weorold-wíse
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What is usual in the world, a fashion of the world Hé bæd ðæt Godes yrre ofer hí ne cóme, ne him wǽre hwæs (hwæt ?) gneáðes ne óþerra worldwísena. Ðá com stefn of heofonum and seó cwæð: . . . 'Gif hwilc man on micelre neádþearfnesse bið ðín gemyndig
weorold-wíte
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A punishment suffered in this world, a unishment on earth Forgield me ðín líf, ðæs ðe ic ðe mín þurh woruld- wíte weorð gesealde, Exon. Th. 90, 22 ; Cri. 1478. a secular (in contrast with an ecclesiastical) punishment, secular penalty, money-fine Sunnandaga
westansúþan-wind
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A south-west wind Westansúðanwind austrum Ps. Spl. C. 77, 30
wíte-leás
Not having to pay a fine
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Not having to pay a fine Gelǽste ǽlc wuduwe ða heregeata binnan twelf mónðum, búton hire ǽr tó onhagige, wíteleás, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 18
wirs-líc
Mean ⬩ Vile
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Mean Vile Ðysse worulde wela is wyrslíc and yfellíc and forwordenlíc, Wulfst. 263, 13. Ic eom wyrslícre ðonne ðes wudu fúla, oððe ðis waroð, ðe hér áworpen ligeþ on eorþan, Exon. Th. 424, 32; Rä. 41, 48
wiss-líc
Certain
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Certain Ne heora wítes bið wislíc trymnes nec est firmamentum in plaga eorum, Ps. Th. 72, 3. Dryhten eorle monegum áre gesceáwaþ, wislícne blǽd, sumum weána dǽl, Exon. Th. 379, 16; Deór. 34
Linked entry: wis-líc
wist-full
Abounding in food ⬩ productive
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Abounding in food, productive Ðis wæs swíðe gód geár and swíðe wistfull on wudan and on feldan, Chr. 1112; Erl. 243, 38
wist-gifende
fertile
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Yielding food, fertile Ðære wistgifendan opulenti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 47
Linked entry: gifan
wist-líce
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for wíslíce, Anglia xi. 108, 14: 109, 46. Cf. Wulfst. 51, 15: 52, 28
wist-mete
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Food for sustenance Ic eom áféded of ðam genihtsumestan wistmettum mínre fylle, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 582
wíte-ærn
A house of punishment ⬩ a prison
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A house of punishment, a prison Wítern carcer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 62
wiþer-winn
Contest ⬩ conflict
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Contest, conflict Wiþerwinnes exercitationis (qui laboriosi certaminis coronam difficillimis propriae exercitationis viribus nanciscuntur, Ald. 2), Hpt. Gl. 405, 20
weorold-widl
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Worldly pollution, defilement contracted in this life Ðæt fýr georne áséceþ eorðan sceátas, óþþæt eall hafaþ ældes leóma woruldwidles wom wælme forbærned, Exon. Th. 62, 25; Cri. 1007
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ymbren-wicu
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A week in which Ember-days fall .iiii. Wódnesdagas on .iiii. ymbrenwican, L. Alf. pol. 43 ; Th. i. 92, 9
ǽ-wilm
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Ðǽre anwilnesse ǽwilm is ofermétta, Past. 307, 2. ꝥ Add
burg-wíta
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and add Burhwita urbanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 44. Burhwita (printed -sita) vel burhman urbanus, 34, 32. Þis cýdde se bisceop þám burhwiton on Exanceastre, Cht. Crw. 9, 130
cyne-wíse
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Substitute for translation of first passage 'nihil omnino in re militari ausus est,' and add Sum eorðlic ǽ is in þǽre Rómániscan cynewísan (cynne-, v. l.) quaedam terrena lex in Romana republica, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 68, 24. Ðeós cwén on þám lande manege
cræt-wísa
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A charioteer Israheles cræt and his wissigend, ꝥ is crætwísa currus Israhel et auriga ejus, Hml. S. 18, 293