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wær-lot

(n.)
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Before wærlotes insert Gebrægdnes, and see ge-brægden

wær-sagol

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Add: cf. wser-wyrde

wan-hálness

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On geogoðe and on ylde, on gesundfulnysse and on wanhálnesse, Archiv cxxi. 46, 9. Add

wearg-cwedolness

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Þæs wirigcwedolnesse cuius malediclione (Ps. g. 28), E. S. 49, 358. Add

wearg-treów

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weax-bred

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weax-bred, <b>. I.</b>
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Wexbred abbachus, tabula pictoria, Hpt. 31, 9- 155- Add

sǽl-wang

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl-wang, es; m.

A fertile plain ⬩ plain

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A fertile plain, plain Hé be wealle geseah wundrum fæste under sǽlwange sweras unlytle by the wall he saw huge pillars with their bases wondrous fast underground. Andr. Kmbl. 2984; An. 1495. Hwílum mec mín freá fæste genearwaþ, sendeþ ðonne under sǽlwonge

Linked entry: sál-wang

sǽ-wang

(n.)
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sǽ-wang, es; m.

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

sál-wang

Similar entry: sǽl-wang

wád-spitel

(n.)

a woad-spade,

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a woad-spade, Anglia ix. 263, 6

wægn-faru

(n.)
Grammar
wægn-faru, e; f.

A chariot-journey

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A chariot-journey Fiscalis reda (= rheda) gebellícum wæg[n]fearu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 64. Fiscalis ræde gafellícum wǽnfare, 35, 56

wægn-gehrado

(n.)

a waggon-plank

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a waggon-plank Wǽngehrado tabula plaustri, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 53

Linked entry: ge-hrado

wægn-þoll

(n.)
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wægn-þoll, ; m.

A cart-pin

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A cart-pin Wǽnðoll aries, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 72

Linked entry: þoll

wǽl-bed

(n.)
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wǽl-bed, wǽl-bedd, es; n.

The bed of the slain

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The bed of the slain Ic hine heardan clammum on wælbedde wríþan þóhte I had thought to bind him on the couch of the slain (i.e. to kill him ), Beo. Th. 1932; B. 964. Hwæt befealdest ðú folmum ðínum on wælbedd bróðor ðínne? Cd. Th. 62,8; Gen. 1011

wægn-wyrhta

(n.)
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wægn-wyrhta, an; m.

A wain-wright ⬩ cart-wright ⬩ carriage-maker

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A wain-wright, cart-wright, carriage-maker Wǽnwyrhta carpentarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 9: 66, 50: ii. 128, 68

wæl-bend

(n.)
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wæl-bend, e; f.

A deadly, mortal band

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A deadly, mortal band Wǽlbende handgewriþene deathband hand-twisted (i.e. death at a person's hands), Beo. Th. 3876; B. 1936

Linked entry: wæl-clam

wæl-dreór

(n.)
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wæl-dreór, es; m.

The blood of the slain

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The blood of the slain Wæter wældreóre fág, Beo. Th. 3267; B. 1631. Eorðe wældreóre (the blood of Abel), swealh of handum ðínum (Cain's), Cd. Th. 62, 19; Gen. 1016. Ic fylde mid folmum ordbanan Abeles, eordan sealde wældreór weres, 67, 9; Gen. 1098

wæl-fǽhþ

(n.)
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wæl-fǽhþ, e; f.

Deadly feud ⬩ hostility that leads to slaying

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Deadly feud, hostility that leads to slaying Hé wælfǽhða dǽl, sæcca gesette. Beo. Th. 4061; B. 2028

wæl-fæðm

(n.)
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wæl-fæðm, es; m.

A deadly embrace

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A deadly embrace Brim wælfæðmum sweóp, fǽge crungon (of the overwhelming of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 208, 9; Exod. 480

wæl-feall

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-feall, es; m. (?)

The fall of the slain ⬩ destruction

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The fall of the slain, destruction Tó wælfealle and tó deáðcwalum Deniga leódum, Beo. Th. 3427; B. 1711.