wer-stede
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A weir-stead, place where thsre is a weir Of ðam wege on ða eá, and se werstede be súðan hreódbricge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 105, 11
wer-tihtle
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An accusation where the crime of which a person is accused involves the payment of the wer; the crime itself Be wertyhtlan. Gif mon sié wertyhtlan betogen . . . bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wer gegolden sié, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 1-4
Linked entry: tihtle
wice-weorc
Similar entry: wic-weorc
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
weá-tácn
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A sign of misery, a woeful signal Nis þǽr on ðam londe, ne wóp ne wracu, weátácen nán, yldu ne yrmðu, Exon. Th. 201, 5; Ph. 51. Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad, ðæt hié ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton. Andr. Kmbl. 2239; An. 1121
web-beám
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a weaver's beam Lorh vel webbeám liciatorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 19: 281, 73. the treadle of a loom Webbeámas insubula, 59, 43: insubuli, ii. 49, 56. [A webbemne laciatorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 218, 3 (15th cent.). O. H. Ger. weppi-boum liciatorium.] Cf. web-sceaft
web-líc
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Of weaving Weblíc gewurc textrinum opus, Hpt. Gl. 431, 4. Ðæt weblíce textrinum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 17
web-sceaft
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A weaver's beam Websceaft liciatorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 10. Cf. web-beám
web-tawa
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thread for weaving Webtawa linea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 11. Cf. next word
web-teáh
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Thread for weaving Waebtaeg linea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 4
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
wel-gecwémedlíc
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glosses beneplacitus, Ps. Spl. 149. 4
wel-gedón
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well done Gif hwæt welgedónes bið si qua bene gesta sunt, Past. 17; Swt. 111, 3. Suíðe suíðe wé gesyngiaþ, gif wé óðerra monna welgedóna dǽda ne lufigaþ valde peccamus, si aliena bene gesta diligimus, 34; Swt. 231, 1. The word also glosses beneficium
wel-gehwǽr
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Everywhere Hí welgehwǽr hergedon and bærn*-*don, Chr. 1001; Erl. 136, 2
Linked entry: ge-hwǽr
wel-gelǽred
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Well-instructed Larwas ł welgilǽrde Godes docibiles Dei, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 45
wel-hǽwen
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Beautifully blue Ðæt bleóh ðæs welhǽwnan iacintes bið betera ðonne ðæs blácan carbuncules coerulei coloris hyacinthus praefertur pallenti carbunculo, Past. 52; Swt. 411, 28
wel-lícung
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Well-pleasing Wellícunga beneplaciti, Ps. Spl. T. 68, 16
wel-rúmlíce
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Kindly, benignantly; benigne, Rtl. 41, 11: 46, 14: 109, 4