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
weá-spell
A tale of woe
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A tale of woe Æfter weáspelle ( the news of Æschere's death ), Beo. Th. 2634; B. 1315
weg-férend
A wayfarer, a traveller
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A wayfarer, a traveller Se nacoda wegférend vacuus viator, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 29. Stunt wegférend stultus viator, Scint. 187, 6. Wíferend viator, Kent. Gl. 137
Linked entries: férend weg-farende weg-férende wí-férend
weg-gesíþa
A companion or attendant on the road
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A companion or attendant on the road Wæg*-*gesíðan satellites, Hpt. Gl. 426, 68
weg-leást
Want of road
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Want of road Dwelian hé dyde hig on wegleáste and ná on wege errare fecit eos in invio et non in via, Ps. Spl. 106, 40
Linked entry: weg-lísu
weg-reáf
Booty taken on the high road, robbery done on a road
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Booty taken on the high road, robbery done on a road Gif wegreáf sí gedón, .vi. scillingum gebéte. Gif man ðone man ofslæhð, .xx. scillingum gebéte, L. Ethb. 19, 20; Th. i. 8, 1-2. Ðeówæs wegreáf sé . iii. scillingas, 89; Th. i. 24, 16
wel-fremness
A benefit
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A benefit Uelfremnisum beneficiis Rtl. 58, 31. Uelfremnisse beneficia 39, 19. Uoelfremnisse 73, 3: 77, 41
wel-gecwémness
Well-pleasingness ⬩ good pleasure
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Well-pleasingness, good pleasure In welgccuoemnise (beneplacito) áncendes bearnes ðínes Rtl. 174, 33: 173, 25
Linked entry: ge-cwémnes
brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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A powerful ruler or king; præpotens rex. It is affirmed [Kmbl. Sax. Eng. ii. 21, and note i] that the true meaning of brýten-walda, compounded of walda a ruler, and the adj. brýten, is totally unconnected with Brettas or Bretwalas, the name of the British
Ceortes íg
CHERTSEY ⬩ Certesia
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Cerot's island, CHERTSEY, in Surrey, on the bank of the Thames; Ceroti insula, Certesia, in agro Surriensi, ad ripam Tamesis fluminis Ercenwold getimbrede mynster on Súþrigena lande, be Temese streáme, on ðære stówe ðe is nemned Ceortes íge Earconvaldus
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witod
appointed ⬩ ordained ⬩ assured ⬩ certain ⬩ certain ⬩ certainly ⬩ assuredly
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Ðé sind wítu weotud be gewyrhtum, Andr. Kmbl. 2731; An. 1368. Feohgestealda witedra wénan, Exon. Th. 283, 26; Jul. 686. Hé him wælbende weotode tealde, Beo. Th. 3877; B. 1936.
fisc-wér
a fishing-ground ⬩ captura
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Substitute: a weir for catching fish Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 12. a fishing-ground; captura: Lǽtað eówre nett on þone fiscwer laxa retia uestra in capturam (v. wer in Dict.), Lk. 5, 4
Eðan-dún
EDDINGTON. near Westbury, Wiltshire ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Wiltonensi
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EDDINGTON. near Westbury, Wiltshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Wiltonensi He fór to Eðandúne he went to Eddington, Chr. 878; Erl. 81, 12
be-weotian
To observe, watch over ⬩ observare, curæ habere
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To observe, watch over; observare, curæ habere Draca hord beweotode a dragon watched over the hoard, Beo. Th. 4431; B. 2212
herig-feþa
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weá-mét
Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility
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[Cf.Heo weore god ȝif heo neore to wamed. Anan se he wes wrað wið eni he hine wolde slæn, Laym. 6368.]
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
sunn-bearu
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A sunny grove:?-Sunbearo líxeþ, wuduholt wynlíc, Exon. Th. 199, 30; Ph. 33