weax-æppel
A wax apple, a ball of wax
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A wax apple, a ball of wax Se Pater Noster mæg ána ealla gesceafta on his ðære swíðran hand on ánes weaxæpples onlícnisse geðýn and gewringan, Salm. Kmbl. p. 150, 33
weax-berende
bearing a wax candle
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bearing a wax candle; the word (in the form uæx biorende) glosses cerarius in the passage: Accoluthus grece, cerarius ad recitandum evangelium (cf.Acolitus is gecweden se ðe candele oððe tapor byreþ þonne mann godspell rǽt, Ælfc. C. 14; Th. ii. 348,
Corn-weal
CORNWALL ⬩ Cornubia
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CORNWALL; Cornubia Som. Ben. Lye
on-wealg
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wan-ǽht
Scant possession
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Scant possession Náh ic fela goldes . . . ic mé sylf ne mæg fore mínum wonǽhtum willan ádreógan, Exon. Th. 458, 19 ; Hy. 4, 103
wang-beard
A whisker
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A whisker Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13
Linked entry: beard
wan-hæfelness
Similar entry: wan-hafolness
wan-hæfenness
Want ⬩ need
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Want, need Wanhæfænysse and metelǽste famis inedia, Hpt. Gl. 480, 33
Linked entry: hæfenness
wan-hǽle
Having bad health
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Having bad health Ealle ða ðe wonnhiǽle wǽron, healtte and blinde, dumbe and deáfe, Nar. 48, 31
Linked entry: wan-hál
wan-hafa
A poor person
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A poor person Wanhafa and þearfa ic eom inops et pauper sum ego. Ps. Spl. 85, 1
Linked entry: hafa
wan-hafol
Needy ⬩ destitute
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Needy, destitute Him embe stódon wépende wydewan and wanhafele þearfan, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 65. Widewena bigleofa and wanhafolra manna, ii. 25, 765. Gehelp wanhafolum mannum mid ðínum ágenum spédum, i. 21, 363
wan-hafolness
Need ⬩ want ⬩ destitution
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Need, want, destitution Nis wanhafolnes (inopia) ondrǽdendum hine. Ps. Lamb. 33, 10. Úre wanhæfelnesse inopiae nostrae, 43, 24
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wan-hálian
To weaken ⬩ impair the health or soundness of something
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To weaken, impair the health or soundness of something Þurh ðisne drync beóð ǽgðær ge ða sáwle ofslagene ge ða líchaman gewanhálode, Homl. Ass. 146, 51
Linked entry: ge-wanhálian
wan-hálness
Weakness ⬩ sickness ⬩ unsoundness ⬩ infirmity
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Weakness, sickness, unsoundness, infirmity Ðæm abbode is á tó behealdenne heora (fratrum infirmorum) wanhálnes (imbecillitas), R. Ben. 75, II. Wanhálnysse (debilitate) ealles líchaman, Scint. 38, 7. Dysig æfter untrumnysse his ongyt, and æfter wanhálnysse
wan-hlyte
Not having a share in something ⬩ destitute of
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Not having a share in something, destitute of Wanhlytne expertem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 8
Linked entry: or-hlyte
wan-wegende
Waning
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Waning On wanwegendum mónan, Lchdm. i. 100, 20. Wanwægendum, 98, 17
wan-spéd
Poverty ⬩ indigence
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Poverty, indigence Þurh wanspéde per inopiam, Scint. 226, 6. On ðæm gefeohte wæs ǽrest anfunden Sciþþia wanspéda ea res primo fidem inopiae Scythicae dedit, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 34
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græs-wang
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A grassy plain, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 2; Ph. 78: 65 b; Th. 243, 5; Jul. 6