þeówet-líc
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Ðæt Sunnandæg freóls beó fram þeówetlícum weorcum, Wulfst. 292, 7
un-gesibsum
Prone to discord ⬩ quarrelsome
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Prone to discord, quarrelsome Lóca hwylc cristen man sý ungesibsum, man áh on ðam dæge hine tó gesibsumianne, Wulfst. 295, 4.
Linked entry: ge-sibsum
Wódnes-dæg
Wednesday
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Ben. 155, 16: Wulfst. 180, 25. On ðone óðerne Wódnesdæg ofer Pentecosten, Mt. Kmbl. Rubric 5, 17. . iiii. Wodnesdagas on .iiii. Ymbrenwican, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 8
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word-snotor
Expert in speech ⬩ eloquent ⬩ learned
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Ne weorþeþ on worulde ǽnig wordsnotera ne on wordum getingra, ðonne hé (Antichrist) wyrðeþ, Wulfst. 54, 21
wrǽþu
Wrath ⬩ anger
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Wulfst. 174, 27. From tóweard wuráðo a futura ira, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 7
Linked entry: wrǽþ
yfel-líc
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Ðysse worulde wela is gebrosnadlíc and yfellíc and forwordenlíc, Wulfst. 263, 13. Twégen león ádulfan his byrgenne on ðæs wéstenes sande; ðǽr resteþ Paules líchoma mid yfelíce duste bewrigen, ac on dómes dæge hé áríseþ on wuldor, Shrn. 50, 18.
un-wrenc
an evil trick ⬩ a malicious wile ⬩ a wicked artifice ⬩ an evil practice ⬩ a vice
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Hé (Antichrist) bið eal unwrenca full, Wulfst. 97, 16. Mid ðám unwrencan bið Antecrist eal áfylled, 54, 15. an evil practice, a vice For ðæm unwrence ðære ungeðylde per impatientiae vitium, Past. 33; Swt. 215, 19
Wæwærðlíce
Well, successfully (?)
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Nú þincð ðe wærra and micele ðe snotera, se ðe can mid leásungan wæwerdlíce (-werðlíce [e from æ], -wyrdlíce, v.ll.) werian, and mid unsóðe sóð oferswíðan, Wulfst. 169, 1
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wiht
weight
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Wihte pondere Wülck. Gl. 237, 27. Genim ǽgþres gelíce micel be wihte (gewihte, v. l. ), Lchdm. i. 146, 20. Má hundred punda seolfres; ðet hé nam be wihte, and mid mycelan unrihte, Chr. 1086; Th. i. 355, 31.
stæððigness
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Staidness, sedateness, gravity, seriousness Ðǽr is stæðignyss ióguðe, Wulfst. 265, 8. Móderlícere stæððinysse materna gravitate, Hpt. Gl. 469, 37. Hé on heálícere stæððignysse symle þurhwunode he ever continued deeply serious, Homl.
þeód-loga
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An arch-impostor, a great liar Ða gódan Godes þegnas sǽdan, ðæt hé ( Simon the sorcerer ) luge, and hý geswutelodon, ðæt hit eal leás wæs, ðæt se þeódloga sǽde, Wulfst. 99, 23.
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unlyb-wyrhta
A poison-maker ⬩ one who prepares poisons for purposes of witchcraft ⬩ a sorcerer
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Wyccan and wælcyrian and unlybwyrhtan, Wulfst. 298, 19. Antecrist hæfð mid him drýmen and unlybwyrhtan and wígleras and ða ðe cunnan galder ágalan, 194, 18. Unlibwyrht[en]a wiccecræft maleficorum (venenificorum) necromantia, Hpt. Gl. 501, 62
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weorc-mann
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Ǽlc riht cynestól stent on þrým stapelum . . . laboratores syndon weorcmenn, Wulfst. 267, 14. Cyning sceal hæbban gebedmen, and fyrdmen, and weorcmen, Bt. 17 ; Fox 58, 33
wóh-dáed
A wicked deed ⬩ crime
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Wulfst. 139, 4
weá-gesíþ
A companion in misery or in wickedness
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Hé ðone deófol on helle mid his weágesíðum ofþrihte, Wulfst. 145, 4. Ða deorcan and ða dimman stówe helle tintrego, ðe deófol an wunaþ mid his weágesíþum and mid ðám áwergdum sáulum, 225, 33
riht-lǽce
A genuine physician, one who is really a doctor
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really a doctor Se ðe his broces bóte sécþ búton tó Gode sylfum and tó his hálgum and tó rihtlǽcum hé drýhþ deófles wyllan he that seeks a remedy for his malady except from God and from his saints and from regular doctors, he does the devil's will, Wulfst
oll
contempt, insult, contumely
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Man tǽleþ and mid olle gegréteþ (insults) ealles to gelóme ða ðe riht lufiaþ, Wulfst. 164, 19
slidor
a slippery, miry place ⬩ lubricum ⬩ labina ⬩ a myre
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a slippery, miry place; lubricum Turf gleba, sliddor labina (cf. labinaa myre)Wülck. Gl. 591, 11:a fenne,797, 10, sol volutabrum, moor uligo Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 20-24. Cf. slǽp.
þurh-drífan
to drive through ⬩ pierce ⬩ transfix ⬩ to penetrate ⬩ permeate ⬩ imbue ⬩ to drive violently ⬩ perpellere
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to drive through, pierce, transfix Him man ǽgðer þurhdráf mid ísenum næglum ge fét ge handa, Wulfst. 22, 21. Þurhdrifon hí mé mid næglum, Rood Kmbl. 91; Kr. 46.