ford-wer
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A weir at a ford Be súðan fordwere, C. D. iii. 437, 11
fisc-wér
a fishing-ground ⬩ captura
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Substitute: a weir for catching fish Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 12. a fishing-ground; captura: Lǽtað eówre nett on þone fiscwer laxa retia uestra in capturam (v. wer in Dict.), Lk. 5, 4
gird-weg
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., and add: A road made with faggots(?) Of fearnhege an gerdwege; of gerdwege tó fíf ácan, C. D. iii. 54, 27. Cf. beám-weg
ge-wæd
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A ford Willelm cyng lǽdde scipfyrde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... and his landfyrde æt þám Gewæde ( the Forth) inn lǽdde (férde inn ofer ꝥ Wæð, v. l. ), Chr. 1072; P. 208, 14. Þis sy[ndon ðá landgemǽro] tó miclan gráfe on Tenet ... andlang eá on middel
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healf-weg
Half-way
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Half-way, a point equidistant from two extremes Ægelríc æt healfwege, C. D. iv. 234, 3
hege-weg
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A road that runs between hedges: Andlang heges on ðane brádan hegewai, C. D. iii. 380, 13
hwæl-weg
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The path of the whale, the ocean Hweteð on [h]wælweg hreðer unwearnum, Seef. 63
hors-weg
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On horsweg; of horswege innan gátánstíge, C. D. B. i. 417, 12. Add
hweól-weg
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A cart-road On hweogelweg, C. D. iii. 386, 4
leoþu-wác
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For leoþuwác in middle of l. 2 l. lioþuwác, dele Iust passage, and add Of liþewácum helmum lentis frondibus, An. Ox. 923. Liþewácum, tógum (tagum, Hpt. Gl. 514, 69) lentis (viminibus caedentes, Aid. 66, 39), 4693. Liþewácum lentis (arluum flexibus, Guth
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lín-wǽd
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Þá línwǽda linteamina, Angl. xiii. 428, 894. Add
mylen-weg
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a road to a mill Andlang ðæs mylanweges on þone Lundenweg, C. D. vi. 31, 29
port-weg
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A road to a town, a highway Tó ðæn portwege, C. D. vi. 8, 31. [v. N. E. D. port-way.] Cf. port-herpaþ, -strǽt
styfic-weg
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a road made by clearing away tree-stumps (?) Tó ðám fúlan wege, sé hátte stificweg (cf. stifincweg, iv. 66, 24), C. D. iii. 409, 13. Andlang stifigweges, v. 321, 28
syl-weg
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Add: a road made with logs (? cf. syll)
under-wedd
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Ic onborgede .xxx. mancsa goldes æt Beorhaóðe and ic gesealde hym áne gyrde landes tó underwedde, Cht. Crw. 9, 119. Add
wág-rift
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Wáhrefte conopeo, An. Ox. 7, 365. Ic geann intó þiére hálgan stówe . . . ánes hricghrægles þæs sélestan ðe ic hæbbe, and ánes beddreáfes mid wáhryfte, Cht. Th. 529, 12. Hé geann . . . Wulfgáre his mǽge twégra wáhryfta and twégra setlhrægla, Cht. Crw
weá-gesiþ
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-Weágesýþ satelles, An. Ox. 46, 35. Add
web-geréþru
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is printed