wíg-síþ
A warlike expedition
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A warlike expedition Nǽfre mon lytle werede ðon wurðlícor wígsið áteáh, Cd. Th. 126, 13 ; Gen. 2094
wíg-heafola
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[Hé] wód þurh ðone wælréc wíg[hea]folan bær freán on fultum. Beo. Th. 5316; B. 2661. Hea is the reading of Thorkelin's transcripts, but now the MS. shews only quite uncertain traces of h, and ea is entirely gone (Zupitza). Wíg-heafola is taken to mean
wil-fægen
Having ones desire ⬩ satisfied ⬩ glad
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Having ones desire, satisfied, glad Wilfægen voti compos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 59 : compos Ælfc. Gr. 9, 31; Zup. 58, 1. Wilfangen (l. -fægen) voti compos . Engl. Stud. xi. 67, 96. Ongan hé wilfægen æfter ðam wuldres treó eorðan delfan, ðæt hé funde behelede
Linked entries: wil-tygþe wil-hrémig
wil-gæst
A desirable ⬩ welcome guest
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A desirable, welcome guest Godes ágen bearn, wilgest on wícum, Exon. Th. 313, 28; Mod. 7. Cf. wil-cuma
wil-gebróþor
Brethren pleasant in their lives
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Brethren pleasant in their lives Freólícu twá frumbearn, Cain and Abel . . . willgebróðor, Cd. Th. 59, 30; Gen. 971. Cf. wil-gesweostor
Linked entry: ge-bróþor
wil-gedryht
A glad band
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A glad band Seó wilgedryht wildne weorþiaþ turba prosequitur munere laeta pio . Exon. Th. 222, 2; Ph. 342. Wes ðú, Andreas, hál mid ðás willgedryht, Andr. Kmbl. 1828; An. 916
hǽmed-wíf
A married woman ⬩ uxor, matrona
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A married woman; uxor, matrona, Cot. 136, Lye
bere-wíc
A barley-village ⬩ a corn-village ⬩ hordeaceus vel frumentarius vicus,
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A barley-village, a corn-village; hordeaceus vel frumentarius vicus, Th. Diplm. A. D. 1060; 382, 12 : A. D. 1093; 443, 31
camp-wíg
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a battle
cildiung-wíf
A child-bearing woman ⬩ puerpera,
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A child-bearing woman; puerpera, Wrt. Voc. 7, 17
Efer-wíc
York
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York, Chr. 188; Th. 15, 25, col. 3
Eofer-wíc
York
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York, Chr. 189; Th. 15, 28, col. 2
Eofor-wíc
YORK ⬩ Ebŏrā*-*cum
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YORK; Ebŏrā*-*cum Seuerus ge-endode on Eoforwíc Severus ended [his days] at York, Chr. 189; Th. 15, 28, col. 1
féðe-wíg
A foot-battle ⬩ pĕdestris pugna
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m? A foot-battle; pĕdestris pugna Féðe-wíges of the foot-battle, Beo. Th. 4717; B. 2364: Wald. 88; Vald. 2, 16
fiénd-wíc
An enemy's dwelling ⬩ a camp ⬩ hostiurn vīcus ⬩ castra
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An enemy's dwelling, a camp; hostiurn vīcus, castra Hí feóllon on middele fiéndwíce heora cĕcĭdērunt in mĕdio castrōrum eōrum, Ps. Spl. T. 77, 32
forþ-wíf
A married woman ⬩ mother ⬩ A matron ⬩ matrōna
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A married woman, mother, hence A matron; matrōna, Wrt. Voc. 72, 78
eard-wíc
A dwelling-place ⬩ habitātiōnis lŏcus
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A dwelling-place; habitātiōnis lŏcus Ðonne ic sceal eardwíc uncúiþ gesécan when I shall seek the uncouth dwelling-place, Apstls. Kmbl. 185; Ap. 93. He getimbreþ eardwíc niwe it builds a new dwelling-place, Exon. 62 a; Th. 228, 1; Ph. 431
eald-wíf
An old woman ⬩ anus, anŭla, vĕtŭla
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An old woman; anus, anŭla, vĕtŭla Sceal ic nú ealdwif cennan num vere parĭtūra sum anus, Gen. 18, 13: Ælfc. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 67; Wrt. Voc. 50, 48
here-wíc
An encampment ⬩ camp ⬩ dwelling
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An encampment, camp, dwelling Míne welan ðe ic hæfde syndon ealle gewitene and míne herewíc syndon gebrosnode my riches that I had are all departed and my dwellings are decayed, Blickl. Homl. 113, 26. Him mon sægde ðæt ðǽr mon cymen wæs of Alexandres
Linked entry: fird-wíc
hreá-wíc
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A place of the dead, a place where people lie slain, Beo. Th. 2432; B. 1214