wíg-bed
An altar
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R. Kath. weoued: Ps. R. Glouc. weved: Ayenb. wieved.]
wígle
Divination ⬩ heathen practice
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[He (devil) makeð be unbilefulle man to leven swilcne wigeles, swo ich ar embe spac, Rel. Ant. i. 131, 27.] [His (the devil's) wiȝeles and his wrenches, A. R. 300, 5.] [Wieles, 92, 21 : Fragm. Phlps. 8, 54.] [Wiheles, Marh. 13, 9.]
wildan
to tame ⬩ subdue ⬩ to make submissive ⬩ have dominion over ⬩ rule ⬩ control ⬩ to take into one's power ⬩ to seize
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Se ðe ðone mǽran noman abbodes underféhð, hé sceal mid twyfealdre láre ðáwyldan and týn, ðe him underþeódde synt qui suscipit nomen abbatis duplici debet doctrina suis preesse discipulis R. Ben. II, 12.
wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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Drence on Welscum ealað, 136, Dó ealle ðás wyrta on Wylisc ealo, 120, 6. servile Hé on ðreó tówearp ða cneór[d]nesse, ðæt wæs wælisc ( the race of Ham ; cf.
Linked entries: Wælisc wealh-more Welisc
willes
Willingly, voluntarily, of one's own accord
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R. 6, 26. ] Þu þat forschuppes te self willes and waldes, H. M. 27, 2. v. self-willes, un-wil[l], wil[l]
wind-hreóse
A storm of wind
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Cf. wind-rǽs
Linked entry: hreóse
wind-rǽs
A storm of wind
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A storm of wind Windrǽs procella, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 37
wín-drenc
Wine
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Wine Wíndrenc (-dred, 1. 10, -drend, 1. 12, MS.) vinum, R. Ben. Interl. 72, 10, 12. Ða cempan him budon drincan gebitrodne wíndrenc, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 16
Linked entry: wín-drync
wín-drync
Wine
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Wé þeáh rǽdaþ ðæt munecum tó wíndrince (-drynce, -drence, v. ll.) náht ne belimpe licet legamus uinum monachorum non esse, R. Ben. 64, 21
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winter
a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year
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On wintres tíman, ðæt is fram ðan anginne ðæs mónðes, ðe is November gehaten, óþ Eástran, R. Ben. 32, 10. Siððan (after the first of November) wintres dæg (winter; cf.
Linked entries: ǽ-wintre-cyning -wintre
winter-feorm
A Christmas feast
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R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 25
winter-rím
A number of years
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A number of years Heora winterrím anni eorum, Ps. Th. 89, 5
búte
both ⬩ ambo
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both; ambo Búte ða þinc ambá res, R. Ben. interl. 5
býdel
to bid, order, proclaim ⬩ one who bids or cries out, a herald, proclaimer, minister ⬩ præco, nuncius ⬩ one who bids or summons to appear in a court of law, a BEADLE ⬩ apparitor, exactor, bedellus
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R. S. 18; Th. i. 440, 6. He þurh his býdelas his gafoles myngaþ he reminds him of his tribute by his messengers [lit. beadles], L. Edg. S. l; Th. i. 270, 19.
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býcnend-líc
Allegorical, mystical ⬩ allegoricus
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Allegorical, mystical; allegoricus Býcnendlíc racu allegorica expositio, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 42. ;
býsenung
an example
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R. Ben. 61
býtlian
a builder ⬩ To build ⬩ ædificare
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Býtlode ædificavit, R. Ben. in proœm. Hí worhton ðæt geweorc æt Tæmeseforda, and hit búdon, and býtledon they wrought the work at Tempsford, and inhabited it, and built, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 18
Linked entry: byggan
cáfer-tún
A hall, inclosure, court, vestibule ⬩ atrium, vestibulum
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A hall, inclosure, court, vestibule; atrium, vestibulum Mycel and rúm heall vel cáfertún atrium, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 21; Wrt. Voc. 58, 61; Lk. Bos. 11, 21; Jn. Bos. 18, 15; Bt. 18, 1; Rawl. 38, 30.
Linked entry: ceafer-tún
camp-wudu
War-wood, a shield ⬩ lignum pugnæ, clipeus
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War-wood, a shield; lignum pugnæ, clipeus Ðonne rand dynede, campwudu clynede then rang the shield, the war-wood sounded, Elen. Kmbl. 101; El. 51
car-leás
care ⬩ less ⬩ CARELESS, reckless, void of care, free ⬩ improvidus, securus
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He on ðam dóme freoh and carleás biþ injudicio liber erit, R. Ben. 2
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