wel-boren
Well-born ⬩ noble
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Ic nam wíse menn and welborene (nobiles) Deut. 1, 15
an-weg
away ⬩ inde ⬩ exinde
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away; inde, exinde
beadu-wang
A battle-plain ⬩ pugnæ campus
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A battle-plain; pugnæ campus On beaduwange on the battle-plain, Andr. Kmbl. 825; An. 413
beadu-wég
a war-cup ⬩ contest ⬩ discussion
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a war-cup, contest, discussion
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cyt-wér
A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap ⬩ kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos
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A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap; kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos On Sæuerne xxx cytwéras thirty 'cyt-wérs' on the Severn, Cod.
deáþ-wang
A death-plain ⬩ mortis campus
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A death-plain; mortis campus Hí swǽfon dreóre druncne, deáþwang rudon they slept drunken with blood, made the death-plain red or bloody, Andr. Recd. 2009; An. 1005
eást-weg
East-way ⬩ orientālis via
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East-way; orientālis via On eást-wegas in the east-ways, Cd. 174; Th. 220, II; Dan. 69: Elen. Kmbl. 509; El. 255
fisc-wér
A draught of fishes ⬩ piscium captúra
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a draught of fishes] A draught of fishes; piscium captúra Lǽtaþ eówre nett on ðone fiscwér laxáte rétia vestra in captúram [piscium ], Lk. Bos. 5, 4
fór-wel
Very well ⬩ very ⬩ valde
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Very well, very; valde Him nǽfre seó gítsung fórwel ne lícode covetousness never very well pleased him. Bt. titl, xvii; Fox xii. 24: Bt. 17; Fox 58, 24. Ólǽcþ ðes middangeard fórwel menige this world flatters very many, Homl. Th. i. 490, 14: ii. 158,
fulwiht-wer
A baptist
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A baptist Seó gebyrd Sancte Iohannes ðæs fulwiht-weres the birthday of St. John the Baptist, Blickl. Homl. 161, 6
fyrd-wǽn
A military waggon ⬩ essĕdum
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A military waggon; essĕdum, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1050-1073; 430, 2
here-weg
A highway ⬩ high road
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A highway, high road Ealles hereweg publica via, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67. 52; Wrt. Voc. 37, 39
hrycg-weg
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A road running along a ridge or elevated piece of ground On ðone beorh tó ðem ricgwege ðonne eást andlang hricgweges on to the hill to the road that runs along it, and then east along the road, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 427, 33
húsel-wer
a communicant
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One who may take the sacrament, a communicant Húsulweras, Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 28; Gú. 768
leoþu-wác
flexible ⬩ pliant ⬩ supple
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With pliant joints, flexible, pliant, supple Liþowác habile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 67. Leoþuwác, 110, 25. Leóht and leoþuwác nimble and supple, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 12; Crä. 84. Swilce liðewácum velut lentescente, Hpt. Gl. 520, 36. Liðewácum tagum [?
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líf-weg
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A way which leads to life, way of life, one's path in life Lífweg [the road followed by the Israelites under the guidance of the pillar of cloud], Cd. 147; Th. 184, 9; Exod. 104. Uton nú ealle úre lífwegas geornlíce rihtan let us diligently amend our
mearc-weg
A road that forms part of a boundary
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A road that forms part of a boundary Andlang mearcweges, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 40, 3. On mearcwei, iii. 202, 5
metod-wang
The plain where the decrees of fate are executed ⬩ a battlefield
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The plain where the decrees of fate are executed, a battlefield Ðonne rond and hand on herefelda helm ealgodon, on meotudwange, Andr. Kmbl. 21; An. 11
mid-weg
Mid-way
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Mid-way Segor stód on midwege betweox ðǽm muntum and ðǽm merscum, Past. 51, 5; Swt. 399, 13
mold-weg
A way upon earth ⬩ earth
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A way upon earth, earth Gif wé on moldwege fundne weorþen if we are found on earth, Exon. 70 b; Th. 262, 18; Jul. 334: 48 a; Th. 164, 15; Gú. 1012: Elen. Kmbl. 931; El. 467