wád
Woad,
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Woad, a plant much used for dyeing, which circumstance may account for the appearance of the word as a gloss to some of the following Latin words Ðis wád hic sandyx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 69; Zup. 72, 14.
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wæl-cyrge
A chooser of the slain.
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But elsewhere it is used apparently with the sense of witch or sorceress Wyccan and wælcyrian and unlybwyrhtan, Wulfst. 298, 18. Wiccan and wælcerian, 165, 34. Wiccean and wælcyrian, Chart. Erl. 231, 10
Linked entries: -cyrge wæl-ceásiga
wǽpned
Male ⬩ a male ⬩ a man
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Male; used substantively, a male, a man Ǽlc wǽpned gecyndlim ontýnende omne masculinum adaperiens uuluam, Lk. Skt. 2, 23. Micel gedál is on wǽpnedes and wífes líchoman, Lchdm ii. 84, 16. Se ðe mid wǽpnedum men hǽme qui cum viro coiverit, L. Ecg.
wǽpen-strǽl
An arrow to be used as a weapon
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An arrow to be used as a weapon Synd mé manna bearn mihtigum tóðum wǽpenstrǽlas filii hominum dentes eorum arma et sagittae, Ps. Th. 56, 5
wæterian
To water, supply with water, ⬩ give drink to living creatures ⬩ to water plants ⬩ to irrigate
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Ðá hét ic wætrigan úre hors and úre niéteno, Nar. 12, 12. Tó wætranne, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 15 : p. 8, 15. to water plants Se man ðe plantaþ wyrta, hé hí wæteraþ, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26.
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wæter-þrúh
a water-pipe, conduit
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a water-pipe, conduit Uueterþrúh, uua[e]terthrúch, uaeterthrouch caractis, Txts. 47, 367. Wæte[r]þrúh Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 1. þeotan, wæterþrúh cataractae, 13, 15. Waeterðrúm canalibus, 102, 68
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wáwa
Woe ⬩ misery
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Uae geíácnaþ wáwan, Ælfc. Gr. 48 ; Zup. 278, 17. Sume hí wyrcaþ heora wógerum sumne wáwan, ðæt hí hí tó wífe habbon, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 158. Ðæt gé swá earme eów sylfe fordóþ on wíton and on wáwon, 23, 186.
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weal-more
Similar entry: wealh-more
wealwian
To fade, wither ⬩ wallow = to fade away
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MS.) ubi quantum earum natura queat, cito exarescere atque interire non possint, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 22. [Welewen marcescere, Wick. Is. 19, 6. Man welewith as flouris of hay, P. R. L. P. 173, 56. Al welwed and wasted þo worþelych leues, Allit.
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weardian
to guard, keep, defend ⬩ with gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) ⬩ to act as guardian to, to rule ⬩ to keep, have charge of ⬩ to hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit. ⬩ in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, ⬩ to follow ⬩ to remain behind
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Cyning úre gewát ... ðǽr hý tó ségun, ða ðe leófes ðá gén last weardedun ( those who still remained where he had been ), Exon. Th. 31, 16; Cri. 496.
Linked entries: ge-weardian weardere
wearp
the warp, thread stretched lengthwise in a loom ⬩ a pliant twig that may be used in basket-making.
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Wearpum stamina, 430, 74. a pliant twig that may be used in basket-making. v. wearp-fæt Wearp vimen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 73. [Warp, threde for webbynge stamen, licium, Prompt. Parv. 517
wéde-berge
A plant that is used against madness, hellebore
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A plant that is used against madness, hellebore Woedeberge, woedibergæ eleborus, Txts. 59, 736. Woidiberge helleborus, 67, 1017. Wédeberge, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 21 : 32, 30.
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weg-férende
Wayfaring ⬩ a wayfarer, traveller. ⬩ travelling, ⬩ going a way, passing by
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Wayfaring; used subst. a wayfarer, traveller. travelling, on a journey Gif ðú wǽre wegférende, and ðú becóme on þeófsceole, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 25. Se wegférenda man, se ðe nimð ðone sméðan weg, ðe hine mislǽt, Homl. Th. i. 164, 7.
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weg-nest
Food for a journey
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Ðá genámon wit twégen buccan, and wit hig ácwealdon, and gehióldan hiora flǽsc unc tó wægnyste, Shrn. 41, 30: 36, 31. ¶ the word is used of the sacrament administered to the dying Gif se man on his ýtemestan dæge gyrneþ Cristes líchaman tó underfónne
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wel-willedness
Benevolence ⬩ kindness
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Benevolence, kindness Máre ys welwyllednyss ðænne ðæt ys geseald . . . nys sóðlíce mildheortnyss ðǽr nys welwillednyss maior est beniuolentia quam quod datur . . . non est enim misericordia non ubi non est beniuolentia Scint. 160, 4-6
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ádlung
Illness, ailment, disease
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Illness, ailment, disease Sóðlíce hé sylf ætbrǽd úre ádlunga, and úre sárnyssa hé sylf ábær vere languores nostros ipse tulit, et dolores nostros ipse portavit, Hml. Th. i. 122, 31
ǽ-brǽce
Law-breaking ⬩ sacrilegious, impious ⬩ adulterous
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Law-breaking. sacrilegious, impious Gehýrde gé ðǽra deófla frófor on ðisum eáwbrǽcum ðe úre godas geyrsode ne ondrǽt? Hml. Th. i. 426, 20. adulterous Ðæt se wer gewítnað on ǽwbrǽcum wífe, ðæt wrecð God on ǽwbrǽcum were, 378, 26.
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æ-fæstnes
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Gewítan fram ðám bígange úre ǽfestnysse, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 21. Hí áxode hine hwylcere eáwfæstnysse hé wǽre, Hml. S. 22, 204. Eáwfæstnysse (regularis) discipline, Hpt. Gl. 403, 16. Mid ǽfæsnesse, R. Ben. 139, 7. Add
ǽfen-tíma
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On ǽfentíman úre Dryhten offrode æt his ǽfengereorde, Btwk. 218, 9: Hml. S. 15, 58. Add