wǽtan
To wet, moisten
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To wet, moisten Ic ðweá lauo, lauas:ic wǽte lauo, lauis Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 220, 6. Ic mín bedd wǽte (wétu, Ps. Surt.) mid teárum lacrymis stratum meum rigabo Ps. Th. 6, 5. Wǽteþ ingurgitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 59 : 47, 19. Ne is ðæt wín tó þicgenne ðætte
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wafian
To look with wonder, be amazed, ⬩ to wonder at, be amazed at
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To look with wonder, be amazed, absolute Ic wafige stupeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Zup. 154, 13. Wafede obstupuit, Hpt. Gl. 510, 23. Hæleð wafedon, Cd. Th. 182, 20;Exod. 78. Ðá wunode hé wundriende and wafiende cum quasi adtonitus maneret, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568,
ge-wascan
To wash
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To wash Ic hine mid mínen handen gewóchs I washed him with my hands, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 261, 1
wara
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An inhabitant. The word is used mostly in the plural, and as the second part of compounds ; but the singular in composition is found in ceaster-weara civis, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 32 (cf. ceaster-gewara civis, Ælfc. Gr. 5 ; Zup. 11, 16), and the independent
Linked entry: -waru
wana
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want, lack, absence Mé ys feós- wana deest mihi pecunia, Ælfc. Gr. 32 ; Zup. 202, 12. Hláfes wæs wana panis deerat, Gen. 47, 13. Ðonne wana (wona, Hatt. MS. ) bið ðæs ðe hié habban woldon hae cum desunt, Past. 18 ; Swt. 126, 22. Hit nan mon ne mæg eall
wana
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wanting, lacking, absent, with substantive verb, wana wesan to bs wanting Ic eom wana of ðam getele desum, Ælfc. Gr. 32 ; Zup. 202, II. Án þing ðé is wana (wona, Lind., Rush.) unum tibi deest, Lk. Skt. 18, 22 : Mk. Skt. 10, 21. Wæs eów ǽnig þing wana
wacu
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a-wácian
To grow weak or effeminate ⬩ to languish ⬩ decline ⬩ fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ relax ⬩ to be indolent ⬩ infirmari ⬩ deficere ⬩ recedere
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To grow weak or effeminate, to languish, decline, fail, fall away, relax, to be indolent; infirmari, deficere, recedere Awácode mid langre ealdunge weakened with old age, Gr. Dial. 2, 15. Awáciaþ on ðære costnunge tíman in tempore tentationis recedunt
Linked entry: wacian
wann
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Dark, dusty, sable, lurid, livid Wann bruntus. Wrt. Voc. 1. 46, 40. Wonn, ii. 12, 58. Won, 127, 28. Ða sweartan lurida, wan and flæc luridus, 53, 16. Ða wannan libida (but the Latin is livida (vibe x), Ald. 77-8), 88, 3: 50, 33. Ðære wannan cerula, 24
wácu
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wala
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in palam, Mk. 4, 22
wana
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Add Þára manna mód . . . wát ꝥ þá martyras þǽr in heora líchaman ne licgaþ, and þonne hwæþre nǽron wana fram þǽre gehýrnesse mens . . . illic martyres novit et non jacere corpore, et tamen non deesse ab exauditione, Gr. D. 117, 15. Add Þeáh þe heom