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rǽd-wita

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Substitute: one wise in counsel, one of the leading men of a country, one of the 'witan' Cyningas and rǽdwitan forwyrþan reges et principes peribunt, Archiv cxx. 297, 31. Betwyx þǽre écan úplicum sibbe ríce rǽdwitan rodera weardas inter aetherium coelesti

samod-wist

(n.)
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samod-wist, e; f.
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A being together, common existence Tó þon ꝥ wé sýn swá myccle strangran wið úrum feóndum, swá myccle má wé gefremede beóð under eádmódnesse tó þǽre samodwiste þæs ordfruman eallra gesceafta ut tanto nostris hostibus potentiores simus, quanto cum auctore

sam-wist

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Gyftlice samwistu nuptiales copulas, An. Ox. 1662. Cf. samod-wist. Add

súþanwestan-wind

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Súðanwestanwind affricus, Hpt. 33, 239, 27. Ðonne smylte bláweþ súþanwestanwind, þonne weaxaþ feldes blósman cum nemus flatus Zephyri tepentis vernis inrubuit rosis, Bt. 9; F. 26, 17. Add

un-wita

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[U]nw[i]t[a]n stolidi, An. Ox. 56, 229. Add

úþ-wita

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Weoruldlice úðwitan (sapientes mundi) sǽdan ꝥ seó tunglene heofon feólle for hire swiftnysse gif þá seofon dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfton, Angl. vii. 12, 110. Add

well-will

(n.)
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a spring Ǽrest on welwill; of welwyllæ . . . andlang streámes eft on wellwyll, C. D. v. 344, 29-345, 9. Cf. wille-wæter

wite-lic

(adj.)
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wite-lic, wítig-lic; adj.
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Penal Hwæthugu wítelices poenale aliquid, Gr. D 324, 1. Gclǽded æfter deáðe tó wítiglicre stówe ( ad poenalem locum), 331, 18. Se hunger sóna ácwelleð and álýseð of dám wítelican lífe, Verc. Först. 178. Tó þon ꝥ hí heom ne ondrǽdon þone wítelican dóm

wíte-steng

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Wítstenges eculei, An. Ox. 2, 147. Add

wíte-weorþ

(adj.)
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wíte-weorþ, wíte-wirþe; adj.
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Punishable, liable to punishment Nú ꝥ unnytte word bið wítewyrðe (wítes wyrðe, v.l. poenalis) þe bútan níðe byð, Gr. D. 208, 8

wiþer-winn

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Wiþerwinnes certaminis, An. Ox. 2, 3. Add

Angel-wita

(n.)
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an English 'wita' Be Angolwitena gerédnesse. Ll. -Lbmn. 236, 19

á-wiht

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á-wiht, <b>. II.</b>
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Þára mínra áwiht feala on gewrit settan, Ll. Th. i. 58, 21. Add

feoh-wíce

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Is ðis ðára feohwícuna gemǽre and ðæs dúnlandes, C.D. v. 238, 35. (?)

ed-wist

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Críst is on twám edwistum, on Godcundnysse and on menniscnyise, Hml. Th. ii. 292, 15. Add

egþ-wirf

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Add: egþ-weorf (?) A young ass (weorf, q,v.) used for harrowing(?)

sǽ-wiht

(n.)
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sǽ-wiht, e; f.

A sea-animal

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A sea-animal Ðeós eorþe is Berende missenlícra fugela and sǽwihta this land is productive of divers fowls and sea-animals (the Latin has insula ... avium ferax terra marique diversi generis), Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 15

sam-wist

(n.)
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sam-wist, e; f.

A living together, cohabitation, matrimony

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A living together, cohabitation, matrimony Samwist jugalitas, Hpt. Gl. 438, 63. Samwiste matrimonii, 481, 36: copulae, connubii, 485, 57: copulae, 508, 75. Samwiste contubernium, 511, 76. Ne ceara ðú (Hagar ) fleáme dǽlan somwist incre, Cd. Th. 137,

sár-wilm

(n.)
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sár-wilm, es; m.

A painful burning; a feverish heat

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A painful burning; a feverish heat Soden sárwylmum (cf. ádle gebysgad, sárum geswenced,170, 10-11), Exon. Th. 171, 7; Gú. 1123

un-wita

(n.)
Grammar
un-wita, an; m.

A foolish, stupid, witless persona fool

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A foolish, stupid, witless person, a fool Se unwita insipiens, Ps. Lamb. 13, 1. Eorp unwita, Exon. Th. 433, 21; Rä. 50, 11. Gebíg fram unwitan (insensato) and ðú ná wiþerast on stuntnysse his, Scint. 188, 11. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tó sinoðe gefædne