wice-weorc
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wicu-bót
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A week's penance Mót tó bóte stíðlíc dǽdbót, and hit man mót sécan be ðæs mannes mihtum, sumon geárbóte . . . sumon wucubóte, sumon má wucena, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 13
wén-líc
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fair, handsome, comely Stranglíc on wæstme and wénlíc on nebbe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41. Heó wæs swíðe wlitig and wénlíces híwes erat eleganti aspectu nimis, Homl. Ass. 108, 205. the word glosses conveniens in the following passages Ne wæs woenlíc (þæslíc
wen-wyrt
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The name of some plant supposed to be good for wens [two kinds are mentioned, seó clufihte wenwyrt, Lchdm. ii. 128, 17 : 336, 3: 128, 7: 266, 26; and seó cneóehte wenwyrt, ii. 140, 8] Wyrc sealfe of wenwyrte, Lchdm. ii. 52, 4. Gesmire mid wenwyrte, 62
borg-wed
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Borgwed (borg, wed?) vadimonium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 66. Add
ciric-weg
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Road to a church Tó þám cyricwege, C. D. iv. 36, 10
cyt-wér
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and N. E. D. kit
el-wiht
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eorþ-weg
the earth
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the earth Worulde kyningas þá on eorðwege ealle syndan omnes reges terrae, Ps. Th. 71, 11. Wutun symbeldagas Drihtnes on eorðwege ealle tówurpan comprimamus omnes dies festos Domini a terra, 73, 8. On eorðwege, úp on heofenum in caelo et in terra, 112
feor-weg
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ford-wer
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A weir at a ford Be súðan fordwere, C. D. iii. 437, 11
fisc-wér
a fishing-ground ⬩ captura
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Substitute: a weir for catching fish Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 12. a fishing-ground; captura: Lǽtað eówre nett on þone fiscwer laxa retia uestra in capturam (v. wer in Dict.), Lk. 5, 4
ge-wéd
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obliquus
ge-wiht
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Add: measurement by weighing Ealra þyssa wyrta gelíce fela be gewihte. Lch. i. 148, 23. an amount determined by weighing Cóm Nichodemus mid gemengedre sealfe of myrran and alwan, manegra punda gewyht ( uenit Nicodemus ferens mixturam murrae et aloes
healf-weg
Half-way
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Half-way, a point equidistant from two extremes Ægelríc æt healfwege, C. D. iv. 234, 3
hege-weg
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A road that runs between hedges: Andlang heges on ðane brádan hegewai, C. D. iii. 380, 13
hell-wiht
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A creature of hell Engla þrym and helwihta hryre and eorðan forwyrd, Wlfst. 186, 2