wág-hrægel
A wall-covering, a curtain, veil (of the temple)
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A wall-covering, a curtain, veil (of the temple) Wághrægl (-hrǽl, Rush.) temples velum templi, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 38, Wághrǽl(-hrægl, Rush.),Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 45. Wághruhel, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 51. Bitwih wághrǽle (wǽghrægle, Rush.),Lk. Skt. Lind. 11
wág-þiling
Wall-planking, wainscoting
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Wall-planking, wainscoting Wáhþyling tabulatorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 15
wax-georn
Similar entry: weax-georn
wealc-basu
Similar entry: wealh-basu
weald-stapa
A grasshopper ⬩ locust
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A grasshopper, locust Waldstapan locustas, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 6
Linked entry: stapa
heaðu-wæd
Warlike weeds, dress
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Warlike weeds, dress, Beo. Th. 78; B. 39
Linked entry: wǽd
cræt-wǽn
A chariot ⬩ wain ⬩ currus
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A chariot, wain; currus Crætwǽn mid seolfre gegyred a chariot mounted with silver Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 43, 14. Mid crætwǽne with a chariot 2, 4; Bos. 43, 6. Sceoldon senátas rídan on crætwǽnum the senators must ride in chariots 2, 4; Bos. 43, 9
wiltan
To roll (trans.)
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Se ðe welt qui volvit (lapidem), Kent. Gl. 1006. Hé wylte (tówælte, Lind.: áwælte, Rush.) ánne stán tó ðære byrgenne dura aduoluit lapidem ad ostium monumenti, Mk. Skt. 15, 46. Hé (a cup) in healle wæs wylted and wended wloncra folmum, Exon.
wédan
To be mad or furious, to rage, rave ⬩ to be mad, out of one's senses ⬩ to act with violence, be furious, rage,
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To be mad or furious, to rage, rave Ic wéde saeuio and insanio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Zup. 192, 3. Furo ic wéde macaþ insaniui of insanio ic wéde, 33 ; Zup. 203, 9. Ic wéde grasso. Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 44. Wétt saeuit, Wülck. Gl. 255, 16.
Linked entry: a-wédan
sweord-bealu
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Bale or hurt caused by the sword, Beo. Th. 2298; B. 1147
wyrm-melu
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Dust of dried worms powdered (cf. 'Dry fair large earthworms before the fire, or in an oven, which when thorough dry, beat into powder,' Salmon's English Physician, quoted by Cockayne. See also: Eft angeltwæccan, gegníd swíþe, Lchdm. iii. 44. 4) Wyrc
ele-bearu
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An olive grove Oelebearwes dún mons Oliueti, Mt. R. 21, 1: 26, 30. Mór oelebearwes (olebearua, L.) mons oliuarum, Lk. R. 22, 39. Mór elebearues mons Oliveti, Mt. L. 26, 30. Oelebearuu, Lk. L. 19, 29. Olebearu, 21, 37
wefta
woof
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[Weft subtegmen, Wick. Ex. 39, 3. A wefte trama, Wulck. Gl. 696, 21
Linked entry: wefl
weccan
To wake, waken. ⬩ to rouse from sleep ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to enliven, stimulate, refresh ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to excite, stir up ⬩ to raise what is depressed ⬩ to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise
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Th. 115, 19; Gen. 1922. to rouse from repose, to excite, stir up Se kok, ǽr ðam ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð up his fiðru, and wecð hine selfne, Past. 64; Swt. 461, 14. Drihten windas weceþ Dominus ventos excitat, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 22.
West-Seaxe
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West-Seaxna biscop, S. 635, 22. West-Seaxna ríce, lond, Chr. Erl. 2, 9, 10. West-Seaxna (-Seaxena, v. l. ) cyning, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 28. Wes-Seaxna, Chr. Erl. 2, 18, 23: 4, 20. Wes-Seaxena kyning, L. In. proem. ; Th. i. 102, 2.
bord-weall
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Similar entries Cf. scild-weall Hí bord-weal clufan, heówan heaþolinde, Chr. 937; P. 106, 13. the side of a ship: Wiht (an iceberg) cwom æfter wǽge líðan . . . bord-weallas gróf, Rá. 34, 6
willa
A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig.)
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[Heo ȝeoten i þan welle (wille, 2nd MS.); þa wes þa welle mid attre bigon. Laym. 19771.]
niht-bealu
Bale or hurt that comes at night
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Bale or hurt that comes at night, Beo. 389; B. 193
blæc-teru
Black-tar, tar, naphtha, a sort of bituminous fluid ⬩ pix fluida, naphtha
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Black-tar, tar, naphtha, a sort of bituminous fluid; pix fluida, naphtha, Som