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wíg-heard

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Add: warlike, martial Wíhearde bellicosas, An. Ox. 783

wig-steall

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Hé eóde binnan þonne weóhstal on norðhealfe, Vis. Lfc. 68. Add

-wil-sǽlig

(suffix)

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wín-fæt

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Of wfnfæte enoforo, uase uinario, Hpt. 31, 10, 207. Hét hé Constantium . . . ꝥ man ealle þá wínfatu (vini vascula) gegearwode, Gr. D. 57, 27. Add

wín-land

(n.)
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a grape-growing country Gif hwá on þám wínlandum for Godes lufon wín wylle forgán, Chrd. 15, 21

wín-lic

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Nán fefor nis mannon mára þonne se wínlica wǽta nulla febris hominum maior quam viteus humor, Chrd. 74, ii. Add

wín-tredd

(n.)
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wín-tredd, wín-tredde, an; f. ?. l. wín-tredde, an; f.
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and add Hé eóde in þone wíngeard and gesomnode þá geclystru þára byrgena and gebróhte in þǽre wíntreddan (ad calcatorium) . . . Hé þone cniht ásette on þá ylcan wíntreddan ( in eodem calcatorio), and hét hine wringan þá feáwa geclystru þǽra byrgena,

Wǽring-wíc

(n.)

Warwick

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Warwick On ðison geáre wæs Wǽrincwíc getimbrod, Chr. 915; Th. i. 189, col. 2. Æt Wǽringwícon (-um), 913; Th. i. 186, col. 2, 187, col. 1

wín-bóh

(n.)
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wín-bóh, gen. -bóges; m.

A branch of a vine

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A branch of a vine Wínbóga palmitum, Hpt. Gl. 468, 17: 496, 74: Homl. Th. ii. 74, 6. Of ðámwínbógum mid berium mid eallum palmitem cum uva sua, Num. 13, 24

win-dæg

Linked entry: gewin-dæg

wín-druncen

(adj.)
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wín-druncen, adj.

Drunken with winedrunken

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Drunken with wine, drunken Wíndruncen vinolentus, R. Ben. Interl. 20, 13. Wíndruncen gewit, Cd. Th. 262, 32; Dan. 753. Wíndruncynes temulenti, Germ. 394, 250Germ. 394, 250. Wíndruncene uinolentae, ebriae, Germ. 394, 250

wín-eard

Similar entry: wín-geard

wín-gál

(adj.)
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wín-gál, adj.

Flown with winewanton with wine

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Flown with wine, wanton with wine Onwóc wulf-heort, se ǽr wíngál swæf, Cd. Th. 223, 8; Dan. 116. Wlonc and wíngal "flown with insolence and wine," Exon. Th. 307, 25; Seef. 29 : 478, 2; Reim. 35

wín-líc

(adj.)
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wín-líc, adj.

Of wine

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Of wine Hé wæter áwende tó wínlícum drence, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 37. Hé gemét ðæt wæter tó wínlícum swæcce áwend (cf. 1. 16), Homl. Th. ii. 58, 31: 64, 29

wíf-leást

(n.)
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wíf-leást, e; f.

Lack of women

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Lack of women Menn hæfdon on frymðe heora mágan tó wífe, and swá wel mósten for ðære wífleáste, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 216

wíf-líc

(adj.)
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wíf-líc, adj.

womanlyof a womanfemalefemininewifelymatronly

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womanly, of a woman, female, feminine Wíflíc muliebris, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 17, 17. Wíflíces femineis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 20. Wíflícum lícome of woeres ðú saldest líchome fruma femineo corpore de viri dares carne principium, Rtl. 109, 15. Bútan wíflícre

wíf-gemǽdla

(n.)
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wíf-gemǽdla, an; m.

A woman's fury

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A woman's fury Wiþ wífgemǽdlan; geberge on neaht radices moran, ðý dæge ne mæg ðe se gemǽdla sceþþan, Lchdm. ii. 342, 10

wíf-gemána

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-gemána, an; m.

Mulieris consortium

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Mulieris consortium Wífgemánan to áwec*-*canne . . . ðæt áwecceþ wífgemánan lust, Lchdm. i. 336, 15 — 17

wíf-healf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-healf, e; f.

The female sidefemale line

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The female side, female line On ða gerád ðæt hí gecuron heora kynecinn ða on iía wífhealfa, Chr. Erl. 3, 16. (Cf. wíf-cynn, I. ) v. preceding word

wíf-hearpe

(n.)
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wíf-hearpe, (?), an; f.

A woman's harp

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A woman's harp On glígbeáme (owif*-*hearpan = on wifhearpan? MS. C. ) in tympano, Ps. Spl. 150, 4

Linked entry: hearpe