.
wel-hwá
Every one ⬩ every thing
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Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse welhwam þince eal unforcúþ Exon. Th. 315, 13; Mód. 30 Weódmónað on tún welhwæt bringeþ Menol. Fox 274; Men. 138
síd-weg
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Cf. wíd-weg
wel-willende
of good will ⬩ benevolent ⬩ benignant ⬩ kind
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Ða welwillendan benevoli, Swt. 229, 10. of right will, right-minded Ðá Dauid ðysne sealm sancg, ðá gealp hé and fægnode Godes fultumes wið his feóndum; and swá déð ǽlc welwillende man, ðe ðisne sealm singð Ps. Th. 4, arg
wed-bryce
Breach of a pledge or engagement
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Eác syndan wide þurh áðbrycas and ðurh wedbrycas and ðurh mistlíce leásunga forloren and forlogen má ðonne scolde, Wulfst. 164, 7. Wed*-*bricas, 130, 6. [Cf. With wedbrek cum adulteris, Ps. 49, 18.]
wác-mód
of weak disposition ⬩ morally weak ⬩ fainthearted ⬩ pusillanimous
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On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ða ofermódan, on óðre wísan ða earmheortan and ða wácmódan (pusillanimes), Past. 32; Swt. 209, 3.
wan-sceaft
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misfortune, misery, unhappiness Hí sorge ne cúðon, wonsceaft wera, wiht unhǽlo, Beo. Th. 240; B. 120. Ic ne wrecan meahte on wigan feore wonnsceaft míne, ac ic ealle þolige, Exon. Th. 499, 16; Rä. 88, 16.
wác-líc
Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.
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Ðú wilt habban ealle fægere ðing and ácorene, and wilt ðé sylf beón wáclíc and unwurð, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 20: 372, 8. Hwæþer ðæt nú sié tó talianne wáclíc and unnyt ðætte nytwyrþost is eallra ðissa woruldþinga?
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weá-mét
Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility
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Anan se he wes wrað wið eni he hine wolde slæn, Laym. 6368.]