under-wed
A pledge ⬩ security
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'Hwæt wilt ðú tó underwedde (pro arrhabone ) nyman?' ... Iudas sende án tyccen wið his hirde, ðæt hé fette ðæt underwedd, Gen. 38, 17-20. Gylde hé ðæt yrfe oþþe uuderwed lecge, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 8: 8; Th. i. 356, 10
sǽ-wer
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a weir of some kind Ðæt mynster æt Wíc, and seó híd ðæ ðǽrtó líð, and .vi. æceras and se íggað æt portes bricge and (mid?) healfe sǽwære and se mylnstede æt Mannæs bricge, C. D. iv. 96, 4. v. wer [where the instances given under (especially C.
bæþ-weg
A bath-way ⬩ the sea ⬩ via balnei ⬩ mare
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Bæþweges blǽst a blast or wind of the sea, a sea breeze, the south wind. Súþwind is so called, Cd. 158; Th. 196, 11; Exod. 290
riht-wer
A legitimate husband
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A legitimate husband Gif wíf hire rihtwer ( virum suum legitimum ) forlǽt, L. Ecg. P. ii. 8 ; Th. ii. 184, 25
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wel-þungen
Well-thriven ⬩ able ⬩ good ⬩ proficient ⬩ excellent
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Well-thriven, able, good, proficient, excellent Hygd wæs swíðe geong, wís, welþungen Beo. Th. 3858; B. 1927: Menol. Fox 309; Men. 156
Linked entries: -þungen wel-geþungen
riht-wer
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Gif be cwicum ceorle wíf hig be óðrum were forlicge, . . . hæbbe se rihtwer eall ꝥ heó áhte, Ll. Th. i. 406, 8. Add
cyric-wag
a church-wall
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Eth. vii. 13; Wilk. 111, 17
á-wér
anywhere ⬩ in any wise
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anywhere, in any wise, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 28; Met. 8, 14: Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 20, 14
ber-winde
Bearbine
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D. s. vv. ) ber*-*winde umbilicum, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 57
weg-farende
Wayfaring
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Wayfaring Sum wegfarende (-férende, v. l.) man férde wið ðone feld; ðá wearð his hors gesicclod, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 204. Seó nædre ligeþ on ðam wege, and wyle ða wegfarendan mid hire tóðum slítan, Wulfst. 192, 23
wer-þeód
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Wíde geweorðod ofer werþeóda, Apstls. Kmbl. 30; Ap. 15: Beo. Th. 1802; B. 899: Exon. Th. 243, 12; Jul. 9: Lchdm. iii. 36, 24. Werþióde, Met. 9, 21. Ofer ealle werþeóde inter gentes, Ps.
síd-weg
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Cf. wíd-weg
wel-willende
of good will ⬩ benevolent ⬩ benignant ⬩ kind
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Ða welwillendan benevoli, Swt. 229, 10. of right will, right-minded Ðá Dauid ðysne sealm sancg, ðá gealp hé and fægnode Godes fultumes wið his feóndum; and swá déð ǽlc welwillende man, ðe ðisne sealm singð Ps. Th. 4, arg
wed-bryce
Breach of a pledge or engagement
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Eác syndan wide þurh áðbrycas and ðurh wedbrycas and ðurh mistlíce leásunga forloren and forlogen má ðonne scolde, Wulfst. 164, 7. Wed*-*bricas, 130, 6. [Cf. With wedbrek cum adulteris, Ps. 49, 18.]
wác-mód
of weak disposition ⬩ morally weak ⬩ fainthearted ⬩ pusillanimous
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On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ða ofermódan, on óðre wísan ða earmheortan and ða wácmódan (pusillanimes), Past. 32; Swt. 209, 3.
wác-líc
Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.
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Ðú wilt habban ealle fægere ðing and ácorene, and wilt ðé sylf beón wáclíc and unwurð, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 20: 372, 8. Hwæþer ðæt nú sié tó talianne wáclíc and unnyt ðætte nytwyrþost is eallra ðissa woruldþinga?
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wel-dǽd
a good deed ⬩ a benefit ⬩ favour ⬩ kindness ⬩ an office ⬩ service
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Hé wið monna bearn wyrceþ weldǽdum (acts beneficently) Exon. Th. 191, 12; Az. 87. Wé ðínum weldǽdum wurdan áhafene in beneplacito tuo exaltabitur cornu nostrum Ps. Th. 88, 14.
weá-mét
Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility
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Anan se he wes wrað wið eni he hine wolde slæn, Laym. 6368.]
wer-nægel
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Án æþelboren wíf wearð micclum geswenct mid langsumere untrumnysse, and hire ne mihte nán lǽcecræft fremian.
sǽ-wang
The plain by the sea, the shore
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The plain by the sea, the shore Gewát se hearda æfter sande sǽwong tredan, wíde waroþas, Beo. Th. 3933 ; B. 1964