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
hwæl-weg
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The path of the whale, the ocean Hweteð on [h]wælweg hreðer unwearnum, Seef. 63
hors-weg
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On horsweg; of horswege innan gátánstíge, C. D. B. i. 417, 12. Add
hweól-weg
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A cart-road On hweogelweg, C. D. iii. 386, 4
leoþu-wác
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For leoþuwác in middle of l. 2 l. lioþuwác, dele Iust passage, and add Of liþewácum helmum lentis frondibus, An. Ox. 923. Liþewácum, tógum (tagum, Hpt. Gl. 514, 69) lentis (viminibus caedentes, Aid. 66, 39), 4693. Liþewácum lentis (arluum flexibus, Guth
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mylen-weg
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a road to a mill Andlang ðæs mylanweges on þone Lundenweg, C. D. vi. 31, 29
port-weg
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A road to a town, a highway Tó ðæn portwege, C. D. vi. 8, 31. [v. N. E. D. port-way.] Cf. port-herpaþ, -strǽt
styfic-weg
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a road made by clearing away tree-stumps (?) Tó ðám fúlan wege, sé hátte stificweg (cf. stifincweg, iv. 66, 24), C. D. iii. 409, 13. Andlang stifigweges, v. 321, 28
wág-rift
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Wáhrefte conopeo, An. Ox. 7, 365. Ic geann intó þiére hálgan stówe . . . ánes hricghrægles þæs sélestan ðe ic hæbbe, and ánes beddreáfes mid wáhryfte, Cht. Th. 529, 12. Hé geann . . . Wulfgáre his mǽge twégra wáhryfta and twégra setlhrægla, Cht. Crw
weá-gesiþ
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-Weágesýþ satelles, An. Ox. 46, 35. Add
web-geréþru
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is printed
web-geródes
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(?) -rod-
weg-farende
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Add: -farend, es; m. A wayfarer Úre dagas gewítað swá swá wegfarende menn, Hml. S. 28, 154. Hí begunnon tó áxienne æt óþrum wegfarendum, 31, 992
weg-férend
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Þá þá se bróþor on þone weg férde, óþer wegférend (viator) hine sylfne tó him geþeódde, Gr. D. 138, 9 : 314, 12. Add
wel-dónde
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God gehét good edleán ðǽm weldóndum, Solil. H. 10, 19. Add
wel-getýd
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well-instructed, well-educated In eallum þingum hé bið welgetýd, E. S. xxxix. 354